Friday, February 5, 2010
Citizen Cope @ National postponed
This message from The National and Citizen Cope: Message From Cope *** Unfortunately, due to the massive snowstorm in the Mid Atlantic we've had to postpone tomorrow night's show at the National in Richmond. We will be rescheduling this show and will have the new date for you shortly, so stay tuned. We're really sorry about not being able to do this show and are looking forward to getting it rescheduled ... All tickets purchased will be honored on the new date!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Cracker, Black Cash, Citizen Cope, DJ Williams Projekt
Well, its more snow this weekend, so be sure to check with all these venues before you head out. I'm sure the four inches of snow will shut down Henrico County schools for another week. Well, I guess if the schools must be shut down, at least do it the Monday after the Super Bowl so I can sleep late. I think the Monday after the Super Bowl should be a holiday anyway or move the Super Bowl to Saturday night. The teams have had two weeks off anyway. If they moved the Super Bowl to Saturday night it would be one of the biggest party nights of the year, a national Mardi Gras (which we should have anyway).
Friday night at Cary St. Cafe you've got Johnny Cash tribute band, Black Cash & The Bad Trips. Show starts at 10 and cover charge is $5. Here's the band doing "Hey Porter" down at the Outer Banks this summer:
Saturday night Citizen Cope will be at The National. Doors open at 8, show starts at 9 and tix are $20 in advance, $23 day of show. Citizen Cope plays soulful, acoustic, alternative rock and you might dig him if you like Everlast, Jack Johnson, G. Love, De La Soul, Jeff Buckley, Van Morrison, Prince, Radiohead, Stevie Wonder, Randy Newman, Marvin Gaye, or Otis Redding. Here's the video for his song, "Let The Drummer Kick":
Tuesday, local jazz/funk artist DJ Williams Projekt (nice new website by the way) is at Cafe Diem. Show starts at 9 PM and there is NO COVER. Here's something from their show at Cafe Diem on 6/9/09:
Ashland Coffee & Tea will have Cracker Acoustic featuring David Lowery & Johnny Hickman on Wednesday night. Show starts at 8 and tix are $23 in advance, $28 at the door. Cracker recently played a tour of Iraq for the troops over there. David talks about the tour HERE. And here is a video of their Iraq tour including the song "Yalla Yalla":
That's about it for this week. I'll leave you with this little number, Katy Perry's "Hot N' Cold" performed by a Ukranian polka band. This guys ROCK!
Have a great weekend!
Tony Jordan
Friday night at Cary St. Cafe you've got Johnny Cash tribute band, Black Cash & The Bad Trips. Show starts at 10 and cover charge is $5. Here's the band doing "Hey Porter" down at the Outer Banks this summer:
Saturday night Citizen Cope will be at The National. Doors open at 8, show starts at 9 and tix are $20 in advance, $23 day of show. Citizen Cope plays soulful, acoustic, alternative rock and you might dig him if you like Everlast, Jack Johnson, G. Love, De La Soul, Jeff Buckley, Van Morrison, Prince, Radiohead, Stevie Wonder, Randy Newman, Marvin Gaye, or Otis Redding. Here's the video for his song, "Let The Drummer Kick":
Tuesday, local jazz/funk artist DJ Williams Projekt (nice new website by the way) is at Cafe Diem. Show starts at 9 PM and there is NO COVER. Here's something from their show at Cafe Diem on 6/9/09:
Ashland Coffee & Tea will have Cracker Acoustic featuring David Lowery & Johnny Hickman on Wednesday night. Show starts at 8 and tix are $23 in advance, $28 at the door. Cracker recently played a tour of Iraq for the troops over there. David talks about the tour HERE. And here is a video of their Iraq tour including the song "Yalla Yalla":
That's about it for this week. I'll leave you with this little number, Katy Perry's "Hot N' Cold" performed by a Ukranian polka band. This guys ROCK!
Have a great weekend!
Tony Jordan
Ween @ The National, new date for Of Montreal
WEEN will be at The National Tuesday April 6th @ 8pm ... Tickets on sale Wednesday February 10th at all Ticketmaster outlets, nattickets.com, ticketstobuy.com, and The National box office.
Also, the OF MONTREAL show scheduled for last Saturday Jan 30th has been rescheduled to Tuesday June 1st @ 8pm ... All Tickets purchased for Jan 30 show will be honored on the new date ... Tickets on sale now at all Ticketmaster outlets, nattickets.com, ticketstobuy.com, and The National box office. (Thanks to Anonymous.)
