By JENNIFER CHANCELLOR Scene Writer on Oct 7, 2011, at 11:58 AM Updated on 10/07 at 11:58 AM
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The Center of the Universe Festival has another headliner.
Quirky, fun indie rocker OK Go will join OneRepublic ...
John Fogerty will perform Oct. 17 at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa.
The concert’s been confirmed ...
The Round Up Boys bring its distinctive brand of Western Swing to Cain’s Ballroom for The Senior Star Roundup , 2-5 p.m. ...
Former Tulsan David Cook says he’ll always be a Tulsan at heart.
Though he only spent about a year here before he took off for “American Idol” and international fame, “I learned more about myself in Tulsa than anywhere else — musically and as a human being. I learned where I want to sit on this planet. I love Tulsa.”
The former barkeep and member of local band Midwest Kings has no regrets about leaving Tulsa to try his fate on the television talent show.
Heck, he racked up 11 Billboard charting tunes in one week after his “Idol” win in 2008. The only other act to pull that off was the Beatles, which charted 14 songs in one week in 1964.
Seriously.
He and singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw have teamed up for a co-headlining tour, which rolls through Cain's Ballroom on Oct. 13.
Read the full interview in Sunday's Tulsa World and tulsaworld.com.
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