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The Big Three may have not have been able to deliver in the NBA Finals last season, but perhaps the Big Five can. Coach Erik Spoelsrta has put this lineup – one with Dwyane Wade and LeBron James in the backcourt and Mike Miller, Chris Bosh and Udonis Haslem in the front court – on the floor in the fourth quarter and the quintet has responded by closing out the Philadelphia 76er and the Toronto Raptors.

Nickelback is set to tour in 2012 on the Here and Now Tour. We know that on OnlineSeats, for we certainly have Nickelback tickets for the next batch of concerts. However, they have recently come under heavy criticism from a Grammy Award winner. This Canadian rock band is no stranger to the ferocity of its detractors, but this one and the power of the Internet have finally moved Chad Kroeger to speak out in his own defense.

As New York Knicks tickets continue to be among the best-selling amongst NBA teams, the team and its perhaps more-famous fans are bemoaning the foretold demise of a Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire duo. Pundits who existed outside of New York warned of the dangers of putting two players on the court who can only play in isolation. Now as the first long losing streak of the 2012 NBA season enters its sixth game, the Knicks fans are coming to terms with the latest flawed team building exercise.

The newest generation of Disney stars has a new role model and that role model is Daniel Radcliffe. First he makes enough money to retire by the time he is 16 by starring in the Harry Potter franchise. Next he showed his junk in Equus to bust that squeaky clean image. Then he finished it all off with a move toward legitimacy by starring in the big Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

Music festival season has now officially kicked off with the announcement of the three-day lineup (to be performed in two successive weekends) at Coachella in 2012. Coachella tickets go on sale today, with two separate three-day passes, from April 13-15, 2012 and from April 20-22, 2012.

Eight playoff teams remain, meaning the Super Bowl picture remains fuzzy at best. One 80-yard dash by Demaryius Thomas, another multi-pick game from Jabari Green, or a near perfect game by Eli Manning could drastically alter the picture. Yet, it is fun to take a look at the Divisional Playoff round, a round in which March Madness-like upsets still seem possible, and decide what would be the most entertaining Super Bowl matchup.

The nature of success for a Broadway musical has remained quite the same since the advent of film. First, a show makes to Broadway and sells out, quickly recouping the producers’ investment. Then a national tour is launched. In the post-Lion King world of big budget theater this means that the Broadway show and the tour run concurrently. Add a West End run and then all this leads to a big budget production of a different kind, the kind that graces the silver screen. War Horse quickly concluded along these lines, but it now has Broadway brethren (or perhaps a cousin, since War Horse conquered the London before crossing the Atlantic) in the Rock of Ages.

Simply put, Kenny Chesney is a touring sensation. Pollstar reported that he earned $84.6 million in 2011 on the Goin’ Coastal Tour. That number was good enough to put him in the Top 5 selling concerts of the year. He is likely to repeat in 2012, when he heads out on the Brothers of the Sun Tour with Tim McGraw.

After the first weekend of NBA play, it appears all is well. The slate of games actually increased from 6 million to 6.2 million from last year to this. Many feared repercussions similar to those after the NBA lockout in 1999. However, the players and owners proved most wise to save the Christmas dates. Besides, it is rare that the league enjoys much national attention (read – a national broadcast) until the holiday weekend.

Most often it is those on stage who fear the written word, but this time the barrels of ink and reams of paper have gotten Ben Brantley in trouble. Noted New York Times theater critic was busy lauding praise upon Hugh Jackman and used a term that sent the collective Internet into a tizzy. He referred to the actor as bisexual.

It had been five years since the world has had the pleasure of enjoying the Red Hot Chili Peppers on vinyl or in person. Then on August 26, 2011, the RHCP released their 10th album, I’m With You. The album is the result of working with Rick Rubin, a little bit of book learnin’ for Flea, and the all too human experience of growing up.

While the rest of the basketball universe is busy condemning David Stern for blocking a blockbuster trade that could have jumpstarted interest in the NBA, I am wondering if the Los Angeles Lakers would be that much better with if they had acquired Chris Paul and traded away Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom.

