Irish Police are investigating the apparent theft of 122 R.E.M. concert tickets for the band's forthcoming sold-out Olympia Theatre show on Saturday, June 30th, 2007. The tickets disappeared in transit between the UK and their arrival at the venue box office on Friday, March 30th, 2007. The tickets in question are ALL STANDING TICKETS and are for SATURDAY, JUNE 30th only. The SEQUENCE NUMBERS are 0379 to 0500 inclusive. While there is no evidence to date that tickets have shown up on known scalper websites, R.E.M. STRONGLY URGES FANS NOT TO PURCHASE R.E.M. tickets at inflated prices from unofficial sources as they run the risk of being stolen.

All missing tickets have now been cancelled and deemed invalid by promoters; as a result, holders will be refused entry on the night. Strict security and ticket checks by Irish Police will be in operation for the concert as the police investigation continues. As tickets for this show were exclusively available from the band's international ti...

More than 75 families throughout the San Francisco Bay Area will come together on April 7 at the Universalist Church for the Blind Babies Foundation's sixth annual Beeper Egg Hunt. The beeping eggs, designed by Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., of Dublin, Calif., are battery operated and emit a high pitched beeping noise similar to a watch or alarm clock. There are holes at the bottom for sound projection so children who are blind or visually impaired can easily hear the sound, locate the eggs throughout the park and add to their baskets. When a child completes the hunt, they can exchange their beeping eggs for prizes and candy.

This year's event will be hosted by Joel Bartlett of ABC7 News, and supported by several local Bay Area companies and organizations. Volunteers from the International Rotarian Youth, U.C. Berkeley Delta Gamma Collegiate Women and Variety Children's Charity will join the event. Additionally, Trumpette Clothing will provide t-shirts with a Braille design and Carl Zei...

Peace Arch® Entertainment Group Inc. (AMEX: PAE) (TSX: PAE), an innovative film and television entertainment company, announced today that its co-production with TM Productions of the original ten-part event television series "The Tudors" world premiered on Showtime Networks on April 1, 2007 to a record audience for that network.

Showtime's premiere of "The Tudors" drew approximately 869,000 total viewers on Sunday night at 10 p.m., and another 404,000 for its 11 p.m. airing, establishing this as the pay-TV network's biggest premiere night in the past three years, and three times the network's prime-time average. According to Showtime, more than one million people had actually sampled "The Tudors" either online or in other on-demand formats...

More than 75 families throughout the San Francisco Bay Area will come together on April 7 at the Midtown Terrace Playground in San Francisco for the Blind Babies Foundation's sixth annual Beeper Egg Hunt. The beeping eggs, designed by Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., of Dublin, Calif., are battery operated and emit a high pitched beeping noise similar to a watch or alarm clock. There are holes at the bottom for sound projection so children who are blind or visually impaired can easily hear the sound, locate the eggs throughout the park and add to their baskets. When a child completes the hunt, they can exchange their beeping eggs for prizes and candy.

This year's event will be hosted by Joel Bartlett of ABC7 News, and supported by several local Bay Area companies and organizations. Volunteers from the International Rotarian Youth, U.C. Berkeley Delta Gamma Collegiate Women and Variety Children's Charity will join the event. Additionally, Trumpette Clothing will provide t-shirts with a Bra...

With the Rykodisc debut release of Jeff Finlin's "Angels In Disguise" on April 3, 2007, U.S. audiences will be introduced to a natural Americana poet with raw, emotional honesty and intensity. The skillfully composed roots-rock inflected album is, at its core, the inner-reflection of a man coming to terms with his life. A vivid and poetic storyteller, Finlin's music breathes life with a down-home, every-man appeal. It recalls the work of Randy Newman, Tom Waits and other pioneering American artists who have channeled their personal world experiences through their own distinctive voices.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, the grandson of Irish railroad workers, Jeff Finlin's songs are littered with the American landscape. Stories of travels, late nights and a deeper insight into American living are recurring themes throughout his music -- which has been likened to that of John Hiatt, Bob Dylan and Dr. John.

Uncut magazine has described Finlin as, "a real find," and the Chicago Sun-Ti...

This week's StubHub Top 25 Rivalry Rankings find a new leader atop the polls and not surprisingly it's the Michigan - Ohio State game to be played on November 18 in Columbus, Ohio.

Currently ranked Nos. 1 and 2 in the latest BCS standings, the Wolverines and Buckeyes are on a collision course for what will undoubtedly be the next "Game of the Century." Ticket buyers for the event recognize this as well and have already purchased hundreds of tickets at the StubHub marketplace for an average price of an incredible $839. The average ticket selling price is more than $200 over this year's average World Series ticket price ($624) and sales have already increased to over 135% from the 2005 game.

Not far behind Michigan and Ohio State in overall sales is the USC and Notre Dame game November 25th in Los Angeles. The Fighting Irish escaped a loss to USC's cross-town rival UCLA with a dramatic last second victory in South Bend over the weekend. The Trojans remained idle and in the top th...

PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a leading provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and Nasdaq Global Funds, Inc., a subsidiary of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., announced an agreement to transfer sponsorship of the NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock® (NASDAQ: QQQQ), also known as QQQ®, the NASDAQ-100 European Tracker® (EQQQ), and the 4 BLDRS Index Funds Trust(SM) (NASDAQ: ADRE) (NASDAQ: ADRD) (NASDAQ: ADRU) (NASDAQ: For the week beginning 10/16, the storied USC-Notre Dame rivalry opens as the most sought-after ticket on StubHub. The game, a thriller in South Bend in 2005, finished as the second most popular game of ticket buyers in last season's final poll. The Trojans and Fighting Irish play Nove...

Belinda Carlisle's "Voila!," her first new album in a decade, and her first record sung entirely in French, is a radical departure for the pop diva and lead singer of the Go-Go's. Working with producer John Reynolds (U2, Sinéad O'Connor, Indigo Girls, Hothouse Flowers), Carlisle has fashioned a traditional pop album that pays tribute to the classic French chansons and pop music of the '40s, '50s and '60s. Just in time for Valentine's Day, the album is set for release on February 6, 2007.

"After I moved to France, I became familiar with the classic French chansons and a lot of French pop music," Carlisle explains. "I realized there was a whole world of artists and singers I was not familiar with. As I discovered all these amazing songs, I came to love this music and wanted to record some of them with a playful, contemporary feel."

Carlisle and Reynolds went into the studio with a musical dream team including Brian Eno on keyboards, guitarist Fianchna O'Braonain (Hothouse Fl...

Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc. (AMEX: PAE) (TSX: PAE), a film and television company, has launched a multi-media marketing campaign for the Company's new, dramatic ten-episode TV series "The Tudors" beginning on October 9, 2006 at MIPCOM, the largest global television market, in Cannes, France.

The launch consists of an extended trailer of the series, a colorful, in-depth 8-page brochure, a multi-page print ad campaign, a focused publicity effort, and a strong market floor presence led by Peace Arch executive vice president Mary Herne.

"The Tudors," nearing the completion of principal photography, and now shooting on location in Ireland, is set to air in the United States in 2007 on the Showtime cable network, a wholly owne...