Silver Spring live music project funding scrutinized

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The Montgomery County Council is holding back $2 million for a controversial deal to bring live music to Silver Spring until details on the deal are clarified.

Last month, Montgomery Executive Ike Leggett announced the county had signed a lease with California-based Live Nation, which operates the Fillmore and House of Blues music venues, to take over the site of the old J.C. Penney store on Colesville Road.

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