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Music News for 110218:
---Zarni de
Wet is coming home for the holidays!
…okay, well Thanksgiving at least!
The former Johnson City Wildcat, more recently a citizen of
---Is Benny
Fiacco of FC3, Frostbit Blue and the Gravelding Brothers Band
bringing back one of his old bands?
Giant Steps is booked for
Number 5 on 11/10…and at the
Sideshow Lounge at Tioga
Downs Casino in
---Local band, Aftermath is looking for a new singer, according to their latest facebook post: “Unfortunately we have to say goodbye to our singer Mike Lee. He is relocating to the Buffalo area for work and will no longer be able to move forward with us as we work to get bring music to the local 607 scene. We'd like to thank him for his genuine enthusiasm while he has been working with us. The vocalist search continues.....” Good luck in Buffalo Mike!
---Here’s extra incentive for you to show up at Shelter Slam, next weekend on 11/10 at Endwell Greens…DramaScream will video record their set to turn into a music video! Wanna cheer the band on? Wanna be featured in the video (after the band, of course?)
---Not only are Jimmi James & the Family Jewels back, they have a facebook page! If you didn’t get an invitation, you can find them here: https://www.facebook.com/jjatfj/?modal=admin_todo_tour¬if_id=1540434007735704¬if_t=page_invite
---Breakout alternative band, WALK THE MOON (yes, they spell their name in all caps.) have announced the rest of the tour dates on their 2019 Winter tour, which now includes State Theatre in Ithaca NY on 1/28! Other regional dates that fill out the bands touring itinerary include…Center For The Arts @ UB in Buffalo NY on 1/26…Corona Theatre in Montreal QC on 1/29…and The Strand in Providence RI on 2/1!
---The
Indigo Girls will bring their 2019 tour to the
State Theatre in
---Ellis Paul already has much of 2019 booked already, it seems…he just confirmed a date for Six On The Square in Oxford NY (the original Night Eagle, remember them?) on 9/28! Now that’s advance booking!
---Dates for the 2019 Grassroots Festival are already circulating on the internet…according to the list of Donna The Buffalo concert dates on the bandsintown.com website next years four day festival will be the weekend of Thursday July 18th thru Sunday July 21st!
LOCAL-ISH:
---Led Zeppelin tribute band, Zoso, have announced a spat of Fall 2018, as well as Winter & Spring 2019 shows that will bring them back into our generous local-ish region as they’ll play Montage Mountain in Scranton PA on 11/10 (remember they’re already booked for Lando’s in Corning NY on 11/9)…then, two nights in Pawling NY at Daryl’s House on 11/30 & 12/1…World Café Live in Philadelphia PA on 2/28…Asbury Lanes at Asbury Park NJ on 3/1…Niagara Falls NY on 3/9…and finally a night in suburban Washington DC at State Theatre in Falls Church VA on 3/30! Y’know what we need, especially in the year that Led Zeppelin celebrates their 50th anniversary, right? A battle of all the tribute bands! Am I right?
---Blue
October is launching an acoustic holiday tour that is coming to
---Finally, one of the hottest nu-metal groups,
Ghost, finally has a local-ish
date for our us! The band
will be playing the
---Railroad Earth has booked two nights at the Sherman Theatre in Stroudsburg PA for Thanksgiving weekend! Those are the only remaining east coast dates for the band for 2018!
---The nationally touring
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---Pop star, Ariana Grande has finally announced her “Sweetener” tour and it will be a springtime affair for our region, and will play as close as…the tour will begin at The Knickerbocker (times union center) in Albany NY on 3/18…the Boston Garden in Boston MA on 3/20…KB Center in Buffalo NY on 3/22…Capital Arena in Washington DC on 3/25…Wells Center in Philadelphia PA on 3/26…Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville CT on 3/30…Bell Centre in Montreal QC on 4/1…Air Canada Center in Toronto ON on 4/7…PPG Arena in Pittsburgh PA on 6/12…The B.C. in Brooklyn NY on 6/14…and wraps up at MSG in NYC on 6/18!
---Kiss have announced their farewell tour dates, (officially it’s being called the “End Of The Road” tour.) and there well be plenty of regional shows to please their local fans…Bell Centre in Montreal QC on 3/19…Air Canada Centre in Toronto ON on 3/20…Nassau County Coliseum in Uniondale NY on 3/22…Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville CTD on 3/23…The Boston (TD) Garden in Boston MA on 3/26…MSG in NYC on 3/27…the Wells Center in Philadelphia PA on 3/29…and the PPG Arena in Pittsburgh PA on 3/30!
---Another wave of shows from
The Wood Brothers have been released…this a last minute
announcement, which some promoters do to ensure local fans get tickets
first before opening up sales to national fans and ‘bots!
New dates include one that has already happened this week,
although we did post it on our website on Monday…The
Space @ Westbury in Westbury NY on 11/1…Colonial
Theatre in Keene NH on 11/2…Music
Hall in Portsmouth NH on 11/3…Musikfest
Café in Bethlehem PA on 11/4…and the
Mayo Center in Morristown NJ
on 11/6! Remember, the band
will be coming into our local area next week to play the
State Theatre in
---The Todd La Torre version of Queensryche has announced not only a new album this week, (“The Verdict” due 3/1/19) but a new tour as well which will impact our region in Spring 2019…Baltimore Soundstage in Baltimore MD on 3/7…Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville CT on 3/8…Irving Plaza in NYC on 3/9…and The Palladium in Worcester MA on 3/10!
---A$AP Rocky has booked an extensive Winter 2019 tour with no shortage of dates…Coliseum Arena in Toronto ON on 1/11…Place Bell in Laval QC on 1/13…Liacouris Center in Philadelphia PA on 1/15…Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville CT on 1/18…and Anthem in Washington DC on 1/20!
---Former Husker Du frontman, Bob Mould has announced a Winter time tour that will start on Valentine’s Day (2/14) at the 930 Club in Washington DC, then…Union Transfer in Philadelphia PA on 2/15…Paradise Rock Club in Boston MA on 2/16…Phoenix Theatre in Toronto ON on 2/18…Mr. Smalls in Pittsburgh PA on 2/19…and Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn NY on 2/21!
---Rising R&B star, Ella Mai is breaking out with her own headlining tour…two nights at Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn NY on 3/11 & 3/12…The Fillmore Silver Spring in Silver Spring MD on 3/15…and Baltimore Soundstage in Baltimore MD on 3/16!
---Bryan Adams will go on a tour of Canada in January 2019 with dates that skirt our region, so if you have a passport or an enhanced drivers license check him out in…Bell Centre in Montreal QC on 1/26…K-Rock Centre in Kingston ON on 1/27…and Meridian Centre in St. Catherines ON on 2/1!
---Edwin
McCain has posted a few dates for the remainder of 2018…
---Lynyrd Skynyrd have announced a Canadian leg to their Farewell Tour for Spring 2019…but so far, there’s just one date that’s anywhere near our region…Bud Gardens in London ON on 3/5! Randy Bachman will open.
---Seems like everyone is booking New Years Eve 2018! Oteil Burbridge, formerly of the Allman Brothers Band has just announced two nights at Brooklyn Bowl on 12/30 & 12/31! Now THAT should be a party!
---I See Stars will mount their own small headlining tour in December, but our of the four dates announced so far, only two enter our region…at Jammin’ Java in Vienna VA (suburban washington dc) on 12/13…and Mr. Smalls in Pittsburgh PA on 12/14!
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---Cam’ron will play a one-shot at the Apollo Theatre in NYC on 11/23 with special guests Jim Jones, Freekey Zekey and Juelz Santana!
---I would bet that there will be more, but for now
Marshall Crenshaw has booked
a one-off with the Bottle Rockets
at Daryl’s House in
---Dance your way into 2019 with
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie at the
Electric Factory in
---Jody Watley books a one-timer for the Keswick Theatre in Glenside PA on 3/9/19!
---Alt-pop band Vertical Horizon has booked a one-off at the Diamond Horseshoe at Times Square in NYC on 1/17!
---Stephen Malkmus, of Pavement, will play a one-timer at Brooklyn Steel in NYC on 1/25!
---80’s flash-in-the-pan,
Christopher Cross books a one-shot on 3/4 at
City Winery in
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Gwar
add the Sherman Theatre in
Stroudsburg PA on 11/6…and The
Palladium in
---The touring version of Humble Pie adds Stroudsburg PA on 11/10!
---The
---Justin
Timberlake adds the KB Center
in
---Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials add 9 Wallis in Beverly MA on 11/16!
---Weezer
add the Metropolitan Opera House
in
---Howie Day adds Sellersville Theatre in Sellersville PA on 3/13!
---Juice
WRLD adds Echostage in
---NRBQ
adds
---Willie
Nile adds The Hamilton Live
in
---Silverstein
adds Webster Underground in
---Folk singer,
Jonathan Edwards adds
The River Club in
---Scott
Bradley’s Postmodern Jukebox adds
---Procol
Harum adds City Winery in
---Vertical
Horizon expands their one-date tour into two adding the
City Winery in
---Stephen
Marley adds the
---There’s just one Lynyrd Skynyrd date in 2019’s Canadian tour that is anywhere near our region…Bud Gardens in London ON on 3/5!
---OK Go
add
---Mary
Chapin Carpenter adds
---John
Sebastian adds City Winery
in
---Kesha
will play a “Countdown To Vote” at the
Delta Club in
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie (1)
---Ariana Grande (11)
---A$AP Rocky (5)
---Bob Mould (6)
---Breaking Benjamin (1)
---Bryan Adams (3)
---Cam’ron/ Juelz Santana/ Jim Jones/ Freeky Zekey (1)
---Christopher Cross (1)
---Edwin McCain (3)
---Ella Mai (4)
---Ghost (1)
---Gwar (2)
---Howie Day (1)
---Humble Pie (1)
---I See Stars (2)
---Indigo Girls (5)
---Jody Watley (1)
---John Sebastian (1)
---Jonathan Edwards (1)
---Juice WRLD (1)
---Justin Timberlake (2)
---Kesha (1)
---Kiss (8)
---Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials (1)
---Lynyrd Skynyrd (1)
---Marshall Crenshaw (1)
---Mary Chapin Carpenter (1)
---NRBQ (2)
---OK Go (1)
---Oteil Burbridge (2)
---Procol Harum (1)
---Queensryche (4)
---Railroad Earth (2)
---Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox (3)
---Silverstein/
---Stephen Malkmus (1)
---Stephen Marley (1)
---The Wood Brothers (5)
---Vertical Horizon (2)
---Weezer/
---Willie Nile (1)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 102618:
---The website www.loudersound.com has recognized the genius that is our local guitar god, Randy McStine! In reviewing the video for McStine’s latest band, InContinuum, “Scavengers,” he is credited as being part of a star-studded line-up! The song is from the bands debut album, “Acceleration Theory!” See the video and hear the music for yourself, just click on the link: https://www.loudersound.com/news/in-continuum-release-star-studded-new-video-for-scavengers?fbclid=IwAR3qJYuHWz0gcO_foP_DEm8cM2LuGAD31BDDrzSQ1kfHlMN9EG5Tj-FeMZE
---Maine-Endwell native,
Taina Asili released a ten minute mini-documentary last month on the
resiliency of
---Back in September I noticed that local band, Yard Party posted on their facebook page that they contributed vocals to a Thrice track called “The Dark,” from their latest album, “Palms” which came our on 9/14. I sent them a query on Messenger asking how that whole process occurred and finally this week, they noticed! Guitarist Dave Oliveri wrote: “Hey Dave! It's Dave. Sorry this is the first time I've seen your message! Ryan (guitarist/ vocalist Ryan Roosa) and I got on the Thrice track through a submission form they had on their website. We had to record two videos of ourselves singing the lyrics for the group vocal line at the end of the song while listening to a backing track with headphones. We then submitted the videos. It was an experience to be included on the track!” …That does sound pretty cool. Thanks for finally clarifying!
---One of the owners of The Brackney Inn, Greg, took to facebook on October 20th, the first anniversary of the fire at the iconic venue that destroyed the upper floor of the building and gave a long, detailed explanation of everything that’s been happened over the last year concerning the rebuild, the second fire and the new effort to rebuild. The entire post has been copied and pasted at the very end of this weeks report, so just scroll down to read the whole thing. The good news is that The Brackney is expected to reopen around Thanksgiving, at least the bar, with the kitchen to follow as soon as it’s ready. Good news indeed! We will keep you posted with specific dates as soon as anything is confirmed.
---Congrats to
The Blind Spots who are
celebrating not only their 10th anniversary as a band, but
also having an album release party this weekend!
The big night will unfold on Saturday, 10/27 @ 8p at the
Hangar Theatre in
---Abbamania
coming to the Event Center @
Tioga Downs in
---Alex
Creamer has posted a video for her new original song, “I Don’t Know.”
Here’s a link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjqhmeEiDoY
---Last Call posted video of last weekend’s show at Toppers in West Corners as they played “Runnin’ On Empty.” Pretty cool. Here’s a link if you missed it:
---Festival fans know all of the area’s big one’s…Spiedie Festival, GrassRoots Festival…Peach Festival…but another great weekend is in the western part of the state, in Sherman NY, The Great Blue Heron Music Festival! check this one out if you haven’t already. They just announced their 2019 dates for July 5th thru the 7th! Here’s a link to their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theheron/photos/
---Review: “Find
Yourself>Caterpillar” by
Mike Davis & The Laughing Buddha Episodes—acoustic passages and
firey funk, tenderness and bombast.
That’s a thumbnail summary of the debut album by the
All-in-all a satisfying debut for a local star whose audience grows month-by-month. This is a great way to find out what Mike Davis & The Laughing Buddha Episodes are all about.
LOCAL-ISH:
---Steep Canyon Rangers have booked a Winter 2019 leg, but apparently with big draws they had in 2018, Steve Martin and Martin Shorts, only appearing on select dates, and just two dates for our region, where the band toured pretty heavily this summer…The Hamilton Live in Washington DC will not include Martin & Short, on 1/25…but the show Mohegan Sun @ Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre PA on 2/15 will!
---Could
Steven Adler, of Guns N’ Roses be bringing his solo tour further
east? With dates in
---Regional jam band
moe. has just booked two
year-end shows in
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---Jeff Lynne’s ELO is headed back on the road for Summer 2019…with a total of 20-dates planned across the US, but only five in our general region…Capital Arena in Washington DC on 7/11…Wells Center in Philadelphia PA on 7/13…The Rock in Newark NJ on 7/16…Air Canada Centre in Toronto ON on 7/18…and PPG Arena in Pittsburgh PA on 8/1!
---Pop superstar, Mariah Carey has announced a national tour in support of her new album, “Caution” coming out next month! The tour will be a Winter/ Spring 2019 event with plenty of regional stops…Benedum Center in Pittsburgh PA on 3/18…Sony Centre in Toronto ON on 3/20…Shea’s in Buffalo NY on 3/23…Radio City Music Hall in NYC on 3/25…Boch Center @ Wang Theatre in Boston MA on 3/28…Hard Rock Live @ Etess Arena in Atlantic City NJ on 3/30…Theatre @ National Harbor in Oxon Hill MD on 3/31…Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia PA on 4/3…Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford CT on 4/5…and the Events Center @ The Sands in Bethlehem PA on 4/6!
---Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, will trek across the US in Summer 2019 with an ambitious 26-date tour and eight regional stops…the Grand Theatre at Foxwoods in Mashantucket CT on 8/16…Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia PA on 8/17…Filene Center @ the Wolf Trap in Vienna VA on 8/18…two nights at the Beacon Theatre in NYC on 8/20 & 8/21…Blue Hills Pavilion in Boston MA on 8/23…Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier in Montreal QC on 8/24…and Sony Centre in Toronto ON on 8/25!
---Behemoth has announced an impromptu tour with dates in our region set for…The Fillmore Philadelphia in Philadelphia PA on 10/30…House Of Blues In Boston MA on 11/1…Fillmore Silver Spring in Silver Spring MD on 11/2…the Theatre @ Times Square in NYC on 11/3…Mtelus in Montreal QC on 11/4…and The Danforth in Toronto ON on 11/6! At The Gates and Wolves In The Throne Room will open the shows.
---Rising UK pop singer, Ella Mai has announced her debut headlining tour and she’ll be coming next Spring to…The Danforth in Toronto ON on 3/6…Club Soda in Montreal QC on 3/7…The Royale in Boston MA on 3/9…Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn NY on 3/11…Theatre of Living Arts in Philadelphia PA on 3/13…and Baltimore Soundstage in Baltimore MD on 3/16!
---Bob Dylan will play a seven-night residency at the Beacon Theatre in NYC beginning on “Black Friday” 11/23 thru 11/24, then 11/26 thru 11/27 and 11/29 thru 12/1!
---Speaking of cool residencies…Phish have booked Madison
Square Garden for a funky four night year-end residency on the last
four nights of 2018…12/28 thru 12/31!
Party on
---Disturbed have announced a tour to support their new album, “Evolution,” which was released just last week…and to make the tour even sweeter, Three Days Grace will open up! See the tour at…Wells Center in Philadelphia PA on 2/18…PPG Arena in Pittsburgh PA on 2/20…Capitol Arena in Washington DC on 2/21…Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville CT on 2/23…Madison Square Garden in NYC on 2/25…DCU Center in Worcester MA on 2/27…Place Bell in Montreal QC on 3/1…KB Center in Buffalo NY on 3/2…and Air Canada Center in Toronto ON on 3/4!
---Weezer and The Pixies have teamed-up for another major tour leg set for Spring 2019! Regional dates include…Bell Centre in Montreal QC on 3/13…The Knickerbocker in Albany NY on 3/14…the Grand Theatre @ Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket CT on 3/16…Royal Arena in Baltimore MD on 3/17!
---Iggy
Azalea’s
---Switchfoot has planned a massive 23-date tour of the US, but it only stops three times in our area…the Fillmore Silver Spring in Silver Spring MD on 2/19…the Wellmont Center in Montclair NJ on 2/22…and The Paramount in Huntington NY on 2/23!
---Umphrey’s McGee has added a Winter 2019 leg to their current tour, which includes a run of holiday shows and a cruise as well as…College Street Music Hall in New Haven CT on 1/31…Palace Theatre in Albany NY on 2/1…followed by a two-week break and then a three-night residency at Brooklyn Steel in NYC on 2/14, 2/15 & 2/16!
---The 1975 have announced a world tour that emphasizes the “world” and not so much of the “local.” Only four dates for us, so far, however there is a big gap between Washington & Boston, so cross your fingers…Anthem in Washington DC on 5/21…Agganis Arena in Boston MA on 5/30…Darien Lake Amphitheatre in Darien Center NY on 6/2…and the Bud Stage in Toronto ON on 6/3!
---Simon Cowell’s (of American Idol fame) latest
project, the boy band Pretty Much
have announced a tour following the successful roll out of their debut
recording, “Pretty
Much an EP,” with a
modest tour of the US! See
them in…Theatre of Living Arts
in
---Suzanne
Vega (of “Luka”
and “Tom’s
Dinner”
---Dave Davies, guitar player for the Kinks (…and not to be confused with his brother, lead singer Ray Davies) has booked solo Spring 2019 tour dates…so you can catch him (…and you might as well, since no one knows if The Kinks will ever tour again…) at the Scottish Rite Auditorium in Collingswood NJ on 4/9…Tupelo Music Hall in Derry NH on 4/10…The Concert Call at NYSEC in NYC on 4/12…Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank NJ on 4/13…and The Space @ Westbury in Westbury NY on 4/14!
---Alternative singer, Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness (also from Jacks Mannequin) has added onto his fall tour with a new date today (10/26) at Sherman Theatre in Stroudsburg PA…tomorrow (on 10/27) at The Chance in Poughkeepsie NY…and also announced the rest of his Winter/ Spring 2019 tour including new shows in…at The Paramount in Huntington NY on 2/17…Clifton Park NY at Upstate Concert Hall on 2/23…and Stage AE in Pittsburgh PA on 2/24!
---Denny Laine, a living legend in British invasion music from the 60’s, when he was an original member of The Moody Blues…and from the 70’s when he was a member of Paul McCartney’s Wings…has announced his full touring schedule for Winter 2019, adding onto a sole leaked date (1/12) at Newton Theatre in Newton NJ last week…City Winery in Boston on 1/9…Hepburn Center in Old Saybrook CT on 1/10…City Winery in Washington DC on 1/13…and Sportsmen’s Tavern in Buffalo NY on 1/16!
---Natalie Merchant, former lead singer of 10,000 Maniacs is coming into our area at least three times next Spring…Troy Music Hall of Troy NY on 3/15…The Wilbur in Boston MA on 3/19…and Scottish Rite Auditorium in Collingswood NJ on 3/23!
---One of the hardest working bands in the land, the Tedeschi Trucks Band has booked a buncha regional dates, eight in total…three nights in Boston MA at the Orpheum Theatre on 11/29, 11/30 and 12/1…then four nights in Washington DC at the Warner Theatre on 2/15, 2/16, 2/22 and 2/23….and in between a show at the Hershey Theatre in Hershey PA on 2/17! Whew!
---Playboi Carti has booked two dates in our region for next month as part of a larger Fall/Winter mini-tour…Main Street Armory in Rochester NY on 11/28…and the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair NJ on 11/30!
---Nelson (also known as “Ricky Nelson Remembered,” “The Nelsons” and “Matt & Gunnar Nelson”) returns this Fall and Winter with new regional dates booked at …Bridge Street Live in Collinsville CT on 11/30…Del Lago Casino in Waterloo NY on 12/1…Pig Pen Fun Bar in Allentown PA on 12/2…St. George Theatre in Staten Island NY on 3/3…and Queensborough Center in Bayside NY on 3/24!
---Escape The Fate has book a couple of shows in our region for December…one in Easton PA at One Centre Square on 12/14…and the other in NYC at Le Poisson Rouge on 12/15!
---Singer/ rapper, Everlast, who not only had some major solo hits on “Whitey Ford Sings The Blues” but also as a member of hip hop band, House Of Pain (of course you remember “Jump Around” from back in the 90’s, right?) has booked a small tour to support his latest album, but only two regional stops so far…Upstate Concert Hall in Clifton Park NY on 11/9…and The Chance in Poughkeepsie NY on 11/10!
---Wilco
has announced a three day/ night residency at
MassMoca in
---NRBQ
has added three year-end dates in our region…Ottobar
in
---Danity Kane have revealed that the recent posting of a one-shot was actually a leaked date from an as-yet-unannounced, and modest tour…eight dates total and two more for our region…The Howard Live in Washington DC on 11/8…the previously leaked show at The World Café Live @ The Queen in Wilmington DE on 11/9…and The Wilbur in Boston Ma on 11/11!
---Metric have announced a 19-date tour that starts in our region and pretty much stays away…only two shows for us…The Fillmore Silver Spring in Silver Spring MD on 2/15…and Kings Theatre in Brooklyn NY on 2/18!
---80’s punk rocker turned crooner, Joe Jackson has booked a Winter 2019 tour that includes regional stops in…Collingswood NJ at the Scottish Rite Auditorium on 2/12…and two nights at the Town Hall in NYC on 2/15 & 2/16!
---Matt Nathanson has announced a series of Winter/ Spring 2019 dates that include some regional stops…Paradise Rock Club in Boston MA on 2/18 & 2/23…and Higher Ground in South Burlington VT on 2/28!
---Soulfly will take a Winter-time trek across North America with four regional impacts…Dingbatz in Clifton NJ on 2/8…Brighton Music Hall in Boston MA on 2/10…The Gramercy in NYC on 2/11…and the Mod Club in Toronto ON on 2/12!
---Marc Anthony has booked a Winter 2019 leg for his latest tour and will be coming into our region three times as a result…at “The Rock” in Newark NJ on 2/16…Capital Arena in Washington DC on 2/22…and the Live Club @ Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale NY on 2/23!
---Melissa Etheridge has also announced a mini-tour, of which we get two dates our of the seven total so far…The Cabot in Beverly MA on 11/24…and State Theatre in New Brunswick NJ on 11/30!
---Rickie Lee Jones has booked a tiny four-date tour that will bring her to both coasts twice, so the two shows for us are…at the Diamond Horseshoe in NYC on 2/21…and The Cabot in Beverly MA on 2/23!
---Albert Lee has announced two show for Winter 2019, but they’re both within a reasonable driving distance…Daryl’s House in Pawling NY on 1/3…Sellersville Theatre in Sellersville PA on 1/10!
---Toni Braxton has booked a micro-tour, seven dates in four weeks with two area stops…Onon Hill MD at the Theatre @ National Harbor on 2/1…and The Borgata, in Atlantic City NJ on 2/9!
---Fucked Up has announced a modest 12-date tour, but just three dates will fall into our region…two in Brooklyn at the Market Hotel on 11/7 & 11/8…and another in Washington DC at the Rock And Roll Hotel on 11/10!
---Biz Markie has announced a modest six-date tour, spread out over three months…two regional dates find the rapper in Wilmington DE on 11/8…and Silver Spring MD on 1/5!
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---James
Taylor & Bonnie Raitt have booked a joint show at the
---There are a couple of cool hip-hop one-off’s to
let you know about. One is
tonight (10/26) in
---Edie
Brickell & the New Bohemians will play a one-shot show at
The Chance in
---Jill
Sobule will play a one-timer at
Club Cafe in
---DJ Jazzy
Jeff will spin a one-off at
The Queen in
---Poco
and Jim Messina will play a
one-shot-show at the Scottish
Rite Auditorum in
---After she’s done with the Lantern tour, Emmylou Harris gets back to folk playing a one-and-done style show with Phil Maderia and Will Kimbrough at the Hamilton Live in Washington DC on 12/2!
---Gary
Wright has booked a one-off at
Stanhope House in
---Ja Rule will play a one-shot at the Diamond Horseshoe in NYC on 11/24!
---Charlie Puth will play a one-and-done show at the Beacon Theatre in NYC on 12/13!
---Marky Ramone plays a one-off at The Gramercy in NYC on 12/21!
---90’s alt band,
Candlebox have booked a
one-shot at The Paramount in
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Kantner and Balin are gone, but
Jefferson Starship rocks on…adding
---John
Sebastian (former lead singer of Lovin’ Spoonful) adds the
City Winery in
---Collective
Soul seems to have moved its 10/18 show at
---LeAnn
Rimes adds Newton Theatre
in
---The
Walter Trout Band adds Newton
Theatre in
---Three Dog
Night also adds…The Cabot
in Beverly MA on 2/9…Newton
Theatre in
---The
Ataris add One Centre Square
in
---
---War adds Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe PA on 3/22!
---Kix also add Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe PA, the very next night on 3/23!
---Jay & The
Americans add Chevalier
Theatre in
---Lil Ed &
The Blues Imperials add
---Mumford & Sons add a second night at MSG in NYC on 12/11!
---New Kids
On The Block have already added a second night in
---Pop/country crossover band,
---Big Bad
Voodoo Daddy adds
---The
Outlaws add
---The Verve
Pipe add City Winery in
---Underoath
adds Stage AE in
---The
Knocks add The Club at Stage
AE in
---Nothing
More adds
---Acacia
Strain adds two regional package tour dates in December…
---Gov’t Mule adds a trio of year-end shows…Upper Darby PA with Allman Brothers alum, Oteil Burbridge on 12/28…and NYC on 12/29 and 12/31!
---Marshall Tucker Band & The Outlaws add the Keswick Theatre in Glenside PA on 3/13!
---Graham
Nash adds The Queen in
---Kris
Kristofferson adds
---Beth Hart
adds Scottish Rite Auditorium
in
---Tony
Bennett adds Meyerhoff
Symphony Hall in
---Gwar
adds the 930 Club in
---WALK THE
MOON add the Rams Head Live!
in
---Lady
Antebellum adds the Chevalier
Theatre in
---Richard
Marx adds the City Winery
in
---The
Jayhawks add Blue Ocean Music
Hall in
---The
Yardbirds add the City Winery
in
---Jeff
Tweedy of Wilco adds The
Wilbur in
---Robyn
Hitchcock adds City Winery
in
---Los Lobos
add two nights in
---Cracker/
Camper Van Beethoven add the
Middle East Club in
---The
Whispers add the Event Center
@ Twin River Casino in
---LeAnn Rimes adds The Cabot in Beverly MA on 2/8!
--- Boyz II
Men add Orpheum Theatre
in
---Donavon
Frankenreiter adds City
Winery in
---James
Taylor & Bonnie Raitt add
---Procol
Harum add two nights in
---Teenage
Fanclub add
---The
Temptations add
---Spyro Gyra adds Spirit Of New York in NYC on 10/28!
---Robert DeLong adds the Bowery Ballroom in NYC on 11/2!
---Blue October moves their show on 11/7 to the HighLine Ballroom in NYC, instead of the Diamond Horseshoe!
---Jack White adds a second night in NYC at Kings Theatre on 11/16!
---The
Wallflowers add the
---P.O.D. add HighLine Ballroom in NYC on 12/6!
---Devil Wears Prada adds The Gramercy in NYC on 12/11!
---Life of
Agony adds the
---Bret
Michaels adds…The Paramount
in
---Billy Joel adds Nassau Coliseum on 12/31…and MSG in NYC on 1/24!
---Dawes add Beacon Theatre in NYC on 2/5!
---Southside
Johnny & The Asbury Jukes add
Narrows Center in
---
---Kool &
The Gang adds
---John Mellencamp adds a third night at the Beacon Theatre in NYC on 2/27!
---twenty
one pilots add The Rock
in
---The
Hoobastank show in
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---Abbamania (1)
---Acacia Strain/ Chamber/
---
---Albert Lee (2)
---
---Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness (5)
---Behemoth/ At The Gates/ Wolves In The Throne Room (6)
---Beth Hart (1)
---Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (2)
---Billy Joel (2)
---Biz Markie (2)
---Blue October (1)
---Bob Dylan (7)
---Boyz II Men (1)
---Bret Michaels (2)
---Candlebox (1)
---Collective Soul (1)
---Cracker/ Camper Van Beethoven (2)
---Danity Kane/ Dumblonde (2)
---Dave Davies (5)
---Dawes (1)
---Denny Laine (5)
---Devil Wears Prada (1)
---Disturbed/ Three Days Grace (9)
---DJ Jazzy Jeff (1)
---Donavon Frankenreiter (1)
---Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians (1)
---Ella Mai (7)
---Escape The Fate (2)
---Everlast (2)
---Gary Wright (1)
---Gov’t Mule (3)
---Graham Nash (1)
---Iggy Azalea (4)
---Ja Rule (1)
---James Taylor/ Bonnie Raitt (2)
---Jay & The Americans/
---Jeff Lynne’s ELO (5)
---Jeff Tweedy (1)
---
---Jill Sobule (1)
---Jingle Ball (1)
---Joe Jackson (3)
---John Mellencamp (1)
---John Sebastian (1)
---Kix (1)
---Kool & The Gang (1)
---Kris Kristofferson (2)
---LeAnn Rimes (1)
---Life Of Agony (1)
---Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials (1)
---Lil Uzi Vert (1)
---Los Lobos (4)
---Marc Anthony (3)
---Mariah Carey (9)
---Mark Knopfler (8)
---Marky Ramone (1)
---Marshall Tucker Band/ The Outlaws (1)
---Matt Nathanson (3)
---Meek Mill (1)
---Melissa Etheridge (2)
---Metric/ July Talk/ Zoe (2)
---Mumford & Sons (1)
---Natalie Merchant/ Lunasa (3)
---Nelson (5)
---New Kids On The Block (1)
---Nothing More (2)
---NRBQ (3)
---P.O.D. (1)
---Phish (4)
---Playboi Carti (2)
---Poco/ Jim Messina (1)
---Pretty Much (5)
---Richard Marx (1)
---Rickie Lee Jones (2)
---Robert DeLong (1)
---Robyn Hitchcock (1)
---Sha Na Na (1)
---Soulfly/ Incite/ Kataklysm (4)
---Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes (2)
---Spyro Gyra (1)
---Steven Adler/ Autograph (1)
---
---Suzanne Vega (10)
---Switchfoot (3)
---Tedeschi Trucks Band (8)
---Teenage Fanclub (2)
---The 1975 (4)
---The Ataris (1)
---The Jayhawks (1)
---The Knocks (1)
---The Outlaws (1)
---The Temptations (1)
---The Verve Pipe (2)
---The Wallflowers (1)
---The Whispers (1)
---The Yardbirds (1)
---Three Dog Night (3)
---Tony Bennett (1)
---twenty one pilots (1)
---Umphrey’s McGee (5)
---Underoath (1)
---WALK THE MOON (1)
---Walter Trout Band (1)
---War (1)
---Weezer/ The Pixies (4)
---Wilco (3)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
Hello everyone: well today is October
20th and it is 1 year ago today that the Brackney Inn burned down. I
don't post a lot on Facebook but I figured today seems like a good day
to give everyone an update on what's going on. I guess first I should
talk about what happened 1 year ago today. About 4:00 pm I got a call
saying there was smoke coming out of one of the apartments upstairs. I
hoped it was just a stove fire with the tenant burning his diner but as
I drove closer to the Brackney I realized this wasn't the case. Several
fire departments responded to the scene and managed to keep the fire
contained to the top floor saving the bar.(which as we all know is the
most important part). I am forever grateful got the outstanding save
these firefighters made despite difficult conditions. When your fighting
a fire in such an old building it is especially difficult due to almost
170 years of additions being added on and floors being built on top of
other floors and things of that nature. Being a retired firefighter
myself I understood this and always assumed if there were ever a fire I
would surly lose the whole building. The fire investigator ruled the
fire accidental and I was later told by the tenant that it was a space
heater. So began the task of ripping and tearing and hauling away the
entire second floor. The long cold winter did not make this very easy
not to mention once the second floor was torn down every time it snowed
the bar had to be shoveled out. Some of you may have noticed there were
a few opening day predictions that came and went earlier in the year.
This was mostly because of unforeseen obstacles in our path. Seemed like
every time we assumed there were wall and floors that we didn't
anticipate having to rebuild we discovered mold and it was determined it
was best to just tear it all out and start fresh .. Kent Peters came in
about 10 weeks or so after the first fire and took over as the man in
charge of the rebuild. His vision was to try and maintain the history
and feel of the old Brackney but also build a beautiful bar that we
would all be proud of. He saved as much of the 200 year old barn wood as
possible to try and incorporate it into the rebuild. The result (as many
people that stopped in from time to time would tell you), was a
beautiful rustic feel bar but with vaulted ceilings and central air and
other updates that was very unique. After many months we were finally
ready to reopen. The only thing left to do was finish the bathrooms and
a little touch up work. The vending company came with the juke box and
atm and time warner cable was scheduled to hook up the cable and phone
on Tuesday. I had just bought 2- 55inch flat screens on Friday that
we're going to be mounted on the weekend. Also on that Friday, (the day
before the fire), there was electrical work being done to hook up the
new condenser for the walk in cooler in the kitchen. A fire started the
nest day in the back kitchen area. There were a lot of rumors about how
this fire started and if someone set it on purpose and for good reason.
There was a kid that broke into the Brackney and talked about burning it
down but 5 weeks after the fire the 3 investigators said the fire
started where work was being done and it was electrical. This time I
lost a lot of "big ticket items". My brand new kitchen equipment, ice
machine, pizza ovens, new tv's pool table walk inn coolers, pos system,
etc, etc..... this is why we are concentrating on opening the bar first
and rebuilding the kitchen and back rooms after. This is not ideally the
way I wanted to do it but it makes the most sense considering the fact
that my full insurance policy was only going into affect when I
reopened. Before the second fire there was a lot of talk about the
Brackney going non smoking. I had originally planned on keeping it
smoking but after talking with so many people that stopped in and
talking to people at other bars and the online survey I decided to make
it a smoke free bar. Even most of my regulars that smoke told me I
should go non smoking. So here we are, 1 year since we lost one of our
favorite places to come and have a cold beer, a good meal and visit with
our friends and neighbors.
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Music News for 101918:
---The
Brackney
http://www.wicz.com/story/39284051/brackney-inn-prepares-to-reopen-after-second-fire
---The line-up for Shelter Slam 2018 at Endwell Greens has been announced! The annual benefit for local animal shelters and rescues will be held on November 10th, starting around 11am, and they’ll need to start that early to accommodate all of these bands…Up/ Battery/ Hellings/ Kore Rozzik/ Touniquet/ Wreckless Marci/ Recycled Zombies/ Kreature/ Kickstart/ O.C.D./ Paul Tauterouff & the Fruit Of His Loins/ Trace Of Life/ Titan/ Wildcard/ Hating Amy/ Drama Scream, A Part Of Pluto/ Threatpoint/ Broken Arrow/ Wicked Remains/ Ashley Lux/ Something Big! Tickets are $15.00.
---Local musicians are banding together at the
Ransom Steele Tavern in
Cooper
Casterline (Bead & Bone/ Mike Davis LBE) - drums
Mallory Cirbus-Evans (Next To
Kin/ The Apalachin Annies) - vocals, guitar
Samuel B. Lupowitz (Noon
Fifteen/ Thru Spectrums) - keys, vocals
Paul Shotwell (Ransom Steel
tech)- vocals
Thomas Sickler (Spelunkers) -
vocals, guitar
Mary Tewksbury (Next To Kin/
The Apalachin Annies) - guitars
Brian Tyneway (The Good
Fruits)- lead guitars, vocals
Thomas Westcott (Ultra Vibe/
Mike Davis LBE) - bass, vocals
Michael Wu (Gunpoets/ KidBess
& The Magic Ring) - guitars, vocals, some bass...
J Floyd
will warm-up.
Gunpoets and KidBess bass player, Michael Wu who organized the tribute says…”This is a pet project I’ve wanted to do for a couple of years now. I think I pitched the concept to Ransom and secured the date about a year ago, knowing I’d need the time to pull things together. The premise is simple: this is one of my top musical influences, I’ve always wanted to perform these tunes and I called together people I’ve worked with and people I have always wanted to work with, asked them if they were in, started working arrangements, and just setup a schedule months in advance. Most of our rehearsals are focused in the vocals parts, of course. The instrumentation is deceptively complex, but, these players can handle complex, no issue.” Tickets will be $10.00 at the door of what should be an impressive night!
---Good news for local music fans,
Jimmi James & the Family Jewels have returned with what James is
calling “our best lineup ever.”
Their first show with this new lineup will be 11/24 at a
Touch Of Texas (formerly
The lineup is still me,
Bobby Wong and
Doug Ouimette, the new addition is
Tom Madden
(Elevator Death Squad and Mustachio) I always new he was a solid player
but I am more than impressed with his playing and mentality around
taking this project to a whole new level.
We have spent a lot of time on the set list and making sure EVERY song
is a “sing along holy s**t I can’t believe they’re playing that oh my
god I forgot that song existed and I loved it” type of setlist.”
Also on the bill are
Forgotten Sun and Molina!
Music starts at 830p!
---Not much on country music myself, but I couldn’t help but notice that a local country singer, Frank Viera from Vestal, came home to perform at Touch Of Texas in nearby Nimmonsburg NY; last week and Fox 40 was on hand to get some footage of the occasion. Here’s a link:
http://www.wicz.com/story/39278575/hometown-country-singer-to-perform-at-touch-of-texas
---Ashley Lux has released a video for her new song, “Stay.” The song is an original, a torchy-ballad, co-written by Lux and Jeff DeBella, but the video adds another layer and is made to bring attention to drug abuse. You can see it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okcpc6C_Pmo&feature=youtu.be or you can just link to her facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/AshleyLuxMusic/posts/2300080160006379?notif_id=1539350689341320¬if_t=notify_me_page&ref=notif
---Congrats to drummer
Victor Lay, bass player
Coty Rick & guitarist
Jeff Starley, who will
celebrate one year as “The Dude &
The Damned” later this month!
They have a special first anniversary show planned for
Callahan’s in
LOCAL-ISH:
---Experience
Hendrix has announced it’s 2019 line-up and tour dates, which not
only includes a localish date…in
---Pop Evil is still touring behind their fifth album, and has just announced 24 new dates for 2019, some of which will of course, come into our region…Baltimore Soundstage in Baltimore MD on 1/27…The Westcott Theatre in Syracuse NY (just 75 minutes away) on 1/29…The Paradise Rock Club in Boston MA on 1/30…The Space @ Westbury in Westbury NY on 2/1…Starland Ballroom in Sayreville NJ on 2/2…and the Chameleon Club in Lancaster PA on 2/5!
---Queensryche
will play the Showroom @ Turning
Stone Casino in
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---Greta Van Fleet have announced a world tour for 2019, that will finally come home to the US in May 2019…at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park NJ on 5/18…at Pier Six Pavilion in Baltimore MD on 5/21…The Dome in Rochester NY on 5/22…Forest Hills Stadium in Queens NY on 5/25…and Echo Beach in Toronto ON on 5/28!
---The
Revivalists have booked tour dates to support their forthcoming
album, “Take
Good Care” which will be released on 11/9.
The tour will stop in our region a handful of times…at
Anthem in
---Gwar have launched a Fall tour in support of their newest album, “The Blood Of The Gods,” and it’s set to stop in…Clifton Park NY on 11/7…Baltimore MD on 11/9…and Philadelphia PA on 12/30! Warm-up acts will vary…fake blood letting will not.
---German singer, songwriter, producer; Roosevelt has booked a tour of the U.S. set for December that will step into our region at least a half-dozen times next month…Brooklyn NY on 12/3 & 12/4…Philadelphia PA on 12/5…Washington DC on 12/6…and Cambridge MA on 12/7!
---Stryper is already making plans for 2019 with tour dates for Winter already set, including…Derry NH on 1/31…Uncasville CT on 2/1…and New Bedford MA on 2/2!
---Lez Zeppelin, the female Led Zeppelin tribute band, have lined-up a few dates for Fall 2018/ Winter 2019…Greasy Luck BrewPub in New Bedford MA on 11/30…and Emelin Theatre in Mamaroneck NY on 1/12!
---Boney
James books two nights in NYC on 10/17 & 18…and
The Birchmere in
---American Idol alumni Chris Daughtry’s band, Daughtry are touring America, but sadly, have announced only one regional date so far…Mechanics Hall near Boston MA on 12/19!
---Kix has announced the next leg, or two…on their current tour and it will take them well into 2019…regional dates from that announcement include…Brunswick Volunteer Fire Dept, Brunswick MD on 12/21…Rams Head Live, Baltimore MD on 12/22…Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville CT on 4/5…and Greasy Luck BrewPub in New Bedford MA on 4/6!
---The David
Bromberg Quintet have announced the rest of their dates on their
recent tour and this means a few more regional show for us (other than
this weekends show in Syracuse NY at the
Westcott Theatre on 10/20!)…
---Jessica Simpsons little sister,
Ashlee has a new recording and a new tour that she recently
announced…Simpson is now part of a touring duo called,
Ashlee & Evan, with Evan Ross--and have been releasing songs for a
new album to be called, “Home.”
They are set to play a handful of dates across the country
starting in January 2019…NYC on 1/7/19…and
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---Bad
Brains have booked a one-off at
Underground Arts,
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Jack
White adds Kings Theatre
in
---Tantric add another solo headlining show before joining back up with Puddle Of Mudd…Kung-Fu Necktie in Philadelphia PA on 11/7!
---Cowboy
Mouth adds a show to their one-show tour…so okay, now it’s a
two-show tour…and finally coming to the southern fringe of our region…at
Hill Country BBQ Market in
---Vince
Neil, lead singer of Motley Crue has only booked one east-coast show
north of the
---WALK THE
MOON adds
---Vixen
adds Mohegan Sun Arena,
---Crash
Test Dummies add the
---Jim
Messina adds
---Slaughter
add the Mohegan Sun Arena,
---Marc Cohn
adds Gateway City Arts in
---Autograph
adds Mohegan Sun Arena,
---Nothing More adds a few solo headlining tour dates at the end of their tour with Three Days Grace…but only one in our region…Theatre @ Times Square NYC on 3/10!
---Saliva
adds The Chameleon in
---
---Branford
Marsalis adds Belding Theatre
in
---Joe
Bonamassa adds Mortensen Hall
at the
---Vixen
adds The Space @ Westbury Theatre
in
---Sponge
add
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---Ashlee & Evan (2)
---Autograph (1)
---Bad Brains (1)
---Boney James (3)
---Branford Marsalis (1)
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---Cowboy Mouth (1)
---Crash Test Dummies (1)
---Daughtry (1)
---David Bromberg Quintet (3)
---Experience Hendrix (11)
---Greta Van Fleet (5)
---Gwar (3)
---Jack White (1)
---Jim Messina (1)
---Joe Bonamassa (1)
---Kix (4)
---Lez Zeppelin (2)
---Marc Cohn (1)
---Nothing More (1)
---Pop Evil (6)
---Queensryche (2)
---
---Saliva (1)
---Slaughter (1)
---Sponge (1)
---Stryper (3)
---Tantric (1)
---The Revivalists (5)
---Vince Neil (1)
---Vixen (3)
---WALK THE MOON (1)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 101218:
Jeff Howell’s latest band…Jeff Howell’s Boogie Du Jour, formerly Tears…has released their debut album, “Bon Appetit!” Jeff announced the collection with this facebook post,”FYI, my new cd, Jeff Howell's Boogie Du jour, Bon Appetit is now available! However, until we get an official shopping cart set up, we'll temporarily have them for sale on eBay at https://www.ebay.com/itm/173578277371 . If it says there are none left, just search for Jeff Howell's Boogie Du jour. We'll have it listed under a different account. This cd is full of hard rockin', hard drivin', edgy, boogie. Sound clips coming soon.”
---Speaking of local bands with new albums, Michael Wu, bass player for KidBess & The Magic Ring says they have just finished the demo’s for their first album, so pretty early in the process for them, but if you’ve seen them live, you know this band is an absolute killer, so start saving your sheckles now…
---The roots of the “Tree Of Shade” tour keep getting deeper for Driftwood…who have announced a December leg to the trek, with new dates starting 11/18 in Bristol CT, then after their three night stand in Apalachin NY at the Ransom Steele, they’ll come back in December with a new spate of shows…Sarasota FL on 12/5…Tampa FL on 12/6…Melbourne FL on 12/7…St. Augustine FL on 12/8…Jacksonville FL on 12/9…Decatur GA on 12/12…Nashville on 12/13…Newport KY on 12/14…Buffalo NY on 12/29…then coming home for two nights at The Haunt in Ithaca NY on 12/30 & 12/31!
---Tim
Reynolds and TR3 have booked another leg on their Fall 2018 tour
which includes a local stop in
---Donna The Buffalo have been adding onto their Fall 2018/ Winter 2019 tour with a new date this weekend in Live Oak FL for the Suwannee Roots Revival, but then they’ve filled up their calendar in November, December and January as well with more shows, all across the country, in support of their new album, “Dance In The Street.” The expanded tour now includes…Nederland CO on 11/2..Salt Lake City UT on 11/3…Phoenix AZ on 11/4…Tucson AZ on 11/5…San Diego CA on 11/6…Laguna Beach CA on 11/7…Sabastopol CA on 11/8…San Francisco CA on 11/9…Portland OR on 11/10…Seattle GA on 11/11…Bozeman MT on 11/12…Cedar Rapids IA on 11/14…Eau Claire WI on 11/15…Grand Rapids MI on 11/16…Cincinnati OH on 11/17…Chattanooga TN on 11/30…Shelby NC on on 12/1…Atlanta GA on 12/28…Ponte Verda FL on 12/29…Tampa FL on 12/30-31…Key West FL on 1/2…Stuart FL on 1/3…Saxapahaw NC on 1/4…Nashville TN on 1/5…Cleveland OH on 1/18…Pittsburgh PA on 1/19…NYC on 1/23, before they return home on 1/25…and finally play Charlottesville VA on 2/2! This is a very ambitious tour for DTB and, if their album is strong enough, it could well be their national break thru. They are trying to build a buzz, for sure. Cross your fingers.
---HOT RUMOR: Is an iconic venue/ bar in Brackney PA about to rise from the ashes again? Hmmm.
LOCAL-ISH:
---Alternative band, the
Dirty Heads will play a popular collegetown venue, the
Sherman Theatre in
Stroudsburg PA on 10/18!
They have also added additional shows in
---At least for now, Coco Montoya is set to wrap up his Spring 2019 tour in Jim Thorpe PA at the Mauch Chunk Opera House! The rest of his upcoming tour includes stops in…Pittsburgh PA on 11/27…Fall River MA on 11/29…Albany NY on 11/30…Rockport MA on 12/1…NYC on 12/3…Vienna VA on 12/5…North Bethesda MD on 3/26…Sellersville PA on 3/27…Bay Shore NY on 3/28…Natick MA on 3/29…Plymouth MA on 3/30…Saratoga Springs NY on 3/31…and Jim Thorpe PA on 4/4!
---Jazz artist, Catherine Russell has booked a lengthy tour that will come as close as the Barn in Clinton NY (near Syracuse) NY on 10/26…as well as many regional dates…Tarrytown NY on 11/30…Beverly MA on 12/14…Fairfield CT on 12/16…Laurel MD on 2/10…NYC on 2/12…and Philadelphia PA on 4/12!
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---Mumford & Son will tour extensively behind their new album, “Delta” in Fall 2018 and Spring 2019, which will bring the alt-pop band thru our region nearly a dozen times…Philadelphia PA on 12/7…Boston MA on 12/9…NYC on 12/10…Washington DC on 12/14…Toronto ON on 12/17…Providence RI on 2/27…Hartford CT on 2/28…Albany NY on 3/2…Montreal QC on 3/4…Buffalo NY on 3/8…and Pittsburgh PA on 3/14!
---The 90’s are back and judging by this, more
popular than ever…New Kids On the
Block are not only touring again, but they’re bringing along some
old bringing along some old friends…Salt-N-Pepa,
Tiffany, Naughty By Nature and
Debbie Gibson!
This fivesome will be coming thru out region next Spring and
Summer! Expect to see them
nearly a dozen times at these regional stops…Toronto ON on 6/19…Buffalo
NY on 6/21…Pittsburgh PA on 6/23…Washington DC on 6/25…Philadelphia PA
on 6/27…Boston MA on 6/28…Uniondale NY on 6/30…Newark NJ on
7/2…Uncasville CT on 7/3…Atlantic City NJ on 7/5…and Hershey PA on 7/6!
---Guitarist,
Joe Perry of Aerosmith has
announced a solo tour, in support of his new solo album, “Sweetzerland Manifesto!”
Unfortunately he’s only playing two dates in our region out of
five…fortunately, he’s bringing along a lot of friends who can
play…Robin Zander of Cheap Trick…Johnny Depp…Zak Starkey and many more.
See the beantown guitar whiz at the
Theatre @ Times Square in NYC
on 12/4…and
---Clutch have announced a holiday concert series of shows…so rock the holidays with these shows in…Baltimore MD on 12/27…Sayreville NJ on 12/28…and Clifton Park NY (near Albany) on 12/30!
---Tokyo Police Club have booked a short Spring tour for 2019 that will stop in…Cambridge MA on 3/8…Brooklyn NY on 3/12…Washington DC on 3/15…and Buffalo NY on 3/23!
---Al Jardine of the Beach Boys, is undertaking a solo tour this Winter and will make a few regional stops…NYC on 2/7…Norfolk CT on 2/8…and Uncasville CT on 2/9!
---The Cowsills, (you remember the hit song, ”The Rain, The Park and Other Things” and their cover of the theme from “Hair” dontcha? …okay, maybe I’m just that old.)…have booked a couple shows in our region for December…NYC on 12/8…and Sellersville PA on 12/9!
---Alt-pop band,
Kongos have mustered a small
that will come to our region twice in 2019…
---Rocker
John Parr (of course you remember his rock hit, “Naughty
Naughty” and “Man In Motion”
from the movie, “St. Elmo’s Fire,”
right? Of course you do!)
has booked a tour of City Winery’s…in NYC on 3/31…
---I was astonished to recently learn that not only is the Canadian band, Lighthouse (who tried to ride the big horn wave started by Chicago back in the late 60’s/ early 70’s with their biggest U.S. hit, “One Fire Morning”) was not only still around and still touring, but celebrating their 50th anniversary! The band has a few stop in our region over the next six month…Café Nine in New Haven CT on 10/14 (that’s this Sunday, people)…as well as Ontario Arts Centre in St. Catherines ON on 1/18…and Koerner Hall in Toronto ON on 5/14!
---Break thru hip hop/ R&B band, 6LACK has booked a 12-date tour but have only booked one show anywhere near our region…NYC at Terminal 5 on 11/15!
---Danish pop/ soul band, Lukas Graham touring in support of their new album, 3, have booked an American tour that includes two dates in our region…House Of Blues in Boston MA on 3/13…and Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC on 3/15!
---The Jayhawks announced three new shows in our region this week, one has already been held…at The Birchmere in Alexandria VA on 10/11…but there is still a two-night stand in Brooklyn coming up in January at Brooklyn Bowl on 1/18-19!
---The
Knocks (who still have a top 20 alternative hit called, “Ride Or
Die”
---New Wave of British Heavy Metal band, (or NWOBHM for short) Raven is storming American shores in November on Thanksgiving weekend, with regional stops at…Hard Luck in Toronto ON on 11/24…The Montage in Rochester NY on 11/25…The Kingsland in Brooklyn NY on 11/26…Dingbatz in Clifton NJ on 11/27…and Café 611 in Frederick MD on 11/28! Extinction A.D. and Mobile Deathcamp will warm-up!
---Glenn Hughes formerly of Deep Purple, Rainbow and still with Black Country Communion, has booked a brief Spring tour to perform songs he recorded during his stay in Deep Purple! Sadly, he’s booked only two nights in our region (so far) both in NYC at the Iridium Jazz Club on 4/26 & 4/27!
---Wilco frontman, Jeff Tweedy has booked two nights at the Murmrr Ballroom in NYC on 11/11 & 11/13!
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---Boyz II Men will play a one-off at Radio City Music Hall, NYC on 2/15…well, provided they don’t add more shows…
---Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness are set to play a one-shot Terminal 5, NYC on 2/21!
---The
Struts will play a one-timer at
Club XL,
---Maze ft.
Frankie Beverly have booked a one-shot show with
Raheem DeVaughn at The Rock
Hall in
---The
Corvettes Doo Wop Revue has been booked for
Infinity Hall in
---Former Fugee,
Wyclef Jean will play a
one-shot in
---Jazz great,
Chick Corea has added a
---The band Wired has booked a one-off in NYC at the Upstairs Lounge for 10/14!
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Rock instrumentalist,
Eric Johnson adds The Tralf @
The Tralf,
---Renaissance
adds The Tralf in
---Bayside
adds The Tralf,
---Puddle Of Mudd/ Tantric/ Saliva/ Saving Abel add The Chance, Poughkeepsie NY on 1/12…it was previously listed as just a Saving Abel & Tantric date!
---Quiet Riot add Jergels Rhythm Grille in Warrendale PA on 2/1!
---Kris Kristofferson adds Keswick Theatre, Glenside PA on 4/11!
---Cat Power
adds Brooklyn Steel,
---Saving
Abel adds Stanhope House,
---Bela
Fleck adds
---Former Fugee lead singer,
Ms. Lauryn Hill, has booked only her second
---Patti
LaBelle adds
---Gary
Lewis & The Playboys add
Broadway Theatre,
---Kofi Baker, Malcolm Bruce and Will Johns, otherwise known as The Music Of Cream, appear to be swapping their date on 10/24, with the Rams Head Live in Baltimore, which is on 10/23, Club XL in Harrisburg PA, so FYI. We’re still waiting for it to get sorted out ourselves, so we can be sure we have it posted right…
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---6LACK (1)
---Al Jardine (3)
---Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness (1)
---Bayside (1)
---Bela Fleck (3)
---Boyz II Men (1)
---Cat Power (1)
---Catherine Russell (7)
---Chick Corea (1)
---Clutch (3)
---
---Dirty Heads (3)
---Eric Johnson (1)
---Gary Lewis & The Playboys (1)
---Glenn Hughes (2)
---Jeff Tweedy (2)
---Joe Perry (2)
---John Parr (3)
---Lenny Kravitz/ Questlove (1)
---Lighthouse (3)
---Lukas Graham (2)
---Kris Kristofferson (1)
---Kongos (2)
---Maze
---Ms. Lauren Hill (1)
---Mumford & Sons (11)
---New Kids On The Block/ Salt-N-Pepa/ Tiffany/ Naughty By Nature/ Debbie Gibson (11)
---Patti LaBelle/ Freddy Jackson (1)
---Puddle Of Mudd/ Tantric/ Saliva/ Saving Abel (1)
---Raven/ Extinction A.D./
---Renaissance (1)
---Saving Abel (1)
---The Corvettes Doo Wop Revue (1)
---The Cowsills (2)
---The Jayhawks (3)
---The Knocks (2)
---The Struts (1)
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---Wired (1)
---Wyclef Jean (1)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 100518:
---Nate
Calzetoni of Raibred, it seems is always looking for a new
challenge. He posted this on facebook earlier this week: ”In
search of musicians for a project I'm working on. Planning to perform
---Congrats to Mike Davis & The Laughing Buddha Episodes, who just released their debut album! Davis posted on his facebook page, “I’m going to try to thank everyone personally that came out to the album release party at the Blarney Stone Pub last Friday (that I saw)…THANK YOU ALL!!!” …we’re still waiting for our promo copy, but I did just “message” him this morning.
---Local guitar god
Randy McStine is coming back
to
---Trumansburg zydeco/folk rockers,
Donna The Buffalo have announced that their new album, “Dance
In The Street” will be released on 11/9!
The album was recorded at the Sonic Ranch Studio in
---It also caught our attention that one of our favorite local, but now defunct, rock bands is issuing a new release…Mobday will make a new acoustic EP called, “Imperial Woods” on 11/2! The release features three previously recorded Mobday songs, rendered acoustically, plus a new song. Can’t wait.
---REO Speedwagon has announced a Spring theatre tour which includes a stop at the Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre PA on 4/11…as well as a few regional pitstops…Palace Theatre in Greensburg PA on 4/8…Mayo Center in Morristown NJ on 4/9…and Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield CT on 4/15!
---Dark Star
Orchestra is coming back to
LOCAL-ISH:
---One of the closest things we can get to Led Zeppelin these days is Get The Led Out and the hard touring tribute band has just added two year-end dates at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe PA on 12/28 & 12/29! The dates are all part of their 2019 Winter tour that will also see the band coming to…Rams Head Live in Baltimore MD on 1/5...the Lynn Memorial Auditorium in Lynn MA on 1/11…Chubb Theatre in Concord NH on 1/12…Warner Theatre in Erie PA on 1/17…Palace Theatre in Greensburg PA on 1/18 & 1/19…Zeiterion Center in New Bedford MA on 1/24…Calvin Theatre in Northampton MA on 1/25…Palace Theatre in Albany NY on 2/2…Santander Center in Reading PA on 2/8 & 2/9…Living Arts Center in Mississauga ON on 2/15…and the Town Ballroom in Buffalo NY on 2/16!
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---twenty one pilots have revealed the second leg of their “Bandito” tour for 2019, which includes a half-dozen regional dates…Montreal QC at Bell Centre on 5/22…Toronto ON at Air Canada Center on 5/28…Buffalo NY at the KB Center, on 6/1…Brooklyn NY at the B.C. on 6/4…Pittsburgh PA at PPG Arena on 6/7…and Atlantic City NJ at Boardwalk Hall on 6/8!
---Elton John is already adding on to year two of his farewell tour…Air Canada Center in Toronto ON on 10/22/19 & 10/23/19…Wells Center in Philadelphia PA on 11/8/19 & 11/9/19…PPG Arena in Pittsburgh PA on 11/13…Boston Garden in Boston MA on 11/15/19…and Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale NY on 11/16/19! Expect more additions that would expand stays in some cities to many more nights.
---Shinedown and Papa Roach, along with Asking Alexandria will tour together again in Winter/ Spring 2019…but sadly, only three dates for our region so far…UMBC Fieldhouse in Baltimore MD on 2/28…Giant Center in Hershey PA on 3/1…and Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville CT on 3/2!
---John Legend is going on a holiday tour, and if you wanna, you’ll have plenty of chances to go along for the ride! The tour is in support of his new holiday album, “A Legendary Christmas” due on 10/26! See Legend at…The Borgata Casino in Atlantic City NJ on 11/23…the Grand Theatre at Foxwoods Casino, in Mashantucket CT on 11/24…the Boch Center in Boston MA on 11/25…Sony Centre in Toronto ON on 11/27…National Harbor at Oxon Hill MD on 11/28…Theatre at Madison Square Garden in NYC on 12/3…the Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia PA on 12/4…and at Turning Stone Casino in Verona NY on 12/7!
---As It turns out, all those Jessie J shows are to support her new holiday album, “This Christmas Day” is due on 10/26, so they’ve been re-labeled, plus one! The tour has already started and reaches us ten days before the release date…at the previously unreported…Rebel in Toronto ON on 10/16, as well as these previously reported dates…Mtelus in Montreal QC on 10/17…Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC on 10/19…Electric Factory in Philadelphia PA on 10/20…House Of Blues in Boston MA on 10/22…and the Fillmore Silver Spring in Silver Spring MD on 10/23!
---American Idol alumni, Katherine McPhee (star of tv show “Scorpion,” who just married music industry veteran, David Foster) has announced her “Fall In Love Again” tour which will bring her to three regional cities…City Winery in Boston MA on 11/6…Bethlehem PA at Musikfest Café on 11/7…and the JFK Center in Washington DC on 11/9 & 11/10!
---Red Sun Rising have announced a Fall 2018 tour with Spirit Animal and Pretty Vicious! Check out this package tour at…The Club @ Stage AE in Pittsburgh PA on 11/7…Webster Underground in Hartford CT on 11/8…House Of Independents in Asbury Park NJ on 11/9…Sonia Nightclub in Cambridge MA on 11/11…Rec Room in Buffalo NY on 11/14…Wally’s in Hampton Beach NH on 11/16…and the Chameleon Club in Lancaster PA on 11/17!
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Kris
Kristofferson adds Hart
Theatre in
---Badfish
adds Upstate Concert Hall in
---Devil
Wears Prada adds
---Jonathan Edwards (the folk singer of “Sunshine,” not the psychic) adds
The Daily Pint in Wilbraham MA on 11/4!
---Our Lady Peace adds White Eagle Hall in Jersey City NJ on 10/3…so now they have a two-date tour…could there be more?
---Los Lobos
adds the Newton Theatre, in
---Rapper
Calvin Johnson adds the Trans
Pecos in
---Roger
McGuinn, Chris Hillman & Marty Stuart add
State Theatre in
---Rhett
Miller of the Old 97’s, adds a solo show at
Stanhope House in
---The Sadies add a three-night stay in Brooklyn NY at Union Pool on 12/11-13…plus, a night at Higher Ground, in South Burlington VT on 2/14!
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---Badfish (1)
---Calvin Johnson (1)
---Dark Star Orchestra (6)
---Devil Wears Prada (1)
---Elton John (7)
---Get The Led Out (15)
---Jessie J (6)
---Jonathan Edwards (1)
---John Legend (8)
---Katherine McPhee (4)
---Kris Kristofferson (1)
---Los Lobos (2)
---Our Lady Peace (1)
---Red Sun Rising/ Spirit Animal/ Pretty Vicious (7)
---Rhett Miller (1)
---REO Speedwagon (4)
---Roger McGuinn/ Chris Hillman/ Marty Stuart (1)
---Shinedown/ Papa Roach/ Asking
---The Sadies (4)
---twenty one pilots (6)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 092818:
---Grassroots
Xpress, on
---Bing Brews & Bands fest is coming up on 10/6…sample micro brews at three participating Binghamton area clubs, the Lost Dog Cafe…the Garage Taco Bar…and Water Street Brewing Company…then linger at Water Street ‘til 10p and hear the Nate Gross Band!
---The line-up for the hardcore punk
Life Of
Agony, Famiglia, Trapped Under Ice, Merauder, Billy Club
---The
Silver Line Tap Room, in
---Former member of Traffic,
Dave Mason has added a show at the
Center For The Arts, in Homer NY on 11/7!
Mason is set to make only one other regional stop (the previously
announced show in
---The tour of the newest version of
Humble Pie, (curated by original member and band name owner, Jerry
Shirley) which we previously reported was coming to our region (in our
8/24/18 post), now will make a local stop…at the
Westcott Theatre in Syracuse
NY on 11/17! Other
previously announced stops on the tour include…
---Trumansburg based folk-zydeco band, Donna The Buffalo is booking regional shows again, even a local one, after announcing a Fall tour that will take them to Utah, Colorado, Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, Tennessee, Florida and North Carolina, they will be coming to…Fairfield CT on 10/18…Greenfield MA on 10/19…Boston MA on 10/20…Syracuse NY (at the Westcott Theatre) on 12/7…Rochester NY on 12/8…and Cohoes NY (in the Albany NY area) on 12/14 at the Cohoes Music Hall!
---Petula
Clark will play the
---It’s been seven months since the beloved local venue, the Cyber Café West went up for sale and perhaps sadly or fortunately, there are still no buyers. Sadly, because I know it’s financially tough for the owner of the café to keep it open…fortunate, because we’re all afraid that it will forever be shut down if it’s sold. Let’s not lose a good thing, fellow local music lovers!
LOCAL-ISH:
---Pentatonix have announced a new holiday album, “Christmas Is Here” due on 10/26, as well as their holiday tour, which will the band into our region no less than thirteen times…even getting local-ish on us, early in their tour! Stops are scheduled for…Verona NY at Turning Stone Casino on 12/1…two nights in Washington DC on 12/2 & 12/3…two more nights in Boston MA on 12/5 & 12/6…still two more nights in Uncasville CT on 12/8 & 12/9…another two nights in Philadelphia PA on 12/15 & 12/16, followed by four nights in NYC on 12/18, 12/19, 12/20 & 12/22!
---Nationally touring Wilkes-Barre PA (well, Dallas PA to be certain) band, Breaking Benjamin is set to play a solo show at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville NJ on 12/13, after the Five Finger Death Punch tour wraps. The question is…will this be the only one?
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---The Dave Matthews Band have announced a late Fall 2018 North American tour, which is unusual, since they normally tour in the summer! Regional dates include…NYC (MSG) on 11/29 & 11/30…Uncasville CT (Mohegan Sun Arena) on 12/2…Manchester NH (SNHU Arena) on 12/4…Albany NY (The Knickerbocker) on 12/5…Boston MA (Boston TD Garden) on 12/7…Montreal QC (Bell Centre) on 12/8…Philadelphia PA (Wells Center) on 12/11…and Washington DC (Capital Arena) on 12/13! Tickets go on sale 10/5!
---The Pixes,
following a five-date
---Cowboy Junkies have announced a smattering of Canandian dates in October…and all three of them are within driving distance, including the previously announced…Kingston ON (Grand Theatre) on 10/10, which was confirmed in this announcement…Guelph ON (River Run Centre) on 10/12…and Burlington ON (Burlington Arts Centre near Hamilton ON) on 10/13!
---The Pop 2000 Tour ft. O-Town, Ryan Cabrera and Lance Bass of N’Sync has announced a Fall 2018 run of three shows and all of them fall into our “driving distance region”…Wantagh NY (Mulcahy’s) on 11/16…Freehold NJ (iPlay America Event Center) on 11/17…and Lawrence MA (Claddagh Pub) on 11/18! Expecting more, but that will depend on ticket sales and this is a tour that is already playing to theatre-sized venues and clubs, which means expectations are low, so stay tuned…
---The remaining
Beastie Boys, “Ad-Rock” and
“Mike D” are releasing a “Beastie Boys Book” and
going on a five-city book with regional stops in…NYC (at
Town Hall) on 10/29…and Brooklyn NY (at
Kings Theatre) on 10/30!
Otherwise they’ll be going to
---90’s alt/pop band, Crash Test Dummies have announced a tiny four-date tour…just one-date is anywhere near us and that is…Washington DC on 11/30 at The Hamilton Live!
---Old 97’s finally add some shows in our region…Baltimore MD (at the Rams Head Live) on 12/8…and Cambridge MA (at The Sinclair) on 12/9!
---Michael
Schenker Fest is finally adding a show in our region…Schenker, the
former guitarist for The Scorpions and the Michael Schenker Group can be
found in…
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---The
Endless Summer Festival in
---Carlene
Carter has booked a one-off in
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Robyn
Hitchcock adds
---Oleta
Adams adds
---Mushroomhead
w/ Unsaid Fate add
Starland Ballroom,
---90’s alt/ poppers, Teenage Fanclub finally add a half-dozen dates in the U.S.—but just two for our region, so far…the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn NY on 3/14…and Union Transfer in Philadelphia PA on 3/15!
---The
Orchestra
---Jimmie’s
Chicken Shack add
---Booker T.
Jones, of Booker T & The MG’s, adds
---Puddle Of
Mudd will now end their tour with
Saving Abel and
Tantric at the
Wicomico Youth Center in
---Saving Abel is spinning off of their tour with Puddle Of Mudd and will continue taking Tantric along for the ride, in…Poughkeepsie NY on 1/12…Derry NH on 2/15…and Bristol CT on 2/16!
---Tantric is also adding solo dates during “off-nights” on both tours, including…The Kingsland in Brooklyn NY on 10/29!
---
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---Ad Rock/ Mike D-Beastie Boys Book Tour (2)
---Booker T. Jones (1)
---Breaking Benjamin (1)
---Carlene Carter (1)
---Cowboy Junkies (2)
---Crash Test Dummies (1)
---Dave Mason (1)
---Dave Matthews Band (9)
---Donna The
---Drake
---Humble Pie (4)
---J.D. Souther (2)
---Jimmie’s Chicken Shack (1)
---Michael Schenker Fest (1)
---Mushroomhead/ Unsaid Fate (1)
---Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats/ Bleachers/ The Wonder Years/ Two Feet/ The Unlikely Candidates (1)
---Old 97’s (2)
---Oleta Adams (2)
---Pentatonix (13)
---Petula Clark (2)
---Pop 2000 Tour w/ O-Town/ Ryan Cabrera/ Lance Bass (3)
---Puddle Of Mudd/ Saving Abel/ Tantric (1)
---Robyn Hitchcock (2)
---Saving Abel/ Tantric (3)
---Tantric (1)
---Teenage Fanclub (2)
---The Orchestra
---The Pixies (3)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 092118:
---Our local “national” touring band, folk rockers,
Driftwood continue to add on
to their “Tree Of Shade” tour!
The tour actually started in August with local and regional
dates, but starting this month, the band heads out of state and out of
our region! Already they’ve
been to
Jim Thorpe PA @ Mauch Chunk Opera House on 9/20!
Mifflinburg PA @ Rusty Nail Brewing on 9/21!
Corning NY @ Lando’s on 9/22!
Roaring Branch PA @ Liberty Fest on 10/6!
---Final details for Cayuga Sound Fest 2018 have finally been revealed! The line-up for both days is pretty awesome…
Day #1 (9/21): Young The Giant/ Sofi Tukker/ Lady D & The Shadow Spirits
Day #2 (9/22): X Ambassadors/ Matt & Kim/ Talib Kweli/ Towkio/ Wicklund & Steppin Stones/ Knew/ No Comply
…The shows start at 4pm on both days at
Stewart Park in
---Another festival this weekend The Humane
Society’s “Woofstock” which
will be held on Saturday, 9/22, 12p-5p at the
Pines Pavilion, in
---For those of you who like to combine music and
chicken wings (sorry, I’m a vegetarian) Binghamton Wing Fest is Saturday
9/22 (tomorrow by the time we post this) at Binghamton Municipal Stadium
(where the B-Mets play) featuring Battle-Of-The-Bands 2017 winner,
Sonny On The Causeway and local power houses,
Wreckless Marci. If you didn’t get your tickets in advance for
$15.00, you can get them at the gate for $20.00.
---
---In-between dates with Puddle Of Mudd, Jimmie’s Chicken Shack and Saving Abel, Tantric will headline their own tour, starting in late October, so expect to see them in both locally and regionally…Clifton NJ on 10/24…New Bedford MA on 10/25…Patchogue NY on 10/26…Pennellville NY (at Monirae’s) on 10/27…Haverhill MA on 10/28...and Pittsburgh PA on 11/4!
---
---Insane
Clown Posse w/ Clownvis
Presley coming to the
Westcott Theatre in
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---John
Mellencamp has announced a new tour and a new album as well, “Other People’s Stuff”
which is due on 11/16! The
tour will bring Mellencamp to our region in…
---The first American Idol,
Kelly Clarkson will be touring after her current reality show, “The
Voice” wraps up for The Spring to support her new album, “Meaning Of
Life!” Tickets go on sale
for most venues on 9/24…and you can catch the tour in…
---Beach Boys songwriter/ singer mastermind, Brian Wilson is filling out his touring schedule with new dates on his studio album tour…New Brunswick NJ on 11/1…Toronto ON on 11/21…Montreal QC on 11/22…followed by his holiday tour, which starts on 12/3, with new dates in Pittsburgh PA on 12/3…Westbury NY on 12/5…and Wallingford CT on 12/8!
---Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band have announced a new round of
concerts, which are being called his farewell tour, but so far, there’s
only one for our region…
---Myles Kennedy, formerly of Slash’s “Conspirators,” who released their own album, “Living The Dream,” and before that with Alter Bridge, is releasing a new studio album of his own, "Year Of The Tiger" and after touring with Slash in October, he will tour on his own in November with regional dates in…Clifton Park NY on 11/21…Hartford CT on 11/23…Asbury Park on 11/24…Warrendale PA on 11/27…and Wilmington DE on 11/28!
---Greta Van Fleet have booked three nights at Terminal 5 in NYC to celebrate their first full length album, “Anthem Of The Peaceful Army,” due on 10/19! The three dates will come at the end of November on the 27th, 29th and 30th! Perhaps more dates to follow? Maybe.
---The Alan Parsons Project, which was intended to be a studio band only, has once again gathered it’s touring component, Alan Parsons Live Project, for a handful of dates, two of which fall into our region…Munhall PA on 11/13…and Glenside PA on 11/15!
---Stone Temple Pilots have announced their 2018 Canadian tour which will see them joined by Seether and Default and will also come into the periphery of our region…St. Catherines ON on 11/11…Kitchener ON on 11/13…and Laval QC (near Montreal) on 11/15!
---Bela
Fleck & Abigail Washburn have announced two joint tours that are
coming in Spring 2019…Buffalo NY on 4/3…Toms River NJ on 4/5…Barre VT on
4/6…Portsmouth NH on 4/11…and Fairfield CT on 4/13!
The tour will be followed by another joint tour with Fleck and
Chick Corea…but only two
dates…Brookville NY on 4/26…and North Bethesda MD on 5/10, so far.
Remember Fleck is coming to
---Iconic rock instrumentalist, Robin Trower has booked more dates in America…Glenside PA on 4/4…Huntington NY on 4/5…Montclair NJ on 4/6…and Buffalo NY on 4/10! Btw, that is the entire tour…all four dates and all within driving range!
---In what may be an attempt to warm-up (if he even needs to) for his appearances with Eric Clapton at his MSG shows in NYC on 106 & 10/7, Jimmie Vaughan (yes, older brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan and former lead guitar player for the Fabulous Thunderbirds.) books four shows…two of which are in our greater “driving distance” region…Sellersville PA on 10/3…and Fall River MA on 10/4!
---Gary Hoey has a new tour and it’s coming at us from a September start date in Texas to a handful of regional dates in November…Sellersville PA on 11/23…Pawling NY on 11/25…Albany NY on 11/29…Lincoln RI on 11/30…and Norfolk CT on 12/2, all in addition to Derry NH on 12/1, which was previously released!
---JD Souther, a songwriting partner for The Eagles, Bob Seger and Jackson Browne, who is also a singer and in the process of releasing his old albums on vinyl, is set to tour to support the effort…in addition to dates planned for this Fall, he’s just added a new leg for Spring 2019…York PA on 3/28…Harrisburg PA on 3/29…Bay Shore NY on 3/30…Hartford CT on 3/31…Plymouth MA on 4/5…and Rockport MA on 4/6!
---Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials have a short string of dates in our region next month…Pittsburgh PA on 10/12…Smyrna DE on 10/13…and Tuckerton NJ on 10/14!
---By November the “Southern Uprising” tour will start to fractionalize with The Outlaws playing solo dates in Alexandria VA on 11/8…Burgettstown PA on 11/20…and Newton NJ on 11/30!
---Another part of the “Southern Uprising” tour, the Marshall Tucker Band is also adding additional solo dates in…Ridgefield CT on 10/3…and Keene NH on 12/14!
---Frankie
Valli & the Four Seasons have announced a few domestic Fall dates
ahead of their
---90’s soap star, singer and former member of the band “Dream Street,” Jesse McCartney, has announced an eight date tour, with only two dates for our region…Theatre @ Times Square in NYC on 1/21…and the Rams Head Live in Baltimore MD on 1/24!
ONE
SHOW ONLY:
---The Metal
Allegience Tour is planning what appears to be a one-shot show at
Brooklyn Bowl in
---Noodles of The Offspring will play one show only (essentially as his other two solo shows are on the west coast) at the Mercury Lounge in NYC on 10/17!
---Freedy
Johnston will play a one-off at Hopewell Theatre in
TOUR TWEAKING:
---The
Ataris add
---NRBQ
adds
---The
Wailers add Pawling NY on 9/21…
---Marc Cohn
has adds
---Twiddle
adds
---BulletBoyz,
Enuff Z’Nuff and Jack Russell’s Great White add
---Gary
Lewis & The Playboys add
---Courtney
Barnett adds a date in
---Shemekia
Copeland adds some random dates…
---The Vapors add a third night at the Mercury Lounge in NYC on 10/19!
---Joywave
adds Sir Sly to the bill on
their stop in
NEW
DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---Alan Parsons Project (2)
---Bela Fleck (7)
---Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (1)
---Brian Wilson (7)
---BulletBoyz/ Enuff Z’nuff/ Jack Russell’s Great White (1)
---Courtney Barnett/ Alice Merton (1)
---Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons (1)
---Freedy Johnston (1)
---
---Gary Lewis & The Playboys (2)
---Greta Van Fleet (3)
---Ingrid Michaelson (5)
---Insane Clown Posse/ Clownvis Presley (2)
---J.D. Souther (6)
---Jesse McCartney (2)
---Jimmie Vaughan (2)
---John Mellencamp (5)
---Joywave/ Sir Sly (1)
---Kelly Clarkson (6)
---Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials (3)
---Marc Cohn (1)
---Marshall Tucker Band (2)
---Metal Allegience w/ Magus Beast/ Judas Priestess (1)
---Myles Kennedy (5)
---Noodles (1)
---NRBQ (1)
---Robin Trower (4)
---Shemekia Copeland (3)
---
---Tantric (6)
---The Ataris (1)
---The Outlaws (3)
---The Vapors (1)
---The Wailers (4)
---Twiddle (2)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Alison Wahl – 707 N. Tioga St
Auntie Emo’s ‘Ukulelese as a Second Language – 204 W
Yates St
Drank The Gold – 105 Second Street
ephemera – 919 N Tioga St
Florencia Ulloa – 533 Linn St
Harmony Falls Chorus – 425 N. Tioga Street
Isaac Sharp, Guitarist – 210 Hancock St
Professor Tuesday’s Jazz Quartet – 1112 N Tioga St.
Rose Fritzky-Randolph – 507 N Tioga St
Seneca St Recorder Ensemble – 908 N Cayuga St
The
Accords – 308 Utica St
The
Bad Awesomes – 712 N. Cayuga
The
Catscratchers – 306 E Yates St
The
Grandlow – 608 Utica Street
The
Rapid River Boys – 812 N Cayuga St
Thom Dunn – 410 E Marshall St
TOiVO – Kurt’s Porch in Thompson Park
Traonach – 304 Linn St
Trillium – 307 Auburn St
UU
Ukulele Union – 306 N. Aurora St
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Auntie Emo’s Ukulele Showcase – 204 W Yates St
Better Weather String Band – 306 N. Aurora St.
Bob
Keefe and the Surf Renegades – 104 Adams St
Chase Angier Dance Event – Thompson Park
Cornell Gamelan Ensemble – 318 Lake Ave
Cornell Ukulele Club – 100 Franklin St
Craig Frey – 315 Utica St.
Crown Victorians – 210 1/2 Utica St.
Danny Speer & LMNOP – 714 N Cayuga St
Girlfriend KTC Band – 410 E Marshall St
GLBJ – 533 Linn St
iMax – 421 N Aurora St
Ithaca Gay Men’s Chorus – 920 N Tioga St
Quagmire Hearts – 611 N Tioga St
Rose and Colwyn – 117 Auburn Street
Shinichi and The ITEs – 520 N. Tioga St.
Singing Notes & Slinging Jokes – 712 N Tioga St
Songwriter Circle: Laura Peters, Adam Guinn, Rena Guinn –
114 Cascadilla Ave.
Stan Stewart – 509 Utica St
Taksim – 202 Utica St
The
Darts – 112 W Marshall St.
The
Grady Girls –
The
Kissing Gummy Bears –
The
Pelotones –
This machine makes noise – 415 N Geneva St
Timothy Weber –
Whippoorwillow – 820 N Cayuga St
2:00 – 3:00 PM
¡Viva Mayhem! – 104 Adams St
aftermarket – 713 N Cayuga St
Beatscene Hub – 513 Utica St
Dane Hendrix and the Hangdog Saints – 438 N Geneva St
Devon Frank – 415 N Geneva St
Dusty Charts And His Peripheral Visions – 611 N Tioga St
Emma Tyme – 117 Auburn St
Fall Crikkers Jug Band – 219 Auburn St
Flight Performing Arts – 501 N Aurora St
Groton Ave. – 705 N Aurora St
Hal
Guitarist – 814 N Cayuga St
Harry Nichols – 206 E. Lewis St.
Jake and the Nowhere Men – 313 2nd St
Jenny Stockdale & The Wax Matches – 1112 N Tioga St
Josh OXford – 616 Utica St
Laila Belle – 412 N Aurora St
Long John and the Tights – Thompson park
Off
the Rails Unplugged – 710 N. Tioga St
Rock Jones – 513 Willow Ave
Sum
Dude + Friends – 117 Farm St
the
ilium works – 523 N Aurora St
The
Small Kings – 112 W. Marshall St.
TheFLunkSchoolBand – 210 Hancock St
Tom
Mank and Sera Smolen – 314 Utica St
Two
Shot Tabby – 106 Second St.
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Alan Rose – 107 Utica St.
Alec James – 420 Utica St
ALL
STRUNG OUT – 313 Utica St
Andrew Alling – 511 N Aurora St
Banyan Tree – 432 N Tioga St
Beatscene Hub (cont’d) – 513 Utica St
CC
Ryder – 429 N Aurora St
Chimes of Bayonets – 611 N. Tioga
Citizen O’Kane – 115 Cascadilla St
Darkwine – 111 Auburn St
Diana Leigh & the Shorty Georges – 442 N Aurora St
Dusty Square – 219 Auburn St
Escaped Donkeys – 104 W Tompkins St
Fat
Nanci – 415 N Geneva St
FOGG – 421 N Aurora St.
ICO
Brass Quintet – 711 N. Tioga St.
Jonathan Ames – 442 N. Geneva St
Katz and Jammers 2018 – 218 Utica St
Kitestring – 206 E Lewis St
La
Llorona – 209 First St
Lucky Old Sun – 713 N Cayuga St
Luke G & Joe Hayward – 612 N Cayuga St.
MacSallyJeffnJudy – Thompson Park
Mighty Jet Band – 406 E Yates St
Music’s Recreation – 204 W. Yates St.
Naomi Sommers – 106 2nd St
Oh
Yeah – 216 Queen St
Original Cornell Syncopators – 100 Franklin St
Palonegro – 814 N Cayuga St
Paul Arron Jackson and The Moonwalking Beatles – 204
Hancock St.
Rye
Makepeace and Straw Hat – 107 W Lincoln
Sabbathwind – 602 N. Cayuga St
Sandbox – 317 Auburn St
Stone’s Throw Creek – 306 East Yates St
There’s Always Room for Cello – 1106 N. Cayuga St.
Thru Spectrums – 607 N. Aurora St.
Tyrannical Vegetable – 720 N Aurora St
Vee
Da Bee – 204 E Yates St
Wildflwr – 708 N. Aurora St.
Young Fox – 206 E Jay St
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Alex Cano – 403 N Aurora St
Arthur B and the Planetary Mix (Unplugged) – 602 N.
Cayuga St.
Big
J Blues – 308 Lake Ave
Brookton Bridge – 711 N. Tioga St.
Car
People – 105 2nd St
Cerebral Vortex – 432 N. Tioga St.
Common Railers – 839 N Aurora St
Dickie Starfish Allstars – 406 E. Marshall St.
DJ
EVRCLEAR – 410 Utica St
Dubber Rucky – 810 N. Tioga St.
Fifth Parallel – 306 East Yates St
GoGone – 1112 N Tioga St
Insolent Cur – 210 Hancock St
JazzHappensBand – 100 Franklin St
Mach Duck – 613 N Aurora St
McKenzie Jones – 523 N Aurora St
NEO
Project – 104 Adams St.
Not
From Wisconsin – 206 E. Jay St
Patchwork Down – 104 E Lewis St.
Richie Holtz and Friends – 307 Auburn St
Rickety Fence – 305 Utica St
Road Man – 513 Utica St
Tenzin Chopak – 513 Willow Ave
The
David Graybeard Band – 202 Utica St
The
Local Farmers Union – 917 N Cayuga St
The
MonkeySquids – 422 N Cayuga St
The
Uncommons – 111 Auburn St
Tru
Bleu – 413 Auburn St
Viscious Fishes – 412 N Aurora St
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Ageless Jazz Band – Thompson Park
Barab Kalam – 1106 N Tioga St
Bird in Hand String Band – 106 Second St
Desert Stones – 406 East Yates St
Dexter & Liam – 209 Utica St
Djug Django – 219 Auburn St
East Coast Summit – 707 N. Tioga St
Fall Creek Brass Band – 415 N. Tioga St
Half Dead – 216 Queen St
IthaSAMBAca with special guests Deixa Sambar – 814 N.
Cayuga St.
Janet Batch – 909 Cayuga St
Jesse Collins Quartet – 442 N. Aurora St
Joe
Gibson – 607 N. Aurora St.
M
the Myth – 450 N. Aurora St
Mad
Goat String Band – 615 Utica St
Mijail Martinez – 117 Auburn St
Mosaic Foundation – 513 Utica St
Nobody et al. – 707 N Aurora
Noon Fifteen – 206 E Lewis St
Papa Muse – 117 Farm St
Piperventilators – 313 Utica St.
Se
Leigheas (The Cure) – 511 N Aurora St
Sixteen Feathers – 515 N Tioga
Special Guest – 104 E. Lewis St
The
18 Strings of Luv – 105 King St
The
Rungs – 205 E Falls St
Venissa Santi – 107 W Lincoln st
WonderMonday – solo – 601 N Cayuga St
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Music News for 091418:
---Once again, welcome to a “Blues On The Bridge” weekend!
The festival was pushed back by threat of rain, gusty winds and
the risk of flooding at
Confluence Park in
---Bernie
Fest, the annual fight against alzheimers benefit has announced it’s
line-up for this years fund-raiser, which will be held at
Touch Of Texas in
Wreckless
Marci
The KiiL
Seven
Recycled
Zombies
Trace Of
Life
Drama Scream
O.C.D.
No Idea
Hot Dogs &
Gin
Last Call
BroBro’s
Tim Ruffo
Band
Noor Hila
And DJ C. Hill
---Maine-Endwell alumni, Tiana Asili, has been busy touring this summer with her band, (y la Banda Rebelde) but also preparing for a two-week long stage production of a musical written by the star or Broadways “Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda, called, “In The Heights.” The play explores love, identity, racism, hope and loss, and is set in the Washington Heights NY! Asili will play the role of “Abuela Claudia,” and the play will run off-Broadway for two weeks, produced by the Schenectady Light Opera Company. Break a leg, girl!
---Musicians from David Bowie’s bands will return
as a touring band again as A
Bowie Celebration: The David Bowie Alumni Tour,
---Bela Fleck is coming to
Bailey Hall @ Cornell University
in Ithaca NY on 11/16…joining Fleck will be world music artist
Zakir Hussain and jazz/
classical musician Edgar Meyer!
---The Blind Boys of
---The Auburn Public Theatre
of Auburn NY (near Syracuse) has announced a few new bookings…Root
Shock will play there on 10/13…and
Jane Monheit on 10/19!
---Condolences:
One of the area’s superstar DJ’s of the 80’s and 90’s, John
Carter, best known for his morning shows on The WAAL and Mix 1033 has
died at the age of 69. He
was a great guy and his voice has been missed already for far too long.
Our best to his friends and family.
---WILD RUMOR OF THE WEEK:
The Gene Simmons Band coming
to Tioga Downs in
LOCAL-ISH:
---Gordon Lightfoot will be coming back around in November with four new stops, including a local-ish show …at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe PA on 11/1…Staten Island NY on 11/2…Hershey PA on 11/3…and Glenside PA on 11/4!
---Led Zeppelin tribute band, Kashmir has announced some more early 2019 dates, including one that borders the fringe of our local area…Derry NH on 1/18…Rutland VT on 1/19…Staten Island NY on 2/23…a local-ish stop in Jim Thorpe PA, at Mauch Chunk Opera House on 3/2…Rochester NH on 3/9…and Manchester NH on 3/22!
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---Iconic pop singer, Cher has announced a North American tour for 2019 with a generous amount of regional shows…Pittsburgh PA on 4/18…Philadelphia PA on 4/20…Toronto ON on 4/22…Buffalo NY on 4/26…Boston MA on 4/28…Springfield MA on 4/30…Brooklyn NY on 5/2…and Newark NJ on 5/3!
---Buffalo pop/ rockers, Cute Is What We Aim For have booked a small tour…Allston MA on 11/20…The Westcott Theatre in Syracuse NY on 11/23…and Albany NY on 11/24!
---Hip hop/ soul band, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have mounted a good sized tour, but way too few regional shows have been booked (only three out of 30)…Washington DC on 9/22…Verona NY (at the Lava Nightclub) on 11/16…Baltimore MD on 12/7!
---American Idol runner-up from season #7, David Archuleta is not only releasing a new x-mas album, (“Christmas In The Air” on 11/2) he will also tour to support it…but just two dates for our region…NYC on 12/17…and Fairfield CT on 12/18!
---John Oates (y’know, from Hall & Oates? Of course you do!) just released a new live EP and will be touring to support is as well…
---Stone Temple Pilots have announced a Canadian tour that will bring them to the fringes of our region…St. Catherines ON on 11/11 (at the Meridian Center)…Kitchener ON (at Center In The Square) on 11/13…and Laval QC (near montreal) at Place Bell on 11/15! Also on the tour will be Seether and Default!
---Rhett Miller, formerly of the Old 97’s will play a half-dozen dates this Fall, with half of them in our greater region…Pawling NY on 9/14…Washington DC on 9/15…and Garwood NJ on 10/5!
---Otep has announced a new tour for late Fall/ early Winter that will make three stops in our region…Clifton NJ on 12/4…Philadelphia PA on 12/6…and Easton PA on 12/8!
---Richie
Furay, formerly of Buffalo Springfield, Poco and other bands will be
touring our region in October and performing the Poco album, “Deliverin’” in it’s
entirety. Hear Furay play
in…
---Alt/pop-rocker and Rob Schneider’s daughter, Elle King has just announced a new tour to promote her forthcoming album, …Washington DC on 11/2…New Haven CT on 11/3…Philadelphia PA on 11/4…Brooklyn NY on 11/5…and Toronto ON on 11/6!
---Aztec Two-Step has announced a swath of dates…adding onto their current tour with new shows in…Salem CT on 9/15…Hudson Falls NY on 10/27…plus a new Winter 2019 leg…Northampton MA on 2/1/19…Peterborough NH on 2/2/19…Lowville NY on 2/9/19…Nelson NY on 5/3/19…Saratoga Springs NY on 5/4/19…Hartford CT on 5/18/19…and Beach Haven NJ on 7/29/19!
---Houndmouth adds a new leg to their present tour and that means new regional shows in…Rochester NY on 11/3…NYC on 11/6…Philadelphia PA on 11/9…and New Haven CT on 11/10!
---Reds
“Unstoppable” tour with The Veer
Union and Vieo is making
a sweep of the Mid-Atlantic and
---Pop singer, Tori Kelly will take to the road in support of her latest album, “Hiding Place”…Munhall PA on 10/25…Philadelphia PA on 10/27…Washington DC on 10/28…and NYC on 10/30!
---Rising alt/pop stars, Rainbow Kitten Surprise have booked a tour to take advantage of their sudden success and lucky us, it passes right thru our region…Port Chester NY on 9/28…Baltimore MD on 9/29…Buffalo NY on 10/1...Montreal QC on 10/2…South Burlington VT on 10/4…Providence RI on 10/6…Pittsburgh PA on 10/8!
---Evan Dando, former lead singer for the 90’s alt/pop band, The Lemonheads is playing a few regional shows…Greenwich RI on 9/30…Jersey City NJ on 10/1…and Lowell MA on 10/3!
---The Spin Doctors have booked a three-date tour, stretched out over three months, two of which will fall into our region…Roslyn NY on 9/27…and Brooklyn NY on 11/8!
---Jewel
will be coming to visit for the holidays!
See the alt-folk singer in…
---Tracy Bonham is breaking out a semi-regular residency at the Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3 with three dates spread out six months time on 10/26, 1/24 and 4/18!
---Black Uhuru will be passing thru our region starting next week with a show at…NYC on 9/18…then, Washington DC on 9/20…Hudson NY on 9/22…and Roslyn NY on 9/25!
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---Wu-Tang
Clans only date east of
---Edie
Brickell & the New Bohemians will play a one-off in
---Insane
Clown Posse books a one-shot show before their Rock Allegiance tour
appearance at
---Gary
Wright has booked a one-timer at
Stanhope House in
---Mike
Peters, of The Alarm has booked a one-shot at
My Father’s Place in
---60’s pop singer,
Melanie will play a one-timer
at My Father’s Place in
---Commander Cody books a one-off at
My Father’s Place in
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Hoobastank/
Secondhand Serenade add
---Sebastian
Bach, formerly of Skid Row, adds
---Ziggy
Marley adds
---Robin Trower adds Glenside PA on 4/4/19!
---Juice
WRLD adds
---Philip H.
Anselmo & the Illegals add
---Willie
Nile adds…NYC on 10/3…
---Midge Ure,
of Ultravox, adds a couple regional dates…
---Badfinger
ft. Joey Molland adds
---Spyro
Gyra adds
---Collective
Soul add
---The
Ataris add
---Taking
Back Sunday adds what is basically a two-night one-off…in
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---A
---Aztec Two-Step (9)
---Badfinger
---Bela Fleck (1)
---Black Uhuru (4)
---Blind Boys Of
---Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (3)
---
---Collective Soul (2)
---Commander Cody (1)
---Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians (1)
---Elle King (5)
---Evan Dando (3)
---Gary Wright (1)
---Gene Simmons Band (1)
---Gordon Lightfoot (4)
---Hall & Oates (2)
---Hoobastank/ Secondhand Serenade (1)
---Houndmouth (4)
---Insane Clown Posse (1)
---Jane Monheit (1)
---Jewel (7)
---John Oates (5)
---Juice WRLD (1)
---Melanie (1)
---Midge Ure (2)
---Mike Peters (1)
---Otep (3)
---Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals (1)
---Rainbow Kitten Surprise (7)
---Red/ The Veer
---Rhett Miller (3)
---Richie Furay (5)
---Robin Trower (1)
---Root Shock (1)
---Sebastian Bach (1)
---Taking Back Sunday (2)
---The Ataris (1)
---Tori Kelly (4)
---Tracy Bonham (3)
---Willie Nile (7)
---Wu-Tang Clan (1)
---Ziggy Marley (1)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 090718:
---Finally, with barely a week to go before the 2018 Blues On The Bridge is actually held, the official line-up is released at last! For a festival that is always running late, it seems like the bands are packed pretty tight, but here’s the breakdown…
Kricket (Krissie Petticrew/Benny Fiacco/ Joe Stento) @ 12p
Soulpuppy @ 1230p
The Parlor Cats @ 1p
Dirt Farm @ 1:40p
KidBess & The Magic Ring @ 2:10p
Pasty White & Rocket 88 @ 2:45p
Rebecca & The Soul Shakers @ 3:20p
Jason Wicks @ 4p
Edward P. Maloney Memorial Pipe Band @ 5p
Mark Doyle & The Maniacs @ 5:15p
Adam Bomb @ 6:15p
O.C.D. @ 7:15p
Wreckless Marci @ 8p
…now remember the festival is scheduled for this weekend (9/9) but if there’s rain it will be rescheduled for 9/16! The festival is free, so no excuses, people!
---The 2018
BC Celtic Music Fest is also being held this weekend at
McGirks Irish Pub in
Pipe and drum corps from all over the surrounding
area…
Scranton Black Diamonds Pipes and Drums
Syracuse Highlanders Pipes and Drums
Caledonia Highlanders Pipes and Drums
Penn York Highlanders Pipes and Drums
Broome County Celtic Pipes and Drums, followed by a massed bands
tribute. Meanwhile, bands
under the tent, include:
3:00 pm The Stoutman
4:00 pm Yadas Yadas
5:00 pm Dr. Tom Dooley Choraliers
6:00 pm
6:30 pm FC3
7:30 pm The Shambles
9:00 pm Old Friends (inside
McGirks)
---The line-up has also been announced for next
weekends 5th annual
Lick Breast Cancer Music Fest & Ice Cream Social at the
Pines Pavilion in
---Lest you think our litany of festivals is done, just because Summer is nearly over, think again…Rock Against Suicide V has announced it’s line-up! The benefit sparked in part by suicides of some local rock stars, will be held at the Choconut Inn in Friendsville PA @ 5pm on Saturday, October 13th and will feature…Trace Of Life @ 5p…Messy Truth @ 6:15p…Wreckless Marci @ 730p…OCD @ 845p…and Hell’s Winter @ 10:15p. Admission is $10.00!
---Here’s another music festival, even if it doesn’t sound like one…the Art Of Binghamton festival at the Bundy Museum in Binghamton NY will be on Friday, September 14th from 6-9p and Saturday, September 15th from 12p-10p and in addition to putting the art of Binghamton on display for FREE, both days, the festival will also feature music from Alex Creamer on Friday night 6p-9p, but the Saturday line-up includes…Miles Ahead, Peaches & Crime, Melanie & The Boys, Voodoo Highway and Dirt Farm!
---Life Of Agony finally has it’s tour confirmed, at the last minute, and it has an unexpected local twist…look for heavy metal rockers at…Hampton Beach NH on 9/12…Baltimore MD on 9/14…Philadelphia PA on 9/15…Teaneck NJ on 9/16…Pittsburgh PA on 9/23…(the only previously posted date) Buffalo NY on 9/25…New Haven CT on 9/26…NYC on 9/29…and their last American date before they tour Europe…HCS Skatepark in Vestal NY on 10/6!
---Kaitlyn Jackson posted this week that she has moved into a new phase of accomplishment in her post American Idol days. Jackson, the only local artist to ever make the first round cut to get on American Idol, posted this message last week: “I am BEYOND thrilled to announce that I have been granted the Excellence in Choreography Award through the Theatre Association of New York State for my work on the Norwich Theatre Company’s production of The Drowsy Chaperone this summer!!!!! Such an exciting accomplishment!!! Shout out to my incredibly enthusiastic cast for bringing my work to life!!” Congrats Kaitlyn!
---Hope you didn’t miss the
Rock and Roar Festival at
Ross Park Zoo in
---Dickey
Betts suffered a mild stroke the weekend before his appearance was
scheduled at the NYS Fair in
LOCAL-ISH:
---Slightly Stoopid is ready to tour, at least a little bit, in support of their forthcoming studio album, “Everyday Life, Everyday People” and they’ll be coming pretty close to local…Port Chester NY on 11/15…Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe PA on 11/17…and Providence RI on 11/18!
---Cross over artist Sara Evans will go on tour at Xmas, in support a four year old xmas album…11/30 in Warrendale PA…Jim Thorpe PA, at Penn’s Peak, on 12/1…and Alexandria VA on 12/8!
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---Travis Scott’s “Astroworld: Wish You Were Here” was announced during the last two weeks and it will be coming into our region in a major way…Baltimore MD on 11/8…Toronto ON on 11/21…Newark NJ on 11/24…Pittsburgh PA on 11/25…NYC on 11/27…Washington DC on 11/29…Hartford CT on 11/30…Philadelphia PA on 12/1…and Boston MA on 12/2!
---Former Crosby Stills Nash & Young and The Byrds star, David Crosby is taking his Sky Trails Band out on the road for a series of shows in our region…Frederick MD on 11/29…Albany NY on 12/1…Harrisburg PA on 12/2…Derry NH on 12/4…Englewood NJ on 12/5…New Bedford MA on 12/7…and Port Chester NY on 12/8!
---John
Mayall gets back on the road this weekend in a big way, following a
health problem in May and June that forced postponed of his Summer tour!
New dates include…
---Former Doobie Brother, Michael McDonald is not only releasing a new Xmas album, “Season Of Peace” but he’s also going to tour to support it…which means we’ll see him in…Bensalem PA on 11/30…Wilmington DE on 12/1…and Peekskill NY On 12/2!
---Eve 6 is celebrating their 20th Anniversary tour already? Seems like just yesterday they broke thru with “Inside Out,” (still one of the most poignant (if not twisted) lyrics in rock) and not only will they be celebrating with new music, but with a tour as well…Pittsburgh PA on 12/11…Poughkeepsie NY on 12/12…Philadelphia PA on 12/13…Asbury Park NJ on 12/14…Boston MA on 12/15…and NYC on 12/16!
----Winter is coming…and that means modern metal package tours…Killswitch Engage is set to hit the snow covered road w/Born Of Osiris, Crowbar & Death Ray Vision…coming to Providence RI on 11/24…Poughkeepsie NY on 11/25…Reading PA on 11/27…Wilmington DE on 12/5…Sayreville NJ on 12/6!
---Bring Me The Horizon will take to the road in Winter 2019 headlining their own tour…Fairfax VA on 1/28…Manhattan NY on 1/29…Boston MA on 2/1…and Montreal QC on 2/2! So far, no word on who will be opening for them.
---Unearth will headline their own package tour with Fit For An Autopsy, the Agony Scene & Traitors…see them in Cambridge MA on 11/2…Brooklyn NY on 11/3…Halethorpe MD on 11/4…and Philadelphia PA on 11/5!
---Atreyu has also announced a modern metal package tour with Memphis May Fire/ Ice Nine Kills & Sleep Signals…They’ll make regional appearances in…Baltimore MD on 11/21…Harrisburg PA on 11/23…Sayreville NJ on 11/24…Boston MA on 11/25…NYC on 11/27…and Rochester NY on 11/28!
---Meanwhile, Ice Nine Kills, who will be stepping out with the above Atreyu package tour, will headline their own tour in October…Easton PA on 10/7…Brooklyn NY on 10/10…and Worcester MA on 10/11!
---Former Skid Row singer, Sebastian Bach takes a Fall trek across America that will come thru our region starting in October…Pittsburgh PA on 10/16…Asbury Park NJ on 10/18…NYC on 10/21…Lancaster PA on 10/24…and Toronto ON on 11/16!
---Robin
Trower has announced two tri-state area shows…
---Orgy
return to the road with new shows in
---The Stone Pony has just announced the daily schedule for the See.Hear.Now Festival on Saturday, September 29th & Sunday September 30th in Asbury Park NJ and it’s pretty awesome…tickets are $109 for both days…here’s the highlights:
Day #1:
Incubus/ Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals/ Brandi Carlile/ Blondie/ Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls/ Highly Suspect/ Soja/ The English Beat/ Deer Tick
Day #2:
Jack Johnson/ Social Distortion/ Milky Chance/
Kaleo/ The Front Bottoms/ The Menzingers/ Lettuce/ Langhorne Slim/ G.
Love & Special Sauce/ The Original Wailers/
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---The
---Deadmau5 has booked a one-shot for the Pier 17 Rooftop in NYC on 9/8!
---Candi Staton will play a one-timer at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC on 9/7!
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Scotty
McCreery, of American Idol fame, adds…
---Mastodon has cancelled their entire North American tour as their manager has contracted pancreatic cancer…refund your tickets at your place of purchase.
---Terry
Bozzio, former drummer for Missing Persons, adds
---Peter
Wolf of the J. Geils Band, adds
---George
Clinton of P-funk adds
---Jason Bonham finally adds a date (out of four total dates), in our region in Munhall PA on 12/1!
---Grunge-era, southern-fried, alt/pop band,
Jimmie’s Chicken Shack adds a
regional show to their Fall itinerary…
---Big Bad Voodoo Daddy adds Warrendale PA on 11/1!
---Joan
Osborne finally adds a show in our region on her Fall tour…
---The Roger
McGuinn/ Chris Hillman/ Marty Stuart tour has added a new date…10/30
at Munhall PA outside
---The
Robert Cray Band adds
---Ani
DiFranco adds
---Wayne Newton adds Red Bank NJ on 9/23!
---Ginuwine
adds NYC on 9/28…and
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---Ani DiFranco (1)
---Atreyu (6)
---Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (1)
---Bring Me The Horizon (4)
---Candi Staton (1)
---David Crosby (7)
---Deadmau5 (1)
---Dickey Betts (-2)
---Eve 6 (6)
---George Clinton/ Steve Arrington/ Zapp (1)
---Ginuwine (1)
---Ice Nine Kills (3)
---Jason Bonham (1)
---Jimmie’s Chicken Shack (1)
---Joan Osborne (1)
---John Mayall (9)
---Killswitch Engage (5)
---Life Of Agony (8)
---Mastodon (-3)
---Michael McDonald (3)
---Orgy (4)
---Peter Wolf (1)
---Robert Cray Band (4)
---Robin Trower (2)
---Roger McGuinn/ Chris Hillman/ Marty Stuart (1)
---Sara Evans (3)
---Sea.Hear.Now festival (2)
---Scotty McCreery (1)
---Sebastian Bach (4)
---Slightly Stoopid (3)
---Terry Bozzio (3)
---The
---Travis Scott/ Trippie Redd/ Guna/ Sheck Wes (9)
---Unearth (4)
---Wayne Newton (1)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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NO NEWS THIS WEEK! OFF FOR LABOR DAY!
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Music News for 082418:
---Native guitar god, Randy McStine is part of a new prog-rock supergroup, In Continuum, featuring McStine’s comrades from the band, “Sound Of Contact,” Dave Kerzner and Matt Dorsey, with Gabriel Agudo (of Steve Rothery Band and formerly with Bad Dreams), Marco Minnemann (of Steve Wilson and the Aristocrats) and also with special guests, Nick D’Virgilio (who is also an ex-compadre of McStine’s, as he played in with him in the Nick D’Virgilio Trio), John Wesley (porcupine tree), Fernando Perdomo (dave kerzner band) and Jon Davison (yes). The group have posted a teaser video to promote their forthcoming debut album, “Acceleration Theory!” Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4gvCrthAiA
---Looking back on last weeks cancellation of
Curveball shows that some
fans were actually disappointed twice by the festival…not just by it’s
initial cancellation, but again when a rumor started to circulate that
the band was just throwing the fans a “curveball” and that maybe the
show would go on anyway. Of
course it did not, due to a lack of fresh potable water, when the
---The
Center For The Arts in Homer NY (just outside of nearby
---Trans-Siberian Orchestra has just announced their national touring schedule for 2018 and of course, there will be regional shows…University Park PA on 11/16…Allentown PA on 11/17…a local date at the Arena @ Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre PA on 11/18…Erie PA on 11/21…Manchester NH on 11/23…Worcester MA on 11/24…Uncasville CT on 11/25…Albany NY on 11/28…Rochester NY on 11/29…Buffalo NY on 12/15…Hershey PA on 12/16…Uniondale NY on 12/20…Philadelphia PA on 12/21…Newark NJ on 12/22…Washington DC on 12/23…and Pittsburgh PA on 12/28!
---Our local national-touring band,
Driftwood, adds
LOCAL-ISH:
---Dark Star Orchestra, the grateful dead tribute band, are continuing to build their Fall 2018 tour that will bring them to deadheads in our region, including one localish stop in Jim Thorpe PA at Penn’s Peak on 11/21, in addition to…South Burlington VT on 11/13…New Haven CT on 11/16…plus, two nights in Philadelphia PA on 12/28 & 12/29…and two more nights in Montclair NJ on 12/30 & 12/31! Sounds like a great way to break in 2019!
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---Hip-hop star,
Travis Scott has announced
dates for his “Astroworld: Wish You Were Here” tour…
---Jazz fans take heart, after next months Monterey Jazz Fest in California, the tour is making plans to go “on the road,” in 2019 with several regional stops, including…NYC on 3/15 & 3/16…Boston MA on 3/17…Troy NY on 3/19! The only problem is that we don’t know who will be in the line-up for the Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour, so stay tuned for that!
---Humble Pie is back, but with a touring version of the band curated by original member, drummer/ keyboards player, Jerry Shirley, who owns the rights to the bands name and wants to keep the band heritage alive…the band is expanding beyond a one-off show on 9/16, with fresh regional dates in Washington DC on 11/8…Sellersville PA on 11/9…and Boston MA on 11/19!
---Tennessee deathcore band, Whitechapel are embarking on a Fall package tour with Oceano, Chelsea Grin and Slaughter To Prevail and it will coming into our region, starting in November…Pittsburgh PA on 11/1…Easton PA on 11/3…and Hartford CT on 11/5!
---Indie-rockers, mewithoutyou, have announced a solo Fall tour, which is a bit different for them, as they usually tour as part of a package tour…this time, it just appears to be them, but after 18 years, they have enough material, they should be able to pull it off…Cambridge MA on 10/4…Toronto ON on 10/7…and Baltimore MD on 12/4!
---90’s pop singer, Curtis Stigers, has booked a five-night residency at Birdland in NYC, with a show on each night, five-nights-in-a-row, from 11/27 thru 12/1!
---Citizen Cope has announced a tiny, two-date tour that exists entirely within our region…South Burlington VT on 9/12…and Beverly MA on 9/19! I’m gonna guess that there will be more dates, but I’m not gonna hold my breath waiting for them…
---R&B/
hip hop star, Jarad Higgins, otherwise known as
JuiceWRLD is on a half-dozen date tour, but that could expand
following this weeks MTV awards…for now, you can catch him regionally
in…Philadelphia PA (as part of the Made In America fest) on
9/1…Wallingford CT on 9/13…and Providence RI on 9/14!
---Jukebox The Ghost has announced some new solo dates…Pawtucket RI on 9/20…and Holyoke MA on 9/21…before they join The Dirty Heads tour in Silver Spring MD on 10/16…NYC on 10/17…and Clifton Park NY on 10/20!
---Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals have announced a modest, nine-date tour, but it will bring Anselmo (formerly of Pantera/ Down/ Superjoint Ritual singer) into our region at least twice…Mulcahy’s, Wantagh NY on 9/16…and at St. Vitus, Staten Island on 9/18!
---Danity
Kane is taking Dumblonde
on the road for a random smattering of three dates, two of which fall
into our region…
---Zeppelin-esque 80’s hair band, Kingdom Come have announced a new seven date tour that will come to two regional cities…Pittsburgh PA on 10/17…and Sellersville PA on 10/18!
---Particle’s one tour date in Philadelphia on 10/25…is expanding into a full fledged tour…Burlington VT on 10/4…Baltimore MD on 10/8…Pittsburgh PA on 10/23…and NYC on 10/27!
---Jimmie Vaughan, older brother of tevie Ray Vaughan, has booked a few warm-up dates just before he plays on the Eric Clapton concerts in NYC at MSG in October and one will be near us…Sellersville PA on 10/3!
---Jim Messina (formerly of Poco and Loggins & Messina) has just announced a 13-date tour…but only one of those shows will fall into our area...at Sellersville PA on 10/25!
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---Chance
The Rapper has announced a one-off in
---Clint Holmes has booked a one-shot show at Birdland in NYC on 9/3!
---Marc Cohn
books a two-date tour, with only one show in our region…at the
Center For The Arts in
---New Kids
On The Block have booked a “one-off” at the
Apollo Theatre in
---Dennis
DeYoung, former lead singer of Styx has announced a handful of new
dates, but only one for our region…
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Mike Love’s touring version of The
Beach Boys adds
---In addition to the upcoming date at the Center
For The Arts in Homer NY, Cracker
also added
---Paula
Cole adds Sellersville PA on 10/19…and
---The Wood
Brothers add
---Sister Hazel adds Warrendale PA on 9/28!
---The Fabulous Thunderbirds ft. original lead singer, Kim Wilson, adds Sellersville PA on 8/24!
---The Alarm adds Sellersville PA on 11/13…and NYC on 4/12/19!
---Big Daddy
Kane adds
---Brian Fallon, of The Gaslight Anthem, adds Red Bank NJ on 10/5…and Munhall PA on 10/10!
---Scotty
McCreery, from American Idol, adds
---Jason Mraz adds a second night in Red Bank NJ on 11/28!
---Onyx
adds
---Peter
Wolf changes his show on 9/8 from NYC to
---Rita
Coolidge adds
---Candi Staton adds NYC on 9/7!
---Gene Loves Jezebel takes a break from the Lost 80’s Live & Back To The 80’s tour, with a solo show in NYC on 9/9!
---The
Mastodon/
---Kix
adds
---Yngwie
Malmsteen adds
---Sebastian
Bach, formerly of Skid Row, has added
---John
Lodge, of the Moody Blues, adds
---Richie Furay adds Sellersville PA on 10/24!
---Jethro Tull guitarist,
Martin Barre adds…Sellersville PA on 10/5…
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---Beach Boys (2)
---Big Daddy Kane (1)
---Brian Fallon (2)
---Candi Staton (1)
---Chance The Rapper (1)
---Citizen Cope (2)
---Clint Holmes (1)
---Cracker (2)
---Curtis Stigers (5)
---Danity Kane/ Dumblonde (2)
---Dark Star Orchestra (7)
---Dennis DeYoung (1)
---Dirty Heads/ Jukebox The Ghost (3)
---Drake
---Gene Loves Jezebel (1)
---Humble Pie (4)
---Jason Mraz (1)
---Jim Messina (1)
---Jimmie Vaughan (1)
---John Haitt (1)
---John Lodge (2)
---Juice WRLD (3)
---Jukebox The Ghost (2)
---Kingdom Come (1)
---Kix (1)
---Marc Cohn (1)
---Martin Barre (3)
---Mastodon/
---mewithoutyou (3)
---
---New Kids On The Block (1)
---Onyx (1)
---Particle (4)
---Paula Cole (3)
---Peter Wolf (0)
---Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals (2)
---Richie Furay (1)
---Rita Coolidge (1)
---Sebastian Bach (3)
---Scotty McCreery (1)
---Sister Hazel (1)
---The Alarm (2)
---The Fabulous Thunderbirds
---The Wood Brothers (1)
---Trans-Siberian Orchestra (16)
---Travis Scott (9)
---Upon A Burning Body (1)
---Whitechapel/ Oceano/ Chelsea Grin/ Slaughter To Prevail (3)
---Yngwie Malmsteen (1)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 081718:
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30 Cedar Street: Hillcrest @ 12p/ Bridget Sweeney @ 1230p/ Yard Party @ 1p/ Kevin Salisbury @ 130p/ Gnarwall @ 2p/ T.A.U.R.O.P. @ 230p/ Justice Morton @ 3p/ Noor Hila @ 330p/ The Nick Almy Project @ 5p/ Don Cashimere @ 6p
35 Chestnut Street: Alpha Brass Band @ 12p/ Unity Group @ 1p/ Raibred @ 2p/ Honker @ 3p/ Mosaic Foundation @ 4p/ Nukporfe Africa Drum & Dance @ 5p/ Root Shock @ 6p
62 Leroy Street: Inventors Of Action @ 12p/ The Landshark Committee @ 1p/ Dennis Thompson & Smoketown @ 2p/ Groovy Boys @ 4p/ Five Man Trio @ 5p
97
65 Rotary Avenue: 10K Cooldown w/ Mandana @ 12p/ The Jackson Wahl Band @ 2p/ Todd Felton & The Mixx @ 3p/ The Yada Yada’s @ 4p/ The O’Neill Brothers @ 5p
---Curveball, the lastest Phish-fest to play Watkins Glen International Raceway, was cancelled late on Thursday night (8/16), just the day before the show after it became apparent that flooding earlier in the week made it impossible to guarantee a supply of fresh water for concert goers who would need it to get thru the three-day festival, as the village of Watkins Glen issued a boil water advisory on Thursday morning! The cancellation became apparent, after the band tried, but failed to secure enough tanker trucks of water for the shows. The band was on stage preparing for sound check on Thursday night when the decision to cancel was made. Many of the 85-thousand expected concert goers were already on-site setting up their campers for the weekend. For the full story, here are a few links:
Rolling Stone magazine: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phish-cancel-curveball-festival-scheduled-for-this-weekend-712462/
Jambase: https://www.jambase.com/article/phish-curveball-cancelled
---The fourth annual
Bernie Fest is coming up on
Saturday, September 29th at Touch Of Texas, at the old
---Driftwood, our local national touring folk rock band, adds Rochester NY to their Fall 2018 tour with a stop at Flour City Station on 11/3, as the tour now grows to eight dates and will go as far south as Charotte NC on 10/26…and west as far as Columbus Ohio on 11/9!
---The All
Time Low show at the NYS Fair
in
---The
Brackey
LOCAL-ISH:
---Tesla is adding a date at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe PA on 10/21! It is, as of now, the only planned stop for the 80’s hair metal band in our region…the only other way to catch them is to travel, or take a cruise.
---Also adding Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe PA is Big Head Todd & The Monsters, who will be there on 11/8, who are also making this their only regional stop! Well, it is a beautiful venue…
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---Lindsey Buckingham, the estranged Fleetwood Mac guitar player, (who was fired from the band before they announced their upcoming tour which will be running at the same time as Buckingham’s) is himself hitting the road! This tour will also coincide with the release of a new Buckingham’s compilation, “Solo Anthology” to be released on 10/5! Regional stops include…Munhall PA on 10/18…Washington DC on 10/19…North Tonawanda NY on 11/27…New London CT on 11/29…York PA on 11/30…Collingswood NJ on 12/1…Boston MA on 12/5…Peekskill NY on 12/6…Concord NH on 12/8…and Bethlehem PA on 12/9!
---Rising hip-hop star
Lil Pump hits the road with
twelve fresh tour dates in the
---Former alt-pop darlings, Hoobastank (remember their #1 smash “The Reason”?) will undertake an intimate theatre-sized tour this fall…Pittsburgh PA on 11/7…Philadelphia PA on 11/8…NYC on 11/11…Boston MA on 11/12…Sayreville NJ on 11/13…and Baltimore MD on 11/14!
---The
Manchester Orchestra will headline a Fall 2018 tour with regional
faves, The Front Bottoms!
Plenty of regional stops for both of them…
---Carbon
Leaf has added a new leg to their 2018 tour and it will take place
largely in our regional area…
---Mayday Parade is headlining a new package tour including This Wild Life, Oh, Weatherly and William Ryan Key and it’s coming into our region in November…Pittsburgh PA on 11/6…Buffalo NY on 11/8…Sayreville NJ on 11/9…NYC on 11/13…and Silver Spring MD on 11/15!
---George
Clinton (Parliament/ Funkadelic) has confirmed new solo dates…only
two…but both in our region…
---As if Billy Gibbons hasn’t done enough this summer, touring with his band Z.Z. Top across North America, he is also putting together a moderate solo tour that launches in October! Out of the seven dates booked so far, two fall into our regional area, including…Beverly MA on 10/26…and Huntington NY on 10/28!
---Alt-EDM band, Big Data have announced a theatre tour for the Fall…Boston MA on 10/22…Philadelphia PA on 10/23…NYC on 10/24…and Washington DC on 10/25!
---Jack
White has announced a tour of
---Sarah McLachlan confirms a three-date tour…two of the three fall into our region, too…Port Chester NY on 9/18…and Huntington NY on 9/19!
---Echo & The Bunnymen are building a Fall tour and have two new regional dates…Boston MA on 11/20…and NYC on 11/21!
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---Chris
Barron, of the Spin Doctors, has booked a solo date…at
Jupiter Hall in
---Tom
Morello, of Rage Against The Machine/ Audioslave/ Prophets of Rage,
has announced a solo “one-off” in
---Gary
Wright will play “one show only” in an intimate venue,Stanhope House in
---
TOUR TWEAKING:
---From
Ashes To New have added a headlining date in
---The
Breeders have added two regional dates to the end of their
---American Idol alumni (season 7),
David Cook, adds
---Blue
October adds
---Boz Scaggs adds Bensalem PA on 11/15!
---Max
Weinberg, from Bruce Springsteen’s “E-Street Band,” adds
---Peabo
Bryson adds
---The Sonny Landreth/ John Haitt co-headlining tour adds Frederick MD on 8/22!
---Following that tour, John Haitt returns to a solo headlining tour adding new dates in Wilmington DE on 10/27…and Beverly MA on 10/28!
---Guster
adds
---Mary Chapin Carpenter adds Glenside PA on 11/1!
---Jesse
Colin Young adds
---Guided By
Voices add
---Tech N9ne
adds
---Troye
Sivan adds
---Joywave
adds
---Dokken
finally adds a show for their 2018 reunion tour in our region…
---Graham
Nash adds
---Tony
Bennett adds
---Phil Lesh adds NYC on 9/7!
---Roger McGuinn adds a second show in NYC on 9/23, and brings Chris Hillman and Marty Stuart along with him for this one as well!
---Jason Mraz adds Red Bank NJ on 11/27!
---Kenny G
adds
---Little
Anthony & The Imperials and
The Flamingoes add
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---Big Data (4)
---Big Head Todd & The Monsters (1)
---Billy Gibbons (2)
---Blue October (1)
---Boz Scaggs (1)
---Carbon Leaf (7)
---
---Chris Barron (1)
---Curveball (-3)
---David Cook (2)
---Dokken (1)
---Driftwood (1)
---Echo & The Bunnymen (2)
---From Ashes To New (1)
---Gary Wright (1)
---George Clinton (2)
---Graham Nash (1)
---Guided By Voices (2)
---Guster (1)
---Hoobastank (6)
---Jack White (1)
---Jason Mraz (1)
---Jesse Colin Young (1)
---John Haitt (2)
---Joywave (1)
---Kenny G (1)
---Lil Pump (2)
---Lindsey Buckingham (10)
---Little Anthony & The Imperials/ The Flamingoes (1)
---
---Mary Chapin Carpenter (1)
---Max Weinberg (1)
---Mayday Parade (5)
---Peabo Bryson (1)
---Phil Lesh (1)
---Roger McGuinn/ Chris Hillman/ Marty Stuart (1)
---Sarah McLachlan (2)
---Sonny Landreth/ John Haitt (1)
---Tech N9ne (1)
---Tesla (1)
---The Breeders (2)
---Tony Bennett (2)
---Troye Sivan (3)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 081018:
---
---Spiedie
Fest @ Otsiningo Park in
---Rapid Decay Fest 2: Hyper Decay has been set and booked for Friday, October 12th at the HCS skatepark in Vestal! The line-up includes a long list of Grind Noise/ Fastcore/ Gore/ Harsh Grind/ Power Violence-Grind/ GoreGrind/ Death Metal/ BeatDown Grind bands, including Binghamton’s own, fastcore band, Complex Crimes and fastest bois, Street Feet! If this is your “scene” make sure you hit this show!
---Revered former member of the Grateful Dead, Bob
Weir has a new band, Bob Weir and
Wolf Bros. and a new tour to support it!
The tour comes into our area, both local and regional on 11/8
with a stop at the Landmark
Theatre in
---Led Zeppelin tribute band,
Zoso is coming to Lando’s
in
---David
Byrne’s tour date in
---It has been confirmed that the The
Steep Canyon Rangers show at
CMAC (finger lakes performing arts center in Canandaigua ny) on
8/31, will include comedians,
Steve Martin & Martin Short.
Martin, of course also plays banjo with the Steep Canyon Rangers, so
these shows will mix comedy and music.
The tour also added shows in Lenox MA on 9/2…
LOCAL-ISH:
---Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park will undertake his first solo tour this fall, in what must be part therapy as well as work…see Shinoda in…Montreal QC on 10/10…Toronto ON on 10/11…NYC on 10/13…Philadelphia PA on 10/14…Stroudsburg PA (at Sherman Theatre) on 10/15…Boston MA on 11/14…and Silver Spring MD on 11/17!
---Blue Oyster Cult just picked up a gig at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe PA @ 8pm on Friday 11/16!
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---Country/ pop crossover star and American Idol alumni, Carrie Underwood, is not just pregnant with baby #2, she is expecting a new baby to not slow her down in the slightest! She’s already announced dates for her 2019 “Cry Pretty 360” tour and it will be coming into our regional area…Toronto ON on 6/9/19…Hershey PA on 6/13/19…NYC on 10/2/19…Washington DC on 10/4/19…Philadelphia PA on 10/5/19…Boston MA on 10/10/19…Pittsburgh PA on 10/12/19…and Buffalo NY on 10/13/19! Opening up will be Runaway June And Maddie & Tae.
---Guitarist/ singer, Billy Gibbons of Z.Z. Top has announced a full-fledge solo tour, so those two dates in our region that we mentioned last week are now six…Derry NH on 10/25…(the previously announced) Beverly MA on 10/26…(also previously released) Huntington NY on 10/28…NYC on 10/30 & 10/31…and Washington DC on 11/1!
---Blur guitar player, Graham Coxon, apparently is tired of waiting for singer, Damon Albarn to stop making Gorillaz albums and come back to the band that made him famous! Coxon is going on an eight-date, solo tour…of which, six dates are within our region…Toronto ON on 9/19…Washington DC on 9/23…NYC on 9/24…Brooklyn NY on 9/25…Cambridge MA on 9/26…and Philadelphia PA on 9/27!
---Foreigner’s
original line-up reunion show (featuring both current and original
members in separate sets) was such a hit that the members have agreed to
four more of them…and this time two of them actually fall into our
region..11/30 in
---Upcoming rap star, Hoodie Allen has confirmed his Fall tour, which will spend its last five dates in our region…Cambridge MA on 11/3 & 11/4…NYC on 11/5…Philadelphia PA on 11/7…and Asbury Park NJ on 11/8!
---DevilDriver is hitting the road this fall with a new package tour featuring opening bands Jinjer and Raven Black…Rochester NY on 11/1…Brooklyn NY on 11/2…Providence RI on 11/4…Poughkeepsie NY on 11/5…Easton PA on 11/6…and Lancaster PA on 11/7!
---The
Church announced this week that they’ll tour in support of the 30th
anniversary of their break-out album, “Starfish” which featured their
first international hit song, “Under The Milky Way.”
Dates, include…
---Terry Bozzio of Missing Persons is going on a solo tour later this month and into September…Regional dates include…Pittsburgh PA on 8/31…Washington DC on 9/2…Sellersville PA on 9/4…and Fall River MA on 9/8!
---Stephen
Bishop will play a two-date tour…8/16 at the
Cutting Room in NYC…and the
SugarHouse Casino in
---Modern rockers, Rookie Of The Year are returning to our region with new tour dates…Pittsburgh PA on 8/28…Stanhope NJ on 8/29…Philadelphia PA on 10/1…and NYC on 10/3!
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---King’s X will play one show only at Sellersville PA, in the iconic, Sellersville Theatre on 8/26! Aside from this show, it’s you’ll have to wait until the 2019 “Monsters Of Rock” cruises to see them!
---Soil is booking shows for it’s own headlining tour, after it’s stint with Puddle Of Mudd…just one for us so far…Hard Rock Café in Pittsburgh PA on 8/17!
---Aaron West & The Roaring Twenties will play one-show-only at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC on 8/24 with Steady Hands, Just Surrender and We Were Sharks warming up.
---Beanie Sigel books a one-shot in NYC at the Diamond Horseshoe (otherwise known by it’s “corporate” name as sony hall) on 9/19!
---Alt-rockers,
Wheatus have booked a one-off
at MilkBoy in
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Graham Nash adds Red Bank NJ on 3/6/19.
---Local H
add
---Mushroomhead
adds
---Shawn
Mullins adds Sellersville PA on 8/16…and
---lovelytheband
adds
---Tantric
breaks away from the Puddle Of Mudd tour for a solo show on 8/17 in
---Spyro
Gyra adds
---Roger
McGuinn’s smattering of dates is turning slowly into a tour with
Chris Hillman and Marty
Stuart! McGuinn just
added
---Janet
Jackson will play the Mohegan
Sun Arena in
---…and speaking of Janet Jackson, she will also be a part of the Shawn Mendes show on the Great Lawn in Central Park, along with Cardi B and John Legend on 9/29!
---Stephanie Mills is adding more dates onto the end of her 2018 trek…Washington DC on 9/30…Pittsburgh PA on 10/4…and Alexandria VA on 10/19!
---Lita Ford
adds
---Orgy
is adding more incursions into our region…
---The
Little River Band adds Munhall PA on 9/21…
---Upon A
Burning Body adds
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---Aaron West & The Roaring Twenties/ Steady Hands/ Just Surrender/ We Were Sharks (1)
---Athena Desai (1)
---Beanie Sigel (1)
---Bob Weir & Wolf Bros. (5)
---Carrie Underwood (8)
---David Byrne (+-0)
---DevilDriver/ Jinjer/ Raven Black (6)
---Foreigner (2)
---Graham Coxon (6)
---Graham Nash (1)
---Hoodie Allen (5)
---Janet Jackson (1)
---King’s X (1)
---Lita Ford (1)
---Little River Band (4)
---Local H (1)
---lovelytheband (1)
---Mike Shinoda (7)
---Mushroomhead/ Kissing Candace (1)
---Roger McGuinn/ Chris Hillman (2)
---Rookie Of The Year (4)
---Shawn Mendes/ Cardi B/ Janet Jackson/ John Legend (1)
---Shawn Mullins (2)
---Spyro Gyra (1)
---Stephanie Mills (3)
---Stephen Bishop (2)
---Steve Martin/ Martin Short/
---Tantric (1)
---Terry Bozzio (4)
---The Church (5)
---Wheatus (1)
---Zoso (1)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 080318:
[note: my apologies for the late post…still trying to catch up from vacation, follow-up leads and decyper my notes…plus keep up with developing stories. Just another day in the life…more coming soon]
---Our local national touring band, folk-rockers, Driftwood have just added a new leg to their Fall regional tour that will take them to…NYC on 10/13…Washington DC on 10/17…Philadelphia PA on 10/18…Charlotte NC on 10/26…Cleveland on 11/8…Columbus OH on 11/9…and Pittsburgh PA on 11/10! Come back home soon!
---
---Blues artist,
Shemekia Copeland has booked
the Center For The Arts in
Homer NY (near
---Also coming to Homer NY this fall, is the return of the Chris Robinson Brotherhood! They will play the Center For The Arts on10/7…as well as, South Burlington VT on 10/3…Holyoke MA on 10/5…the previously announced Catskills Wine & Music Festival in Burlingham NY on 10/6, plus…Pittsburgh PA on 10/31…Ardmore PA on 11/2 & 11/3…Brooklyn NY on 11/4…Washington DC on 11/9…Boston MA on 11/10…Clifton Park NY on 11/11…Lancaster PA on 11/13…Hartford CT on 11/15…Norfolk CT on 11/16…and Rochester NY on 11/17! Whew.
---John
Waite, formerly of The Baby’s and Bad English, has booked a stop at
the Auburn Public Theatre in
---The Peach
Festival at
LOCAL-ISH:
---Reggae artist, Ziggy Marley, has announced a small run of late Summer 2018 dates, including one at nearby Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe PA on 9/16 and regional stops in Vienna VA on 9/1…Hyannis MA on 9/2…New Haven CT on 9/15…and NYC on 9/7!
---Charlie Daniels Band and the Outlaws will also make a stop at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe PA on Friday 11/9!
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---Rochester electronic outfit,
Joywave have finally announced additional tour stops that are
actually in our region…Clifton Park NY on 8/2…Wakefield RI on
8/3…Baltimore MD on 10/18…Boston MA on 10/19…and Brooklyn NY on 10/20!
In case you forgot, the indie EDM band made a national splash
with their hit song, “Dangerous”
---This week we know more about the
New Politics tour that will bring them into our region at least a
half-dozen times (remember we found out about two dates last?)…
---The So So
Def 25th Anniversary Tour will hit the road this Fall,
featuring hip hop all-stars from the 90’s including,
Jermaine Dupri, Xscape, Da Brat,
Jagged Edge, Bow Wow, Anthony Hamilton, Bone Crusher, Youngbloodz, Dem
Franchize Boyz and J-Kwon!
