The French duo Air, which performed at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Thursday night, is a band defined by its reluctance to actually sing.
This summer many of the acts playing in Indio — including the reunited Atlanta hip-hop duo Outkast, which performed Friday night for the first time in seven years — are scheduled to hit Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Outside Lands and others.
For country music fans, it is a chance for their art to shine in the nation's media capital and perhaps lure new fans and new viewers, said Kix Brooks, president of the C.M.A.'s board of directors and half of the recording duo Brooks & Dunn, which performed at the Republican convention last month.
His first real business came as one half of travelling DJ duo Steve & Steve, which performed at high school dances and weddings in the western Washington area.
Willa left the Ward Singers in 1958 and formed a pop group, the Gay Charmers Trio, and later a duo with Toni Rose, both of which performed in nightclubs.
With the Swiss pianist Johnny Hess, Mr. Trenet formed a successful duo known as Charles et Johnny, which performed in music halls and nightclubs.
He went on to perform with Lionel Hampton and a host of other leading jazz musicians, but he is best known as half of the Mitchell-Ruff Duo, which won acclaim throughout the United States and around the world.
9 Which comedy duo performed in the 1980s as The Dangerous Brothers?
These helmets were designed specifically for the benefit of audiences attending Daft Punk's farewell tour, which the duo performed "in the round".
The last scene, sees Rowland and Guetta unite on the beach for a late night party which sees the duo performing together.
"We're simultaneously supporting each other and stealing the spotlight from each other," Bass says in an interview recorded by Glass, which plays as the duo silently perform Barnes's signature choreography, both earnest and theatrical.
