Performance / Tour News

Councilman Arrested for Urinating on Dark Star Orchestra Crowd

Source: JamBase
November 11, 2008

Jersey City Councilman Arrested for Urinating on Dark Star Orchestra Crowd

From www.nydailynews.com:

Jersey City Councilman Steven Lipski is No. 1 threat at Washington club

BY RICH SCHAPIRO DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Steven Lipski A drunken Jersey City councilman was arrested for urinating on a crowd of concertgoers from the balcony of a Washington nightclub, police and club sources said Saturday.

Councilman Steven Lipski was caught relieving himself onto several revelers at the 9:30 Club during a concert ...

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Bump and Hard Lessons Give Thanks

Source: JamBase
November 11, 2008

The Hard Lessons join Bump for 7th Annual Thanksgiving Eve Spectacular

Bump The dictionary lists the definition of “Tradition" as the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice.

For Detroit's Bump, the statement is that their annual Thanksgiving Eve shows are legendary. Through a DIY approach, word has spread helping to create one of Detroit's largest independent concerts of the year with consecutive shows of more ...

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Brett Dennen: Major Tour Into '09

Source: JamBase
November 11, 2008

BRETT DENNEN TO HEADLINE HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS TOUR THROUGH APRIL ALBUM ENTERED BILLBOARD 200 AT #41; TOP TEN ENTRY ON INDIE & DIGITAL ALBUM CHARTS

Brett Dennen With a Top Ten album debut, a Top Ten radio single and a run of sold-out club shows, singer-songwriter Brett Dennen announces plans for a Hope For The Hopeless headlining tour that will stretch from January into the spring (see dates below). The tour will hit major venues across the ...

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Concha Buika Comes to the London Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
November 9, 2008

Once heard, never forgotten. Concha Buika’s voice is one of the most glorious sounds to have emerged on the international stage in the past couple of years. All sorts of metaphors come to mind: blood-red wine, the sharpened blade of a knife, a cry of pain in a darkened church. The language barrier is really no hindrance at all. When you listen to the Spanish singer, you know instantly that you are in the presence of a rare talent. She ...

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Van Morrison at the Hollywood Bowl

Source: All About Jazz
November 9, 2008

For anyone who wasn't at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night, there'd be little chance of explaining how Van Morrison's repetition of one seemingly innocuous sentence -- “This is a train" -- could turn into a deeply spiritual incantation. But transcendence is what Morrison has been after with his music from the beginning, and it's what he achieved frequently on Friday, when he played his watershed 1968 album “Astral Weeks" live in its entirety for the first time. That included ...

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Beck at Club Nokia

Source: All About Jazz
November 9, 2008

“Odelay" and beyond: Beck croons at Club Nokia, Sunday and Monday, November 9 and 10.

CHEMTRAILS" AND MORE: Catch Beck tonight at Club Nokia rocking songs from his newest work and maybe some golden oldies, too (anything off of Sea Change would cause us to jump up and down and do a little clap). Jenny Lewis is scheduled to appear at the Sunday night show. Club Nokia, Sunday and Monday, November 9 and 10, 8:30PM, $41.50 and up. 800 W. ...

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Les Paul's Pianist, John "Johnny Chops" Colianni CD Release Party at the Iridium on November 11th

Source: JM Creative
November 9, 2008

Fresh off a recent appearance last month on “The Jazz Life" Radio Show, John “Johnny Chops" Colianni, pianist for Guitar Legend Les Paul, is hosting his own CD release Party at the Iridium Jazz on Tuesday, November 11th to support his new international release: Johnny Chops on Patuxent Music. “John is one of the hottest, yet unheard jazz pianists on the scene today. We definitely need to be hearing more from Johnny Chops! That's exactly why I invited him out ...

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Tom Petty Opens up About George Harrison

Source: All About Jazz
November 8, 2008

Tom Petty Opens Up About George Harrison, Mudcrutch and Keeping Out of Politics

In an exclusive interview posted on his Website (conducted by fellow rocker Warren Zanes), Tom Petty talks about his Super Bowl performance, Mudcrutch and Barack Obama. On The Traveling Wilburys, Petty says I think George [Harrison]s move Im sure of it, really had to do with the fact that he just didnt want to be the guy up front, no matter that he had a Number One ...

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