NO SHOW

A special New Year's Eve concert featuring The Ying Yang Twins set for Saturday at the Cajundome Convention Center has been canceled.

The concert's promoter, Rudy Bourg, owner of M&P Promotions, said he pulled the carpet out from under the show because of poor ticket sales in recent weeks and the outlook for the next few days remained grim.

Tickets, which cost $30 plus service charges, were being sold at an average rate of four per day.  < /SPAN>To date, the show netted 28 tickets sold--two of which went to Bourg's own sons.

"I would have done the show with only 500 tickets sold at this point," Bourg said.  "I'm not one to sugarcoat anything.  I didn't want to have the most expensive New Year's Eve party for my two sons and 26 friends."

Bourg, as financial backer for the show, needed to sell at least 2,000 tickets to break even.  To sell out, ticket sales needed to reach 4,000.

ALL ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT

NuTech Digital, Inc, announced today that January 24, 2006 will be the release date for an exclusive DVD with rapper Fat Joe and Atlantic Records.

The DVD, shot in Hi-Definition, will boast a performance from Fat Joe that was shot on October 12, 2005, at the House of Blues in Anaheim, Calif.

In other news, Fat Joe was reportedly supposed to appear in an upcoming episode of NBC’s Las Vegas but was replaced by Houston rapper Lil Flip.

The episode which features Lil Flip will air on Monday Jan. 2 at 9pm EST.

Neo-soul queen Erykah Badu will be among the many celebrities involved with a campaign prepared by Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) issuing a mantra to combat the state's stubborn littering tendencies--"Real Texans Don't Litter."

The new TV campaign, to be launched during the AT&T Cotton Bowl on Jan. 2,

boasts some of the biggest stars from Texas:  Lance Armstrong, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Julius Jones, Matthew McConaughey, Chuck Norris, Owen Wilson and Lee Ann Womack.

In other news, Badu will be performing at the House Of Blues in Atlantic City, NJ on December 31^st.

Comedian Steve Harvey has linked up with LA Weight Loss Centers, Inc., to lose some extra pounds and is giving his listeners a chance to do the same with the "Brand New You Weight Loss Challenge."

The challenge is set to kick-off on Harvey's morning radio show on January 2, 2006, with a call out to participants in five of his 13 affiliate markets. 

Twenty-five listeners from across the country will be given the opportunity to join Harvey in this weight loss challenge, plus get a chance to win a grand prize of $10,000.

Stations participating in the "Brand New You Weight Loss Challenge" include: WBLS (New York), WDAS (Philadelphia), WMXD (Detroit), KPRS (Kansas City) and WSRB (Chicago).