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You remember the beach party scene from The Lost Boys with the oiled up sax player singing "I Still Believe". Now is your chance to see Tim Cappello live in Lafayette!

Dr. C of Lafayette based band Dr. C & the Gris Gris performed an amazing rendition of the Led Zeppelin classic.

After a show in San Antonio early Sunday morning, Lake Charles metal band Viridian had a crazy, scary experience as two of the band members were robbed at gunpoint when they were loading their gear in their trailer around 1:45am.

It’s time for the Weekend WeWind! Here’s some stuff you may have missed and/or what was probably important this week.

International recording artists Avatar will be live at The District in September! Avatar is touring for their latest album "Feathers and Flesh" featuring their song "The Eagle Has Landed" heard right here on Planet Radio. They're taking their tour right here to Lafayette...

Saturday night, Sean Bruce held his CD release party at Acadiana Center for the Arts in Lafayette. His CD, "Staring at Maps Part 2" is now available for sale.

Mardi Gras is right around the corner. The party never stops in South Louisiana and Planet Radio 105.1 is proud to present Lafayette's own Quiet District, live at Le Festival de Mardi Gras at Cajun Field on Sunday, February 7th.

On Sunday, January 3rd, Black Feratu will be premiering their new song 'Damnationated' on the Grindhouse.

This Sunday night, we are celebrating the life and memory of one of our own, Garrette Sanislo. Not only was he one of our brothers in our local metal scene, or even an occasional co-host of the show, but he was our brother. A brother that we lost this past week.

This Sunday night, Planet Radio presents Pop Evil live at the Varsity Theatre in Baton Rouge. The Kodiax will be opening up for them. They joined Tai live in studio this morning to talk about their upcoming shows this weekend and to perform a new song from their upcoming album.

Baton Rouge's Ventruss rocked the stage at The District last Friday with Twinspan, The Other LA and 12 Stones. They performed their newest song 'Dissolve' live and fans were treated with hearing it for the first time.

As Hurricane Isaac continues to sweep across the state of Louisiana government officials on all levels are reminding citizens to take this storm serious. We have already received reports of people stranded in Plaquemines Parish as water breached the levee system due to the storm surge...