The fest will make three stops in our region…10/14 at
Capital Arena in
---Silverstein will celebrate their 15th anniversary this fall with a massive tour that will also include Hawthorne Heights, As Cities Burn and Capstan as part of the package…11/10 in Buffalo NY @ Town Ballroom…11/12 in Pittsburgh PA @ Rex Theatre…11/14 in Clifton Park NY @ Upstate Concert Hall…11/15 in Worcester MA @ The Palladium…11/16 in Brooklyn NY @ Warsaw…11/17 in Asbury Park NJ @ Asbury Lanes…11/18 in Philadelphia PA @ Theatre of Living Arts…11/20 in Baltimore MD @ Baltimore Soundstage…12/14 in Montreal QC @ Le National…and 12/15 in Toronto ON @ Opera House Concert Venue!
---From
Ashes To New and Bad Wolves
have been added to the Fall leg of the
Five Finger Death Punch &
Breaking Benjamin tour, but they don’t play all dates, so pay
attention to the show listing, if it matters to you.
The tour is set to stop at…
---The Lantern Tour: Concerts for Migrants and Refugee Families is coming soon to a metropolitan area near you, with a rotating cast of performers…and by that I mean Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shawn Colvin, Jerry Douglas, Lila Downs, Steve Earle and Graham Nash! Emmylou Harris will be the one constant headliner, the others may rotate in and out as the tour plays…Washington DC on 10/25…Collingswood NJ on 10/26…Boston MA on 10/27…and NYC on 10/28! Check out the Regional Concert Page to find out which performers will be playing where!
---The Wood Brothers, who more and more musicians are talking about, have posted not only Fall 2018 dates, but are now booking into Winter 2019…Kennett Square PA on 8/28…Red Bank NJ on 10/30…New Haven CT on 11/7…Philadelphia PA on 1/9…Buffalo NY on 1/22…Port Chester NY on 1/24…and Boston MA on 1/26!
---Former Scorpions guitarist,
Uli Jon Roth has booked a couple solo dates already for 2019…
--The BulletBoys, Enuff Z’nuff and Jack Russell’s Great White have teamed-up for the Hair Nation tour…basically a package tour of lesser hair metal bands from the 80’s…that will make stops at…Asbury Park NJ on 10/11…Philadelphia PA on 10/12…Harrisburg PA on 10/13...and Huntington NY on 10/14! Not trying to disparage, but to analyze, Jack Russell has had the biggest hits on the ticket, but with a different version of “Great White,” and the BulletBoys, of course made the biggest impact with their metal cover of The O’Jays, “For The Love Of Money.”
---Drake Bell, the former actor from the Disney Channel kids show, Drake & Josh, takes his band on the road in September…Holyoke MA on 9//20…and Pittsburgh PA on 9/26!
---Pop/ rocker,
Buddy will play just a few
dates in 2018…and only one in our region…Milkboy in
---3Oh3!
are back with a new tour and three (appropriately) regional dates…
---80’s hair metal band, Ratt, return with a new line-up, minus late guitarist, Robin Crosby and opportunistic drummer Bobby Blotzer, a half dozen new national dates and they’ll be visiting our region at least three times next month…Hampton Beach NH on 9/22…Huntington NY on 9/26…and Montclair NJ on 9/28!
---Singer/ songwriter, Pete Yorn, has booked only three Fall dates…and so far, they’re all in our region…Washington DC on 9/26…NYC on 9/30…and Cambridge MA on 10/3!
---Funk/ jam band, Twiddle, favorites of fans of Phish and moe. has announced Fall 2018 tour dates, but sadly, only two in our region…Washington DC on 10/26…and Boston MA on 12/30!
---Highly
Suspect has announced a trifling of tour dates, including two in our
region…
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---Olivia
Newton-John plays a one-off in
---Another odd one-time-only show, Petula Clark has been booked at the Diamond Horseshoe in NYC on 11/6!
--- The Yeah
Yeah Yeah’s will play just one show on the east coast for the rest
of 2018, with
---Procol
Harum have booked one terrestrial date after they play a bunch of
“On The Blue Cruise’s”…at the
Scottish Rite Auditorium in
---My
Morning Jacket have booked a one-shot show…at
Great Scott in Allston MA
(just outside
---70’s latin disco outfit,
Mocedades has booked a one-off at
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Joan Baez
adds two dates in
---Reel Big
Fish add
---As Eric
Johnson’s 2018 tour continues, new legs get added and new regional
dates are blended in…
---Sonny
Landreth adds
---Please note: the
Wiz Khalifa show, originally
set for Great Woods in
---Danny
Seraphine’s CTA ft. Bill Champlin adds
---We Came
As Romans finally adds a show in our region…
---Umphrey’s
McGee adds
---Jim
Lauderdale adds…
---O.A.R.
adds
---Dave
Mason adds
---Graham
Nash adds
---Minus The
Bear adds another date to their farewell tour…
---Matisyahu adds Sellersville PA on 8/27!
---R&B crooner,
Freddie Jackson adds
---Rickie
Lee Jones adds
---Black
Stone Cherry adds
---The
English Beat add
---Moon Taxi
& Moon Hooch add a second
night at the 930 Club in
---UB40 add Silver Spring MD on 10/27!
---The
Yardbirds add
---The
Subdudes add
---Marshall
Crenshaw adds
---
---Dee Snider, formerly of Twisted Sister, adds on to a small solo tour with new dates in Warrendale PA on 8/26…and Englewood NJ on 1/18!
---Kip
Winger adds
---John
Fogerty adds
---Marco
Benevento adds a second night in
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---Black Stone Cherry (1)
---Buddy (1)
---BulletBoys/ Enuff Z’nuff/ Jack Russell’s Great White (4)
---
---Chris Robinson Brotherhood (14)
---Danny Seraphine’s CTA
---Dave Mason (1)
---
---Driftwood (7)
---Eric Johnson (2)
---Freddie Jackson (1)
---Graham Nash (1)
---Highly Suspect (2)
---Jermaine Dupri/ Xscape/ Da Brat/ Jagged Edge/ Bow Wow/ Anthony Hamilton/ Bone Crusher/ Youngbloodz/ Dem Franchize Boyz/ J-Kwon (3)
---Jim Lauderdale (3)
---Joan Baez (2)
---John Fogerty (2)
---Joywave (5)
---Kip Winger (1)
---Marco Benevento (1)
---Marshall Crenshaw (2)
---Minus The Bear (1)
---Mocedades (1)
---Moon Taxi/ Moon Hooch (1)
---My Morning Jacket (1)
---O.A.R. (1)
---Pete Yorn (3)
---Petula Clark (1)
---Procol Harum (1)
---Ratt (3)
---Reel Big Fish (4)
---Rickie Lee Jones (2)
---Shemekia Copeland (3)
---Silverstein/
---Sonny Landreth (1)
---The Subdudes (1)
---The Yardbirds (1)
---UB40 (1)
---Uli Jon Roth (2)
---Umphrey’s McGee (1)
---We Came As Romans (1)
---Wiz Khalifa (+/-0)
---Yeah Yeah Yeah’s/
---Ziggy Marley (5)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 072718:
[note: sorry for the late post everyone…took some time off…will be catching up as the week progresses.]
---The line-up for the
Seedstock X has been set!
Unfortunately, the annual festival in
Friday 8/3:
Sophistafunk/ Root Shock/
Saturday 8/4:
The Unknown Jones/ Digger Jones/ The Unknown Woodsmen/ The Blind Spots/ The Gunpoets/ Thousands Of One/ Mike Powell & Black River/ Small Town Shade/ Gnosis/ Charley Orlando/ Denton Rex/ Vintage Pretty/ Von Barnes Band
Sunday 8/5:
The Neighbors/ Dirty Blanket/ Kitestring/ Zachary Rowland/ Colleen Kattau/ Bess Greenberg
---Another “local” festival with a local music
flair on Spiedie Fest weekend, is the
Blueberry Jam held at
RedBarn @ Danville Springs, near
Friday 8/3:
5-6 Kenyon Hill
6-7:30 Uncle Shake
8-10:00 Milkweed Electric
10:30-12:30 The Look
Saturday 8/4:
11AM-12PM The Grateful Dans
12-1 Joe Stento
1-2 Elijah Summers and The Get Together
2-3 Edgy Sketch
3:30-4:30 Slideways
5-6:30 Fetish Lane
7-8:30 Kenyon Hill
9-10:30 The Woodshed Prophets
11PM-12:30AM The Grateful Dans
Side stage:
performances will be by: The Barn Bats ( Kenyon Hill members with
guests) Rhianna Shew, Lady Purple, Nick Garnsey, Uncle Shake, Kyle Farr,
and Brittany Rose with Corinne Roma and friendz.
As for tickets, there’s a price range for everybody…Weekend Pass with
camping $50…Weekend Pass without camping $45…Day Pass: $25…Day Pass with
camping: $30…Early Bird Weekend Pass: $40 (includes one free meal)…just
remember…BYOB, Please No Glass, Dogs, or Fireworks.
---Bill MacKechnie, of local prog band, Anubis Spire, posted this week that an invaluable member of the band has passed on. Here’s his facebook post:
“It is with great
sadness that I write to tell you all that ANUBIS SPIRE song writer,
guitarist, vocalist, and my good friend, Marlon Kempmann, passed away
from a heart attack a week ago.
Those
of us who were close to him have known for a while, but out of respect
for the family's wishes, have not been at liberty to announce it until
now. That's been hard.
His is
a loss that will leave a huge hole in all our lives and an even larger
one in our hearts. His generosity, humor, support
for his fellow musicians and love of music were legendary. If you were a
friend of his, you were blessed with the best friend in the world.
Like other friends who have left us
recently, he too has left too soon.
Without
Marlon's incredible work over the last decades, it's doubtful Anubis
Spire would have been as successful as it became. His mastering skills
were often almost supernatural, making even my muddled mixes ultimately
listenable.
His
kindness, generosity of spirit, humor, support for his fellow musicians,
and love of music were genuine, and oft times awe inspiring. If you were
down he'd pick you up. Unsure of yourself, he'd make you see just how
special you really are. If you were disgusted and ready to throw in the
towel, he wouldn't let you. I can only hope he truly knew how special
and loved by so many HE was.
I
apologize to him (and you) now for not being articulate or eloquent
enough to truly tell you all he meant to me personally, and to the other
members of Anubis Spire, but I have been writing goodbyes too much
lately.
As yet,
his family has not posted any other info. If and when they do, I will
post it here.
Thank
you, Marlon, for making the music so much better and all our lives more
joyful. Someday, I hope I can pay you back.”
…that’s a powerful tribute, Bill, when it makes you wish you’d known the guy, too.
---The
Jukebox The Ghost tour is now coming to the
Lost Horizon in
---The Blue
October tour is also growing to now include
---Nonpoint’s
one regional date in
---Halestorm
and In This Moment have
extended their tour together into the Fall, and this time, it gets
local! See them in…
---Driftwood, our local/ national touring band, has added another tour date to their national schedule, although this really is more regional….Mifflinburg PA on 9/21 at the Rusty Nail Brewing Company.
LOCAL-ISH:
---Mohawk NY jam band,
moe. have announced a
two-night stand at the Saranac
Brewery in
---The Isley
Brothers have announced a show at
Mt. Airy Casino in Mount
Pocono PA on 9/1! This will
be a rare show in the Mid-Atlantic for the band, who are mostly playing
in the west or the south of the
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
----Avenged Sevenfold had to fold the tent on their summer 2018 tour this week, due to the fact that their lead singer has a blood blister on a vocal chord and it is said it will take three months for it to heal! Meanwhile that leaves the rest of a big name package tour, up in the air. Some festivals may continue without them, but the tour at large? That remains to be seen.
---blink-182
has announced tour dates, the first since drummer, Travis Barker was
diagnosed with blood clots in his arms, so I guess they’re better now.
The alt-rockers will be coming back to our region as
well…Uncasville CT on 9/20…
---Rocker, Lenny Kravitz has announced an eight-date tour to promote his new album, “Raise Vibration,” and it is set to impact our region, but only twice…Washington DC on 9/24…and NYC on 9/27! There is room for addition shows, so don’t blink.
---Hanson returns with a symphonic tour in support of their forthcoming album, “String Theory.” The tour is set to makes several stops in our region…Pittsburgh PA on 8/2…Vienna VA on 8/4…Boston MA on 11/10…Philadelphia PA on 11/11…NYC on 11/13…for two nights, Toronto on 11/20 & 11/21…and Buffalo NY on 6/7/2019! The album is expected to arrive in the fall.
---The Struts have announced a Fall 2018 tour, that spins off from their warm-up spot on the Foo Fighters tour this Summer…Toronto ON on 9/26…Clifton Park NY on 9/30…NYC on 10/2 & 10/3…Asbury Park NJ on 10/5…Philadelphia PA on 10/6…and Washington DC on 10/8!
---The Crystal Method have announced a Fall 2018 tour as well, and they’ll be coming into our region at least a few times…Philadelphia PA on 9/21…Rochester NY on 9/22…Brooklyn NY on 10/31…Washington DC on 11/3…and Toronto ON on 12/14!
---Jazz artist Steve Tyrell has announced a 24-night residency at the Café Carlyle in NYC starting on 11/27 and running thru12/29! Check the Regional Concert Page for specific dates…and appreciate my hard work at data entry!
---Ghostface
Killah, of Wu-Tang Clan, will step out in PA during September with
back-to-back stops…in
---alt-pop darlings from a few years ago, New Politics (remember their hit song “Harlem?”) are currently booking a few tour dates…and by a few, I mean less than a handful…Clifton Park NY (near albany) on 11/10…and Asbury Park NJ on 11/15 are the only ones in our region so far.
---Mastodon
has three regional dates at the end of their Canadian tour…Hamilton ON
on 9/19…Port Chester NY on 9/20…and Silver Spring MD on 9/21!
---Ana
Popovic has announced a late Summer schedule…
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---Bela
Fleck books a one-off in
---So far, the only
Dee Snider (former lead
singer of Twisted Sister) date I have (…and I expect more since he has a
new album coming out..) is for
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Violent
Femmes add
---Joan Baez
adds two more dates to her farewell tour…
---Peter
Yarrow and Noel Paul Stokey,
the remaining two-thirds of Peter, Paul & Mary, have booked a regional
date together…in
---Moon Taxi
adds
---Dirty
Heads add
---Wyclef
Jean adds
---Gin Blossoms add NYC on 8/7!
---Orgy adds NYC on 9/4!
---Tauk
adds
---Ostracized former Eagles bass player,
Don Felder, adds
---Sebastian Bach adds NYC on 10/21!
---Carbon Leaf adds NYC on 11/2!
---Oleta Adams NYC show on 11/10 moves again…now, to the HighLine Ballroom!
---Lee Ann
Womack adds
---Alkaline
Trio add
---Black
Stone Cherry add
---Social
Distortion adds Silver Spring MD on 9/29…
---Guided By
Voices adds
---Glenn
Tilbrook of Squeeze, adds
---John
Waite adds
---Sonny
Landreth adds
---Phil Lesh
adds
---Peter
Wolf, former J. Geils Band singer, adds one date to a one date tour…
---Brewer &
Shipley add
---Gary
Clark Jr. adds two nights at the
---
---Todd Rundgren adds Munhall PA on 8/8!
---Jason
Mraz adds
---Avett
Brothers add a three night stand
---David
Cook adds
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---Alkaline Trio (1)
---Avenged Sevenfold (cancelled)
---Avett Brothers (3)
---Bela Fleck (1)
---Black Stone Cherry (1)
---blink 182 (3)
---Blue October (1)
---Brewery & Shipley (1)
---Carbon Leaf (1)
---
---
---Dirty Heads (1)
---Gary Clark Jr. (2)
---Ghostface Killah (2)
---Gin Blossoms (1)
---Glenn Tilbrook (1)
---Guided By Voices (2)
---Halestorm/ In This Moment (3)
---Hanson (8)
---Jason Mraz (2)
---Joan Baez (2)
---John Waite (1)
---Jukebox The Ghost (1)
---Lee Ann Womack (2)
---Lenny Kravitz (2)
---Mastodon/
---moe. (2)
---Moon Taxi (2)
---New Politics (2)
---Nonpoint (4)
---O.A.R./ Matt Nathanson (1)
---Oleta Adams (+-0)
---Orgy (1)
---Peter Wolf (1)
---Peter Yarrow/ Noel Paul Stokey (1)
---Phil Lesh (1)
---Sebastian Bach (1)
---Seedstock X (3)
---Social Distortion (3)
---Sonny Landreth (1)
---Steve Tyrell (24)
---Tauk (2)
---The Crystal Method (5)
---The Isley Brothers (1)
---The Struts (7)
---Todd Rundgren (1)
---Violent Femmes (2)
---Violent Femmes/ Echo & The Bunnymen (1)
---Wyclef Jean (1)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 072018:
---The Boodenfooz Music and Arts Festival at Hickories Park in Owego, was shortened by rains which came thru our area late on Saturday afternoon (about 530 or 6pm), but Fox 40s weekend news crew got out there and filed a report! Click on the link to see it below: http://www.wicz.com/story/38647028/first-boodenfooz-festival-features-musicians-artist-and-technology
---The Grassroots Festival has already started this weekend and Fox 40 news talked with one of the festival organizers on Monday and filed this report! Check it out by clicking on this link:
http://www.wicz.com/story/38654218/grassroots-festival-returns-with-more-music-camping-and-community
---Following the retirement bash for Phil & Kathy at Manley’s, in J.C. last week, you’ll be happy to hear that the venue will live on, but now, under new management. Will that mean a rebranding? …A name change? …That remains to be seen.
---Jukebox
The Ghost to play The Haunt in
---Local musician Ashley Lux recently added some new photo’s to her facebook page and revealed that she is shooting a new music video, which I would guess, means new music is on the way! Cross your fingers!
---Congrats to
Brian Wolff, the former
---Athena
Desai is working on a new song, “Unsaid” and demoed a clip of it on
facebook for us all to hear! She
debuted it live at a show on Thursday (7/19) this week in the
Atomic Bean in
---NYS Fair update: Z.Z. Top has been added to the growing list of great shows lined-up for the 13 days leading up to Labor Day! The zig-zag boys will play a FREE show on The Court on Saturday night, September 1st @ 8pm! Get there early because you know The Court will be packed that night! Also added last week, The Temptations @ 2pm FREE on the Court on 8/28!
---Ani
DiFranco will play the Westcott Theatre in
---I got this one up a little late! The Groton Summer Concert Series, started last weekend, Friday 7/13, and will continue every Friday at the Groton American Legion @ 630p! Bring your own chair, snacks & non-alcoholic drinks, but they will have concessions available, as well as bathrooms & seating available on-site; so bring the whole family, your friends and neighbors, too!
July 13th- Richman & the Po’BoyZ
July 20th-
July 27th- Aiken Heart
August 3rd- Tink Bennett & Tailor Made
August 10th- The Destination
August 17th- Bad Water
August 23rd- Thursday-
---“New
Band Alert,” from the greater
---alternative/ indie artist, Ray LaMontagne has confirmed Fall 2018 tour dates and his latest jaunt will bring him as close as the Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre PA on 11/18 @ 730p…and a few other regional stops as well…New Haven CT on 10/8…NYC on 10/10…and Rochester NY @ 10/12!
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---The
Generation Axe Tour is slowly adding dates, but not fast enough for
guitar aficionados like me!
So far just three dates for our region…little more than a half-dozen
nationwide, for a tour that includes some of the greatest guitarists in
our lifetime…Yngwie Malmsteen,
Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde, Nuno Bettencourt and
Tosin Abasi! The tours
three stops so far…
---John Lodge, of The Moody Blues, is launching a solo tour in October! The eight date tour will largely play in our region…Washington DC on 10/14…Sellersville PA on 10/15…NYC on 10/17…Plymouth NH on 10/19…Norfolk CT on 10/20…Greenwich RI on 10/21…and Arlington MA on 10/23!
---The
Diplomats (or Dipset) ft. hip hop stars, Cam’ron, Freekey Zekey, Jim
Jones and Juelz Santana has announced less than a handful of new dates,
but three of them fall into our region!
See them at…The Dome @ Oakdale Theatre in
---Three Days Grace have announced a late Fall/ early Winter tour of Canada, which will bring them close to us at least twice…Montreal QC on 11/25 with Nothing More and Fozzy…Hamilton ON on 11/28 with Nothing More and Bad Wolves on the bill.
---The Soft
Machine are coming to
---The Brian Setzer Orchestra have announced their annual X-mas tour, so get into the holiday mood with regional stops in…Mashantucket CT on 11/23…Philadelphia PA on 11/24…Red Bank NJ on 11/25…Westbury NY on 11/27…Englewood NJ on 11/28…and Washington DC on 11/30!
---Underoath, The Plot In You and Dance Gavin Dance have teamed-up for a North American tour that will bring them into our region just before the end of the year…NYC on 12/5…Huntington NY on 12/7…Worcester M on 12/8…and Philadelphia PA on 12/9!
---Singer/ songwriter, Kiiara will hit the road this Fall and is booking a handful of dates for our region…Brooklyn NY on 11/5…Philadelphia PA on 11/6…Boston MA on 11/8…Buffalo NY on 11/10…and Washington DC on 11/11!
---Minus The
Bear is embarking on a farewell tour (after only two decades) this
Fall with new dates, many of which fall into our regional area…Toronto
ON on 10/21…Pittsburgh PA on 10/23…Silver Spring MD on 10/24…Boston MA
on 10/25…Asbury Park NJ on 10/26…Philadelphia PA on 10/27…and NYC on
10/28! They have also
announced that they will release their final EP concurrent with the
start of the tour which at this point is set for 10/9 in
---Machine Head have announced Fall 2018 dates in support of their latest album, “Catharsis” and will be coming into our region by late October/ early November…Pittsburgh PA on 10/29…Hartford CT on 10/30…Huntington NY on 10/31…Sayreville NJ on 11/2…and Baltimore MD on 11/4!
---Escape The Fate have booked, what is so far, a 13-date late Summer/ early Fall tour with, mysteriously, only two-dates in our region…Erie PA on 9/20…and Clifton Park NY on 9/23! Typically they headline a package tour, but it seems as if the “package” is still being built.
---Todd Snider is trying to build Fall 2018 tour, but so far just a smattering of loose dates…Rochester NY on 11/10…Pawling NY on 11/11…and Wilmington DE on 11/18!
---Modern rockers,
Tauk have announced Fall
dates, including…
---Country crossover star, Charley Pride is, not only still alive, but still touring and will play a few dates in our region…Boston MA on 10/17…and Washington DC on 10/20!
---KT Tunstall has announced a small North American tour following her European Summer tour…dates for our region include…Washington DC on 11/11…NYC on 11/12…Philadelphia PA on 11/13…Cambridge MA on 11/14…Buffalo NY on 11/16…and Toronto ON on 11/17!
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---Booker T. Jones, of Booker T & The MG’s fame, books a one-off on 11/18 at Infinity Hall in Hartford CT!
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Ludacris
adds
---Don
McLean adds
---Joe
Bonamassa adds
---Particle
adds a show in
---The
BoDeans add
---Nonpoint
adds
---Mary
Chapin Carpenter adds
---The Alarm
adds
---Pusha T adds Silver Spring MD on 8/14!
---Local H
adds
---Gaelic
Storm adds
---Daughtry adds NYC on 10/3!
---Herbie
Hancock adds
---The Hooters add NYC on 8/21!
---Lil Jon adds NYC on 9/15!
---Roger McGuinn adds NYC on 9/24! Chris Hillman and Marty Stuart are also on the bill!
---CkY
add
---Arlo
Guthrie adds
---Darlene Love adds Red Bank NJ on 12/20!
---Alien Ant
Farm add
---Southside
Johnny & The Asbury Jukes add
---Restless
Heart adds
---Kenny G
adds
---Nothing
More adds a solo club date with
Eyes Set To Kill and
Bad Wolves on an off-date
during the Five Finger Death Punch tour…in
---Ambrosia
adds
---The
Temptations add
---Carbon
Leaf adds
---Tony
Bennett adds
---Danny
Seraphine, formerly of
---Judy
Collins adds
---Lake
Street Dive adds
---Thrice adds NYC on 10/5!
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---Ambrosia (2)
---Alien Ant Farm (1)
---Arlo Guthrie (1)
---BoDeans (1)
---Booker T. Jones (1)
---Brian Setzer Orchestra (6)
---Carbon Leaf (1)
---Charley Pride (2)
---CkY (1)
---Danny Seraphine (1)
---Darlene Love (1)
---Daughtry (1)
---Don McLean (1)
---Escape The Fate (2)
---Gaelic Storm (2)
---Generation Axe Tour (3)
---Herbie Hancock (1)
---Joe Bonamassa (1)
---John Lodge (7)
---Judy Collins (1)
---Jukebox The Ghost (1)
---Kenny G (1)
---Kiiara (5)
---K.T. Tunstall (6)
---
---Lil Jon (1)
---Local H (1)
---Ludacris (1)
---Machinehead (5)
---Mary Chapin Carpenter (1)
---Nonpoint (1)
---Nothing More/ Eyes Set To Kill/ Bad Wolves (1)
---Particle (1)
---Pusha T (1)
---Ray LaMontagne (4)
---Restless Heart (2)
---Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes (1)
---Tauk (3)
---The Alarm (2)
---The Diplomats (3)
---The Hooters (1)
---The Soft Machine (9)
---Three Days Grace/ Nothing More (2)
---Thrice (1)
---Todd Snider (3)
---Tony Bennett (1)
---Underoath/ Dance Gavin Dance/ The Plot In You (4)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 071318:
---Local singer/ songwriters,
Devinne Meyers (east coast bigfoot),
Mallory Evans (next to kin) and
Mary Tewksbury (next to kin) have banded together to form a new
trio, called, The Apalachin
Annies! Meyers says the
band will focus on acoustic songs and three-part harmony!
They take their name from the wife of
---Whatever you’re doing on 7/14, stop at
Manley’s Bar in
---Is the
Triple Cities Carousel coming back?
Someone(s) is trying to bring it back, with a fund raiser held at
Atomic Toms in
---The NYS
Fair in
---Russell
Swanger (brenna swanger’s dad btw) got some love from Fox 40,
WICZ-TV last week (7/5) when he stopped by to promote Swanger’s new
company, NoTuxedoLLC, and it’s
Boodenfooz Music and Arts Festival, which is playing Owego tomorrow,
July 14th! The
festival highlights local and regional art and music!
Boodenfooz is bringing in nine local and regional indie bands, all
from the greater Binghamton-Elmira/ Corning-Cortland/
---Brackney Inn update! The owners of the establishment, which just burned down for a second time as construction was nearly complete from a previous fire last November, are waiting for insurance investigators to return from vacation to
discuss options regarding whether or not the iconic landmark in Brackney PA is rebuilt…or not.
---Dates for the
Colorscape Arts and Music
festival in
---Good Charlotte have announced 2018 North American tour dates and at least one of the six regional dates, is also a local one…Philadelphia PA on 10/21…Worcester MA on 10/23…Toronto ON on 10/25…Montreal QC on 10/26…Syracuse NY (at SI Hall @ NYS Fairgrounds) on 10/27…and NYC on 10/29!
---Blues guitar superstar,
Joe Bonamassa, is coming to the
Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre PA on 3/11, with tickets going on sale
today (7/13) for $89-199.00!
Bonamassa is also announcing new regional dates for…Hershey PA on 3/12…
---The
Egomaniacs return with a new guitar player (Wade Varano) on Friday
the 13th at Thirsty’s
in
---It’s very cool that
Alex & Reid are posting a
video diary from their
https://www.facebook.com/100010333806157/videos/656930524661402/?t=34
Fair Grinds Coffeehouse in
https://www.facebook.com/100010333806157/videos/657826381238483/
and…Neutral Grounds, also in
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---twenty one pilots are back with a new album and a new tour…”Trench” is due 10/5 and the band is hitting the road this fall with stops in…Boston MA on 10/26…Uniondale NY on 10/27…Philadelphia PA on 10/28…NYC on 10/30…and Washington DC on 10/31!
---The Roy
Orbison hologram tour has been set!
Called, “In
Dreams: Roy Orbison in Concert-The Hologram Tour” the tour
features the late singers hologram and his music “digitally remastered
arrangements” of his songs.
Catch the tour in…
---Public Image Ltd. (Johnny Lydon of the Sex Pistols post-Pistols project…try saying that five times fast…) is stepping out for a 40th Anniversary tour that will bring them into our region at least a half-dozen times…Washington DC on 10/12…Asbury Park NJ on 10/13…Brooklyn NY on 10/15…Philadelphia PA on 10/16…Montreal QC on 10/18…and Toronto ON on 10/19!
---Former pop singer and American Idol judge, Paula Abdul is going back on the road this fall…Staten Island NY on 10/9…Englewood NJ on 10/10…Westbury NY on 10/12…Lincoln RI on 10/13…and Bethlehem PA on 10/23!
---Lil Dicky (of “Freaky Friday” fame) is taking his “Life Lessons” album on the road this fall…Philadelphia PA on 11/2…NYC on 11/3…Toronto ON on 11/5…Washington DC on 11/6…and Boston MA on 11/7!
---Meanwhile, another set of British punks,
The Damned, are also booking
2018 tour dates in support of their latest album, “Evil
Spirits!” Tickets go on
sale today (7/13) for many of these dates as well…
---R&B singer/ songwriter,
Jeremih is back (his 2009 debut was a song called “Birthday Sex.”)
with a new single (“The Light” featuring Ty Dolla $ign) and a new club
tour…
---Diana Krall has confirmed Fall 2018 tour dates in support of her latest album, “Turn Up The Quiet”…Waterbury CT on 10/3…Medford MA on 10/5…Worcester MA on 10/6…Washington DC on 10/9…Morristown NJ on 10/10…New Brunswick NJ on 10/12…Atlantic City NJ on 10/13…and Easton PA on 10/14!
---The
Hooters have returned!
The
---Miley Cyrus younger sister Noah Cyrus has announced a nearly 20-date North American tour that will bring her to our region only a few times…Baltimore MD on 9/28…NYC on 10/1…and Philadelphia PA on 10/3! Looks like there’s room for more dates, too…particularly when she’s in NYC!
---Grunge-era alt-pop one-hit wonders, Local H (they had a hit song called “Bound For The Floor” remember?) have announced a new set of tour dates for late-Summer/ early-Fall 2018…Cambridge MA on 9/5…Brooklyn NY on 9/6…Asbury Park NJ on 9/7…and Philadelphia PA on 9/8!
---Tokyo
Police Club have announced a rather disjointed tour starting this
weekend in Canada…Toronto ON on 7/14…and Brooklyn NY on 10/16!
That’s right…3 months off between dates and then, the tour turns
back to Western Canada and the West Coast of the
---David Cook (American Idol Season 7, if you need reminding) has booked a few Fall show dates, two of which fall into our region…Boston MA on 11/5…and NYC on 11/12!
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---Paul
McCartney has announced a Canadian tour for September, but there’s
only one date that is close to our region…Bell
Centre in
---Rookie Of
The Year has posted a one-shot show at
The Loft in
---Well, it’s not exactly a one-off, but of the 11
dates Anita Baker has planned
for the rest of 2018, it’s the only one in the northeast…
---It’s one show and one-show-only for R&B/ hip hop outfit Onyx…at HighLine Ballroom in NYC on 9/26!
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Please be advised that Elvis Costello just cancelled all of his European dates as it is taking longer for him to recover from cancer surgery than anticipated. Will his recovery also affect his North American tour this fall? Time will tell.
---The
Decemberists add
---Dweezil
Zappa adds Beverly MA on 11/7…and
---Roger
Hodgson of Supertramp adds a second night at
---Buckcherry
adds
---10 Years are messing with their schedule adding three nights…two in Worcester MA on 7/27 & 7/28…and then another night in Worcester on 8/18, which would be the second of two nights again! Not sure if this will hold or not. We’ll keep our eye on it.
---Will Hoge
adds
---Shemekia
Copeland adds
---Guided By
Voices add
---Houndmouth
adds
---Marilyn
Manson adds
---Michael
McDonald adds
---Jackyl
adds
---
---The
English Beat add
---Boz
Scaggs adds
---James Bay
adds
---
---Warren G
adds Silver Spring MD on 8/15…and
---Blue October adds a night at a small, theatre-sized venue, the Diamond Horseshoe in NYC on 11/7!
---Third Eye Blind adds Timonium MD on 9/7!
---Borns
adds
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---10 Years (3)
---
---Anita Baker (1)
---Blue October (1)
---Borns (1)
---Boz Scaggs (1)
---Buckcherry/ LIT (1)
---
---David Cook (2)
---Diana Krall (8)
---Dweezill Zappa (2)
---Good
---Guided By Voices (1)
---Houndmouth (2)
---In Dreams: Roy Orbison in Concert-The Hologram Tour (7)
---
---Jackyl (1)
---Jeremih (3)
---Joe Bonamassa (5)
---Lil Dicky (5)
---Local H (4)
---Marilyn Manson (2)
---Michael McDonald (1)
---Noah Cyrus (3)
---Onyx (1)
---Paul McCartney (1)
---Paula Abdul (5)
---Public Image Ltd. (6)
---Roger Hodgson (1)
---Rookie Of The Year (1)
---Shemekia Copeland (1)
---The Damned (5)
---The Decemberists (2)
---The English Beat (1)
---The Hooters (2)
---Third Eye Blind (1)
---
---twenty one pilots (5)
---Warren G (2)
---Will Hoge (1)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 062918:
---Owego is launching an music and arts festival with an odd name…Boodenfooz! …which I know sounds like it should be a food and beer fest, but I digress…Boodenfooz will be held at Hickories Park in Owego NY on Saturday July 14th starting at noon and they will feature a lot of great local and regional bands, including: Grapefruit Canonball @ 12p/ Friends With Benny’s @ 1p/ Molina @ 2p/ Groton Ave @ 3p/ Small Mess @ 4p/ Rocky Burning @ 5p/ Tijuana Danger Dogs @ 6p/ Static In The Attic @ 7p/ Kites & Powerlines @ 8p! Sounds like a fun time. Admission price is $12.00 for adults twelve and over, but there are supposed to be free and/or discounted tickets locally available and I presume “locally” means in the general Owego area.
---The Binghamton Porchfest is now signing up local talent (ie musicians
and/or bands), hosts and preparing for vendors!
The organizers posted this on facebook…“
---Hot Dogs & Gin (featuring
9-year-old guitar prodigy Eamonn Hubert) and
Hi-Way Fruit Market will play the Third Annual
Binghamton BBQ Bash, coming up on Saturday 7/14 at
Traditions At The Glen, from
12 noon until 4pm! The
festival is a competition pitting local restaurants and caterers against
each other and the contest is decided by both judges and admission
holders! The twist is that
tickets will only be sold in advance and there is a limit of 500!
HD&G start playing at noon!
Hi-Way Fruit Market at
2pm!
---Don Fest has been confirmed!
It is an annual festival to commemorate local singer/ songwriter,
Don Truesdail, a SUNY
Binghamton trained musician who was shot and killed 2009 while driving
to Mar Vista school where he taught music!
It will be held at the
Cyber Café West in
---The Rock & Roar Music Festival is scheduled to be held at the
Ross Park Zoo Amphitheatre in
---Hage Fest (that’s hage, like page btw) dates have been set! Friday 8/24 thru 8/26! The annual festival will be held on private property at 108 Anthony Road, just off East River Road (Route #32) just over the Chenango River in South Oxford (or north Brisbane) NY. It’s basically a weekend long house party! Ticket prices have and will cost $15.00 per day or $25 for the weekend, including camping! Outside vendors will be on hand!
Friday Aug 24 :
7 PM - Human Powered Aggression
8PM - Diluted
9PM - Vile Tyrant
10PM - Spit Nickels
11PM - Aspired Infliction
Saturday Aug 25:
11AM - Corrosive Impact
12PM - DramaScream
1PM - Mass Casualty
2PM - Malignant
3PM - Symmetrical Defiance
4PM - Rip Open The Sky
5PM - Traverse The Abyss
6PM - Ire Clad
7PM - Undead Messengers
8PM - Skinbound
9PM - Caustic Method
10PM - Shadowborn
11PM - Lowkey
Sunday Aug 26:
11AM - Acoustic Breakfast
12PM - Eyes Of The Blind
1PM - G.A.W.D.
2PM - Debrained
3PM - Hollow Bodies
4PM - Recycled Zombies
5PM - Kreature
---The Big Mean Sound Machine’s fourth annual Big Mean BBQ, that we reported on back on 4/13, has finally announced the line-up for this year’s festival, happening on Friday 8/24 & Saturday 8/25! This year’s line-up also includes…Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Marco Benevento, Driftwood, Kat Wright, The Blind Owl Band, Danielle Ponder & The Tomorrow People, Black Castle, The Blind Spots, Tenzin Chopak, Roadman, DJ Gourd, The Ithaca Bottom Boys, Rose & The Bros, Grey Gary, Honey Cave, Personal Blend, Viva Mayhem, Part Time Lover, Peace & Rhythm, Grassroots Vinyl Lounge and Big Mean Sound Machine!
---Iconic ska/ latin/ soul/ reggae/ punk band,
The English Beat is coming to
---The iMatter Music Festival has announced it’s 2018 line-up of Christian
rock (beware the brainwashing) and it’s a pretty strong line-up this
year, if you’re into mythology…Underoath,
August Burns Red, Impending Doom, 68, Sworn In, SUCH GOLD, Belmont,
Misgiver, The Funeral Portrait and
Awake At Last.
This years festival will be held at the
Chemung County Fairgrounds
and not
---The line-up has been posted for the
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival
(not the Grey Goose as I errantly posted earlier) at the
Walsh Farm in
---The NYS Fair has added hip hop star/ actor Ludacris to their schedule of FREE shows on The Court! He’ll be performing on Friday night 8/24 @ 8pm!
---Tags has announced that the country/ pop band
---The dates for
Colorscape at
---Matt & Kim have been placed to appear on the Saturday 9/22 slate of shows for this year’s Cayuga Sound Fest! So far, only one other band, Young The Giant has been confirmed for a specific night, which is Friday 9/21! It is not yet clear which night, if not both, that festival curator, X-Ambassadors, will play. It will also, btw, close out the Summer leg of Matt & Kim’s tour…which was announced this week, including two new regional stops…Frederick MD on 9/15…and Pittsburgh PA on 9/21!
---The blessthefall package tour with
Ded, A War Within, The Word Alive
and Thousand Below and
finally announces a show in our region at Reverb in
---Zarni de Wet posted demo video for a new song this week. If you haven’t heard it yet, here’s a link:
https://www.facebook.com/zarnimusic/videos/10156540479274083/
LOCAL-ISH:
---Michael McDonald is coming to Mount Airy Casino in Mount Pocono PA on 8/24…and he’s also announced a few additional regional dates as well…NYC on 8/21…Vienna VA on 8/22…Toronto ON on 9/14…and Huntington NY on 9/23!
---LeAnn
Rimes is also coming to Mount
Airy Casino in Mount Pocono PA!
She will play there on Friday 9/21…and also adds an additional
regional stop…
---Air Supply adds Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe PA on 11/11!
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---Hip hop superstar, Nicki Minaj is teaming-up with Future for a blockbuster North American tour this Fall that will impact our region more than a half-dozen times…Washington DC on 9/23…Buffalo NY on 10/2…Boston MA on 10/4…Uncasville CT on 10/5…Newark NJ on 10/7…and Brooklyn NY on 10/11!
---Alternative rockers, A Perfect Circle have fleshed out their 2018 Summer schedule and it’s about a half-dozen dates more than we thought it would be…Washington DC on 7/13 & 7/14…(the previously announced) Huntington NY on 8/2…New Haven CT on 8/5…Philadelphia PA on 8/4…(another previously leaked date) Brooklyn NY on 8/5…Boston MA on 8/11…and Poughkeepsie NY on 8/11!
---Supertramp’s
Roger Hodgson finally
announces North American tour dates…all of which were already leaked…so
it’s simply confirmation of the following previously announced tour
dates…
---Monster Magnet has announced North American tour dates and the band will be coming this fall to larger nearby markets in our region…Toronto ON on 9/28…Baltimore MD on 10/26…NYC on 10/27…and Boston MA on 10/28!
---Pop singer, Andy Grammer has announced Fall tour dates for 2018 and he’s planning on making at least a handful of regional stops…Munhall PA on 10/12…Buffalo NY on 10/13…Peekskill NY on 10/14…Baltimore MD on 10/19…and Wilmington DE on 10/22!
---The Type O Negative/ Life Of Agony side-project, A Pale Horse Named Death has booked a tour…Clifton NJ on 7/7…Brooklyn NY on 10/4…Philadelphia PA on 10/5…and Stanhope NJ on 10/7!
---The lead singer of popular indie band, The Gaslight Anthem,
Brian Fallon, is again going out on a solo tour this fall with
regional stops in…Boston MA on 10/2…Glenside PA on 10/6…Brooklyn NY on
10/7 & 10/8! …Meanwhile his band,
The Gaslight Anthem is adding
a third night in
---Rising hip hop stars, NF,
fresh off the Logic tour will embark on their own solo tour in October
and it will bring them into our region again in…Pittsburgh PA on
10/3…Montreal QC on 10/12…Boston MA on 10/13…Washington DC on 10/14…NYC
on 10/16!
---Pop singer Lisa Stansfield
has booked a four date tour…three of which are within our area…Boston MA
on 10/11…NYC on 10/14…and Glenside PA on 10/17!
---Alt-rockers, CHVRCHES will
make regional 2018 tour stops…
---Elvis
Costello & The Imposters have announced Fall 2018 tour dates!
Check ‘em out in…
---Hozier
just announced Fall 2018 dates including a 3-night stand in NYC at
the Beacon Theatre from 9/24 thru 9/26…and Washington DC on 10/2!
---10,000
Maniacs have announced a smattering of new dates, most of which
(3-out-of-4) are regional and one is tonight…
---Arlo
Guthrie, son of American icon Woody Guthrie, has announced a
three-night residency in
---After the Journey/ Def Leppard tour ends in October…Journey
has booked two solo show, in Lincoln RI on 10/12…and Albany NY on 10/13!
Is this the prelude of a larger solo tour, or just an anomaly?
---Ivan
Neville and the Dirty Dozen
Brass Band are going on tour together, but so far it’s only two
stops for the entire tour…NYC on 10/25…and Westbury NY on 10/27!
Here’s hoping the tour grows.
---Mat
---Ne-Yo
has booked only a handful of dates so far for 2018, but just one in our
region so far…
---Blues
Traveler have announced Fall 2018 dates, but so far, just one for
our region…
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---Mushroomhead
has booked a one-off package stop, with
The Browning, Psychostick and
Unsaid Fate at
The Chance in
---Little
Anthony has booked a one-shot show in
---The
Rascals will play one-show-only in
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Michael Nesmith of The Monkees suffered what was described as a “health issue” last week that forced the cancellation of the rest of his tour with Micky Dolenz! The final four dates were all in our region…Thursday night 6/21 at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside PA…Friday night 6/22 at the Beacon Theatre in NYC…6/23 at The Paramount in Huntington NY…and the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank NJ on Monday 6/25! Nesmith was sent home to rest and their manager said the dates would be rescheduled for January!
---Red
Jumpsuit Apparatus adds
---Lee Ann
Womack adds
---Asleep At
The Wheel adds
---Midge Ure
adds
---Armored
Saint adds
---Psychedelic
Furs add
---Shelby
Lynne adds
---Hollywood
Undead adds
---Todd
Rundgren adds
---Will Hoge
adds
---Max
Weinberg’s Jukebox adds
---Faster
Pussycat adds
---Diana Ross adds Hershey PA on 9/28…and NYC on 9/30!
---Theory Of
A Deadman adds
---Highly
Suspect adds
---The Avett
Brothers add
---Stone
Sour adds a solo show on an “off-night” on the Ozzy Osborne tour…but
only one in our region, 9/3 in
---The
Revivalists add
---Dark Star
Orchestra adds
---lovelytheband
adds
---The En
Vogue reunion tour finally lands in our region, with
Kool & The Gang as co-headliners…in
---AJR
w/ Robert DeLong adds
---Patti
LaBelle adds
---Maze
(as in Frankie Beverly and…) have booked a show in
---blessthefall
adds
---Drake
has added a fourth night in NYC on 8/28…a third night in
---Death Cab For Cutie add a second night in Upper Darby PA on 10/10!