War Horse’s ascension may seem a recent phenomenon, but time has come to announce cast changes. The most important character, the horse Joey, will always remain. However, the role of Albert Narracott, the boy in desperate search for Joey, will be passed on from Seth Numerich to Andrew Durand. Durand’s Broadway resume is quite impressive, so War Horse tickets for the production at the Vivian Beaumont Theater should remain as popular as ever after the cast change on January 12, 2012.

It is a cliché, but sometimes all a retiree wants is the freedom to play golf all day. Well, when you are a music icon like George Strait, you no longer want to play golf all day, since he could do that after his string of platinum albums in the 1980s. Rather, you want to own your golf course. Strait and a business partner recently re-opened the Tapatio Springs Golf Course in San Marcos, Texas. This exciting new development comes as the King of Country prepares to begin a new tour to support his new studio album.

As of Week 9, there is only one division that has been decided, the NFC West. However, there is one more at the cusp of picking a clear winner, the NFC East. This is especially unsettling to those with Dallas Cowboys tickets. Yes, the experts were unsure that the Cowboys would win a paltry 8 games, but the local fan base expected much more.

Bob Seger and the Sliver Bullet Band used to be a platinum selling band that dominated the 1970s and 1980s. Now they are an annual touring sensation dominating the road, choosing to play hits like “Turn the Page” rather than frustrate fans with new material. If Seger consistently recorded new material, the Silver Bullet Band would have to grow with the times, and his fans do not want him to expand his musical horizons. No, they are happy to enjoy their Bob Seger tickets to take part for a set of nostalgia and are willing to dish out some big bucks for compilation albums so they can take that sentimentality on the road.

The first War Horse trailer intrigued audiences, gently tugging at the heart strings across the English-speaking world, but this second War Horse trailer takes a tight grip and pulls back as hard as it can. Watching this extended War Horse trailer makes me hold my breath as the title screens and the soft symphonic movie music make me want to cheer while sitting in my chair.

The idea of genres in music is becoming increasingly archaic, or at least the idea of keeping the stars from different genres separate is becoming absurd. As the latest example of this soon to be principle is Taylor Swift proves.

Jeff Dunham is back on tour following the debut of “Control Chaos” on Comedy Central on September 25, 2011. The ventriloquist and comedian can claim another success with 5.5 million people tuning in to watch his program. However, like most comedians, he earns his living on the road. So he has launched a tour that will take him throughout the United States and Canada until deep into 2012.

Wicked the Musical has done more than simply wow audiences; it has been a huge break for many of its principle actors and actresses, especially those who originated the roles. Norbert Leo Butz is one of those actors. He portrayed Fiyero in the original production.

Taylor Swift has decided to take on a new frontier, the e-card industry. American Greetings issued a press release, informing consumers that the Grammy-winning country singer has released a series of 13 e-cards, available at its own page.

The Yankees got to throw the last of the season before beginning the 2011 MLB postseason with an ALDS series against the Detroit Tigers. All seems well in New York, but all those looking forward to another trip to the World Series should take a look at the team in front of them.

Sometimes you just have to take a moment to take in a story and let the disbelief wash away before contemplating a new Broadway project. It certainly seems like producers are searching for anything to adapt with a musical score. It certainly seemed that way with Spider Man Turn Off the Dark, but this latest project may seem a more unlikely quest.

It has been two weeks and the NFL is down to seven undefeated teams, and three of them are in the AFC East. This really is incredible. The teams on the list are even more unbelievable. There are the typical teams like the Patriots and Packers, but then there are the Redskins, the Bills, the Lions, and the Texans (the Jets could really go either way here).

Not too long ago I remember reading reviews of Julie Taymor’s version of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. One particular reviewer took a turn at being an oracle and stated that the musical would do well during the busy tourist season in the summer, but audiences would shrink and leave the Foxwoods Theatre half empty come fall and winter. Well, the show was rewritten, the preview period extended to record length, and now it appears the reviewer may have to eat his words. Reeve Carney, who portrays Peter Parker and Spider-Man, has had his contract extended to May 12, 2012.

