The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country star Alan Jackson will receive the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at the Country Music Association Awards in November.
NEW YORK (AP) — An “unauthorized, unvarnished” biography of billionaire hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio will be published next fall, authored by a Wall Street Journal investigative reporter whom the Bridgewater Associates founder has called biased and dishonest.
Cinema Centre 8 is open for late afternoon matinees on Monday through Friday and matinees on Saturday and Sunday. Movies 6 at Shawnee Mall is open for late afternoon matinees on Friday, matinees on Saturday and Sunday and one evening show Monday through Thursday.
It’s going to be a bright holiday season with the return of the Oklahoma City Zoo’s annual OKC ZOO SAFARI LIGHTS presented by OG&E. OKC ZOO SAFARI LIGHTS is a festive celebration of lights and holiday fun with a wild touch.
Concert pianist Peter Simon performed a free program of classical music and poetry Tuesday evening at Seminole State College. The “Love and Poetry” program was sponsored by the SSC Educational Foundation and dedicated to the memory of Jasmine Moran and her love and support of the arts.
Nashville, Tenn. (AP) — The Country Music Association Awards will open this year’s show with a tribute to the late country queen Loretta Lynn, who died this month at the age of 90.
Josephine Melville, a respected British actor and director, collapsed and died backstage after appearing in a production of “Nine Night” in Nottingham. She was 61. Melville died Thursday night at the Nottingham Playhouse after appearing as Aunt Maggie, the venue said in a statement. She received immediate assistance from first aid staff and a member of the audience before paramedics arrived, but she died at the scene. No cause was immediately released. The play is a co-production between Nottingham Playhouse and Leeds Playhouse.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Curry’s latest move is one for the books. The NBA superstar is launching a graphic novel series, “Stephen Curry Presents!: Sports Superheroes,” in partnership with Penguin Workshop.
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the music world’s most articulate and introspective performers, Lucinda Williams, has a memoir coming out next spring. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter has a deal with Crown for “Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You,” scheduled for April 23.