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Kings of Leon Lock in on ‘SNL’

A week after treating KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas to some nutty guitar showmanship Nashville rockers Kings of Leon traveled back across the country to hit  Saturday Night Live last night with two tracks from their latest album Mechanical Bull which they released in September The Followill brothers kept the stage…

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Ray Price Dead at 87

Ray Price one of the greatest voices of country music who revolutionized the genre with Number One hits like “Crazy Arms” and “City Lights” died at home in Mt Pleasant Texas today after a long battle with pancreatic cancer He was 87 “I just like what I’ve done and how it’s…

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Ray Price’s Son Prematurely Reports Father’s Death

Update Although Ray Price’s son reported earlier today that his father had died the statement was made in error Rolling Stone just spoke with Janie Price Ray Price’s wife of 45 years “He is still with us” she says adding that Price’s son released the statement of his passing prematurely Price…

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Mary Lambert – “She Keeps Me Warm” LIVE at Billboard

Mary Lambert performs "She Keeps Me Warm" LIVE at Billboard, December 2013.

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Jimmy Buffett Added to Philippines Benefit Concert Today

According to a few of the media outlets that will broadcast the event, Jimmy Buffett has been added to the Kokua For The Philippines benefit show that is being held today.

The charity concert and telethon benefits the victims of Typhoon Haiyan and airs live from the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki from 12pm – 5pm HST (5pm – 10pm EST) at kokuaforthephilippines.com.

You can donate by calling 1-855-905-6582.

“Kokua for the Philippines,” a Hawaii-based radio, television and Internet benefit concert for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, will be held on Sunday, Dec.15, 2013 from noon to 5 p.m. The event, staged by Clear Channel Media + Entertainment Hawaii and Oceanic Time Warner Cable, will take place at the Great Lawn at Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort and will be broadcast live on local radio and television stations and via the Internet. Producers from Ohana Broadcast Company, Kapono Inc., and Island Film Group will oversee the production with production services provided by NEP Supershooters. Proceeds from the phone bank and on-site gifts will be donated to the American Red Cross for disaster relief.

“The people of Hawaii are so intertwined with our Pacific neighbors in the Philippines, that stepping up and supporting them during this time of great need is simply the right thing to do,” said Chuck Cotton, Vice President and General Manager of Clear Channel Media + Entertainment/Hawaii. “Some of Hawaii’s top entertainers will be coming together for an afternoon of songs, laughter and inspiration.”

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Bruno Mars: Billboard Artist of the Year 2013 – Cover Shoot + Q&A

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Buffett Wraps 2013 Tour in Hawaii

Jimmy Buffett rounded out the 2013 Songs From St. Somewhere Tour on Saturday night at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu. It was the second of two shows played in Hawaii. The first, a charity show, was played at Jimmy Buffett’s at The Beachcomber restaurant on Thursday night.

The shows were not broadcast live, but were recorded and will air at a later date. Since we didn’t hear the show, we don’t have the set list yet. Submit it to us if you were at either show.

Our friend @nzbeautyeditor reports that Jimmy said during the show he’d return “Down Under” to Australia and presumably New Zealand in February. Caveat: he said that about 2013 too, so let’s hope he follows through in 2014.

The Honolulu Star Advertiser has a review of the show and a photo gallery: “Review: Jimmy Buffett at the Waikiki Shell”

As he’s done for quite some years here through a friendly relationship with Honolulu promoter Tom Moffatt, Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band begin touring in April and end here in the late fall, just before Buffett’s Dec. 25 birthday.

“Why wouldn’t you end in Hawaii? Duh?,” he asked rhetorically to roars of approval on a clear night with a moon just a sliver off full.

(His first concert here, he said, was as an opening act for the Eagles — now if that doesn’t date you! Buffett is 67.)

Saturday, Buffett and his 11-piece band (longtime musical director “Mr.” Mike Utley, plus instruments ranging from horns to slide guitar to congas and steel drums, and two female backup singers) had women whose senior proms were probably in the 1950s and ‘60s wearing sarongs and dancing in their seats, the aisles and wherever else the ushers would let them. Buffett crowds often have to be restrained — not from any kind of violence, but from an excess of enthusiasm — and Saturday was no exception.

Beach balls flew about as Buffett reprised vintage work and introduced new. You haven’t lived until you’ve been hit by a beach ball at a JB concert.

Read the full review here.

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Goodman, De Niro and Stallone are the Three Wise Guys on ‘SNL’

John Goodman has hosted Saturday Night Live 13 times and I remember him fondly from the show’s mid-’90s glory days So maybe my expectations were a little too high this time around when Goodman took to the stage for the first time in 12 years Now that Goodman’s sitcom days are over…

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Christmas in Jersey – A Song For Good Friends

For all my good friends across the pond, have a wonderful Christmas.

With love,

Billy

 

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