Chris Brown is back, or so he would like to think. He is definitely back in the news for having 95 parking tickets removed from his record. His name is definitely in the rumor mill, as tabloids are reporting that Rihanna’s family wants her to get back with him. His tour has ranked near the top of the secondary ticket market charts. Yet, his album sales have not quite been up to par with his first two double platinum albums.

The New York Jets have a championship caliber defense and added two talented veterans to its wide receiver core, yet the postseason hopes remain in the hands of Mark Sanchez, the same man who let the football consistently slip out of his hands in the last preseason game on the schedule. This is disconcerting for fans that purchased Jets tickets expecting a chance to see this team make a run at the Patriots and first place in the AFC East and then the Super Bowl.

Lil Wayne is the Prince of the 21st century - a thought-provoking, at times controversial music figure who seemingly exists outside of the parameters that typically restrains mere mortal performers. Lil Wayne tickets are on sale for his I Am Still Music tour on the eve of the release of Tha Carter IV and he has quickly gone to work creating enough buzz on the Internet to bump up the sale of both the concert tickets and the album.

Lil Wayne is the Prince of the 21st century - a thought-provoking, at times controversial music figure who seemingly exists outside of the parameters that typically restrains mere mortal performers. Lil Wayne tickets are on sale for his I Am Still Music tour on the eve of the release of Tha Carter IV and he has quickly gone to work creating enough buzz on the Internet to bump up the sale of both the concert tickets and the album.

Gentleman, we can rebuild him. We have the short attention span and penchant for sports hero worship. We have the capability to rebuild the career of the world’s most dangerous fantasy football player. Michael Vick will be that man. Better than he was before. Better…more experienced reading blitzes before the snap…more accurate from the pocket.

While War Horse continues to wow audiences as the best performing non-musical over here on Broadway, it also remains a favorite back in its homeland. War Horse tickets to the New London Theatre have been extended until February 2013. This follows the welcoming of its millionth audience member and continuously breaking West End attendance records.

From her tour opener at the New York State Fair to her revealing dress at the MTV VMAs, singer/actress/model Selena Gomez has come a long way from her Disney roots. She has entered Britney Spears territory, attempting to clarify to the world that she is no longer the same young actress from “Wizards of Waverly Place”. No she is a fully legal young woman who demands the right to dress and acts as she desires without having to look to her fans’ parents for approval before they purchase Selena Gomez tickets.

It is uncommon that an NFL team would come into the season with an issue at kicker, but the Dallas Cowboys can hardly be called the typical NFL franchise. This is “America’s Team” with an overbearing owner in a state where football is a religion that inspires fanaticism that goes beyond the Sunday morning tailgate.

Somehow this week just became all about Britney. First it is announced that MTV will be producing a VMA Tribute. Then it comes out that the pop star is considering plastic surgery. Finally, the flurry of news items prompt Joshua Ostroff to wax poetic about the superstar.

Last season the Dallas Cowboys finished sixth in the NFL in passing yards, even with Romo under center for just six games. Well, if the fans want Dallas Cowboys tickets to extend beyond the 2011 regular season into the NFL playoffs, this team is going to have to figure out just how to put together as prolific an air attack with Miles Austin, Dez Bryant in his first healthy year in the league, and a collection of unproven wide receivers.

Barry Manilow may be known as a crooner and a soft rocker, but the singer-songwriter has always had an edge about him. His fans certainly know this about the man who once opined that he may live in laid-back Los Angeles but he is an energetic New Yorker at heart. That fiery nature has not cooled since he took up residency selling Barry Manilow tickets at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino.

Katy Perry is definitely riding high this summer. Her California Dreams Tour is one of the best selling of the summer. Her album Teenage Dream has gone platinum in the U.S. and sold over five millions copies worldwide. And now she appears poised to join the ranks of Michael Jackson, with five number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100!

