One Offs

Rascal Flatts, which recently parted ways with Turner & Nichols, is now managed by Spalding Entertainment …

A panel of appellate court judges has ruled No Doubt can pursue its case against video game company Activision for allowing the band’s avatars to perform songs they didn’t write in “Band Hero” …

A federal informant in Buju Banton’s second trial over drug charges testified the reggae singer discussed the cocaine trade with him on several occasions …

The city of Glendale, Ariz., has offered Chicago financier Matthew Hulsizer $100 million for arena parking rights and $97 million to manage the Jobing.com Arena to cement his bid to purchase the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes …

The Rumba Room at Universal CityWalk, which features performances by Latino acts that play the nearby Gibson Amphitheatre, has filed suit against CityWalk alleging racial discrimination for denying the club’s lease extension.

AFI lead singer Davey Havok will take over Billy Joe Armstrong’s role in Broadway’s “American Idiot” for a two-week stand and former “American Idol” contestant Justin Guarini joins the cast in March …

The Windish Agency has launched an in-house music licensing department with Glen Phillips at the helm of the enterprise …

John Denver will receive a posthumous honor April 21 as the first inductee into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame …

David Cassidy faces a year of probation plus suspended driving privileges after pleading no contest to driving under the influence in Florida.