The all-female “super tour” Lilith Fair will return next summer with an 18 city tour including stops in Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. The festival which originally ran from 1997-1999 with moderate success featured headlining acts including Sarah McLauchlan, Sheryl Crowe, Dixie Chicks, Jewel, and Indigo Girls.

Nettwerk Music Group has not announced lineup or tour dates, but CEO Terry McBride promised “exciting announcements”.

Rest assured, Jack FM will not be giving away tickets to this one…

[CBS News] Jack FM’s favorite one-armed drummer is doing more than just rocking our faces off. Def Leppard’s Rick Allen talked at length during an interview on CBS’ Early Show about using his personal story of triumph over tragedy to help inspire wounded vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Rick Allen’s story of overcoming the loss of his left arm in a car accident and continuing to drum in one of the biggest rock bands of the 1980s has long been considered one of the most awe-inspiring tales in the world of music.

Allen’s organization, Raven Drum, helps troops who have sufferred life-altering traumas to celebrate their uniqueness and find a light during some of the darkest moments of their lives.

Def Leppard was set to begin the third leg of their North American tour last week, but had to cancel due to “unforseen circumstances”. While it sucks that we won’t see them on stage, you can still see their touring partners, Cheap Trick, live and in charge at Jack’s Cheap Christmas on December 10th at Allstate Arena.

Follow the link for more information on the Raven Drum Organization.

During last night’s taping of the Late Late Show, 70 mph winds in California knocked out the lights leaving host Craig Ferguson in the dark mid-interview with actress Alicia Silverstone. Instead of stopping the tape, they handed the comedian a flashlight so he could continue on with the show.

Craig Ferguson, who is notorious for using puppets and extreme close-ups during his show, adapted quickly and managed to turn the technical difficulty into late night gold.

The high winds also managed to knock out power around the greater Los Angeles area. You can watch the entire episode at CBS.com.

Paul McCartney’s “I’ve Gotta Feelin’”, the first track to be released off of his new DVD “Good Evening New York City”, can be heard right here! What do you think about his newest song?

The Multi-Disc CD/DVD Special Package Features Dazzling Performances of Beatles, Wings and Solo Classics From Citi Field, Formerly Shea Stadium, Historic Site of The Beatles’ Landmark 1965 Concert, and will be relased in the U.S. on November 17th.

“It was three great nights for the band and for me personally it was very exciting to be back opening a new stadium on the site of the old Shea Stadium where we had played 44 years previously. Even more exciting because this time round you could hear us!”- McCartney

(OFFICIAL RELEASE) Paul McCartney’s historic three-night musical christening of New York’s Citi Field, witnessed by 120,000-plus attendees and universally hailed as a concert experience for the ages, will be immortalized November 17 when Hear Music/Concord Music Group releases Good Evening New York City. This momentous musical experience will be available in two formats: a 3-disc (2 CD + 1 DVD) standard edition and a 4-disc (2 CD + 2 DVD) deluxe version featuring expanded packaging and a bonus DVD including McCartney’s traffic-stopping, headline-making July 15 performance on the Ed Sullivan Theater marquee (including bonus numbers not aired on the Late Show with David Letterman broadcast). The set will also be made available in high quality vinyl. In any configuration, the 30+ songs and nearly 3 hours of music comprising Good Evening New York City are a must-have for attendees wishing to relive the July 17, 18 & 21 shows, those who couldn’t get tickets and/or anyone interested in an audiovisual document of a living legend. Good Evening New York City marks McCartney’s 2nd release for Hear Music. The first was 2007’s highly acclaimed Memory Almost Full. The standard version of Good Evening New York City will be available at participating Starbucks company-operated locations in the U.S. and Canada and wherever music is sold.

R.E.M. released the two-disc Live at the Olympia today, giving fans a dose of working rehearsals that took place in 2007 as they prepared for their Accelerate album.

Live at The Olympia, recorded over five shows in Dublin, features nine songs from Accelerate, including “Living Well Is the Best Revenge,” “Man-Sized Wreath” and “Disguised,” an early version of “Supernatural Superserious.”

The 39-track set also features songs from such classic R.E.M. albums as Reckoning (”So. Central Rain”), New Adventures in Hi-Fi (”New Test Leper”) and Murmur (”West of the Fields”).

A DVD of the shows, This Is Not A Show, is also available in a combination package with the CDs, as is a box set containing the album on four vinyl LPs, in addition to the two CDs and the DVD.

ESSEX, Md. (AP) – A Baltimore city police officer delivered the fright of a lifetime to a haunted house employee, pulling a gun on the chain-saw-wielding man at the end of his act, authorities said Monday.

Sgt. Eric Janik, 37, was charged with assault and reckless endangerment for pointing his service handgun at the worker, who was dressed as Leatherface, the killer from “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” Baltimore County police said.

The employee, Mike Morrison, followed Janik and several other people up a staircase Sunday night at the end of the haunted house tour in a bid to get “one last scream” out of them, police said.

When the group exited into a parking lot, Janik pulled his gun and pointed it at Morrison from less than 10 feet away, according to police and Morrison, who said he dropped the chain saw, put his hands up and backed away. The saw had no chain.

Only then did Janik identify himself as a police officer, said Morrison, who retreated into the building.

“I started shaking pretty bad,” he told The Associated Press.

Another employee of the House of Screams called police.

According to charging documents, Janik smelled of alcohol and told police two different stories about what he did with the gun. First, he denied drawing the weapon, but later he said he pointed it at the ground.

According to Bruce Springsteen’s Official Site, the band cancelled last night’s show at the Sprint Center in Kansas City due to the death of Lenny Sullivan, Bruce’s cousin and assistant road manager of the E Street Band for the last ten years. Lenny was 36.

No word yet if additional tour dates will be cancelled.

CTA officials confirmed that they are talking with Apple about overhauling the North and Clybourn Red Line station for a $4 million dollar price tag. In addition to getting their choice of the best advertising space, Apple could receive naming rights to the station if the deal goes through.

Perhaps we’ll see mobile charging stations, software centers and Apple care representitives as well. Good way to save some time and lines at the Apple store.

Michael Jackson’s This Is It film is set to premiere worldwide, with advance screenings beginning today. The documentary chronicling the last days of the King of Pop will officially hit 3,000 U.S. screens and nearly 19,000 international theaters for a limited two-week run.

“It’s powerful. It’s moving, it’s entertaining. It’s big,” the film’s director, Kenny Ortega told Rolling Stone.

Rosewood Care Center of Northbrook is showing its commitment to the community by providing a Safe Haven for children through age 12 to Trick or Treat on Friday, October 30th, 2009 from 3PM-7PM.  Come join us for a “SWEET” time!

For a SAFE Trick or Treating experience, come to:

Rosewood Care Center of Northbrook
4101 Lake Cook Road
Northbrook, IL 60062