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Live Nation and 313 Presents have announced concert week will return on May 4 at 10 a.m.

Live Nation and 313 Presents have announced concert week will return on May 4 at 10 a.m.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The annual summer concert series is returning to Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park this year with performances by Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, ZZ Top and more. The concert series, featuring 33 shows, kicks off June 12 with a performance by Marc Cohn and Blind Boys of Alabama, and wraps up Sept. 18 with Foreigner. “We are deeply grateful to Steve and Amy Van Andel, Fifth Third Bank, Harvey Lexus of Grand Rapids, Spectrum Health and all our sponsors for helping make this series possible and allowing us to welcome more people to experience live music at Meijer Gardens,” David Hooker, President & CEO of Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, said in a news release. For more information about purchasing tickets, visit MeijerGardens.org/concerts. Read more:Barricades go up near Grand Rapids police station ahead of march seeking justice for man shot by officerCruise ships returning to Great Lakes after 2-year hiatusMuskegon attorney running as Democrat for 87th state House

TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. -- National Cherry Festival, a nearly century-old summertime tradition in Northwest Lower Michigan, is returning for eight days in 2022. Highlights of this year’s festival include two U.S. Navy Blue Angels air shows, the Community Royale parade, fireworks, and entertainment headliners Boys II Men, ZZ Top and Jim Gaffigan. The schedule also includes summer favorites such as cherry pie-eating and pit-spitting contests, a midway, a cherry market, beach volleyball tournaments, sand castle sculpture contests, classic car shows, the coronation of the Cherry Queen, a beer tent, and plenty more. Related: Rock and Roll Hall of Famers ZZ Top to perform at 2022 National Cherry FestivalSaturday, July 9: DTE Energy Foundation Cherry Royale Parade, Ultimate Air Dogs show, live music by Boys II Men. Related: R&B icons Boyz II Men to close out 2022 National Cherry FestivalFind a full schedule and more information about the festival/specific festival events at cherryfestival.org and traversecity.com/events/summer-events/national-cherry-festival.

TRAVERSE CITY, MI – “That Little Ol’ Band from Texas” is set to perform in Northern Michigan. Rock and Roll Hall of Famers ZZ Top will perform at the 96th National Cherry Festival in Traverse City at 6 p.m. on Jan. 8. Until recently, ZZ Top was the longest running major rock band with original personnel intact. The bearded, sunglasses-wearing group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. on Jan. 28 in three tiers: General admission for $45, reserved tickets starting at $60 and VIP Deck packages starting at $170.

Hill sang and played the base for more than 50 years with the Texas-based trio.

Bass man Dusty Hill had the beard, shades and hat that visually defined ZZ Top. After he died on July 28, there was no question that the little ol' blues band from Texas — which had never had a personnel change in 52 years — would continue. That's what Hill wanted. And that's what the trio has done. With longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis stepping out on bass, ZZ Top still has three ...

They didn't give a cause of death, but a July 21 post on the band's website said Hill was "on a short detour back to Texas, to address a hip issue."

ZZ Top says bassist Dusty Hill, one of the Texas blues trio's bearded figures, has died at his Houston home.

ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, one of the Texas blues trio’s bearded figures, died at his Houston home, the band announced Wednesday on Facebook. In their post, guitarist Billy Gibbons and drummer Frank Beard said Hill died in his sleep. At that time, the band said its longtime guitar tech, Elwood Francis, would fill in on bass, slide guitar and harmonica.