News: Bon Jovi, NineBullets, DJ Purfiya and more
-- Tickets to Bon Jovi's concert April 17 at the St. Pete Times Forum will be priced at $26.75, $46.75, $66.75, $96.75 and $126.75. They go onsale at 10 a.m. Nov. 16. Click here for details.
-- Tampa music blog NineBullets.net was just ranked Technorati's Top 10 music blogs. That probably helps assuage some of these feelings of bloggerific unease. (So does this.)
-- A rumor started flying around the Interwebz Wednesday that Florida's own DJ Purfiya had died due to complications from the flu. Turns out it was just a hacker-based hoax, and the man is still "alive and kickin." "Biggie Said Your Nobody Til Someone Kills You," he Tweeted (Twote?), "But I Aint Tryin To Find Out If Thats True."
-- John Mayer is not coming here. Boo, John Mayer!
-- The Mojo Gurus are getting good press across the pond for the U.K. release of their album Let's Get Lit With ... The Mojo Gurus.
-- Orlando Magician (and former Duke Blue Devil) J.J. Redick is recording a rap song. We only wish we were making this up.
-- Jeremy Gloff says down with all the Sunshine State hate!
-- Jay Cridlin, tbt*. Photo: Getty Images.
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