The City of Brotherly Love is showing some to House of Blues Entertainment with the announcement that lease negotiations have been finalized to open a Philadelphia outpost of the club/restaurant chain in the landmark Packard Building downtown.

Although CD sales continue to move in the direction of records and tapes, music industry associations are finding digital music sales are at least partially offsetting the decline of the disc.

Although it may not be wise to pin its hopes on a few major albums like it did with Coldplay and Gorillaz in 2005, EMI's release schedule between now and Christmas gives rise to the belief that the company will have a better second half of the year.

The band Plus 44, formed by Blink-182's Travis Barker and Mark Hoppus, goes by many names.

Los Angeles-based AEG has unveiled its purchase of a 49 percent share in Barrie Marshall's Marshall Arts, although the deal to take close to a half-stake in the U.K. company has been common knowledge for nearly three months.

CBGB & OMFUG, acronyms for Country Bluegrass Blues and Other Music for Uplifting Gormandizers, never quite got around to featuring what it advertised before ending a historic 33-year run that introduced the Ramones, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, and Television to NYC audiences.

While a number of competitors have been sniffing around Turkey's second-largest ticket seller, U.S.-based Ticketmaster is believed to be on the verge of turning the market on its head by buying the country's biggest operation.

The 908-capacity Mishawaka Amphitheatre in Bellevue, Colo., will resume hosting concerts this winter in addition to its summer concert series following an abrupt closing in mid-August.

Chuck La Vallee, formerly of William Morris Agency and Metropolitan Talent, joined the online ticket reseller StubHub October 2nd as its new director of music business development, the company has announced.

Toronto promoter Gino Empry died October 14th following complications from a stroke.

Las Vegas-based MGM Mirage announced October 16th it will sell two casinos in Laughlin, Nev., to a private investment group for $200 million.