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Alternative in terms of music is defined as any type of music altering from the music, however there is a distinguishable style of music generally called Alternative rock (also , or simply ; known primarily in the United Kingdom as ). It is a genre of music that emerged in the and became widely popular in the . The term “alternative” was coined in the 1980s to describe -inspired bands on independent record labels that did not fit into the mainstream genres of the time. As a musical genre, alternative rock consists of various subgenres that have emerged from the independent music scene since the 1980s, such as , , , and . These genres are unified by their collective debt to the style and/or ethos of , which laid the groundwork for alternative music in the .

Though the genre is considered to be rock, some of its subgenres are influenced by music, , music and among other genres. At times alternative rock has been used as a catch-all phrase for rock music from underground artists in the 1980s, all music descended from punk rock (including punk itself, , and ), and, ironically, for rock music in general in the 1990s and .

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August 2008
Today (Wednesday 27 August 2008)
Dave Matthews Band

Robert Earl Keen

USANA Amphitheatre
West Valley City, United States

7 people attending
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Friday 29 August 2008
Dave Matthews Band

O.A.R.

Gorge Amphitheatre
George, United States

12 people attending
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Saturday 30 August 2008
Dave Matthews Band

O.A.R.

Gorge Amphitheatre
George, United States

8 people attending
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Sunday 31 August 2008
Dave Matthews Band

O.A.R.

Gorge Amphitheatre
George, United States

5 people attending
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September 2008
Friday 5 September 2008
Dave Matthews Band

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

Greek Theatre - U.C. Berkeley
San Francisco, United States

16 people attending
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Saturday 6 September 2008
Dave Matthews Band

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

Greek Theatre - U.C. Berkeley
San Francisco, United States

7 people attending
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