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The Roots
The Roots


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Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genre(s) Hip-hop
Jazz
Soul
Rock
Funk
Years active 1987—present
Label(s) Def Jam Recordings
Geffen Records
Interscope Records
Island Def Jam Music Group
MCA Records
DGC Records
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Black Thought
Questlove
Kamal Gray
F. Knuckles
Captain Kirk Douglas
Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson
Owen Biddle
Former members
Ben Kenney
Kenyatta "Kid Crumbs" Warren
Josh "Rubberband" Abrams
Malik B.
Rahzel
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Martin Luther
Scratch
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Arcade Fire Perform Rolling Stones And Cyndi Lauper Covers At Surprise Haiti Gig

March 31, 2011
Arcade Fire Perform Rolling Stones And Cyndi Lauper Covers At Surprise Haiti GigArcade Fire performed at a surprise gig in Haiti on Tuesday night (March 28).

The Montreal-based band played a 45-minute set at the Hotel Oloffson in Haiti's capital city Port-Au-Prince.

The set also included four covers Rolling Stones' 'The Last Time', Blondie's 'The Tide Is High', Credence Clearwater Revival's 'Who'll Stop The Rain', and Cyndi Lauper's 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun', reports Rolling Stone.

The band have been helping to raise money for the Haiti disaster in their recent tours.

Meanwhile, Arcade Fire won big at this year's Juno Awards in Canada.

Arcade Fire's setlist was:

  1. Who'll Stop The Rain
  2. Keep The Car Running
  3. The Last Time
  4. Crucified Again
  5. Ocean Of Noise
  6. The Tide Is High
  7. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
  8. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
  9. Neighbourhood 3 (Power Out)
  10. Rebellion (Lies)

(by Holly Frith)





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