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We’re reaching those dog days of summer here in Palo Alto. The sun is shining, weather is sweet. Somebody said that once. Might have even been a song. Hey, I like music, don’t you? Let’s listen to some with TuneIn!

This weekend, one of the great music events this country puts on each year, the Newport Folk Festival, kicks off along Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. A range of artists from Amos Lee to the Wailin’ Jennys, Emmylou Harris to The Decembrists will take to the stage for weekend of pleasant melodies in the summer sun. New York’s WFUV has you covered, with live sets starting each day at Noon ET/9am PT.

Baseball’s non-waiver trade deadline is Sunday and NFL training camps are in full swing, follow all the action with your local sports talk station, or from coast-to-coast with ESPN Radio. On the other side of the world, Rugby’s Tri Nations tournament continues from Eden Park, Auckland where defending champions South Africa look to bounce back after a drubbing last weekend at the hands of Australia, by taking on New Zealand’s All Blacks who will be gearing up to host the World Cup this September. Coverage gets underway at 7:30pm NZST/9:30am SAST/8:30am BST/3:30am ET/12:30am PT on Radio Sport or Radio 2000 FM.

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Did you miss me? As nice as a week on a beach was, it’s great to be back here at TuneIn and as this week draws to a close, you’re probably looking for some cool stuff to listen to this weekend. As always, we’ve got you covered.

First, a public service announcement. Having traveled to LA-LA-Land last weekend, I can report that you can’t move more than about 100 yards without seeing a sign for this, but in case you’ve been living on Mars (with your eyes shut and your fingers in your ears) CARMAGEDDON IS UPON US. Which is to say that the Sepulveda Pass project on the I-405 Freeway has reached a critical point where CalTrans needs to shut the freeway down between the 10 and 101 Freeways, effectively cutting off access to West LA from The Valley. So whether you’re in LA and just trying to get from Reseda to LAX, or you’re like me and want to have a hearty laugh at the fact that a 10-mile freeway closure can paralyze a large American city, you can TuneIn to KNX 1070 News Radio Los Angeles for all the latest updates all weekend long. (And if you need a getaway from the hectic traffic, check out Indie 103.1 from LA, especially Jose Maldonado’s Breakfast with the Smiths program, airing at Noon ET/9am PT on Sunday.)

Across the pond at Royal St. George’s, Golf’s 140th Open Championship is well underway with Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke and America’s Lucas Glover tied for the lead at -4. You can follow the final rounds of exciting golf action thanks to our friends at BBC Radio 5 Live as they anchor wall-to-wall coverage from the course all weekend long. Play gets underway each day from Noon BST/7am ET/4am PT.

Meanwhile, the US Women’s National Soccer Team, following their epic wins against Brazil and France will play Japan in the World Cup Final, taking part in the game for the first time since their historic win at the Rose Bowl in 1999. ESPN Radio has just announced (as of this writing) that they will cover the game live and in full from Frankfurt am Main, and we’ll have it for you on TuneIn starting at 2:30pm ET/11:30am PT.

Finally, as we mentioned yesterday, we lost two stalwarts of alternative radio as WRXP in New York and Chicago’s Q101 went off the air this week. In their absence, Scott gave some recommendations about how to fill the void, and I’ll add one more. Check out WEQX, serving Albany, the Capital Region of Upstate New York and Southern Vermont and playing alternative favorites, deep tracks and emerging artists better than a lot of places out there. And enjoy!

However you spend your weekend, whether stuck in gridlock or laughing about it or anywhere in between, we hope you spend it with us! Did we miss something you’d like to see in The Wrap? Let us know! Drop us a line on Facebook or Twitter.

This weekend wrap takes you across the pond, where so much is happening in the UK, it barely fits squarely inside one weekend! The good news for you is, you don’t have to spend money for that plane ticket and hotel, just kick back with TuneIn wherever you are enjoy the full weekend’s excitement from Merry Ol’ England.

The premier music event in the world kicks off today on Worthy Farm in Pilton as the 2011 Glastonbury Festival gets underway. The bill is completely and utterly insane when it comes right down to it: Coldplay, U2, Beyonce, BB King, Morrissey, Mumford & Sons, Fleet Foxes, Big Boi, Queens of the Stone Age, ::deep breath::, Lykke Li, Suzanne Vega, Flogging Molly, Chumbawamba (ed. Chumbawamba?), Billy Bragg – and THAT barely scratches the surface. Worthy FM is the official station of the festival and they are broadcasting from the festival grounds 24 hours a day all weekend long. Plus, BBC 6 Music will be offering highlights from the stage and around the grounds all weekend. Don’t miss this incredible weekend of music!

And because, apparently, that wasn’t enough music for the UK this weekend (I mean, really, how spoiled can you be?!), Hard Rock Calling is also taking place in Hyde Park featuring our boys from New Jersey, Bon Jovi. Absolute Radio will have their set starting at 7pm BST/2pm ET/11am PT on Saturday.

It will be easy to be on music overload this weekend, for sure, so you also have the option of checking out one of the world’s foremost sporting events as The 125th Championships, Wimbledon also see middle round play on Saturday. Barring more rain, they’ll be off for Middle Sunday, of course, but you can follow the action and highlights all weekend long with Radio Wimbledon.

And as for me, your humble blogger is off getting married today, so let me know what good stuff I’ve missed on Twitter and Facebook, and I’ll be sure to check it out. On Monday.

So, we’re all a little tired over here today. The coffee machine has gotten an extra special workout after the team worked late into the night getting the new tunein.com ready to go. I know I, for one, will be heading over to tunein.com this weekend to scope out cool things to listen to. And you can too! Let’s get started.

Outside Washington, the 111th United States Open is underway and Irish phenom Rory McIlroy has sprinted ahead of the pack firing 65 and 66 on consecutive days, setting an all time, 36-hole Open record. Can he keep it up and blow the field away? You can find out and TuneIn to all the action with our friends at the BBC. They’ll have live coverage from the Saturday and Sunday rounds, starting at 9pm BST/4pm ET (Sports Extra on Saturday, Five Live on Sunday) to see who will be this year’s US champion.

In music, our friends at New Normal Rock are replaying their first “Vans Warped Tour Radio Hour” from this morning, again tonight at 9pm ET in case you missed it. Get ready for a summer full of alt/ska/punk tunes with interviews, highlights from tours past and music from some emerging artists that will be featured on tour this year.

Also, tonight at 9:30 ET/6:30 PT, fresh off their triumphant performance last weekend at Bonnaroo, My Morning Jacket will be playing a live set broadcast from Chicago on 93XRT.

And finally, in what I promise will be my last mention of hockey for at least three months, the Boston Bruins trounced the Vancouver Canucks to win their first Stanley Cup in 39 years on Wednesday night. They’ve brought the cup back to Boston to celebrate with THE BEST SPORTS FANS IN THE WORLD. GO BRUINS!!! WHOOOOOO!!! … Ahem. Sorry, old habits die hard. Anyway, check in with all the great celebrations and highlights from the parade all day tomorrow on WEEI and 98.5 The Sports Hub.

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