This is part of a continuing series of my impressions and experiences staying at various hotels and resorts while traveling to attend concerts worldwide. This stay was during my recent trip to San Diego in May 2014. This review is for Hilton San Diego Bayfront in San Diego, California. [Read more…]
This is part of a continuing series of my impressions and experiences staying at various hotels and resorts while traveling to attend concerts worldwide. This stay was during my recent trip to Santa Monica, California in May 2014. This review is for Le Meridien Delfina Santa Monica. [Read more…]
This is part of a continuing series of my impressions and experiences staying at various hotels and resorts while traveling to attend concerts worldwide. This stay was during my recent trip to Napa in June 2014. This review is for DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Spa Napa Valley. [Read more…]
This is part of a continuing series of my impressions and experiences staying at various hotels and resorts while traveling to attend concerts worldwide. This stay was during my recent trip to South Lake Tahoe in June 2014. This review is for Harrah’s Lake Tahoe at Stateline, Nevada. [Read more…]
Legendary drummer Ringo Starr is currently on tour with a fantastic line-up of icons in rock and pop music, with shows in the U.S. running through October. Ringo Starr & His All-Star Band is featuring some amazing musicians, including Steve Lukather (Toto) on guitar and vocals, Richard Page (Mr. Mister) on bass, acoustic guitar, and vocals, Gregg Rolie (Santana and Journey) on organ, keyboards, and vocals, Todd Rundgren (Nazz, Utopia and The New Cars) on guitar, harmonica, bass, percussion, keyboards, and vocals, Warren Ham (Bloodrock and AD) on saxophone, keyboards, percussion, and vocals, and Gregg Bissonette on drums, percussion, and vocals. [Read more…]
Legendary rockers Queen will be touring all over North America with their Summer Arena Tour, with everything kicking off with their first show in Chicago tonight. With American Idol star Adam Lambert on vocals, he will join Brian May and Roger Taylor as they bring the classic music to arenas all over the U.S. and beyond. Last week, they offered a sneak peak of what was coming via a special 40-minute performance at iHeartRadio in Burbank, playing for 650 fans with the event streamed via video on Yahoo Screen, with an audio stream on Clear Channel stations and iHeartRadio.com. [Read more…]
A recently reunited Veruca Salt (with the original line-up) has made a splash with new music, releasing “The Museum of Broken Relationships” and “It’s Holy” on Record Store Day this year (which included their biggest hit, “Seether”, as a B-side and in celebration of it’s 20th anniversary. They did their first live performance in 18 years on Conan a few weeks ago, sounding as fresh as ever, and you can watch their new music video on YouTube as well. In addition, this month they will be embarking on a tour of the U.S. and Australia. [Read more…]
Jack White’s latest album, Lazaretto, is out today, and more dates have been added to his world tour. NPR Music will tonight host a video webcast of his concert at Fonda Theatre, starting at 9:45 pm PST. [Read more…]
Röyksopp & Robyn launch their “Do It Again Tour 2014” this month in Barcelona, making many stops around the world through the end of August. Do It Again is a collaborative mini-album by Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp and Swedish recording artist Robyn that was released at the end of May. [Read more…]
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan has announced concert dates for both the United States and Canada as part of her “Shine On Tour”. Her eighth studio album, Shine On, was released last month. The “Shine On Tour” begins later this month in Seattle. [Read more…]