Pandora, the online radio network, now has a cool video series of Great Places to Hear Live Music. First posts are of The Canyon Club near L.A. and Buddy Guy’s Legends club in Chicago. blog.pandora.com/archives/podcast/video

Ringo Starr, Dave Stewart, Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, along with Echo and the Bunnymen, Pete Wylie, Ian Brodie, Shack, and The Christians will be celebrating the official opening of The Liverpool Arena, on Saturday January 12th, 2008, with an exclusive performance of Liverpool The Musical. The special event will also feature specially commissioned film and rare archive footage, and feature music from The Beatles. liverpool08.com/Events

Elvis: Viva Las Vegas, a two hour TV special, just recently aired on ABC. It featured Presley during his Las Vegas years with rare video footage of Elvis performing, interviews, and special performances from some of today’s top recording artists doing covers of their favorite Elvis songs. Paul McCartney, Willie Nelson, Beyonce, Celine Dion, Faith Hill and many others were all singing Elvis classics. Plus the show had unique duets from Toby Keith and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry performing “Mystery Train” and Chris Isaak with Brandi Carlile performing “Love Me Tender.”
blogs.legacyrecordings.com/podcast/elvis