Mary Jane news

NEW ULM, Minn. — Guitarist Leo Kottke and country and rock singer Mary Jane Alm are among this year's inductees into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame.

Even the high priestess Mary Jane of the past two summers might think this is pretty far out: Dell'Arte opens this year's Mad River Festival on June 20 with its production of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.

'We got a lot of good singers out there,' Petty tells crowd after a sing-along performance of 'Last Dance With Mary Jane.'

From dressing up as Mary Jane for Halloween to posting pictures of weed bouquets on Instagram, Rihanna has often flaunted her fondness for marijuana. Luckily...

As it turns out, it wasn't the last dance with Mary Jane. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are booked to return to the Twin Cities this summer.

The actor played "Mary Jane's Last Dance" with Ke$ha on vocals at a gig that featured members of The Strokes, The Black Keys and Kings of Leon. read more

Kanye West has taken on Rihanna 's single du jour, "Diamonds". It could easily have been recorded in the last couple weeks: "And we made it through the hurricane/ So celebrate and light the Mary Jane," he raps. And then there's this: "They're saying hey Kanye/ We need you to go deeper than Tay Zonday / 'Cause my verses got pain / Chocolate Rain." Okay! Listen above, via RapUp .

Michelle Martin Coyne The Flaming Lips played Barnhill Arena Sunday night. The Flaming Lips have always remained a bit mysterious to me. Some people still call them a punk band based on their original sound, but most of their current audience became aware of them through more recent, less aggressive melodic pop songs like “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots” and “Do You Realize??” In the early to ...

Spidey goes up against an electrifying new nemesis in the upcoming movie sequel.

To whom it may concern -- SUPERSTORM SANDY put some Halloween-related activities in the area on hold this week, so residents should be prepared with candy this weekend for trick-or-treaters who will be out in full force in several communities.

Also: George Lucas briefed Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher on new 'Star Wars films last summer; Jamie Foxx in talks to play new Spiderman villain; Tim Tebow may be dating actress; 'Twilight stars hit the town on Halloween.