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  1. Kid Rock bringing his tour to Tampa this summer
    Jan. 24• Music News
    Kid Rock performs during a break between the NHL All-Star games in 2018 in Tampa. He will bring his “Bad Reputation” tour to Tampa’s MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheater in June.
  2. ‘60s icon Ronnie Spector, who sang ‘Be My Baby,’ dies at 78
    Jan. 12• Music
    Ronnie Spector appears in the press room after performing at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on March 15, 2010, in New York. Spector, the cat-eyed, bee-hived rock 'n' roll siren who sang such 1960s hits as "Be My Baby," "Baby I Love You" and "Walking in the Rain" as the leader of the girl group the Ronettes, has died. She was 78.
  3. Judge tosses lawsuit of man who was nude baby on Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’
    Jan. 5• Music News
    Nirvana band members, from left, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl and Kurt Cobain pose at the MTV Video Music Awards in. 1993. A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit of a 30-year-old man who alleged that the image of him nude as a baby on the 1991 cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind" is child pornography. Judge Fernando Olguin granted the motion by Nirvana's attorneys to dismiss the case Monday, Jan. 3, 2022 but said plaintiff Spencer Elden can refile an amended version of the suit.
  5. Rapper Pooh Shiesty avoids life sentence with plea to gun charges in Florida
    Jan. 5• Florida
    Rapper Pook Shiesty, who received birthday greetings on Twitter from his record label in November, was involved in three gun-related incidents that could land him a federal prison sentence of 20 years.
  6. The Orpheum is closing in Ybor City, plans to reopen elsewhere
    Jan. 4• Music News
    The Orpheum’s owners announced they wouldn't be renewing their lease on Seventh Avenue in Ybor City and have plans to move to a new location in the spring.
  7. Rapper Kodak Black arrested on trespassing charge in Florida
    Jan. 2• Music News
    Rapper Kodak Black appears in court at the Florence County, South Carolina, courthouse in Florence, S.C., Wednesday, April 28, 2021.
  8. Three from pop group BTS diagnosed with COVID-19
    Dec. 26, 2021• Music News
    Members of South Korean K-pop band BTS, from left, V, Suga, Jin, Jungkook, RM, Jimin, and J-Hope, introduce their new single "Butter" in May in Seoul, South Korea. Three members of the group, Suga, Jin and RM, have been infected with the coronavirus.
  9. Megan Thee Stallion teams with Netflix
    Dec. 19, 2021• Entertainment
    Megan Thee Stallion has partnered with Netflix to executive produce a new series and other projects in an exclusive first-look deal.
  10. Rocker Rod Stewart, son plead guilty in Florida hotel assault case
    Dec. 17, 2021• Crime
    In this Feb. 18, 2020, file photo, Rod Stewart attends The BRIT Awards 2020 at The O2 Arena in London, England. Court records released Friday show that Stewart and his son have pleaded guilty to battery in an assault case stemming from a New Year's Eve 2019 altercation with a security guard at an exclusive Florida hotel.
  11. Gasparilla Music Festival lineup: Black Pumas, The Revivalists and Trombone Shorty coming to Tampa
    Dec. 16, 2021• Music
    Adrian Quesada, left, and Eric Burton, of Black Pumas, at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. They are headlining Gasparilla Music Festival, happening in Tampa Feb. 25-27.
  12. Vicente Fernández, revered Mexican singer, dies at 81
    Dec. 12, 2021• Music News
    Vicente Fernandez performs at the 20th Latin Grammy Awards on Nov. 14, 2019, in Las Vegas. The Mexican singer died Sunday, relatives reported. He was 81.
  13. Michael Nesmith of The Monkees has died. He was 78.
    Dec. 10, 2021• Music News
    Michael Nesmith of The Monkees appears at press conference at Warwick Hotel in New York on July 6, 1967. Nesmith, the guitar-strumming member of the 1960s, made-for-television rock band The Monkees, died at home Friday of natural causes, his family said in a statement. He was 78.
  14. Towering musical theater master Stephen Sondheim dies at 91
    Nov. 27, 2021• Breaking News
    Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim poses after being awarded the Freedom of the City of London at a ceremony at the Guildhall in London, on Sept. 27, 2018. Sondheim, the songwriter who reshaped the American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century, has died at age 91. Sondheim's death was announced by his Texas-based attorney, Rick Pappas, who told The New York Times the composer died Friday at his home in Roxbury, Conn.
  15. Musician Jon Batiste leads Grammy Award nominations with 11
    Nov. 23, 2021• Music
    In this Sept. 25 file photo, Jon Batiste performs during the Global Citizen festival in New York. Batiste received 11 Grammy Award nominations, including ones for album of the year, record of the year, and best R&B album.
  16. Former Citrus County man Miles Teller stars in Taylor Swift’s new music video
    Nov. 15, 2021• Entertainment
    Miles Teller attends the premiere of “The November Man” in 2014 in Deauville, France.
  17. Rapper Travis Scott’s rowdy past raises red flags in Astroworld lawsuits
    Nov. 10, 2021• Latest News
    Travis Scott performs at Day 1 of the Astroworld Music Festival at NRG Park on Friday in Houston.
  18. Here is why crowd surges can kill people
    Nov. 8, 2021• Health
    The crowd watches as Travis Scott performs at Astroworld Festival at NRG park on Friday in Houston. Several people died and numerous others were injured in what officials described as a surge of the crowd at the music festival. Most major events happen without a death, of course, but experts say they see common traits within the tragedies
  19. ‘Stop the show!’ Houston concertgoers describe chaos
    Nov. 7, 2021• Nation & World
    Flowers lie against the south fence surrounding the Astroworld festival grounds Saturday, the day after several people died and scores were injured during a concert by rapper Travis Scott at the two-day event, held at NRG Park in Houston.
  20. Brazilian singer, a Latin Grammy winner, dies in plane crash
    Nov. 6, 2021• Nation & World
    Singer Marilia Mendonça performs Sept. 25 in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil. One of Brazil’s most popular singers and a Latin Grammy winner, Mendonça died on Friday in an airplane crash on her way to a concert.
  21. Fans describe scene at Travis Scott concert in Houston, where 8 died
    Nov. 6, 2021• Nation & World
    Traffic on Main Street passes by a sign announcing the cancellation of Astroworld the day after at least eight died and scored were injured during a concert by rapper Travis Scott at his two day event, held at NRG Park Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
  22. Singer Zayn Malik pleads no contest to harassing supermodel Gigi Hadid, mom
    Oct. 29, 2021• Crime
    Singer Zayn Malik appears at the Clive Davis and The Recording Academy Pre-Grammy Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Feb. 11, 2017, left, model Yolanda Hadid appears at a book signing for her memoir "Believe Me" in New York on Sept. 13, 2017, center, and supermodel Gigi Hadid appears at the Daily Front Row Fashion Media Awards in New York on Sept. 9, 2021. Malik has pleaded no contest to charges that he harassed his girlfriend Gigi Hadid and her mother Yolanda Hadid during a Sept. 29 argument at the family’s home outside Philadelphia.
  23. Rod Stewart’s plea deal on battery charge in Florida falls through
    Oct. 23, 2021• Florida
    Rod Stewart and his son, Sean, are scheduled to stand trial on charges they battered a security guard during a New Year's Eve bash nearly two years ago.
  24. Clearwater market brings Hispanic culture into focus
    Oct. 17, 2021• Pinellas
    Sones De Mexico dancers, Josue Santos Salvador, 15 tips his hat to Alexandra Navarro, 17 during their performance at the Clearwater Hispanic Farmers market on Sunday in Clearwater.
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