MUSIC NEWS: THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018

MUSIC NEWS:THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018

PINK - ADVICE ON PARENTING

Pink and her kids are on the cover of People magazine's ``Beautiful'' issue, and she talks more about being a mom than about being glamorous. Pink says her advice for her six-year-old daughter, Willow, is, ``I'm going to teach you the rules so that you'll know how and when to break them.'' Pink says being a parent has been ``humbling.'' She says when she gives advice that sounds amazing in her head, Willow's eyes are ``completely glazed over.'' Pink also has a 15-month old son, Jameson. By the way, People magazine says there's a reason why it's no longer the ``Most Beautiful'' issue. Editor-in-chief Jess Cagle says they want to make clear the issue is not a beauty contest.

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TAYLOR SWIFT - LOS ANGELES HOME

The man arrested outside Taylor Swift's home near Los Angeles on Saturday has been released while the police investigation continues. Thirty-eight-year-old Julius Sandrock of Broomfield, Colorado, told police he drove from Colorado to meet Swift. Police say he was wearing a mask and rubber gloves, and they found more masks and gloves in his car, as well as a knife, rope and ammunition. Police say they also found oxycodone and other prescription drugs. Sandrock told police he has depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and manic episodes. A temporary restraining order prevents Sandrock from possessing guns.

He told police he owns three handguns and is on probation for firing one. Swift was not home. Less than two weeks ago, another man was arrested for trying to climb a wall at that same home.

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KODAK BLACK - JAIL UNTIL SEPTEMBER

Kodak Black is expected to be freed from jail on Sept. 17th. His attorney, Bradford Cohen, tells the South Florida Sun Sentinel that Black reached a deal with prosecutors on Tuesday. Black was jailed in January when a guest at his home live-streamed a video that authorities say showed a group of people smoking marijuana near a child and a guest playing recklessly with a handgun. Black was on house arrest at the time from an earlier robbery case.

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TINA TURNER - LONDON MUSICAL

The reviews are mostly good for the stage musical based on the life of Tina Turner. Tuesday was opening night for the production of ``Tina'' in London. Turner herself was in the audience and jokes that she's found her replacement in the show's star, Adrienne Warren. Turner told the audience after the show that the musical shows ``it's possible to turn poison into medicine.''

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DAVID BOWIE - SUBWAY FARE CARDS

If you go to the right subway station in New York, you can get farecards with David Bowie on them. The Broadway-Lafayette station and the Bleeker Street station are selling five official Bowie MetroCards. Bowie's picture also is plastered all over the Broadway-Lafayette station. He used to live nearby. The farecards are a promotion for the ``David Bowie Is'' exhibit, running at the Brooklyn Museum through July 15. Meanwhile, Bowie's son, director Duncan Jones, has announced the birth of his daughter, or as he puts it, ``the sequel'' to his son, Stenton, who will be 2 in July. He did not reveal the daughter's name.

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B.B. KING CLUB - NEW YORK CLOSURE

B.B. King's blues club in New York is closing because of high rent. The club's management has released a statement saying Buddy Guy will headline the final show there on April 29th.

All other shows scheduled after that will be moved to other venues.

The club's management hopes to reopen in another location. The New York branch of B.B. King Blues Bar and Grill was the third location in the franchise. It was open for 18 years.

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``YO! MTV RAPS'' - REUNION CONCERT

Some of the big players in the M-T-V show ``Yo! M-T-V Raps'' will get back together for a concert. The ``Yo! M-T-V

Raps: 30th Anniversary Experience'' will be staged June 1st in New York. Among those who will appear are Big Daddy Kane, Eric B & Rakim, Doug E. Fresh, KRS-One, Fat Joe, EPMD, Flavor Flav, DAS EFX, Special Ed, Pharcyde, Brand Nubian, Fab 5 Freddy and Dr. Dre. M-T-V will stream the concert live. M-T-V plans to revive ``Yo! M-T-V Raps'' as a linear and digital series, but a start date was not announced.