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- NATION, Page 23American NotesNEW JERSEYSync Along With Milli
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- Should the truth-in-packaging principle that protects
- consumers in stores apply to rock concerts too? New Jersey
- assemblymen Neil Cohen and Joseph Mecca think so. They have
- introduced a bill that would require promoters to inform fans
- when an artist gyrates to canned music instead of real singing.
- Lip syncing has become routine at concerts by such big names
- as Milli Vanilli, New Kids on the Block and Janet Jackson.
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- Promoters deny any intent to deceive and argue that the
- canned music cuts costs on concerts. It also lets fans see
- "close to what they see on MTV," says Carl Freed, executive
- director of the North American Concert Promoters Association,
- plus "the added sparkle of live spontaneity." Oh, get real.
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