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......

WNBC’s investigative reporter Jonathan Dienst is a native of the tri-state area, originally from Teaneck, New Jersey and is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He has worked behind the scenes at Newsday, and got his start in television at WSAV-TV in Savannah, Georgia where he worked for about half a year. He then had the opportunity to return to the city as NY1 was starting up and eventually moved to......

Wayne Coyne recently told EW that the Flaming Lips 2002 album "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" will be hitting Broadway in the future. Not too unusual given the bands often colorful and outrageous stage shows. Not only will we see the album come to life, but Aaron Sorkin will be teaming up with band to make it a reality. You know Sorkin as the creator of the West Wing and Studio 60 on the Sunset......

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.......

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Swedish rock sensations Soundtrack of Our Lives return to New York for hopefully a rain-free evening at Castle Clinton. They put on a great live show (we caught them a while back at the Bowery Ballroom) and their music takes cues from The Who and seventies psychedelic bands like Pink Floyd and Yes. Lead singer, Ebbot Lundberg, has a Viking-like presence and in the performance we saw, he commanded the audience take to their......

The Parks Department is wondering what to do with the New York Pavilion from the 1964-65 World's Fair, including those 250-foot towers, you see when driving in Queens (okay, sitting in a car, bus, or airport shuttle). The Post reports that the Parks Department is asking developers for their ideas to revive that part of Flushing Corona Park. The towers themselves are crumbling and many of the inside features are rusted through and useless, though......

Ah, a smackdown we've been waiting for: Jerry Bruckheimer vs. Dick Wolf. Tomorrow, CBS will announce that the second CSI spinoff will be set in New York. Sure, Gothamist understands the macabre meets glossy appeal of CSI; it's just that we can't imagine police facilities that are nicer than dot-com offices during the Silicon Alley heyday. Variety also says that the fourth Law & Order is in the works, though there's no formal announcement set......

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