B.B. KING, GOV'T MULE and JONNY LANG will headline the 11th annual Telluride Blues and Brews Festival held September 17-19 in Colorado . . . CORMEGA launches a sixteen-city tour on June 6th in New York in support of his latest album, Legal Hustle: Vol. 1. GHOSTFACE will headline . . . ROBI "DRACO" ROSA kicks off a six-city U.S. tour in support of his album, Mad Love, on June 8th in San Diego . . . ALISON KRAUSS, JOHN PRINE, RAUL MALO and OLLABELLE contribute to Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster, scheduled for release on August 24th . . . The tenth anniversary of the restoration of the historic Ryman Auditorium will be celebrated on June 6th in Nashville . . .
SEAN "P. DIDDY" COMBS will host the tentatively titled "Project Change," a new politically oriented show for MTV. In other news, the rap mogul has teamed with Estee Lauder to create a new fragrance for his Sean Jean fashion line . . . Three new wines bearing JERRY GARCIA's name are being bottled as part of a partnership between the late GRATEFUL DEAD guitarist's estate and the Clos du Bois vineyard . . . MIKE WATT AND THE SECONDMEN will headline the Solar Sound Stage at this summer's Lollapalooza tour, which will be powered exclusively by solar energy . . . KEITH RICHARDS made a surprise appearance on stage at a club show by DAVID "HONEYBOY" EDWARDS show in Fairfield, Connecticut on Friday night . . . SHAGGY and BEENIE MAN attended the funeral of reggae producer CLEMENT DODD in Kingston, Jamaica, on Saturday . . .
The Stax Museum of American Soul Music will host the rare photo exhibit, "The BEATLES: Backstage and Behind the Scenes," from June 12th through September 12th . . . PRINCE, MARY J. BLIGE, MISSY ELLIOTT and NEW EDITION will perform at the tenth annual Essence Music Festival set for July 2-4 in New Orleans . . . SOUL ASYLUM bassist KARL MUELLER is recovering at home after receiving treatment for throat cancer. The group has delayed sessions for its tenth album until July . . . Nearly fifty people were hospitalized for heat exhaustion during the HFStival in Washington, D.C., over the weekend. The CURE, OFFSPRING and JAY-Z were among the performers . . . BURNING SPEAR will kick off the 59th Earthday Tour, a forty-three-city jaunt, on June 12th in Cleveland.
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