Jam band Phish reunites

Jam band Phish reunites

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Phish is getting back together.

The Vermont-bred jam band, which disbanded in 2004, is planning three dates next March in Hampton, Virginia. A notice posted on the band’s Web site says Phish will play March 6, March 7 and March 8, 2009, at the Hampton Coliseum. The Web site says more 2009 dates will be announced later.

Phish was among the nation’s top touring acts when it called it quits in 2004.

DiCaprio tells the truth

LOS ANGELES — Leonardo DiCaprio says he’s not ready to be a father.

The 33-year-old actor, who has an on-and-off relationship with model Bar Refaeli, says he has no plans at the moment to settle down and start a family.

“Ah, how do you answer something like that? So, um, I am being asked to look in the future I suppose quickly. No, I don’t have any plan,” says the famously private star, who has been promoting his upcoming film, “Body of Lies,” which opens Oct. 10.

DiCaprio co-stars with Russell Crowe in the CIA thriller directed by Ridley Scott.

Today’s birthdays

Critic Rex Reed is 70. Singer Don McLean is 63. Guitarist Mike Rutherford of Genesis and Mike and the Mechanics is 58. Musician Sting is 57. Actress Lorraine Bracco (“The Sopranos”) is 54. Singer Phil Oakey of Human League is 53. Actress-talk show host Kelly Ripa is 38. Singer Tiffany is 37. Actor Efren Ramirez (“Napoleon Dynamite”) is 35. Gospel singer and former “American Idol” contestant Mandisa is 32.