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And to end the day, we have some news about the Warren Hill show originally scheduled for the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside on Sunday.
The show has been moved to April 10, according to the theater's Web site.
That means if your Valentine's Day plans were to see the jazz saxophonist, you might want to find a new plan.
As soon as we know more, you will.
The Adam Lambert fan get-together, the "Glamily Reunion," sold out its 400 tickets in a matter of two hours this morning.
So now Fantasy Springs (where Lambert is playing on Feb. 27 and host of the "Glamily Reunion") will be putting another 200 tickets to the "Glamily Reunion" on sale Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. These tickets will only be available online at www.FantasySpringsResort.com under the "Entertainment" tab. This will be like the "Glamily Reunion Annex" and will take place in the 12th Floor Wine Bar.
The annex party will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Those who purchased for the Fantasy Lounge "Glamily Reunion" will not be able to trade for tickets in the 12th Floor Wine Bar and vice versa.
The two parties will consist of exactly the same fun and amenities - food, drinks, giveaways, etc. The price for the 12th floor Win Bar "Glamily Reunion" is $30 and is open to guests 21 and older. Guests do not need to have a ticket to the Adam Lambert concert in order to attend either pre-concert party.
if you have no idea what I'm talking about, here's an explanation on the Glamily reunion.
UPDATE:
4:45 p.m: Fantasy Springs is adding a second "Glamily Reunion" party for Feb. 27.
According to Fantasy Springs' Twitter feed, the "Glamily Reunion" is officially sold out. However, tickets are still available for Lambert's actual performance.
Get ready, all of you Adam Lambert fans.
Lambert is coming to Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio on Feb. 27 and there will be a gathering of his fans, known as the official "Glamily Reunion" before the show from 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 27 in the Fantasy Springs Lounge.
The "Glamily Reunion" features raffles for Adam Lambert memorabilia, hors d'oeuvres and a no host bar. There will also be signature "Glamily Reunion" cocktail. Admission for this exclusive party is $30.
And just in from Fantasy Springs, the party is nearly sold out with 400 tickets initially put on sale.
"There was such a huge rush of people trying to get tickets that the influx has been causing that page on Tickets.com to go down intermittently. There are more tickets available to this pre-Adam Lambert concert party. People who wish to attend just need to keep trying. Fantasy Springs apologizes for the inconvenience," resort spokesperson Ciara Coyle wrote in an e-mail.
The party may also be expanded to the mezzanine level due to the demand for tickets.
Coachella always includes a reunion or two in its lineup and 2010 is no different. Among this year's reunions we have Pavement, the poster band for Gen X.
Lead singer Stephen Malkmus has eschewed that generational label in the past. But here we are, nearly two decades removed from the band's debut, "Slanted and Enchanted," and when you think about the alternative music going on in the early 1990s that had nothing to do with Seattle, what band defines that time period more than a band from Stockton that brought lo-fi to a cult mainstream?
I kind of love that while the Pavement reunion is a reason to be at Coachella on Sunday, it's also anti-climactic in a way, since they announced plans for the reunion last year.
It seems even more appropriate that one of the band's final shows before breaking up was a set at the debut of Coachella. Apparently it was a train wreck of a set, with Malkmus not singing on stage and the band turning its songs into instrumentals.
That being said, I think the band's 2010 Coachella set is going to go a bit better.
Relix did an interesting feature on Pavement in its new issue. Read it here.
I found this video of the band doing its most well-known song, "Cut Your Hair," from 1994. I feel like the mannerisms, the performance, the weird intro, etc., all juxtapose so amusingly against the backdrop of "The Tonight Show."
This is the Coachella Countdown, which is my take on "Around Coachella in 80 Days." My mission is to write about all 130 artists until the festival begins on April 16. This means blog madness.
Pavement performs at Coachella on Saturday, April 17.
Today's Coachella Countdown is for my Baltimore roots and since the mid-Atlantic is getting hammered with a blizzard, let's celebrate the weird wonderful-ness of John Waters.
The filmmaker is known for his outrageous films (like "Pink Flamingos") and love of Baltimore. He directed the original "Hairspray" before John Travolta tried to become Divine. He did "Cry Baby" with Johnny Depp. And my personal favorite is "Serial Mom" with Kathleen Turner.
The one thing that has always struck me about Waters is the care in the music of his movies. The soundtrack to "Hairspray" is impeccable, with Gene Pitney and Little Peggy March. In "Serial Mom" he uses the music of Barry Manilow and L7.
I have no idea what Waters is going to be doing at Coachella, but I think a DJ set with his comments might be absolutely incredible. Just watch him reading the liner notes for his compilation album "A Date With John Waters." It's delightfully unnerving.
