Breaking: Bataclan Officially Re-Opening In November of This Year

Bataclan Announces First New Concert After Terrorist Attack”We will not surrender…”

The Bataclan was bloodied last November of last year, with Islamic militant extremists killing and seriously injuring hundreds of people.  The attacks took place on November 13th at an Eagles of Death Metal show in the theatre.

Since this catastrophic event, The Bataclan hasn’t held a single show.  However, back in February, DMN reported that they had announced plans to reopen by the end of the year.

The prolonged closure of the venue has been a sign of respect for those lost after the incident, not to mention those that were critically injured.  But club co-manager Dominique Revert has defiantly stated that “it will reopen, no question about it. Hearts will be heavy for a few months, a few years, but it will reopen.”

“We will do everything in our power to host new shows before the end of 2016.”

Now, The Bataclan has announced that the next show will be in November this year, with Pete Doherty and Youssou N’Dour performing.  This could be on the anniversary of the attack, or perhaps that date will be strategically avoided.

Currently, renovations of the venue are underway, with no specific reopening date confirmed.

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Bob Dylan-Inspired TV Show Headed to Amazon

The characters and themes that fill Bob Dylan’s songs will be the basis for a new hour-long drama series on Amazon, Variety reports.

Lionsgate TV is reportedly closing in on a deal with the website for Time Out of Mind, from Australian writer/director Josh Wakely. While most of Wakely’s credits include short films, he was…

Former Exec Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $1.3 Million From Warner Music Group

WmgWe’ve been covering this story since 2014, and now its finally come to a end. Former Warner Music executive and Obama fundraiser Danielle Smith has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $1 million from the record label.

Money on fire__________________________________________

Former WMG executive Danielle Smith, 47, admitted to grand-larceny in a Manhattan courtroom this week, agreeing to pay $500,000 in restitution. Smith had been an exec in the urban music department of Atlantic Records in Los Angeles.

She allegedly booked non-business related trips and “luxury goods” on her company credit card totaling $1.3 million between 2007 and 2011.  In 2014, she turned herself in at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and was arraigned on charges of first-degree grand larceny and pleaded not guilty.

During the 2012 election, Smith was a top Obama fundraising bundler attracting between $200,000 and $500,000 to the campaign. She is back in New York court on Wednesday morning.

 

 

 

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