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Bedbound and ‘bored stiff’ Ozzy Osbourne cancels tour dates

LOS ANGELES – Ozzy Osbourne is stuck at home with health woes, but plans to be back on track soon. Osbourne says in a video posted to Twitter on Wednesday that in a “bad fall” ear...

DATE: Oct 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Book World: Andrew Ridgeley reminisces about George Michael and the meteoric rise of Wham!

Warning: Reading Andrew Ridgeley’s memoir “Wham! George Michael & Me” may send you straight down a YouTube or Spotify rabbit hole. It’s a reminder that the pair, in a mere four years, churne...

DATE: Oct 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Books

Kurt Cobain’s ‘Unplugged’ sweater, guitar, head to auction

LOS ANGELES – The olive green cardigan that Kurt Cobain wore during Nirvana’s MTV “Unplugged” performance and one of the late rocker’s custom guitars are headed to auction. Julien...

DATE: Oct 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Eagles plan massive ‘Hotel California’ performances on tour

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eagles are planning massive performances of their album “Hotel California” during their 2020 tour. Performances of the band’s 1976 album will include a 46-piece...

DATE: Oct 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Annie Moses Band opens Southwest Colorado Concerts season

Band blends roots and classical music

DATE: Oct 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

‘Wow child’ is special guest of orchestra that inspired him

BOSTON – A boy who charmed the world by exclaiming “Wow!” at the end of a classical music performance was a special guest of the orchestra that inspired his delight. The Boston...

DATE: Oct 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Youngest of musical Hanson brothers injured in Tulsa crash

TULSA, Okla. – Zac Hanson of the pop music band Hanson is recovering after a motorcycle crash in Oklahoma this week. The 33-year-old Hanson said in posts on Twitter, Facebook and ...

DATE: Oct 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Jumping the shark? Kiss will play for them in the ocean

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Having played nearly every corner of the Earth in a nearly 50-year career, the rock band Kiss is taking its show to a new place – under the sea, where they will perform...

DATE: Oct 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Diahann Carroll, Oscar-nominated, pioneering actress, dies

NEW YORK – Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress and singer who won critical acclaim as the first black woman to star in a non-servant role in a TV series as “Julia,” has died. She wa...

DATE: Oct 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

The return of highland games

Kilt-wearing athletes, highland dancers flock to Aztec Highland Games

DATE: Oct 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Placido Domingo resigns as general director of LA Opera

SAN FRANCISCO – Opera star Placido Domingo resigned Wednesday as general director of the Los Angeles Opera and withdrew from all future performances after multiple allegations from women who...

DATE: Oct 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Homeless woman’s viral subway opera performance may get her off the streets

Her piercing soprano ricocheted off the subway’s concrete walls, drowning out the robot announcing the next train’s arrival. The vocalist stood by herself near the end of the plat...

DATE: Oct 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music