---
---Meshell
Ndegeocello adds
---Renaissance
adds
---Ghost,
on the heels of their latest chart topping album, “Prequelle”
add Upper Darby PA on 12/11…and
---Gin
Blossoms add Cohasset MA on 7/18…
---Powerman
5000 adds
---The
Temptations add Cohasset MA on 7/28…and
---Three Days Grace add Hampton Beach MA on 7/30!
---90’s R&B band,
Color Me Badd add
---Matisyahu
adds
---Gym Class
Heroes adds
---Daughtry
adds
---Miguel
adds
---Belly
adds
---Chris
Isaak adds Beverly MA on 8/23…and
---Sonny
Landreth adds
---The
Dickey Betts Band adds two more dates…
---Aaron
Lewis adds
---Bret Michaels (of Poison) adds a solo date in Webster MA on 9/9!
---Brewer &
Shipley add
---Interpol
expands their Fall 2018 into Winter 2019 tour by adding…
---The Guess
Who adds
---Ash
adds
---Rick
Springfield adds
---
---Pat
Benatar adds
---Alice
Merton adds NYC on 10/18…and
---Lily
Allen adds Silver Spring MD on 10/21…and
---
---Blue
Oyster Cult adds
---Joan
Osborne adds
---Blues guitarist
Jonny Lang adds NYC on
7/18…and
---
---Beach
Boys add
---Dick Dale,
surf legend, adds
---The
Wallflowers add
---Here’s a unique combo…Restless Heart and The O’Jays…add
---SWV
adds
---Ray LaMontagne adds NYC on 10/10!
---Don
Felder, formerly of The Eagles adds
---Even before Missing Persons is done with the “Back To The 80’s” tour, they will be scheduling some solo shows on “off” days…Red Bank NJ on 10/24…and Englewood NJ on 1/19!
---Big Bad
Voodoo Daddy add
---Oleta Adams show on 11/10 in NYC is now scheduled for the Diamond Horseshoe and not B.B. Kings Blues Club, which has gone out of business…she’s also added another show there on 12/7!
---Justin Hayward has cancelled three shows in our region in mid-August…the second night in Sellersville PA…and both nights in NYC on 8/16 & 8/17! What this means exactly however remains to be seen…
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---10,000 Maniacs (3)
---A Pale Horse Named Death (4)
---A Perfect Circle (6)
---Aaron Lewis (2)
---Air Supply (1)
---AJR/ Robert DeLong (1)
---Alice Merton (2)
---
---Arlo Guthrie (3)
---Ash (1)
---Armored Saint (3)
---Asleep At The Wheel (1)
---Avett Brothers (3)
---Beach Boys (1)
---Belly (1)
---Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (1)
---blessthefall/ Ded/ The Word Alive/ Thousand Below (1)
---Blue Oyster Cult (1)
---Blues Traveler (1)
---Brewer & Shipley (1)
---Bret Michaels (1)
---Brian Fallon (4)
---CHVRCHES (4)
---Color Me Badd (1)
---Dark Star Orchestra (3)
---Daughtry (2)
---Death Cab For Cutie (1)
---Diana Ross (2)
---Dick Dale (1)
---Don Felder (1)
---Drake (3)
---Elvis Costello & The Imposters (5)
---En Vogue/ Kool & The Gang (1)
---Faster Pussycat (1)
---Gin Blossoms (4)
---Ghost (1)
---Great White/ Faster Pussycat/ Vixen (1)
---Gym Class Heroes (1)
---Highly Suspect (1)
---
---Hozier (4)
---Interpol (2)
---Ivan Neville/ Dirty Dozen Brass Band (2)
---Joan Osborne (1)
---Jonny Lang (2)
---Journey (2)
---Justin Hayward (-3)
---Justin Timberlake (1)
---LeAnn Rimes (2)
---Lee Ann Womack (1)
---Lily Allen (2)
---Lisa Stansfield (3)
---Little Anthony (1)
---lovelytheband (2)
---Mat
---Matt & Kim (2)
---Max Weinberg’s Jukebox (2)
---Maze (1)
---Meshell Ndegeocello (1)
---Michael McDonald (5)
---Midge Ure (1)
---Miguel (1)
---Missing Persons (2)
---Monster Magnet (4)
---Mushroomhead/ The Browning/ Psychostick/ Unsaid Fate (1)
---Ne-Yo (1)
---NF (5)
---Nicki Minaj/ Future (6)
---Oleta Adams (1)
---
---Pat Benatar (1)
---Patti LaBelle (1)
---
---Powerman 5000 (1)
---Psychedelic Furs (1)
---Ray LaMontagne (1)
---Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (1)
---Renaissance (1)
---Restless Heart/ The O’Jays (1)
---Rick Springfield (2)
---Shelby Lynne (3)
---Sonny Landreth (2)
---Stone Sour (1)
---SWV/ Kid
---The Gaslight Anthem (1)
---The Guess Who (1)
---The Rascals (1)
---The Revivalists (1)
---The Temptations (2)
---The Wallflowers (1)
---Theory Of A Deadman (2)
---Three Days Grace (1)
---Todd Rundgren (2)
---
---Will Hoge (3)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 062218:
---The Brackney Inn has burned down again! Talk about being snake bit! Last Novembers fire destroyed the second floor of the structure, but this fire seems worse as the entire second floor not only burned, but collapsed into the first! Not only that, but the owners had finished reconstruction and were hoping to re-open by the Fourth of July! After the second fire, the owners are re-evaluating all their options. Here’s a link: http://www.wicz.com/story/38440876/breaking-brackney-inn-on-fire-second-time-in-less-than-a-year
---Young The
Giant has been scheduled for Friday night, 9/21, which is night #1
of the 2nd Annual
Cayuga Sound Fest, at Stewart
Park in
---Local singer/ songwriter, Alex Creamer leaves on her first nationwide tour this week and as she ties up her loose ends, she posted this video on facebook! To check out her cover of Bob Dylan’s, “You Ain’t Going Nowhere,” click on this link:
https://www.facebook.com/100010333806157/videos/632496917104763
---Local musician,
John Stark, faced with
mounting bills is selling his house to help cover his costs!
He posted this last week on facebook:
“I
am going to be putting my house up for sale soon It in in the 1st ward
and had 2 units. I currently rent the 2nd floor apartment for $650
including utilities. I have a loft with at least 1 more bedroom and has
1 bedroom on 2nd floor. Off street parking. I live on the 1st floor
presently. Which also has 2 bed rooms...it needs some work but has had
many upgrades. Furnace is newer roof is also has many replacement vynal
windows. Looking to get $38,000.in as is condition. Situated on a cotter
double lot. Message me if interested.”
---Johnson City native, now a resident of Nashville
TN, Zarni de Wet (also known
professionally as Zarni de Vette) continues to work on her next album in
her spare time (as she works for SNG in Nashville as a professional
songwriter)…and gave us a taste of it with a facebook post this week!
She really recorded the vocals in her bathroom at her home in
---Medical issues forced local band, Recycled Zombies to withdraw from their Friday night (tonight 6/22) show at Toppers in Endicott! This post below from their official facebook page explains a bit more…
“ATTENTION: Due to an unforeseen Medical issue, Recycled Zombies have to cancel our next two shows. Keep our Brother Al in your prayers. The show will still go on with Kickstart opening then Hollow Bodies and Kreature ends the night.”
…The “Brother Al” in question is lead guitarist, Al Cataldi, who had to have eye surgery to repair a detached retina. Feel better soon, Al!
---Meanwhile, local singer/ songwriter, Devinne Meyers posted facebook video of part of the Mike Davis & The Laughing Buddha Episodes set from last weekends Crowfest. You can see it by clicking on this link: https://www.facebook.com/100017442436109/videos/225743878017025/
---Just before Pentatonix tickets went on sale, the band announced that they were adding Echosmith and Scott Callum as warm-up acts for the entire tour, including at Lakeview Amphitheatre in Syracuse NY on 8/23…and Montage Mountain on 8/25 in Scranton PA and the rest of their schedule…Bristow VA on 8/12…Camden NJ on 8/14…Wantagh NY on 8/15…Holmdel NJ on 8/20…Hartford CT on 8/26…Mansfield MA on 8/28…Burgettstown PA on 9/1…and Hershey PA on 9/2!
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---Panic! At
The Disco have announced a second leg for their “Pray For The Wicked” North American tour, set for the Winter of
2019, strap on your snowshoes and get ready to rave!
See them in
---Slash
with Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators return in support of
Slash’s new album, “Living
The Dream” due on 9/21!
See them at…
---Alt-pop act,
lovelytheband has confirmed a
Fall leg on their 2018 tour, which brings more regional dates for the
rising stars, (recently at #1 on the Alternative charts with their song
“Broken.”)…a new date in
---Alt-rockers, Clutch & Sevendust have announced a Fall 2018 tour…Pittsburgh PA on 10/21…Toronto ON on 10/23…Worcester MA on 10/25…NYC on 10/26 & 10/27…and Philadelphia PA on 10/28!
---Hip hop star, Playboi Carti has announced a Summer 2018 tour that includes a swing thru our region…Pittsburgh PA on 8/8…Providence RI on 8/10…Boston MA on 8/11…NYC on 8/12…and Philadelphia PA on 8/14!
---Jim James of My Morning Jacket is planning an acoustic solo tour for Fall 2018 and it will play in our region at least a few times…NYC on 11/13…Port Chester NY on 11/14…Boston MA on 11/6…and Washington DC on 11/17!
---Seether
and Tremonti are hitting
the road together and spending six out-of-their-eleven dates in our
region! Catch them in…
---The
Breeders have announced a few
---Post modern rockers, The Alkaline Trio is back with Summer 2018 tour dates…Baltimore MD on 8/14…Sayreville NJ on 8/16…Brooklyn NY on 8/17…and Philadelphia PA on 8/19!
---Nothing has booked a handful of date for late Summer/ early Fall of 2018, with regional stops set for…Brooklyn NY on 10/5…Philadelphia PA on 10/6…and Cambridge MA on 10/7!
---Welshly
Arms announces a few American shows before their European tour…
---Reggae band,
UB40 has made plans for
Halloween! See then in…
---The
String Cheese Incident is coming around this Fall, with…two nights
in Upper Darby PA (near philly) on 10/31 & 11/1….and two more nights in
---Alt-pop singer,
Meg Myers has only announced
a handful of show thru the Fall, but some will be in our region…
---NJ post-hardcore band, Thursday, rather than tour…have expanded their two stops, which are now…two four-night blocks of residencies…Asbury Park NJ from 8/23-8/26 (formerly 3 nights)…then Brooklyn NY from 12/27-12/30 (formerly 2 nights)!
---Rap star, Pusha T, has announced a 20-date, cross-country tour…but will only stop in our region twice…Boston MA on 8/12…and Baltimore MD on 8/15!
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---70’s progressive jazz/rock fusion band, The Soft Machine has booked one-show only/ per country in North America…Montreal QC on 7/7…and Philadelphia PA on 10/7!
---Chrisette
Michelle books a one-off in Glenside PA, just outside of
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Taj Mahal
adds
---Nine Inch
Nails adds a second night in
---Jukebox
The Ghost adds
---Toto
adds
---O-Town
adds a solo date outside of the Pop2K tour in
---The
Marshall Tucker Band was officially added to all of the remaining
Lynyrd Skynyrd farewell tour dates (except apparently in
---The
Vaccines add
---Yungblud adds Allston MA on 10/23!
---Jason
Mraz adds holiday dates in
---Life of
Agony adds
---Cold War
Kids add
---Fuel
adds
---First Aid
Kit adds a second night in
---David
Byrne adds
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---Alkaline Trio (4)
---Cayuga Sound Fest (2)
---Chrisette Michelle (1)
---Clutch/ Sevendust (6)
---Cold War Kids (2)
---David Byrne (3)
---First Aid Kit (1)
---Fuel (1)
---Jason Mraz (4)
---Jim James (4)
---Jukebox The Ghost (1)
---Life Of Agony (1)
---lovelytheband (1)
---Meg Myers (2)
---Nine Inch Nails (3)
---Nothing (3)
---O-Town (1)
---Panic! At The Disco (8)
---Playboi Carti (5)
---Pusha T (2)
---Seether/ Tremonti (6)
---Slash with Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators (7)
---String Cheese Incident (4)
---Taj Mahal (1)
---The Breeders (2)
---The Soft Machine (2)
---The Vaccines (1)
---Thursday (3)
---Toto (1)
---UB40 (3)
---Welshly Arms (3)
---Young The Giant (6)
---Yungblud (1)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 061518:
---Ringo
Starr & His All-Star Band are coming to
---Owners of the iconic Brackney Inn, in Brackney PA, responded to my relentless questions about when they will finally reopen after last Falls fire in their residential upstairs area destroyed the venue/bar. After hoping to re-open by the end of March, it looks like July 4th is more realistic…perhaps even sooner. We’ll keep ya posted, but that is good news indeed!
---Looks like Jen Chapin (who was just here a few months ago) is coming back as part of her upcoming Summer thru Fall 2018 tour! Chapin (the late harry’s daughter) is set to play Atomic Tom’s in Binghamton NY on 8/11, as well as other regional stops…Oxford Valley PA on 8/10…New Hartford CT on 8/16…Willimantic CT on 10/14…and it finishes with a four-week Sunday night residency at the Barbes club in Brooklyn NY on 11/4, 11/11, 11/18 and 11/25!
---Alternative music fest,
Cayuga Sound Fest returns for 2018 at Stewart Park in
---Kites and Powerlines have announced that their debut album, “There’s More Here Than Black & White” is now available for streaming, with a post on their facebook page last week: ”Attention everybody! Our new record "There's More Here Than Black & White" is finally available on a wide variety of digital services! This means you can find us on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Apple Music, Amazon, and pretty much any other form of digital music medium you can think of! Please add us to your playlists and help us out by sharing this post!” Congrats, guys!
---A Z.Z.
Top concert for $15.00?
It happens in
---Btw,
Prophets Of Rage and Slayer
have been added to the bill for the upcoming Rock-a-thon Fest at
Lakeview Amphitheatre, in
---
---Finally, The Peach Festival has announced it’s full line-ups for Thursday 7/19 and Sunday 7/22, so check either the Local or Regional Concert Pages for full details.
---The NYS
Fair in
---Jeff Howell has officially changed the name of his new band from “Tears” to “Jeff Howell’s Boogie du Jour.” Apparently there are a bunch of other bands that have used, or are still using, the name “Tears.” Boogie on!
---Congrats to Mallory Evans of Next To Kin and her family! She gave birth to Miles Lohrman Evans on Tuesday morning 6/12! Both mama and baby doing fine…at 8 lbs. 9 ounces and 22.5 inches he better be!
LOCAL-ISH:
---Mike Love’s touring version of the Beach Boys have announced a new show at the former Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center in Canandaigua NY, now known as CMAC, on Monday 8/6 as well as two other shows…Farmingville NY on 8/16…and Brooklyn NY on 8/17! They have also confirmed their local stop at Tioga Downs in Nichols on 8/7!
---“Wicked Game” singer/ songwriter, Chris Isaak has added a Summer 2018 tor leg that will make him “Local-ish” when he comes to…Penn’s Peak at Jim Thorpe PA on 8/16…Lincoln RI on 8/18…Montclair NJ 8/25…and two nights in Alexandria VA on 8/26 & 8/27!
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---Toto has released another round of their 40th anniversary tour dates, so here’s where you can find them in our region this Fall…Washington DC on 11/8…Atlantic City NJ on 11/9…Ridgefield CT on 11/12…New Brunswick NJ on 11/13…Morristown NJ on 11/15…Brookville NY on 11/17…and Lynn MA on 11/17!
---The Gaslight Anthem is back together, following a solo album and tour from their lead singer, Brian Fallon…and touring both Europe and North America…Toronto ON on 8/9 & 8/10…Boston MA on 8/13…Philadelphia PA on 8/15…and two nights at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park NJ to wrap it up on 8/17 & 8/18!
---All Time Low and Dashboard Confessional have announced a co-headlining trek across North America that will be long and massive…in addition to the previously announced date last week for Bethlehem MusikFest on 8/11, you can also see them in…Lewiston NY on 8/12…Toronto ON on 8/14…Wallingford CT on 8/16…Philadelphia PA on 8/17…Baltimore MD on 8/18…NYC on 8/19…Pittsburgh PA on 8/21…Boston MA on 8/25…and Asbury Park NJ on 8/26!
---Jack
Russell’s Great White (not to be confused with the real Great White,
Russell’s former band) is lining-up Fall tour dates with the
Bullet Boys…
---10 Years has a big summer planned with double stops of triple nights in Pittsburgh, as well as a stint on the Seether tour…Uncasville CT on 6/20…Pittsburgh PA on 7/27, 7/28 & 7/29…then, Hyannis MA on 8/1…three more nights in Pittsburgh PA on 8/2, 8/3 & 8/4…finally Vienna VA on 8/9!
---Former Eagles bass player,
Don Felder has confirmed Fall tour dates, but only two for our
region…
---Social
Distortion have announced Fall 2018 dates…
---Todd
Rundgren has booked a handful of tour dates for Summer 2018…only
three stops are in our region, but that’s not bad…Salisbury MA on
7/25…Pawling NY on 8/1…and Albany NY on 8/3!
There’s also a date in
---Alternative band, Dawes has added a Fall leg to their 2018 tour, which means more regional dates…Philadelphia PA on 9/11…Pittsburgh PA on 9/12…Canton MA on 9/16…and Red Bank NJ on 9/19!
---Trivium has announced a Fall leg of their 2018 tour and that includes the following regional stops…Baltimore MD on 10/11…Huntington NY on 10/12…Philadelphia PA on 10/13…and Worcester MA on 10/14!
---Jazz sax player,
Najee has booked a tour with
a few regional stops…
---Thrice
has announced a series of Fall 2018 dates…but only two for our
region…Silver Springs MD on 10/4…and
---Fans of 50’s music will be glad to know that
there are some bastions of the first wave left…Joey
Dee & The Starlighters will headline a show with
Sonny Turner and The
Happenings at the Theatre @
Westbury on
---Sleeping With Sirens has announced a summer leg to their 2018 tour, but with only two shows in our region…Boston MA on 7/11…and Washington DC on 7/15!
---Asleep At
The Wheel will roll thru our region with Summer dates just
announced, including…
---Kenny G
has announced a few Summer concert dates…
---Ween
announces a three-date tour, with just one show for our greater region…
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---Mike
Shinoda of
---If you’re a fan of modern metal, don’t miss this
huge intersection of concert tours at
Jones Beach Amphitheatre in
---Toni
Braxton books a “one-off” in
---Liam
Payne has booked only one show that is both east of the
---
---Nathaniel
Rateliff has announced a one-timer, without the Night Sweats, at
---Jose Feliciano announces a “one-off” in NYC on 12/9!
---Fran
Cosmo, formerly of
---After their headline tour
Adelita’s Way jumps on the
Fozzy tour which makes only one appearance in our region…
---Vanessa
Williams will play a “one-off” in
---10,000
Maniacs confirm a one-shot show in
---Humble
Pie returns with a “one-shot” in
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Rockers Daughtry, namesake of the American Idol alumni, Chris Daughtry, is adding dates to their tour in support of their new album, “Cage To Rattle” (due 7/27)…Montclair NJ on 8/24…and Huntington NY on 8/25!
---Taking
Back Sunday has booked a solo show on an off-night, during the
Coheed & Cambria tour…in
---Prophets
Of Rage add a solo show in
---Warren G
adds
---Firehouse
adds
---A Perfect
Circle adds
---Gavin
DeGraw adds a solo date on an “off” night during his co-headlining
tour with Phillip Phillips…in
---The Gin
Blossoms add
---The Box
Tops add
---Kid N
Play w/ Naughty By Nature
add
---The Grass
Roots add
---A$ap Ferg adds NYC on 7/16!
---Sarah
McLachlan adds
---
---Bobby
McFerrin adds two nights in
---Arlo Guthrie adds Red Bank NJ on 10/4…Glenside PA on 10/7…Westbury NY on 10/19…New Haven CT on 10/20…and Hartford CT on 11/16!
---Andy
Grammer adds
---Wyclef
Jean, formerly of The Fugees, adds
---Joan
Armatrading adds
---The
Calling add
---Marshall
Tucker Band adds
---John
Waite adds
---Surf rock guitarist,
Dick Dale adds
---Shawn
Colvin adds
---The
Calling adds
---Michael
Nesmith, of the monkees adds
---The
Church (remember their one-hit wonder 80’s song, “Under
The Milky Way”?) adds…
---Don
McLean adds
---Darlene
Love adds
---Robyn Hitchcock adds NYC on 10/12!
---Carl
Palmer’s ELP Legacy adds
---.38
Special adds
---Tenacious
D adds a second night in
---Air
Supply adds
---Hot Tuna
adds NYC on 11/21…
---Thursday
adds two nights in
---Sting
adds
---Jesse
Colin Young adds
---Foster
The People add a solo show on an “off night” on the Paramore tour in
---Smash
Mouth add
---GZA
adds
---Cracker
adds
---LeAnn
Rimes adds
---Johnny
Marr adds
---Dua Lipa
adds
---Garbage
adds
---Stryper
adds
---Old Crow
Medicine Show adds
---The Fixx
add Warrendale PA on 8/10…and
---Smokey
Robinson adds
---Courtney
Barnett adds
---The
Temptations add
---They Might Be Giants add Pittsbugh PA on 11/3!
---Bret
Michaels, of Poison adds
---Houndmouth
adds
---Method
Man & Redman add
---lovelytheband
adds
---Lily
Allen adds NYC on 10/20…and
---Metallica
adds
---Dweezil
Zappa adds NYC on 11/2…and
---Kenny
Wayne Shepherd adds
---Sleeping
With Sirens adds
---Adelita’s
Way adds
---Red
Jumpsuit Apparatus adds
---Blue
October adds
---Psychostick
adds
---Cowboy Mouth has opened up a 3-night residency in Philadelphia by adding two more shows at Punch Line…on 8/16 & 8/17…to their already booked date on 8/18!
---Phil Lesh
adds
---The Plot
In You adds
---Donavon Frankenreiter adds Dewey Beach DE on 8/7!
---Gladys
Knight & The O’Jays add
---The
O’Jays add
---Sophie B.
Hawkins adds
---
---Rooney
adds
---Zebra
adds
---Nils
Lofgren adds
---Geoff
Tate’s 30th
Anniversary of Operation Mindcrime adds
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---.38 Special (1)
---10 Years (9)
---10,000 Maniacs (1)
---A Perfect Circle (2)
---Adelita’s Way (1)
---Air Supply (1)
---
---Andy Grammer (2)
---Arlo Guthrie (5)
---A$ap Ferg (1)
---Asleep At The Wheel (4)
---Beach Boys (3)
---Blue October (1)
---Bobby McFerrin (3)
---Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy (1)
---Chris Isaak (5)
---Courtney Barnett (1)
---Cowboy Mouth (3)
---Cracker (3)
---Darlene Love (1)
---Dawes (4)
---Dick Dale (3)
---Don Felder (2)
---Don McLean (1)
---Donavon Frankenreiter (1)
---Dua Lipa (1)
---Dweezil Zappa (2)
---Firehouse (1)
---Foster The People (1)
---Fran Cosmo (1)
---Garbage (1)
---
---Gavin DeGraw (1)
---Geoff Tate (1)
---Gin Blossoms (2)
---Gladys Knight/ The O’Jays (2)
---Grass Roots (1)
---GZA (1)
---Hot Tuna (2)
---Jack Russell’s Great White/ BulletBoys (2)
---Jen Chapin (8)
---Jesse Colin Young (2)
---Joan Armatrading (3)
---John Waite (1)
---Johnny Marr (1)
---Kenny G (2)
---Kenny Wayne Shepherd (1)
---Kid N Play/ Naughty By Nature (1)
---LeAnn Rimes (1)
---Liam Payne (1)
---Lily Allen (2)
---lovelytheband (2)
---Marshall Tucker Band (1)
---Metallica (1)
---Method Man & Redman (1)
---Michael Nesmith (2)
---Mike Shinoda (1)
---Najee (5)
---Nathaniel Rateliff (1)
---Nils Lofgren (2)
---Old Crow Medicine Show (1)
---Phil Lesh (1)
---Prophets Of Rage (1)
---Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (1)
---
---Robin Hitchcock (1)
---Rooney (1)
---Sarah McLachlan/ Patty Griffin (1)
---Shawn Colvin (1)
---Shinedown/ Godsmack/ Avenged Sevenfold/ Prophets Of Rage/ Breaking Benjamin/ Five Finger Death Punch/ Marilyn Manson/ Rob Zombie (1)
---Sleeping With Sirens (2)
---Smash Mouth (1)
---Smokey Robinson (1)
---Social Distortion (4)
---Sophie B. Hawkins (1)
---Sting (1)
---Stryper (1)
---Taking Back Sunday (1)
---Tenacious D (1)
---The Box Tops (1)
---The Calling (2)
---The Chainsmokers (1)
---The Church (2)
---The Fixx (2)
---The O’Jays (1)
---The Plot In You (1)
---The Temptations (1)
---They Might Be Giants (1)
---Thrice (2)
---Thursday (2)
---Todd Rundgren (3)
---Toni Braxton (1)
---Trivium (4)
---Warren G (3)
---Ween (1)
---Wyclef Jean (2)
---Young The Giant (3)
---Z.Z. Top (5)
---Zebra (1)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 060818:
---Before her first ever local show as a performer, (she was previously a journalist and an acupuncturist), last Friday (6/1) at the Old Union Hotel, Athena Desai stopped by her old school, MacArthur Elementary and was interviewed by Fox 40 HD News. To see it for yourself, just click on the link below:
---Most of the complete schedule for the three day JulyFest, which is also the 2018 Binghamton Music & Jazz Festival, was released last week…unfortunately I didn’t discover it until after I put last weeks report to bed, so let’s copy and paste it here, just in case you missed it:
Friday, July 6th:
12:00 – 1:00 PM
1:15 - 2:15 PM Teen Jazz Project Big Band
2:30 - 3:30 PM Jorden & The Wombats
3:45- 4:45 PM Bill Carter Presbybop (Chick Corea Tribute Band)
5:00 - 7:00 PM
Terry
8:00 - 11:00 PM Splash
Saturday, July 7th:
8:00 - 10:00 AM
Ultra Vibe w/
Mo "Reese"
12:00 – 12:45 PM Eric Ross Blues Band
1:00 – 1:45 PM
Glenda
2:00 – 2:45 PM
Michael Hill's Blues Mob
3:00 – 4:00 PM Gabe Condon Solidarity Band
4:30 – 6:00 PM Mystic Moondance Van Morrison Tribute Band
7:00 - 10:00 PM BlackLites R&B Show Band
Sunday, July 8th:
12:00 – 1:00 PM Noor Hila Project
1:15 – 2:15 PM TBA???
2:30 – 3:30 PM Carlos Chaluisant's Son Montuno
---The full schedule is also up for the Busy Bird Bluegrass Festival and looking at it from a local perspective night #1, on Thursday 7/5 may offer the Southern Tiers best, with Gene Hummel, the O’Neill Brothers, the Dishonest Fiddlers, Milkweed & Bug Tussle, with more regional and national acts taking over for the rest of the weekend! Here’s the breakdown:
Day #1:
Thu July 5th: Barleywine @ 2p/ Renegade Ramblers @ 3p/ Gene Hummel @ 4p/ Hubbard & Friends @ 5p/ O'Neill Brothers @ 6p/ Rebecca Colleen @ 7p/
Dishonest Fiddlers @ 8p/ Milkweed @ 9p/ Bug Tussle @ 10p
Day #2:
Fri July 6th: Set #1 w/ Slewfoot @ 11am/ Dishonest Fiddlers @ 11:55a/
Milkweed @ 12:50p/ Renegade Ramblers @ 1:45p/ Terry & the Busy Birds @ 2:40p
Fri July 6th: Set #2 w/ Melanie & The Boys @ 4p/ Molly & The Badly Bent Bluegrass Boys @ 455p/ Jersey Corn Pickers @ 550p/ Wilson Banjo Company @ 645p/ Mama Corn @ 740p/ Blue Mafia @ 835p/ Dave Adkins (2 sets) @ 930p
Day #3:
Sat July 7th: Set #1 w/
Molly & The Badly Bent Bluegrass
Boys @ 10am/ Jersey Corn
Pickers @ 1055am/ Terry &
The Busy Birds @ 1150a/ Mama
Corn @ 1245p/ Blue Mafia
@ 140p/ Seven Mile Bluegrass
Band @ 235p
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Sat July 7th: Set #2 w/
Cold Chocolate @ 4p/
Grill Billie Project @ 455p/
Wilson Banjo Company @ 550p/
Carolina Blue @ 645p/
Matthews Family Tradition @
740p/ Bug Tussle @ 835p/
Lonesome River Band (2 sets)
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Day #4:
Sun July 8th: Cold Chocolate @ 1055a/ Seven Mile Bluegrass @ 1150a/ Matthews Family Tradition @ 1245p/ Grill Billie Project @ 140p/ Carolina Blue @ 235p/ Bug Tussle @ 330p
---Here are two more additions to the schedule for
the FREE, Broome Bands Together
Summer Concert Series at
Otsiningo Park in
7/17: Odd Man Out w/ Brady Goldsmith @ 6p
8/14: Blue Velvet Band w/ Jorden & the Wombats @ 6p
…to see the full schedule so far, go to our Local Concert Page, and sort by venue, then scroll down to Broome Bands Together @ Otsiningo Park!
---The 22nd annual Rec Park Music Fest will be held on Sunday July 15th and has announced it’s line-up for 2018 and while it’s heavy on bluegrass & folk music, it’s still pretty awesome…not to mention totally FREE! Here’s the schedule:
Gerry Jarcia (jerry garcia/ grateful dead tribute band) @ 1:30p
Tenzin Chopak @ 2:45p
The O’Neill Brothers @ 3:45pm
Groove Method @ 5pm
KidBess (bess greenberg) & The Magic Ring (michael wu/ joe alston/ cory caruso) @ 6:15p
Home Brew (nate calzetoni of raibred’s grateful dead cover band) @ 730p
---Bainbridge is also holding their “Rock In The Park” festival coming up on July 7th! Tickets are now on sale now at Ticketmaster, Small Town Perks and B&W Wine & Liquor! Tickets be $20 in advance, $25 at the gate, kids 12 and under are free. Here’s the line-up:
12p: Project Z
1:30p: Burning Moonlight
2:45p: Beard of Bees
4p: Woodshed Prophets
5:15p:
Wreckless Marci
6:30p: Tusk (fleetwood mac tribute band)
---
7/6: Yarn/ Kitestring/ Ridgeline Duo
7/13: Black Masala/ Root Shock/ Rachel Beverly
7/20: Dracula Jones/ Genitor/ Dana Twigg
7/27: Kat Wright/ The Big Takeover/ Stiv Morgan
---The
Chenango County Blues Festival has confirmed their schedule and
line-up for the two-day fest (on Friday & Saturday 8/17 & 8/18) in
Day #1: Fri 8/17 @ 5:30 pm ft: Toronzo Cannon/ John “Papa” Gros Band /Angel Forrest Trio
Day #2: Sat 8/18 @ 11:30 am ft: Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio/ Samantha Fish/ Cash Box Kings/ AJ Ghent/ Prestage Brothers/ The Keeshea Pratt Band/ Hubby Jenkins/ Brandon Santini/ Nate Gross Band
For more information click on this link: www.chenangobluesfest.org
---Just when I thought I’d uncovered all the local festivals…Blueberry Jam, on Thursday 8/2 thru Saturday 8/4, at RedBarn in Danville Springs, near Deposit, comes to my attention! Their music line-up is pretty decent, too! Tickets are priced $25 per day-$30 per day with camping/ early bird weekend passes are $40 and up to $50 at the gate with camping! Here’s the day-to-day music line-up:
Fri 8/3:
Kenyon Hill @ 5p/ Uncle Shake @ 6p/ Milkweed Electric @ 8p/ The Look @ 1030p
Sat 8/4:
Joe Stento @ 12p/ Elijah Summers and The Get Together @ 1p/ Edgy Sketch @ 2p/ Slideways @ 330p/ Fetish Lane @ 5p/ Kenyon Hill @ 7p/ Woodshed Prophets @ 9p/ The Grateful Dans @ 11p
Side stage performances by: The Barn Bats ( Kenyon Hill members with guests) Rhianna Shew, Lady Purple, Nick Garnsey, Uncle Shake, Kyle Farr and Brittany Rose with Corinne Roma and friendz
---The Binghamton Philharmonic will not just play Pops On The River, but Pops In The Park, on Tuesday night 7/3 @ 730pm, before the big fireworks show at Highland Park in Endwell!
---Former Endwell resident, Taina Asili has added some more shows to her 2018 schedule with her band y la banda Rebelde…PVD Fest in Providence RI on 6/8 & 6/9…Schenectady NY on 7/14 at Proctors Theatre and 7/22 for the Music Haven Concert Series…and the Tang Museum in Saratoga Springs on 8/2!
---All the dates (presumably) for the
Summer Concert Series in
7/5 w/ Victory Wainwright & the Train
7/12 w/ Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
7/19 w/
7/26 w/
Bumper
8/2 w/ Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers
8/9 w/ Bon Bon Vivant
8/16 w/ Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
8/23 w/ Yonder Mountain String Band
---Lynyrd Skynyrd is adding a new leg to their farewell “Last Of The Street Survivors” tour and that means a new local show for we fans in the GBA…the Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre…plus two other regional shows…Royal Arena in Baltimore MD on 11/16…and Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City NJ on 12/1! Tickets are on sale on 6/15…Pre-sale is 6/12…Marshall Tucker Band is also on the bill for both shows. Not sure of prices yet.
LOCAL-ISH:
---Jonny Lang and Buddy Guy are teaming-up for a co-headlining tour that will bring back thru our region again this Summer and at least one show that’s local-ish…Jim Thorpe (at Penn’s Peak) PA on 7/20, as well as…Asbury Park NJ on 7/22…Westbury NY on 7/25…Hampton Beach NH on 7/26…Cohasset MA on 7/27…and Port Chester NY on 7/28!
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---A day after announcing their new album, “The Now Now,” (due 6/29) Gorillaz announced North American tour dates and out of the seven dates total, five are in our region…Toronto ON on 10/8…Montreal QC on 10/9…Philadelphia PA on 10/11…Brooklyn NY on 10/13…and Boston MA on 10/14!
---Florence + The Machine tour have announced their North American tour dates, in supprt of their new album, “High As Hope,” due on 6/29…we won’t however seen them in our region until October…Washington DC on 10/5…NYC on 10/9…Boston MA on 10/12…Uncasville CT on 10/13…Philadelphia PA on 10/14…and Toronto ON on 10/16! You can see them earlier however at the previously announced GMA Summer Concert Series in NYC on 6/29!
---John Mellencamp has announced a Canadian Fall 2018 tour and that will bring him to the fringe of our region…in Kingston ON (north of watertown ny) on 10/4…and St. Catherines (near buffalo ny) on 10/7!
---Jessie J,
who just released a new EP, is touring this Fall!
See her in…
---Adelita’s Way is booking a solo package tour w/ Dead Girls Academy, Small Town Titans and Zero Theorem, apparently during a month-long break in their tour with Soul Asylum, which means we’ll see more of them, in our region…Warrendale PA on 7/17…Stanhope NJ on 7/19…Rochester NY on 7/21…and Jim Thorpe PA (which is a Soul Asylum show, according to Penn’s Peak, but other sources list it as just Adelita’s way, so we’ll just have to wait and see)!
---Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons have announced 2018 tour dates, and as always they stay on the road a lot! See them in…Farmingville NY on 7/6…Brooklyn NY on 7/7…Bethlehem PA On 7/8…Atlantic City NJ on 7/27 & 7/28…Pittsburgh PA on 8/23…Vienna VA on 8/24…Chautauqua NY on 8/25…and Rochester NY on 10/13!
---Former Smith guitarist, Johnny Marr, is coming back to America for a longer stay this Fall…NYC (manhattan) on 10/15…Brooklyn NY on 10/16…Silver Spring MD on 10/17…Toronto ON on 10/19…Buffalo NY 10/20…Boston MA on 10/21…and Philadelphia PA on 10/22!
---G. Love (without his band The Special Sauce) is undertaking a solo tour in late June and July that will bring him into our region, at least along the North Atlantic coast…Brigantine City NJ on 6/29…Long Beach NY on 6/30…Avalon NJ on 7/1…Montauk NY on 7/6…Bayport NY on 7/7…Pawling NY on 7/8…Harwich MA on 7/10…Dewey Beach DE on 7/19…Hampton NH on 7/21…Oak Bluffs MA on 7/24…Wellfleet MA on 7/26…and Wakefield RI on 7/28!
---The headliners have been announced for the
annual Bethlehem Musikfest
at
Fri 8/3: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Sat 8/4: Daughtry
Sun 8/5: Jim Gaffigan
Mon 8/6: Dierks Bentley
Tue 8/7: Kesha
Wed 8/8: Grouplove/ Gary Clark Jr.
Fri 8/10: Brantley Gilbert
Sat 8/11:
All Time Low/ Dashboard
Confessional
Sun 8/12: Jason Mraz
---There is a new version of
The Babys, anchored by
original drummer Tony Brock and original guitarist Wally Stocker!
The band also includes new members Joey Sykes of Boystown and
Meredith Brooks (remember her?) fame, bass player and singer John Bisaha;
and touring keyboard player Louis Middleton.
They’ll make a few visits to the fringes of our region…
---Beach House has announced tour dates in support of their new album, “7” (which just debuted on our local chart this week at #5 btw)…New Haven CT on 7/24…Philadelphia PA on 7/26…Toronto ON on 8/20…NYC on 8/22…Brooklyn NY on 8/23…Boston MA on 8/24…and Washington DC on 8/25!
---The only regional appearance of
John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown
Band, so far this year will be at the
Milford Oyster Festival in
---Gaelic
Storm have announced two shows upcoming this week…
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---Antigone
Rising is back, but only for a one-off in
---Rock
Reggae & Relief is a one-day festival in
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Jean-Luc
Ponty adds
---Boz
Scaggs adds Munhall PA on 11/6…
---Puddle
Of Mudd adds
---
---More
Jonny Lang dates are becoming co-headlining dates with
Buddy Guy, but there are
still some solo Lang dates in the mix, so select your date carefully!
Co-headining dates are now…Jim Thorpe PA on 7/20…Asbury Park NJ
on 7/22…
---Breathe
---Brandi
Carlile adds
---Smashing
Pumpkins add
---Josh
Groban & Idina Menzel add
---Sir Sly
add
---Trivium
adds
---Motionless In White with The Plot In You have booked a show ahead of the Warped Tour in Clifton Park NY (near Albany) on 6/14!
---Dirty
Heads add
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---Adelita’s Way (3)
---Antigone Rising (1)
---Beach House (7)
---
---Boz Scaggs (4)
---Brandi Carlile (1)
---Breathe
---Dirty Heads (1)
---
---Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (9)
---G. Love (12)
---G. Love & Special Sauce/ Donavon Frankenreiter/ Passafire/ Roots Of Creation (1)
---Gaelic Storm (2)
---Gorillaz (5)
---Jean-Luc Ponty (1)
---Jessie J (6)
---John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band/ Eddie Money (1)
---John Mellencamp (2)
---Johnny Marr (7)
---Jonny Lang/ Buddy Guy (6)
---Josh Groban/ Idina Menzel (1)
---
---Lynyrd Skynyrd/ Marshall Tucker Band (3)
---Motionless In White/ The Plot In You (1)
---Puddle Of Mudd (2)
---Rock Reggae & Relief (1)
---Sir Sly (1)
---Smashing Pumpkins/ Metric (1)
---The Babys (3)
---Trivium (1)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 060118:
---Whew!
What a busy weekend!
No end of Festivals in sight…
---A virtually unknown
Here’s a link to her facebook page, too: https://www.facebook.com/athena.desai/about?lst=100001400165520%3A544496194%3A1527614511
---Broome
Bands Together Summer Concert Series at
Otsiningo Park in
Tues 6/5: Deni Bonet
Tues 6/12:
The Yada Yada’s w/ Lori
Bass Brown
Tues 6/19:
Katie Scott & Persuasion
Tues 6/26: Voodoo Highway & Nate Calzetoni (raibred)
Tues 7/10:
The Shambles w/ the Bottom
Feeders
…The series will be interrupted by Spiedie Fest and more announcements for the Tuesday evening series should be forthcoming, as the series usually runs thru the end of August! All shows start at 6pm and while spectators, lawn chairs and blankets are welcome, alcohol is not. All shows are FREE!
---Here’s the official line-up for next weekends
(Saturday 6/9) Crowfest at
12:00-1p
J.Floyd & C. Wolf
1:15-2:30 Floating Down
2:45-4:00 Tim Ruffo Band
4:15-5:30 Bess Greenberg Trio
5:45-7:00
7:15-8:45 The Smokin' Crows
9:00-10:15 Mike Davis and the
Laughing Buddha Episodes
10:30-11:45 Raibred
…there will also be a bike run from Southern Tier Harley Davidson and fyi, it’s a BYOB event, as well.
---Laurel
Bowl in
---We can always count on local music veteran,
John Stark to let us know
when one of our local legends pass on.
Stark posted this update on facebook on Monday (5/28): “My
friend and fellow musician died due to an accident in the Homer
---Here’s a great alt-pop one-day fest in
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alt921-furnace-frenzy-tickets-46202078661
---Alice
Cooper is coming to the
Crouse-Hinds Theatre @ The OnCenter in
---John
Fogerty, former lead singer of Creedence Clearwater Revival, has
announced a solo tour to follow his Summer jaunt with ZZ Top and while
it spends way too much time in
---Blackberry
Smoke has booked a Fall 2018 leg and along with that a stray summer
date in
LOCAL-ISH:
---Earth, Wind & Fire has announced a concert at the former Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center, now known as CMAC in Canandaigua NY on 8/29.
---Rocker Gary Hoey, has announced a series of shows that include at least one localish stop…Jim Thorpe PA at Mauch Chunk Opera House, on 6/16…plus, Merrimack NH on 6/15…Lincoln RI on 7/7…Atlantic City NJ on 8/27…and Derry NH on 12/1!
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---The
Summer Slaughter Tour has announced it’s schedule of shows for
Summer 2018, so regionally that means we’ll see them in…
---Rapper KRS-ONE has booked a last minute tour that has already begun, or at least will have by the time you read this on Friday 6/1…it began last night on 5/31 at the Ardmore Music Hall in Ardmore PA (near philly) and continues tonight in NYC in Brooklyn with the 30th anniversary celebration of Yo! MTV Raps! You do have a chance to catch the rest of it however starting tomorrow night in…New Haven CT on 6/2…Greenfield MA on 6/8…Rochester NY on 6/9…Philadelphia PA on 6/10…and the previously announced shows in Pittsburgh PA on 6/12…and Baltimore MD on 6/14!
---The B.B.
King Blues Band has found a way to keep the legacy of B.B. King
alive, with new lead singer, Tito
Jackson! That’s right, a
former member of The Jackson 5 is keeping the blues alive!
It sounds a bit crazy, but I really like it!
They haven’t booked too many shows yet, but give them time…
---One hit wonder,
Thomas Dolby (surely you
remember “She
Blinded Me With Science” right?) is playing a ten-date tour in
July and August and seven of the dates are in our region!
Starting with…
---KC & The Sunshine Band, who will be coming to Binghamton NY for Spiedie Fest in August, have added new Summer dates for 2018…Newport RI on 7/7…Webster MA on 7/8…Hyannis MA on 8/2…Hampton Beach NH on 8/4…Philadelphia PA on 8/11!
---Lord Huron is scheduling an extensive Summer tour to match the popularity of their recently released album, “Vide Noir,” so expect to see them in…Toronto ON on 7/25…Pittsburgh PA on 7/26…North Tonawanda NY on 7/28…two nights in Brooklyn NY on 8/1 & 8/2…Portsmouth NH on 8/3…Montreal QC on 8/4…and Boston MA on 8/5! They’ll also be hitting regional festivals…Firefly on 6/17…Osheaga on 8/4…and Catskill Wine & Food on 10/7!
