July 30, 2008 - Willie Nelson has been tapped to headline the South Padre International Music Festival, scheduled to take place Oct. 31-Nov. 2 at more than 10 venues across the Texas island, according to a press release.
March 23, 2005 - About 364,000 copies of rapper 50 Cent's "The Massacre" were sold last week, just enough to hold off the latest "NOW That's What I Call Music!" hits compilation, which sold about 361,000 copies.
February 7, 2000 - "Lonesome" Dave Peverett, founding member and frontman of the popular 1970s boogie-rock band Foghat, died in an Orlando hospital Monday (2/8) after a year-long battle with kidney cancer. He was 57.