David Copperfield may have been the subject of parody on Arrested Development, but the man who is known for his flair for the dramatic has shown he is not without a sense of humor. Recently he paired with Funny or Die to “threaten” Harry Potter and JK Rowling with an “Accio Cease and Desist” sent via certified owl.

Broadway has been recording and releasing cast recordings since 1931 when Fred and Adele Astaire recording a limited release of songs from the Band Wagon. This was the first step to tearing down the wall between the confines of the theatre and home entertainment and mass media. Spider Man: Turn Off the Dark new music video “Rise Above 1” may have torn down whatever remained standing of that wall.

Amy Winehouse’s passing marks the morbid perpetuation of the relationship between death, music and the age of 27. Jimi Hendrix died at the age of 27 after overdosing on particularly strong medication and a night of libations, Janis Joplin died at the age of 27 after overdosing on a combination of heroin and alcohol, and Jim Morrison died at the age of 27 after supposedly snorting heroin, which he believed to be cocaine. If there is some small solace, it is that drugs have not been identified as having any factor in her demise, as People.com reports.

Way back at the end of June a man in a red jacket walked across the Thames River in London. This was a stunt meant to promote his new BBC television show Dynamo: Magician Impossible. The stunt did not quite have the effect he (Dynamo) hoped though. The National, an English-language publication based in the Middle East, questioned whether or not the age of the illusionist, or at least the televised illusionist, is over.

Let us pretend for a second that up to this point your summer had been filled with weddings, home improvement projects, and countless hours of overtime. You have not had time to pay attention to America’s pastime and took a gander over at the MLB page on ESPN to catch up quickly. Would anything shock you?

Taylor Swift made her glorious return to the stage this past week, playing the Bell Centre in Montreal on July 14th and the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on back to back nights July 15th and 16th. Those thousands of Canadian country fans were relieved when they heard their Taylor Swift tickets would not be rescheduled as four concerts in the Southern states were.

Cirque du Soleil: The Beatles – Love has now been featured at the Love Theatre in the Mirage Las Vegas for over five years. The incredible homage to the greatest rock and roll band of all time has been witnessed by more than 4 million people clutching Cirque du Soleil The Bealtes Love tickets close to their hearts over the course of more than 2,400 shows. The production has not only survived, but thrived despite the recession, becoming an annual pilgrimage for some and an once-in-a-lifetime trip worth sacrifice for many others.

A Las Vegas residency requires performers to essentially embark on the tours they undertook at the beginning of their career, playing consecutive nights with some time off between the next set of gigs. However, one of the advantages is that during a residency there is much less travel, so there is far less jet, or bus, lag and the days off are far more restful and tranquil.

The New York Yankees are heading into the weekend trying to widen the gap between themselves and the Boston Red Sox at the top of the AL East with a pivotal four-game series with the third place Tampa Bay Rays from July 7th to July 10th. This is the first meeting between the two division rivals.

Jerry Seinfeld is headed to Las Vegas in late August for back-to-back nights at Caesars Palace at the Colosseum Las Vegas. Caesars Palace has been able to attract perhaps the biggest headlining acts in Sin City, so it should be no surprise that one of the most recognizable voices in comedy would choose this casino, hotel, and resort to perform.

David Copperfield is Las Vegas and he has returned to the Strip to grace the stage at the MGM Grand and amaze the audience with his vast array of illusions and prove to a new generation that he is illusion in Vegas, not Criss Angel.

Which major concert tickets are available for shows this week? We have that answer here at OnlineSeats. This week Taylor Swift continues her journey across the South, U2 will be nearby, Sade and John Legend will be on tour up north, and Katy Perry will be in the neighborhood.

Only a city known as Sin City could be the unofficial American home of Cirque du Soleil. The Montreal-based contemporary circus troupe has seven shows in production on the Las Vegas strip, the most in any city across the vast continental United States. The incredibly creative company is such a force on the Strip that no single hotel or hotel conglomerate has a monopoly on Crique du Soleil tickets!

