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Journey at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu | Oahi, Hawaii | 12/14/2012 (Concert Review)

December 16, 2012 by Jason DeBord 2 Comments

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I was fortunate enough to see the second gig on Journey’s 2012 concert tour, which was at Stateline, Nevada in South Lake Tahoe (see prior review).  As mentioned at the time, it was an unforgettable evening, and one of the best concerts of the year for me, and if I had the opportunity, that I’d like to see them again before year end.  I was able to make that dream come true Friday night, this time seeing the second to the last show of 2012, and the second of three special concerts at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu.  It was a much different show (more on that later), and just as enjoyable as the first, as the legendary band played pop and rock music standards that have stood the test of time for decades.  Definitely a great send off to an amazing year for concerts.

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Filed Under: BAMP Project, Concert Reviews, Honolulu Oahu Hawaii, Journey, Live Nation, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, Neal S. Blaisdell Arena Tagged With: 2012, 80s, Arnel Pineda, artist, bamp project, band, Concert, concert photography, Concert Review, Deen Castronovo, gig, Hawaii, high resolution, Honolulu, Jason DeBord, Jonathan Cain, journey, live, live nation, meet and greet, Music, Neal S. Blaisdell Arena, Neal Schon, performance, Photo, photograph, photography, photos, review, rock, Ross Valory, set, set list, setlist, show, singer, tickets, tour, video, vocalist

“Not So Silent Night” by Live 105 (Night 2, #NSSN) at Oracle Arena | Oakland, California | 12/8/2012 (Concert Review)

December 10, 2012 by Jason DeBord 9 Comments

As noted yesterday, Not So Silent Night (NSSN) is Live 105’s “Annual Holiday Rock Show”, with 2012 being the first year it spans two consecutive nights.  This second night featured headliner The Killers, along with M83, Passion Pit, Tegan and Sara, GROUPLOVE, and Imagine Dragons.  Again, I was very, very impressed at how extremely well managed this multi-artist event was on both nights.  Oracle Arena again served as host to six amazing acts in about seven hours time, with very brief breaks in-between.  I found the two night show to be such a great event to attend, to have an opportunity to see so many great bands back to back, with a stellar closing set by The Killers.

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Filed Under: Concert Reviews, GROUPLOVE, Imagine Dragons, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, M83, Not So Silent Night (NSSN), Oakland California, Oracle Arena, Passion Pit, Special Events, Tegan and Sara, The Killers Tagged With: #nssn, 2012, ambient, annual, artist, artists, band, bands, california, Concert, concert photography, Concert Review, electronic, event, festival, folk, garage, gig, grouplove, high resolution, holiday, imagine dragons, Jason DeBord, jingle punx, live, live 105, live nation, livenation, m83, Music, new wave, Night 2, Oakland, Oracle Arena, passion pit, performance, Photo, photograph, photography, photos, Pop, Punk, review, rock, set, set list, setlist, shoegaze, show, songs, stage, synth, Synthpop, tegan and sara, the killers

“Not So Silent Night” by Live 105 (Night 1, #NSSN) at Oracle Arena | Oakland, California | 12/7/2012 (Concert Review)

December 8, 2012 by Jason DeBord 10 Comments

Not So Silent Night (NSSN) is Live 105’s “Annual Holiday Rock Show”, with 2012 being the first year it spans two consecutive nights.  This first night featured headliner Jack White, along with The Shins, Metric, Of Monsters and Men, The Gaslight Anthem, Two Door Cinema Club, and Our Vinyl Vows.  I’ve never been a fan of traditional, outdoor festivals (for a variety of reasons), but this was an extremely well organized multi-artist event that can serve as a model for how to do them right, and comprised an excellent line-up of artists.  The packed Oracle Arena was treated to seven great acts in under seven hours.  It was a really fantastic evening celebrating the work of some really great bands, with Jack White closing things out with a really amazing performance.

