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CONCERT PREVIEW: Hearth-warming shows for the holidays
By GENE STOUT
‘Tis the season for little morsels of holiday music.
Or, more appropriately, big bites.
Between now and Christmas, the largest shows of the season are lined up like oversized Yule logs, ready to light your fire. And two of them are already sold out.
First up is KNDD’s marathon “Deck the Hall Ball,” featuring Mumford & [...]
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CONCERT REVIEW: Sammy Hagar and the Wabos rock the Puyallup Fair
By GENE STOUT
Redheads love Sammy Hager, even if they’re bald, blond, brunette or silvery gray.
Like Jimmy Buffett’s Parrotheads, Hagar’s fans (dubbed Redheads) are party animals with a purpose. Dozens of Hagar fans – some wearing T-shirts that read KIND(RED) – formed a huge cheering section on a riser at the rear of the stage [...]
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CONCERT REVIEW: Hall and Oates close Bumbershoot with rockin’ soul
By GENE STOUT
No music fan was too young or too old for Daryl Hall and John Oates’ Bumbershoot weekend finale Monday night, Sept. 5, at KeyArena.
The veteran rock and soul duo known for such hits as “Private Eyes” and “Kiss on My List” played to a packed house of concertgoers that spanned multiple generations.
This has [...]
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BUMBERSHOOT: A few images from Day One of the festival
Seattle’s 2011 Bumbershoot festival opened Saturday, Sept. 3, with dozens of musical performances on more than a half dozen stages (and a lot of sidewalks and open spaces).
The annual festival at Seattle Center drew large crowds on the first day of what has been forecast as a blazingly sunny weekend.
Among the bands and musicians highlighted [...]
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CONCERT REVIEW: Rod Stewart, Stevie Nicks show heart and soul at KeyArena
Rod Stewart may not be “Forever Young,” as one of his more famous songs suggests, but he could have fooled me.
At 66, the veteran rocker appeared trim, handsome and athletic Saturday night at KeyArena, kicking soccer balls into the crowd with the precision of a seasoned player and gliding effortlessly across a sprawling stage that [...]
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