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B.B. King: approaching 80 and still touring
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B.B. King says he loves playing Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis because of the audience. (Image courtesy of BBKing.com)
Most people approaching their 80th birthday usually decide to ease off a little. Blues musician BB King is no different. He's eased off to only doing about 200 one night stands a year. Yes, only 200.

St. Paul, Minn. — He just released a new album, and he's working on a new recording of duets with big name stars from around the world. And later in the year folks in Mississippi break ground for a new BB King Museum.

BB King brings his famous bus to Minneapolis next week where he'll play Orchestra Hall.

BB King is an international star, who's been recording since the late 1940's. Yet when when he's asked why he is still playing all these concerts he gives what seems like a very strange reason in these highly wired and interconnected days.

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