Happy Friday, everyone.

This will be the last post you see here at the Audio File at InlandSoCal.com. Why? The Audio File is making like George Jefferson and moving on up.

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Tickets go on sale Friday, June 15 at 10 a.m. and are $39, $59 and $79. Pick them up at the Fantasy Springs Box Office, via telephone 800-827-2946 or online at www.FantasySpringsResort.com.

Kenny G will perform in Temecula this summer at Thornton Winery

Thornton Winery, which has been bringing jazz to the Temecula Valley for more than two decades, has announced an addition to its summer lineup.

Grammy-winning saxophonist Kenny G will join the Earl Klugh concert on Sunday, July 22 at 5:00 p.m.

Tickets are $125 for general admission and $190 for the package that also includes dinner.

The Chris Thayer Band is playing The Press in Claremont this weekend.

Redlands-based Thayer, frontman for Inland jump blues combo Big Papa and the TCB, takes a different tack on his solo material, which is driven more by jam bands and rock.

Thayer and his band have been working on a new album, too.

9 p.m. Saturday, June 16, The Press, 129 Harvard Ave., Claremont, free, 21 and older.
Visit www.christhayerband.com for more information.

New Boyz, the duo who hit big with the 2009 viral hit "You're a Jerk" straight out of Hesperia, will bring their jerkin' ways to Marquee 15 in Corona on Friday, June 15.

The pair, known Ben J. and Legacy, released their most recent album, "Too Cool to Care," in May 2011. The duo has also worked with artists such as Snoop Dogg, Dev and the Cataracs and Ray J.

The Marquee 15 show is an all-ages concert and almost a homecoming for the New Boyz.

7 p.m. Friday, June 15, Marquee 15, 9022 Pulsar Court, Suite H, Corona, 951-200-4465, $20, all ages. Visit www.marquee15.com for more information.

Olivia Newton-John, the iconic "Sandy" from "Grease," ethereal muse in "Xanadu" and fitness temptress in the video for "Physical," will perform at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio on Saturday, Sept. 15.

While her latest project is a new cookbook called "Livwise," Newton-John will be bringing her biggest hits, such as "Physical," "Have You Never Been Mellow" and "I Honestly Love You."

Tickets go on sale Friday, June 15 at 10 a.m. and are $29, $49 and $69. Pick them up at the Fantasy Springs Box Office, via telephone 800-827-2946 or online at www.FantasySpringsResort.com.

Are you ready for Rocktober? What about classic rock with a flute?

If so, get ready for Ian Anderson, singer of Jethro Tull, who is coming to Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in October.

Jethro Tull is best known for hits such as "Living in the Past," "Aqualung" and somehow beating Metallica at the Grammys for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance back in 1988.

He will play Friday, Oct. 19 at 9 p.m. Tickets will be priced at $40, $50, $60 and $70 and will go on sale Saturday, July 14.

They can be purchased at http://www.startickets.com or by calling 1-800-585-3737.

9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, The Show at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa, 32-250 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, www.hotwatercasino.com.

Adam Lambert is coming back to Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio on Saturday, July 21.

Tickets go on sale Friday, June 8 for the concert and are priced at $49, $69, $89 and $109. Pick them up at the Fantasy Springs Box Office, via telephone 800-827-2946 or online at www.FantasySpringsResort.com.

The last time Lambert came to town, it was a glamily reunion. However, there was one very special fan--Isabel Paquette--who was 89 at the time of the Feb. 2010 concert. She and her daughter traveled from Wisconsin for the show.

Paquette's daughter recorded a video of Paquette wishing Lambert a happy birthday, hoping he would someday come across it on YouTube. Instead, it went viral in the Glambert community and soon two tickets were donated for the pair from a fan who had extra and then fellow Lambert fans raised money to fly them to the Coachella Valley.

Then, the folks at Fantasy Springs worked it out so she could meet him and they got this video of it.

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I've been ready for the Hootenanny since I saw the lineup when I was out at Stagecoach.

The show is set for July 7 at Live Oak Canyon Ranch and it's really going to be a stomping good punk, psychobilly, rockabilly time. The long-standing O.C. fest has acts like Rancid, the Reverend Horton Heat, Lucero, The Bouncing Souls and so much more, including Inland band Sandbox Bullies.

The Hemet group snagged a spot on the bill and has a show with the Koffin Kats on Saturday, June 9 in Palm Desert.

