- Don Imus made his return to talk radio this morning, broadcasting live from Town Hall near New York’s Times Square on Citadel Broadcasting Company’s WABC-FM. Tickets were sold for $100, with proceeds benefiting the Imus Ranch for Kids With Cancer. Imus, who was kicked off CBS radio in April after uttering racially insensitive remarks on-air, will operate out of a studio across from Madison Square Garden after today’s show.
- Whitney Houston also returned to public performance, giving her first show since divorcing Bobby Brown and reportedly working with an addiction coach. Houston’s set at Malaysia’s Live & Loud Music Festival this weekend included “Heartbreak Hotel” and, of course, “I Will Always Love You” (watch clips here).
- Garth Brooks has set two records at Los Angeles’ Staples Center after tickets for his five upcoming charity performances sold out in fifty-nine minutes. Brooks became the first artist to sell out that many shows in one day at the arena, and he will also give all five performances in under thirty hours due to scheduling conflicts with L.A.’s basketball teams.
- In an upcoming interview with U.K.’s The Observer, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien says the band parted ways with EMI due to a personal conflict that arose when the band tried to negotiate a deal with EMI’s new owner, Terra Firma head Guy Hands. “EMI is in a state of flux. It’s been taken over by somebody who’s never owned a record company before … It was really sad to leave all the people. … Terra Firma doesn’t understand the music industry.”
- Diana Ross and Brian Wilson were among those honored last night at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for their achievements in the field. At the event, which will air December 26th on CBS, Ross was recognized for spreading “romance and joy throughout the world” while Wilson was celebrated for his “era-defining transformation of the sound of music” with the Beach Boys. Martin Scorsese, Steve Martin and pianist Leon Fleisher were also part of the 30th class of honorees.

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