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Filed Under: Concert Reviews, Gaslight Anthem, Jack White, Live 105, Live Nation, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, Metric, Not So Silent Night (NSSN), Oakland California, Of Monsters And Men, Oracle Arena, Our Vinyl Vows, Special Events, The Shins, Two Door Cinema Tagged With: #nssn, 2012, ambient, artist, band, california, Concert, concert photography, Concert Review, electronic, event, folk, garage, gaslight anthem, gig, high resolution, Jack White, Jason DeBord, live, live 105, live nation, livenation, metric, Music, new wave, Night 2, not so silent night, Not So Silent Night 2012, Oakland, of monsters and men, Oracle Arena, our vinyl vows, performance, Photo, photograph, photography, photos, Pop, Punk, review, rock, set, set list, setlist, shoegaze, show, synth, Synthpop, the shins, two door cinema, two door cinema club

No Doubt at Gibson Amphitheatre (Night 6, #NDnight6) | Universal City, California | 12/04/2012 (Concert Review)

December 5, 2012 by Jason DeBord 28 Comments

“You’re singing the words to the new songs…  I can’t express… how happy I am that it touched you and connected to you… thank you for that… it’s the greatest feeling ever.”  Gwen Stefani taking a moment (one of many) to chat with her fans at the sold out show at the 6,200 capacity Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City – the sixth of their “Seven Night Stand” special residency shows running late November through tomorrow.  Having recently released their first new album in 11 years, Push and Shove, the audience of mostly dedicated fans flocked from all over the U.S. and beyond to see this amazing band perform live truly better than ever.  In addition to putting on a phenomenal show, front woman Stefani took many moments to reach out to fans – sometimes literally – and all the members of the Anaheim band (Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont, Adrian Young, Stephen Bradley, and Gabriel McNair) seemed to be having the time of their lives on stage.  Hopefully this will serve as a prelude to a full tour next year, given the reception of these shows and the strength of the new album, which is fantastic.  Truly an epic night that will not be forgotten by those lucky enough to have attended this show or one of the others.

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Filed Under: Best Coast, Concert Reviews, Gibson Amphitheatre, Kitten, Live Nation, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, No Doubt, Universal City California Tagged With: #NDnight6, 2012, Adrian Young, artist, band, best coast, Blaqk Audio, Concert, concert photography, Concert Review, december 2012, Fitz and The Tantrums, Gabriel McNair, gibson amphitheater, gibson amphitheatre, gig, grouplove, gwen stefani, high definition, high resolution, IO Echo, Jason DeBord, jjamz, kitten, kittens, live, live nation, livenation, Music, new album, Nico Vega, Night 6, no doubt, no doubt night six, Noise of Rumors, november 2012, performance, Photo, photograph, photography, photos, push and shove, review, set, set list, setlist, show, Stephen Bradley, The Aggrolites, Tom Dumont, universal amphitheater, universal citywalk, universal studios, video, youtube

Juice Newton Acoustic Trio at Yoshi’s San Francisco | San Francisco, California | 11/13/2012 (Concert Review)

November 14, 2012 by Jason DeBord 6 Comments

“We’d like for you guys to participate in this, because otherwise it just sits on its ass”.  Music legend Juice Newton’s typically blunt and modest preface to the tremendous 80s country/pop crossover hits “Queen of Hearts” mixed with “Love’s Been a Little Bit Hard on Me”, as performed flawlessly (with audience providing the “clap-clap, clap” beat) at Yoshi’s in San Francisco in probably the most intimate show I’ve been to all year.  The Juice Newton Trio, which was all acoustic strings with Jay Cawley and Danny Dugan both on guitars and providing backing vocals, Juice Newton stressed that this was a different sort of challenge and endeavor for her… a live concert sans the full band, which required the selection from of incredible songs from her catalog to be rearranged for a completely different result.  And that result – simply amazing songs with the most artful delivery by one of the best vocalists in the business – was very moving and definitely sets the bar for soulful live music performances in small, intimate venues.

