Rage Against the Machine, along with special guest Wayne Kramer of MC5, The Flobots, The Coup and State Radio, held a free concert during the Democratic National Convention here in Denver to raise awareness and support for the Iraq Veterans Against the War.

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Unfortunately, ATCQ had to cancel for a reason that wasn’t specified.  However, Mos Def was joined by Black Star’s other half, Talib Kweli, who filled in for ATCQ and closed out the show.

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The legendary duo from Las Vegas, Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland of The Crystal Method, made their first appearance at BETA Nightclub, which opened earlier this year in Denver’s LoDo district. BETA made a quick impact on the Denver dance music scene by hosting some of the biggest DJ’s from around the world, such as Paul Van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold, Armin Van Buuren and James Zabiela, just to name a few. If that isn’t impressive enough, they have John Digweed, Deadmau5, Benny Bennasi, Richie Hawtin and David Guetta coming up later this year.

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DMB took the stage “incognito style” while a huge LED covered the entire front portion of the stage, which hid their entrance from the crowd. It only took a couple of seconds before the crowd noticed the band had taken the stage and a chant of “WE WANT DAVE” began.

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Despite the 100 degree temperature, Lupe Fiasco hit the stage with high energy and definitely brought a different flavor to the festival line-up. All the artists put on excellent shows and it was an excellent start to what hopefully is a yearly event in Colorado.

(Day 2 photos of Dave Matthews, John Mayer, The Roots, Rodrigo y Gabriela and ONEREPUBLIC will be posted shortly)

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The Mile High Music Festival is set to take place this weekend and will be the largest festival to ever hit the Mile High City. With a line-up of some of the top acts in music, it should make for a memorable weekend.

A brief review and photo coverage will be posted next week…

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I had the opportunity to cover this Festival the day after the SoCo Festival. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to be there when the gates opened. The festival was held in the parking lot of Invesco Field at Mile High. From what I saw, Pennywise put on a great performance and Jim Lindberg had the crowd amped before he even got on the mic.

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