Saturday's show is at The Hoot Bar and Pizza at 74360 Highway 111. It starts at 9 p.m., has a $5 cover and is open to guests 21 and older.

And in more Hootenanny news, the lovely ladies of all-girl rock choir The Jezebelles are battling for a spot to play the Hootenanny on Tuesday, July 3 at the House of Blues in Anaheim. It's $12.50 in advance and $20 at the show.

I'm talking to Casey Abrams--Idyllwild's great "American Idol" hope from season 10--in about an hour.

He's releasing his diverse new album, "Casey Abrams," later this month and we will be talking to him about it later today.

However, he's also in this hilarious ad for Cafe Aroma's Spring Jazz Festival, which pokes fun at "American Idol" and Abrams' own audition. The jazz festival happens Friday, June 15, through Sunday, June 17.

There's a punk rock weekend on the horizon for Riverside.

The Maxies, Bonsai, Undercover Monsters (pictured), Benedict Arnold, The Kegels and Trash Monsters are on the bill.

The Maxies and Bonsai are both established local punk acts. Undercover Monsters is a new group out of Riverside featuring members of The Maxies and D.E.L.T.A., among others.

Benedict Arnold, from St. Louis, is playing the show. The Kegels are from the Bay Area and the Trash Monsters hail from Orange County.

8 p.m. Saturday, June 9, The Vibe, 1805 University Ave., Riverside, $7, 18 and older.

Check out Undercover Monsters at http://undercovermonsters.bandcamp.com and www.facebook.com/undercovermonsters.

Reggae-inspired Temecula rockers Devocean will play a hometown show at Reggae in the Vines at Longshadow Ranch Vineyard and Winery on Friday, June 8.

Steel Foundation is also playing the show.

It is the first show in a series of concerts planned by Hey Day productions, which also includes a number of tribute bands at Temecula Valley wineries throughout the summer.

6-10 p.m. Friday, June 8, Longshadow Ranch Vineyard and Winery, 39847 Calle Contento, Temecula. Tickets are $5 online in advance at www.heyday.com, or $10 at the show.

Visit www.webceleb.com/devocean for more information on the band.

Eve 6 has a solid new album and the SoCal band that invaded radios starting in the late 1990s with the hit "Inside Out" will be at Stinger's in San Bernardino on Saturday, June 9, with the Inland's own Cromwell.

Check out my interview with Eve 6 lead singer Max Collins over at the iGuide.

Also, I think we all need to time travel this morning with the aforementioned hit.

It's been a while since we've done the Audio File Sessions where local bands stopped by P-E headquarters to play some music and answer some questions from yours truly.

Here's one we did with I Am Cassettes a while back. I Am Cassettes is playing at The Wire in Upland on Saturday, June 9, with Beta State. Check out http://www.facebook.com/iamcassettesofficial for more on the band.

Neon Trees recently announced details for its summer concert tour, sponsored by fashion mag Nylon.

I think this is a perfect fit for the band since singer Tyler Glenn and his wonderful mom Deb make his stage clothes before tour.

Neon Trees will be headlining, and Walk the Moon, Penguin Prison, JJAMZ, and Twenty One Pilots will be on the tour, too. Visit www.nylonmag.com/musictour for more information on the tour.

I'm still dying to see Tyler and guitarist Chris Allen come and do a hometown show in the Murrieta/Temecula area, but I'll settle for hearing the tunes of new album "Picture Show" in Los Angeles at The Wiltern on July 30. Penguin Prison and JJAMZ will be at the L.A. date.

See photos of Neon Trees performing at The Troubadour before the release of "Picture Show" in April.

Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown Palace has music going all of the time, and much of it is free. This eclectic roadhouse is worth the trip up to Pioneertown and you never know who might stop in. Here are just a few shows the venue has booked that are worth the drive.

Get the full lineup at www.pappyandharriets.com.

Wild Roses(featuring former Dropkick Murphys guitarist) Marc Orrell , Thursday, May 31

Blitzen Trapper, Wednesday, June 6

Kate Miller-Heidke, Thursday, June 7

Dave Alvin and the Guilty Ones, Friday, June 8

James McMurtry, Friday, June 15

Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Saturday, July 21

Reverend Horton Heat, Sunday, Aug. 19

Cracker Camper Van Beethoven Campout, Thursday, Sept. 13 through Saturday, Sept. 15

If you haven't seen this video of a kid waking up in the car to Nirvana's "Breed," it's pretty awesome. My best friend sent me the link the other day telling me that this is what he imagines what my future kid would be like.

