One Offs

Lakewood Amphitheatre near Atlanta has been renamed Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood thanks to a three-year sponsorship agreement between Live Nation and retailer Aaron’s Inc. …

Oscar De La Hoya and AEG are launching at Club Nokia a monthly boxing TV series, “Fight Night Club,” featuring the boxer’s top prospects …

Peter Gabriel and Venezuelan composer Jose Antonio Abreu won the Polar Music Prize in Sweden, and will each receive a 1 million kroner ($127,500) award …

The 43rd annual Country Music Association Awards will be broadcast by ABC-TV from the Sommet Center in Nashville Nov. 11.

Construction of the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Md., could being within a year, according to the Gazette newspaper …

Ticketmaster Entertainment reportedly said May 12 it has received required approval from its lenders for its proposed merger with Live Nation …

David Geffen has approached a hedge fund about buying its 19 percent stake in the New York Times, according to a person knowledgeable about the offer …

Eminem was expected to fly about 200 laid-off auto workers to Los Angeles for the May 15 taping of the rapper’s appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” …

DMX reportedly served his 90-day jail sentence for drug, fraud and animal cruelty, and was released from the Maricopa County Jail in Arizona May 13.