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Live @ Benaroya Hall dazzles with more than a dozen new lectures and concerts this winter and spring. Tickets for Alan Cumming, Ang lique Kidjo, Fran Lebowitz, Jake Shimabukuro, The Wailin' Jennys, Howard Jones and L nasa will go on sale Friday, November 3, at 10am. All other tickets are available now. Additional spring and summer shows for the 2018 season will be announced in late January. Tickets for most shows listed are on sale now, prices vary. Visit www.benaroyahall.org or call (206) 215-4747.

Mannheim Steamroller will present the best the holiday has to offer when they perform at the McCallum Theatre for two performances on Saturday, December 2, at 3:00pm and 8:00pm. Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis has been America's favorite holiday tradition for over 30 years! This year marks the 33rd Anniversary of the Christmas Tour and release of Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, an album that revolutionized the holiday season music category. Mannheim Steamroller has sold more than 40 million albums, 28 million in the Christmas genre. Their holiday albums have become synonymous with Christmas and consistently occupy top spots on Billboard's Seasonal Charts every year.

Mannheim Steamroller will present the best the holiday has to offer this season. The group will perform live for two performances at Mayo Performing Arts Center on Saturday, December 2 at 3 pm and 8 pm. Tickets are $59-$99

Clive Davis and the Recording Academy will present the annual Pre-GRAMMY Gala on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, at Sheraton New York Times Square, the evening preceding the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards .

Grammy -nominated, multi-platinum singer and songwriter Demi Lovato today announces her North American tour, with special guest multi-platinum, hip-hop icon DJ Khaled. Produced by Live Nation, the 20-city run kicks off February 26 in San Diego, CA and wraps March 31 in Tampa, FL. Complete tour routing can be found below.

November programming has been announced at City Winery Chicago. Highlights of the month include multi-night runs from Jazz vocalist (and Chicago transplant) Lizz Wright (Nov. 1-2), Herb Alpert of Tijuana Brass with his wife, Grammy-winning singer Lani Hall, (Nov. 6-7), and four shows over two days with saxophonist Kurt Elling (Nov. 25-26) plus a benefit for Merit School of Music with Nico Segal (previously known as Donnie Trumpet from the Chance the Rapper-affiliated band, The Social Experiment) and The JuJu Exchange (Nov. 28) and much more.

This fall, the talent performing at New Hope's RRazz Room at The Clarion is a diverse mix of world class artists. From legendary mentalist The Amazing Kreskin,to the comedy of Judy Gold, Jackie 'The Joke Man' Martling, Jessica Kirson & Jennie McNulty, 2-Time TONY Award Nominated & American Idol Finalist Constantine Maroulis, TV's Carson Kressley along with Dance Music Artist Kristine W, Philadelphia Resident & Salsoul Records Multi Platinum Recording Aritst Denise Montana (Merry Christmas All), show business royalty Marty Allen (Celebrating His 96th Birthday), there is something for all tastes at the intimate and comfortable Rrazz Room located withing the newly renovated Clarion Hotel & Suites in New Hope. There is nothing quite like the connection between the performers and their audience in a cabaret setting. It is an opportunity to see your favorite artists up close and personal.

Following the first huge line-up announcement earlier this year, IT'S THE SHIP, Asia's largest festival at sea, now reveals its final lineup, as it prepares to set sail on its fourth edition this November 17-20, 2017.

Grammy Award-winning composers Mihaela and Gabriela Modorcea (Indiggo Twins) identical twin sisters born in Transylvania, will present the opening night celebration of their new cinematic musical WICKED CLONE or HOW TO DEAL WITH THE EVIL, at St. Luke's Theater (308 West 46th Street). The celebration will come complete with the purest bottled blood, imported from Transylvania by their father, Vald the Impaler, who has come to New York City for the first time, to see his daughters perform on stage at St. Luke's Theater.

ABC's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE returns to Brooklyn, New York, for five original shows starting MONDAY, OCTOBER 16. The show will tape before a live audience from the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Howard Gilman Opera House. This will be the third time that Kimmel and his show have broadcast from BAM.

'To understand where you're going, you gotta know where you've been.' -- Slam Allen

Today gold-certified rock band DIRTY HEADS release their new LP SWIM TEAM via Five Seven Music.

The Sound of Vinyl today launched in the U.S. with a first-of-its-kind music service that provides a personalized and curated platform for discovering and buying vinyl records.

A cross-regional success story with supernatural slangin' skills, 20-year-old OMB Peezy is up next. Teaming up with Grammy-nominated producer Cardo Got Wingz (Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Jay Z), Peezy shares the slap-heavy six-track Humble Beginnings, his first ever project.

This spring, the international music sensation ROCKTOPIA will rock Broadway for six epic weeks, March 20 - April 29, 2018 at The Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway).

Winners of the 2017 BET HIP-HOP AWARDS were announced last night, Tuesday, October 10th, at a ceremony hosted by DJ Khaled. Among the winners was Kendrick Lamar's DAMN. who took home the award for album of the year.

On Tuesday, October 10 *(check local listings), THE REAL continues #BossLady week with guest co-host Shaunie O'Neal. The creator and executive producer of VH1's Basketball Wives franchise shares her latest venture she's teaming up with her ex Shaquille O'Neal to write a book about divorce and co-parenting.

New York's funniest show, Celebrity Autobiography: THE 2017 EDITION has an upcoming NYC show on Monday, November 20 at 7pm at The Triad (158 West 72nd Street), which will feature stars of stage and screen including Janeane Garofalo, Tate Donovan, Tony Award winner Cady Huffman, Maulik Pancholy (CBS' Star Trek: Discovery), five-time Emmy winner Alan Zweibel, actor/comedian John Fugelsang (Page Six TV) and Drama Desk winners Eugene Pack and Dayle Reyfel.

This fall, the talent performing at New Hope's RRazz Room at The Clarion is a diverse mix of world class artists. From legendary mentalist The Amazing Kreskin,to the comedy of Judy Gold, Jackie 'The Joke Man' Martling, Jessica Kirson & Jennie McNulty, 2-Time TONY Award Nominated & American Idol Finalist Constantine Maroulis, TV's Carson Kressley along with Dance Music Artist Kristine W, Philadelphia Resident & Salsoul Records Multi Platinum Recording Aritst Denise Montana (Merry Christmas All), show business royalty Marty Allen (Celebrating His 96th Birthday), there is something for all tastes at the intimate and comfortable Rrazz Room located withing the newly renovated Clarion Hotel & Suites in New Hope. There is nothing quite like the connection between the performers and their audience in a cabaret setting. It is an opportunity to see your favorite artists up close and personal.

The New York Times reported yesterday that famed Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been sexually assaulting women and paying them to be quiet for decades.