Cross-linked from the City Desk blog

The tumult over Radiohead’s Mother’s Day show at Nissan Pavilion looks like an all-timer.

Country music lovers, on the other hand, love getting screwed. The place everybody loves to hate was named the Venue of the Year by the Academy of Country Music yesterday.

No, really.

Love Canal Amphitheatre came in second in the ACM balloting, with the Gates of Hell taking third.