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While Oliver Hazard settled into the green room for their biggest D.C. show to date, waves of raindrops assaulted the Wharf's boardwalk. The flood did, indeed, not wait. A brave clan of umbrella-wielding folk fans scurried into the alley, past the bar, and down the Union Stage stairs, gathering in the photosynthesizing glow of a roomful of tiny lamps. What started as a bit of a joke between bandmates, lamps have become a mainstay of an Oliver Hazard show, both literally and

Photo Credit: Kim Maguire The Anthem gets its own stop on The Chicks' 20th anniversary tour this fall, when the band brings its beloved Taking the Long Way to Washington on October 6. The sixteen-date theater run kicks off September 30 in Detroit and works through Chicago, New York, Nashville, Texas, and the West Coast before it wraps. Notably, the tour lands in D.C., a city built around the exact kind of fight that made the band who they are. Most artists who survive a caree

Photo Credit: Rhys Asplundh via Flickr, CC BY 2.0 The DC Council gave unanimous approval to the RESALE Act on Tuesday, a law that caps ticket resale markups and sets new rules for online ticket sellers. The law limits resale prices for concerts, theater, comedy shows, and festivals to 10 percent above face value. Beyond the price cap, the law bans speculative ticket sales, so resellers can no longer list tickets they don't own. It requires sellers to show the full ticket pric