New York City

A grisly mass cat slaying that recently occurred in Yonkers, N.Y. has left Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler searching for answers -- and willing to help foot the bill for a hefty reward offered to anyone who can help catch the killer.

Two adjacent apartment buildings in Manhattan collapsed after a gas explosion Wednesday morning. Two women were killed in the blast, which also injured at least 16 people and left many more missing.

Billy Joel will be joining hockey's Rangers and basketball's Knicks and Liberty as a permanent franchise resident of New York City's Madison Square Garden. The rock legend will perform one show a month at the famed venue for "as long as there is demand."

Now who's the rocket man? (Answer: It's you.) We're flying one person and a friend to NYC to see Elton John rock Madison Square Garden on December 4.

Those hoping to hear Sting perform songs from his upcoming album 'The Last Ship' onstage will have to be pretty lucky. The singer has announced that the only concerts he'll perform in support of the album will be a series of 10 dates at New York City's tiny Public Theater, which will double as a benefit for the venue.

Keeping track of the ever-expanding number of summer music festivals just got a little more difficult, thanks to the folks at LivingSocial. The location-based deals website is organizing its own event, dubbed the Backyard Festival, and they're busily lining up an impressive list of performers.

Cheap Trick took their arena-friendly sounds to an intimate setting in New York City on Sunday night (April 28) to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the performances that were recorded for their landmark live album 'Cheap Trick at Budokan.'

On Sept. 18, Paul Simon will release ‘Live in New York City,’ a document of his June 2011 performance at historic Webster Hall in Greenwich Village. The set, which aired on PBS last December, will be available on DVD, Blu-ray and a 2 CD/1-DVD package.

Two prisoners are talking: "What are you in for?" "I'm doing 20 years for drug sales, how about you?" "I'm doing life for buying a big gulp in New York City!" "*gasp* You savage you animal how could you? "Uh, well, I was really really thirsty."