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Final Day 4 of Aftershock brings Guns N’ Roses 

The number of metal fans attending the Aftershock music festival in Sacramento visibly surged to greater numbers on Saturday, and ahead of Sunday’s Day 4 finale with headliner Guns N’ Roses, along with Rancid and Queens Of The Stone Age.  Nu-metal legacy band Korn — entering its 30th year — added thunder to an already explosive Day 3…

Gunnay Bu Murrung performs at the MAC


Aboriginal culture came to Merced on Friday evening at the Multicultural Arts Center. A group of four performers from Australia called Gunnay Bu Murrung, visiting the United States for the first time, filled the MAC’s theater with traditional music and dance. They were welcomed by a ceremonial presentation of gifts from the Yokut…