Seriously? OMG! WTF?

Tickets will go on sale Saturday (Dec. 2) for a run of Billy Joel dates in the Southern U.S. in February and March. Joel will sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl in Miami on Feb. 4, and the tour starts Feb. 7 at the Jacksonville (Fla.) Arena. Also on the route are the TD Waterhouse Arena in Orlando, Fla. (Feb. 10), American Airlines Arena in Miami (12), Colonial Center in Columbia, S.C. (14), the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville, S.C. (17), the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville (21), JPJ Arena in Charlottesville, Va. (23), and the Birmingham (Ala.) Jefferson Civic Center (26). In March, Joel will play Philips Arena in Atlanta (1), RBC Center in Raleigh (3), and the New Orleans Arena (6).

Billboard 

If you never seen him in concert, I highly recomend that you do! He puts on one hell of a show!

Lil’ Wayne has been barred from performing at Morgan State University and may face criminal charges, after a homecoming concert went awry when the rapper’s entourage threw money into the crowd. The sold-out concert took place at Hill Field House during the university’s homecoming concert on Thursday (Oct. 19), which also featured Busta Rhymes. During Lil’ Wayne’s performance, members of his entourage tossed $20, $10, $5 and $1 bills into the crowd of mostly college students. In the rush to retrieve the cash, two women sustained leg injuries and another woman fainted. All were treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital. "We’re evaluating it from a public safety standpoint and a criminal standpoint," Morgan State University Police Chief Adrian Wiggins told the Baltimore Sun. Morgan State University Spokesman Clinton R. Coleman compared the rapper’s actions to "standing in a crowded movie theater and shouting fire." "It is something we regret that he did," Coleman said. "We regret the injuries that were caused. And we’re happy that most of the people in the crowd acted responsibly."

AllHipHop 

How sad that the women were probaly injured trying to catch a $1 bill.

Rock veterans Genesis are to reform, 10 years after frontman Phil Collins left. Collins, 55, with guitarist Mike Rutherford, 56, and keyboardist Tony Banks, 56, have agreed to take part in a major tour. Genesis sold over 130 million albums during the ’70s and ’80s, despite losing singer Peter Gabriel in 1975. A spokesman said specific details of the tour and "long term plans" including possible new material would be announced in the next few weeks. The group was formed by Rutherford, Banks and Gabriel at Charterhouse public school in the 1960s. Collins joined as drummer in 1970 and initially the band enjoyed cult success. They only hit the commercial big time with hits like I Can’t Dance, Mama and Invisible Touch after Gabriel left.

BBC 

I put a question mark because this reunion has been rumored for years and nothing so far has come of it.

China’s Culture Ministry has nixed a concert this month by rap artist Jay-Z at Shanghai’s Hongkou Stadium, citing a need to protect local hip-hop fans from nasty lyrics, a report said Wednesday. "Some of Jay-Z’s songs contain too much vulgar language," the state-run Shanghai Daily newspaper quoted Sun Yun, of promoter KS Production Co., as saying to explain the ministry’s reason for refusing permission for the Oct. 23 concert. The concert would have been the Chinese debut for the rap icon, whose real name is Shawn Carter. The New York rapper’s use of profanity and songs about drug dealers, pimps and violence apparently offended the culture czars, who have recently allowed other groups with sexually suggestive songs, such as The Rolling Stones and the Black Eyed Peas, to perform in Shanghai. The cancellation could not be immediately confirmed, but a notice posted Wednesday on an online ticket booking Web site, Tickets365, said the concert had been postponed. The notice in red gave no reason, but said concertgoers would be contacted as soon as a new date was set. A call to a representative for the rapper early Wednesday went unanswered, as did calls to the news office of China’s Culture Ministry. The number for KS Production was not available.

AP 

That is such BS, they need to loosen up.

Prince fans soon may be partying like it’s 1999. A Web site connected to Prince is hinting that his rumored Rio headliner deal is done. Since Monday, his www.3121.com Web site — a reference to his "3121" album — has been showing only a red-and-blue graphic in the shape of the Rio. Recent sightings of Prince at the Rio and elsewhere with Harrah’s executives have fueled the rumors, and he’s known for sending cryptic clues to his fans. "It looks good. Take it to the bank," said a source close to the Prince camp.

Norm Clarke 

Wouldn’t it be fun to go see this!

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