The owners of Madison Square Garden and the City of New York are at loggerheads over whether the famed venue will continue to get a hefty tax break if it moves one block west to the site of the Farley Post Office building.

Clark County Sheriff Bill Young is cracking down on casinos and other venues that book gangster rap acts following the shooting death of a Las Vegas Metro Police officer in February at the hand of an aspiring rapper.

A former accounts receivable clerk at Costa Mesa, Calif.'s Orange County Performing Arts Center was sentenced to 10 years in prison for embezzling $1.85 million over a five-year period.

Patti LaBelle apologized for her sub-par performance to fans who waited until midnight for her March 25th headline set at Florida's Riviera Beach Jazz & Blues Festival.

The original "police officer" of the Village People pleaded not guilty March 28th to charges of drug possession and giving false information to a police officer.

The mayor of San Bernardino, Calif., handed National Orange Show directors a bill March 23rd for almost $500,000 in damages and costs from a riot after the British Invasion 2K6 punk concert earlier in the month.

Vince Power has bounced back into the live music industry by buying what one U.K. newspaper described as "a majority stake" in Spain's Festival International Benicassim.

Warner Music Group agreed March 24th to buy indie recording company Ryko Corp. for $67.5 million.

While the granddaughter of English author J.R.R. Tolkien praised the $25 million theatrical production of "The Lord of the Rings" in Toronto after a review performance March 28th, hers was nearly a lone voice amid scathing reviews of the quasi-musical.