Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 12:00AM
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In case you're wondering, the bands I'm most excited to see tomorrow are the Scorpions (my first time!), Kix, Cinderella and Nelson (I want to observe Mark Slaughter playing lead guitar). Here's to the summer and glam!
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 12:01AM
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 12:01AM
After the initial excitement of the announcement wears off, I always trot on over to Ticketmaster to check on prices. Aerosmith always has high ticket prices, but man. With fees, this tour is averaging something like $50 or $60 for the lawn! At a major shed - such as Riverbend in Cincinnati - it's nearly impossible to see anything on the lawn. Spending $60 a head to just be in the vicinity of my favorite band is a bit much. Don't even get me started on the pavilion prices.
So now I don't know what to do. I can't pass up seeing Aerosmith and Hagar. After all, I'm terrified this will be Aerosmith's last tour. Still, spending $120 bucks to stand on the lawn with my husband isn't ideal. I hate the thought of spending $400 for pavilion for the both of us. The older I get, the more it pains me to spend money frivolously. Five years ago I would have shucked over the $400 without a care. Now I think about how much $400 a month will grow when invested in an aggressive stock plan.
When I interviewed Joe Litvag, a senior VP with AEG Live about Rocklahoma earlier this year, we chatted a little about ticket prices. Basically, Litvag agrees that ticket prices are high but defended the prices because 1) the band basically sets them (he said) and 2) the market can bear it. Which is true. I'm sure the pavilion for Aerosmith/Hagar at Riverbend will sell out, meaning thousands of people have no problem dropping $200 each for a ticket. I would mind less if I was paying the actual sticker price for a close seat (around $155) but a million bogus fees really sours it for me. Why should both my husband and I each have to pay a mandatory $3.50 charge for parking - when we will be in the same car?!
So now, after writing all this, I'm back at the basic conundrum: do I buy lawn and be happy I'm there or suck it up and go pavilion? My gut is telling me to wait until day of show and just see if any seats are discounted because that does happen from time to time. I can always grab a lawn ticket at the gate I suppose.
Do you plan on seeing the Aerosmith/Hagar summer tour?
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Monday, June 14, 2010 at 09:18PM From the promoters of M3 Rock Fest:
The full festival will feature 2 stages, over 14 bands and a "Freak Stage" featuring Fire Performers, Belly Dancers and Circus Sideshow Acts! The show is this Saturday at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. I'll be there and you can follow me on Twitter @bringbackglam for updates.
Set Time are as follows:
Pavilion Stage
11:20 - 11:50 - Dingle Dynasty
12:00 - 12:35 - Jetboy
1:05 - 1:45 - Trixter
2:15 - 3:00 - LA Guns
3:30 - 4:15 - Winger
4:40 - 5:40 - Kix
6:15 - 7:15 - Vince Neil
7:40 - 8:40 - Cinderella
9:30 - 10:55 - Scorpions
Festival Stage
12:35 - 1:05 - Z02
1:45 - 2:15 - Black Mambooza
3:00 - 3:30 - Mass
4:15 - 4:40 - Bang Tango
5:40 - 6:15 - Dizzy Reed
7:00 - 7:40 - Nelson
8:40 - 9:25 - Warrant
Gates will open promptly at 11:00 AM!
Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 12:01AM
Rock n' America is scheduled for July 23-25 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Three-day passes and VIP tickets are still available. There's also an official hotel package.
The last time I counted, around 27 bands had been announced for the festival including RATT, the Scorpions, Cinderella and Twisted Sister. The festival website promises 30 bands, so I'd assume the bill is nearly complete...as it should be. After all, the event is next month! (Where does the time go?!)
I think Dirty Penny is a great addition - they bring in the younger element of Glam to the event. There will be multiple stages and right now, no band splits have been announced.
Here's a performance and interview I found online featuring Dirty Penny.
Friday, June 11, 2010 at 12:01AM I'm not sure if you've been following the giant debacle that is the BP oil spill in the Gulf, but really, it's just shameful. The incident is a massive corporate failure and the U.S. government isn't doing much to help either. The economic turmoil couldn't come at a worse time: the summer travel season after a massive economic slump. Then there's the wildlife: CNN keeps showing images of birds covered in oil and it just makes me furious. The poor birds look like Easter candy. You know, covered in chocolate. The oil is so thick they can't move and they have to be "rescued" by a special consultancy group hired by BP. Of course, many people have offered to volunteer to clean the birds but BP leadership throws a hissy, claims jurisdiction and wins. If you can't tell, I'm disgusted by the entire situation and it turns out, the guys in Buckcherry are too.
Buckcherry is offering a free download of the song "Our World" off their upcoming album All Night Long. You can get the free song at the band's official website.
According to a press release, the song was "originally written as an anthemic cry-out to help right the social, environmental, economic and other wrongs of this world [and] represents the band’s commitment to expose the BP disaster and to bring awareness and support to the crisis and its victims -- human and animal."
The press release continues with a comment from Buckcherry singer Josh Todd: "'As musicians who have the benefit of the spotlight from time to time, we feel it is our duty to aid in raising awareness and financial support to help remedy the awful situation in the Gulf Of Mexico. It is so important that each and every one of us do what we can to help those out whose lives have been harshly impacted by the oil spill.'"
Buckcherry will release All Night Long August 3rd via Eleven Seven.