Also, the OF MONTREAL show scheduled for last Saturday Jan 30th has been rescheduled to Tuesday June 1st @ 8pm ... All Tickets purchased for Jan 30 show will be honored on the new date ... Tickets on sale now at all Ticketmaster outlets, nattickets.com, ticketstobuy.com, and The National box office. (Thanks to Anonymous.)
Particle @ Capital Ale House tonight
Jamtronica band Particle will be at the Capital Ale House Downtown tonight. Tix are $18 and the show starts at 9 with opener, The Brew. Particle was on hiatus until late last year as keyboardist Steve Molitz spent the last couple years playing with Grateful Dead bassist, Phil Lesh, in the band Phil & Friends. Particle is fun to see, playing mostly instrumental, upbeat, improvised music you can dance to.
Here is what the Capital Ale House has to say about them:
"Since forming in the fall of 2000, Particle has enjoyed a successful ride that has taken them to eight countries for over 850 shows including Europe and Japan. After a whimsical San Francisco boat cruise, a musical bond was surged that was would take core Particle members Eric Gould, Steve Molitz, and Darren Pujalet on a sonic adventure that’s strong to this day.
Particle forged their signature sound playing late night parties and high profile festivals across the country including Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits Festival, Coachella, and New Orleans Jazzfest to name a few. The band has also appeared at Bonnaroo three times where they played a legendary five plus hour set beginning at 3am. Once dubbed the 'late night kings', Particle has garnered a lot of hype for creating a series of out of the box special events across the country.
In 2004, the band released their debut album Launchpad produced by Tom Rothrock to critical praise from fans and media alike. Rolling Stone, The New York Times, and URB ran glowing features on the band and the Associated Press named the album among the year’s Top Ten. The album’s title track was remixed by Groove Armada’s Tom Findlay and released as an EP later that same year."
Here is the band jamming with Joe Satriani and DJ Logic on their song "W":
I'll get a post up tonight about the rest of stuff going on this weekend. I had intended to do it last night, but fell asleep while putting my son, Willie, to bed and didn't wake up until 1:30 AM.
Tony Jordan
Here is what the Capital Ale House has to say about them:
"Since forming in the fall of 2000, Particle has enjoyed a successful ride that has taken them to eight countries for over 850 shows including Europe and Japan. After a whimsical San Francisco boat cruise, a musical bond was surged that was would take core Particle members Eric Gould, Steve Molitz, and Darren Pujalet on a sonic adventure that’s strong to this day.
Particle forged their signature sound playing late night parties and high profile festivals across the country including Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits Festival, Coachella, and New Orleans Jazzfest to name a few. The band has also appeared at Bonnaroo three times where they played a legendary five plus hour set beginning at 3am. Once dubbed the 'late night kings', Particle has garnered a lot of hype for creating a series of out of the box special events across the country.
In 2004, the band released their debut album Launchpad produced by Tom Rothrock to critical praise from fans and media alike. Rolling Stone, The New York Times, and URB ran glowing features on the band and the Associated Press named the album among the year’s Top Ten. The album’s title track was remixed by Groove Armada’s Tom Findlay and released as an EP later that same year."
Here is the band jamming with Joe Satriani and DJ Logic on their song "W":
I'll get a post up tonight about the rest of stuff going on this weekend. I had intended to do it last night, but fell asleep while putting my son, Willie, to bed and didn't wake up until 1:30 AM.
Tony Jordan
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Michael Buble @ Richmond Coliseum
Michael Buble, who just won a Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, is coming to Richmond Coliseum on July 6. Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 5 at 10:00am at the usual places. Tell your mom!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Of Montreal Canceled
Just in from The National: Due to the continued hazardous travel conditions, the OF MONTREAL show has been canceled for this evening. We are working on a new date. If you would like a refund they are available at the point of purchase.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Widespread Panic & Ben Folds @ The National
Widespread Panic will play The National on Monday April 26, 2010 @ 7pm & Tuesday April 27, 2010 @ 7pm. General Admission Tickets are $40* in advance and will be ON SALE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 @ 10AM.
Also announced today, BEN FOLDS w/ a Special Guest Sunday March 21st @ 8pm. Tickets on sale next Friday February 5th at all Ticketmaster outlets, nattickets.com, ticketstobuy.com, and The National box office.
Also announced today, BEN FOLDS w/ a Special Guest Sunday March 21st @ 8pm. Tickets on sale next Friday February 5th at all Ticketmaster outlets, nattickets.com, ticketstobuy.com, and The National box office.