Quite recently Sir Paul McCartney discussed his upcoming plans with Geoff Lloyd on Absolute Radio and the Beatle seemingly came apart from a PR stand point. Amidst the typical discussions of the upcoming On the Run tour, a new album, and the re-issuing of two solo albums, he lambasted the Queen of England for failing to knight any of the other three Beatles and put the ultimate decision to break up the Beatles on John Lennon.

The 65th annual Tony Awards ran like a typical CBS comedy, few surprises but well produced with enough laughs to keep it interesting. The award show began with a hilarious opening number from Neil Patrick Harris and a few choice guests from the Beacon Theatre main floor declared (in song) that Broadway is no longer just for the gay anymore. Then the show officially commenced and the presenters began heaping Tony upon Tony in the Book of Mormon’s award basket (I am not sure this actually exists, but how else would you store nine awards during a live broadcast).

Is LeBron really the best player in NBA history? Who knows, he still potentially has a decade left until he retires. Choosing to live in the here and now I am more excited about this NBA Finals matchup! I know this pains the hyperbolic sports media, but they should really be dissecting the Heat-Mavericks rematch because this could be a better series than the beloved Lakers-Celtics finals of the past few seasons.

A crazy concert rider and domestic partner kicked out of the country later and Katy Perry has arrived, embodying both the denotation and connotation of that wonderful term diva. Yes, the weekend began with a buzz in Japan as the first Katy Perry tickets of her brief Asian tour leg were about to be good for a concert in Nagoya at the Zepp Nagoya.

The Book of Mormon is going on tour! This is not an announcement made out of defeat, as it was when Memphis the Musical's quick run on Broadway. No, the Book of Mormon is killing it at the box office, reportedly selling more Book of Mormon tickets than there are seats at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre (102.4 percent according to Playbill's weekly grosses).

The New York Yankees are right where they belong, at least according to fans with season tickets to Yankees games, in first place. This AL East leading team came into the 2011 MLB season with valid criticism of the batting order and the pitching staff. Now, Yankee Stadium, in any incarnation, is no stranger to poor starting pitching, but to assess the offense as “lacking” felt quite foreign to anyone who has followed baseball since the 1990s.

Broadway often gets a bad rap. It is known for its penchant for the big Broadway musical with far more elaborate set designs, costumes, light designs, and musicals than the actual plot. Perhaps that is why biopic jukebox musicals and Wicked are so revered and have such staying power, because they either rely on some sort of inherently dramatic story (a biopic) or are inspired by a concerted effort to reframe an old story (Wicked). But every once in a while the New York theater scene redeems itself outside of the musical genre by embracing a touching story (especially if it is from the UK) and that 2011 British import is War Horse.

While Britney and Lil Wayne deflect ominous tour rumors, it appears Nicki Minaj is benefiting with each bit of bad news. It began when Britney Spears announced a world tour to accompany the release of her new album Femme Fatale and continues as Lil Wayne’s PR denounce news that he will have to cancel his European tour because it turns out the UK does not look favorably on those who have served prison time for gun convictions.

As the 2011 MLB season kicks off I am still flummoxed by just how the perennial powerhouses have fallen, the New York Yankees. This is not to say that this fan base is going to have to endure losing seasons. Rather, it is how the baseball franchises that could once be counted on to take first place in their AL East each season (even when they were not winning World Series) have serious concerns.

We are on the cusp of the release of Britney Spear’s seventh studio album and her next comeback attempt and fans are frothing at the mouth for anything Britney-related as they sit (or dance) in anticipation. Thus the stage was set Friday night for a homage at Rain nightclub at the Palms featuring Britney’s best video moments. Then, surprise, Britney pops out of the one of the speakers and she puts on a 45 minute show, singing her fan favorites (“3”, “Slave 4 U”, and “Gimmee More”). So why the blog entry when MTV has covered (orchestrated) the event and every pop website on the Internet has a post?

Now that Carmelo Anthony has arrived it appears the balance of power may have shifted from the Western Conference to the Eastern Conference for the first time since Michael Jordan was shooting Space Jam.

