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By far the most famous classical musician spending eternity in Paris' Père Lachaise cemetery is Frédéric Chopin, whose 200th birthday was celebrated early in 2010. Blair Sanderson, who previously explored Vienna's scenic Zentralfriedhof, has dug up several other famous musicians who are buried in Chopin's neighborhood. Take the tour!
Just what we needed: The Cars might be revving up for a reunion, if Facebook is to be believed. A new photo of the band's remaining members Ric Ocasek, Greg Hawkes, David Robinson, and Elliot Easton (original bassist Benjamin Orr died in 2000 after battling pancreatic cancer) working in a recording studio was posted to the band's page on the social networking site. If the band is indeed making a new album, it would be the first since the Cars' 1987 release Door to Door. [Stereogum.com]The Love Parade's death toll rose to 21 after a 25 year-old German woman died on Wednesday. The public prosecutor's office in Duisberg, Germany said that of the 511 people injured in the electronic music festival's stampede, 283 were treated in hospitals and 43 remain hospitalized. The tragedy occurred when people entered a tunnel on the site from both ends until it became dangerously overcrowded. [CNN.com]
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