Nature abhors a vacuum and rock 'n' roll abhors silence. So into the void left by Ozzfest stepped this raucous musical party. Last year's inaugural Crüe Fest was a box-office smash; Mötley Crüe, pictured, reprises the hard-rock caravan. The show has expanded to two stages and features a support lineup that includes Godsmack, Theory of a Deadman, Drowning Pool and Charm City Devils. Among the second-stage acts is Detroit's Shram. 5 p.m., DTE Energy Music Theatre, I-75 at exit 89, Clarkston. 248-377-0100. $37-$82.50.

An arrest warrant has been issued for Bobby Brown after he failed to appear in a Massachusetts court on a contempt complaint.

Ann Arbor's Firefly Club, a beacon for live jazz for nearly a decade and regarded by aficionados as metro Detroit's finest all-around jazz club, has been closed and its property seized by the Michigan Department of Treasury.

LOS ANGELES — Aerosmith has canceled the remainder of its summer tour, including a Sept. 16 show with ZZ Top at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

DAYTON, Ohio — This may come as a surprise to anyone who has seen her villainous ways on reality TV: Omarosa is entering an Ohio seminary to study for the ministry.

Les Paul, who invented the solid-body electric guitar later wielded by a legion of rock 'n' roll greats, died today of complications from pneumonia. He was 94.

Police are investigating a concert ticket scam that bilked about 100 fans at Wednesday's Nickelback show at DTE Energy Music Theatre. An Oakland County Sheriff's Office spokesman said a Troy man was sought Thursday in connection with the scam.

So let's try to get this straight. In "The Time Traveler's Wife," Eric Bana plays a guy named Henry who jumps around the past, present and future but who can't control where or when he goes.

Remember when Kevin Spacey was awesome? Distant seem the days when Spacey could steal a movie from Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman with just a few minutes of screen time ("Seven") or hoodwink the audience for the duration of a movie via a canny performance ("The Usual Suspects").

Miley Cyrus' kid sister, Noah, and the Bonus Jonas brother, Frankie, are the bait to lure American kids to see "Ponyo," a magical fish tale from Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki.