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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frank Sinatra Jr., who carried on his famous father's legacy with his own music career and whose kidnapping as a young man added a bizarre chapter to his father's legendary life, died Wednesday. He was 72.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Taste of Minnesota festival is calling it quits.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer Sonny James, who recorded romantic ballads like "Young Love" and turned pop songs into country hits, has died. He was 87.

NEW YORK (AP) — Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White, whose horn-driven band sold more than 90 million albums and made hits like "September," ''Shining Star" and "Boogie Wonderland," died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles, his brother Verdine said.

NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Kantner, a founding member of the Jefferson Airplane who stayed with the seminal San Francisco band through its transformation from 1960s hippies to 1970s hit makers as the eventual leader of successor group Jefferson Starship, has died at age 74.

NEW YORK (AP) — David Bowie, the other-worldly musician who broke pop and rock boundaries with his creative musicianship, nonconformity, striking visuals and a genre-bending persona he christened Ziggy Stardust, died of cancer Sunday. He was 69 and had just released a new album.

St Paul, MN  (KROC AM News) - Adele has announced a North American tour for next year that will begin in Minnesota.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Police in Minnesota say they found cocaine in the bedroom of the tour bus where former Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland was found dead.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis Fire Department reports that the ceiling of a downtown concert venue has partially collapsed, injuring several people.

Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - The longtime music director of the  Rochester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale has been named the organization’s new president and CEO.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues, died late Thursday at home in Las Vegas. He was 89.

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - The public is invited to a special duo concert at Rochester’s St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church Saturday, May 2nd.

HAVANA (AP) — Minnesota Orchestra CEO Kevin Smith says the group will perform two concerts in Cuba in May.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Sam Smith's soulful sound and heartbreaking songs resonated with fans - and his breakthrough was solidified when he took home three of the top four Grammy Awards on Sunday, though Beck earned a surprise win for album of the year.