---Southern
Culture On The Skids has announced Fall dates for 2018…
---Folk singer,
Gordon Lightfoot has released
Summer 2018 tour dates…
---The Jayhawks have announced a smattering of Fall dates…NYC on 9/22…Tarrytown NY on 9/23…Alexandria VA on 10/11…Montclair NJ on 10/12…and Somerville MA on 10/13!
---American Idol Season Ten winner, Scotty McCreery has announced more Summer and a few Fall dates for 2018…Dewey Beach DE on 8/9…Cohasset MA on 8/11…Frederick MD on 9/20…Hampton Beach NH on 9/27…and Durham CT on 9/29!
---Martin
Sexton will headline the one-day only,
Connecticut Folk Festival at
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---The singer, who might have been lead vocalist for Led Zeppelin, Terry Reid, has booked a one-timer…Saturday night 11/10 at Turning Point in Piermont NY!
---Jazz legend
Tom Scott has booked a
one-off with his band L.A. Express in
---Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals & Ronnie Spector & the Ronettes are teaming-up for a one shot show in Lynn MA on 10/27!
---New band Arthur Buck (side-project for peter buck of r.e.m. and joseph arthur) have booked a one-off in Brooklyn NY at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, on 9/20 in support of their self-titled album, which is due on 6/15.
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Molly
Hatchet adds
---Michael Glabicki (of Rusted Root)…adds Mohawk NY on 6/24…New Bedford MA on 7/14…Beacon NY on 7/15…Amagansett NY on 7/17…and Rome NY on 9/13!
---Beach
Boys add
---The Fixx
adds
---Pitbull
adds
---Yes
adds
---David
Alan Coe adds
---Lita Ford
adds
---Cowboy
Mouth adds
---Particle Kid adds NYC on 7/8!
---Uli Jon
Roth adds
---Max Weinberg’s Jukebox adds NYC on 8/23…and Bethany Beach DE on 8/24!
---John
Mayall adds
---War
adds Bensalem PA on 8/3…
---Tom
Chapin adds
---Aztec
Two-Step add
---Ed Sheeran adds Snow Patrol, as a warm-up band, to his North American tour!
---Three Dog Night adds NYC on 8/6!
---Arlo
Guthrie adds two nights in Rockport MA on 7/26 & 7/27…and
---Daughtry
adds
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---Alice Cooper (3)
---Arlo Guthrie (3)
---Arthur Buck (1)
---Aztec-Two Step (1)
---Beach Boys (1)
---Blackberry Smoke (6)
---
---Cowboy Mouth (1)
---Daughtry (2)
---David Allan Coe (1)
---Dirty Heads/ lovelytheband/ Jukebox The Ghost/ L.I.F.T./ Brother Sundance/ Morgan Saint (1)
---Earth Wind & Fire (1)
---Felix Cavaliere/ Ronnie Spector & The Ronettes (1)
---
---Gordon Lightfoot (7)
---John Fogerty (2)
---John Mayall (1)
---KC & the Sunshine Band (5)
---KRS-ONE (5)
---Lita Ford (1)
---Lord Huron (8)
---Particle Kid (1)
---Pitbull (1)
---Max Weinberg’s Jukebox (2)
---Michael Glabicki (5)
---Molly Hatchet (2)
---Scotty McCreery (5)
---Southern Culture On The Skids (7)
---Summer Slaughter Tour (5)
---Terry Reid (1)
---The B.B. King Blues Band w/ Tito Jackson (3)
---The Fixx (1)
---The Jawhawks (5)
---Thomas Dolby (7)
---Three Dog Night (1)
---Tom Chapin (1)
---Tom Scott &
---Uli Jon Roth (1)
---War (2)
---Yes (1)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 052518:
---Local TV station, Fox 40 (remember them spectrum subscribers?) provided coverage of last weekends “Bands To The Rescue” benefit for Every Dogs Dream Rescue volunteer animal rescue shelter in Chenango County at Touch Of Texas in Nimmonsburg NY on 5/19! See the story by clicking on this website: http://www.wicz.com/story/38230770/bands-to-the-rescue-raises-funds-for-every-dogs-dream
---Abba tribute band,
Abba The Concert are coming
to the
---The “Southern Uprising Tour” featuring Charlie Daniels Band, Marshall Tucker Band and The Outlaws is coming to Tags in Big Flats NY on 9/22 @ 7pm! Tickets go on sale today (5/25) starting at $24.50! The tour overall only has two other dates listed at this time, both in July, so this listing hints that perhaps there is another leg about to be announced.
---Nikstock has moved away…the two-night rock music fest headlined by Alice Cooper cover bands Tempter and Nightmare, has made it’s home in the Owego area for most of it’s existence, recently switching to Champion Speedway in Owego, but now it’s moved into the foothills of the Adirondacks at Kasoag Lake Park in Williamstown NY, roughly 40 miles northeast of Syracuse and will be held on Friday & Saturday June 15th & 16th. The festival still brags of 40 bands on two stages over two days, and 100 kegs of beer, plus (even in the age of the #metoo movement) the bikini contest…hosted by Ivonna Cadaver from TV’s Macabre Theatre. For the full list of bands, check out the festival website: www.nikstock.com.
---Local singer, percussionist, maracas, claves, timbales and conga player, Freddy Mendoza, of Rooster & The Roadhouse Horns, posted on facebook last Friday, after we put our previous report to bed, that he was cancer free! That’s great news for the Southern Tier, as Freddy has become a local icon in his over twenty years as a performer in local bands. Rock on Freddy!
---Aztec
Two-Step has announced a local show, in
---Former Allman Brother Band member, Dickey Betts is bringing his “out of retirement/ comeback” tour to the NYS Fair in Syracuse NY FREE on The Court on 8/28! Also recently added….Dave Mason (of Traffic) & Steve Cropper (of Booker T & The MG’s) are touring as a duo and they’ll play the NYS Fair FREE on The Court on 8/23 @ 2p! Also announced this week is a show by R&B breakout star, Ravyn Lenae FREE on The Court @ 2p on 8/24!
---The Devon Allman Project has expanded their Summer tour and announced Fall dates as well, including a local stop…Papermill Amphitheatre in Baldwinsville NY, just outside of Syracuse NY on 7/28, with plenty of additional regional shows added as well…Shirley MA on 7/19…Somers Point NJ on 7/20…Woodstock NY on 7/24…Rochester NY on 7/26…Pawling NY on 7/29…New Bedford MA on 7/31…then, after a trip to the UK & Europe…Sellersville PA on 10/2! No opening act has yet been announced, but don’t be surprised if Duane Betts is added later on, as he’s listed to open both before and after many of the regional dates listed above.
---Modest Mouse is coming back into our local area in Fall 2018 at the Crouse-Hinds Theatre at the OnCenter in Syracuse NY on 10/2…as well as many other regional stops…Buffalo NY on 10/1…Worcester MA on 10/5…Mashantucket MA on 10/6…Atlantic City NJ on 10/7…Brooklyn NY on 10/9…Montclair NJ on 10/10…Asbury Park NJ on 10/12…Bethlehem PA on 10/13…and Albany NY on 10/14!
---Herman’s
Hermits ft. Peter Noone seem like they’re always on tour and finally
they’ve added a date that’s local and not the NYS Fair, but it’s not
much closer! See them in
LOCAL-ISH:
---90’s era boy bands are back this year…first, with the return of the Backstreet Boys and now, 98 Degrees, (come on NSync, you’re next!) who are mounting a huge reunion tour that starts in August, but doesn’t even get to our region until December! The itinerary includes a local-ish stop at Turning Stone Casino in Verona NY on 12/13…and regional dates are…Silver Spring MD on 12/6…Morristown NJ on 12/7…Medford MA on 12/8…Ridgefield CT on 12/12…Niagara Falls NY on 12/14…Atlantic City NJ on 12/15…Westbury NY on 12/16…and Rutland VT on 12/17!
---The Phillip Phillips/ Gavin DeGraw tour will now come as close as The Poconos…catch them at Mount Airy Casino in Mount Pocono PA on 8/30…as well as…Bensalem PA on 8/28…Vienna VA on 8/31…and Asbury Park NJ on 9/2! In addition Phillips has also announced some solo shows ahead of the tour…NYC on 6/7…Montpelier VT on 7/14…Pittsburgh PA on 7/15…and Ridgefield CT on 7/16!
---Blues guitarist, Jonny Lang has announced Summer shows and one of them will be as close as Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe PA on 7/20…plus additional regional shows in…Toronto ON on 7/13…Westbury NY on 7/25…Hampton Beach NH on 7/26…Cohasset MA on 7/27…Port Chester NY on 7/28…and Plymouth NH on 10/14!
---Led Zeppelin cover band, Get The Led Out are in demand…and we mean IN demand…they’re doubling and tripling up stops in certain cities, and making a local-ish stop as well! They’ve just booked a second night in Ocean City NJ on 6/26…and also in Huntington NY on 6/30…plus single stops in Willimantic CT on 8/4…Morristown NJ on 8/8…Utica NY at the Stanley Center on 8/10…Hampton Beach NY on 8/18…Westbury NY on 11/2…then two shows in Waterloo NY on 11/16 & 11/17…and three shows in Harrisburg PA from 11/29 thru 12/1! Maybe they should think about playing larger venues, huh?
---Ginger Baker’s son Kofi, Jack Bruce’s son Malcolm and Eric Clapton’s nephew Will Johns have teamed-up for a unique project…The Music of Cream, 50th Anniversary tour! The unique tribute band will be touring extensively this Fall, including a stop in Jim Thorpe PA at Penn’s Peak on 10/13 and plenty of other regional dates…Montreal QC on 9/28…South Burlington VT on 10/1…Ridgefield CT on 10/3…Woonsocket RI on 10/4…New Bedford MA on 10/5…Northampton MA on 10/8…Lynn MA on 10/10…New London CT on 10/11…Concord NH on 10/12…Englewood NJ on 10/15…Huntington NJ on 10/16…Glenside PA on 10/17…Waterloo NY on 10/18…Red Bank NJ on 10/22…Harrisburg PA on 10/23…Baltimore PA on 10/24…and Greensburg PA on 10/25!
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson are teaming-up for another “Twins of Evil” tour that they’re billing as “The Second Coming.” Witness the onslaught yourself at…Bristow VA on 7/21…Holmdel NJ on 7/24…Burgettstown PA on 7/25…Toronto ON on 7/26…Montreal QC (as part of “Heavy Montreal” fest) on 7/28…Wantagh NY on 8/7…Mansfield MA on 8/8…Camden NJ on 8/9…Hartford CT on 8/11…and Darien Center NY on 8/12!
---Wiz Khalifa and Rae Sremmurd have teamed-up for a 2018 Summer tour that will blaze a hip hop trail thru our region…Toronto ON on 7/24…Saratoga Springs NY on 7/25…Burgettstown PA on 7/26…Brooklyn NY (only Wiz) on 8/2…Holmdel NJ on 8/4…Hartford CT on 8/5…Mansfield MA on 8/7…Bristow VA on 8/9…and Camden NJ on 8/10!
---Sting and Shaggy are taking their musical relationship beyond the album they recorded…they’re taking it on the road as well…Oxon Hill MD on 9/19…Philadelphia PA on 9/20…Atlantic City NJ on 9/21…Boston MA on 9/25…NYC on 9/26…and Toronto ON on 9/28!
---John Mayall, whose Bluesbreaker bands of the 60’s & 70’s included Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, Jack Bruce, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Walter Trout, Andy Fraser, Paul Butterfield and Aynsley Dunbar, a veritable who’s who of British rock and blues, is still alive and kickin’ and ready to tour the USA at the ripe old age of 84…He’ll be playing our region in September…Norfolk CT on 9/7…Beverly MA on 9/8…Woodstock NY on 9/12…Washington DC on 9/14…Sellersville PA on 9/15…Fairfield CT on 9/19…and in NYC for three nights, 9/20-22!
---Alternative queen, Liz Phair has announced a Fall 2018 leg on her latest tour in support of the new “Exile In Guyville” boxed set…Washington DC on 10/3…Philadelphia PA on 10/5…Brooklyn NY on 10/6…Boston MA on 10/8…Montreal QC on 10/9…and Toronto ON on 10/10!
---It turns out that 4U isn’t the only Prince related tour in America, The Revolution (…as in Prince’s old band…) is extending beyond is one-shot reunion show with new dates in…NYC on 10/11 & 10/12…Silver Spring MD on 10/26…Boston MA on 10/27…and Providence RI on 10/28!
---Parkway
Drive has announced new tour dates in support of their latest album,
“Reverence,”
and even better, it’s a package tour with
The Devil Wears Prada, August
Burns Red and Polaris! See it in…
---Phish has announced Fall 2018 tour dates and I guess we’ll have to be happy with CurveBall, (in Watkins Glen on 8/17-19) because we aren’t getting much out of this leg of the tour…just two shows, both in Albany NY at the Knickerbocker (aka the times union center) on 10/16 & 10/17!
---There’s a nice little alternative music festival
in
---Jack Black’s comedy/ music duo, Tenacious D is back with regional dates set up for November 2018...Brooklyn NY on 11/3…Boston MA on 11/5…Washington DC on 11/7…Philadelphia PA on 11/8…and Pittsburgh PA on 11/9!
---Classic rockers, Atlanta Rhythm Section is coming into our region this summer in a variety of ways…which means both as a headliner and as a warm-up band…Bethlehem PA on 5/26…New Castle PA (with Firefall and Foghat) on 6/21…Holmdel NJ (warming for Lynyrd Skynyrd) on 6/22…Wantagh NY (again warming for Skynyrd) on 6/23…Bristow VA (warming for Skynyrd) on 7/7…Copiague NY on 7/11…Alexandria VA (with Poco) on 7/12…and Pennsauken NJ on 8/2!
---Alt-rockers, Nothing But Thieves, come back to our region in September with new shows in…Washington DC on 9/7…Boston MA on 9/8…Montreal QC on 9/9…Toronto ON on 9/10…NYC on 10/11…Asbury Park NJ on 10/13…and Philadelphia PA on 10/14!
---Paul Anka is getting out of Las Vegas for a few months and coming east…Englewood NJ on 10/3…Morristown NJ on 10/4…Westbury NY on 11/2…Medford MA on 11/4…Uncasville CT on 11/9…and Atlantic City NJ on 11/10!
---The BoDeans have announced their June dates…far too late in May, if you ask me…but if you still have some $ for concert tickets, you can check them out in…NYC on 6/7…Woodstock NY on 6/8…and Boston MA on 6/9!
---Finally there are more Garbage dates for our region…Washington DC on 10/21…Boston MA on 10/23…Philadelphia PA on 10/25…Atlantic City NJ on 10/26…and Brooklyn NY on 10/27…that’s all on top of the previously announced show in Port Chester NY on 10/20!
---Synth/ pop band, Future Islands are touring this summer and crashing our region, too…Montreal QC on 8/4…Lancaster PA on 8/26…Washington DC on 9/28…and Queens NY (warming up for The National) on 9/30!
---Jazz great,
Chick Corea will tour the US
in late Summer/ early Fall with a five-night stand in Allston MA, just
outside of Boston from 9/19 thru 9/23!
You can also see Corea in
---Rockefeller Plaza in NYC has announced the Today show Summer Concert Series mostly on Fridays thru the summer, (which started with Meghan Trainor two weeks ago on 5/15, then followed by Darius Rucker of Hootie & the Blowfish on 5/25…sorry, I’m so late on this, but sickness has prevented me from posting earlier). Here’s the rest of the list:
Mon 5/28: Troye Sivan
Fri 6/1: Shawn Mendes
Fri 6/8: Kelly Clarkson
Fri 6/15:
Christina Aguilera
Fri 6/22: 5 Seconds Of Summer
Fri 6/29: Panic! At The Disco
Fri 7/6: Lady Antebellum
Fri 7/13: Maroon 5
Fri 7/20: Charlie Puth
Fri 7/27: Julia Michaels
Thu 8/2: Keith Urban
Fri 8/10: Jason Mraz
Fri 8/17: Cole Swindell
…with two bands and dates to be named later!
Remember, you have to show up at 5am at
---Veteran songwriter,
Jimmy Webb will play Autumn
dates in 2018…starting with an isolated summer show on 7/16…then
Purchase NY on 10/6…Roslyn NY on 10/7…Bethel NY on 11/3…Union NJ on
11/4…and
---Squirrel
Nut Zippers have added a Summer leg to their 2018 tour…Beverly MA on
8/3…Albany NY on 8/4…
---Bela Fleck & The Flecktones will be in our region next month…Rochester NY on 6/26…Toronto ON on 6/27…Lenox MA on 6/29…Port Chester NY on 6/30…and Montreal QC on 7/1!
---The man who taught The Beatles, particularly
John Lennon, how to play harmonica;
Delbert McClinton, is coming
around this fall…
---The John Pizzarelli Jazz Trio will is set to tour our region this Summer…Shirley MA on 7/6…Westhampton Beach NY on 7/15…Truro MA on 7/21…Albany NY on 9/14…Lexington MA on 9/15…and Rockport MA on 9/16!
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---Wayne
Newton has booked a one-timer for
---Aaron
Neville’s only date east of
---Iron &
Wine returns to the
---Johnny
Marr, former lead guitarist of British superstars, The Smiths, has
booked a handful of
---The
Tramps ft. Earl Young book a one-timer at
Tim McLooney’s Supper Club in
---Nicki Minaj booked a one-shot show for 5/19, totally at the last minute, so I hope you didn’t miss it! Here’s hoping that this will lead to a tour! Her website is teasing “more events coming soon,” so we’ll see.
TOUR TWEAKING:
---The day before he appears at the GrassRoots
Festival, Jim Lauderdale will
also be in
---Harry
Connick Jr. adds
---Uncle
Kracker adds
---BulletBoys
& Enuff Z’Nuff add
---Ben Folds
adds
---The
English Beat add…
---Breathe
---Robert
Cray Band adds
---Boyz II
Men add
---Brian
Wilson adds
---Joan Jett
adds a solo show after the end of the Styx tour…
---Earth
Wind & Fire adds
---Drive-By
Truckers will play a solo show on an “off” night on the Tedeschi
Trucks Band tour in
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---5 Seconds Of Summer (1)
---98 Degrees (9)
---Aaron Neville (1)
---
---Aztec Two-Step (2)
---Bela Fleck & The Flecktones (5)
---Ben Folds (1)
---Boyz II Men (1)
---Breathe
---Brian Wilson (3)
---BulletBoys/ Enuff Z’Nuff (2)
---Charlie Puth (1)
---Chick Corea (6)
---Dan + Shay (1)
---Delbert McClinton (5)
---
---Drive-By Truckers (1)
---Earth Wind & Fire (1)
---Fastball/ Sister Hazel/ Eve 6/ Fuel (1)
---
---Garbage (5)
---Gavin DeGraw/ Phillip Phillips (4)
---Get The Led Out (12)
---Harry Connick Jr. (2)
---Herman’s Hermits (2)
---Iron & Wine (1)
---Jason Mraz (1)
---Jim Lauderdale (1)
---Jimmy Webb (6)
---Joan Jett (1)
---Jonny Lang (7)
---John Mayall (9)
---John Pizzarelli Jazz Trio (5)
---Johnny Marr (1)
---Julia Michaels (1)
---Keith Urban (1)
---Kelly Clarkson (1)
---Kofi Baker/ Malcolm Bruce/ Will Johns (18)
---Lady Antebellum (1)
---Liz Phair (6)
---Maroon 5 (1)
---Modest Mouse (10)
---Nothing But Thieves (7)
---Panic! At The Disco (1)
---Parkway Drive/ The Devil Wears Prada/ August Burns Red/ Polaris (6)
---Paul Anka (6)
---Phillip Phillips (4)
---Phish (2)
---Rob Zombie/ Marilyn Manson (10)
---Robert Cray Band (1)
---Shawn Mendes (1)
---Squirrel Nut Zippers (5)
---Sting/ Shaggy (6)
---Tenacious D (5)
---The BoDeans (3)
---The Revolution (5)
---The Tramps
---Uncle Kracker (1)
---Wayne Newton (1)
---Wiz Khalifa/ Rae Sremmurd (9)
---Zoso (1)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 051818:
---Looking for something to do on Saturday
afternoon (5/19)? How about
the first annual Bands To The Rescue benefit for Every Dogs Dream Rescue
charity! It’s got a great
line-up starting at 1pm at the former
1p) Lyza
2p) Mojo Filter
3p) Masterpiece Energy
4p) SHE’S A
SPY ft. Brenna Swanger
5p) FC3 (joe stento/ benny fiacco/ todd Russell)
6p) Gene Hummel (hummel’s jug/ mug)
Tickets are $10.00, but it all goes for a good cause! Doors at 12:30p and the show starts at 1pm!
---The Marathon Music Festival is next Sunday (5/27) and that means, aside from relay, half-relay and/or pub runners; lots of bands, scattered across the city of Binghamton at different stages! According to everything we can glean so far, here’s where bands and what bands are scheduled to be playing, so far (but I’m sure we’ll be adding more):
BC
Courthouse w/ Devinne Meyers/
Peacemaker’s Stage w/ Lady Purple & Jamalot/ Amy Michelle/ Kenyon Hill
Cheri Lindsey Park w/ She’s A Spy/ Amber Martin
MetroCenter w/ Slideways/ Alex Creamer
…for more on the festival click on these links:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/MarathonMusicFest/events, or https://www.marathonmusicfest.com.
---Binghamton’s local national touring band, folk icons, Driftwood National Summer tour dates have been expanded to include…Greenfield MA on 6/9…and Hamilton NY on 8/26! More to come I’m sure!
---The only Prince tribute that is official sanctioned by the estate of Prince, 4U: A Symphonic Celebration is coming to the Anderson Center at Binghamton University in Vestal on Friday, 9/21! Perhaps even more notable is that this project’s music and arrangements were curated by The Roots’ Questlove; a Prince superfan! In addition to it’s local stop, the tour will also make regional stops in…New Brunswick NJ on 9/6…Vienna VA on 9/8…Buffalo NY on 9/19…Brooklyn NY on 9/20…and Lynn MA on 9/22! Symphonic back-up will be provided by the Binghamton Philharmonic. Tickets are on sale now (Friday 5/18) for $49-69.00!
---Local alternative band, Kites and Powerlines announced that their ltest album, “There’s More Here Than Black & White,” is now available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Apple Music and Amazon!
---Randy McStine posted more on his facebook page this week about the project he’s been working on with Dave Kerzner. McStine reports that he’s “Working out some massive ambient (guitar) sounds” for the “In Continuum” recording and he also posted a work session from his home, where he was working out a “Big huge guitar solo.” See for yourself and like his page at: https://www.facebook.com/randy.mcstine
---The combo FC3 (which stands for Fat City 3, btw) is getting some local love from Fox 40 News At Ten! The trio, which draws on their varied backgrounds, soul (lead guitar/ lead singer, Joe Stento), blues (bass player Benny Fiacco) and reggae (drummer Todd Russell)! Click on the link for more: http://www.wicz.com/story/38185462/established-local-musicians-combine-talents-for-new-sound
---The Norwich Summer Concert Series adds another cool band…Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad invades East Park in Norwich NY on 7/12!
---The Brackney Inn, in Brackney PA, which has been sidelined since last fall by a fire on it’s upper residential floor, still has not reopened and management still hasn’t pegged a grand re-opening, but they did tell me this week that reconstruction is “getting towards the end,” so we should have some happy news to report soon!
---Brenna Swanger posted photo’s from her band, She’s A Spy, recent show in NYC with Natalie Claro at Funkadelic Studios. You can see them here: https://www.facebook.com/brennaswanger3210/posts/1766274373451439?notif_id=1525744191278756¬if_t=notify_me&ref=notif
And also here: http://www.unclearmag.com/concerts-events/2018/5/7/natalie-claro-new-york-city
---Blues Traveler are coming to The Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre PA on 8/1…as well as some other choice venues in our greater region…Ocean City NJ on 7/30…North Stonington CT on 8/2…Johnstown PA on 8/4 for Flood City Music Fest…Rochester NH on 8/15…Utica NY on 8/17…Lowell MA on 8/18…Great Neck NY on 8/19…and two nights in Nantucket MA on 8/21 & 8/22!
LOCAL-ISH:
---Can’t wait until
Lake Street Dive come to
State Theatre in
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---Drake is finally going to hit the road to support his forthcoming album and the Toronto rapper is taking rising stars, Migos with him for a huge cross-country tour, built to get bigger with gaps between dates in larger markets tailor made for additional nights…Toronto ON on 8/10 & 8/11…NYC On 8/24 & 8/25…Brooklyn NY on 8/26 & 8/31…Montreal QC on 9/4…Boston MA on 9/7 & 9/8…Washington DC on 9/12 & 9/13…and Philadelphia PA on 9/15!
---Yes, it’s only May, but already Mannheim Steamroller is announcing their holiday schedule and, as always, there are plently of regional stops…Bethlehem PA on 11/29…Hershey PA on 11/30…Philadelphia PA on 12/1…New Brunswick NJ on 12/6…Providence RI on 12/7…Boston MA on 12/8…Waterbury CT on 12/9…and Red Bank NJ on 12/10!
---Christina Aguilera is back! The pop singer, fresh from dissing her fellow judges on “The Voice,” is launching an American tour that brings her into our region…Oxon Hill MD on 9/30…NYC on 10/3 & 10/4…Uncasville CT on 10/6…and Boston MA on 10/11!
---Finally, after a residency in Las Vegas, tours of Europe and Asia…Nine Inch Nails is coming home this fall to tour the entire country, including dates in our region…Washington DC on 10/9…NYC on 10/13 & 10/14…Boston MA on 10/19 & 10/20!
---Neil
Young has announced a six-date solo tour…unfortunately, only two of
the dates will play in our region…
---Folk rockers, First Aid Kid, are coming this Fall to a region that already has a lot of folk rockers…Boston MA on 9/7…Philadelphia PA on 9/8…Washington DC on 9/10…and Brooklyn NY on 9/11!
---The Hold Steady are doing anything but holding steady…they’ll be on the road for the next few months with a lot of tour dates scheduled for our region…Jersey City NJ on 7/25…Philadelphia PA on 7/26 & 7/27…Asbury Park NJ on 7/28…and finally…holding steady in Toronto ON, for four nights at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern on 9/12-9/15!
---Chicago has booked a Fall 2018 Canadian tour, following their stint with REO Speedwagon…there will some dates with driving distance however…Kingston ON on 9/11…and Montreal QC on 9/13!
---Alternative rockers,
Kaleo has booked some
regional tour dates, but they’re really spaced out…
---Another alt-rock band, The Neighbourhood has booked a Fall leg that will bring them back around to our area…Boston MA on 102…Toronto ON on 10/4…Brooklyn NY on 10/5…and NYC on 10/6!
---The Outbreak Tour has added a new Fall leg featuring Lil Xan and it makes multiple stops in our region…NYC on 9/26…Boston MA on 9/27…Philadelphia PA on 10/18…and Silver Springs MD on 10/19!
---Remember
The Vapors? The British
band that had a one-hit new-wave wonder with “Turning
Japanese” in the early 80’s…they’ve returned with a two-night stand
in NYC at the Mercury Lounge
on 10/20 & 10/21! That will
be their only appearance in the
---The city of
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---Bret
Michaels of Poison has booked 13 solo shows around the country, but
only one that’s even close to us…Watertown
Fairgrounds Arena in
---Rap duo,
Method Man & Redman have one show only booked for the whole
year…Canalside in
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Incubus
adds
---David
Crosby adds
---
---Soul
Asylum add a solo show outside of the Collective Soul/ 3 Doors Down
tour…in
---Breathe
---Charlie Daniels Band adds Quakertown PA on 7/12!
---Steve Augeri, the first singer to stand in for Steve Perry in Journey, is now solo and adding a second night in Quakertown PA on 7/26!
---Trapt
adds
---Big Head
Todd & The Monsters finally add a date in our region on their
current tour…7/13 in
---Eddie
Money adds Batavia NY on 6/22…Hyannis MA on 7/2…Cohasset MA on
7/29…and a very cool stop at the Bloomsburg Fair in Bloomsburg PA on
9/26, which also includes Rick
Springfield, Greg Kihn and
Tommy Tutone on the same bill!
Why don’t they package that up and take it across
---Peter
Cetera adds
---Michael
McDonald adds
---Journey &
Def Leppard add Cheap Trick
to their
---Air
Supply adds
---John
Sebastian adds
---Camila Cabello adds a solo show on the Taylor Swift tour…in
---The Box Tops add NYC on 8/3…
---Kip Winger adds
---Darius Rucker adds NYC on 5/25!
---Kelly Clarkson adds NYC on 6/8!
---The Jayhawks add
---Aimee Mann adds
---Average White Band adds NYC on 5/10!
---Sergio Mendes adds NYC on 6/30!
---Skid Row add
---Saliva adds
---Ani DiFranco adds Great Barrington MA on 6/17!
---Bad Wolves add
---Danny Seraphine’s CTA adds
---The Smithereens add
---Fitz & The Tantrums add
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---4U (6)
---Aimee Mann (1)
---Air Supply (4)
---Ani DiFranco (1)
---Arrested Development (1)
---Average White Band (1)
---Bad Wolves (2)
---Big Head Todd & The Monsters (1)
---Blues Traveler (10)
---Breathe
---Bret Michaels (1)
---Camila Cabello (1)
---Charlie Daniels Band (1)
---
---Danny Seraphine’s CTA
---Darius Rucker (1)
---Dark Star Orchestra (1)
---David Crosby (1)
---Drake (12)
---Driftwood (4)
---Eddie Money (3)
---Father John Misty (1)
---First Aid Kit (4)
---Fitz & The Tantrums (1)
---Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad (1)
---Incubus (4)
---John Sebastian (3)
---Kaleo (3)
---
---Kelly Clarkson (1)
---Kenny Wayne Shepherd (1)
---
---Method Man/ Redman (1)
---Michael McDonald/ Peter Cetera (1)
---Mighty Mighty Bosstones (1)
---Neil Young (2)
---Nine Inch Nails (5)
---Outbreak Tour w/ Lil Xan (4)
---Peter Cetera (1)
---Rick Springfield/ Eddie Money/ Greg Kihn/ Tommy Tutone (1)
---Saliva (2)
---Sergio Mendes (1)
---Skid Row (1)
---Soul Asylum (1)
---Steve Augeri (1)
---The Box Tops (3)
---The Hold Steady (8)
---The Jayhawks (1)
---The Neighbourhood (4)
---The Smithereens (2)
---The Vapors (2)
---Trapt (1)
---Umphrey’s McGee (1)
---Vanilla Ice (1)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 051118:
---Spiedie Fest finally announced their 2018 musical line-up last Thursday (5/3), just as we were getting ready to post last weeks report, so we saved it until this week…mostly because it was rather anti-climatic! It was really no big secret which acts were going to play, just the days…KC & The Sunshine Band on Friday 8/3…Phil Vassar on Saturday 8/4…and Cheap Trick on Sunday 8/5!
Tickets for the entire weekend are $25.00 until 7/8…$30.00 after that. Friday 8/3 will FREE to all…Saturday and Sunday admission is $5.00 at the gate—but does not grant access to the concert area, children eight and under are FREE! Tickets are available at Weis Markets, Wegmans, Oakdale Mall Office, Lupo’s Sidney Federal Credit Union and ticketmaster at this link: https://www1.ticketmaster.com/event/000054A5A3BC228F
---It has been confirmed, the Mobday show that has been booked at the Spotlight Binghamton on 6/9, with headliner, Year Of The Locust and two other support bands, Titan and Something Deadly, will indeed be a full reunion show! According to lead singer, Ryan Nickerson the band has also discussed “doing more shows in the near future,” but logistics may prevent a formal tour since band members all live in different areas now. Whether Mobday returns for good or not Nickerson says that he and Jordan will be playing more shows and making new music, which is great, but we have heard that before… [Note: Mobday did announce a festival date for 6/3, but the venue has not been announced as yet.]
---SHE’s A SPY ft. Brenna Swanger for playing the Big Apple last weekend! The band warmed up for Natalie Claro at Funkadelic Studios on Saturday, May 5th! At least one picture of the show has been posted online! Click here to see it: http://www.unclearmag.com/concerts-events/2018/5/7/natalie-claro-new-york-city
---The
Robert Cray Band is coming to the
Anderson Center at Binghamton
University in
---Toy Box Trophies are changing their name again thanks to the addition of a new female lead singer and a new bass player (their old singer Tony still sings in Persuasion, but wanted to go back to recording. Tom left as well.)…The band, also formerly known as Cast Of Thousands, (originally changed their name because they were often confused with Thousands Of One.) will now be known as Limited Edition! You can still follow them on facebook by bookmarking this link: https://www.facebook.com/ToyBoxTrophies/?notif_id=1525795428763910¬if_t=page_name_change&ref=notif
---Former American Idol candidate,
Kaitlyn Jackson says that her recovery from recent knee surgery is
coming along pretty well! In
a facebook post made on 5/6
---Jeff Howell and his new band, Tears posted a video of their cover of two classic Outlaws songs, “Ghost Riders In The Sky” and “Green Grass And High Tides Forever!” Wanna see it for yourself? Click the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPubxfmS1AQ&feature=share
---So there was a
Yolk reunion at
Callahan’s in
---Changes are coming to
The Dock in
Don't miss our very last live music show, Donna the Buffalo, on May 11th. Starting on May 14th, our weekly events, including Tuesday Bluesday with Danny P & Friends, I-Town Jazz Jam, Paint Nite Ithaca, and Reggae Night with Crucial Reggae Social Club, will be hosted at The Haunt.” Got all that?
---Unfortunately for
---Meanwhile there’s a new venue in
---They Might Be Giants will play the State Theatre in Ithaca NY this fall on Thursday night 10/25…as well as some other regional stops…Lancaster PA on 6/15…Baltimore MD on 10/26…NYC on 10/27…Providence RI on 10/28…Montreal QC on 10/30…Toronto ON on 11/2…and Buffalo NY on 11/3!
---John
Fogerty has announced that he’ll play the
Arena at Casey Plaza (the
second Mohegan Sun) in
---Cross-over artist Mary Chapin Carpenter has announced a show in Oneonta NY at the Foothills Center on 7/18…and has added other dates to her 2018 Summer tour, including…Truro MA on 7/24…South Orange NJ on 7/26…and Selbyville De on 7/28!
---The line-up for the New York State Blues Festival at Clinton Square in Syracuse is not only set for June 28th thru the 30th but the line-up has also been announced and it includes a couple of local musical acts… both Nate Gross and Chris Merkley! Here’s the three-day breakdown:
|
Day #1 (6/28): |
The Lightkeepers/ Larkin Poe/ The
Hi-Jivers |
|
Day #2 (6/29): |
Chris Eves/ Emanuel |
|
Day #3 (6/30): |
Chris Merkley/ Mike DeLaney & The
Delinquents/ Mike “Cotton Toes”
Scrivens/ Roustabouts/ Los Blancos/ AJ
Ghent Band/ The Bruce Katz Band/ Todd
Fitzsimmons/ Anders Osborne/ CJ Chenier
& The Red Hot Louisiana Band |
LOCAL-ISH:
---Barry Manilow will play Turning Stone Casino in Verona NY on 7/12…as well as a few other regional dates…a second night in Vienna VA on 6/9…Bethlehem PA on 7/5…Uncasville CT on 7/10!
---Cowboy Junkies are adding Summer 2018 dates to their tour! The new leg comes into our region in…Lexington MA on 7/18, then continues on…Edgartown MA on 7/19…Portsmouth NH on 7/20…NYC for two nights on 7/22 & 7/23…the previously leaked Alexandria VA on 7/26…and finally into our local-ish area at Bethel Woods in Bethel NY on 7/28!
---Blackmore’s Night (the acoustic medieval duo of Richie Blackmore of Deep Purple/ Rainbow and his wife, Candace Night) will basically be touring our region in July, including a local-ish stop in Jim Thorpe PA at Penn’s Peak on 7/26…as well as…Northampton MA on 7/21…Huntington NY on 7/22…Washington DC on 7/25…Ridgefield CT on 7/28…and Montclair NJ on 7/29! Somebody should really sign these two up for NY Faerie Fest…Budget concerns not withstanding.
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---Phil Collins, the former drummer and lead singer of Genesis, who also had a remarkable solo career in the 80’s, has come out of retirement and following last years European tour, finally comes to America and back to our region with a Fall 2018 tour…Washington DC on 10/7…Philadelphia PA on 10/8…Boston MA on 10/9…Toronto ON on 10/11…Newark NJ on 10/13…Brooklyn MA on 10/14…and Montreal QC on 10/16! Collins had retired due to a deterioration of his ability to hear. I hope this means he’s found good ear pieces to help him out.
---Shawn
Mendes has finally announced tour dates in support of his
forthcoming album and these dates extend far into 2019,
including…Pittsburgh PA on 8/6…Newark NJ on 8/10…Washington DC on
8/13…Boston MA on 8/15…Montreal QC on 8/21…and NYC on 8/24!
More announcements are expected soon as warm-up artists have yet
to be determined and there’s still no date for
---J. Cole
has announced tour dates in support of his new album, “KOD,” and he’s taking Young
Thug with him…for the most part!
See the pair in…
---American Idol is resuming it’s American tour of top contestants! This year the top 7 contestants (as opposed to past years when the top 10 or 12 would tour) plus special guest, American Idol season 8 winner, Kris Allen! The tour is, of course coming into our region and making the following stops…Baltimore MD on 8/12…Albany NY on 8/13…Upper Darby PA on 8/14…Westbury NY on 8/16…Morristown NJ on 8/17…Englewood NJ on 8/18…Lynn MA on 8/19…York PA on 9/12…Munhall PA on 9/13…Red Bank NJ on 9/14…New Bedford MA on 9/15…and Washington DC on 9/16!
---The
Levitate Music Festival has announced it’s full line-up and it’s
actually, pretty cool! The
two day festival is set in
|
Day #1
7/7 |
Trey Anastasio (phish)/ Slightly
Stoopid/ Stick Figure/ Twiddle/ Ripe/
Xavier Rudd/ The Suffers/ Robert
Randolph & The Family Band/ Samantha
Fish/ New |
|
Day #2
7/8 |
The Head And The Heart/ Rebelution/ |
---P!nk has expanded her “Beautiful Trauma” tour and she’ll be coming back to our region four more times in 2019…Toronto ON on 5/13…two nights in Montreal QC on 5/17 & 5/18…and a second night in NYC on 5/21! Will there be more? Well, there are built in gaps for multiple nights to be added if need be, so perhaps!
---ABC-TV has announced it’s Good Morning America “GMA Summer Concert Series,” line-up, which will take place at Rumsey Playfield at Central Park! The line-up is as follows:
5/15: Liam Payne & J Balvin
5/25: Sting & Shaggy
6/1: Halsey
6/8: Ne-Yo
6/15: Pitbull
6/22: Bebe Rexha
6/29:
7/6: G-Eazy
7/13: Backstreet Boys
7/20: Camila Cabello
7/27: Fall Out Boy
8/3: Kelsea Ballerini
8/10: The Chainsmokers
8/17: Leon Bridges
8/24: Luis Fonsi
8/31: Alesso
---Slightly older teenagers might enjoy the Pop2K tour, featuring a rotating line-up of Lance Bass, O-Town, Aaron Carter and/or Ryan Cabrera; coming soon to a town near you…Baltimore MD on 6/28…Harrisburg PA on 6/29…Jamaica NY on 6/30…New Bedford MA on 7/1!
---Jesse McCartney has announced fresh tour dates for the Summer of 2018…Silver Springs MD on 6/26…NYC on 6/28…Philadelphia PA on 6/29…Freehold NJ on 6/30…and Boston MA on 7/2!
---John Corabi’s “The
Dead Daisies” have returned and the former Motley Crue singer, will
bring with him Dizzy Reed’s
Hookers & Blow, which features not only for GNR member, but his own
line-up of stars, guitarist Alex Grossi of Quiet Riot, bass player
Robbie Crane of Black Star Riders and drummer Mike Dupke of W.A.S.P. and
John Mellencamp! You can see
these two great bands in
---I thought I’d heard it all, until now…the
Golden Nugget in
Day #1 (7/12): B-Street Band (tribute to bruce springsteen)
Day #2 (7/13): Wanted DOA (tribute to bon jovi)/ Completely Unchained (tribute to van halen)
Day #3 (7/14):
Tuesdays Gone (tribute to
lynyrd skynyrd)/ Best Of The
Eagles (tribute to the
eagles)/ Beginnings (tribute
to
Day #4 (7/15):
Free Fallin’ (tribute to tom
petty)/
---Alt-pop singer, Alex Clare has announced a short, eleven-date, Fall 2018 tour and nearly half of it is within our region…Brooklyn NY on 10/4…NYC on 10/6…Baltimore MD on 10/7…Washington DC on 10/10…and Sellersville PA on 10/11!
---John Prine tour dates in support of his new top five album, “Tree Of Forgiveness” have been announced…and are being added to this week in light of it’s hugh success…Vienna VA on 6/1…Burlington VT on 6/13…Boston MA (with Peter Wolf) on 6/15…Concord NH on 6/16…and Pittsburgh PA on 7/20!
---Rap star, Rich Homie Quan has announced a summer schedule that bounces thru our region in July…Amityville NY on 7/13…Washington DC on 7/14…Cambridge MA on 7/15…and NYC on 7/16!
---The Unlikely Candidates have booked a schedule of late Spring dates, including…Cambridge MA on 5/31…Albany NY on 6/1…NYC on 6/2…Philadelphia PA on 6/3…Baltimore MD on 6/4…the previously leaked Washington DC on 6/5!
---Young pop singer, JoJo (not part of the R&B band K-Ci & Jojo), has booked a theatre sized Spring tour that will bring her into our region…Washington DC on 6/12…Philadelphia PA on 6/13…Cambridge MA on 6/16…Brooklyn NY on 6/17…and NYC on 6/19!
---Father
John Misty has announced Summer tour dates and a few of them are
within our region…
---70’s soul band, The Spinners have announced regional Fall 2018 tour dates…Lewiston NY on 8/21…Cape May NJ on 8/31…Uncasville CT on 12/29…and Ocean City NJ on 12/31!
---Alternative band,
Borns announced Fall dates,
but there are only two stops in our region so far…
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---The Rock Allegiance Fest has been announced and
the line-up is impressive…Avenged
Sevenfold, Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach, Skillet, Bullet For My Valentine,
Beartooth, Insane Clown Posse, Gwar, Of Mice & Men, Fozzy, Bad Wolves,
From Ashes To New, Devour The Day and at least six more bands!
It’s set for 10/6 at the Pavilion at
---Outside of the Levitate Festival and the Phish
“Curveball” festival in Watkins Glen, the only
Trey Anastasio appearance north of the Mason Dixon and east of the
---The Calling have booked only one show east of Nevada so far for 2018…that’s in NYC on 6/28 at The Gramercy!
---Fans of 80’s pop-rockers,
Scandal have booked only three dates in
TOUR TWEAKING:
---The
Magpie Salute adds
---Otep
adds
---The Charlie Daniels Band adds Brookville NY on 7/6…Darien Center NY (as part of the lynyrd skynyd tour) on 7/13…Hartford CT (also with skynyrd) on 7/14…Little Valley PA on 8/1…Lancaster PA on 8/12…Hyannis MA on 8/18…Webster MA on 8/19…Williamsburg PA on 9/21…and Concord NH on 11/8!
---Ry Cooder
adds Emmylou Harris to two
shows on the tour…7/1 in Lenox MA…and in
---Blue
Oyster Cult adds
---Justin
Timberlake adds
---Drive-By
Truckers add
---Jeff Beck is adding solo shows on “off nights” on the “Stars Align” tour with Paul Rodgers and Ann Wilson…York PA on 8/5…Pittsburgh PA (with Ann Wilson) on 8/11…and Port Chester NY on 8/15!
---It also appears that “The Stars Align” tour stop in Lewiston NY on 8/7, has been downgraded to “just” a Jeff Beck/ Ann Wilson show and that Paul Rodgers is not longer on the bill on that day.
---Delbert
McClinton adds
---The
Outlaws add
---Oleta
Adams adds Rockport MA on 11/3…and
---Marco
Benevento adds
---Old Crow Medicine Show adds NYC on 7/26!
