The defending Stanley Cup champion (and recently reassembled) Anaheim Ducks are holding a contest tomorrow for a chance to sing the national anthem at one of their upcoming games. Get you tail down to ESPN Zone’s SportsCenter Studio Store in Downtown Disney to register. People are encouraged to sign up early as space is limited (you can do it today if you're in the area). Singers will compete on Thursday, March 6 at 6:00pm, where......

The piano man is also a guitar man I’m not ashamed to admit that somewhere among my Jon Brion, Of Montreal and Vampire Weekend albums, you’ll find a bunch of Billy Joel CDs. Although I wasn’t even born when he first hit the airwaves, I’ve always had a soft spot for his music. Since I didn’t get to see him perform during the days when he was releasing and performing new music, I was......

The PBR bucks their way into Anaheim this weekend for three days of bull riding at the Honda Center. 45 riders will compete for over $125,000 in prize money distributed in a number of mano-a-toro showdowns. A new feature for this year's three-day competitions, the PBR has added a "draft" on Saturdays where riders get to select their bulls based on how they performed the previous night. The event is free and open to the......

Van Halen @ Staples Diana Ross @ Gibson Mary J. Blige @ Nokia Silverchair @ Wiltern Raine Maida @ Viper Room Isis @ Troubadour Trans-Siberian Orchestra @ Honda Center Solare, The Knux, Letter Burning, No One Goes Home @ Key Club Meiko, Katy Perry, Alana Sweetwater, Noah Stone, Fun Tree @ The Hotel Cafe......

Rodrigo Y Gabriela @ Henry Fonda Yo La Tengo @ Ivar Pretty in Stereo @ Whisky Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus @ Honda Center Low Vs Diamond, Something For Rockets @ Viper Room Enon, Love of Diagrams, Model/Actress @ The Echo Minus the Bear, The Helio Sequence, Grand Archives @ Avalon Xu Xu Fang, Lion Fever, Winter Flowers, Magic Mirror @ Spaceland Jon Brion @ Largo Bootie LA @ Safari Sam's Melee @ Troubadour......

Wait a damn minute. You people demanded that Van Halen get rid of the Red Rocker and reinstate Diamond Dave. Sure Michael Anthony had to step down so as to get replaced by Eddie's boy Wolfgang on bass - but doesn't that make for better rock? Not according to slow-as-molasses ticket sales here in the Southland where none of the four Van Halen shows at Staples or the Honda Center have sold out. [Update:......

Eddie Van Halen still sorta is the greatest guitarist alive. And maybe you don't like your rock gods to be a little looney and close to death, but we do. And if we learned one thing about David Lee Roth it's that he aint no morning man, which is fine. What he is is the only front man that Van Halen should have ever had, and we're glad that all the nonsense was able......

Beyonce - "Crazy in Love" Buddy Guy, Dr. John, Taj Mahal, Koko Taylor, others @ Long Beach Blues Festival Beyonce @ Honda Center Brian Jonestown Massacre @ Echoplex The Minus 5 @ Spaceland Brandi Shearer, Rachel Canter @ Tangier Youngstuff, Natty G @ The Echo Knux, Ynez, The Alchemist Element, Red Light Drive @ The Troubadour......

Rage Against the Machine, Wu-Tang Clan, Cypress Hill, Public Enemy, Nas, the Roots, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Sage Francis, Brother Ali @ Hyundai Pavillion John Densmore & Tribal Jazz @ LACMA (5pm) Poison, Ratt @ Gibson Hookah, Saccharine Trust, Ghidra @ Mr. T's Bowl Minnie Driver, Mark Olson, AM @ The Hotel Cafe Cheap Trick @ Hollywood Bowl Very Be Careful @ The Bordello Danger Kitty @ The Canyon Scissors for Lefty, Gran Ronde......

Cheap Trick - "Magical Mystery Tour", Tokyo '92 Cheap Trick, The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra @ Hollywood Bowl (some Beatles thing) Great Northern, The Comas, Twilight Sleep @ Spaceland KC & the Sunshine Band @ The Canyon The Adolescents, Channel 3 @ Safari Sam's Tim McGraw, Faith Hill @ The Honda Center CunninLynguists, Tonedeff, PackFM @ The Roxy Guitars & Saxes, Warren Hill, Diane Schuur @ Rainbow Lagoon - Long Beach Jazz Fest Raine Maida,......

The Donna's @ The X Games - Honda Center, 2:30pm, $5 VHS or Beta, Gran Ronde @ The Troubadour The Slits, The Icarus Line @ El Rey Rick Springfield, John Waite @ The Gibson Gravy Train, Mika Miko, Sugar & Gold @ The Echo Unwritten Law, Zebrahead, Bullets & Octane, Bangkok Five @ Key Club Earthless, RTX, Entrance, Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound, Titan @ Safari Sam's The Mutaytor, DJ Wolfie, Blue, Porter Tinsley......

Hank III - "Straight to Hell" Hank Williams III @ The Roxy John Wesley Harding @ McCabe's Snow Patrol, Hot Hot Heat @ The Greek Girls Against Boys @ El Rey Theatre American Idols Live @ Honda Center Codebreaker, The Lady Tigra, ARP @ Spaceland Bad Acid Trip, Anger as Art, Hell Hath No Fury, Eve's Downfall @ The Scene......

Fall Out Boy, +44, The Academy Is . . ., Paul Wall @ Honda Center Metal Skool, Virginia City Revival, Glass Pinata, Silver Needle @ Key Club The Adored, Lola Ray, The Neon Trees @ Knitting Factory The Ghost Lullaby, Peachfuzz, Jessie Deluxe, Ready the Jet, The Dirges @ Safari Sam's Thee Fine Lines, Quan & the Chinese Take-Outs @ The Scene Suicide Club, Totally Radd, Protection, Love Lies Sleeping @ Viper Room......

