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The Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts has announced its events for September - October 2013. Details below!

And now to the announcement of the latest Vault Platinum Package... lucky number 17. With all of the blood, sweat and tears that has gone on behind the scenes at Third Man Records to build the new Vault service it quickly became apparent that there could only be one package worthy of the inaugural offering under TMR's new Vault banner.

The Weight Of Your Love, Editors' fourth studio album, is, according to lead singer and songwriter Tom Smith, “a band record, a musical record, a rock record... with a foot in that alt-rock / Americana world.”

This week at Joe's Pub at the Public (July 1-7) will feature Canada's Birthday Bash, performances by Dona La Nena, Brian Landrus, Mark Murphy and Friends, The Hot Sardines, Sufiana, Alex Ferreira, Kate Ferber, Emily Asher, and John Kelly. Details below!

For the first time in their history, Michael Johnathon and the WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour will host their live program in Europe, celebrating the return of Kentucky bluegrass music to its ancestral home on the Emerald Isle.

BANDALOOP, the Bay Area's acclaimed vertical dance company, is proud to present Harboring, a new hour long, multi-dimensional dance by Amelia Rudolph in collaboration with assistant artistic director Rachael Lincoln and the dancers of BANDALOOP, with art direction by celebrated designer Jack Carpenter. Staged in and around Fort Mason Center's iconic Festival Pavilion and inspired by Fort Mason's past and present, this world premiere moves through images of travel, memory, the fluidity of the ocean, rope craft and maritime industry using the medium of site-reactive multi-dimensional dance. Harboring will engage the space and interactive set pieces including a stack of shipping containers and a swinging frame/vessel to draw the viewer into an immersive experience.

CMT celebrated Willie Nelson's 80th birthday in Nashville recently with an all-star cast of friends for a special episode of CMT CROSSROADS: Willie Nelson & FRIENDS FROM THIRD MAN RECORDS, set to premiere tonight, June 23 at 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Led by legendary trumpeter, composer, and multitalented cultural phenomenon Wynton Marsalis, the versatile Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra celebrates the 25th anniversary of JLCO with Philadelphia performance tonight, June 15 at 8 p.m. in Verizon Hall.

The Weight Of Your Love, Editors' fourth studio album, is, according to lead singer and songwriter Tom Smith, “a band record, a musical record, a rock record... with a foot in that alt-rock / Americana world.”

Singer-songwriters Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell perform at the Mayo Performing Arts Center on Friday, July 12, 2013 at 8 pm. Tickets are $49-89. Special guests will be Devil Makes Three.

This summer, Joe's Pub at The Public will pay tribute to pop icons ABBA, Sly Stone, Laura Nyro, Liza Manelli and more with a series of musical performances and shows.

SONGS FOR A TRAVELER, the new album from The Looking, turns American folk classics and old country songs such as like “Wayfaring Stranger,” “900 Miles,” “River in the Pines,” and “Blue River” into solid alt-pop rock. This third album from The Looking will be released on June 11, 2013, with a release show at The Rockwood on July 7th.

Le Poisson Rouge celebrates its fifth anniversary tonight, June 7-16 with LPR X 5, a series of specially curated concerts that exemplify the venue's commitment to diverse musical programming. LPR has grown and evolved over the last five years, while staying true to the philosophy that inspired co-founders Justin Kantor and David Handler to open the venue. LPR is dedicated 'to the fusion of popular and art cultures in music, dance, literature, and visual art. The venue's mission is to revive the symbiotic relationship between art and revelry, to establish a creative asylum for both artists and audiences.'

Clear Channel Media and Entertainment and Dualtone Music Group, a leading boutique independent music label, today announced an agreement that enables Dualtone and its artists to share revenue from Clear Channel's broadcast and digital radio.

Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound today announced that the Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Labs at Skywalker Sound will take place at Skywalker Ranch in 2013 and 2014 and also announced the artists that will participate in the 2013 Labs. This is the first time the two organizations will collaborate to support independent filmmakers and film composers and marks a significant expansion of the Institute's existing Composers Labs to include sound design.

Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter LeAnn Rimes is releasing her new album, SPITFIRE, today, June 4, 2013.

The Town Hall is proud to announce the season finale of Broadway by the Year featuring The Broadway Musicals of 1988, includingThe Phantom of the Opera, Chess, Legs Diamond, Romance Romance, Carrie, and More! Scott Siegel, the creator, writer, and host of Broadway by the Year has selected a half dozen performers to star in the concert, including Howard McGillin, who holds the record for playing 'The Phantom' longer than any other actor in Broadway history. He will be joined by one of his Christines, Jennifer Hope Wills. Drama Desk Nominees Farah Alvin (The Marvelous Wonderettes) and Kevin Earley (Death Takes a Holiday) return toBroadway by the Year. Lisa Brescia, who starred on Broadway in Twyla Tharp's The Times They Are A-Changin', as Elphaba in Wicked, and as Donna in Mamma Mia! makes her Broadway by the Year debut and favorite Scott Coulter will direct and star in the concert. The cast will be joined by the Broadway by the Year Chorus.

Pitbull brought Miami to New York City this morning during his performance on GOOD MORNING AMERICA's Summer Concert Series. Check out the appearance below!

The forecast may be calling for a sizzling summer, but CMT is prepared to stay cool this upcoming season with all-new music specials, series premieres and themed programming weeks as part of SIX-PACK SUMMER, kicking-off with the season three premiere of REDNECK ISLAND on Wednesday, June 5 at 10:30 p.m., ET/PT, immediately following the 2013 CMT MUSIC AWARDS.

CMT celebrated Willie Nelson's 80th birthday in Nashville recently with an all-star cast of friends for a special episode of CMT CROSSROADS: WILLIE NELSON & FRIENDS FROM THIRD MAN RECORDS, set to premiere Sunday, June 23 at 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT.