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HAVANA (AP) — The Rolling Stones have arrived in Cuba on the eve of the rock band's historic free concert in a country where its music was once silenced. Friday night's concert comes three days after President Barack Obama wrapped up a visit to the communist-run island during which he declared an end to the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas. ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — "Baby you can drive my truck." Yeah, you heard right. Paul McCartney gave a private performance in Philadelphia last weekend during the American Trucking Association's Management Conference and Exhibition. McCartney changed the lyrics to the Beatles song "Drive My Car" to play to the crowd of about 1,000, according to the industry newspaper, Transport Topics

OAKTON, Va. (AP) — Longtime rocker Kenny Loggins brought his band to perform for a few dozen people in a living room after a Virginia man's Kickstarter campaign raised more than $30,000 for the show. Erick Sanchez started the online campaign to raise money to have Loggins and the Blue Sky Riders perform at his parents' home in Oakton...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Case Western Reserve University and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are going to spend a week studying and celebrating Smokey Robinson. Both venues will host a week's worth of interviews, panel discussions, films and educational programs centered on Robinson and his music...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Jon Bon Jovi will play in Vancouver this weekend after his original concert fell through because the promoter went bankrupt. Bon Jovi and the Kings of Suburbia will play tomorrow at Rogers Arena for fans with tickets to a canceled show in Stanley Park...

BROWNSVILLE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say they have recovered a custom guitar that was stolen from the trio Rascal Flatts during a concert in Oregon over the weekend. The band was performing at the Willamette (wil-AM'-it) Country Music Festival in Brownsville, north of Eugene, on Friday night when the $2,000 instrument went missing backstage...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Police say as many as 300 people were kicked out of country music stars Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean's concert at Lambeau Field in Wisconsin. Press-Gazette Media reports that between 250 and 300 people were tossed from Saturday's concert, compared to the average of 25 ejections during Green Bay Packers' games last season...

Sometimes we here at 1280 KIT will get into a discussion of what artists we would like to see or albums that we never get tried of listening to. When I mention the name of Van Halen, we talk about what is the better line up. Van Halen with David Lee Roth or with Sammy Hagar(Take the Poll)...