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On This Day, August 31, 1945 … George Ivan Morrison aka the legendary singer Van Morrison was born in Belfast, Ireland. Morrison started his career in the mid-1960s as leader of the band Them, which broke up in 1966. He went on to have a hugely successful solo career: He released his debut solo album, Blowin’ Your Mind, in 1967, featuring the track “Brown Eyed Girl,” which was a top 10 hit and went on to […]

(NEW YORK) -- Idalia made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region Wednesday morning as a powerful Category 3 hurricane -- the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in Florida's Apalachee Bay. Idalia weakened throughout the day and is now a tropical storm moving through Georgia and the Carolinas. Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern: Aug 31, 7:32 AM EDT Gusty winds, heavy rain from eastern North Carolina […]

(NEW YORK) -- Every month, Dawn LaGuerre has to decide which bills she's going to pay or if she needs to cut back on groceries to be able to afford her monthly medications. The 63-year-old from Utica, New York -- 90 miles northwest of Albany -- takes multiple drugs including Januvia and Novalog to manage her type 2 diabetes. Her husband, David, 61, also takes Januvia. But her prescriptions have […]

KERRVILLE, TX: Zhao Yung Gu, of Schreiner University Men's Golf, has been announced as a member of the GCAA 2023 NCAA PING DIII All-Region team. From SCAC "The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) released the 2023 Division III PING All-Region honorees Tuesday afternoon, and five Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) men's golfers were recognized. Schreiner's Zhao Yung Gu, Southwestern's Christian Rodriguez, St. Thomas' Cade Kiser and Trinity's Daniel Nunez and Jacob Mason, all ranked in the top-35 […]

A24 Talking Heads broke up rather acrimoniously back in 1991, but keyboardist Jerry Harrison says the upcoming 40th anniversary rerelease of their iconic concert film Stop Making Sense has healed some old wounds. During an appearance on Consequence’s Kyle Meredith With … podcast, Harrison says when they were approached by distributor A24 about rereleasing the film, it forced them to “work together to make a decision” about whether it was a good fit. “Then A24 is going like: ‘Here’s […]

Courtesy of U2 U2 is getting ready to launch their Las Vegas residency, U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere, and now they're giving fans who will be coming to the show something else to look forward to. The band just announced a new immersive pop-up, Zoo Station: A U2:UV Experience, opening September 28 at the Venetian Resort, the only hotel with direct access to the residency's venue, The Sphere. It will be a two-floor exhibit […]

Warner Music Pink Floyd is continuing the 50th anniversary celebration of their iconic album The Dark Side of the Moon with the October 13 release of a standalone remastered version of the album on vinyl, CD and Blu-ray. The remastered version was previously only available as part of The Dark Side of the Moon 50th Anniversary box set, which was released in March. The new Blu-ray version features the album in Dolby Atmos, with 5.1 Surround mix and […]

On This Day, August 30, 1986 … Steve Winwood landed his first Billboard Hot 100 #1 with “Higher Love,” from his fourth solo album, Back in the High Life. The song, featuring backing vocals by Chaka Khan, spent one week on top of the chart. It went on to win Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Male Vocal Performance. Winwood’s second and only other #1 single came less than two years later […]

Courtesy of MCA Nashville With "Outskirts" climbing up the country charts, Sam Hunt's taking fans into the songwriting session of his latest single. As Sam recalls, though he had the song idea for a while, it wasn't until he buckled down to ready new music that it finally was written and ready for recording. "I have these songs in pieces that exist either in my head or my phone or computer. And that was one that has been around for […]