---Rival
Sons add
---America Idol winner, Phillip Phillips adds NYC on 6/7!
---Stephen
Stills & Judy Collins add
---Meanwhile
Judy Collins adds a solo show in
---Steve
Augeri adds
---Ed
Sheeran adds a second night in
---Gordon
Lightfoot adds
---The Alex
Clare date, formerly in
---The Grass
Roots add
---NRBQ
ads
---Taylor
Dayne adds
---Los Lobos
adds
---Tyler The Creator has withdrawn from the Childish Gambino farewell tour…but it’s still a great tour and also includes Rae Sremmurd!
---Meghan Trainor adds NYC on 5/15!
---Doyle Bramhall II adds
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---Alex Clare (5)
---American Idols (12)
---Barry Manilow (4)
---Blackmore’s Night (6)
---Blue Oyster Cult (2)
---Borns (2)
---Charlie Daniels Band (7)
---Cowboy Junkies (6)
---Delbert McClinton (1)
---Doyle Bramhall II (2)
---Drive-By Truckers (1)
---Ed Sheeran (1)
---Fake Fest (4)
---Father John Misty (3)
---Gordon Lightfoot (1)
---J. Cole (2)
---J. Cole/ Young Thug (7)
---Jesse McCartney (5)
---Jeff Beck (3)
---John Fogerty (1)
---John Prine (5)
---JoJo (5)
---Judy Collins (1)
---Justin Timberlake (3)
---Levitate Music Festival (2)
---Los Lobos (1)
---Marco Benevento (3)
---Meghan Trainor (1)
---
---NRBQ (1)
---Oleta Adams (2)
---Otep (1)
---Old Crow Medicine Show (1)
---Phillip Phillips (1)
---P!nk (4)
---Pop2K Tour (4)
---Rich Homie Quan (4)
---Rival Sons (1)
---Robert Cray Band (4)
---Rock Allegiance Tour (1)
---Ry Cooder/ Emmylou Harris (2)
---Scandal (1)
---Shawn Mendes (6)
---Stephen Stills/ Judy Collins (1)
---Steve Augeri (1)
---Taylor Dayne (1)
---The Calling (1)
---The Grass Roots (1)
---The Magpie Salute (1)
---The Outlaws (2)
---The Spinners (4)
---The Unlikely Candidates (6)
---They Might Be Giants (8)
---Trey Anastasio (1)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 050418:
---The daily line-up for the Peach Festival has been announced and it’s (as usual) pretty epic…
Day #1 (Thu 7/19):
Twiddle/ Pigeons Playing
Day #2 (Fri 7/20):
Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family
Band/ Umphrey’s McGee/ The Revivalists/ moe./ Twiddle & Friends/ Michael
Franti & Spearhead/ Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band
Day #3 (Sat 7/21):
Dark Side of the Mule/ Joe
Russo’s Almost Dead/ moe. + Little Feat (2 sets)Blackberry Smoke/ Chris
Robinson Brotherhood/
Day #4 (Sun 7/22):
Gov’t Mule/ Dickey Betts Band/
Warren Haynes/ Oteil Burbridge & Friends
…for our listings of all the bands in the festival, see our Local or Regional Concerts Page, elsewhere on this site!
---Former (and the only one from our area) American
Idol contestant, Kaitlyn Jackson
posted a new video last month, of a song she recorded back in 2014.
The video was shot in
---Zarni de
Wet’s back in town,
---The Carole King Musical “Beautiful” has added two
more nights at the
---Alex Creamer says her latest album, “Shaking The Shelter,” is now available at iTunes, Spotify and Amazon!
---Checked in with the Brackney Inn, damaged last year by fire. Ownership reports that construction is, “…progressing quickly now, but still can’t pinpoint a (grand re-opening) date.” Hopefully that will change soon now that weather has improved.
---If you need a taste of some “Audio Chocolate,” Paul Tauterouff shared a track from his latest album on facebook recently and I’ll share the link with you. It sends you to his bandcamp page, where you can stream and/or download the track, but it’s not free…but it is only a dollar and even I can almost afford that. Here’s the link: https://paultauterouff.bandcamp.com/track/farewell
---Carl Dixon, formerly of The Guess Who, April Wine and Coney Hatch is coming to McGirks in Chenango Bridge NY on 5/11! Tickets are $25.00!
---Devinne Meyers new album, “The Silver Line Project,” must be nearly done. Meyers has created a new facebook page dedicated purely to the album. Here’s a link: https://www.facebook.com/DMsilverlineproject/?notif_id=1525122630872212¬if_t=page_invite&ref=notif
---Local guitar god, Randy McStine announced on his facebook page this week that he’s prepping to go into the studio to contribute to the latest project by Dave Kerzner…and also discloses that other artists making contributions to this recording include, (long time music partner) Nick D’Virgilio and Matt Dorsey! Sounds like a fun time!
---The NYS
Fair in
---New venue alert:
The Kuckoo’s Nest, Inc. at
LOCAL-ISH:
---Dave
Matthews & Tim Reynolds sneak in a show at
CMAC in
---Gavin
DeGraw has announced a few dates…mostly on the Phillip Phillips
tour, but will play a solo show at
Darien Lake Amphitheatre in
---Bullet
For My Valentine will play the NYS Fairgrounds (really?
Not Lakeview Amphitheatre?
…it’s not like they still have the Grandstand at the NYS Fair…)
in
---Blackmore’s Night, the medieval music duo of Richie Blackmore (yes, the guitar player from Deep Purple and Rainbow) and his vocalist wife, …are set to play Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe PA on 7/26…with the entire rest of the seven-town tour, completely within our region…Glenside PA on 7/19…Northampton MA on 7/21…Huntington NY on 7/22…Washington DC on 7/25…Ridgefield CT on 7/28…and Montclair NJ on 7/29!
---Folk singer,
Jonathan Edwards (remember
his one-hit-wonder, “Sunshine?”) is set to play the
Nelson Odeon in Nelson NY
(just outside of Cazenovia—near Syracuse) on 9/14!
He also announced shows in
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---Fleetwood Mac have finally announced their 2018-19 tour…52 dates, to start with, but spaced out so they can add multiple dates in major cities! The Lindsey-less Mac will play…Pittsburgh PA on 11/1…Toronto ON on 11/5…then the Mac won’t be back until 2019…Washington DC on 3/5…Atlantic City NJ on 3/9…NYC on 3/11…Newark NJ on 3/13…Hartford CT on 3/15…Albany NY on 3/20…Baltimore MD on 3/24…Buffalo NY on 3/26…Boston MA on 3/31…and Philadelphia PA on 4/5! Whew!
---Death Cab
For Cutie have announced a Fall 2018 set of tour dates in support of
a new album from the band, expected to be released in August!
It will also be their first tour without guitarist, Chris Walla,
who is leaving to seek opportunities in producing and to work on solo
projects. See
DCFC in…Upper Darby PA on
10/9…two nights in
---Boz Scaggs is spending his summer on-the-road with a schedule that criss-crosses thru our area with ten new dates…North Bethesda MD on 6/13…Stamford CT on 6/14…Atlantic City NJ on 6/16…Englewood NJ on 6/17…York PA on 6/19…Niagara Falls ON on 6/21…(the previously announced) Rochester NY on 6/23…Huntington NY on 6/26…Torrington CT on 6/28…Hyannis MA on 6/29…and Lowell MA on 6/30!
---Owl City, best known for the song “Fireflies,” has booked a pretty ambitious Fall tour, for a one-hit-wonder…Toronto ON on 9/15…Philadelphia PA on 9/17…Lancaster PA on 9/18…NYC on 9/19…Boston MA on 9/21…and Washington DC on 9/22!
---Folk icons, The Kingston Trio have booked a Summer-into-Summer tour that will bring them into our region…Beverly MA on 7/20…Plymouth NH on 7/21…Saratoga Springs NY on 7/22…Hartford CT on 9/16…Glen Allen VA on 9/19…then, this Fall…York PA on 11/8…Tarrytown NY on 11/9…and in 2019…Alexandria VA on 1/27…and Old Saybrook CT on 6/22 & 6/23!
---The Alarm has announced Summer tour dates, and of course they will bring them to our region…Toronto ON on 7/31…Derry NH on 8/1…Bay Shore NY on 8/2…Pawling NY on 8/3…Lewiston NY on 8/4…Asbury Park NJ on 8/5…Philadelphia PA on 8/7…and Washington DC on 8/8!
---M. Ward, of She & Him, is booking a weeks worth of solo shows during a week off on The Decemberists tour, on which he is warming up, but just two in our region…Bethlehem PA on 6/15…and Washington DC on 6/16…then after the tour…Toronto ON on 7/11…Woodstock NY on 7/14…Portsmouth NH on 7/15!
---Operation Mindcrime, Geoff Tate’s Queensryche cover band, has booked more tour dates…Lancaster PA on 6/7…Amityville NY on 6/12…Sellersville PA on 6/13…Stroudsburg PA on 6/14…Washington DC on 6/15…Sayreville NJ on 6/16…Warrendale PA on 6/18…Baltimore MD on 6/19…and Poughkeepsie NY on 6/20!
---Former ‘Til Tuesday lead singer, Aimee Mann has booked tour dates…Ocean City NJ on 6/18…Jersey City NJ on 6/19…Great Barrington MA on 6/22…Katonah NY on 6/23…and Derry NH on 6/24!
---Tony Orlando is taking a tour of the U.S. that would be massive if it wasn’t spread out so far…Asbury Park NJ on 5/6…NYC on 5/8…then two nights in Niagara Falls ON on 7/27 &7/28…New Haven CT on 9/8…West Springfield MA on 9/17 & 9/18…and, the previously announced, Atlantic City NJ on 12/31!
---The Great South Bay Music Festival appears to have most of their acts booked and scheduled for this years festival set for 7/12 thru 7/15 at Shorefront Park in Patchogue NY on Long Island…the best nights so far seem to be Friday (for modern rockers) with Sublime, The Dirty Heads and Less Than Jake…and Sunday (for classic rockers) with Dickey Betts Band, Hot Tuna, Little Feat and the Devon Allman Project! To see all four days check the Regional Concert Page and scroll down to the “Great South Bay Music Festival.”
---Speaking of Sublime With Rome, they’re also headlining the Rock The Roots Tour this year, along with a rotating cast of warm-up bands…Walden NY on 6/30…and West Dover VT on 7/7, before it heads to the Midwest and West Coast.
---Steve Cropper and Dave Mason have teamed-up for an unexpected co-headlining tour…Munhall PA on 7/14…Tarrytown NY on 7/15…Beverly MA on 8/16…Jim Thorpe PA on 8/18…Albany NY on 8/22…and Baltimore MD on 8/25!
---Gary Numan is taking his synth-rock on tour and it’s coming to our region this Fall…Pittsburgh PA on 9/17…Toronto ON on 9/18…Boston MA on 9/20…Washington DC on 9/21…NYC on 9/22…and Wilmington DE on 9/23!
---South Korean pop band,
BTS is testing the waters in
---Once Darlene Love (formerly of The Crystals) gets done with the “Malt Shop Memories” Cruise she has planned two terrestrial shows planned, both at The Cabot in Beverly MA on 12/8 & 12/9!
---The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have announced a new leg to their 2018 tour, but that means only two dates for us…Toronto ON on 8/18…and Worcester MA on 8/25, with the reunited 80’s version of Fishbone!
---Speaking of Fishbone reunion tour dates…there are only two others in our region, not that there were that many to begin with…Silver Spring MD on 8/23…and Brooklyn NY on 8/24!
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---Nile Rodgers is taking
Chic back on tour (sadly his partner in the original band, Bernie
Edwards passed on long ago), but the band remains strong, however only
one regional show before they head for the
---Monica
announces what is pretty much a one-off…as her only other show this year
is booked for
---Nils Lofgren (from both Crazy Horse and the E-Street Band) will play a one-shot-solo-show at The Cabot in Beverly MA on 9/22!
---The
Summer Jam Fest at Jones
Beach Amphitheatre, in
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Cowboy
Junkies add
---Tracy
Bonham adds
---The Zac
Brown Band adds
---NRBQ
add
---The
Wailers add
---Rickie
Lee Jones adds
---KRS-One
adds
---Boy
George & Culture Club add
---The Indigo Girls add Red Bank NJ on 5/25…Provincetown MA on 5/27…Ocean City NJ on 7/9…and Vienna VA on 7/10!
---
---Walter Trout moves his NYC show on 7/25 to the HighLine Ballroom as B.B. Kings Blues Club has closed.
---Martin Barre’s 9/20 show in NYC is also moved to the HighLine Ballroom!
---John Mayall finally adds a show in our region…Beverly MA on 9/8…hopefully there will be more!
---Blind
Melon adds
---Arctic
Monkeys add
---The
Psychedelic Furs add
---The Outlaws add NYC on 8/3!
---Los
Lonely Boys add
---The
Platters add
---Hippiefest adds Glenside PA on 7/28!
---Anthrax
adds
---Brian
Wilson postponed his 12-date Spring tour last week after having back
surgery to resolve recurring pain.
---Vladimir Putin’s favorite band,
Pussy Riot add another
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---Aimee Mann (5)
---Anthrax (1)
---
---Boy George & Culture Club (1)
---Boz Scaggs (10)
---BTS (2)
---Cowboy Junkies (2)
---Dave Matthews/ Tim Reynolds (1)
---Death Cab For Cutie (5)
---Fishbone (2)
---Fleetwood Mac (12)
---Gary Numan (6)
---Gavin DeGraw (1)
---
---Hippiefest (1)
---Indigo Girls (4)
---John Mayall (1)
---KRS-One (2)
---Little Feat (1)
---Los Lonely Boys (3)
---M. Ward (5)
---Monica (1)
---Nils Lofgren (1)
---NRBQ (4)
---Operation: Mindcrime (9)
---Phillip Phillips/ Gavin DeGraw (1)
---Pussy Riot (1)
---Rickie Lee Jones (1)
---Rock The Roots Tour (2)
---Steve Cropper/ Dave Mason (6)
---Summer Jam Fest (1)
---The Alarm (8)
---The
---The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (2)
---The Outlaws (1)
---The Platters (2)
---The Wailers (1)
---Tony Orlando (8)
---Tracy Bonham (1)
---Zac Brown Band (2)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 042718:
---The GrassRoots Festival daily schedule for all four stages has finally been announced! Daily highlights include…
|
Day
#1:
|
Bess Greenberg/ Tenzin Chopak on the Grandstand Stage!
Donna The Thousands Of One on the Dance Tent Stage! |
|
Day
#2:
|
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad/ Big Mean
Sound Machine/ Patti Griffin/ The
Gunpoets on the Infield Stage!
Ryan Montbleau/ Valerie June/ Jim
Lauderdale/ Danielle Ponder
& the Tomorrow People on the
Grandstand Stage! |
|
Day #3: |
Mosaic Foundation on the Cabaret Stage!
Donna The Sim Redmond/ Wood Brothers/ The Blind Spots/ Tenzin Chopak on the Grandstand Stage!
Taina Asili y Banda Rebelde and the
Grady Girls on the Dance Tent
Stage! |
|
Day #4: |
Big Mean Sound Machine on the Dance Tent Stage! Notorious String Band on the Cabaret Stage!
Donna The
Mosaic Foundation on the Grandstand
Stage! |
…For the full schedule see the Local or Regional Concert Pages!
---Speaking Of Festivals, the “Grateful For The Dead” fest is set for Saturday May 12th @ noon and the line-up is a who’s-who of local rock
and jam bands…Gerry Jarcia String Band @ 12p…Slideways @ 1:30p…Raibred @ 2p…Andru Bemis @ 3:30p…Voodoo Highway @
4p…Dusty Wayne & Me. Pete at 530p…the Kitchen Sink Band @ 6p…Chris Mollo @ 730p…and the headliner, Ship Of Phools @ 8p!
The show is a fundraiser for local nonprofit organizations, but there are FREE tickets available in the Owego Pennysaver, Tioga County Courier
and distributed program books!
---Another sign of Summer…The Norwich Summer Concert Series is already starting to release the line-up for the Summer of 2018…
Honey
Island Swamp Band will play at
Of The Mountain Festival in the Catskills the next day (7/20),
at the Ark Bowl & BBQ,
Johnny & The Asbury
Jukes at
---Bad Wolves, who had an instant #1 covering The Cranberries “Zombie” following the death of their lead singer, Delores O’Riordan, are
making the most of their newfound fame by not only hooking up with both legs of the latest Five Finger Death Punch tour, but also scheduling
their own headlining package tour between legs, with Ashes To New and Diamante, and yes it’s coming our way in…Syracuse NY at The
Westcott Theatre on 6/12, as well as…Baltimore MD on 6/16…Lancaster PA on 6/18…and NYC on 6/19!
---Bluesman,
Walter Trout is bringing his
band to
additional dates…
---Arctic
Monkeys will make a local-ish tour stop in
CMAC on 7/25!
---Clint Ferro, local DJ on 100.5 The Drive, originally from Brackney PA, is also a musician with a local history as a member of the Benjamin
Raubinsons and
another short lived project, two-piece band called, “The
Captures.”
He is now based in
studio and still does his local radio show) and now has a new band, Ferro and a new album, “Blazing Shag,” and it’s being offered as a
FREE download. If you need a link, then click on this: https://clintonferro.com/album/753360/blazing-shag
---Waterman’s
Distillery in
craft beer venues that have popped up across the country. You can follow them on facebook by clicking this link and liking their page: https://www.facebook.com/WatermansDistillery
---One of the worlds most iconic pop singers, Janet Jackson is coming into our region on a small tour that has “local-ish” ramifications!
Her tour is set to play the
Lakeview Amphitheatre in
on 7/26! Tickets will go quickly!
---The Chris Robinson Brotherhood will play the Peach Festival at Montage Mountain in Scranton PA on Saturday, 7/21, which will
be day #3 of the four day festival….they will also play regional shows in…Fairfield CT on 7/22…Providence RI on 7/24…Asbury Park NJ on
7/26…Patchogue NY on 7/27…Beverly MA on 7/28…Plymouth NH on 7/29…Baltimore MD on 7/31…and Burlingham NY (which is way down
in the Catskills between Monticello and Newburgh.) on 10/6!
---Deep Purple and Judas Priest will join forces for a late Summer/ early Fall tour that will pass thru our region at least a half-dozen
times…Montreal QC on 8/29…Wantagh NY on 9/1…Bethel NY (at Bethel Woods) on 9/2…Darien Center (at Darien Lake) NY on 9/5…
Holmdel NJ on 9/6…and Camden NJ (near philly) on 9/9!
---The Subdudes have announced a scant schedule for 2018, but it nonetheless brings them into our local area at least once for a
show at the Earlville Opera House in Earlville NY (near Sherburne NY) on 11/2…in addition to some other regional dates…Truro MA
on 7/5…Rockport MA on 7/9…Earlville NY on 11/2...Norfolk CT on 11/3…and Plymouth MA on 11/4!
---Local guitar god, Randy McStine, is now playing bass, on an “as needed” basis for Stratospheerius.
---
or iTunes! Very cool!
---From the Legal Dept.: Local Steely Dan tribute band, Cousin Dupree has changed their name and are now known simply as
“Duppree.” Please make a note of it.
---…and finally, Burning Moonlight are looking to take their band to the next level with a new lead guitarist, so how good are you?
Here’s an edited version of what Bob Hughes posted on the Burning Moonlight facebook page earlier this week:
“Hey Peeps! The word is out and we are starting to gather information for those who are interested in auditioning as our new
lead guitar
player.
:) We
are still in the process of logistics, equip, etc., as we setup and get
ready for auditions. As of now
we will be looking at mid to late May to kick off the auditions. We will be using the following 3 songs: GnR-Sweet Child O' Mine,
Led Zeppelin-Black Dog, and Journey-Stone In Love. In addition to these 3 songs we will also play any song on our current
setlist that you may know. Here is a link to our
current song list:
http://burningmoonlightband.com/songs.php
As a band we are looking for a well versed and seasoned player that is always fully prepared, consistent, and responsible in all a
spects of being in a working band. Solid backup vocal skills are an absolute must. You must be willing to work as hard as we do
to make this band exceptional. We are looking to stay true to ourselves and the current genre we perform, however we are
receptive to new ideas and songs. Ideally we want to bring in a player who is enthusiastic about the challenge and will bring in
their own style which will ultimately take
Burning Moonlight to the next level.
We are veteran players and focused on what we do. There is no room for drama or abusive activities that will derail this band.
We will not
tolerate it. The right player with the right skills will find they are
part of a brotherhood and family in this band.
:) We
want to hear from you and we are excited about our next chapter.
:)
To setup an audition, message us directly on our fb page @burningmoonlightband or send Bob Hughes a direct msg in fb.
Thank You
all very much for your interest and if you are ready to rock with us,
let us know!”
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---Well, after we leaked it over a month ago all the shows on the Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Beth Hart tour have been confirmed
this week!
Just in case you forgot, here they are…
…of course, you could have looked on the Regional Concert Page and spared me the trouble of typing it all up again!
---Lauryn Hill is taking her breakthrough solo album, “The Mis-Education Of Lauryn Hill,” on tour for its 20th Anniversary and the
itinerary will bring her right into our region…Greenwich CT on 6/1…Bristow VA on 7/8…Boston MA on 7/11…Philadelphia PA on 7/13…
Wantagh NY on 7/15…Toronto ON on 7/18…and Holmdel NJ on 8/8! …oh, and btw, she’s going by Ms. Lauryn Hill these days.
---Jazzman, Pat Methany has announced Summer dates for our region…Great Barrington MA on 8/2…Newport RI on 8/3 & 8/4 (for
the Newport Jazz Fest,
duh!)…
MA
on 9/30…
---Buckcherry will headline the “Gen-X Summer” tour which also includes veteran alt-rock stalwarts P.O.D., Lit and Alien Ant Farm!
The tour is set to impact our region in July…
…and
---Pop singer,
Janelle Monae is playing
smaller theatres in support of her new album, “Dirty Computer.”
Her tour will stop in…
there’s no doubt she’ll be back in larger arena’s in no time.
---Jim Messina, formerly of Poco and Loggins & Messina, has finally announced his full schedule of tour dates and that actually includes
a
few stops near us…Plymouth NH on 7/14…Truro MA on 7/15…and Rockport MA
on 7/16! The rest of his
schedule is set in the
or the West Coast, but there’s a big gap that could fill-in with more shows for us in late July or August, so cross your fingers!
---Halestorm has added a new leg to their 2018 trek and it will bring them back thru our region this summer…Baltimore MD on 7/31…
Uncasville CT on 8/2…Albany NY on 8/3…and Lewiston NY on 8/6!
---The Magpie Salute (the rest of the black crowes without chris robinson, who has his own black crowes cover band and the chris
robinson
brotherhood) adds
---Speaking of Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes (who are mentioned in the local portion of this same post—see above) have
announced another wave of show dates to their 2018 itinerary…Norfolk CT on 6/9…Atlantic City NJ on 8/4…Atlantic City NJ again on
11/10…Staten Island NY on 11/16…and Alexandria VA on 12/15!
---I don’t know if I like this new configuration of the Outbreak tour…it’s so small! The newest incarnation of it features only three bands
…Cipha
Sounds, Nitty Scott and A
Tribe Called Yes!
They’ll make stops in…
6/2…
---The Newport Jazz Festival has confirmed their line-up for 2018 and highlights include Living Colour, Pat Metheny and George
Clinton & P-Funk! The
festival will run from Friday August 3rd thru Sunday August 5th
at Fort Adams State Park in
---Simple Minds are bringing their UK 80’s rock to the U.S. this fall with stops in…Bethlehem PA on 9/24…Red Bank NJ on 9/26…
Montreal QC on 9/28…Toronto ON on 9/30…NYC on 10/2…Boston MA on 10/3…Upper Darby PA on 10/5…and Washington DC on 10/6!
---My Bloody Valentine has announced a new U.S. tour…their first in five years…but it’s only for a few regional dates…and not that
many more (8 total) national shows…Philadelphia PA on 7/30…and NYC on 8/1!
---The Bloomsburg Fair in Bloomsburg PA just posted most of their 2018 line-up! So far it’s…Daughtry on 9/21…Casting Crowns
on 9/23…Darci L ynne Farmer on 9/24…Melissa Etheridge on 9/27…and Vince Gill on 9/28!
---A Perfect Circle have announced an 11-city tour, which so far only includes one date for our region…11/6 in NYC, but there’s a
two-week gap in their itinerary at that point, so I’m expecting there will be more.
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---MTV is planning a big blow-out for the
30th Anniversary of
Yo! MTV Raps with a huge concert at
The B.C. in
6/1! Included in the line-up are Big Daddy Kane, Eric B., Rakim, Doug E. Fresh, KRS-One, Fat Joe, Yo-Yo, Onyx, EPMD, Flavor
Flav, Black Sheep, Das EFX, Special Ed, The Pharcyde, Brand Nubian, The Furious Five (featuring Grandmaster Melle Mel),
Kid Capri, DJ Skribble, Ed Lover and Dr. Dre! Missing from the list are more contemporary artists like Eminem and Snoop Dogg,
Drake, Jay-Z, Post Malone, Cardi B, Nicki Minaj, Lil Yachty, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Macklemore, Logic, Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q,
Public Enemy, etc.---but ya haveta admit…that’s a helluva great list of old school Hip hop stars!
---The
Jayhawks have booked a one-off at the World Café Live in
---Doyle Bramhall II has booked a one-show tour at the HighLine Ballroom in NYC on 5/19!
---Chilliwack has announced it’s annual Canadian tour…but it’s extremely limited, to just two cities and only one is near enough for
me to list…Mississauga
ON (just south of Toronto) on 6/8 at the
International Centre!
If you’ve forgotten their lone
1981, “My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)” let me remind you. You’re welcome.
---Speaking of Canadian one-hit wonders
Magic! Is playing
big hit was “Rude” back in 2014!”
---
Men and
DJ Jazzy Jeff at the
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Train is booking solo show on “off-nights” on the Hall & Oates tour…Verona NY on 6/10…and Atlantic City NJ on 6/15!
---
---Mary
Chapin Carpenter adds
---The
Drifters add
---Michael
Glabicki of Rusted Root adds
---The Summerland Tour (y’know, Everclear, Marcy Playground and Local H) add Falls Church VA on 5/30…and Providence RI on 6/1
---Brian McKnight adds NYC on 5/11!
---David Allan Coe adds NYC on 5/16!
---Graham
Parker adds Bordentown NJ on 5/3…
---The
Retro Futura Tour adds
---G. Love
& Special Sauce adds
---Aztec Two-Step add NYC on 6/21…and Great Barrington MA on 7/27!
---Ryan
Cabrera adds
---Bishop
Briggs adds
---The
English Beat adds…
---
---Keifer
Sutherland adds
---Paul
Young & Midge Ure add
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---A Perfect Circle (1)
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---
---Aztec Two-Step (2)
---Bishop Briggs (2)
---Buckcherry/ P.O.D./ Lit/ Alien Ant Farm (5)
---Bad Wolves/ Ashes To New/ Diamante (4)
---Brian McKnight (1)
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---Chris Robinson Brotherhood (8)
---David Allan Coe (1)
---Doyle Bramhall II (1)
---Everclear/ Marcy Playground/ Local H (2)
---G. Love & Special Sauce (1)
---Graham Parker (4)
---Halestorm/ In This Moment (4)
---Janelle Monae (4)
---Janet Jackson (3)
---Jim Messina (3)
---
---Lauryn Hill (7)
---Magic! (1)
---Mary Chapin Carpenter (1)
---Michael Glabicki (2)
---My Bloody Valentine (2)
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---Outbreak Tour w/ Cipha Sounds/ Nitty Scott/ A Tribe Called Yes (5)
---Pat Metheny (10)
---Paul Young/ Midge Ure (1)
---Ryan Cabrera/ City Under Seige/ Rookie Of The Year (1)
---Ryan Cabrera/ Aaron Carter/ O-Town (1)
---Retro Futura Tour (2)
---Simple Minds (8)
---Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes (6)
---Summer Block Party Festival w/ Jill Scott/ Boyz II Men/ DJ Jazzy Jeff (1)
---The Drifters (1)
---The English Beat (6)
---The Jayhawks (1)
---The Magpie Salute (5)
---The Subdudes (6)
---Train (2)
---Walter Trout Band (3)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 042018:
---Alex Creamers “band” has gone thru a transformation…It’s now called Alex & Reid (as in Reid Miner, former “7 Miles” drummer)
and it’s about to hit the road for the Summer! Here’s how Alex explained it to me in a personal message on facebook. “We started out as a three piece called 7 Miles, but the bassist left and we decided to keep making music. Reid switched from the (drum) kit to a cajon so it would work with just guitar and percussion and we decided to hit the road this summer. I've been wanting to do this road trip since high school so I finally said enough is enough and started booking shows.” The tour is going coast-to-coast, starting in NYC on 6/25…Philadelphia PA on 6/27…Greensboro NC on 6/30…Memphis TN on 7/6…Baton Route LA on 7/9…New Orleans LA on 7/10 & 7/11…Austin TX on 7/13 & 7/14…West Hollywood CA on 7/19…Ventura CA on 7/22…San Francisco CA on 7/24 & 7/27…Portland OR on 7/30…Vancouver BC on 8/3…Boise ID on 8/7…Boulder CO on 8/12…Independence MO on 8/17…Pittsburgh PA on 8/24, 8/25 & 8/26! Break-a- leg you two!
---It’s been nearly a month since the Triple Cities Carousel celebrated it’s 5th Anniversary and announced their changing of hands as Chris Bodnarczuk stepped down and Judith Gross stepped up. Four days later the new publisher balked and it was announced the magazine was no more. In it’s wake were rumors of legal wrangling (which since have proved unfounded) and now firm rumors that some staff writers and community members may be trying to get the rights to the arts magazine away from Equinox Broadcasting (the publisher who quashed the paper.) or start a new arts publication from scratch…perhaps as a nonprofit, or in conjunction with the new Bundy Museum radio station. Forces are at work, but how long before we see a result? It could be as soon as June. Stay tuned.
---Regional jam-band from out of the
---Soul Asylum is playing an off night on the 3 Doors Down tour at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe PA and they’re bringing Fuel and Adelita’s Way along! Tickets are $42-47.00 and on sale today (4/20)!
---Guster
has announced Summer 2018 tour dates, one local-ish dates at
Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe PA on 8/2…and a regional one…
---FYI:
---Former Driven singer, Lisa Cruz is joining forces with Leroy James as Double Shot!
---Donna The
Buffalo, the folk/zydeco local superstars, add a new show to their
schedule in
---Michael Wu bass player for The Gunpoets says the band has been working on some great new songs, ok he said they are “straight FIYA.” Sounds like a new album is coming for 2018!
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---Former Grand Funk Railroad lead singer/ songwriter, Mark Farner has a new project…Mark Farner’s American Band is on tour and coming soon to our region…Rochester NY on 7/11…NYC on 10/30…Fall River MA on 11/1…and two dates on our Regional Concerts Page will be upgraded from simply Mark Farner shows to Mark Farner’s American Band shows…Natick MA on 11/2…and North Tonawanda NY on 11/3! Exactly how this really changes a Mark Farner concert however is yet to be seen (…and heard.). This may be nothing more than an improvement in imaging, playing off a Grand Funk Railroad classic, “We’re An American Band.”
---Controversial pop singer, Bad Bunny (currently featured on the J Balvin/ Cardi B song “I Like It.”) is testing the waters and getting her feet wet as a touring act and her tour will come into our region this Spring…Uncasville CT on 4/27…Brooklyn NY on 6/8…Boston MA on 8/17…and Newark NJ on 8/18!
---Grunge-era alt-pop singer Matthew Sweet (remember “Girlfriend,”) has announced tour dates for late Spring…Alexandria VA on 6/13…Fairfield CT on 6/15…Bay Shore NY 6/16…Boston MA on 6/17…Dewey Beach DE on 6/19…NYC on 6/20…and Philadelphia PA on 6/21!
---Justin Hayward (of the Moody Blues), has officially announced his worldwide tour, so now we can add to the date that was leaked (Fall River MA on 8/7) last week…Salisbury MA on 8/5…Hartford CT on 8/11…two nights in Sellersville PA on 8/14 & 8/15…two more nights in NYC on 8/16 & 8/17…and Alexandria VA on 8/22!
---The
Day #1: Ani DiFranco/ They Might Be Giants/ Tom Chapin/ Willie Nile
Days #2: Jeff Tweedy of Wilco/ Rhiannon Giddens
The annual two-day festival is held in
---Michael
McDonald, formerly of The Doobie Brothers, is announcing more tour
dates, on top of some that were previously leaked (like the Jim Thorpe
PA show at Penn’s Peak on
5/20!)…
---Sebastian Bach, formerly of Skid Row, has announced a solo tour that includes some regional dates, mostly in Canada however…Barrie ON on 6/28…Kingston ON on 6/29…Montreal QC on 7/2…and Poughkeepsie NY on 7/8!
---Tommy
Stinson (of The Replacements/ GNR/ Bash & Pop) has announced two
benefit shows in his hometown,
---Suicidal Tendencies have announced a Canadian tour that will come into the fringes of our region…Toronto ON on 7/25…Kitchener ON on 7/26…and Montreal QC on 7/27!
---Bowzer, formerly of Sha Na Na, continues to book his “Rock N’ Roll Parties,” with two announced for 2018 so far…at the Music Box Theatre in Hershey PA on 5/13, featuring Shirley Alston Reeves, Little Peggy March and The Toys! The other is also planned for the Music Box Theatre in Hershey on 9/9 and so far features Freddy Cannon, likely with more acts to be added.
---Even as Rusted Root tours, so does their leader, Michael Glabicki, tour as a solo act, coming to regional venues in…Philadelphia PA on 5/3…Ellicottville NY on 6/29…and Roslyn NY on 7/18 & 8/8!
---Grunge era alternative punk/ metal band, L7 has announced some last minute shows that you already missed last week, because they were announced on the day of the first show and probably more of a tune-up, in small theatres…on 4/10 in Jersey City NJ…4/11 in Boston MA…4/12 in NYC…and Philadelphia PA on 4/13…but there are some shows coming up this summer when their worldwide tour comes back around…Toronto ON on 7/25…and Montreal QC on 7/27 as part of the 77 Montreal Festival!
---Glee stars,
Lea Michelle and
Darren Criss (she played
Rachel and he played Blaine) are going on tour together and they will be
singing their way into our region…Pittsburgh PA on 6/2…Washington DC on
6/3…Easton PA on 6/8…
---Former members of Ronnie James Dio’s band, Dio are still touring as the Dio Disciples, with Ripper Owens, formerly of Judas Priest covering RJD’s part…dates for this Dio tribute band in our region are few…Poughkeepsie NY on 8/3…New Bedford MA on 8/4…and Amityville NY on 8/5!
---Superorganism
is coming back around…after some Winter dates, they will return to
---Dennis DeYoung (former lead singer of styx) has announced a Spring Leg to his 2018 tour and that includes new regional dates…Atlantic City NJ on 4/27…Millersville PA on 4/28…Torrington CT on 5/18…Concord NH on 5/19…and Ellicottville NY on 6/30!
---Godspeed You! Black Emperor has announced Summer dates and that means four more regional shows…Toronto ON on 8/7…Buffalo NY on 8/8…Hudson NY on 8/9…(the previously announced) Baltimore MD on 8/11…and Asbury Park NJ on 8/12!
---Before hitting the road with Culture Club and the Thompson Twins Tom Bailey, The B-52’s have booked a half-dozen solo shows including a few in our region…Philadelphia PA on 6/1…Hampton Beach NH on 6/2…and Ridgefield CT on 6/5!
---The Righteous Brothers featuring original member, Bill Medley and new member Bucky Heard, stepping in where the late Bobby Hatfield left off, when he died in 2003, are leaving Las Vegas and playing some dates across America, including three in our region…Lancaster PA on 6/8…Atlantic City NJ on 6/9…and Westhampton Beach NY on 6/10!
---The Flaming Lips have added Summer and Fall tour dates that will bring them back to our region…Montreal QC on 8/20…Providence RI on 8/22…and Pittsburgh PA on 8/24!
---Morris Day & The Time (from Prince’s “Purple Rain” movie…remember “The Bird” & “Jungle Love”?) have announced a few (far too few really) tour dates in our region…NYC on 8/11…Alexandria VA on 8/12…and Washington PA on 9/15…and they’ve also been added to a Kool & The Gang show at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket CT!
---Post-punk/ gothic blues rockers, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, have announced a slew of U.S. tour dates…for both Spring and Fall…Northampton MA on 4/30…Boston MA on 5/1…NYC on 5/3…Brooklyn NY on 5/5…then in the fall…Washington DC on 10/25…Brooklyn NY on 10/26…and Toronto ON on 10/28!
---Tech N9ne is headlining a package tour that is coming into our region in late May and June…Silver Spring MD on 5/30…Philadelphia PA on 5/31…Boston MA on 6/1…Buffalo NY on 6/2…Pittsburgh PA on 6/5…Lancaster PA on 6/6…and Montreal QC on 7/28 as part of the Heavy Montreal Fest!
---Speaking of
Heavy
---Hippiefest is back, but so far has only booked on date in our region with headliner Vanilla Fudge (playing mostly cruises these days) coming to Westbury NY on 7/27…along with Rick Derringer, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels and Badfinger w/ Joey Molland!
---Rockers CKY are undertaking a four band package tour with Slaves, Royal Thunder and Awaken I Am that is headed for our region in July…Easton PA on 7/28…Warrendale PA on 7/29…Rochester NY on 7/31…Toronto ON on 8/1…then after a jaunt west and south…Brooklyn NY on 8/30…Philadelphia PA on 8/31…and Worcester MA on 9/1!
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---Nancy
Wilson (heart guitarist and background singer…although she did sing
leads on “These Dreams.”)…plays a one-off in
---Thomas
Dolby books one lone show in our region (out of two over all in the
world this year) on 8/4 in
---Lupe
Fiasco books a one-shot at
Asbury Lanes in
---Operation
Mindcrime, Geoff Tate’s post-Queensryche project has announced just
one date in the
---X-Files and Californication actor, David Duchovny will perform a concert (he has an album too!) at the Public Arts venue in NYC on Sunday 4/22!
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Alison Krauss adds Pittsburgh PA on 6/8…Selbyville DE on 7p…Leno MA on 6/19…Chautauqua NY on 6/23…and Toronto ON on 6/25!
---Firehouse
adds
---Poison
& Cheap Trick add
---Alice
Cooper adds
---Glen
Phillips, of Toad The Wet Sprocket, plays a solo show in
---Bishop
Briggs adds
---Maxi
Priest add
---Ted Leo &
The Pharmacists also add
---Elton John adds two nights in NYC at MSG on 3/5 & 3/6 in 2019!
---Jason
Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience will play a solo show on an off
night on the Foreigner/ Whitesnake tour…on 6/24 at the
---Herman’s
Hermits ft. Peter Noone are adding on…
---Gordon Lightfoot is adding onto his Summer 2018 tour…Rockport MA on 6/11 & 6/12…NYC on 6/13…Alexandria VA on 6/18…Lexington MA on 6/21…and Concord NH on 6/22!
---Railroad
Earth adds two nights at
---Buddy Guy adds NYC on 4/17 & 4/18!
---Earth
Wind & Fire add Stroudsburg PA on 6/2…and
---
---Blondie
adds
---Richie
Furay adds
---Bone
Thugs N Harmony adds
---Blind
Melon have added one show…to their former one show tour…
---AWOLNATION
adds
---Max Weinberg’s Jukebox adds Shirley MA on 6/6!
---Lily
Allen adds
---Beach
Boys add
---Marshall Tucker Band adds Red Bank NJ on 9/21!
---Seal
finally adds some more shows in our region…
---Art Garfunkel adds Red Bank NJ on 5/16…and NYC on 6/29!
---Hip hop one-hit wonder, Biz Markie (“Just A Friend”) books a show on an off-night on the “I Love The 90’s Tour”…in Philadelphia PA on 7/20!
---Huey Lewis & The News have cancelled all their tour dates for 2018 as Huey is suffering from hearing loss.
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---Alice Cooper (1)
---Alison Krauss (5)
---Art Garfunkel (2)
---AWOLNATION (1)
---Bad Bunny (4)
---Beach Boys (2)
---Bishop Briggs (1)
---Biz Markie (1)
---Blind Melon (1)
---Blondie (1)
---Bone Thugs N Harmony (1)
---Bowser’s Rock N’ Roll Party (2)
---Buddy Guy (2)
---CKY/ Slaves/ Royal Thunder/ Awaken I Am (8)
---David Duchovny (1)
---Dio Disciples (3)
---Donna The
---Earth Wind & Fire (2)
---Firehouse (2)
---Glen Phillips (1)
---Godspeed You! Black Emperor (4)
---Gordon Lightfoot (6)
---Guster (2)
---Herman’s Hermits
---Hippiefest (1)
---Huey Lewis & The News (-4)
---Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience (1)
---Justin Hayward (7)
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---Lea Michelle/ Darren Criss (5)
---L7 (2)
---Lupe Fiasco (1)
---Marshall Tucker Band (1)
---Matthew Sweet (7)
---Max Weinberg’s Jukebox (1)
---Maxi Priest (1)
---Michael Glabicki (4)
---Michael McDonald (5)
---Morris Day & The Time (3)
---Nancy Wilson (1)
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---Operation Mindcrime (1)
---Poison/ Cheap Trick (1)
---Railroad Earth (2)
---Richie Furay (1)
---Seal (2)
---Sebastian Bach (4)
---Suicidal Tendencies (3)
---Superorganism (4)
---Tech N9ne (6)
---Ted Leo & The Pharmacists (1)
---The B-52’s (3)
---The Flaming Lips (3)
---The Righteous Brothers (3)
---Third Eye Blind (1)
---Tommy Stinson (2)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 041318:
---Elevated
Promotions held a “Throwback Sneaker Party” last weekend and vowed
“We Taking It Back” on their event post for
The Icehouse at
---These aren’t the only hip hop acts coming into
town btw, in the next few weeks we will also get a visit from
A Boogie With Da Hoodie at the
Broome County Arena in
---Former M.E. resident, now Albany area singer/ songwriter/ activist, Taina Asili has announced Spring 2018 tour dates…Philadelphia PA on 4/14…Poughkeepsie NY on 4/21…Boston MA (two shows at two venues) on 4/27…Worcester MA on 4/28…Keene NH on 4/29…Albany NY on 5/13…Providence RI on 6/9…NYC on 6/14…NYC again on 6/22…and the Grassroots Festival on the first day of the GrassRoots Festival in Trumansburg NY on 7/19! Asili has been featured on Rolling Stones website for her protest song, “No Es Mi Presidente.”
---Alternative rockers,
Lake Street Dive have
announced a summer/ fall leg for their 2018 tour and that will bring
them back, not only to our region, but our local area!
New regional dates include…Red Bank NJ on 6/29…
---The “Down-To-Earth”
Festival has confirmed that it will be held on three nights in
August…from Friday 8/17 thru Sunday 8/19, at
---Good
Nature Farm Brewery & Tap Room has announced much of their Summer
2018 schedule and despite their remote location, in
5/13: Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
5/27: The Heavy Pets
6/3: The Ghost Of Paul Revere
6/17: Amy Helm
6/24: Martin Sexton
7/15: Dark Hollow
8/19:
Donna The
---Former Deep Purple/ Black Sabbath/ California Breed and present Black Country Communion lead singer, Glenn Hughes has just announced U.S. dates in between his visits to Europe! Regional stops include…Westbury NY on 8/25…New Haven CT on 8/26…Asbury Park NJ on 8/28…NYC on 8/29…Wilmington DE on 8/31…Lancaster PA on 9/1…Warrendale PA on 9/5…Glenside PA on 9/7…a local-ish show at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe PA on 9/8…Poughkeepsie NY on 9/11…Derry NH on 9/18…Boston MA on 9/19…Providence RI on 9/21…and Tarrytown NY on 9/22! Whew!
---The Paper Mill Amphitheatre in Syracuse NY has announced more of their Summer 2018 schedule…new dates (on top of the already announced…Get The Led Out on 5/19 and Dark Star Orchestra on 5/20) include…Umphrey’s McGee on 5/17…Nahko & Medicine For The People on 6/27…and Matisyahu on 7/22, who is also adding more regional dates…NYC on 4/25…Ocean City MD (with Stephen Marley) on 6/13…Wantagh NY (also with Stephen Marley) on 6/14…Stroudsburg PA on 6/15…Atlantic City NJ on 6/16…Baltimore MD on 6/17…Nantucket MA on 7/24 & 7/25…and South Burlington VT on 727!
