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A fire in a small cluster of palm trees outside the Hollywood Bowl greeted exiting customers Saturday night. Three fire companies responded to the blaze, which erupted as attendees exited the Bowl’s “Sing-A-Long Sound of Music” program. The venue was unharmed and no injuries were reported. No cause of the fire has…

Comedian Dave Chappelle may have been in more danger than initially suspected when he was assaulted at a May Hollywood Bowl appearance. A roommate of the attacker in that incident testified on Friday that Isaiah Lee had used the same replica handgun with a hidden blade to stab him in the abdomen. Roommate Dijon…

The man accused of attacking comedian Dave Chappelle onstage at the Hollywood Bowl has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly stabbing his roommate at a transitional housing facility in December, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Isaiah Lee has pleaded not guilty to the felony charge and is due…

UPDATE: The man accused of attacking comedian Dave Chappelle on stage at the Hollywood Bowl while carrying a replica gun that contained a switchblade pleaded not guilty today to four misdemeanor counts. Isaiah Lee, 23, who was initially booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, remains jailed in lieu of…

"If this is what being canceled is about, I love it," said Dave Chappelle tonight to a cheering and sold-out Hollywood Bowl crowd after a screening of his documentary about the comic summer camp he put on last year in his Ohio hometown. "I don't know what to tell you, except I'm a bad motherf*cker," the suited and…

UPDATED, 5:38 PM: On Tuesday, the Hollywood Bowl announced the starry lineup for its first summer season since the pandemic shutdown, which kicks off on July 3 at 67% capacity. Viola Davis will appear alongside Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil on July 15, on the heels of her Best Actress Oscar nomination for Ma Rainey’s…

UPDATED with more details: The Hollywood Bowl, a staple of the summer in Los Angeles, is shuttering its 2020 season, officials said Wednesday. The move due to the coronavirus pandemic includes canceling all the concerts presented by the Los Angeles Philharmonic that had been scheduled between June 6-September 26. The…

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed the remainder of the 2019-2020 season for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and may also impact this summer’s Hollywood Bowl programming, the organization said Wednesday. The LA Phil, as it’s commonly known, said it would end plans for the October through June series at the downtown…

The 18th Korea Times Music Festival, originally planned for April 25 at the Hollywood Bowl, has been postponed due to travel restrictions in Asia prompted by concerns about the coronavirus. “We truly apologize for the inconvenience to those who have been looking forward to this event and ask for your kind…

Kanye West probably won’t run for president in 2024, but a Biblical opera is as close to a sure thing as the musical mogul gets: Yesterday, West tweeted a golden-hued invitation to Nebuchadnezzar, a “Kanye West opera” set for Sunday, November 24 at the Hollywood Bowl. The invite/announcement (see it below) indicates…

A bomb treat briefly interrupted last night's Dead & Company concert at the Hollywood Bowl. Concert-goers were left confused — and some alarmed — when the Bowl went dark and the band was hurridly rushed off the stage in the middle of a song during their second set. Bomb-sniffing dogs were then brought onto the stage…

Lionsgate is launching La La Land in Concert, an orchestral film concert that will kick off at the Hollywood Bowl on May 26 and 27 before traveling around the world to the United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Italy, Turkey and Switzerland, with additional stops in the U.S. At the Hollywood Bowl performance, La La…