Projekt Revolution w/ Linkin Park, Chris Cornell, The Bravery, Ashes Divide, Street Drum Corps, Atreyu, 10 Years, Hawthorne Heights and Armor for Sleep
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 30, 2008
The Deal: Linkin Park bring along a bunch of their friends for annual Projekt Revolution Tour. (Setlists for Chris Cornell and Linkin Park at the end of review.)
Nas, Talib Kweli & Jay Electronica
Amos' Southend
July 29, 2008
By Mike McCray
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The Deal: Jay Electronica (the new guy), Talib Kweli (the veteran) and Nas (the hall of famer) touch down in the Queen City to give Charlotte a lesson in hip-hop.
Last Saturday, I scoured the streets of Charlotte for some cultural enrichment. First Stop: A Day in Pompeii at the Discovery Place.
Kiss 95.1 had a wine tasting featuring Shannon Ridge Wines to premiere the exhibit that runs now until January 4 (so don't worry, you have a while).
We were like kids in Disney World running through Discovery Place playing with all the gadgets and gizmos off a vino buzz. We explored addiction and high fived a bear.
Coming tomorrow Review and photos!
Busta Rhymes is no longer on the Projekt Revolution Tour. Some say he got kicked off, some say there were business obligations... no one really knows why at this point.
Anyway, here's the schedule, if you're headed out to Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre today:
2 p.m. - Armor for Sleep
2:40 p.m. - Hawthorne Heights
3:20 p.m. - 10 Years
4:20 p.m. - Atreyu
5:15 p.m. - Street Drum Corps
5:50 p.m. - Ashes Divide
6:45 p.m. - The Bravery
7:50 p.m. - Chris Cornell
9:20 p.m. - Linkin Park
Have fun!
Counting Crows, Maroon 5, Sara Bareilles
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 28, 2008
By Brittney Cason and Jeff Hahne
The Deal Another summer concert at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Home of the $11 beer. This one was Sara Bareilles, Maroon 5 and Counting Crows.... and Counting Crow's lead singer Adam Duritz's cane.
I think I've figured out why Uptown is so dead on Fridays - because everyone is either on a date, or on Dive Drive. a.k.a Montford Drive (the highway of fun between Woodlawn and Park Road).
Especially now that Andrew Blairs opened a few weeks ago, adding a delicacy to Dive Drive it's a fine dining restaurant, but after 10 p.m. they unveil the curtain to a massive dance floor. However, the party typically doesn't begin until after 11.
I tend to dance to the beat of my own drum, literally, but it was hard to get down to Dave Matthews Band that they were playing early in the evening. But at 11 p.m., the cups turn to plastic and the music turns to upbeat with a beat. Yet, the dance floor remained deserted; Jacinda and I were even the only ones who did the Cupid Shuffle. But I like a wide open dance floor, it prevents injuries when my dancing tourettes kicks in and my hips and hair take on a life of their own.