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• After performing on behalf of Barack Obama on the campaign trail, Jay-Z will play a concert on the eve of the inauguration in Washington, D.C. on January 19th. Jigga will backed by a live band when he performs at D.C.’s Warner Theatre. Tickets for the Live Nation event go on sale January 9th.

• Damian Rice, the Goo Goo Dolls Johnny Rzeznik, Wynonna, the Gin Blossoms and Rachael Yamagata will play at the ASCAP Café at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, taking place in Park City, Utah from January 16th to the 23rd.
• The Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina has officially given visitors its last roller coaster ride to the Stairway to Heaven after only nine months of operation. Unable to find new owners, a bankruptcy judge has given permission to the company to begin liquidating “the world’s first rock n’ roll theme park.” The venture took six years of development and is considered the biggest tourism investment in South Carolina history.
• Van Morrison’s performance of his classic Astral Weeks from Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl last November will be released on CD and double-vinyl on February 10th. Hailed as the first time Morrison ever played the famed 1968 album in its entirety, the shows were also filmed, with DVDs planned. Morrison will take the Astral show to New York’s Theatre at Madison Square Garden on February 27th and 28th.