MTV.com News — ' 'The Tonight Show' is the perfect platform for me,' he tells MTV News after nine-year stint as 'Idol' bandleader.By Gil Kaufman Rickey Minor Photo: Maury Phillips/ WireImage Rickey Minor has graced a lot of major stages in his decades-lon... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Iconic crooner Tony Bennett [ tickets ] returns to the road this spring for a few US dates ahead of his first UK outing in more than three years. more info

Streetkiss Music — Trois sons du matin, de la soul parfaite pour émerger avant de partir travailler. Mayer Hawthorne reprend parfaitement un morceau initialement écrit par Tony Bennett en 1954. I Left My Heart in San Francisco, ou le titre idéal pour s'éve... more info

Guardian Music — Tony Bennett defines the particular magic of America's greatest singers, writes Elisabeth MahoneyTony Bennett Presents: The Great American Songbook (Radio 2) is actually presented by Michael Parkinson. It's a curious and somewhat static format, with ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — A list of upcoming concerts across the Southland, with on-sale dates in parentheses. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Jack Johnson, Oct. 12 (Sat.) Gibson Amphitheatre Backstreet Boys, June 26; Magneto, May 2 (Fri.); Tony Bennett, Sept. 24 (Mon.) Hollywo... more info

ContactMusic — Jazz pianist JOHN BUNCH, who accompanied singers BENNY GOODMAN and TONY BENNETT, has lost his battle with skin cancer.Bunch died from melanoma in New York City on 30... more info

All About Jazz — Not all singers who came up in the 1950s became Tony Bennett or Sarah Vaughan. Some were popular only in their local towns. Some lacked talent or didn't have enough charisma. Some fell in with lousy record labels or the wrong crowd. Some were short o... more info

All About Jazz — John Bunch, a jazz pianist whose elegant style led to prominent sideman posts with Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett as well as an accomplished solo career, died on Tuesday in Manhattan, where he lived. He was 88. His death, at Roosevelt Hospital, was... more info

All About Jazz — Russ Lorenson returns to San Francisco with his acclaimed show, Benedetto/Blessed: Celebrating the Life and Music of Tony Bennett, for five weeks beginning May 27th at The Eureka Theatre, 215 Jackson Street, San Francisco, CA, 94111. Performances are... more info

The Music Fix — News Flash: as he releases the American SongbookTony Bennett (born Anthony Dominick Benedetto; August 3, 1926) is a legendary American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz. Raised in New York he has gone on to sell an incredible ... more info