In 1965 The Beatles performed at Shea Stadium (video), beginning a tradition of rock on the ball field. Sadly, they won't be around to bookend the life of the stadium, which opened its doors on April 17th, 1964 and gets torn down after the 2008 season. Helping them close up shop are Billy Joel and his piano. On July 16th Joel will make "The Last Play at Shea," and later in the year The Mets......

Shine a Light, the film documenting The Rolling Stones show at Beacon Theater in 2006, is about to hit the big screen. And the really, really big screen. The Martin Scorsese-directed rockumentary will be in both regular and IMAX theaters this April, and it won't be the first time Mick Jagger's lips have reached epic proportions; the band recorded their first IMAX concert in the early '90s. Check out the trailer for the latest one,......

Brian Cox is widely admired for commanding performances in films like The Bourne Identity, Rushmore and the original Hannibal Lecter in Michael Mann’s Manhunter. But like most actors from across the pond, the Scottish Cox originally built his reputation on decades of tireless stage work in theaters around the word. Until the stagehands’ strike shut down Broadway, he could be seen in the role of Max, a diehard British Marxist and Cambridge professor in Tom......

A look at some noteworthy television this week: Family Guy (Sunday, 9:00 p.m., WNYW 5) Peter helps Bill Clinton fix a flat tire and wackiness ensues. Live at Five/News 4 You (Monday, 4:57 p.m./5:30 p.m., WNBC 4) The post Sue Simmons era of Live at Five begins Monday when David Ushery and Lynda Baquero anchor the 5p.m. newscast and Perri Peltz anchors the new features and consumer news based News 4 You at 5:30 p.m.......

Ahmet Ertegun, the man who founded Atlantic Records, died yesterday at the age of 83. Ertegun, along with a partner, Herb Abramson, founded Atlantic Records in 1947. They started up in an office in a hotel on West 56th Street in Manhattan. The initial investment of $10,000 was borrowed from his family dentist. 48 years later, in 1995, at the Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Dinner, it was announced that the museum's......

I first came across Spoon in 2002 when I found a copy of Kill the Moonlight at my library. Being ignorant of music at the time, I didn't know that it was one of the best-reviewed albums of the year. I did know, though, that I liked it. And, since then, Spoon has remained one of my favorite bands, so I jumped on the chance to speak with Britt Daniel to promote Spoon's December 30th......

The Rolling Stones are back for yet another tour! Alternating openers for them on this one are Alice Cooper, the Dave Matthews Band, Kanye West and Van Morrisson. We get Kanye, and couldn't be happier. They'll play Giants Stadium on September 27th. But that's not all, the band is coming together to help celebrate Bill Clinton's 60th Birthday (which is on August 19th, though the concert celebration will take place October 29th) at the Beacon......

Gothamist headed down to Manchester, Tennessee with over 80,000 other music fans from across genres and across the world to take in Bonnaroo 2006. Three days of some of the best bands around from Jam to Jazz to Rap to Rock. We were up bright and early Friday morning to get the weekend off to the right start. Our first stop was to check out talented multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird at the That tent. Yes, the......

Twentyaday weighs in with a look at some of the places covered in last weeks Subway Fare. We like that they refer the uniqueness of the fries for a fast food place. Please go to one of these restaurants on Sunday, April 30th to do your bit fighting the damage left by genocide in Darfur. Right now we are leaning toward Tia Pol or Cafe D'Alsace. A light and enjoyable post from the Mr. Asimov's......

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Hey all you would-be Broadway composer types: Gothamist has just heard that the New York Musical Theater Festival has just started accepting submissions for this year's festival, with a submission period going from Jan. 10 until March 11. The festival itself will run Sept. 12-Oct. 2 at various venues here in lovely NYC. Gothamist caught several good productions at last summer's innaugural festival and saw real potential in what these folks are trying to do.......