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Gin Blossoms, Lee Rocker to headline Las Cruces Fourth of July show From Staff Reports LAS CRUCES - The city's annual fireworks show and concert is returning in 2021.  The Gin Blossoms and Lee Rocker of the Stray Cats will headline the Fourth of July Celebration Concert and Fireworks display at the Pat and Lou Sisbarro Community Park, 3205 Arrowhead Drive, on the New Mexico State University campus. The free concert will begin at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 4 followed by the annual fireworks display. Last year, the city canceled many of its Fourth of July festivities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The c...

It's been 25 years since Gin Blossoms followed the quadruple-platinum breakthrough they'd enjoyed with 1992's "New Miserable Experience" with a second platinum album, "Congratulations ... I'm Sorry." The Tempe rockers had chosen that title because it seemed to be what everyone was telling them after the loss of guitarist Doug Hopkins, who died by suicide in 1993 shortly after receiving a gold record for "Hey Jealousy." Hopkins had written that hit and several other highlights of "New Miserable Experience" but had been fired near the end of the recording sessions due to his ongoing struggl...

Best albums of 2020 made by Arizona artists, ranked Ed Masley, Arizona Republic Arizona artists had a harder time connecting with their local fans in 2020. Music venues shut down in early March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and remained shuttered, for the most part, through December.  Some artists did their best to stay connected via livestream, which was nice.  But just because you couldn't see your favorite Arizona artists in your favorite Arizona bars the way you did in pre-pandemic times, that doesn't mean you couldn't stay connected to their music through re...