Paul McCartney News

John Pizzarelli returns to Cafe Carlyle with an all-new show, March 20-24. The New York Times recently described John Pizzarelli and his wife Jessica Molaskey as the supreme nightclub act of our time. Jazz Weekly recently raved about John Pizzarelli's Johnny Mercer program: A gig like this oozes with style, class and fun, with Pizzarelli being one of the best ambassadors for the Great American Songbook. One of his best.

UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) presents the West Coast premiere of contemporary music ensemble Alarm Will Sound's multimedia musical event 1969, about a fabled meeting between avant-garde composer Karlheinz Stockhausen and iconoclastic Beatle John Lennon, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27 at Royce Hall. Tickets for $29 $59 are now available online at cap.ucla.edu, via Ticketmaster, by phone 310-825-2101 and at the UCLA Central Ticket Office.

Bringing to life on stage the major musical hits that made The Beatles one of the most successful and influential rock groups of all time, international hit tribute and stage show Beatlemania On Tour is set to take over Johannesburg in early 2018 for a one month-long season at the Theatre of Marcellus, Emperor's Palace Casino.

Broadcast Music, Inc. , (BMI ), Meridian 23 and Guataca join forces to present Sabores Latinos on the heels of The Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) conference in NYC.

Northern Stage is pleased to announce its fifth annual New Works Now, a showcase and celebration of new plays to be presented January 19-21 at the Barrette Center for the Arts. Inaugurated in 2014, New Works Now presents rehearsed staged readings of plays new to the American theater. New Works Now 5.0 will include three staged readings, each featuring a post-show conversation with the playwrights, actors, and directors. A fourth off-site 10-minute play will be presented twice at two different area businesses during the festival weekend.

On Wednesday, January 24th as the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards get ready to make their return to New York City at MSG - RADD , together with MD25 Entertainment will be celebrating the iconic ceremonies' New York roots at The DL (95 DELANCEY ST, NEW YORK, NY, 10002), Doors at 6:00PM!

Indie vocalist Brynn Stanley has released her first EP called Classic which brings legendary and familiar songs in to her own smooth and soulful vocal style.

Celebrated bandleader, multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer and comedian Paul Shaffer along with his talented full band, The Shaf-Shifters, will perform an exclusive three-week engagement at the iconic Cleopatra's Barge at Caesars Palace on select dates in December 2017 and January 2018.

Producer Jack Kleinsinger and the entire Highlights In Jazz family joins the rest of the jazz world in mourning the late Kevin Mahogany, who passed away December 17, 2017. He was originally scheduled to appear at the season kickoff concert.

Ray Gelato has been fortunate to have worked with many greats in this business including Van Morrison& Fats Waller include playing Umbria Jazz in Italy 8 times! The Montreal Jazz Festival, Carnegie Hall, The Blue Note NY, The Lincoln Center NY and Sir Paul McCartney's wedding. He has also opened for Robbie Williams at The Royal Albert Hall and performed on two occasions for HM The Queen.

Award-winning singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rachael Sage debuts her first holiday EP, 'Joy!'.

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and AEG Presents announce comedian Bill Burr will play Orlando this December. The stand-up, actor, writer, podcaster and social critic will offer his brand of comedy to audiences at the Bob Carr Theater today, December 16, 2017 at 7 p.m.

This is a rare chance to bid on the definitive GRAMMY experience with tickets to both the 60th GRAMMY Awards Telecast & MusiCares Person of the Year concert. This package not only includes tickets to the both events but also features two official after-parties and a suite at the New York Hilton Midtown!

Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul are celebrating the season with a very special holiday single. 'Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight),' is out today, Friday, December 15th

Last night, as multi-platinum superstar, Mariah Carey, performed the 50th and final show of her highly-successful two year Las Vegas residency 'MARIAH: #1 TO INFINITY', at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, she surprised the audience with a Christmas in July announcement that she will return to The Colosseum this December with her acclaimed Christmas concert series 'All I Want For Christmas Is You'.

Sergio Mendes producer, composer, keyboardist and vocalist is one of the most internationally successful and influential Brazilian artists of all time, with 40 albums (many of which went gold or platinum) and three Grammy Awards. In 2012, his Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 LP was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. A feature documentary about him as well as a new album are in the works for 2018. He returns to Folsom for two performances.

The Daily Mail reports that JK Rowling has been handed the title 'Companion of Honour' for services to literature and philanthropy.

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), a professional membership organization of songwriters, composers and music publishers, announces its Top Holiday Songs for 2017. According to an ASCAP analysis of streaming and terrestrial radio data, 1994's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You,' written by Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey, moves to #1, joining enduring Christmas classics like 'A Holly Jolly Christmas'(written by Johnny Marks, 1962) and 'Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow'(written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, 1945), at the top of the charts. (Check out ASCAP's interview with Afanaseiff about writing 'All I Want' at http://bit.ly/2k8S9E0)

BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE will honor top achievements in the fields of physics, life sciences and mathematics, with a star-studded ceremony on Sunday, Dec. 3, at the NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. T

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and AEG Presents announce tickets on sale for the Crooked Presents tour, Pod Tours America, coming to the Bob Carr Theater on Saturday, April 8, 2018 at 8 p.m.