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`World`s Biggest Music Promoter` Pete Bennett Dies

The most well-connected man in music leaves us; Pete Bennett was there for everything.

(NEW YORK) - Pete Bennett, who brought 'The Rolling Stones' and 'The Who' to the US; and promoted musical greats like The Beatles, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley, has died in New York.

Information is still coming in, but we understand he passed away around 10:00 a.m. EST.

IPressPro.com Will Connect Authors, Musicians and Artists with Web Traffic

Finally, a way for struggling authors, artists and musicians to be sure their message is carried by an established online news group.

(BOSTON) - Authors and musicians wanted it, now it is here.

For a small investment, you can have your news release published on a highly ranked Website that will keep your story in place for good; not a month or a week.

Pussy Riot Aces Anarchy and Lennon and Tolstoy Smile

"Blessed are The Peacemakers: THEY shall be called the children of God."

(CLERMONT, FL) - On Tuesday, Pussy Riot received one of five LennonOne Grant for Peace awards and on Wednesday an appellate court in Moscow set free one of the three jailed members of the punk protest band but upheld the two-year prison sentences of her band mates.

In August they were convicted over their plea to the Virgin Mary to rid Russia of Vladimir V. Putin as he headed into a March election that handed him a third term.

John Lennon`s 72nd and a Light Still Shines on Truth

The former Beatle became a thorn in the side of the Nixon Administration for speaking up against the Vietnam War and for the unofficial anthem of that generations Peace Movement with Give Peace a Chance

(CLERMONT, FL) - John Lennon could have celebrated his 72nd birthday this Tuesday.

Two days shy of his 35th birthday, the New York State Supreme Court reversed his deportation order, which allowed Lennon to legally remain in the United States.

Pink Floyd`s Roger Waters to Join Jury of Russell Tribunal on Palestine

The Russell Tribunal on Palestine was launched in 2009 following Israel’s bloody assault on Gaza.

(ROME) - Roger Waters, founding member of the British rock band Pink Floyd, has announced that he will join Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, civil rights icon Angela Davis, and others, on the jury of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine.

The fourth and final session will be held on October 6–7, 2012, at New York City’s historic Great Hall at Cooper Union (7 East 7th Street, Manhattan).

Celebrities for Solidarity for the Indigent and the Disadvantaged

The Spanish Association against Cancer launched the "a lot to live for" fundraiser.

(MADRID) - José Carreras, tenor singer, was present at the regatta for solidarity held in Palma de Mallorca organized by boatyard Bavaria Yatchs and the headquarters of the José Carreras Foundation in Germany.

It was one week of open sail during which sixty sailors declared their support to fund for the José Carreras Foundation

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If music be the food of love, play on... Smutty Bill

(DAYTONA BEACH, FLA) - There's an enigma about jazz. I mean traditional jazz, not the offshoots, the evolutionary branches. I mean the kind you might hear on Bourbon Street in N'Orleans, although more likely, these days, drowned out by hard rock abominations. Trad.

Where I live, in Dixie where it all started, anyone you might stop on the street doesn't even know what you're talking about.

It`s Only Rock `n` Roll - Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Wailing Wall

So much for hoping one of our favorite California bands would not play the apartheid game.

(LONDON) - American legendary band Red Hot Chili Peppers has now reacted to the BDS call to cancel their scheduled concert in Tel Aviv.

As they landed this morning in the Holy Land, the band hurried straight to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem - the band will also, I’m sure, visit Yad Vashem and the Museum of Jewish Tolerance.

One of the Most Important Voices in the World - Ken O`Keefe, TJP - Dig It- Live it!

"With truth, we can find justice, and only then is peace possible" - Ken O'Keefe

(BOSTON / SACRAMENTO) - Few voices in this world carry the impact of Ken O'Keefe, the Gaza activist and Salem-News.com reporter who has made world headlines time and time again while exposing the war crimes of Israel in the most direct terms.

Ken O'Keefe speaks words other men wish they had the courage to deliver. Most are far too weak of will and spirit.

Pussy Riot`s Big Squeeze in Russia`s Judicial System is a Systematic World Problem

As we constantly reveal, Human Rights violations go almost hand in hand with government arrest and prosecution.

(SALEM) - Most people are familiar with the plight of the Russian punk band, 'Pussy Riot'.

Their prison sentence as much as anything, is a result of having insulted Vladimir Putin, who found it appropriate as a president to be photographed shirtless which isn't exactly presidential.