August 11, 2011 - Entertainment industry heavyweights including Madonna, Elton John, Lady Gaga and David Beckham are supporting Save the Children a new social media campaign designed to raise awareness and funds to battle the devastating food crisis affecting millions of children and their families across East Africa.
January 31, 2011 - The final concert of Bob Marley and the Wailers is being released as "Live Forever: September 23, 1980, The Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, Pa." Marley died in Miami eight months after the show at the age of 36.
October 26, 2010 - With the sad and untimely passing of the "Cool Ruler," memories of Gregory Isaacs' generous and warm performances come flooding back.
February 8, 2010 - Smile Jamaica, the annual concert celebration of Bob Marley's birthday, is being canceled this year due to what organizers are calling numerous circumstances, according to the Jamaica Observer.
June 4, 2007 - The members of rock band Cartel--who have been living in a "bubble" placed at Hudson River Park's Pier 54 in New York City as part of a Dr. Pepper-sponsored promotion that allows fans and passersby to watch the group working on its new album--were dealt a blow last night (6/3) when the glass wall sealing the front of the structure shattered during a fierce rainstorm.
December 13, 2004 - TV and radio personality Dick Clark remains hospitalized a week after suffering a mild stroke, and, for the first time in 32 years, won't be hosting ABC-TV's "New Year's Rockin' Eve."
May 28, 2004 - Ziggy, Stephen, Julian and Damian "Junior Gong" Marley--sons of late reggae legend Bob Marley--join forces this summer for the traveling Roots Rock Reggae Festival.
July 10, 2003 - Bob Dylan's "Love and Theft" album is under scrutiny of late after reports that a fan who lives in Japan discovered that several of the album's lyrics are very similar to passages in the obscure book "Confessions of a Yakuza" by Japanese author Junichi Saga.
January 30, 2001 - LONG BEACH, Calif.--Over the years, reggae enthusiast Roger Steffens has become known as a writer, actor, photographer, editor and producer. Now, with the opening of the exhibit “The World of Reggae featuring Bob Marley,” he can tack on curator to the end of that string of titles.
October 19, 1999 - An invitation-only group of 450 inner-city schoolchildren will see Grammy-winning R&B artist Lauryn Hill perform a charity concert at New York's Irving Plaza on Monday (10/25) at 4 p.m. EDT. The show will also be webcast by Altavista to promote its website.
Entertainment industry heavyweights including Madonna, Elton John, Lady Gaga and David Beckham are supporting Save the Children a new social media campaign designed to raise awareness and funds to battle the devastating food crisis affecting millions of children and their families across East Africa.
With the sad and untimely passing of the "Cool Ruler," memories of Gregory Isaacs' generous and warm performances come flooding back.
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