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By John Sinkevics | Local Spins Less than a year after the death of The Orbit Room owner Don Dorshimer, the future of the longtime Grand Rapids concert venue is up in the air now that manager Ted Smith is leaving to head up booking at the new HopCat in Detroit.

This guy really likes Kenny Loggins. Like, really, REALLY likes Loggins. He likes the '80s movie soundtrack master so much that he started a Kickstarter campaign to raise $30,000 to get him to play a 75-minute private concert in his living room.

Legendary soul and gospel singer Candi Staton is reaching out to a British fan who recently got fined for playing her 1976 hit record "Young Hearts Run Free," which she re-recorded and re-released in 1999, a bit too loud for his neighbors' liking.

By Tricia Woolfenden | Local Spins It was the “f— you” and implicit mic drop heard ’round the world. Or, at least heard ’round Grand Rapids’ social media sphere (and likely far, far beyond) as reports of singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne’s expletive-laden on-stage meltdown flooded Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The famously mercurial artist abruptly stopped his set and stormed off stage Wednesday

Well, this is pretty awesome. Two juggernauts in the rock world just announced a co-headlining a 40-date tour for this summer! Even better, the tour has an August Michigan date!

Motley Crue announced its final tour today, and the best part is that it kicks off right here in Grand Rapids at Van Andel Arena on July 2 with Alice Cooper!  Get ready to buy your tickets, which go on sale this weekend, at all Ticketmaster locations.  This will be your last chance to see Motley Crue live!

You might remember how I boasted about the Kelly Carey Classic Rock Show this weekend in Saugatuck.  I've seen her live before, but here's the proof. Check out this amazing video and make plans to attend this weekend's show. 8PM on Saturday night and all to raise money for the theater!

Bob Seger plays what could be his final show at Van Andel Arena Saturday Night, and Classic Hits 98.7 WFGR has your tickets! It's "Bob Seger Week 2"!

For those of us not lucky enough to make the show, here's a video from MLive...Thanks!