More on Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger
It occurred to me later, after I saw that Irving Azoff, manager of the Eagles is the CEO of this new company, that the Eagles were the first band who broke that $100 ticket price barrier, with tickets for their "Hell Freezes Over" tour going for the outrageous sum at the time of $150. If you think this guy isn't going to jack up prices as high as he can, you got another thing coming.
Anyway, here is some good commentary on the merger from the Springsteen fan site, Backstreets. There is a link in there to a good article, too.
THINGS WILL GET WORSE, THEY GOT TO GET BETTER…
Talk about your Blue Mondays. On January 25, the U.S. Justice Department’s Anti-Trust Division officially approved a “watered-down” version of the merger between ticket-sales agency Ticketmaster and concert-promoter/venue-owner Live Nation, creating a new company called Live Nation Entertainment. (One of the better initial reports/analyses of the deal can be found here.) In reality, there’s very little “watered down” from the original proposal first made a year ago, which essentially will solidify and strengthen what many considered to be a live-entertainment monopoly already since Pearl Jam et. al. unsuccessfully sought restrictions on Ticketmaster from the Anti-Trust Division back in the ’90s, during the Clinton presidency. Springsteen fans in particular should be appalled that not a single item in the “significant changes” ordered by the Justice Department even pretends to address the blatant conflict of interest that is Ticketmaster’s wholly-owned “secondary ticket market” (legal scalping) subsidiary TicketsNow, the source of so many problems for fans who attempted to buy tickets during the Working on a Dream tour last year.
Speaking of conflicts of interest, one of the other "concessions" that the new company surprisingly did not have to make allows it to keep its artist-management wing, headed by Irving Azoff, to boot. To understand just how anti-artist and anti-fan this move is, just remember that when Springsteen was forced to mount his famous lawsuit against former manager Mike Appel, Bruce's major source of revenue to sustain him and his band through that period came from their live performances. Any artist managed by Ticketmaster could be restrained from repeating such a strategy now, with the new company's increased power to control access to venues, ticket sales, etc. Even if you're an artist who's not directly managed by Azoff, if you don't like any aspect of how you or your audience get treated by Live Nation Entertainment, it now will be even more difficult, if not impossible, to oppose the company's policies and continue to make a living as a professional musician.
This latest action (or, more accurately, inaction) from the Anti-Trust Division comes in spite of the public opposition of many, including Bruce Springsteen, his management and touring organizations, and many of his fans who wrote letters, sent e-mails and/or made phone calls urging the Anti-Trust Division to stop this merger. As Springsteen's official website previously noted, "[T]he one thing that would make the current ticket situation even worse for the fan than it is now would be Ticketmaster and Live Nation coming up with a single system, thereby returning us to a near monopoly situation in music ticketing." Barring any significant actions from Congress or the President (who still could actively oppose the Anti-Trust Division's ruling if they chose to do so), it looks pretty certain now that we're headed further down that road.
Despite the discouraging news, however, the battle isn't over just yet. Click here for more information.
- January 27, 2010
Anyway, here is some good commentary on the merger from the Springsteen fan site, Backstreets. There is a link in there to a good article, too.
THINGS WILL GET WORSE, THEY GOT TO GET BETTER…
Talk about your Blue Mondays. On January 25, the U.S. Justice Department’s Anti-Trust Division officially approved a “watered-down” version of the merger between ticket-sales agency Ticketmaster and concert-promoter/venue-owner Live Nation, creating a new company called Live Nation Entertainment. (One of the better initial reports/analyses of the deal can be found here.) In reality, there’s very little “watered down” from the original proposal first made a year ago, which essentially will solidify and strengthen what many considered to be a live-entertainment monopoly already since Pearl Jam et. al. unsuccessfully sought restrictions on Ticketmaster from the Anti-Trust Division back in the ’90s, during the Clinton presidency. Springsteen fans in particular should be appalled that not a single item in the “significant changes” ordered by the Justice Department even pretends to address the blatant conflict of interest that is Ticketmaster’s wholly-owned “secondary ticket market” (legal scalping) subsidiary TicketsNow, the source of so many problems for fans who attempted to buy tickets during the Working on a Dream tour last year.
Speaking of conflicts of interest, one of the other "concessions" that the new company surprisingly did not have to make allows it to keep its artist-management wing, headed by Irving Azoff, to boot. To understand just how anti-artist and anti-fan this move is, just remember that when Springsteen was forced to mount his famous lawsuit against former manager Mike Appel, Bruce's major source of revenue to sustain him and his band through that period came from their live performances. Any artist managed by Ticketmaster could be restrained from repeating such a strategy now, with the new company's increased power to control access to venues, ticket sales, etc. Even if you're an artist who's not directly managed by Azoff, if you don't like any aspect of how you or your audience get treated by Live Nation Entertainment, it now will be even more difficult, if not impossible, to oppose the company's policies and continue to make a living as a professional musician.