For those of you who have interactions with little kids--what kind of music do they love?

My oldest godson (who is 16 now, yikes!), cracked me up years ago because all he wanted for his birthday was Styx's greatest hits on CD. He was about 7 years old at the time, I think. After we picked it out, he made me go to his room and listen to "Come Sail Away," as if I had never heard it and demanded I wait for the entire song. His air keyboard was pretty awesome.

(George, if you're reading this, you're lucky YouTube wasn't around, kiddo.)

Last week here at the Audio File, an innocent Facebook post about Hall & Oates sparked some debate that I felt the need to bring to the Audio File. By the way, they're playing Harrah's Rincon on Sept. 23.

If you haven't voiced your opinion on H&O, answer the poll question below.

Anyway, no matter what your opinion is on Hall & Oates, Daryl Hall does an excellent online show called "Live From Daryl's House" where he invites other musicians to his house and they play songs together and make dinner. Tyler Glenn and Elaine Bradley from Neon Trees have been on the show and recently, one of my favorite songwriters, Butch Walker, was the guest.

(Shout out to longtime Audio File reader and Sedans member Ralph Torres for making me aware that this was happening).

This song, "Bodegas and Blood," is my favorite off Walker's latest record "The Spade." Check it out.

UPDATE: The performer on Wednesday, June 6, has been changed. See a full list of performers below.

Hangar 24 in Redlands offers free music every Wednesday night with some of the best local artists in the Inland region, but the venue is celebrating its birthday on Saturday, June 9 with Cracker, known for songs such as "Low" and "Eurotrash Girl." Band members David Lowery and Johnny Hickman originally hail from Redlands, too.

Cracker, Kelly McGuire and Strangebrew, Saturday, June 9, $5 before 3 p.m. and $10 after 3 p.m.

Hangar 24 is located at 1710 Sessums Drive in Redlands.

Visit www.hangar24brewery.com for more information.

Here's the updated schedule for June:

June 6: Whethervane
June 9: Fourth Anniversary Party
June 13: Caxton
June 14: The Rocketboys
June 20: The Fingers
June 24: The Short Necked Giraffes and The b Sharps
June 27: Anderson Hall

Dwight Yoakam will perform at Spotlight 29 Casino in Coachella on Friday, May 25, and Harrah's Rincon in San Diego County on Saturday, May 26.

Yoakam is a yearly visitor to the area and has played venues as diverse as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio and the now-defunct Wagon Wheel Country Music Festival.

Among the Grammy-winner's hits are "Honky Tonk Man," "Please Please Baby," "Little Ways" and "I Sang Dixie."

8 p.m. Friday, May 25, Spotlight 29 Casino, 46-200 Harrison Place, Coachella, 800-585-3737, $45-$65, 18 and older, guests younger than 21 must be accompanied by someone 21 or older, www.spotlight29.com.

8 p.m. May 26, Harrah's Rincon, 777 Harrah's Rincon Way, Valley Center, $25-$125, plus fees, available through Ticketmaster, 21 and older only, www.harrahsrincon.com.

Hall and Oates, those purveyors of blue-eyed soul who have given us such classics as "Private Eyes," "Maneater" and "Rich Girl," are coming to Harrah's Rincon this summer.

The duo will perform on Sunday, Sept. 23. Tickets are $30 to $175 and are available through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com.

When I recently mentioned listening to Hall and Oates on Facebook (you can subscribe to updates at www.facebook.com/franko.vanessa I was surprised by the H&O hate out there. There was plenty of support, too, but I'm still puzzled as to how anyone can dislike them. Is it Oates' old mustache? His current lack of mustache? Is it this video?

I want to hear from you in the comments below, or you can take the poll on H&O.

Riverside Plaza has a slate of talented Inland artists scheduled to perform this weekend.
Shaye Taylor, Leandra Graves and The Moose Boys are performing Friday, May 25.

Graves recently released her new album, "The Cry," with a show in Lake Elsinore.
Taylor is one of the bright young talents on the Inland music scene.

7:30 p.m. Friday, May 25, Riverside Plaza, 3545 Central Ave., Riverside, free, all ages.

Visit www.facebook.com/leandragravesmusic for more information.