Sea Wolf - "You're a Wolf" It occurred to us that not everyone is aware of Sea Wolf as we thought. So we are going to give away the Sea Wolf ep Get To The River Before It Runs Too Low to three random commenters who watch the video above and explain what they like about it. Simple! The Police @ Honda Center Norah Jones, M. Ward @ Greek Sea Wolf, Josie Cotton, Nikki......

Tonight's a crazy night of rock. And yet, is there anything cooler than Morrissey playing the bowl tonight? Chris Cornell, Queens of the Stone Age, Sum 41, The Bravery, Plain White T's, Silversun Pickups, Shiny Toy Guns, Cold War Kids @ Seaside Park (Ventura) Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio, Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock, Sugar Hill Gang, Stacey Q, Expose, Stevie B. @ Honda Center Morrissey @ The Hollywood Bowl Reverend Horton Heat,......

There is a silver lining in the Anaheim Ducks' 5-3 loss last night to the Ottawa Senators. It means that there is now a Game 5 guaranteed to occur at the Honda Center. Of course, this good news is offset by the fact that you folks will have to hear from me for another couple days. I don't know if you caught the anthems yesterday, but there's something special hearing 18,000 people belt out a......

Game 2 goes tonight at the Honda Center as superstar Travis Moen and the Anaheim Ducks host Ray "Don Magic" Emery and the Ottawa Senators. All the buzz thus far has been about how Anaheim's top checking line of Sammy Pahlsson, Rob Niedermayer and Travis Moen have outplayed Ottawa's top scoring line of Jason Spezza, Dany Heatley and Daniel Alfredsson. Nuts to all that sports talk gibberish. The real story is how there is......

Hey LA, Welcome to the Stanley Cup Finals! The last time hockey was seen nationally on a channel that you're familiar with was May 19th on NBC. Of course, as everyone knows, that game between the Ottawa Senators and the Buffalo Sabres went into overtime. And somehow, during the overtime, the pucks of hockey were magically transformed into the ponies of the Preakness. In case you’re still wondering who won that series, the Senators......

Ice Cube @ House of Blues Art Brut (above) @ The Troubadour Smoosh @ Knitting Factory Rita Coolidge @ Torrance Cultural Arts Center Pitbull, Tego Calderon, Ying Yang Twins, Ilegales @ Honda Center Eek-A-Mouse @ Vault 350 The Barbarellatones @ Boardners The Makers @ Spaceland Colin Hay @ Largo Joshua Radin @ El Rey Lady Sinatra, Warner Drive, Itis @ Viper Room Atomic Punks, SWAA, Myridian @ Paladino's Tennis Club, The Front, Killsonic, The......

On Sale Tomorrow: Daft Punk with Sebastian and Kavinsky, July 21 @ L.A. Sports Arena, $50 - on sale at noon Modest Mouse, May 13 @ Greek - on sale at noon Jamie Foxx, Apr 21 @ Gibson Amphitheatre - on sale 1pm On Sale Monday: The Police, June 21 @ Honda Center, Anaheim - on sale 10am After the jump check out the Police's very unique North American tour. Wrigley, Fenway, and Churchill......

Christina Aguilera @ Honda Center Metal Skool @ Key Club Sally Kellerman @ Genghis Cohen The Front, Pity Party, Great Northern, Venus in Furs @ Viper Room Kissing Tigers, The Henry Clay People, To Live & Die in L.A. @ The Troubadour Buffalo Roam, Castledoor, Where’s Moo, The Panda Band @ Silverlake Lounge The Vacation, Lions in the Street, Ride the Blinds, The High Saints @ Safari Sam's The Greatest Touchdown Ever Scored, Who......

Tonight Christina Aguilera, Pussycat Dolls @ Honda Center Metal Skool @ Key Club Sally Kellerman @ Genghis Cohen Great Northern, Venus in Furs @ Viper Room Tuesday Christina Aguilera, The Pussycat Dolls, Danity Kane @ Staples Center Albert Hammond Jr., The Mooney Suzuki @ El Rey Shapes of Race Cars @ Key Club Sam Phillips @ Spaceland Wednesday Queensryche, Dokken, Great White, Jani Lane @ Key Club Albert Hammond Jr. @ Amoeba The Cult......

NOFX @ House of Blues Justin Timberlake @ Honda Center Kevin Nealon @ Comedy & Magic Club, Hermosa The Deadly Syndrome, Philistine @ Safari Sam's Pompei, Kissing Tigers @ Spaceland Trophy Wives, Jack Dill, The Lift @ Viper Room The Procession, Castle Door, Carina Round @ El Cid Xu Xu Fang, Astra Heights, I Make This Sound @ Silverlake Lounge Peter Walker, Sidestory, We Are Lions, Minipop @ The Troubadour The Front, Fireworks Apart,......

RBD, Nelly Furtado & Timbaland, Danity Kane, JoJo, Bow Wow @ Honda Center The Faint, Ladytron, Ratatat @ Palladium KT Tunstall @ Key Club Camp Freddy, Lilly Allen @ Avalon The Roches @ Royce Hall Earl Klugh @ Vault 350 Enrique Iglesias @ Wiltern Storm & the Balls, The Oohlas, Boatel @ Knitting Factory Amy Millan, Greg Laswell @ The Troubadour Zach Brooke @ Unknown Theater Brant Bjork & the Bros, Abby Travis, Haywire......