#WhatsHappening for November 19, 2016

Hey kids! It's Saturday, and that means we're gearing up for another fun-filled night of Saturday Night Karaoke, live and loud at the Iron Horse Tavern in historic downtown Norcross tonight from 10pm-1am. Come see us and work up an appetite!

AP headline from a few weeks ago:

Police: RV containing pot-laced candy catches fire on bridge

Responders report having "the munchies" after battling blaze. (Okay, I might have added that last part)

Dap-Kings' singer Sharon Jones died yesterday in Cooperstown after a long battle with cancer. A representative for Jones says the singer  was surrounded by loved ones and members of her band.

Jones' battle with pancreatic cancer- diagnosed in 2013- was chronicled in "Miss Sharon Jones!", a documentary by Barbara Kopple that was released earlier this year and Jones told the AP between tour stop in July that "You got to be brave. I want to use the time that I have. I don't want to spend it all laid up, wishing I had done that gig."

Jones was born in Augusta, Georgia and grew up in Brooklyn after her mother moved the family there when Jones was a child. Jones was 60.

The Adam Yauch Park in Brooklyn Heights was defaced yesterday (Nov. 18)

I'm not entirely convinced that this was done by actual Trump supporters. I mean douchebags are douchebags. But the fact that the presumed president-elect is so adamantly supported by organizations like the Klan and American Nazi Party because of statements he made during this year's campaign means that we're probably going to see a lot more of this kind of thing. #ThatAintCool

Despite earlier reports, Vince Neil now says that his invitation to perform at a post-inaugural party wasn't happening.
"I was asked to do the inauguration two months ago no matter who won," Nile told he told TMZ. "As far as I knew, we were playing. It turns out when the Republicans won, we were uninvited. I didn’t know about the Democratic part of asking us to play. I assumed ... it didn’t matter who won, it would still be a party. I guess there is more politics in bands playing than I thought there was. I just found out about this today when all this stuff came out when I was playing. I asked my guys, and they said once Trump won, it was all politics. I don’t know who’s playing Trump’s party, but God bless them."

Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas says his battle with testicular cancer inspired his new song "The Fight."
The rapper says he checked into an emergency room in 2014 after having pain throughout his body after a show and found out that he had stage 2 testicular cancer that was treated with surgery and chemotherapy. He was declared in remission last year.
He says all proceeds from the single will be donated to the American Cancer Society.

Birthdays today include: Tamika Scott of Xscape; Tony Rich; Justin Chancellor of Tool; Travis McNabb of Better Than Ezra; Matt Sorum of Guns N' Roses; Fred Lipsius of Blood, Sweat & Tears; and Pete Moore of The Miracles. #MusicalBirthdays