Best New Bands » Melanie Martinez http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Melanie Martinez: More than a Pop Star http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/melanie-martinez-pop-star/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/melanie-martinez-pop-star/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2016 02:58:45 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=29500 Chicago – Last Thursday, fans began lining up outside the Vic Theatre, in the Lakeview neighborhood, starting at six in the morning, to see rising pop star Melanie Martinez. By six that evening, the line stretched far down Sheffield Avenue, filled with kids, teenagers, and twenty-somethings, most of whom were dressed to the nines. Pigtails were

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