KaraokeFest

Although more than 100,000 amateur singers will gather in Pomona, California, to celebrate karaoke with classics such as MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" and Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe," the industry itself is singing the blues. Annual U.S. sales of karaoke music and machines have fallen a whopping 80% off their early-aughts peak to just $40 million. The culprit: piracy. "It's gotten a lot worse because of the rise of the Internet," laments Rick Priddis, president of Utah-based karaoke company Priddis Music. "But we're all just continuing on and hoping for the best." As a drunken Journey fan might advise in a bar: "Don't stop belieeeeevin'." -- DM

Sun, September 12
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KaraokeFest

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