Seattle’s Alice in Chains plans to shoot KeyArena show in 3D
Multi-platinum rock band Alice in Chains has announced that this Friday's, Oct. 9, hometown show at Seattle's Key Arena will be filmed in 3D for an upcoming DVD by HDlogix, a media and entertainment...
View ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Deck the Hall Ball offers a raucous musical buffet
With surprise guests The Presidents of the United States of America, as well as such previously announced bands as Broken Bells, The Black Keys, Jimmy Eat World and Temper Trap, the 2010 Deck the Hall...
View ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Roger Waters performs ‘The Wall’ at Tacoma Dome
Roger Waters brought his spectacular, pyrotechnics-infused production of "The Wall" to the Tacoma Dome Saturday night, Dec. 11, to the delight of thousands of longtime Pink Floyd fans. Waters' magnum...
View ArticleCD REVIEW: Paul Simon returns with ever-graceful ‘So Beautiful’
By MIKEL TOOMBS As he has since at least 1956, when Simon and Garfunkel first became a duo, Paul Simon ponders the mysteries of the music that enthralls him: “Lord, is it Be Bop a Lula,” he asks at one...
View ArticleCONCERT 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,...
View ArticleBUMBERSHOOT: 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...
View ArticleCONCERT 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...
View ArticleCONCERT 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...
View ArticleCONCERT 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,...
View ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Guns N’ Roses, Loaded set KeyArena on fire
By GENE STOUT It was classic arena rock: Axl Rose and Guns N’ Roses — plus former bandmate Duff McKagan and Loaded — on stage Friday, Dec. 16, at Seatle’s KeyArena. Face-melting pyrotechnics, numerous...
View ArticleNew York Times reviews intimate Van Halen tour kickoff show
Jon Pareles of the New York Times was among critics who attended a very exclusive, intimate Van Halen performance Thursday, Jan. 5, at historic Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village. The event was a kickoff...
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