An NBA trade, or the events leading up to the completion of an NBA, can be compared to many arduous or inclement events. It can be compared to building a pyramid over several generations or surviving a Category 5 hurricane. I like to think of it as a grotesque front office marathon. The talks begin a month into the season, ESPN prematurely reports and laments on potential deals, and the team that ends up with the coveted player is the last one mentioned in February. This February the player is Carmelo Anthony and the team appears to be the New York Knicks.

The road to Super Bowl LXVI runs through Gillette Stadium in Foxboro on the AFC side of the playoffs and through the Georgia Dome on the NFC side, but the Super Bowl tickets will only be good for the game at Cowboys Stadium on February 6, 2011.

For those looking ahead to February in Dallas, Week 13 in the NFL proved to be a revelation for the AFC and a confounding experience leaving a glut of potential Super Bowl suitors in the NFC. The New England Patriots set themselves apart as the best team in the AFC East and the team with the most momentum heading into the last few weeks of the NFL regular season. Meanwhile, the top six NFC teams all won, most struggling in the process.

The NFL is a little over the half way mark and as far as I can tell there 11 teams capable of reaching the Super Bowl, five from the NFC and six from the AFC. While I base this simple observation on records, the scoring differential, and not playing in the West division of either conference, I see these teams and get excited by the story lines FOX and ESPN will be busy creating a week's worth of film around. I know it is silly. I should be thinking of offensive and defensive stats, but nobody buys Super Bowl tickets and gets excited by the yards allowed per carry no first defense allowed by their favorite team.

One look at the NFC standings and I wonder if any of these teams truly deserve Super Bowl tickets to Cowboys Stadium as players or fans. The list of teams more than two games over .500 is short, just four teams. This is quite embarrassing compared to the plethora of AFC teams meeting that criterion - eight teams. Of those four teams with the best early season chances, which is most likely to survive the remaining 10 weeks of the NFL schedule?

The Dallas Cowboys may have won state bragging rights after Week 3's 27-13 win over the Houston Texans, but they have won nothing else, literally. The 1-3 Cowboys are in last place in the NFC East, a division plagued with three 3-2 teams atop the division standings.

Ah, Springtime….birds are chirping, the sun is shining, that guy you have been crushing on since November casually mentions that he has two Coachella tickets and has no clue who to give the other one to….would you be interested? HELL YES! Cupid will surely be in Indio this summer, along with Vampire Weekend, Muse, and a bunch of other acts ranging from DEVO to De La Soul… it will be AMAZING!

After three weeks of NFL football all the preconceptions from the 2008 season have been washed away and replaced by new beliefs. Some of these new revelations are not that ludicrous, for instance the Jets look like they will actually be a good team this season and may challenge the New England Patriots for AFC East supremacy. Most of these developments are just trends that will fade in the next couple of weeks though. Five of those most bizarre trends are listed below.

The first week of football is great for two reasons. The first is that you get to watch 10-plus hours of football. I know I woke up at 7:00 in the morning because I was so freaking giddy to sit on the couch for 10 hours. It somehow seems ridiculous that I could get so excited to play an invalid for the day. The second reason is that suddenly you have real stats to compare and make educated guesses and bets for Week 2. Below are my guesses, with scores compiled by some miraculous mental operation that takes into account stats, injuries, the latest Vegas lines, and useless emotional allegiances.

It now less than a month until the All Star teams are announced, something I realized this weekend when I received a ballot at my baseball game of the season. I looked at the ballot and realized that I really did not have a clue who to vote for (even though I get to vote 25 times according to the MLB website). My attention has been waning as my favorite team has been busy dashing all my delusional spring training hopes. The only stats I really know are those for the players on my fantasy team, so I took about an hour and looked at the list of names and decided who actually deserves to make an appearance at the game and contemplated who many players will get voted on just because of rabid fans and name recognition.

This week in the NFL is almost over all that remains is a game between the Cleveland Browns and the Philadelphia Eagles, who really have no shot at making the playoffs at this point. After 15 games I am more confused than ever and completely perplexed by the last remaining division races and the teams clawing at each other for the final wild card spots.