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Is rock still a thing?; Cannes Film Festival; actor Drew Droege
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Is rock still a thing?; Cannes Film Festival; actor Drew Droege

With rock 'n' roll bands no longer headlining top music festivals, is the genre finally dead?; what to expect from this year's Cannes festival; comedic actor Drew Droege came to L.A. with glamorous dreams of making it in Hollywood, only to find success with a viral video.
According to Bloomberg News, the price of concert tickets has far outpaced the rate of inflation over the past two decades.
American rock group Eagles of Death Metal perform on stage on November 13, 2015 at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, few moments before four men armed with assault rifles and shouting "Allahu akbar" ("God is great!") stormed into the venue. Islamic State jihadists on November 14, 2015 claimed a series of coordinated attacks by gunmen and suicide bombers in Paris that killed at least 128 people in scenes of carnage at the Bataclan, restaurants and the national stadium. AFP PHOTO / ROCK&FOLK / MARION RUSZNIEWSKI (Photo credit should read Marion Ruszniewski/AFP/Getty Images)
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With rock 'n' roll bands no longer headlining top music festivals, is the genre finally dead?; what to expect from this year's Cannes festival; comedic actor Drew Droege came to L.A. with glamorous dreams of making it in Hollywood, only to find success with a viral video.