---Kid Rock will be coming to Lakeview Amphitheatre in Syracuse NY on 9/14…the hip hop star just announced a tour that will not only bring him thru the “salt city” but also to…Gilford NH on 8/4…Saratoga Springs NY on 9/15…and Mansfield MA on 9/29! The question is…will anybody care? He’s politically strayed from his fan base and is trying to embrace a new country audience that doesn’t seem aligned with his brand of music. We shall see.
---Huey
Lewis & The News have announced one new date on their 2018 tour,
with local-ish implications…Turning
Stone Casino in
---
---It appears, according to the bands website, that the Dirt Farm documentary on “The Sultana” will be rerun on WSKG-TV’s “Expressions” TV show on May 10th @ 8pm. Don’t miss it again, but for now you can watch the show on the Dirt Farm website @ http://www.dirtfarm.org.
---Big Mean Sound Machine’s Fourth Annual “Big Mean BBQ” has been announced! The event will be two day & nights this year…on Friday 8/24 & Saturday 8/25 at the GrassRoots Festival Campgrounds! The line-up has yet to be announced.
---There is a new facebook page that pays tribute to the now defunct Blind Tiger Pub. It is the request of the page administrator that fans of the venue share their picture, video’s and stories from the history of the legendary and influential pub in tribute to it. It’s named Blind Tiger Pub Johnson City, NY RIP. If you wanna check it out or add something to it, here’s the link:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2050092368650714
---311 and The Offspring are teaming up for a Summer 2018 jaunt that will come into our local area as well as our greater region…Philadelphia PA on 8/10…Gilford NH on 8/11…Lakeview Amphitheatre in Syracuse NY on 8/12…Hartford CT on 8/21…Holmdel NJ on 8/22…Bethel Woods in Bethel NY on 8/24…Wantagh NY on 8/25…Bristow VA on 8/26…Toronto ON on 8/28…and Allentown PA on 8/29!
---Blues guitarist, Gary Clark Jr. has announced a Summer touring schedule, which mightily impacts our region and at least one local-ish show…two nights in Port Chester NY on 6/7 & 6/8…Northampton MA on 7/30…Baldwinsville NY (essentially Syracuse) at the Paper Mill Amphitheare on 8/1…Hampton Beach NH on 8/2…and two nights in Toronto ON on 8/6 & 8/7!
---Barry Manilow is playing a few dates here and there this summer and one of them is even local-ish…Vienna VA on 6/8 & 6/9…Bethlehem PA on 7/5…and Verona NY at Turning Stone Casino on 7/12!
---How about local musician
Bess Greenberg? She
nailed the warm-up spot for Richie Kotzen (of poison & the winery dogs)
last night (4/12) in
---Gunpoets bass player, Michael Wu announced this week that his jazz side-project, Triple Down is taking a break for now…which explains why he has so much time to devote recently to Bess Greenberg’s back-up band, “The Magic Ring.”
Condolences: Local musician, John Stark posted on his facebook page on Monday (4/9) that drummer, Robert Blandford Jr. has died. He was known as a member of many early rock bands in the Triple Cities, such as…Ted Alexander & The Premiere’s…Pierre & The Citations…Crystal Ship…Black Diamond Express…Susquehanna Pirate Kazoo Band…and Steppin’ Out (which he also sang in), just to name a few. He also played tenor sax. Many contemporary stars of our local music community expressed sympathies, including…Terry Burke, Rick Iacovelli and Mike Barker…as well as former Beach Boys member (the famed sixth member), Ed Carter. Blandford died on 4/9 at age 74. No cause of death has been released.
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---Australian pop superstars, 5 Seconds Of Summer, will tour in support of their third album, “Youngblood” (due on 6/22) which will bring them into our region this Summer…Toronto ON on 8/27…Uncasville CT on 8/29…Boston MA on 8/30…Allentown PA on 9/1…Vienna VA on 9/5…York PA on 9/13…and Holmdel NJ on 9/14!
---The Goo Goo Dolls have announced a special tour to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of their landmark album, “Dizzy Up The Girl.” The tour will stumble thru our region in the fall starting with…Philadelphia PA on 10/12…Washington DC on 10/13…NYC on 10/15…Red Bank NJ on 10/16…Boston MA on 10/17…two nights in their hometown, Buffalo NY, on 10/19 & 10/20…and Toronto ON on 10/21!
---Toad The Wet Sprocket has announced tour dates for Summer 2018 and they’ll be coming into our region for a visit…NYC on 8/8…Alexandria VA on 8/9 & 8/10…Boston MA on 8/11…Derry NH on 8/12…and a local-ish date at Bethel Woods in Bethel NY on 8/14!
---Bullet For My Valentine has announced more dates on their Spring 2018 tour and there are seven more regional stops included…Silver Spring MD on 5/6…Niagara Falls NY on 5/8…Hampton Beach NH on 5/11…Clifton Park NY on 5/12…Pittsburgh PA on 5/14…Montclair NJ on 5/15…and Hartford CT on 5/17! As with other previously leaked BFMV date at the Sherman Theatre in Stroudsburg PA on 5/18, Trivium and Toothgrinder will open!
---The joyful sound of the worlds first proto-punk band (aside from The Kinks), MC5 will be heard again on their 50th anniversary as the MC50 tour has been announced! The tour features founding MC5 member, guitarist Wayne Kramer, as well as guitarist Kim Thayil from Soundgarden, Dug Pinnick from King’s X and Fugazi drummer Brenden Canty and Zen Guerrilla frontman Marcus Durant! This tour is coming near you to kick out the jams in…Washington DC on 9/11…New Haven CT on 9/12…Boston MA on 9/13…Huntington NY on 9/14…Philadelphia PA on 9/15…NYC on 9/17…Montreal QC on 9/18…Toronto ON on 9/19…and Pittsburgh PA on 9/21
---Grammy Award winning singer/ songwriter/ actress, Jill Scott is hitting the road…Toronto ON on 6/26…Newark NJ on 6/28…Rochester NY on 6/29…Baltimore MD on 7/12…and Oxon Hill MD on 7/14 & 7/15!
---The Retro Futura Tour has announced their itinerary and line-up for 2018, but so far only two regional stops…Westbury NY on 7/13…and Lynn MA on 7/15! Btw, the line-up is very strong…ABC, Belinda Carlisle (the go-go’s), Modern English, Tony Lewis (the outfield), Limahl and Annabella’s Bow Wow Wow!
---Otep is back and they’re stepping out this summer…Toronto ON on 7/17…NYC on 7/19…Reading PA on 7/20…Poughkeepsie NY on 7/21…and Warrendale PA on 7/23!
---Nick Lowe has a new EP and tour dates with Los Straitjackets coming to…Jersey City NJ on 6/22…Pawling NY on 6/23…Westhampton Beach NY on 6/24…and Bethlehem PA on 6/26!
---Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have just announced Spring 2018 tour dates for North America, including regional stops for…Jersey City NJ on 5/11…Buffalo NY on 5/12…and Toronto ON on 5/13!
---I don’t usually cover tribute bands, a few
perhaps, but this one caught my eye right away…Danny
Seraphine’s CTA ft. Bill Champlin!
Both are former members of Chicago…Seraphine is the original
drummer and Bill Champlin was the bands third lead singer, following
Terry Kath and Peter Cetera, so this is a tribute band with a lot of
cred! So far only one date
for them north of the Mason/
---Alternative band, Maps & Atlases have announced Spring 2018 tour dates…Washington DC on 6/19…Brooklyn NY on 6/20…Cambridge MA on 6/21…Philadelphia PA on 6/22…and Pittsburgh PA on 6/23!
---Smile Empty Soul is taking Eve To Adam, Kaleido and Talia on the road for a nice package tour that is coming into our region…Rochester NY on 6/4…Watertown NY on 6/5…Albany NY on 6/6…South Burlington VT on 6/7…Laconia NH on 6/8…Lawrence MA on 6/9…Providence RI on 6/10…Poughkeepsie NY on 6/13…Amityville NY on 6/14…Clifton NJ on 6/15…and Baltimore MD on 6/16!
---Donavon Frankenreiter has just announced a tour that lives on the east coast…Dewey Beach DE on 8/7…Owings Mills MD on 8/8…Asbury Park NJ on 8/9…Brooklyn NY on 8/11…two nights in Amagansett NY on 8/13 & 8/14…Fairfield CT on 8/15…North Stonington CT on 8/16…Salisbury MA on 8/17…Washington DC on 8/18…Nantucket MA on 8/19…two nights in Wellfleet MA on 8/20 & 8/21…NYC on 8/22…Wantagh NY on 8/23…Philadelphia PA on 8/24…Buffalo NY on 8/26…two nights in Wildwood NJ on 8/28 & 8/29…Pawling NY on 8/30…and South Burlington VT on 8/31!
---The Revivalists have added a summer leg to their growing list of 2018 tour dates…Nantucket MA on 7/31 & 8/1…Lowell MA on 8/3…Hampton Beach NH on 8/5…Cockeysville MD (as part of the “Hot August Music Festival” near Baltimore) on 8/18…and Vienna VA on 8/19!
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---Following the Peach Festival, The Dickey Betts Band has booked the Beacon Theatre in NYC with The Marshall Tucker Band, Duane Betts and The Devon Allman Project! Rock on boys!
---Progressive 80’s rockers,
Zebra have booked a one-off in
---
---Modern rock band,
Ash have announced 2018 tour
dates that include our little northeast/ mid-atlantic zone, but
strangely it’s only one show…Brooklyn NY on 5/30!
Everything else before and after is situated in the
TOUR TWEAKING:
---
---Scott
Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox add Kennett Square PA on 8/19…
---Roger
McGuinn adds
---Old Crow
Medicine Show adds
---Jeff
Lynne’s ELO adds
---Aztec
Two-Step add Flemington NJ on 6/2…
---Faster
Pussycat…add
---Warrant
adds
---Rodriguez
adds
---Ja Rule
and
---Al
Stewart adds
---The
Chapin Sisters add
---Kip Winger adds NYC on 7/17!
---Michael
Glabicki (of rusted root) adds
---The Jeff
Beck/ Paul Rodgers/ Ann Wilson tour called “The
Stars Align Tour,” adds
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---311/ The Offspring/ GymClassHeroes (10)
---5 Seconds Of Summer (7)
---A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie (1)
---Al Stewart (1)
---Ash (1)
---Aztec Two-Step (4)
---Barry Manilow (4)
---Big Mean Sound Machine (3)
---Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (3)
---Bullet For My Valentine (8)
---Danny Seraphine’s CTA
---Dickey Betts Band/ Marshall Tucker Band/ Duane
Betts/
---Donavon Frankenreiter (21)
---Faster Pussycat (2)
---Gary Clark Jr. (7)
---Glenn Hughes (14)
---Goo Goo Dolls (8)
---Hot August Music Festival (1)
---Huey Lewis & The News (1)
---Ja Rule/
---Jeff Beck/ Paul Rodgers/ Ann Wilson (1)
---Jeff Lynne’s ELO (1)
---Jill Scott (6)
---Kid Rock (4)
---Kip Winger (1)
---
---Maps & Atlases (5)
---Matisyahu (10)
---MC50 (9)
---Michael Glabicki (1)
---Nick Lowe (4)
---Old Crow Medicine Show (1)
---Otep (5)
---Retro Futura Tour (2)
---Richie Furay (1)
---Rodriguez (1)
---Roger McGuinn (2)
---Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox (4)
---Smile Empty Soul/ Adam To Eve/ Kaleido/ Talia (11)
---
---Taina Asili (10)
---The Chapin Sisters (1)
---The Revivalists (5)
---Toad The Wet Sprocket (6)
---Umphrey’s McGee (1)
---Warrant (1)
---Zebra (1)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 040618:
---Tioga Downs Casino announced their Summer Concert Series on Monday (4/2) and it looks pretty good! Five concerts stretched out over five months, ticket prices are reasonable and btw, all tickets are available thru tickermaster…
Thu 5/31: Chris Janson @ 8p ($20.00)
Thu 6/28: Eddie Money @ 8p ($20.00)
Sat 7/28: Wynonna @ 8p ($15.00)
Tue 8/7: Beach Boys @ 7p ($40.00--only $60.00 if you buy two)
Sun 9/2: Michael Bolton @ 8p ($20.00)
---On the heels of this past weekends appearance at their homebase, the Ransom Steele Tavern in Apalachin…Driftwood, our local “national touring band” is beginning a series of mostly Thursday-Friday-Saturday regional mini-tours! After dates this weekend in Albany NY on 4/6…and Syracuse NY on 4/7 at The Westcott…the tour begins in earnest, starting on 4/12, that will bring them to…Wellsboro PA on 4/12…Buffalo NY on 4/13 & 4/14…Philadelphia PA on 4/19…Winchester VA on 4/20…and Charlotte NC on 4/21…Wellsville NY on 4/27…Cleveland OH on 4/28…Annapolis MD on 5/3…Roanoke VA on 5/4…and Silk Hope NC on 5/5! The band is also booking Summer Festivals which will bring them to local and regional festivals like…The Lilac Festival in Rochester NY on 5/20…The Great Blue Heron Music Festival in Sherman NY on 7/7…the Northwest String Summit in North Plains, Oregon on 7/19 & 7/20…before coming home to night #3 of The Peach Festival in Scranton PA on 7/21…and the final day of the Grassroots Festival in Trumansburg NY on 7/22! Whew!
---The first (hopefully annual) Music & Motorcycles festival, Crowfest has announced it’s 2018 festival date…Saturday 6/9 at Ransom Park in Tioga Center NY! Bands participating in the event are…The Smokin’ Crows…Raibred…J. Floyd…Tim Ruffo Band…Mike Davis & the Laughing Buddha Episodes…Floating Down…Tijuana Danger Dogs…and the Bess Greenberg Trio! Tickets are $10.00 in advance…$15.00 at the door! …and btw, the event not only brags that it features a bike run, food, drink and live music…but fire dancers? Proceeds go to fight PTSD and Cancer Awareness.
---Congrats are due as iconic
---Ithaca’s favorite sons, X-Ambassadors are playing some headlining shows on “off-nights” during the Fitz & The Tantrums tour, so look for them to play…South Burlington VT on 6/12…and Lancaster PA on 6/13…as well as a new date warming-up for Fitz & the Tantrums in Vienna VA on 6/7!
…Here’s a very cool 90’s based tour featuring some
of the best alt-pop bands to come out of the grunge-era!
The Gin Blossoms are
headlining the tour which also features
Tonic and
Vertical Horizon! Even
better, the show will be coming to
Tags in Big Flats on 6/8, as
well as…
---Ithaca Reggae Festival, set for 6/22-24 at Stewart Park in Ithaca has announced it’s 2018 line-up with Clinton Fearon, Sister Carol, Big Mean Dub Machine, The Meditations, Double Tiger Fall Creek Brass Band, the return of Thousands Of One and Mosaic Foundation, just to name a few! Daily scheduling has yet to occur, and we’ll try to forward and/or share that info as soon as we can!
---The NYS
Fair in
---Meanwhile for
Blondie, this is the
continuation of a pattern of festival dates they’ve planned for the
Summer of 2018...MassMoca on 8/3…Osheaga in
---If you are just jumping on the Superorganism bandwagon, the dance/ electronic band, who presently have a hit song, “Everybody Wants To Be Famous,” rising on the Alternative charts, have announced that their last show before heading oversea’s will be Saturday night (4/7) in Syracuse NY at the Lost Horizon! It’s a late addition, so don’t be alarmed that you haven’t heard about it before.
---Finally, The
Outlaw Tour has announced for
Montage Mountain, (which for
some reason is always one of the last locations they announce for…) and
the tour is set to play
---As if the weekend of July 20th thru
the 22nd wasn’t already busy enough with both the GrassRoots
Festival in
---Michael Franti has announced Summer 2018 tour dates that not only include regional appearances, but a local one too…Hyannis MA on 7/13…Greenfield MA (for day #2 of the Green River Festival) on 7/14…Hampton Beach NH on 7/17…East Providence RI on 7/18…Scranton PA (at night #2 of the Peach Festival) on 7/20…Jay VT on 7/21…Cohasset MA on 7/22…Ocean City MD on 7/24 & 7/25!
---Alison Krauss has announced a Summer leg to her 2018 tour and new dates include at least one or two local-ish stops…Pittsburgh PA on 6/8…Selbyville DE on 6/9…Wilkes-Barre PA at The Kirby on 6/10…Lenox MA on 6/19…Chautauqua NY on 6/23…Toronto ON on 6/25…Rochester NY on 6/27…Bensalem PA on 9/6…Mashantucket CT on 9/7…Gilford NH on 9/8…and Verona NY at Turning Stone Casino on 9/9!
---Kenny
Rogers may be done with large scale tours, but he’s still playing
some shows here and there…thus we find him at
The Kirby Center in
Wilkes-Barre PA on Thursday May 31st…plus Lincoln RI on
6/1…and a second night in NYC on 6/3! [note: as report went to be
published…
---
---Atlas Genius has been added to the Bush tour date at the Sherman Theatre in Stroudsburg PA on 4/11!
---April
Fools: Anyone who gets Jeff
Kahn’s weekly Cyber Café West
newsletter, which comes out, by e-mail, on Sunday morning, got a
surprise when the newsletter arrived!
In the re: line was the word “closing.”
Thankfully Kahn (who also owns the Cyber Café West) says the
Cyber Café will remain open,
but following the recent, sudden closing of
The Blind Tiger Pub in
---Rumor Mill: Could there be impending action by the now-defunct Triple Cities Carousel against Equinox Broadcasting? Rumors are swirling…
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---The Steve Howe, Alan White, Geoff Downes, Jon
Davison, Billy Sherwood version of Yes
continues their 50th Anniversary tour announcing 32 new world
wide dates leading up to next February’s YesCruise.
Amazingly, twelve of the shows will land in our region…Pittsburgh
(Munhall) PA on 7/5…Jim Thorpe PA on (at
Penn’s Peak) 7/6…Montclair NJ
on 7/7…Boston MA on 7/10…Hampton Beach NH on 7/11…Atlantic City NJ on
7/14…Staten Island NY on 7/15…Peekskill NY on 7/17…Westbury NY on
7/18…two nights in Philadelphia PA on 7/20 & 7/21…and finally Washington
DC on 7/23! No word when the
other version of Yes (
---Just off a tour of theatres to warm-up their new singer, Jeff Gutt, Stone Temple Pilots team-up with The Cult and Bush to storm Arena’s across the country this summer! See this triumvirate of modern rock at…Burgettstown PA on 7/21…Toronto ON on 7/25…Wantagh NY on 7/27…Holmdel NJ on 7/28…Boston MA on 7/30…Gilford NH on 8/2…and Bristow VA on 8/5!
---Chris Brown (yeah, that Chris Brown) is hitting (no pun intended.) the road in July and making half-a-dozen stops are he passes thru our region…in Bristow VA on 7/12…Newark NJ on 7/15…Brooklyn NY on 7/16…Camden NJ on 7/18…Boston MA on 7/19…Hartford CT on 7/21…and finally, Burgettstown PA on 7/22! Rich The Kid, H.E.R. and 6Lack will open up.
---Blues guitar maestro,
Joe Bonamassa has announced dates for Fall 2018 already, and that
means…two nights in
---Grunge-era alt-pop singer, Tracy Bonham (remember her Grammy-nominated song, “Mother Mother,” from her 1996 gold album, “The Burdens Of Being Upright?”) is taking to the road for a tour that will include a handful of regional dates, including…Cambridge MA on 6/6…Northampton MA on 6/7…Vienna VA on 6/14…Philadelphia PA on 6/20…and NYC on 6/21!
---Hip hop star, A$AP Ferg has re-announced tour dates that were originally supposed to bring him (and only him as his warm-up acts haven’t been confirmed for these new dates.) into our region this month, but now (except for Toronto) won’t until July…Toronto ON on 5/6…Montreal QC on 7/23…Clifton Park NY on 7/24…and Boston MA on 7/27! Ferg pushed his tour dates back to finish work on his new album.
---The AWOLNATION tour is coming into our region this June! After a spot on the X-Fest at Star Lake Amphitheatre in Burgettstown on 6/2, look for the alt-rockers to come to…Clifton Park NY on 6/15…South Burlington VT on 6/17…Hampton Beach NH on 6/21…and Providence RI on 6/22! Opening up for the tour are rising alt-pop stars…Irontom and lovelytheband.
---So by now, the cat’s outta-the-bag…Bruce Springsteen has announced another stretch at the Kerr Theatre in NYC! Broadway residency #5 is 49 dates long and runs from 9/26 thru 12/15!
---The Posies have announced their 30th Anniversary World Tour and it will bring into our region at least a half-dozen times, in…Philadelphia PA on 6/13…Fairfield CT on 6/14…Somerville MA on 6/15…Washington DC on 6/16…NYC on 6/17…and Pittsburgh PA on 6/19!
---Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has announced a new leg of dates that will take them from late Spring into early Summer and thru our region…Alexandria VA on 5/31…Ridgefield CT on 6/1…Derry NH on 6/3…Boston MA on 6/6…Bethlehem PA on 6/7…and Uncasville CT on 12/21!
---Daryl Hall & John Oates are taking Train on the road (which sounds like a clash of transportation methods, I know.) this Summer with no less than seven regional tour stops for fans in our coverage zone…Philadelphia PA on 5/26…Toronto ON on 6/5…Boston MA on 6/7…Pittsburgh PA on 7/9…Washington DC on 6/11…NYC on 6/14…and Montreal QC on 7/13!
---Bruce Hornsby has announced 2018 tour dates that will play our region nearly a dozen times…Waterloo NY on 6/14…Washington PA on 6/15…Bensalem PA on 6/16…Englewood NJ on 6/18…Lewiston NY on 6/19…Vienna VA on 6/29…Selbyville DE on 6/30…Morristown NJ on 7/16…Hampton Beach NH on 7/18…Burlington VT on 7/20…and Webster MA on 7/21!
---Veil of
Maya, who are part of the Underoath tour…will play some solo
headlining dates of their own on the tours “off nights.”
See them in…
---Another leg has been added to the Pat Benatar tour, so Summer 2018 tour dates are now realized…Plymouth MA on 6/20…Beverly MA on 6/21…Ridgefield CT on 6/23…Great Barrington MA on 6/25…Morristown NJ on 6/27!
---One of the worlds top ten best slide guitarists, Ry Cooder has announced tour dates…Alexandria VA on 6/3, 6/4 & 6/11…Ridgefield CT on 6/6…Boston MA on 6/7…NYC on 6/8…Derry NH on 6/9 & 6/12…Toronto ON on 6/26…Montreal QC on 6/29…Burlington VT on 6/30…Lenox MA on 7/1…and Philadelphia PA on 7/3!
---British rockers, Paul Young and Midge Ure (formerly of Ultravox) are teaming up on most dates of a 2018 Summer tour…Bethesda MD on 6/5…Sellersville PA on 6/6…Huntington NY on 6/7…NYC on 6/8…Pawling NY (just paul on this show) on 6/10…and Toronto ON on 6/12!
---Molly Hatchet has announced solo shows, following their stint on the Lynyrd Skynyrd farewell tour…Wellsville NY on 6/23…and Verona NY on 8/30!
---Everclear, Marcy Playground and Local H are back as the “Summerland Tour” returns, bringing Grunge-era alt-pop to…Philadelphia PA on 5/31…Huntington NY on 6/3…NYC on 6/5…and Warrendale PA (just outside of Pittsburgh) on 6/6!
---Wow.
The Line-up Joe Perry is
taking on his brief three-night, while Steve Tyler’s off
trying-to-play-country-musid, tour will just have guitar players
everywhere drooling like infants…along with Perry, fellow Aerosmith
guitarist, Brad Whitford…singer,
Gary Cherone of Extreme…Barry
Goudreau of Boston…and Joe Perry Project singer,
Charlie Farren!
Perry’s latest Project is set to play
---Ronnie Milsap just keeps right on going, just like the Energizer bunny…on his latest tour he’s planning regional stops in…Alexandria VA on 4/5…Greensburg PA on 4/6…Plattsburgh NY on 7/18…and Ridgefield CT on 7/19!
---Nirvana for Death Metal heads, Maryland Deathfest has announced their line-up for 2018! The festival is spread out in two venues…Baltimore Soundstage and Rams Head Live…and it’s four days long, from Thursday 5/24 thru Sunday 5/27! Check the Regional Concert Page to pick your line-up and venue!
---Former head Beach Boy,
Brian Wilson, has announced a small tour this Fall to play the Beach
Boys “Christmas Album” in it’s entirety!
Only two dates are booked so far for our region…
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---Vladimir Putin’s favorite band (NOT), Pussy Riot, are allowed to travel outside of Russia to bring their wonderfully anti-authoritaran pop/punk to America…Sunday 5/27 in Harrisburg PA at Club XL…but while they’ve only announced one headlining tour date in our region , don’t fret…you can also see them on Friday 5/25 as part of Boston Calling!
---An
---Natalie
Merchant has just announced a dozen, mostly oversea’s dates…and one
lonely
---The Wailers will play a “one-off” to help open the new Diamond Horseshoe at Times Square (also called by their corporate name, sony hall) in NYC on 6/19!
---Ace Frehley is also playing a “one-off” at the new Diamond Horseshoe at Times Square in NYC, even earlier, on 5/4!
---The Moody Blues,
Justin Hayward, will play one
terrestrial date leading up to the “On The Blue Cruise,” which will be
8/7 in
---60’s pop singer, Melanie, plays a one-off for us land-lubbers (her only other appearances are on the Flower Power Cruise set for Spring 2019) at Piermont NY on 8/3!
---Once Van
Morrison is off the Outlaw
Music Festival he has booked a one-shot solo show in
TOUR TWEAKING:
---REO
Speedwagon adds
---Kix
adds
---Buckethead, former Guns N’ Roses guitarist in the lean years…adds some more dates to his solo tour…Northampton MA on 4/6…Providence RI on 4/11…and Philadelphia PA on 4/18!
---Eric Burdon & The Animals add Glenside PA on 5/9!
---Ben
Harper and Charlie
Musselwhite add…a third night in
---Jean-Luc Ponty adds Glenside PA on 8/18!
---The War
On Drugs add
---Billy Joel adds his 58th show in his MSG residency in NYC on 11/10!
---Parkway
Drive adds Silver Spring MD on 5/5…
---Steve
Forbert adds Kennett Square PA on 7/27…
---
---Ian
Anderson adds
---Memphis May Fire, Fire From The Gods and The Word Alive are playing an “off-night” on the Sevendust tour, in Pittsburgh PA on 5/10, at Mr. Smalls!
---Bone
Thugs N Harmony add
---Frankie
Valli & The Four Seasons added a second night in
---Tony Bennett adds two nights in Westbury NY on 5/18 & 5/19…Vienna VA on 6/23…and Bethlehem PA on 6/30!
---Prong & Helmet add NYC on 5/23!
---Paul
Barrere & Fred Tackett of Little Feat, add
---Buddy Guy
adds
---21 Savage
picks up two “off nights” on the Post Malone tour…5/20 in NYC…5/22 in
---Finally,
John Sebastian (of the Lovin’ Spoonful) adds two regional shows to
his 2018 itinerary…
---Kofi
Baker Cream Experience is moving their 5/2 show at
---Foghat
confirms that they’ll be playing the Woodstock CT Fair on 9/2…and a
twin-bill with Grand Funk
Railroad at Twin Rivers
Casino in
---The “I
Love The 90’s Tour” adds
---Bon Jovi
postponed their two
---Kenny Rogers just cancelled the remainder of his 2018 dates due to a health issue. Tickets can be refunded at your point of purchase.
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---21 Savage (2)
---
---AWOLNATION/ lovelytheband/ Irontom (4)
---Ben Harper/ Charlie Musselwhite (6)
---Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (6)
---Billy Joel (1)
---Blondie (3)
---Bone Thugs N Harmony (1)
---Bruce Hornsby (11)
---Bruce Springsteen (49)
---Buckethead (3)
---Buddy Guy/ Jonny Lang (1)
---Chris Brown/ Rich The Kid/ 6Lack/ H.E.R. (7)
---Counting Crows (10)
---Eric Burdon & The Animals (1)
---Everclear/ Marcy Playground/ Local H (4)
---Fitz & The Tantrums/ X-Ambassadors/ Mikky Ekko (1)
---Foghat (2)
---Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (1)
---Hall & Oates/ Train (7)
---Helmet/ Prong (1)
---
---I Love The 90’s Tour (1)
---Ian Anderson (1)
---
---Jean-Luc Ponty (1)
---Joe Bonamassa (4)
---Joe Perry (3)
---Justin Hayward (1)
---Kenny Rogers (3)
---Kix (1)
---Kofi Baker’s Psychedelic Trip (1)
---Lyle Lovett (7)
---
---Melanie (1)
---
---Michael Franti (9)
---Molly Hatchet (2)
---Natalie Merchant (1)
---Outlaw Music Festival (9)
---Parkway Drive (3)
---Paul Barrere & Fred Tackett (1)
---Paul Young (1)
---Paul Young/ Midge Ure (5)
---Pat Benatar (5)
---
---Pussy Riot (1)
---REO Speedwagon (12)
---Ronnie Milsap (4)
---Ry Cooder (13)
---Steve Forbert (3)
---
---The Posies (6)
---The War On Drugs (1)
---The Wailers (1)
---Tony Bennett (4)
---Tracy Bonham (5)
---Van Morrison (1)
---Veil Of Maya (2)
---Willie Nelson/ Van Morrison (1)
---X-Ambassadors (2)
---Yes (12)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week!
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Music News for 033018:
---So here is, the end of March, and still the
Brackney Inn, in Brackney PA,
isn’t open. In case you
forgot, the
---Well this story is so bizarre, and changed so quickly that I will have to break it up into two parts! Here’s the original story I wrote, following last weeks 5th Anniversary party for the Triple Cities Carousel…
---The
Triple Cities Carousel magazine (or rag as they refer to themselves)
is changing hands! After
five years at the magazine, Founder and Editor-in-Chief,
Chris Bodnarczuk, is moving
on, to take a position with the
Anderson Center at
---Now here’s part two…just four days after the party this post appeared on the Triple Cities Carousel facebook page, “We’re so very sorry to announce that our publisher, Equinox Broadcasting, has decided not to continue forward with Carousel at this time. Thank you all for your support over these last five years. We love you all so very much.” There was no reason given for Equinox to cease publication except that there may have been some kind of falling out between between management and Bodnarczuk. Whatever the case it will be missed by many local musicians and the musical community.
---There’s a new venue in Apalachin!
Waterman’s Distillery at 6172 Route 434 in
https://www.watermansdistillery.com/home
---Old Crow Medicine Show has announced Summer dates including a local-ish stop at the Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown NY on 7/14…as well as a bunch of new regional stops…Washington DC on 4/28…New Haven CT on 7/17…Hampton Beach NH on 7/19…Providence RI on 7/20…Shelburne VT on 7/22…Dewey Beach DE on 7/27…as well as a festival date in Greenfield MA on 7/15 for Green River Festival!
---Kiefer Sutherland is back! Apparently the television and movie star’s theatre tour last year wasn’t a fluke and now he’s returned to play larger venues…Toronto ON on 5/10…Alexandria VA on 5/20…Dewey Beach DE on 5/23…Asbury Park NJ on 5/25…Bethel NY (at Bethel Woods!) on 5/26…Pawling NY on 5/27…and Amagansett NY on 5/28!
---Creedence Clearwater Revisited (ft. former Creedence Clearwater Revival members Doug “Cosmo” Clifford and Stu Cook) have announced 2018 tour dates and they’ll be coming to our area’s, both local and regional, in July…Atlantic City NJ on 7/6…Lincoln RI on 7/7…Huntington NY on 7/25…Jim Thorpe PA at Penn’s Peak on 8/1!
---America has announced Summer dates and a few new additions to their Spring tour…Torrington CT on 3/30…Providence RI on 5/10…Utica NY at the Stanley Center on 5/11…Washington PA on 5/12…Salamanca NY on 7/7…and Peekskill NY on 7/14!
---Michael Wu, currently with The Gunpoets and Triple Down (formerly with Try. Fail. Repeat.), posted on Sunday that he has finished recording his bass tracks for Devinne Meyers forthcoming debut solo album, “Silver Line.” No release date has been set for the album yet, but it’s uncertain how much more work has to be done on the project.
REGIONAL ROUND-UP:
---3 Doors Down, Collective Soul and Soul Asylum have forged a huge Summer Alt-pop tour that will thunder thru our region starting in August…Clearfield PA on 8/3…Gilford NH on 8/10…Holmdel NJ on 8/11…Brookhaven NY on 8/14…Uncasville CT on 8/16…Niagara Falls NY on 8/18…Atlantic City NJ on 8/19…and Baltimore MD on 8/21!
---Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band just announced Fall 2018 tour dates, so look forward to seeing the recently knighted “Sir Richard” in NYC on 9/13…Saratoga Springs NY on 9/14…Wallingford CT on 9/15…Boston MA on 9/17…and Pittsburgh PA on 9/19!
---Panic! At
The Disco will tour this Summer to support their new album, “Pray
For The Wicked,” due 6/22…Regional dates will be
plenty…Pittsburgh PA on 7/18…Uniondale NY on 7/20…Baltimore MD on
7/21…Toronto ON on 7/22…NYC on 7/24…Boston MA on 7/25…and Philadelphia
PA on 7/27!
---Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle and Dwight Yoakam are joining forces for a great summer alt-country/ blues triple bill…it’s being called the “LSD Tour,” and it’s set to play our region no less than a half dozen times in June…Boston Ma on 6/12…NYC on 6/13…Bethel NY on 6/15…Gilford NH on 6/16…Oxon Hill MD on 6/17…and Baltimore MD on 6/19!
---Bruce
Springsteen has announced another set of 32 Broadway dates at the
Kerr Theatre in
---G-Eazy
returns to the road with a hip hop laden Summer package tour that also
features Lil Uzi Vert, Ty Dolla
$ign and YBN Nahmir!
Regional stops include…
---Halsey and singer Jessie Reyez will team-up for a modest North American tour including five dates in our region…Montreal QC on 7/8…Providence RI on 7/11…Saratoga Springs NY on 7/12…Atlantic City NJ on 7/14…and Vienna VA on 7/15!
---Steely Dan have announced a Fall leg to their 2018 tour with dates in…Pittsburgh PA on 10/8…Buffalo NY on 110/9…Baltimore MD on 10/14…and highlighted by a nine-night residency in NYC at the Beacon Theatre on 10/17-18, 10/20-21/ 10/24, 10/26-27 and 10/29-30! Each night of the Beacon residency will be a theme night, so pay attention when you buy your tickets to see which show you want to go to.
---Harry
Connick Jr. has announced a new tour, now that his syndicated TV
show has been cancelled…
---Mondo Cozmo will open up for part of the Vance Joy tour…then split off to play their own headlining shows…NYC on 6/13…Philadelphia PA on 6/19…and Boston MA on 6/20…before hooking back up with Vance Joy in Montreal QC on 6/21…and Toronto ON on 6/22!
---Fans of 80’s techno-pop will love this latest
retro package tour featuring; Boy
George & Culture Club, The B-52’s and
Tom Bailey of The Thompson
Twins (which reminds me…when are they going to reunite?)!
See the spectacle in…
---needtobreathe will headline a package tour that breaks into our region in the heat of Summer 2018…Toronto ON on 8/15…Washington DC on 8/17…Boston MA on 8/18…and Philadelphia PA on 8/19! Also on the bill are Johnnyswin and Billy Raffoul!
---Grand
Funk Railroad has announced, what is so far, a twelve-date tour, but
only one of those dates will appear in our region…
---The Indigo Girls are announcing more Spring, Summer and even Fall tour dates now as they extend their 2018 tour into October…Providence RI on 5/23…Tarrytown NY on 5/24…South Orange NJ on 9/12…Boston MA on 9/14…and two nights in Glenside PA on 10/11 & 10/12!
---Geoff Tate, formerly of Queensryche, is launching a solo tour (seemingly without his new band, Operation: Mindcrime) headed directly for our region starting in…Lancaster PA on 6/7…Amityville NY on 6/12…Sellersville PA on 6/13…Washington DC on 6/15…Sayreville NJ on 6/16…Warrendale PA on 6/18…Baltimore MD on 6/19…and Poughkeepsie NY on 6/20!
---Little River Band has announced Summer 2018 dates…Salisbury MA on 7/5…Verona NY on 7/6…Cohasset MA on 7/7…Hyannis MA on 7/8…Hamden CT on 7/27…LeRoy NY on 7/28…Quakertown PA on 8/23…Alexandria VA on 8/24…Woonsocket RI on 10/20…Williamsport PA on 11/2…and Altoona PA on 11/16!
---Rise
Against is touring to support their new album, “Mourning
In Amerika” with both AFI
and Anti-Flag! Dates
include…
---Tower Of Power Is announcing Summer and Fall 2018 dates…two nights in Alexandria VA on 6/22 & 6/23…Lexington MA on 6/28…Lincoln RI on 6/29…Rochester NY (part of the Rochester International Jazz Fest) on 6/30…and Glenside PA on 10/20!
---Liam Gallagher, formerly of Oasis and Beady Eye, has announced a solo North American tour that is seven dates long and set for May…five of the dates btw, fall into our regional area…Toronto ON on 5/13…Boston MA on 5/14…NYC on 5/16…Philadelphia PA on 5/17…and Washington DC on 5/18!
---Patti Smyth & Scandal are back and have announced twelve dates for this Spring and Summer…most of which are within our regional confines…Peekskill NY on 4/26…East Greenwich RI on 4/28…Derry NH on 4/29…Newton NJ on 5/4…Washington DC on 5/5…Ridgefield CT on 8/4…North Tonawanda NY on 8/5…Amagansett NY on 8/24…and Shirley MA on 8/25!
---Blues legend, Walter Trout is taking his band out on the road for an extensive work out…including the previously leaked show in Natick MA on 7/20…Sellersville PA on 7/21…Cheswick PA on 7/22…NYC on 7/25…Pawling NY on 7/26…Athens NY on 7/27…Fall River MA on 7/28…Derry NH on 7/29…Old Saybrook CT on 7/31…and Fairfield CT on 8/1!
---I try not to get carried away with tribute bands in my weekly report, but this one caught my eye because it’s led by one of the original members sons…Kofi Bakers Cream Experience is rolling into our region (in fact, so far, it begins, is contained in, and ends in our region!) and is poised to strike…Harrisburg PA on 4/26…Marlboro NY on 4/27…Patchogue NY on 4/28 & 4/29…Bordentown NJ on 5/2…Kennet Square PA on 5/3…Bridgeport CT on 5/4…and Shirley MA on 5/5!
---Harry Chapin’s brother
Tom, and his daughters Abigail & Lily, are going out on the road
together this Spring and Summer, to promote a new EP by
The Chapin Sisters, “Ferry
Boat” due 4/30!
Tour dates include…NYC on 4/20…
---Lead singer of Cheap Trick, Robin Zander, is headed for Broadway! Zander will star in the Broadway production of Rocktopia from April 23rd thru the 29th. If you’re not familiar with the play, it combines Classic Rock with Classical music.
ONE SHOW ONLY:
---EDM duo,
The Crystal Method will play a “one-off” on Saturday 5/19 in
---Led Zeppelin tribute band,
Zeppelin Complete, may be ready to announce their 2018 tour dates,
but for now, this is a one-off…
---90’s alt-rockers,
Snow Patrol have announced a
17-date world tour, but only one for the
---Jamiroquai
has announced only one
TOUR TWEAKING:
---Slightly
Stoopid add
---Dark Star
Orchestra adds
---Ted
Nugent adds
---Pat
Benatar adds
---Tommy
Stinson (of the replacements & gnr) adds
---Karla
Bonoff adds Sellersville PA on 9/20…and
---Melissa Manchester adds Shirley MA on 8/12!
---Get The
Led Out adds
---Peter
Yarrow, formerly of Peter Paul & Mary, adds
---Roger
McGuinn, formerly of The Byrds, adds
---Rik
Emmett, formerly of Triumph, adds
---Arlen
Roth adds
---Frankie
Valli & The Four Seasons add
---Richard
Marx adds
---Earth
Wind & Fire adds two nights in
---The last three dates of
Wynton Marsalis 13-date NYC residency at the
---The Pretenders add Red Bank NJ on 6/28…and Silver Spring MD on 6/29!
---Beyonce & Jay-Z add second nights in Landover MD on 7/27…and East Rutherford NJ on 8/3!
---Kurt Vile
adds
---Roger
Hodgson, former lead singer of Supertramp, adds
---Rick
Springfield adds
--- Courtney
Barnett adds
---Rita
Coolidge adds
---Air
Supply adds
---Pitbull
adds two nights in
---Trapt
adds
---Cowboy
Junkies add
---Max
Weinberg’s Jukebox adds
---Mary
Chapin Carpenter adds
---Mikky
Ekko adds
---Moon Taxi
adds
NEW DATES ON REGIONAL CONCERT PAGE:
---3 Doors Down/ Collective Soul/ Soul Asylum (8)
---Air Supply (1)
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---Arlen Roth (1)
---Beyonce/ Jay-Z (2)
---Bruce Springsteen (32)
---Courtney Barnett (3)
---Cowboy Junkies (2)
---Dark Star Orchestra (1)
---Earth Wind & Fire (2)
---Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (1)
---Geoff Tate (8)
---Get The Led Out (1)
---Grand Funk Railroad (1)
---Halsey/ Jessie Reyez (5)
---Indigo Girls (6)
---Jamiroquai (1)
---Karla Bonoff (2)
---Kiefer Sutherland (7)
---Kofi Baker’s Cream Experience (8)
---Kurt Vile (3)
---Liam Gallagher (5)
---Little River Band (11)
---Lucinda Williams/ Steve Earle/ Dwight Yoakam (6)
---Mary Chapin Carpenter (1)
---Max Weinberg’s Jukebox (1)
---Melissa Manchester (1)
---Mikky Ekko (1)
---Mondo Cozmo (3)
---Moon Taxi (2)
---Panic! At The Disco/
---Pat Benatar (1)
---Patty Smith & Scandal (9)
---Peter Yarrow (1)
---Pitbull (2)
---Richard Marx (1)
---Rick Springfield (3)
---Rik Emmett (1)
---Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (5)
---Rise Against/ AFI/ Anti-Flag (8)
---Rita Coolidge (1)
---Roger Hodgson (4)
---Roger McGuinn (1)
---Slightly Stoopid (5)
---Snow Patrol (1)
---Steely Dan (13)
---Ted Nugent (1)
---The Chapin Sisters/ Tom Chapin (3)
---The Crystal Method (1)
---The Pretenders (2)
---Tommy Stinson (2)
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---Trapt (1)
---Walter Trout Band (9)
---Zeppelin Complete (1)
*#’s in parenthesis are amount of new
dates by each act this week.
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Music News for 032318:
---Well now that we know the rumors about Blake Shelton playing the Dicks Sporting Goods Open were true, perhaps we should address the rumors about Spiedie Fest 2018, which have also been swirling, and just as consistently! The rumor mill is saying that it will be KC & the Sunshine Band on night #1, Friday August 3rd…Cheap Trick on night #2, Saturday August 4th…and country artist, Phil Vassar on night #3 Sunday August 5th! That announcement is coming too, so it won’t be long before we know for sure!
---The Cyber Café West in
---The
Dropkick Murphy’s and
Flogging Molly have announced a co-headlining tour that will be both
local and regional! The
local date is in Big Flats NY (just west of
---The Cadillac Three have been booked for
Tags in Big Flats NY (just west of
---Diet Cig
has announced two shows coming up fairly soon, one of which impacts our
local-ish region…Hamilton College
in
---Joan
Osborne (of course you remember her grunge-era hit, “One Of Us,”
from the 90’s!) will kick off her North American tour at the
Hangar Theatre in
---Five
Finger Death Punch is coming to both
---The
Shinedown and Godsmack
co-headlining tour…just got local!
The bands will not only be touring, but touring a TON with no
less than 12 total show within our greater region!
Local stops include…Lakeview
Amphitheatre in