Tag Archives: concerts

NEW YORK CITY: Roseland Ballroom To Close With Four Lady Gaga Concerts

As I noted last month, the legendary Roseland Ballroom will close in the spring.  Here are the details for the final days: Lady Gaga plans to play four shows at the 3,500-capacity venue: Mar. 28, 30, 31 and Apr. 2. Tickets go on sale Monday, Nov. 25, at 10 a.m. Prices range from $50 for general admission floor access to …

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RUSSIA: Organizers Of Lady Gaga Concert Fined For Her “Pro-Homosexual” Speech

The organizers of Lady Gaga’s 2012 Moscow concerts have been fined because she advocated for LGBT rights from the stage. According to the judgment, Gaga “harmed children” with her message. A magistrate’s court in St Petersburg yesterday (14 November) fined Planet Plus 20,000 rubles ($614, €455). During the gigs in St Petersburg and Moscow on 9 and 12 December 2012, …

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Berlin To Headline Palm Springs Pride

Somehow I’ve never seen Berlin, so I’m rather excited about this. Details are here. Trivia: Giorgio Moroder won one of his three Oscars for Berlin’s Take My Breath Away, which was on the Top Gun soundtrack. (His other two were for the score for Midnight Express and for Irene Cara’s title hit from Flashdance.) Here’s Berlin’s 1983 club smash.

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Elton John On His Moscow Concert: I’m Not Going To Tell Putin To Go To Hell

Elton John appeared yesterday on NPR’s Fresh Air where the interviewer asked about his coming concert in Moscow. “I’m aware of the situation and I will be diplomatic. I’m not going to go into Russia and tell [Vladimir Putin] to go to hell and things like that. That’s not the way things are done. You chip away at something, and …

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Cher Announces 2014 Tour Dates

At least she’s not calling this one another “farewell tour.” Cher is ready to hit the road on the “Dressed to Kill” tour, her first trek in eight years. The legendary performer made the announcement Monday morning on NBC’s “Today” show, telling the hosts that it won’t be easy. “The road is horrible, but the concerts are great,” she told …

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Pet Shop Boys Kick Off US Tour

Last night Pet Shop Boys kicked off their North American tour at Miami Beach’s Jackie Gleason Theater where the New Times described the sold-out audience as “mostly elder gay men, with about 20-percent women and music nerds.” That seems about right, actually.  Pet Shop Boys concerts are always a giant singalong, as the below clip from last night shows. The …

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Deathfix – Dali’s House

The DCist provides a review: Deathfix—the Dischord Records supergroup comprised of [Blowoff DJ] Richard Morel, Fugazi’s Brendan Canty, and Medications’ Mark Cisnero, and new drummer Jerry Busher—released their debut self-titled album early this year, and it’s still a frontrunner for one of my favorite albums of 2013. Today, the psychedelic post-punk band put out a music video for their goofy, …

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NEW YORK CITY: Dance Music Festival Canceled After Suspected Drug OD Deaths

Organizers have canceled the final day of the Electric Zoo Festival on Manhattan’s Randall’s Island after two attendees died of suspected drug overdoses yesterday. Four others are in critical condition. Citing “serious health risks,” the city recommended canceling the event, hours before the third day of the festival, known as the Electric Zoo, was to begin, and the festival’s organizers …

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A Star Is Born

Going viral this weekend with almost 300K views is a clip from Kristen Chenoweth’s Friday night concert at the Hollywood Bowl. When musicians call audience members up on stage to perform with them, the results are usually fun but a little cringe-worthy. During the show, she [Chenoweth] called Southern California resident Sarah Horn to the stage and invited her to …

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of the Karpel Group, today’s Swag Tuesday prize is two tickets to see The Orion Experience, Off-Broadway’s new interactive show that opens this Thursday at XL Nightclub in Midtown Manhattan. THE ORION EXPERIENCE: Off-Broadway’s New Interactive Dance Party! THE ORION EXPERIENCE is an interactive musical event in the style of ROCKY HORROR, BARBARELLA and CAPTAIN EO. In-flight amenities include …

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Beyonce Meets Excited Fan

Going viral. I don’t recommend the YouTube comments.

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Tomorrow In NYC: Queer Music Summer Benefit Tour At Webster Hall

Tomorrow the Accidental Bear queer music summer tour hits NYC’s Webster Hall. Beneficiaries include the Ali Forney Center. On the bill: Big Dipper, Logan Lynn, Darling Gunsel, Rica Shay. Get tickets here. Facebook event page.

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BRITAIN: Palestinian Activists Call For Pet Shop Boys To Cancel Tel Aviv Concert

Pro-Palestinian activists are planning to picket a Pet Shop Boys appearance in London tonight in protest of the dance duo’s gig scheduled for June 28th in Tel Aviv.  From the protesters’ website: The Pet Shop Boys – Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, recognised as the most successful duo in UK music history, are scheduled to perform in apartheid Israel to …

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Singer Deborah Cox Announced As Performer At NYC Pride’s Pier Dance

Via press release: New York, June 17, 2013— NYC Pride announced singing sensation Deborah Cox will perform at the annual Dance on the Pier. Fresh off her captivating Broadway performance as Lucy in “Jekyll & Hyde,” the Grammy-nominated and multiplatinum-selling artist will rock the stage on Hudson River Park’s Pier 26 as part of the closing for NYC Pride’s official …

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Open Thread Thursday

What are the best and worst concerts you’ve ever attended? Artist, year, and city, please.

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The 23rd Annual Night Of 1000 Stevies

A tambourine-waving crowd packed the Chelsea’s Highline Ballroom for the 23rd annual Night Of 1000 Stevies, which bills itself as “the largest and most beloved Stevie Nicks fan event in the world.” The performers included former Scissor Sisters guitarist Del Marquis & Xavier, the Ho Hos, and Jenna Torres.

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Pet Shop Boys Announce Two NYC Dates, Release First Video From Coming Album

Pet Shop Boys have announced concerts at the Upper West Side’s gorgeous Beacon Theatre on September 16th and 17th.  Tickets go on sale this Friday. RELATED: The Presets and Dragonette will play Terminal 5 on May 8th. Get tickets here. UPDATE: Via Towleroad, there’s the first video from the coming Pet Shop Boys album, Electric, which is due out on …

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At The Yeah Yeah Yeahs Concert

Details.

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Lollapalooza 2013 Lineup

The Cure, NIN, The Killers, Lana Del Rey, Beach House, Emeli Sande, and a jillion others I’ve never heard of because: old. Full list here.

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Unshocked

Details.  On Twitter, Shocked is claiming that her “God hates fags” comment was said in irony.  She’s also tweeted this: “Am neither against a woman’s right to choose nor gay marriage. Am a fundamentalist tho.”

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