Inland Metal band Sangre has landed a spot on the stage at the Mayhem Festival at San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore on Saturday, June 30.

The biggest touring metal festival around, Mayhem's headliners this year are Slipknot and Slayer and the bill also has Motorhead and Anthrax, too.

The last time the band played the festival, there were a lot of tortillas spray-pained with the band's name in green that went flying during the set. It was the first time I've ever seen tortillas land in a mosh pit at a metal show, that's for sure.

Sangre is one of the hard-working metal bands in the area and they have a national tour happening after Mayhem.

If you want to catch them for free, though, Sangre will be playing Liam's Irish Pub in Colton on Saturday, May 26.

8:30 p.m. Saturday, May 26, Liam's Irish Pub, 1087 S. Mt. Vernon Ave, Colton, free.
Visit www.facebook.com/sangremetal for more on Sangre.

The Saturation Arts and Music Festival returns to Riverside for a slate of workshops, music and art all celebrating the D.I.Y. aesthetic throughout Memorial Day weekend.

Some of the highlights include a show at back to the Grind in Riverside on Friday, May 25, with Brian Judson, Jon Harvey, Sun of May, Eva and the Vagabond tales, The Mad Marionettes, Son of Cecil and the Murky Water District.

This year is the first that the Mission Tobacco Lounge is getting involved, with 10 bands playing for free on Friday, May 25 and Saturday, May 26 with highlights including the Tic Tocs, Shark's Eyes and My Own Holiday on Friday and Jam Stain, The release and Mute Point on Saturday.

On Sunday, May 27, the Life Arts Building will host more music, including Castle Pines and Walter Cabal, among others. Back to the Grind also has an equally stellar local lineup that day, including Inner Prisms, Honest Abe, Francisco the Man and Naive Thieves.

Memorial Day Weekend, various locations around downtown Riverside.

Visit www.facebook.com/backtothegrind for more details.

UPDATE: Advance general admission and VIP tickets for both weekends of Coachella 2013 are sold out, but Lake Eldorado packages are still available.

Pre-sale tickets for the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival went on sale today and the first weekend (April 12-14) tickets are already gone.

The advance sale started Thursday, May 17, at 10 a.m. and a little more than two hours later, the festival posted that "Advance Sale General Admission and VIP passes are no longer available. Lake Eldorado packages are still available and include either GA or VIP passes."

As of 2:30 p.m., general admission and VIP passes for the second weekend (April 19-21) were also sold out.

Lake Eldorado passes, which are $2,000 and $2,900 for two people and $3,400 and $5,200 for four people, are still available.

Visit www.coachella.com for more information and tickets.

Did you try to get tickets today? Were you successful? Let us know in the comments below.

Disco diva Donna Summer has died.

The Associated Press said her family released a statement that the singer has died.

She had some of the biggest songs of the disco era, including "Last Dance," "Love to Love You Baby" and "Bad Girls."

Summer would perform in the Inland region from time to time, most recently being at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio in June 2010, where Rodrigo Pena shot the photo to the right.

I interviewed her before that show and she told me that her first musical performance was for a church Christmas show as a young child. Her mother taught her a poem to sing in the show.

"The people were clapping and I was like, 'Oh! They like me,' and I think that was the moment a star was born," Summer said.

She liked the applause so much that she tried to repeat the poem two or three more times before her mother came on stage to get her while Summer tied to evade capture to the soundtrack of a laughing audience.

"It just turned into a pretty funny little moment and I never forgot it," she said.

Summer was also a member of the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame, which she was inducted into in 2010. The first time she performed there was in 1979 and she had the best way of describing the venue.

"It just looks like a never ending sea of people ... it's almost like they reach to the stars from down where we're at. It's incredible," she said.

Personally, my favorite Donna Summer hit is "She Works Hard for the Money" and it's synthtastic-ness.

The Motels, featuring Martha Davis, play Marquee 15 in Corona this weekend.

The band is known for the hits "Only the Lonely" and "Suddenly Last Summer."

The Motels are set to play Friday, May 18.

6 p.m. Friday, May 18, Marquee 15, 9022 Pulsar Court, Suite H, Corona, 951-200-4465, $18-$22, www.marquee15.com.

Redlands rock band The Fingers (photo above courtesy of Marc Piron) will play three sets at the Redlands Fox on Friday, May 18.

