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April 8, 2014

Lily Allen Back With Seezus, Plays NYC’s Highline Ballroom

British pop singer Lily Allen has announced that she will perform a one-off show at New York City’s Highline Ballroom on May 15th to celebrate the release of her new album Sheezus, which is due from Warner Bros. Records in the U.S. on May 6th. The Highline Ballroom show is Allen’s first concert in NYC since her April 2009 show at the Roseland Ballroom. While in New York, Allen will also appear onThe Today Show on May 14th and on Live With Kelly & Michael on May 23rd.

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April 8, 2014

Dierks Bentley’s “Drunk On A Plane”

Award winning singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley ascends to 40,000 feet with the release of his new single “Drunk On A Plane,” available at country radio now. Written by Josh Kear, Chris Tompkins and Bentley, the track is country music storytelling at its best as the narrator is left standing alone at the alter but finds the strength to forge ahead on a hilarious solo trip to Cancun.

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April 7, 2014

SESAC With Kurt Cobain’s Catalog

SESAC, the nation’s most progressive performing rights organization, will now represent Kurt Cobain’s complete catalog, including his work on the groundbreaking Nirvana albums. The alternative rock band defined a generation ushering in the genre known as ‘grunge’ and, perhaps unintentionally, catapulted Cobain into the spotlight as a spokesperson for Generation X. Having written such hits for the band like “All Apologies,” “Heart-Shaped Box,” “Come as You Are” and the classic “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Cobain is widely recognized as one of rock music’s revered songwriters and most influential talents.

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April 7, 2014

Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard and Don Johnson Star In Jim Mickle’s Cold In July

How can a split-second decision change your life? While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane (Michael C. Hall) puts a bullet in the brain of low-life burglar Freddy Russell (Wyatt Russell). Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father, Ben (Sam Shepard), rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.

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April 7, 2014

Dave Koz Cruise Picks Up More Talent, Tours With Barry Manilow

Three-time GRAMMY®-winning blues virtuoso Keb’ Mo’ – who will release his new album, Bluesamericana, on April 22 – and 2013 Sirius XM Watercolors “Breakthrough Artist” Vincent Ingala – who is climbing the charts with “If I Could Fly,” the latest single from his sophomore album, Can’t Stop Now – are the latest musical guests to join the lineup for the Dave Koz and Friends at Sea 2014 cruise to Alaska.

The line-up also includes special guest Chris Botti plus Oleta Adams, Jonathan Butler, Bobby Caldwell, Earl Klugh and many more yet-to-be-announced artists. TheSummer Horns – an all-star saxophone section featuring Mindi Abair, Gerald Albright, Richard Elliot and Dave Koz – will be playing hits from their chart-topping, GRAMMY-nominated album Dave Koz and Friends Summer Horns (Concord Records), which spent five weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Current Contemporary Jazz Albums. The album pays tribute to the great horn sections that fueled hits by such artists as James Brown, Earth Wind & Fire, Chicago, Tower Of Power and Blood, Sweat & Tears. Lead single “Got To Get You Into My Life” spent seven weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Smooth Jazz chart and “I Got You (I Feel Good)” topped the Mediabase Smooth A/C chart for seven weeks. Concord Records is taking their smoking version of Sly and the Family Stone’s “Hot Fun in the Summertime” to radio now as the quartet prepares for its North American summer tour.

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