MUSIC NEWS: MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015
DALLAS CONSIDERS ART PIECE DEVOTED TO STEVIE RAY AND JIMMIE VAUGHAN
A park that's blocks from where Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan grew up may be the site of an art piece in their honor. The Dallas Morning News reports documentary filmmaker Kirby Warnock is leading the project. The city has set aside money for the piece of public art in Kiest Park, but Warnock still needs to raise $68,000 for the rest of the cost and for 20 years' worth of maintenance. The park board will vote Thursday on an agreement with a foundation regarding the project. What the piece will look like has not been determined. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble will be among the inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday.
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KINKS MUSICAL WINS FOUR OLIVIER AWARDS
The Kinks musical ``Sunny Afternoon'' was one of the big winners at the Olivier Awards, Britain's answer to the Tonys. It won four awards, including best new musical and outstanding achievement in music for Ray Davies for writing the play's score. Davies says people are the source of his material and he adds, ``So the next time you're in a park and you see someone like me looking at you, don't phone the police.''
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``MAMMA MIA!'' WILL CLOSE
The ABBA musical ``Mamma Mia!'' will finally end its Broadway run. It will close September 5 after more than 5,700 performances, over 14 years. It's the eighth-longest running show on Broadway.
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JON BON JOVI WILL PRODUCE REALITY TV SHOW
Jon Bon Jovi will put his support behind a show that takes famous musicians back to their hometowns to find out what would have happened had they never left. The Hollywood Reporter reports Bon Jovi will be an executive producer for a reality show called ``If I Wasn't A Rock Star.'' Bon Jovi calls it ``a celebration of the working men and women of this country,'' who he says are ``the real rock stars.'' Details of where and when it will air or which rock stars will be involved have not been given.
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SONS OF JOHN MELLENCAMP SENTENCED
The sons of John Mellencamp have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery charges. The Bloomington Herald-Times reports 19-year-old Speck Mellencamp will spend four days in jail and 20-year-old Hud Mellencamp will serve 50 hours of community service. They were charged with punching and kicking a 19-year-old man in Bloomington that they believed hit Speck Mellencamp in July 2013.
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DARIUS RUCKER PLAYS RECEIVER FOR GAMECOCKS
Darius Rucker got to live his dream: he caught a pass from the Gamecocks quarterback. South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier holds an annual spring football game, and each year he calls on a guest receiver to come off the sideline and catch a long ball. This year, it was Rucker, who is a South Carolina alumnus. He caught the ball from quarterback Connor Mitch during Saturday's game.
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PROVIDENCE WILL GIVE DARLENE LOVE HONORARY DOCTORATE
Darlene Love will bestow her wisdom upon the graduates at Providence College. Love will give the commencement address at Providence's commencement on May 17. Love will also be given an honorary doctorate of music.
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NICK JONAS, REBA McENTIRE WILL APPEAR ON ``THE VOICE''
Nick Jonas and Reba McEntire will appear on ``The Voice'' this week. Jonas will perform his song, ``Chains,'' on tomorrow's show. McEntire will be a guest mentor on tonight's episode.
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JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND JESSICA BIEL ARE PARENTS
Justin Timberlake is a dad. His representative tells People magazine Timberlake's wife, Jessica Biel, gave birth to a boy. They've named him Silas Randall Timberlake. Silas is the middle name of Timberlake's grandfather, and Randall is Timberlake's father's name, as well as Timberlake's middle name. Details of where and when the baby was born were not given.
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ARGENTINA ISSUES WARRANT FOR JUSTIN BIEBER
Justin Bieber is a wanted man in Argentina. An Argentine judge has ordered the immediate detention of Bieber and two of his bodyguards because Bieber failed to respond to allegations that he ordered the bodyguards to attack a photographer outside a Buenos Aires nightclub in 2013. Bieber could face from one month to six years in prison if convicted on a charge of causing injuries. Bieber's representative did not return calls for comment.
Bieber spent the weekend at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
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MADONNA TO APPEAR NUDE IN PLAYBOY AGAIN
Once again, Playboy is going to publish nude photos of Madonna from before she was a star. The May issue will feature photos of Madonna taken by Martin H-M Schreiber in 1979. The photos also will be included in Schreiber's upcoming book, ``A Retrospective 1966-2014.'' In 1985, both Playboy and Penthouse published nude photos of Madonna from 1978, taken when she was broke and just starting out.
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JASON ALDEAN IS HIT BY BEER
There are better ways to get Jason Aldean's attention than the way one man did at Aldean's concert in Wichita, Kansas, on Thursday. The Wichita Eagle reports Aldean was beaned in the head with a cup of beer thrown from the audience. The man, who was not named, was escorted out by Aldean's security. He told police his friend had just gotten engaged and he wanted Aldean to acknowledge it from the stage. Aldean later told the crowd, ``It took everything I had not to go kick that guy's teeth in.'' Tour managers have declined to press charges.
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A-AND-M RECORDS SUES OVER TEMPLE OF THE DOG MASTER TAPES
A-and-M Records is suing the co-founder of a Seattle studio to make him turn over the master recording tapes from Temple Of The Dog, which featured Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam. The Seattle Times quotes the lawyer for Rajan Parashar as saying his client has the master tapes and they are his. A-and-M's lawsuit says Parashar's late brother Rick had agreed to turn over the tapes to the musicians for $35,000. Parashar says he was not part of the deal with his brother and A-and-M.
Temple Of The Dog had a hit with ``Hunger Strike'' in 1992.
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ECHOSMITH'S SYDNEY SIEROTA LOVES HER BABY BEAN
If Echosmith singer Sydney Sierota is not on a tour bus, she's probably with her Baby Bean. That's the name she gave her espresso-brown Mini Cooper. Sierota says she'll go to the beach by herself, just so she can drive her car. She says sometimes alone time is good after being cooped up on a bus with her brothers for weeks. She says some people are conscious of their gas usage, but she's always willing to drive because she never gets to do it.
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NELLY ARRESTED
Nelly's attorney says his client will be exonerated of felony drug charges once the facts come out. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says Nelly's bus was pulled over Saturday morning because it did not have a required U.S. Department of Transportation and International Fuel Tax Association sticker.
Troopers say they smelled marijuana coming from the bus, and upon searching it, they found marijuana, drug paraphernalia and five rocks that tested positive for meth. They say they also found several handguns. Attorney Scott Rosenblum says Nelly will ``not be associated with the contraband'' once the facts of the case come to light. Nelly was released from jail on a $10,000 bond. He's due in court June 19.
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