Next weekend HT faves Wilco host the second annual Solid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA. Solid Sound 2011 takes place on June 24 – 26 and includes
We’ve come to the end of the first leg of Phish Summer Tour 2011. Tonight’s performance at the nTelos Wireless Pavilion in Portsmouth, VA is the 18th and last of the run. Phish has only played at the intimate venue once before this evening, back on June 15, 2010.
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Phish played on Father’s Day for the third year in a row tonight. To mark the occasion, the band members welcomed each of their fathers to the stage during the show opening Harpua. This extreme rarity (10th version in 15 years) didn’t feature an extensive narration with guitarist Trey Anastasio taking a quick opportunity to welcome the audience to the show and explain that the tune was performed in honor of a fan a sign for their 31st birthday. The fan was birthday girl Kristen Goess who attended the show with her mother. She brought a sign that said “31 Minute Walls of the Cave” on the front and “For My 31st Birthday” on the back. Kristen not only got Harpua played in her honor, but Walls of the Cave as well (though not a 31-minute version). Trey then introduced all of the band member’s fathers who helped sing the call and response section at the end of the song making for a memorable moment.
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We’re saddened to report that saxophonist Clarence Clemons of the E Street Band has died today from complications of stroke he suffered last Sunday. Clemons has been a member of
Phish’s swing through North Carolina brings them to the venue formerly known as Walnut Creek in Raleigh this evening. The group’s penultimate performance of Summer Tour 2011 – Leg One is their eighth at the Research Triangle area shed with a particularly memorable July 22, 1997 show getting the DVD release treatment as Phish – Walnut Creek.
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Phish @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre – Charlotte
We’ve reached the final weekend of the first leg of Phish Summer Tour 2011 as the band moved from one Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Alpharetta) to another (Charlotte) for their fourth-ever show at the venue. Phish has previously played the North Carolina shed on July 7, 1999; July 25, 2003 and July 2, 2010.
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For the previous two shows in Alpharetta, Phish tended to play it safe and offered fans high-energy versions of some of their most popular and most played songs. This evening’s performance went a different route as the band reached into their “bag of tricks” and came out with the first exploratory jams in quite a few shows, some bust outs and even our first Henrietta song of the nearly-completed tour.
Tonight Mike’s Groove kicked off a show for the first time since Phish’s “final show” at Coventry in 2004. Mike’s was played in response to a fan who brought a “Mike’s House” sign to the show. How about we stick to signs for songs that haven’t been played in a while folks? Later in the set, NICU gave fans a chance to visit “Leo’s House” while Colonel’s Forbin’s Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird reared its head for only the third time since the quartet went on hiatus in October of 2000. Just like each of the other post-hiatus versions, there was not much of a narration with tonight’s YEMblog guest tweeter Scott Marks telling us that guitarist Trey Anastasio referenced the t-shirt he and bassist Mike Gordon were wearing thusly – “look, I’m not going to give this away (points at his short-sleeve t-shirt) but you all know who this is…it’s the Famous Mockingbird!”
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My Morning Jacket’s tour in support of Circuital hits Chicago tonight and those unable to attend can still listen in on the action thanks to a live simulcast from WXRT.
The past two Phish shows were webcast live straight from the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Alpharetta, GA through LivePhish.com. We asked our followers to tweet photos of their #couchtour setups at us
Now that basketball and hockey season have wrapped up, the MSG Network turns over its Friday night programming to the music world. Tonight, the cable network airs a documentary about
We’ve mentioned Mickey “Dean Ween” Melchiondo’s love of fishing many times since Hidden Track was started five years ago, so it should come as no surprise to our readers that
Big Boi has become a festival favorite over the past few years for his ability to fire up a crowd and get the joint jumping with a quickness. Bonnaroo was
