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Five Omaha Kids Return Home as 311 Delivers a Hometown Celebration at Stir Cove
“Not bad for five kids from Omaha.” That’s how Nick Hexum summed up 311’s sold-out homecoming Wednesday night at Stir Cove, and it was hard to argue with him. Thirty-six years after the band formed in Omaha, 311 returned home with family and longtime friends in attendance, a crowd packed with die-hard fans and a…
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