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POP/ROCK

The Cure Puts Tickets on Sale: About 500 tickets for the Cure’s show tonight at the Hollywood American Legion Hall will go on sale today at 2 p.m. at all Ticketmaster outlets. The tickets--priced at $35 each, plus service charges--will not be available by phone. A two-ticket limit will be enforced. The show, featuring the songs included on the band’s new singles retrospective, “Galore,” is scheduled to start at 10 p.m.

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Diana Tribute Album Set: A two-disc Princess Diana tribute album, featuring more than 30 tracks, is due Dec. 2 on Columbia Records. Among the cuts: “Every Nation,” written and produced by R. Kelly and featuring Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Tony Rich, Gerald Levert, Monica and SWV, with a chorus featuring Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes, Dru Hill, Curtis Mayfield and Faith Evans. Originally planned for a Red Hot Organization charity project, the song was recorded after the Grammy Awards last February in New York. With proceeds earmarked for the Diana, Princess of Wales, Memorial Fund, the album will also include songs by Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, the Bee Gees, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, among others. More details are expected this week.

LEGAL FILE

Stand Up for Your Rights: Lawyers for the Bob Marley estate have given a Panamanian brewing company until the end of the week to remove a mural with the reggae legend’s image endorsing a local beer. The foundation, run by members of Marley’s family, may sue Cervecceria Nacional, which affixed its logo atop a restaurant mural of Marley depicted in concert, offending relatives of the star, who was a teetotaler. Alcohol consumption goes against the beliefs of Rastafarians, the religious group of which Marley was a well-known member. The singer died of cancer at age 36 in 1981.

COMEDY

Comedy Festival Set: HBO’s fourth annual U.S. Comedy Arts Festival will take place in Aspen, Colo., March 4 through 8. Planned highlights include a tribute to writer Larry Gelbart (“MASH”), four episodes of ABC’s “Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher” and a special edition of the cable network’s “Dennis Miller Live.” In addition, a live performance of “Dr. Katz” will be acted out on stage to tape an audio track for the animated show.

THE ARTS

Self-Help Satellite: Self-Help Graphics, the East L.A. organization dedicated to Chicano art, will open a satellite art gallery at Olvera Street on Sunday. Galeria Sister Karen Boccalero, dedicated to the organization’s founding director who died last June of a heart attack, will be in the Casa de Sousa store, which abuts the David Alfaro Siquieros mural “America Tropical.”

STAGE

A New Cave Dweller: Claudette Sutherland will replace Marian Mercer in the role of Queen in 24th Street Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of William Saroyan’s 1958 play, “The Cave Dwellers,” directed by Stephanie Shroyer. Sutherland, who originated the role of Smitty in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” on Broadway, was seen onstage locally in the spring of 1996 at Hollywood’s Matrix Theatre in her well-received one-woman autobiographical show, “Dog Man.” “Cave’s” run has also been extended. After closing as planned on Nov. 16, “Cave Dwellers” will return to the theater near USC Nov. 29 through Dec. 21. Mercer is leaving to join the cast of Anne Meara’s “After Play” at Pasadena Playhouse.

PEOPLE WATCH

Ronstadt Reveals Past Abuse: After decades of silence, singer Linda Ronstadt revealed more about the domestic violence that once touched her life. Ronstadt, one of several speakers at a forum held Friday in Tucson in connection with Domestic Violence Awareness Month, said the husband of a family member was abusive to his wife and her three children. The man also slapped the teenage Ronstadt during a disagreement, but she never made it public, something she regrets, she said. Later, when it became evident that the man was beating the children, no one ever confronted him, Ronstadt said. “This particular issue I have a lot of anger about, and it’s important to me,” she said. “[Now] I’m tattling.”

QUICK TAKES

CBS will broadcast its first installment of “Unsolved Mysteries” on Nov. 13 at 10 p.m., preempting “48 Hours.” . . . “Soul Man,” a Tuesday night ABC series starring Dan Aykroyd as a minister and single father of three, has been picked up for the rest of the season. . . . “Access Hollywood,” a nightly entertainment news magazine co-hosted by Giselle Fernandez and Pat O’Brien, has been given the green light for a third season by NBC. . . . A Howdy Doody marionette and more than 100 other pieces of memorabilia from the classic ‘50s kiddie TV show fetched more than $300,000 at an auction in New York.