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Filed Under: Concert Reviews, Juice Newton, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, Meet & Greet / Meet The Artist, San Francisco California, Yoshi's San Francisco Tagged With: 2012, 80s, acoustic, angel of the morning, artist, autograph, band, break it to me gently, Concert, concert photography, Concert Review, country, crossover, danny dungan, gig, grammy, guitar, high resolution, Jason DeBord, jaw cawley, juice newton, juice newton acoustic trio, juice newton trio, live, love's been a little bit hard on me, meet and greet, Music, performance, Photo, photograph, photography, photos, Pop, queen of hearts, review, San Francisco, set, set list, setlist, show, singer, songwriter, the sweetest thing, tour, vocals, voice, Yoshi's

Julien’s Auctions ‘Icons & Idols – Rock N Roll’ Catalog Online, Event to be Held in Beverly Hills December 1st-2nd

November 1, 2012 by Jason DeBord Leave a Comment

Julien’s Auctions has published the online catalog for their upcoming memorabilia sale – “Icons & Idols – Rock N Roll”, which will be held at their Beverly Hills gallery on December 1st and 2nd.

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Filed Under: Collecting Artifacts & Memorabilia, Julien's Auctions, Memorabilia Live & Online Auction Events Tagged With: Aerosmith, Amy Winehouse, auction, beatles, bidding, bon jovi, bruce springsteen, Buddy Holly, collection, costume, darren julien, David Bowie, edge, elvis, entertainment, ephemera, estate, estate sale, Exhibit, exhibition, Grammy Foundation, guitar, John Lennon, Julien's Auction, Julien's Auctions, Keith Richards, Lady Gaga, Les Paul, madonna, Meat Loaf, memorabilia, Michael Jackson, mick jagger, Music, music video, online, personal property, personally owned, photograph, photographs, Pop, Rock n Roll, Rolling Stones, santana, stage used, stage worn, studio, The Beatles, us, Wardrobe, whitney houston

Billy Idol at Hult Center for the Performing Arts | Eugene, Oregon | 10/28/2012 (Concert Review)

October 29, 2012 by Jason DeBord 10 Comments

“Thank you, Eugene, Oregon, for making my life so fucking great!”  That’s Billy Idol for you.  Billy Idol connects with people, and appreciates his fans.  He connects with people via his music, of course, but in a live performance, he does more than that…  and just as his language is uncensored, so are his connections with people.  As soon as he comes out onto the stage, his eyes dart about the audience, and you see him make these connections.  He seems to have an innate ability to connect with fans, and give them something back that suits them – a grin, a smile, a point with his finger and nod, a wry look, wide open eyes, the famous lip curl…  [Read more…]

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Billy Idol at Showbox SoDo | Seattle, Washington | 10/26/2012 (“Play My Birthday Billy Idol dot com” Concert) (Concert Review)

October 27, 2012 by Jason DeBord 10 Comments

The world needs Billy Idol.  The world needs cool, and it needs a bit of a rebel yell.  But it also needs dreamers.  And, sometimes, a crazy, impossible, outlandish dream can lead to great things.  And all of this was proven on an epic night in Seattle, as a young man with hope, ambition, persistence, and ingenuity leveraged the Internet in a way that lead to rock music legend and icon Billy Idol playing his 26th birthday party at the Showbox SoDo in Seattle last night.  I’ve seen Billy Idol many, many times over the years, but I can say without a doubt that last night’s special show featured the best audience I’ve ever been a part of at one of his concerts.  And in these challenging times we live in, it felt like everyone left their struggles and frustrations and all other negativity at the door, and embraced the awesome music and amazing live performance of Billy Idol and his band, as the put on a scorching show.  As just the second (by my count) U.S. date this year (with a third in Eugene tomorrow night), I believe it serves as evidence of the significant demand for fans to see Billy Idol play live.  He is one of my all-time favorite artist, has such a fantastic catalog of songs, and is one of the best live acts performing today accompanied by a peerless band and the incomparable Steve Stevens on lead guitar.  Cheers to Michael Henrichsen for having a dream and putting such effort into something that brings joy not just to himself, but everyone who loves Billy Idol who came to take part in it.  Michael certainly knows how to party, and he brought it to Seattle last night, in the form of the legendary Billy Idol.

