Biopics about musicians have become all the rage over the last few years. The latest to be headed to a movie theater near you is Nowhere Boy about John Lennon’s
a drummer who played in bands including !!!, has died after an elevator accident in Williamsburg, New York. The musician, who was 34, died after a fall at a fundraising
James LoMenzo is not just a man with an impressive resumè (he’s written and performed with the likes of Ozzy, Slash and Zakk Wylde, White Lion, just to name a few,) he’s also a man with impressive enough chops to make Mustaine himself lament during the tryout which LoMenzo nailed right out of the gate “I should have hired you sooner!”
Karen O, Where the Wild Things Are [soundtrack] (Interscope Records)Moe Sendak’s children’s book sure is a timely slice of culture for Generation Video Game and their parents: kid misbehaves and
Following early sellouts and rave reviews the past several years, and hailed by SPIN as “a pick-your-poison selection for your party at the edge of the earth,” the Sasquatch! Festival
It’s been another banner week ’round these parts as we fought off the post-Festival 8 blues by staying busy. Our main focus this week was Halloween coverage. Between Chad’s Mule-O-Ween
I’ve never really understood the Bruce Springsteen hardcore fans who catch The Boss all over the world as often as they can. I mean, how many times can you see the E Street Band play Born To Run?
Bruce & The E Street Band w/ Elvis Costello – Higher & Higher
Last night, as I approached Madison Square Garden, I noticed a massive single file line stretching from the sign in front of the venue to the box office and was told this was the “drop line” filled with Bruce fans hoping for a last minute ticket release for the group’s first of two MSG shows. As a diehard fan of a different band I appreciated the zealousness of the Boss fanbase. By the end of the first song I also appreciated the zealousness of The Boss himself – a performer who does anything and everything to make the crowd happy.
Scoring tickets to a Springsteen show in the New York City area is always tough but finding ducats for this two-show run was near impossible. Besides the drop line there were hundreds of people circling the arena trying to find tickets. A couple of factors led to the unusual demand for the two MSG shows. With only eight shows left to go before the band’s upcoming indefinite hiatus, fans fear this tour may be the last for the E Street Band which would make this their last shows in NYC. Also, a few days ago Springsteen announced he would be performing all of 1973’s The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
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Neil Young is giving hardcore devotees another reason to smile. The 63-year-old rocker is continuing his annual trend of dropping old concert recordings by releasing ‘Dreamin’ Man Live ’92,’ a
Jam fans are pretty lucky in that their favorite bands change up the setlist from night to night. AC/DC fans aren’t so lucky. The Australian natives’ Black Ice tour has
On an evening when the attention of an entire city – and most of the Northeast – was turned to a small baseball game in the Bronx, jamband veterans Blues Traveler returned home to The Filmore New York at Irving Plaza for the first time in over a year. For over two hours, the band treated the packed house to classic covers, special guests, and their own hit singles.
Mixing Sublime’s, What I’ve Got and Cheap Trick’s, I Want You to Want Me, with Hook, The Mountains Win Again, and of course everyone’s favorite, Run-Around, John Popper invited old friends Jamie McLean to the stage for Mulling It Over (just weeks after his sit in at Sullivan Hall with former Spin Doctors lead Chris Barron) and the lovely Falu to join in on The Path.
With the evening winding down and news of the World Series victory spreading through the crowd, John and bassist Tad Kinchla (in an appropriately attired in a Yankee cap) began the encore with a Led Zepplin tease into a “Let’s Go Yankees” chant, before finishing up with Forever Owed and But Anyway and releasing the delirious crowd into the crisp night.
Set: How You Remember It> What’s For Breakfast, Girl Inside My Head> Slow Change, What I Got> Mulling It Over*, You, Me & Everything> NY Prophesies, The Mountains Win Again, The Beacons> I Want You To Want Me, Carolina Blues, Look Around, The Path**, Just For Me, Nail> Hook, Dropping Some NYC> Crash Burn> Dropping Some NYC, Run-Around
Encore: Forever Owed, But Anyway
* with Jamie McLean on guitar
** with Falu on vocals
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