Jane Wiedlin, Belinda Carlisle, Charlotte Caffey, Gina Schock and Kathy Valentine, a.k.a. The Go-Go’s, are heading south in February, getting a chance to pick up some John The Conqueroo before visiting Disneyworld.
Starting February 2nd, The Go-Go’s go to Louisiana’s Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans, then Bossier City’s Isle of Capri Casino and back to N’arlens’ House of Blues February 6th.
After a stop at Atlanta’s Earthlink Live February 9th, the women visit Jannus Landing in St. Petersburg, Fla., February 11th, then the next night at Orlando’s Universal Studios.
That should give The Go-Go’s enough time to enjoy the sites. Here’s hoping you fans down there get a chance to enjoy their visit.

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Reggie White, a fearsome defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers and one of the NFL’s greatest players, died Sunday, his wife said. He was 43.

The cause of death was not immediately known, however White had a respiratory ailment for several years that affected his sleep, according to Keith Johnson, a pastor serving as family spokesman. An autopsy was scheduled.

“Today our beloved husband, father and friend passed away,” White’s wife, Sara, said in a statement. “His family appreciates your thoughts and prayers as we mourn the loss of Reggie White. We want to thank you in advance for honoring our privacy.”

White died at Presbyterian Hospital, where he was taken after his wife called 911. A police officer was outside White’s Tudor-style home in a gated community, and would not let a reporter approach the house.

A two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year and ordained minister who was known as the “Minister of Defense,” White played a total of 15 years with Philadelphia, Green Bay and Carolina. He retired after the 2000 season as the NFL’s all-time leader in sacks with 198. The mark has since been passed by Bruce Smith.

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Millions of Americans went shopping for comedy this weekend, giving the star-studded “Meet the Fockers” the record for the best single Christmas Day box office take. The sequel, reuniting Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro and adding Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand as Stiller’s parents, earned $44.7 million over the holiday weekend according to studio estimates.

“Meet the Fockers” knocked last week’s top film “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events” to third place, with $12.5 million. Second place was taken by the live-action version of “Fat Albert,” which debuted Saturday with a two-day total of $12.7 million, according to studio estimates.

“Meet the Fockers” succeeded in part because of an aggressive ad campaign, including the release of the DVD of the original “Meet the Parents” as well as the return of Streisand to the big screen after an eight-year absence.

It also captured the clash between families, which resonates at the holidays.

“It’s a clash of cultures,” said Marc Shmuger, vice chairman of Universal Pictures. “It’s about the coming together of completely different families, but that’s exactly what the world is going through right now.”

“Meet the Fockers” opened Wednesday, bringing its five-day total to $68.5 million.

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SkierGuard, an insurance policy launched by Skier Insurance Services (SIS) in August of 2003, will refund the unused portion of a ski resort season pass on a pro-rata basis if a policyholder becomes sick or injured and cannot use the pass for 30 days. The policy, which costs six percent of the season pass, also comes with $15,000 in emergency evacuation insurance and $10,000 of accidental death/dismemberment coverage.

Comedian George Carlin, a counter-culture hero who gained fame in the 1970s with routines about drugs and dirty words, said on Monday he was voluntarily entering a drug and alcohol treatment program.

“I’m going into rehab because I use too much wine and Vicodin,” Carlin, 67, whose latest book “When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?” is a national bestseller, said in a statement. “No one told me I needed this; I recognized the problem and took the step myself.”

The announcement came weeks after the veteran stand-up comic caused a stir at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas with a performance that questioned the intellect of people who visit the resort city.

According to media accounts of the incident, Carlin’s bit about “moronic” Vegas tourists touched off a bitter, profane exchange with members of the audience, including one woman who shouted “Stop degrading us.”

Carlin has acknowledged having battled cocaine addiction in the 1980s but said he quit on his own by tapering off the drug. He also has suffered three heart attacks.

Speaking of his current problem, he said: “My levels of use are nowhere near the worst you hear about these days; I could easily have continued functioning at a good level … for awhile. But my use would have progressed, I would have been in deeper trouble, and I didn’t want to tolerate that.”

Carlin’s spokesman, Jeff Abraham, said the comedian entered rehab on Monday but did not know how long he would remain in treatment. He said Carlin was currently scheduled to begin a new engagement at Stardust Hotel in Vegas in February.

Source yahoo.com.

Icelandic rock outfit Sigur Ros has finished principal recording for its next studio album. “The foundations for all the album’s songs have now been recorded,” reads a post on the group’s official Web site. “The boys are adding layers to the songs and will be joined by the girls of [longtime collaborators] Amina later this week to start recording strings for most of these songs.”

As of last month, Sigur Ros had put down nine songs on tape. “Most of these songs will appear on the new album but some may end up on an EP, or even released online, though this hasn’t been decided quite yet,” the site says.

The as-yet-untitled set is expected in late spring/early summer via Geffen. It will be the follow-up to 2002’s “( ),” which debuted at No. 51 on The Billboard 200 and has sold 220,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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PIXIES are set to release a DVD while chronicles their sensational comeback year.

The band have completed an eight-month tour in New York on Saturday night (December 18), and during the jaunt they have been followed by a film crew. The footage will be used for a documentary on the band and possibly an in-concert DVD, according to Billboard.

The group’s manager Ken Goes said: “I have collected film from about six or seven full concerts which we plan to edit for a compilation concert DVD.

“There is a possibility that these two DVDs will be combined into one double-disc set, but that is not yet confirmed.”

Pixies reformed earlier this year, and the subsequent live shows were the band’s first since 1992.

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Queen will headline a second Aids benefit concert in South Africa, which is being backed by former president Nelson Mandela. The 46664 South Africa show will raise awareness of the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s continued fight against the disease.

The full line-up of international and South African artists will be unveiled early next year. The first concert, in November 2003, starred Bono and Beyonce Knowles.

The 2005 concert will focus on the plight of women in sub-Saharan Africa, who are most affected by Aids.

Last year’s five-hour gig took place at the Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town and featured appearances by the Eurythmics, Ms Dynamite, Peter Gabriel, The Corrs and Queen. It attracted more than 30,000 people.

Next year’s event will take place at the Fancourt Hotel and Country Club Estate on 19 March.

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Kings of Leon have announced a short tour of the US. The band wrapped up a club tour on the East coast this autumn, and now will take their set out to the West Coast beginning on January 25 in Seattle.

The band will be supporting their second album A Ha Shake Heartbreak, which is released in North America on February 22.

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Grammy Award winner Freddie Perren, who produced records for Gloria Gaynor, the Jackson Five and the “Saturday Night Fever” album, has died. He was 61.

Perren, who lived in Chatsworth, died December 16 after a long illness, said his wife, Christine Yarian Perren. He suffered a major stroke 11 years ago, she said. Perren shared an Album of the Year Grammy in 1978 for producing two songs on the “Saturday Night Fever” album.

With Dino Fekaris, Perren produced “I Will Survive,” sung by Gaynor, which won the Grammy for best disco recording in 1979.

Source: cnn.com