This latest action (or, more accurately, inaction) from the Anti-Trust Division comes in spite of the public opposition of many, including Bruce Springsteen, his management and touring organizations, and many of his fans who wrote letters, sent e-mails and/or made phone calls urging the Anti-Trust Division to stop this merger. As Springsteen's official website previously noted, "[T]he one thing that would make the current ticket situation even worse for the fan than it is now would be Ticketmaster and Live Nation coming up with a single system, thereby returning us to a near monopoly situation in music ticketing." Barring any significant actions from Congress or the President (who still could actively oppose the Anti-Trust Division's ruling if they chose to do so), it looks pretty certain now that we're headed further down that road.
Despite the discouraging news, however, the battle isn't over just yet. Click here for more information.
- January 27, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Of Montreal (SUNDAY!), Blues at Canal Club
This weekend, dadaist art rockers Of Montreal come to The National. But be aware because of the impending winter weather the OF MONTREAL date scheduled for 9pm on this Saturday has been moved to THIS Sunday January 31st @ 8pm. All tickets purchased for the Saturday show will be honored on Sunday. For a taste of the strangeness that is an Of Montreal concert, here is Susan Sarandon spanking pigs at their recent show in NYC.
Now that's something you don't see everyday.
At the same show, Solange Knowles (Beyonce's younger sister) performed a pretty straightforward rendition of the Jackson 5 classic, "I Want You Back" (with no discipline of the piggies):
A little something for everyone at an Of Montreal concert. Doors will open at 8 PM on SUNDAY, show starts at 9 PM, tix are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. James Husband will be opening.
Still scheduled for Saturday night (as of now, call the venue to be sure) is a pretty good blues show at the Canal Club. Terry Garland (our local blues man), Mark Wenner (of the Nighthawks), Bruce Courson plus Mark Wenner and The AcoustiCats featuring Ester Haynes will play with doors opening at 8. Tix are $12 in advance and $14 at the door. Here's what happened when they got together at the Canal Club last time, they pitched a little "Wang Dang Doodle" (tuning ends at about 2:10):
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=51555182
Paul Magill Smith MySpace Video
In case you missed it last Friday, Conan O'Brien went out with class on The Tonight Show and also with an all-star jam featuring Will Ferrell (with "Dawn"), Ben Harper, Billy Gibbons (of ZZ Top), Beck and of course Max Weinberg and the Max Weinberg 7. We'll see you on Fox in September, Coco. Who knew Conan could rock on guitar? The man can do it all.
Have a great weekend!
Tony Jordan
Now that's something you don't see everyday.
At the same show, Solange Knowles (Beyonce's younger sister) performed a pretty straightforward rendition of the Jackson 5 classic, "I Want You Back" (with no discipline of the piggies):
A little something for everyone at an Of Montreal concert. Doors will open at 8 PM on SUNDAY, show starts at 9 PM, tix are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. James Husband will be opening.
Still scheduled for Saturday night (as of now, call the venue to be sure) is a pretty good blues show at the Canal Club. Terry Garland (our local blues man), Mark Wenner (of the Nighthawks), Bruce Courson plus Mark Wenner and The AcoustiCats featuring Ester Haynes will play with doors opening at 8. Tix are $12 in advance and $14 at the door. Here's what happened when they got together at the Canal Club last time, they pitched a little "Wang Dang Doodle" (tuning ends at about 2:10):
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=51555182
Paul Magill Smith MySpace Video
In case you missed it last Friday, Conan O'Brien went out with class on The Tonight Show and also with an all-star jam featuring Will Ferrell (with "Dawn"), Ben Harper, Billy Gibbons (of ZZ Top), Beck and of course Max Weinberg and the Max Weinberg 7. We'll see you on Fox in September, Coco. Who knew Conan could rock on guitar? The man can do it all.
Have a great weekend!
Tony Jordan
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger Approved
This is bad news. Its not as much that ticket prices will go up. The supply & demand driving ticket prices is probably right. It you really want those $300 Madonna tickets, more power to you I guess. But with little to no competition, Live Nation Entertainment will be able to raise ticket purchase fees and lockup venues in markets to exclusive deals forcing bands to play with Live Nation Entertainment if they want to play a lot of venues. I just don't see this working out well for bands or consumers.
http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i57da5f249d19e7dccdedb25cf13bb1cb
http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i57da5f249d19e7dccdedb25cf13bb1cb
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