Billy Preston, the exuberant keyboardist who landed dream gigs with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and enjoyed his own series of hit singles, including "Outta Space" and "Nothing From Nothing," died Tuesday at 59.

A fire caused minor damage to Minneapolis' First Avenue nightclub June 3rd. A city fire investigator said the cause of the blaze was undetermined, the venue's Nate Kranz told Pollstar.

Repairs on the Louisiana Superdome are ahead of schedule, SMG and stadium officials told media during a May 25th tour of the building, and will be ready for the New Orleans Saints home opener September 25th.

Geoff Tompkins has been promoted to GM of the Memorial Civic Center in Canton, Ohio.

Even though vandals caused thousands of dollars worth of damage to the new Leach Amphitheatre in Oshkosh, Wis., police say high-tech security cameras will probably keep the hooligans from getting away with it.

The two members of Atlanta-based rap group Youngbloodz and their 12-person entourage face drug and weapons charges after their tour bus was stopped on the way to a June 1st concert.

The Federal Communications Commission on May 31st rejected a second appeal by CBS to lift the $550,000 fine for the Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" that briefly exposed her breast during the 2004 Super Bowl.

Rappers Kanye West and Ludacris were cleared of copyright infringement charges June 1st in Manhattan's U.S. District Court when a jury decided the duo's 2003 hit "Stand Up" didn't copy a tune written by a New Jersey rap group.