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Filed Under: Billy Idol, Concert Reviews, Goldenvoice / AEG / Axs, Nite Wave, Seattle Washington, Showbox SoDo Tagged With: 2012, 80s, aeg, american red cross, artist, band, Billy Idol, billy morrison, birthday, charity, Concert, concert photography, Concert Review, cover band, coverage, erik eldenius, event, fan, generation x, gig, high resolution, Icon, Jason DeBord, live, media, michael henrichsen, mtv, Music, nite wave, northwest harvest food bank, party, performance, Photo, photograph, photography, photos, play my birthday, playmybirthdaybillyidol, press, Punk, rebel yell, review, rock, seattle, set, set list, setlist, show, showbox sodo, sodo, stage, stephen mcgrath, steve stevens, washington

Crystal Castles at Shobox SoDo | Seattle, Washington | 10/25/2012 (Concert Review)

October 26, 2012 by Jason DeBord 5 Comments

Alice Glass may dispense with the audience chit chat you might find with other artists; for her and her bandmate Ethan Kath and their gigs as Crystal Castles, it certainly doesn’t make them any less interactive…  with a reputation for high energy shows, she spent a good portion of the concert diving into the audience and literally surfing the crowd at the Showbox SoDo in Seattle last night.  The Canadian duo, along with drummer Christopher Chartrand, rocked their unique and experimental lo-fi electronic synthpop/synthpunk sound with synthesizers including an Atari 5200-chip modded keyboard.  Their live act is definitely worth checking out, as the somewhat chaotic staging and delivery is somewhat in contrast with the electronic music, fusing raw energy with 8-bit retro sounds to bring something to life that felt and looked like raw rock and roll, but sounded like something altogether new and different.

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Filed Under: Concert Reviews, Crystal Castles, Goldenvoice / AEG / Axs, Kontravoid, Seattle Washington, Showbox SoDo Tagged With: 8-bit, alice glass, artist, atari, band, canadian, Concert, concert photography, Concert Review, crystal castles, dj recess, edm, electronic, electronic dance music, ethna kath, gig, high resolution, Jason DeBord, kontravoid, live, Music, performance, Photo, photograph, photography, photos, review, rock, seattle, set, set list, setlist, show, showbox sodo, synth pop, synth punk

Jane’s Addiction at Mondavi Center, U.C. Davis | Davis, California | 10/20/2012 (Concert Review)

October 21, 2012 by Jason DeBord 8 Comments

“Most times I try to think about how blessed my life is, and what a great time I’m gonna have in the future”…  An optimistic and heartfelt sentiment shared by Jane’s Addiction front man Perry Farrell, somewhere in the middle of an amazing concert last night.  Jane’s Addiction pretty much figuratively kicked the door open from the 80s and into the 90s with their alternative music, genre defining single, “Stop!”, off their 1990 album Ritual de lo habitual.  A truly pioneering band with a unique post-punk/post-goth (and at times hard) rock sound; if “Stop!” kicked the door in, “Been Caught Stealing” off the same album hammered a wedge in that door for the next generation of music that followed.  At the Mondavi Center in Davis last night, some 22 or so years later, “Stop!” closed out one of the best shows I’ve been to all year.  A fantastic celebration of amazing music by an awesome band, who, collectively and with individual efforts outside of their group, have had a tremendous and ongoing influence on pop culture in challenging ideas and preconceived notions.  Maybe it is just in their nature, but they continue breaking new ground and opening doors well into their careers, and never lost their grasp on how to put on a great rock concert and connect with their fans.

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Filed Under: Another Planet Entertainment, Concert Reviews, Davis California, Jane's Addiction, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, Mondavi Center, thenewno2 Tagged With: alternative, another planet entertainment, artist, band, calfiornia, chris chaney, Concert, concert photography, Concert Review, dave navarro, davis, gig, high resolution, Jane's Addiction, Jason DeBord, live, mondavi center, Music, performance, perry farrell, Photo, photograph, photography, photos, review, rock, set, set list, setlist, show, stephen perkins, U.C. Davis

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