Archive for November, 2009

Clapton, Beck shows together are good, bad news (The Morning Call)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

The Sept. 23 announcement that guitar gods Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck would hold two collaborative concerts in early February in London’s 02 Arena — a year after they played on a major arena stage together for the first time at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan — brought anticipating the duo would add more dates, perhaps even in America.

McEnroe joins Shriver’s event (Baltimore Sun)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

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Big East Women’s Tournament Tickets On Sale Tuesday (Hartford Courant)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

The Big East Conference has a Christmas and holiday season gift idea in mind for women’s basketball fans across the nation. This is a press release from the Big East Conference issued on Monday:

Norah’s new vibe headed to St. Paul (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

One of the biggest stars of the ’00s, Norah Jones will start the next decade by downsizing. She will perform March 17 at O’Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University in St. Paul. Remember when the queen of coffeehouse pop-jazz performed at Xcel Energy Center in 2004? “Holy hockey arena!” she declared.

Honduran president-elect banking on US support (AP via Yahoo! News)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Honduras’ president-elect is not worried that many countries do not recognize his election. Washington supports Porfirio Lobo, and that’s what matters most to this Central American nation.

The Lakers are on a roll (Los Angeles Times)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Popular Events As the Dodgers are playing tough in the NL West, Dodgers tickets have been selling great all season. LA Angels tickets are as always a big hit, and there are plenty of fans looking for Athletics tickets and Padres tickets too.

LiveNation: No Blossom Music Center Lighting festival (WKYC Cleveland)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

CUYAHOGA FALLS — It will be dark at Blossom Music Center this holiday season as Live Nation and Winterland Inc. have decided not to bring back the annual Holiday Lighting Festival for a fourth season.

Lightning Swap Defensemen With Admirals (OurSports Central)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

TAMPA BAY, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL parent club of the Norfolk Admirals, have assigned defenseman Mike Lundin to the Admirals and have recalled Matt Smaby from the Admirals after his conditioning stint, Lightning Executive Vice President and General Manager Brian Lawton announced today.

Nelly Furtado, K-OS Playing Tribute Show For Jacksoul’s Haydain Neale (ChartAttack.com)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Late Jacksoul singer Haydain Neale will be remembered with a special tribute concert featuring Nelly Furtado, K-OS, Justin Nozuka and Divine Brown in Toronto next Monday (Dec. 7).

Concert Organizer Live Nation Teams Up With LIFEBeat For Donation On World AIDS Day (Baller Status)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Live Nation, the largest producer of live concerts in the world, is giving back on Tuesday (December 1) as a part of World AIDS Day. Via a partnership with LIFEbeat, a national non-profit organization fighting HIV/AIDS prevention, Live Nation plans to donate a portion of every concert ticket sold to help fight the spread of the deadly disease.