One Offs

The Canadian Country Music Association recently announced the 2009 Canadian Country Music Awards will be held in Vancouver, the first time it’s been on the West Coast since 1987 …

Clear Channel Communications has extended the termination date on its buyout by Bain Capital Partners and Thomas H. Lee to June 12, 2008, according to Radio Ink …

Harrah’s Entertainment and Sumner Gaming and Resorts has announced a $5 million destination resort in the destination capital of Sumner County, Kansas …

Dave Chappelle recently broke his own record, performing six hours and 12 minutes at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles, in part motivated by a rumor that Dane Cook was planning to break his record, according to club owner Jamie Masada.

The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is expected to announce its next five inductees December 13th (nominees include Afrika Bambaataa, Beastie Boys, Leonard Cohen, Donna Summer and The Ventures) …

A San Diego man was recently arrested for starting three small fires on a day when wildfire warnings were in effect, including a fire in a riverbed area behind Coors Amphitheatre, according to the Union-Tribune …

Godsmack frontman Sully Erna and a friend were recently interviewed by police after they partied with a woman the day before she was found dead, according to WCVB-TV Boston, but neither man was a suspect and police have arrested her estranged husband after he crashed his car into oncoming traffic that day …

Amy Winehouse may have canceled her tour but several stand-ins are taking her place on the dates, including – cough – an Amy Winehouse imitator.