The band is playing its original music (they have a full-length due out later this year), as well as do a set of Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" in its entirety, backed by even more musicians, including the female backup singers, saxophones and synths.

Band member and filmmaker Chris Pepino has created a psychedelic music video to accompany the band for the "Dark Side" set.

It's also a masquerade ball, so costumes are encouraged.

Tickets to the show are $12. Dinner reservations can be made for an additional $10.

7 p.m. Friday, May 18, Fox Events Center, 123 Cajon St., Redlands, $12, all ages.

Visit www.TheFingersBand.com or www.facebook.com/thefingersband for more information.

Do you love Blue Meanies and Pepperland? Do you wish you could be magically whisked away in a yellow submarine? Are you a Beatles fanatic?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, enter the iGuide's "Yellow Submarine" contest. We're giving away five pairs of tickets to see "Yellow Submarine" at noon on Saturday, May, 19 at the Krikorian Redlands Cinema 14.

All you have to do to enter the contest is click the contest link and fill out the form.

Be sure to like the iGuide and the Audio File on Facebook. That's where we'll be posting the winners.

For the past decade, the Joshua Tree Music Festival has been bringing an eclectic mix of music to Joshua Tree, including Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Trombone Shorty, Ghostland Observatory, Brett Dennen and the Jon Butler Trio among dozens of others.

The festival is celebrating is 10th year Friday, May 18 through Sunday, May 20 with even more music from around the world, ranging from Washington, D.C. festival vets Fort Knox Five to the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars, MC Rai from Tunisia and more.

There are plenty of Joshua Tree artists on the bill, too, including The Collective, Phillip Rosenberg and K.H.E.

Other artists performing include Gaudi, Wunmi, See-i, Sarazino, Nickodemus, Kytami, The London Souls, Breakestra, Khaira Arby, Morning Teleportation, Cumbia Tokeson, Trevor Green, Lulacruza, Ashwin Batish and Family, Mamuse, Wolf Thump and Ian Winters.

3 p.m. Friday, May 18, 10 a.m. Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20, Joshua Tree Lake Campground, 2601 Sunfair Road, Joshua Tree. A three-day pass is $130, a single-day pass for today is $50, a single-day pass for Saturday is $70 and a single-day pass for Sunday is $50. Children 10 and younger get in for free. Visit www.joshuatreemusicfestival.com for more information on the festival

Metal band RUACH is having a CD release show Saturday, May 19, at the Glass House in Pomona and the Whitter-based metal band has invited some Inland friends to join in.

It's a chance to catch Riverside rockers The Sleeping Sea King in a rare all-ages show, as well as Rancho Cucamonga's Assuming We Survive and Fullerton's The Slow Forward.

The Sleeping Sea King has been playing a lot of shows since the release of the fantastic album "*May Cause Death" in fall 2011, but it's nice to see them playing something closer to home.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the music starts at 8. Tickets are $10. Visit www.theglasshouse.us for more information.

I don't think I've fully recovered from my three weeks in Indio for the twin Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festivals and the Stagecoach Country Music Festival, but it looks like we're getting details on Monday about the 2013 edition of Coachella.

Goldenvoice posted an image of this year's festival with the words "Monday 10AM PDT" on it. (See above)

Last year, Goldenvoice announced that Coachella would be expanding to the twin editions and offered a limited pre-sale layaway program around this time so that's my best guess as to what we might see, and probably the dates for 2013.

In the meantime, you can re-live all of the fun of Coachella 2012 over at the iGuide Coachella page.

The monthly grassroots RAWartists showcase is putting on its May installment, "The Blend" at Sevilla in Riverside on Thursday, May 17.

There will be live music, visual artists and a fashion show.

The live bands Celestial, Ghosts in Pocket and ZenToniC will perform.

6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 17, Sevilla, 3252 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, $10, 21 and older only.

Visit www.rawartists.org/riverside/theblend for more information.

It's going to be a ska-riffic Saturday on May 12 when a bunch of bands inspired by the genre take over The Vault in Temecula.

Orange County sextet Suburban Legends heads up the show. The band will be heading out on tour with Reel Big Fish and Goldfinger throughout the summer.

Also on the bill are bands including The Skank Agents, Save the Swim Team, Defunked and Farabee, among others.

6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 12, The Vault, 41607 Enterprise Circle North, Temecula, $10 in advance, $12 at the door , all ages.

Visit www.thevaultconcerts.com for more information.