Michael Jackson News

New York Live Arts today announced details for 2015's third Open Spectrum, titled Post White America: Can Art Deracialize The Nation? and taking place Sunday, April 26 at 5:00pm in the New York Live Arts Theater. Open Spectrum provides an intimate conversational platform that engages participants in active listening, constructive discourse and action planning.

Hotel Nikko San Francisco and Michael Feinstein will welcome the return of singer-songwriter-pianist Spencer Day to Feinstein's at the Nikko for two performances only - Friday, June 5 (8 p.m.); and Saturday, June 6 (8 p.m.).

Following an overwhelmingly successful first leg, Ariana Grande's THE HONEYMOON TOUR is extending its North America run through the summer and will make a stop at the Mandalay Bay Events Center Saturday, Aug. 29. Grande recently received two GRAMMY Award-nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album for My Everything and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for 'Bang Bang' with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj.

Pharrell Williams stopped by last night's LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS to talk about Michael Jackson and being the 'nice guy' on The Voice. Check out clips from the appearance below!

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has adopted a pioneering approach among major music publishers by installing an A&R executive to work in Nashville and specialize in non-country music.

Looking for some coverage on upcoming show: Jarrod Spector: A Little Help From My Friends, at Emelin Theatre in Mamaroneck, NY, Fri, Apr 17 @ 8PM.

Backed by the lush sounds of a full orchestra, Anka brings his talents to Pacific Symphony Pops for a high-energy concert filled with songs that have transcended generations. These include such hits as 'Put Your Head on My Shoulder,' 'You Are My Destiny,' 'Puppy Love,' 'Lonely Boy' and the illustrious 'My Way,' which became Frank Sinatra's signature song, and is the title of Anka's autobiography.

On her latest album, Just When I Let Go, Melissa Giges has taken a chance. No longer hiding under a cover of mysterious lyrics, she is opening up, and it's enabled her to tell deeply personal stories about suitors playing strange games, about exes that should come with roadmaps, and the apparent crime of being single. The New York born and bred singer-songwriter will be performing those songs and telling the stories behind them when she records a live album on April 21st at New York's premiere venue for new music, Rockwood Music Hall.

Lansing, MI -- The Children's Ballet Theatre of Michigan is busy rehearsing an upbeat repertoire show titled CBT LIVE! Creative Director Gregory M. George will transform Holt High School Theatre into an urban street scene complete with a live DJ and laser light show on Friday, May 1st and Saturday, May 2nd at 7:00 p.m. and again Sunday, May 3rd at 2:00 p.m.

MC Lyte's 'LEGEND' album, her first in over eleven years, merges the classic sound of what made her initially popular together with the new, edgy, compelling sounds of the 21st century.

Producers Kevin McCollum, Doug Morris and Berry Gordy, and Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta are proud to announce that single tickets for MOTOWN THE MUSICAL will go on sale Sunday, April 12 at 10 a.m.

After hinting at a summer run in London, it looks like MOTOWN THE MUSICAL will be shakin' it in the West End next spring.

Motown the Musical, currently playing at the Buell Theatre, provides a bit of a history lesson for the record label, but mostly it feels like a really impressive tribute concert.

This week it was announced that NBC would be following up its successful broadcasts of THE SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE! and PETER PAN LIVE! with an all-star new production of popular 1970s R&B musical THE WIZ and today we celebrate some of the most tantalizing aspects of the entertainment event. Given the fact that THE WIZ is based on one of the most cherished and timeless stories ever written, L. Frank Baum's THE WIZARD OF OZ, the potential for this new live presentation of THE WIZ to become a widely-viewed take on one of the most well-known tales of all time, poised to introduce a classic to a whole new generation, is doubly stacked.

Hersheypark Stadium will welcome one of music's biggest stars -- Ariana Grande on Sunday, July 26 at 7:30 PM. Joining her for the evening will be Latin superstar, Prince Royce.

Producers Kevin McCollum, Doug Morris and Berry Gordy present the First National Tour of MOTOWN THE MUSICAL, which plays The Buell Theatre tonight, March 31-April 19 only. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the production below!

Live Nation welcomes ARIANA GRANDE with special guest Prince Royce to Taco Bell Arena on Wednesday, September 2, 2015.

Giuseppe Verdi's AIDA, written to open the Khedivial Opera House in Egypt in 1871, proves its timelessness as Director Gale Edwards blends old and new worlds on the waterfront stage. With a 18meter tall partial ruins of the head of Nefertiti towering over Farm Cove, the original setting in Egypt has been retained but the line between classical and modern Egypt is blurred as ancient religion and traditional costumes sit alongside futuristic soldiers and military officers reminiscent of European World War I and World War II strategists.

MOTOWN THE MUSICAL recently opened at the Orpheum Theater in Omaha, taking the packed house captive for 2 hours and 45 minutes with nonstop songs covering 25 years of emerging superstars.