This is the Coachella Countdown, which is my take on "Around Coachella in 80 Days." My mission is to write about all 130 artists until the festival begins on April 16. This means blog madness.
John Waters performs at Coachella on Saturday, April 17.
I just got an e-mail from Lisa Kekaula, the incredible singer for The BellRays and Bob & Lisa, saying that the Bob & Lisa show at Back to the Grind tonight has been canceled.
"Those of you planning to make it out for the show tonight, sorry to say that shows at Back to the Grind have been halted by the fire department until 02/19," Lisa wrote.
So if you're already in Riverside and looking for some music tonight and you're 21 or older, check out Buddha Bomb, Knock-Out and Assorted Jellybeans at Mission Tobacco Lounge across the street from Back to the Grind.
The Super Bowl is happening this weekend and Paul Meany is really excited.
The Mutemath singer is from New Orleans and said he had accepted that he wouldn't see his beloved Saints play in the Super Bowl. But they're going to be there this weekend and Meany said he has never seen the city so excited.
But back to the Coachella Countdown, Meany is also really excited to play Coachella on April 18.
"We've wanted to be there for a long time," he said in a recent telephone interview.
The band released its excellent album "Armistice" in 2009. With moody and haunting songs, the band ranges from experimental to electronic. Plus, Meany plays a mean keytar.
He's looking forward to catching LCD Soundsystem at Coachella, among others.
"I always enjoy a good Grizzly Bear set," he said.
As for Mutmath's desert set, expect something different.
"Of course it's gotta be special," Meany said.
Watch Mutemath playing "The Nerve" live in Tokyo.
This is the Coachella Countdown, which is my take on "Around Coachella in 80 Days." My mission is to write about all 130 artists until the festival begins on April 16. This means blog madness.
Mutemath performs at Coachella on Sunday, April 18.
Tori Kelly, of Canyon Lake, has made it through to Hollywood Week on "American Idol."
Here she is doing a version of Owl City's "Fireflies."
MGMT is returning to Coachella, only the band is in the top tiers of the lineup instead of a breaking act.
There are headbands involved, and not in a Loverboy kind of way. The Brooklyn duo's "Oracular Spectacular" debut album even made a fan out of Paul McCartney and he had MGMT open for him last year.
The band's new album, "Congratulations," comes out in April.
Watch the band perform "Time To Pretend" at Abbey Road Studios.
This is the Coachella Countdown, which is my take on "Around Coachella in 80 Days." My mission is to write about all 130 artists until the festival begins on April 16. This means blog madness.
MGMT performs at Coachella on Saturday, April 17.
Country superstar Jason Aldean is the latest addition to the 2010 Stagecoach Country Music Festival lineup.
The festival takes place in Indio in the California desert Saturday, April 24 and Sunday, April 25. Aldean joins a line-up of more than 30 acts led by headliners Keith Urban, Toby Keith, Brooks & Dunn and Sugarland.
Aldean played the first Stagecoach Festival in 2007, when he was an up-and-coming star in contemporary country.
Other additions to the lineup include Firefall, Black Prairie and Truth & Salvage.
He's been called anti-folk or folk-punk, but when it comes down to it, Frank Turner is just rock 'n' roll.
Think about that excitement of your first rock 'n' roll record (or cassette, or 8-track, or CD, or maybe even download). Remember that sense of empowerment when a guitar riff dominated your brain or a drum fill burst through the speakers or when it sounded like the singer sang a lyric that described something he or she could have taken from your life? That excitement, that pure entertainment, that connection with an audience at The Barn at UC Riverside was all in Turner's show at and it only took him and an acoustic guitar.
It almost became a collective consciousness, with Turner interjecting funny stories and tales of mischief in between songs about heartbreak and friends and music.
As an added bonus, Audra Mae was the opener, with a voice somewhere between Gillian Welch and Shelby Lynne on her Dusty Springfield tribute album, she had so much power that if it didn't get to the root of your soul, I don't think you have one.
Turner is playing Coachella on April 17 and if you're going, make sure you see his set. It will be well worth it.
In an interview before the show (look for more on that in next week's Audio File column) Turner said he could play songs people wanted to hear and have audience members say it was a good show. But that's not enough for him. He wants it to be something more.
"I want everyone to feel like a part of it," he said.
He succeeded.
Photos coming soon!
If you like experimental, psychedelic rock, check out Casket Salesmen in Chino Hills this weekend. The band, which used to be based in Corona, features Phil Pirrone, owner and founder of the Longhair Illuminati record label.
Here are the details:
CASKET SALESMEN
9 p.m. Saturday, Shamrock's, 4020 Chino Hills Pkwy., Chino Hills, 909-597-8333, $5, 21 and older.
Check out the band at http://www.casketsalesmen.wordpress.com.
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