Bill Graham News

From today, March 24 through August, the Skirball Cultural Center presents Rock & Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip, featuring works by Los Angeles-based photographer Robert Landau.

From March 24 through August, , the Skirball Cultural Center presents Rock & Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip, featuring works by Los Angeles-based photographer Robert Landau. On view will be more than twenty photographs from the only extensive collection of images that capture the hand-painted, temporary billboards that lined L.A.'s fabled Sunset Strip for almost two decades. Taken when Landau was just a teen, the photographs document the emergence of an expressive art form uniquely suited to the city of L.A. and bring to life a colorful and fleeting period in American popular culture. They trace the cultural phenomenon of rock billboard advertising from its inception in 1967 - with the promotion of the Doors' debut album - to the advent of MTV in the 1980s. The photographs also offer a glimpse into L.A.'s past, portraying both the city's infrastructure and inhabitants at the time.

The Skirball Cultural Center presents Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution, the first comprehensive retrospective about the life and career of renowned music industry impresario Bill Graham (1931–1991).

Eddie Money's Two Tickets To Paradise, The Musical, directed by Long Island's own John Blenn is an original play based on Eddie's true life story. It follows Eddie Mahoney and his working class family on their journey together as Eddie rebels against them in order to fulfill his dream of becoming a rock star.

Sam Smith is the first male artist in 34 years – and the first U.K. male artist ever – to receive nominations in the “big four” GRAMMY Awards categories following the release of a debut album.

After much anticipation following their sold-out show at Madison Square Garden in New York City this past October, British electronic music group ABOVE & BEYOND have announced they will return to North America

Atlantic recording artist Vance Joy will make two major television appearances this week, following last week's announcement that he will join Taylor Swift on 'The 1989 World Tour.'

Skyrocketing rents. Loss of diversity. Evictions, Google Glass wearing nouveau riche, The War on the Poor. What is The City coming to? The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe (SFMT) opens its 55th season with RIPPLE EFFECT, a musical comedic tale of intersecting lives and cultures that reflect the familiar neighborhood tensions that are polarizing San Franciscans today.

The internationally influential electronic music producer and DJ Hardwell took over Times Square in New York City today via multiple massive video screens to announce the North American dates for his I Am Hardwell World Tour. Named the world's #1 DJ by the respected DJ Mag earlier this year, Hardwell will bring his electric live show to several cities across the U.S. and Canada including New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, Miami and Chicago. A full list of tour dates is below. The I Am Hardwell World Tour is produced by ALDA Events and promoted exclusively by Live Nation in North America. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 27 in the U.S. and on Friday, July 4 in Canada. Rising star from the Netherlands, Dannic, will be joining the tour as a special guest. Tickets can be purchased through the Live Nation mobile app and at www.livenation.com.

One of the best live albums of all time is about to get considerably better. The Allman Brothers Band's cornerstone LP, At Fillmore East, compiled from the four sets recorded on the weekend of March 12-13, 1971, has been expanded, stretching over six CDs

The day has finally arrived: Jack White's new studio album, Lazaretto, is out today in North America on Third Man Records/Columbia.

Skyrocketing rents. Loss of diversity. Evictions, Google Glass wearing nouveau riche, The War on the Poor. What is The City coming to? The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe (SFMT) opens its 55th season with RIPPLE EFFECT, a musical comedic tale of intersecting lives and cultures that reflect the familiar neighborhood tensions that are polarizing San Franciscans today.

America's mad love affair with Cherrytree / Interscope recording artist La Roux blossomed with the release of 2009's self-titled debut, an album rife with playfully gorgeous synth-pop that captured our hearts.

Danny Zelisko Presents George Thorogood & The Destroyers live at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts tonight, Feb. 27, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the concert go on sale Monday, Dec. 9, 2013 at 10 a.m.

With his hits 'Two Tickets To Paradise', 'Baby Hold On', 'Walk On Water', 'Think I'm In Love' and 'Shakin', music icon Eddie Money is back on the road with an all-star band! An accomplished musician, Money sings, writes and plays the saxophone, harmonica and piano and will do it all at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Thursday, March 20, at 8 p.m. Special guest is Doug Wahlberg, a rock-blues band that has an international following. An AllShows.com VIP Party Pass ($25 addt'l per person), which includes a pre-show cocktail party 6:30 - 7:15 p.m. with open bar, hors-d'oeuvre and priority parking, is available for this show by calling the box office (203-438-5795). This event is part of the Xfinity Rock Series.

After much anticipation, Latitude 38 Entertainment (L38), a Napa Valley owned and operated company, confirmed that BottleRock Napa Valley is scheduled for Friday, May 30 - Sunday, June 1, 2014

City Winery Napa at the Historic Napa Valley Opera House hased announce the much-anticipated artist lineup from the soft launch in April through June 2014. Over the next few weeks ten new concert dates a week will be released until the complete schedule of approximately twenty shows per month is announced. All shows begin at 8pm unless otherwise noted. Tickets available at citywinery.com.

On the heels of the recent $1.1 million sale of the Banksy mural Slave Labor, Julien's Auctions, the premier celebrity and entertainment memorabilia auction house, has announced the rare sale of an original mural from controversial graffiti artist Banksy. Banksy's Flower Girl, which formerly occupied a Los Angeles gas station wall, will headline Julien's Auctions “Street Art” auction to take place Today, December 5, 2013 in Beverly Hills. This rare opportunity to own one of Banksy's early large-scale graffiti murals will mark the first time a work of public street art by Banksy has been offered at auction in America.

Danny Zelisko Presents George Thorogood & The Destroyers live at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the concert go on sale Monday, Dec. 9, 2013 at 10 a.m.

With quiet terror and yearning, ferocity and sensuous redemption, Ethan Gold recorded and released his debut LP in 2011, Songs from a Toxic Apartment. But because he has always been interested in the visual side of musical storytelling, Ethan is now releasing a series of official music videos for nearly all the songs from the debut, including his latest one for “Tonight…” now available via Pure Volume.