Martin Sexton’s spring and summer tour dates have just been announced and include several highlights: appearances at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Bonnaroo, plus a run of
Legendary Massive Attack will tour North America for the first time since 2006 in support of their newly released 5th studio album ‘Heligoland.’ The North American trek will start May
Nada Surf proudly announce that following their spring tour – where if i had a hi-fi will initially only be available for purchase at shows – they will release their
Soulive has announced the special guests for their two week Bowlive residency at Brooklyn Bowl running from March 2-6 & March 9-13. The special guests are as follows: Tues 3/2
Bob Weir made an appearance on CNBC’s Power Lunch to discuss Furthur’s plans for a summer tour that will feature $40 tickets. The tour is expected to be announced tomorrow.
One of the coolest parts of Jam Cruise took place during the stops in Grand Cayman and Jamaica when JC8 organizers Cloud 9 Adventures put together events in each port
While Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers have been no strangers to the road over the last decade, the classic rock act hasn’t released anything in the way of new material since 2002’s The Last DJ
Joining Petty on various stops will be an impressive and diverse group of opening acts that includes My Morning Jacket, Drive-By Truckers, Crosby Stills & Nash and Joe Cocker – a slot that helped put 70 Volt Parade on the map back in 2006.
Tickets will go on-sale beginning March 8 via Live Nation, with those purchased online to include not only an MP3 download of the entire new album upon its release (with First Flash Of Freedom and Good Enough available at the time of purchase), but a selection of handpicked live tracks from the tour – pretty sweet deal!
READ ON for the full list of dates and openers…
The soon-to-be-demolished Giants Stadium wasn’t the best place in the world to see a rock concert. Many seats are extremely far from the stage and the sound sucks unless you are really close to a speaker stack. That being said, this monstrosity of a venue will always hold a special place in my heart as I saw my first two concerts there way back in 1984 and 1985.
For this week’s B List, we wanted to take a look at the ten most memorable concerts in the stadium’s history. Let’s see what we came up with…
10. Grateful Dead – June 17, 1991
On September 2, 1978; the Grateful Dead played their first of many concerts at Giants Stadium – a relationship that would last until the jam legend’s last tour in 1995. Of all the shows the Dead threw down in East Rutherford, the one from 6/17/91 stands out thanks to the surprising Eyes of the World opener and all sorts of Dark Star teases.
READ ON for nine more memorable Giants Stadium concerts…
While sometimes it feels like the first half of year is dedicated to festival announcements, it’s looking like we won’t have to do much more reporting on the much maligned
Way back in June, we clued you in on JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound’s f’awesome cover of Wilco’s I Am Trying to Break Your Heart that made the Tweedy
