Today global rock icon Nikki Sixx announces plans to step down as host of and end his nationally-syndicated Premiere Networks / iHeart rock radio programs, Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx, The Side Show Countdown with Nikki Sixx and The Side Show Classic with Nikki Sixx at the end of this year. His final broadcast will be December 31, 2017. Launched at the beginning of 2010, […]
Honda Battle of the Bands (HBOB) will make its highly-anticipated return to Atlanta on January 27, 2018, when eight marching bands from the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) take the field to dazzle fans with their music, choreography and pageantry. The polls are now open for the public to vote for their favorite marching bands to […]
Park West Gallery and the Amelia Island Jazz Festival are making beautiful music together. Park West Gallery is sponsoring the Amelia Island Jazz Festival for its fourth consecutive year as part of its mission to encourage an appreciation of the arts. The gallery’s non-profit organization, the Park West Foundation, is contributing $15,000 to the festival. “We are delighted to be a four-year […]
Singer/songwriter Rick Monroe invites fans to sing from their “Gypsy Soul,” via a contest that launches today on Facebook. Entrants have until November 13 to film their own version of Rick’s signature tune, post the video to Monroe’s Facebook page and then solicit “likes.” The entrant with the most “likes” wins the contest. Contest rules are explained in a YouTube video; fans can get a free […]
Thursday evening, Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino headliner Ringo Starr and wife Barbara Starkey, through their Lotus Foundation, along with Caesars Entertainment’sPresident and CEO Mark Frissora each donated $100,000 to the Nevada Resort Association’s Vegas Strong Fund. This is part of Caesars Entertainment’s total contribution of $2 million to support the victims of the Las Vegas tragedy and their families. Jan Jones Blackhurst who serves as Chairwoman of the Nevada Resort […]
Crossing Chinese Opera with Jazz is an innovative cultural project which is produced by Zhuhai Golden Jazz Cultural Industry Management Co., Ltd. Through adapting and arranging classic Chinese opera excerpts in the manner of jazz music, the two independent music forms have been blended harmoniously and created a refreshing performance. This project has gathered a group of world-class […]
Paul McCartney’s critically acclaimed and multiple Grammy Award-winning Archive Collection will offer fans another chance to complete their collections on November 17, 2017. That date will see the MPL/Capitol/UMe reissues of the first eight Archive Collection titles in affordable single CD digipak and 180gram black vinyl single LP formats—as well as limited edition 180gram color vinyl pressings. […]
Olympia Entertainment (OEI) and Palace Sports & Entertainment (PS&E) today officially launched 313 PRESENTS, a joint venture combining each organization’s entertainment businesses into a single company that will manage concerts and other entertainment events at six venues throughout Metro Detroit. Plans to create the joint venture were first announced last November by Christopher Ilitch, President and CEO of Ilitch […]
Fulfilling a promise made by Wuv Bernardo, drummer for the three-time GRAMMY Award® nominated rock band P.O.D., to play a concert for the community of Imperial Beach (IB), today P.O.D. and Mayor Serge Dedina are pleased to jointly announce the creation of Lower Left Fest. The inaugural Lower Left Fest, set for July 15, 2018, hopes to become an annual […]
AMERICANAFEST℠ 2017 —The Americana Music Association’s Annual Festival and Conference — attracted an estimated aggregate attendance of 51,000 during its September 12-17 run. All points of engagement with the event were up from last year, with evening show wristband sales up 36 percent and conference registration up five percent. The addition of new venues and an […]