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Dave Matthews announces tour, new album details(0)

Posted by jharrington on December 15th, 2008 at 2:54 pm | Categorized as Avett Brothers, Dave Matthews Band, Jason Mraz, Old Crow Medicine Show, Roots

(Official press release as follows:)
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND ANNOUNCES SPRING 2009 TOUR
Chart-Topping Band’s First Studio Album
In Four Years Set For April 14th Release
Online Ticket Request Period Begins Today;
Tickets Go On Sale January 17th To General Public
On April 14th, Dave Matthews Band returns with its first studio album in four years - [...]

Bridge School, AC/DC, `Wicked’ lead new on sales(0)

Posted by jharrington on September 24th, 2008 at 5:33 pm | Categorized as AC/DC, AC/DC tour dates, Arco Arena, Blues Traveler, Brian Setzer, Cat Power, Disney On Ice, El Camino Youth Symphony, Enanitos Verdes, Event Center at San Jose State, Fillmore, Flint Center, Fresno Falcons, Grand Ballroom, Grand Sierra, Gym Class Heroes, Josh Groban, Kenny Rogers, Marin Veterans, Masonic, Matisyahu, Norah Jones, Nutcracker, Oakland Ballet, Oakland East Bay Symphony, One Republic, Oracle Arena, Orpheum, Paramount, Reno Event Center, Roots, Sacramento Kings, Sarah McLachlan, SaveMart, Secondhand Serenade, Selland Arena, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Silver Legacy, Smashing Pumpkins, TV on the Radio, Warfield, Wicked, Wilco, bridge school, death cab for cutie, jack johnson, kd lang, neil young, zz top

Cat Power to perform at Bridge School concerts
New on sales from Ticketmaster:
Fresno Falcons
Friday, October 24, 2008 to Saturday, March 28, 2009
Selland Arena at Fresno Convention & Entertainment Center
Fresno , CA
On Sale Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 6:05 PM
Enanitos Verdes
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Club Tropicana
Sacramento , CA

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Maxwell, Roots, Ozomatli lead new ticket on sales(0)

Posted by jharrington on September 3rd, 2008 at 4:24 pm | Categorized as Bad Plus, Blackalicious, Charlie Musselwhite, Chris Isaak, Devildriver, Disney On Ice, Dragonforce, Eric Bibb, Event Center at San Jose State, Fillmore, Flint Center, Galactic, Ghostland Observatory, Girl Talk, Golden State Warriors, Goldrush, Gov't Mule, Grand Theatre, Hot Buttered Rum, Hulk Hogan, Kaki King, Leo Kottke, Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, Lucinda Williams, M83, MMW, Mason Jennings, Masonic, Matt Nathanson, Maxwell, Medeski Martin and Wood, Montalvo Arts Center, Mountain Goats, Nightwatchmen, Old Crow Medicine Show, Oracle Arena, Orpheum, Over the Rhine, Ozomatli, Paramount, Pitbull, Richard Thompson, Robyn Hitchcock, Roots, Sara Evans, SaveMart, Shudder to Think, Stars, Taj Mahal, Tim O'Brien, Tom Morello, Tower of Power, Trout Fishing in America, Two Gallants, Uh Huh Her, Warfield, Wire

On Sale Friday, September 5, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Cypress String Quartet
Sunday, October 26, 2008 to Sunday, June 7, 2009
Montalvo
Saratoga , CA
Tim O’Brien
Friday, May 1, 2009
Montalvo
Saratoga , CA
Bad Plus
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Montalvo
Saratoga , CA

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Erykah Badu can’t compete with the Roots in concert(0)

Posted by jharrington on June 9th, 2008 at 2:35 am | Categorized as Erykah Badu, Paramount, Roots

It’s pretty hard to top the Roots in concert.
Erykah Badu found that out the hard way on Sunday night (June 8th) at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland. It wasn’t that the headliner’s set was terrible; it’s more that her offering felt anticlimactic following what was turned in earlier in the night by the Roots.
To be [...]

Kanye, Jay-Z hope to change the rap on hip-hop shows(0)

Posted by jharrington on April 17th, 2008 at 1:02 am | Categorized as 50 Cent, Beastie Boys, Eminem, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Mary J. Blige, Nelly, Rage Against the Machine, Rihanna, Rock the Bells, Roots, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Soulja Boy, The Coup, Tupac

Nelly
The scene was striking in its incongruity.
There was Nelly, the St. Louis rapper who was then dominating all competition on the charts, standing onstage at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View back in 2002. It was, in many regards, Nelly’s year. His sophomore disc, “Nellyville,” had debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts and [...]

Jimmy Buffett, Linkin Park, Feist lead new ticket on sales(0)

Posted by jharrington on April 11th, 2008 at 1:28 am | Categorized as Assjack, Atreyu, Black Dahlia Murder, Bootsy Collins, Bravery, Bryan Adams, Chris Cornell, Concourse, Crystal Gayles, Dresden Dolls, Erykah Badu, Feist, Fillmore, Flight of the Conchords, Greek Theatre, Hank Williams III, James Brown, Jimmy Buffett, Lightspeed Champion, Linkin Park, Local H, M.I.A., Masonic, Mountain Winery, Paramount, Roots, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Steely Dan, Stephen Marley, The Independent, death cab for cutie

ON SALE FRIDAY, APRIL 11TH AT Noon! For most shows, see www.ticketmaster.com.
ERYKAH BADU
with special guests The Roots
Paramount Theatre
Sunday, June 8, Doors 6:30PM/ Show 7:30PM
Tickets are $83.50, $65.00 and $45.50 for reserved seating plus applicable service charges
ON SALE SATURDAY, APRIL 12TH AT 10AM!
PROJEKT REVOLUTION TOUR 2008
with Linkin Park, Chris Cornell, The Bravery, Ashes Divide, Atreyu, 10 [...]

Rage, Wu-Tang, Coup highlight Rock the Bells(0)

Posted by jharrington on August 19th, 2007 at 12:50 pm | Categorized as Blackalicious, Coachella, Cypress Hill, Flava Flav, Hieroglyphics, Mos Def, Public Enemy, Rage Against the Machine, Rock the Bells, Roots, Talib Kweli, The Coup, Wu-Tang Clan

Nas was wrong.
The rap star, who sparked a major controversy with the title of last year’s “Hip Hop is Dead” CD, would’ve witnessed a music scene that is hardly in need of life support had he ventured out to the Rock the Bells show on Saturday (Aug. 18).
The all-day hip-hop concert drew some 45,000 fans [...]

Roots rock the Fillmore(0)

Posted by jharrington on February 8th, 2007 at 3:21 am | Categorized as All Reviews, Hip-Hop, Roots

In a perfect world, all hip-hop acts would be as good in concert as the Roots.
Of course, the world is far from perfect and the vast majority of hip-hop artists are far better in the studio than on the live stage.
That’s why the Roots are so special.
Everything that is frequently missing from hip-hop shows _ [...]

Diggin’ the Roots(0)

Posted by jharrington on February 6th, 2007 at 1:37 am | Categorized as All Reviews, Fillmore, Hip-Hop, Roots

The Roots put out the CD “Game Theory” last year and critics hailed it as one of the best works of the band’s 12-year-plus career. The general public, however, didn’t listen _ figuratively or literally. Despite the positive reviews, the album turned out to be another commercial disappointment in what was truly a bad sales [...]