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While I have my music-nerd quibbles, this is pretty damn good for a non-union touring production.

The North American Tour of SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical will make its Wilmington premiere at The Playhouse on Rodney Square on December 4 & 5, for a two-matinee engagement. Tickets for SUMMER are on sale now and start at $30.

Princess Goes To The Butterfly Museum (Michael C. Hall, Peter Yanowitz & Matt Katz-Bohen) have released the official video for “Tomorrow’s Screams,” from their debut album THANKS FOR COMING, ahead of their Fall European Headline Tour that kicks off next week. Watch the new music video and check out their upcoming tour dates now!

The North American Tour of SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical will make its Detroit premiere at the Fisher Theatre, March 8 – 20, 2022. Tickets start at $39 and will go on sale on Friday, November 26, 2021 online at Ticketmaster.com and in person at the Fisher Theatre Box Office.

Sebastian Maniscalco, has celebrated heights in live entertainment only a few comedians ever achieve. A string of record-breaking, sold-out arena shows include a comedy record for Chicago's United Center with 21,286, the highest gross for a single event at Boston's TD Garden and a historic four show run at Madison Square Garden breaking the record for most comedy shows sold in a weekend for the venue.

Broadway In Boston has announced that the North American Tour of SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical, will make its Boston premiere at Emerson Colonial Theatre.  This limited two-week engagement will play February 22 – March 6, 2022 as part of the upcoming Lexus Broadway In Boston Season. 

Jennifer O'Conner has released the title track from her seventh studio album, 'Born at the Disco'. The album is inspired by the likes of Madonna, Prince, and George Michael. Preorder the new album and watch the music video for the new track now!

Casting has been announced for the North American Tour of SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical, making its premiere engagement at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts on January 5-9.

The North American Tour of SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical will return to the road with technical rehearsals in York, PA at the Pullo Center, followed by an official tour opening night in Pittsburgh, PA at the Benedum Center on November 16, 2021 (November 16-21, 2021). The tour will then visit more than 40 cities for the 2021-22 touring season.

Also, announced this week, the internationally acclaimed, multi-platinum, award-winning pop legends have been added to the Austin City Limits Music Festival, and will be headlining the main stage on Sunday October 3 and 10.

Sebastian Maniscalco has celebrated heights in live entertainment only a few comedians ever achieve. And now he rounds out his New York Metropolitan December 2021 run with one final show at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, December 28. Tickets on sale Friday, August 13 at 10 a.m. ET.

A string of record-breaking, sold-out arena shows include a comedy record for Chicago’s United Center with 21,286, the highest gross for a single event at Boston’s TD Garden and a historic four show run at Madison Square Garden breaking the record for most comedy shows sold in a weekend for the venue.

On the new track - 'MORE JOY!' - Duran Duran channel just that; drilling down on their signature pop energy while adding a flavor of J-pop-disco-punk with collaborators CHAI, the fast-rising all-girl punk band from Nagoya, Japan.

Comic sensation Sebastian Maniscalco will be the first comedian to perform at New York’s newest venue, UBS Arena, located on the border of Queens and Long Island in Belmont Park, on December 27, 2021.

The official film for Duran Duran's 'INVISIBLE' is the first collaboration of its kind, between artists in different planes of existence. In a ground-breaking, world first, Huxley is an A.I. whose 'mind' has been designed based on what we know about how the cognitive and emotional processes of human beings work.

Bad Business Club is a Nu-Disco collective with some old-school Yacht Rock touches. All Things Go said of their debut EP that it has “style that will take some back to the late 70’s, with harmonies larger than life that can bring arena shows to those humble headphones.” 

The Toxic Avenger has previously worked with several big names including touring with Skrillex, collaborating with Chromeo, OrelSan and Look Mum no Computer, and has done official remixes for Magic Sword amongst others.

Hundreds of members of music industry have signed an open letter to record labels titled “Pay Songwriters,” calling for better financial treatment of songwriters. The letter has been signed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Giorgio Moroder, MNEK, Natalie Hemby, Stargate, Ross Golan, Savan Kotchecha Rick Nowels, Jin Jin, Tre Jean-Marie and more. 

During the release of his previous album, Patient Zero, Brandon Phillips laid in a Kansas City hospital as the album was released and was passed by in the outside world.

His distaste for fame mongers and star worship is palpable... practically visceral. “That said, I loathe, detest and revile celebrity influencer culture so thoroughly that I believe it should be garroted to death at the earliest possible time and pushed into an unmarked grave,” he continued with a smirk, gritting his tightly-clenched teeth.