Ahmet Ertegun

On a blustery mid-April evening, celebrities of multiple generations strutted across the red carpet for a gala event celebrating the reopening of Washington, D.C.s legendary Howard Theatre. Read More

CLEVELAND , April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Don Kirshner , the music visionary and star maker whom Time Magazine called "The Man With The Golden Ear" was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last Saturday night, an honor that his former business partner says would have been "a great thrill" for him. Read More

Axl Rose wasn't the only musician who didn't show up to perform Saturday at the 27th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, but it was illness that kept Rod Stewart from reuniting with the Faces and Adam Yauch from joining with the Beastie Boys. Rose's boycott of the 51/2-hour event generated the most sparks, however, because of his very public shunning of the ceremony and his decision not to join with his former bandmates as they became members of the Hall of Fame, which also inducted singer-songwriters Donovan and Laura Nyro and both incarnations of the British rock group the Small Faces and Faces. Read More

WASHINGTON, April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  The Howard Theatre , the historic arts landmark that launched the careers of Duke Ellington , Ella Fitzgerald , Marvin Gaye and The Supremes , announces their grand re-opening after a $29 million renovation and a 32-year hiatus. Read More