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Rock N' Roll Debauchery - the interactive rock and roll experience, opens this evening at 42West NY, "Bigger, Badder and Bolder" than ever before.

With a goal of topping last year's record-breaking $5.25 million dollars raised in its ongoing battle against Parkinson's disease, LIGHT OF DAY WINTERFEST 2017: The Beat Goes On, presented by the Asbury Park Press, the 17th anniversary edition of the anchor event for the world-renowned Light of Day Foundation, will bring over 150 music acts to 30 venues over 10 days in three New Jersey cities, New York City, and Philadelphia, in January, following holiday season tours of Europe and Canada.

The 80's glam-rock comedy brought huge laughs to a large space at Carlisle. Fourth wall? What's a fourth wall?

Twisted Sister, fronted by the incomparable Dee Snider, is coming to Badlands Pawn in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for the final U.S. performance of their career ending '40 and F*ck It' World Tour.

Today, Billboard shared an exclusive clip of Midler's appearance on the singing competition, in which she offers advice to the contestants.

Celebrate the music of the Grateful Dead live in concert, performed by Terrapin, Connecticut's #1 Grateful Dead Experience with special guest: Brothers of the Road performing a full concert of Allman Bros classics.  Saturday October 29th at the Palace Theater  in Waterbury in their only joint appearance in Connecticut this year.

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Billy Livesay and his band The Livesays will be releasing their new album 'Hold On... Life Is Calling' on October 3, 2016!

The reputable Duncan Theatre has announced their 2016/17season with prominent artists MOMIX, tribute artists such as Stayin' Alive to the extraordinary Drumline LIVE, the mesmerizing Pants Down Circus: Rock and the underwear performing Skivvies and many more! The intimate Duncan Theatre with the 700 seat and 122 seat Stage West Theatre performing arts venues will be exploding with dance, concerts, family shows, classical music as well as a spectacular cinema live stage show on the Lake Worth campus of Palm Beach State College.

Fans of NBC's The Voice get a rare double bill with past contestants Joshua Davis and Amanda Ayala at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Sunday, September 11 at 8 pm as part of the Doyle Coffin Architecture Singer Songwriter Series and Northeast Builders of Ridgefield, LLC Emerging Artist Series. 

Coming up at The Iridium are: NYC's all-women blues band JANE LEE HOOKER on July 23; ELLEN KAYE with UK guitarist PAUL ROSE and Ethan Fein and the LiveIt!LIVE Band on July 26; VERNON REID POWER TRIO on July 29; and soul singer/songwriter/guitarist RAUL MIDON on September 24 & 25. Scroll down for details!

As Congress continues to debate on the issue of new gun-control measures, Billboard Magazine and the organization 'Everytown for Gun Safety' gathered celebrities, musicians and entertainment legends to sign an an open letter urging legislators in Washington to 'seek a safe and sane end to gun violence.'

A NEW HOPE WOMEN'S COMEDY EVENT DOUBLE HEADER at The RRazz Room At The Raven will feature Jennie McNulty & Lisa Koch and Special Guest Comedian Karen Faber on August 6 at 7:30 pm. For Tickets & Information: 888-596-1027 or www.TheRRazzRoom.com.

Janet McTeer and Cush Jumbo lead an all-woman company in a play that can be troublesome for contemporary audiences.

Today, Luther Burbank Center for the Arts (The Center) announced the addition of four new performances to its 2016-2017 lineup.

?The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture presents a new music and thought series called Hit Makers: Music Icons in Performance and Conversation with Valerie Smaldone. Kicking off Hit Makers is Tommy James of Tommy James and The Shondells on Monday, May 16 at 7:30pm at The Sheen Center, 18 Bleecker Street.

A rock 'n' roll queen returns for her crown in I WILL NOT GO GENTLY, a world premiere comedy written and performed by Jennifer Childs, running April 21 - May 15, 2016 from 1812 Productions. This play with music tells the story of fictional '80s rock icon Sierra Mist and the spirit of rebellion embodied in her music. Sierra has gone from top of the charts to middle aged obscurity, leaving behind a legion of fans for whom her songs were the anthems of their adolescence.

Comedy Central/National Lampoon star Tommy Koenig's Baby Boom Baby has been called wildly entertaining, touching, and very, very funny!  It has also been called well-written, high energy, and invigorating.  Koenig will bring his one man 'musicomedy'- a flashback through our times and the music that defined them' to the Palm Beaches theatre from April 28th through May 15th.

A rock 'n' roll queen returns for her crown in I WILL NOT GO GENTLY, a world premiere comedy written and performed by Jennifer Childs, running April 21 - May 15, 2016 from 1812 Productions. This play with music tells the story of fictional '80s rock icon Sierra Mist and the spirit of rebellion embodied in her music. Sierra has gone from top of the charts to middle aged obscurity, leaving behind a legion of fans for whom her songs were the anthems of their adolescence.

The Rock and Roll for Children Foundation today announced the lineup for their annual fundraising event, taking place on Saturday, March 12 at 7:00pm at the Bethesda Blues and Jazz Club, featuring rock and roll legends from across the globe, uniting to benefit The Children's Inn at NIH.

The Asbury Park portion of LIGHT OF DAY WINTERFEST 2016, where the bulk of the action will occur, is being held today, Jan. 8, through Jan. 18, 2016 at such fabled rock venues as the Paramount Theater, the Stone Pony, and the Wonder Bar, among others.