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Vince Neil concert canceled

A concert by rocker Vince Neil, scheduled for 7 p.m. today at Peabody Auditorium in Daytona Beach, has been canceled. Neil is the singer of the metal band Motley Crue, and is also known for such solo hits as "You're Invited (But Your Friend Can't Come) ...

From RICK DE YAMPERT, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  17 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Vince Neil

Daytona International Festival fires president

DAYTONA BEACH -- The Daytona Beach International Festival has dismissed its president in a move to cut expenses and reduce its "top heavy" staff, said festival chairman Lester Kaney. John Talbott was dismissed by the festival's board of directors last ...

From RICK DE YAMPERT, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  12 Jun 2009

Museum saves its artwork

DAYTONA BEACH -- No artwork has been destroyed by flooding in the Museum of Arts and Sciences, executive director Wayne Atherholt said Friday. However, 4 inches of floodwaters in the museum's west wing may force the evacuation of oil paintings, he said. ...

From RICK DE YAMPERT, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  23 May 2009

Theater society forming in West Volusia

DELAND -- Sands Theater Center Inc. is forming a support group for people who "love the theater, but could never be an actor," organizers say. The newly forming Theater Society will support the four theaters under the Sands Theater Center Inc. umbrella: ...

From RICK DE YAMPERT, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  20 May 2009

Grammy just out of former local's reach

At least Rolling Stone magazine believes former area resident Wes Pentz deserved a Grammy. Since graduating from Mainland High School in Daytona Beach in 1997 and adopting the stage name Diplo, Pentz has gained an international reputation as a club ...

From RICK DE YAMPERT, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  9 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Alison Krauss,  Led Zeppelin (musician),  Robert Plant

Music store owner, musician Yancey, 56, dies

When musician David Yancey visited his son Greg in Austin, Texas, the elder Yancey stopped by a local piano bar -- where he promptly talked the house musician into giving up his seat at the piano. "Wherever there's a piano, he had to play it," Greg ...

From RICK DE YAMPERT, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  31 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Frank Zappa,  Pink Floyd

B-CU Marching Wildcats to play at Super Bowl

The Bethune-Cookman University Marching Wildcats will perform at Super Bowl XLIII. The band will take the field during the pre-game show Feb. 1 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. The Marching Wildcats will perform eight to 10 songs at approximately 6 p. ...

From RICK DE YAMPERT, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  24 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Tampa Bay Buccaneers,  Jacksonville Jaguars,  Ellen DeGeneres

Honky-tonk entertainer Billy Brown dies

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- When local country singer Billy Brown heard a Jim Reeves song on his car radio in 1960 -- a song that sounded suspiciously like one he had recorded -- Brown crashed his car on Turnbull Bay Road. Disillusioned, Brown "got saved on ...

From RICK DE YAMPERT, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  13 Jan 2009
Related Topics: George Brown,  Jim Reeves

Grammy nod sends local music producer soaring

A song recorded in the backyard of an Edgewater residence has been nominated for a major Grammy Award. "Paper Planes," a song by Sri Lankan-born pop/hip-hop artist M.I.A., was produced by Wes Pentz at the Edgewater home of his parents two years ago. ...

From RICK DE YAMPERT, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  5 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Pineapple Express

Bands battle in show like no other

ORLANDO -- Legend says the ancient Scots marched into battle to the sound of Highland bagpipes within their ranks. The eerie, menacing sound of the pipes would pummel the enemy from as much as 10 miles away, instilling dread in foes long before the ...

From RICK DE YAMPERT, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  23 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Julian White,  Barack Obama,  Ellen DeGeneres,  Ozzy Osbourne,  Jazmine Sullivan

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