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Job alert: Smashing Pumpkins looking for new bassist and keyboardist
Maybe the Seattle music scene’s huge talent pool could yield a new bassist or keyboardist for Smashing Pumpkins. Is somebody up for this?
The group sent out this statement today:
“With the news that the Smashing Pumpkins bassist Ginger Pooley has left the band to raise her new baby with her husband, Billy Corgan has announced that [...]
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CONCERT REVIEW: Bon Jovi’s explosive tour kickoff at KeyArena in Seattle
Some bands merely grow old, others grow up.
Today’s Bon Jovi, among the premier pop-metal bands of the 1980s, has a depth that wasn’t apparent in its younger days. Once defined by the album “Slippery When Wet,” Bon Jovi is now more socially adept. Or at least more socially conscious.
Among the new songs from the band’s [...]
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Bon Jovi brings “The Circle” to Seattle
The circle is still unbroken for Bon Jovi, the pop-metal band that made its debut in 1984 with the hit single “Runaway.”
Twenty-six years later, Bon Jovi is back on tour with its latest album, “The Circle,” a collection of arena-rock anthems that carry on the traditions of this solidly mainstream American band.
Over the last three [...]
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Piano men Elton John and Billy Joel: musical soul mates at KeyArena
Elton John and Billy Joel turned KeyArena into the city’s biggest piano bar last night, serving up more than 30 classic songs in a double-shot cocktail of musical nostalgia dubbed “Face 2 Face.”
Though the superstar piano duo has performed this same basic show countless times over the last two decades, it’s still a great value [...]
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Jemina Pearl is the leader of the pack on sassy, defiant rock
Singer Jemina Pearl may have found her Shangri-la.
The Nashville native (now a Brooklyn, New York resident) is on her second tour in support of the recent album “Break It Up” (Universal/ Ecstatic Peace). Released last October, the album has been getting a spate of great reviews.
Spin magazine said: “(Jemina Pearl’s) sweetly sassy debut collapses the [...]
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Disney characters rock the house in new road show
Mickey Mouse is now a rock star?
Apparently there’s nothing Mickey Mouse about it.
The famous cartoon character takes the stage in the “Disney Live! Rockin’ Road Show” appearing at 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at ShoWare Center in Kent; and at the same times Sunday, Jan. 31, at Comcast Arena in Everett.
Mr. Mouse and [...]
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Soundgarden reunion: from a tweet to a roar
I received a tip two weeks ago from a trustworthy music-industry source that Soundgarden was planning a reunion and, cautiously, tweeted the news.
I’m delighted that the famous Seattle grunge band is indeed getting back together and may play such festivals as the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, depending on drummer Matt Cameron’s touring schedule [...]
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Rachel Flotard will soon be “foot Laos” in Southeast Asia.
Seattle singer-guitarist Rachel Flotard is en route to Laos to deliver aid to local school children in need of a paved floor in their muddy classroom, as well as school and medical supplies.
Read about Flotard’s mission in a previous story.
Flotard and her band, Visqueen, have had a winning year with the hit album, “Message to [...]
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Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival sets its dates with the desert
Dates for the 2010 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival have been confirmed for April 16-18 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif.
In advance of the lineup announcement, organizers are offering a ticket pre-sale and layaway plan beginning at 10 a.m. Monday (Dec. 14).
Concertgoers can also take advantage of a variety of camping options, [...]
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U2 tops Billboard’s list of the highest-grossing tours of 2009
Billboard magazine has released its list of the top 25 concert tours of 2009, and U2 is at No. 1 with more a total gross of than $311 million.
Here’s the entire list from the top music-industry trade magazine.
The rock superstar performs June 20 at Qwest Field.
Read my P-I review of U2’s current album, “No Line [...]
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