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It's a cheerfully weird tour through some of our darker downtown denizens and, of course, contains semi-nude photos of Debbie Harry, as these things must .

Rege Behe can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7990. Years ago during a show at Rosebud in the Strip District, musician Dave Alvin brought onstage the guy who was selling his CDs and T-shirts. A grave injustice had been done, Alvin said, this man being relegated to the merchandise table.

Those " holy-shit-they're-playing-there " Nine Inch Nails farewell shows finally have tickets, on sale times, and opening acts, announced today via Twitter.

Claim to fame: She made her professional acting debut as a kid in a Jell-O commercial and played a grandchild to Lucille Ball in the comic legend's third-most-popular TV show, "Life With Lucy." But we're pretty sure she's better known for fronting indie darlings Rilo Kiley and launching a solo career in 2006 with a countrified album called "Rabbit ...

Youth is no longer wasted on just the young. Details: Sonic Youth performs Wednesday, July 15, at House of Blues.

According to TMZ.com , Michael Jackson will be laid to rest in pure MJ fashionas in he will be wearing one of his favorite gloves.

The mayor of Gary, Ind. says Michael Jackson's father will attend a memorial service for the pop icon in the family's hometown.

The son of the late Grammy-nominated gospel singer Timothy Wright will be installed as pastor of his father's Brooklyn church.

The New York Philharmonic is headed to Cuba to explore the communist nation after being invited to perform there in the fall.

Michael Jackson's death certificate has been released without a listed cause of death and a coroner said investigators are still testing the singer's brain.

It's clear that Michael Jackson's music can still sell. Two weeks after his death, Jackson's songs still occupied five out of the 10 slots on iTunes best selling singles chart.

You can divide the world into two kinds of people: Those whose hearts cracked a little bit last weekend at the news that Casey Kasem was doing his final radio countdown of the hits, and those who said, "Casey who?" For those of us who grew up listening to Kasem play the top 40 records in America every weekend, the only thing sadder than his ...

In the past eight years, since he last released an album, Maxwell has apparently found the one piece he lacked: focus.

A Grand Ole Opry spokeswoman says Opry performer Mel McDaniel is in the hospital after suffering a heart attack.

The memorial service for singer Michael Jackson cost the city of Los Angeles $1.4 million, the mayor's office said Wednesday.

Casey Kasem has done his final countdown. The 77-year-old DJ told "American Top 20" listeners across the country Saturday that the program would be his last.

A judge ruled Wednesday that Katherine Jackson will retain control of 2,000 items from Neverland Ranch until another hearing is held Monday, despite claims that the Jackson family had moved too quickly to take control of the pop star's $500 million estate.

Fans in Asia stayed awake into the wee hours, bars across Europe held Michael Jackson theme nights and television stations from Sydney to Paris cleared their schedules Tuesday to broadcast the King of Pop's star-studded memorial service from Los Angeles.

Before making it big, musicians had to start somewhere. Rod Steward dug graves, Jack White upholstered and even Kanye West schlepped in retail. Best Selling Plasma TV Stands

Motorcycle GPS. Just weeks after a federal jury ruled that a Minnesota woman must pay $1.92 million for illegally sharing copyright-protected music, the recording industry wants to make sure she doesn't do it again.