For his appearance, Legend will be interviewed by Penn professor Camille Z. Charles at Irvine Auditorium; tickets are free and available at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts box office at 3680 Walnut Street on a first-come, first-serve basis. Go here for more information. Below, watch Legend performing “How I Got Over” from his collaboration with The Roots at Calvary Baptist Church in West Philadelphia.

Ugly Radio Rebellion with Ike Willis: A Tribute To Frank Zappa at The North Star Bar at 8PM. Tickets to the 21 + show are $10-$130.00.

“Do the Evolution”: a 20th Anniversary Tribute Celebration of the music of Pearl Jam at World Cafe Live at 7PM. Tickets are $15–$20. In addition to the ticket price, there is a $10 per person food and beverage minimum for all reserved seating at this show. There is no minimum for General Admission tickets.

Sade with special guest John Legend perform at the Wells Fargo Center at 7:30PM. Ticket information here

Sade with special guest John Legend at the Wells Fargo Center at 7:30 p.m. Ticket information here.

Is That The Sound Of … Philadelphia? Is That The Sweet Philly Soul? “Philadelphia music was well represented at the Jon Stewart-Stephen Colbert Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear on the National Mall in Washington on Saturday. The Roots were the house band, and the Philadelphia hip-hop collective kicked off the festivities with a set with U Penn grad John Legend that drew from their new old school soul album Wake Up!” (In The Mix)

Ted Leo, My Morning Jacket, !!!, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, MGMT, Jack White Go All Out for Halloween “Last year, Ted Leo celebrated Halloween by teaming up with some friends in Philadelphia to play an entire show as the horror-punk legends Misfits. Judging by all YouTubed evidence, it was awesome. This year, Leo repeated the trick, once again playing an entire Misfits set with tribute band TV Casualty in Philadelphia on Thursday night. And judging by the YouTube evidence below, it was, once again, awesome. This is a nascent annual tradition we can get behind.” (Pitchfork)

The 9th Annual First Person Festival Starts in Just One Week! “It’s that time again! The 9th Annual First Person Festival of Memoir and Documentary Art is just around the corner. From November 8-14 choose from thirty events including documentary film premieres, author readings, workshops and live performances all inspired by real life experience. Check out the East coast premiere of the hit one-man show, The Real Americans, and the ‘Best Storyteller in Philadelphia.’” (Uwishunu)

Like A Man Smoking At A Gas Station, Meek Mill’s About To Blow Up (Says MTV) “Well, for what it’s worth MTV (taking a break from plotting the next season of Jersey Shore, no doubt) seems to think Philly’s own Meek Mill — who wowed ‘em the other week at the Power 99 Powerhouse show at the Wells Fargo Center — is the next hot-shit rapper to emerge from the 215. Hard to argue with that. They ran a nice lil’ Meek profile the other day; here’s an excerpt” (Make Major Moves)

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First Listen: John Legend And The Roots, ‘Wake Up!’ “During the past 18 months, Legend spent his spare time collaborating with ?uestlove and The Roots on covers of politically motivated soul music from the 1960s and ’70s. What started as a potential single turned into Wake Up!, 11 vintage songs which are at turns optimistic and frustrated about the times that birthed them.” Younger fans of Legend’s bedroom shtick are about to get a serious history lesson. (Roots fans, not so much.) (NPR)

Gamble & Huff Arsonist Sent To Prison “The saga of the fire that gutted Gamble & Huff’s legendary Philadelphia International Records headquarters in Center City back in February has come to a conclusion (legally speaking, anyway) with the sentencing of the drunken arsonist. Christoper Cimini of South Philly—who pleaded guilty to felony arson, criminal trespassing, and other charges back in July—has been sent to prison for one-and-a-half to 10 years, and must pay $11,000 in restitution.” (Make Major Moves)

Sisterly Love Block Party, celebrating rad girls in Philly “Sisterly Love is an event that is going to bring together an amazing group of strong women who are active in the Philadelphia’s creative community. It’s a day dedicated to celebrate girls talents and passions all in a full day of fun. There will be some rad live performances by Club Lyfestile, My Father Born, Maggie & the Hat, E603ina, Suga Shay, and Slutever.” (Phrequency)

Dismemberment Plan to embark on reunion tour (performs 1/27/11 at Starlight Ballroom) “Breaking news from the greater Washington indie-rockosphere! Local post-punk heroes Dismemberment Plan will reunite in January to support the vinyl reissue of its beloved 1999 album ‘Emergency & I.’ The D.C. quartet has plotted a short, five-gig trek up the eastern seaboard.” (Washington Post)

The Way We Were: “What’s The Best Part About Working At CDNow?” “A couple of years ago, when Philebrity did Philly Internet History Week, it went without saying that CDNow — one of the web’s first major music retailers, based in the area—was a huge part of the story. In just a few years, CDNow went from a garage-band type business to being an object lesson in dot-com 1.0 bubble-ry. This video, we can fairly assume, is emblematic of the latter era.” (Philebrity)

The Antlers announce Philly show (@ First Unitarian Church) “Less than 24 hours than I wrote here that I had no idea when The Antlers were returning to tour the U.S., they announce a headlining show at the First Unitarian Church on December 2. Tickets are already on sale for just $13. So get your tickets now, this is a show you do not want to miss.” (The Swollen Fox)

Bert Jansch Philly Show (And Entire U.S. Tour) Canceled “Iconic 66-year-old Scottish folk guitarist Bert Jansch has been forced to cancel his October 9th show at Johnny Brenda’s — where he was to play with Pegi Young (Neil Young’s wife)—because he has to undergo an immediate operation due to complications from his recent bout with lung cancer. We certainly wish Bert well and hope for a speedy recovery so he can get back to Philly soon, as we were really looking forward to the show.” (Make Major Moves)

For those not familiar with the work of Chicago-based R&B and soul singer Baby Huey, listen to the original version of “Hard Times” in the video below.