Tag Archives: concerts

Ticket Scammers Busted

Here’s why all those hot concerts sell out instantaneously, even if you’re hovering over your keyboard at the moment they go on sale. Four guys in California hacked the CAPTCHA programs of numerous tickets sellers and used over 100,000 fake email addresses to harvest all the best seats. They’ve been busted and charged with fraudulently obtaining more than a million …

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Massive Attack Tour Announced

Massive Attack North American Tour Dates: 5/7 Toronto, ON – Sound Academy 5/9 Toronto, ON – Sound Academy 5/11 NYC, NY – Terminal 5 5/12 NYC, NY – Terminal 5 5/18 Los Angeles, CA – Wiltern Theater 5/19 Los Angeles, CA – Wiltern Theater 5/25 San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theater 5/27 San Francisco, CA – Warfiled Theater 5/30 George, …

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Pet Shop Boys – Pandemonium

Here’s the trailer for Pet Shop Boys’ coming concert DVD, Pandemonium, which comes out in the U.S. on March 23rd.

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Ticketmaster To Merge With Live Nation

The country’s biggest ticket seller and biggest concert promoter have been granted permission to merge and create a single company that will run pretty much every bit of your concert experience. Once the merged is officially closed, the combined company will be called Live Nation Entertainment — a combination that would have control of nearly all aspects of the music …

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NYC Fri/Sat: Bob Mould In Concert

Legendary former Husker Du and Sugar frontman (and Blowoff DJ/creator) Bob Mould is playing two live shows in NYC this weekend at City Winery in Soho. Former Posies frontman Jon Auer is Bob’s special guest for both shows. Get tickets here. You can listen to Bob performing live right now on WNYC.

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Las Vegas: Gay Marriage Proposal At Mariah Carey Concert

At her concert in Las Vegas, a gay Mariah Carey fan proposed to his boyfriend from the stage. (Tipped by JMG reader Kurt)

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Could It Be Magic? Yes, Yes It Could.

Last night DC blogger Jimbo, Dr. Jeff and I made the 90-minute haul out to Coney Island to watch Donna Summer’s free concert at Seaside Park. And holy crap, what an enormous crowd. Easily the largest outdoor show I’ve ever been to. We couldn’t get within a half-mile of the stage and watched much of the show from a sidewalk …

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Thursday: Free Donna Summer Concert

Just a reminder that Donna Summer’s free NYC concert is this Thursday in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach. The 31st Annual Seaside Summer Concert Series performances are held Thursday nights 7:30 pm at Asser Levy/Seaside Park at West 5th Street and Surf Avenue in Coney Island/Brighton Beach, across the street from the New York Aquarium. The public is encouraged to bring their …

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80’s Flashback

Grace Jones, Pull Up To The Bumper, 1981. Last night my ex Ken and I saw Grace in concert at Manhattan’s Hammerstein Ballroom, almost 25 years after we last saw her at Fort Lauderdale’s Copa, where she appeared exactly three hours late. Grace took the stage a mere 90 minutes tardy last night, performing the first number entirely shrouded in …

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of Fly Life Inc, today’s Swag Tuesday prize is two tickets to see the legendary Grace Jones at NYC’s Hammerstein Ballroom on July 30th. Last fall Jones released her tenth studio album and her first in 19 years, the critically raved Hurricane. The original new wave, art/disco diva Grace Jones is back with her first album in 19 years …

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Free Donna Summer

Donna Summer will play a free show at 7:30pm on Thursday, August 27th during Brooklyn’s Seaside Summer Concert Series at Brighton Beach’s Seaside Park. Other Thursday freebie shows in the series: Gladys Knight, Blondie, Pat Benatar, The Donnas, The O’Jays, Hall & Oates, Frankie Valli, Connie Francis. The first show is next week.

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Pet Shop Boys Tour Announced

Pet Shop Boys have just announced the dates for a North American tour to begin at the end of the summer. The tickets pre-sale will begin Monday, June 8th, at 1:00 PM in the time zone of the performance. Aug 29 Montreal MetropolisSept 1 New York, NY HammersteinSept 2 New York, NY HammersteinSept 3 Washington, DC Constitution HallSept 5 Boston, …

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He’s Unstoppable

This is really sweet. At the Sasquatch Music Festival in George, Washington, a lone man twitches arhythmically on a hill to Unstoppable by Santigold. And then one person joins him in his twitchy dance. Then another. Then just about everybody. The guy’s name is apparently Colin, who says on one of the several clips on YouTube, “Sometimes rhythm is deeper …

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Free David Byrne

David Byrne will perform a free show in Brooklyn at the Prospect Park Bandshell on Monday, June 8th at 6:30pm. In this free concert, David Byrne will perform Music of David Byrne and Brian Eno, featuring material spanning his collaborations with Brian Eno: three Talking Heads albums, 1981’s groundbreaking My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, and last year’s Everything …

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Kylie Ticket Giveaway On Modern Tonic

Judging by the reaction to my post about Kylie Minogue’s first ever North American tour, I know that some of you will want to pop over to Modern Tonic and enter their ticket giveaway. The giveaways are for the shows in Los Angeles and New York City.

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Kylie Minogue Announces 1st U.S. Tour

Six dates were just announced for Kylie Minogue’s first ever North American tour. Sep. 30 Oakland, CA Fox TheaterOct. 3 Las Vegas, NV The PearlOct. 4 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood BowlOct. 7 Chicago, IL Congress TheaterOct. 9 Toronto, ON Air Canada CentreOct. 11 NYC, NY Hammerstein Ballroom Rainbows! Glitter! Unicorns! Kylie! Tickets go on sale next week. My pal Ken …

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LA: Matt Alber In Concert April 19th

JMG readers favorite Matt Alber will perform at Los Angeles’ Hotel Cafe on April 19th.

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Still Bad

All 50 of Michael Jackson’s comeback/farewell concerts sold out within hours in the UK yesterday. Sales of Michael Jackson’s just-announced comeback performances in London have been thrilling: his run of 50 U.K. concerts scheduled to begin on July 8 sold out five hours after tickets went on sale on Friday, according to promoters. The 50-year old pop star was originally …

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Bob Mould – Life And Times

Life And Times, the new album by openly gay godfather of punk grunge Bob Mould is now available for pre-ordering. The CD drops on April 7th and the first single I’m Sorry, Baby, But You Can’t Stand In My Light Any More is now available at iTunes and Amazon. Mould is working on an autobiography for release in 2010 and …

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Girl, You Are Wearing That Drag!

“Girl, you are wearing that drag!” said Miss Patti Labelle to one of an endless stream of stagefront admirers at Thursday’s over the top concert of the reunited Labelle at the Beacon Theater in NYC. Aaron and I had great seats just a few rows behind none other than Ashford and Simpson themselves. Fancy! The audience mostly comprised keening gay …

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