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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
News Debby Wallace has died
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Sadly, Debby Wallace, a local writer and co-author of the book Home of the Blues: 35 Years of the Double Door Inn, died yesterday.
Services will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 6, at Wilson Funeral Home on Albemarle Road.
More information in next week's Creative Loafing.
Opinion / On Tour / News Rock in Beijing
Posted By Eric Mullis on Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 3:35 PM
I picked up a copy of Beijing’s version of Creative Loafing, The Beijinger, and found a long list of music venues. I went this route since my Lonely Planet led me to places that had evidently been shut down for some time.
The Mao Live House was billed as “the capital’s premier live music venue” and it just happened to have a rock showcase that night. So, I headed down to the DongCheng district and found the Live House on a street that was lined with small shops, restaurants and street vendors.
The Live House is named after Chairman Mao and I think the name is a nod to Beijing’s gradual forgetting of the infamous figure. On the wall behind the stage hangs a large red flag that has an image only of Mao’s hair — Mao’s face is missing from the picture, as it were. The venue was medium-sized and had a Visulite feel — a standing area in front of the stage and raised bar-stools in the back. Before getting into the music hall, you pass through a bar area and a hallway that has a foosball table and a bunch of friendly Chinese hipsters guzzling down bottles of Tsing-Tao.
New Releases / News This week's new releases (6/2/2009)
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:32 AM
Here's a quick rundown of some of the new albums being released today:
311 Uplifter
Bourbon Crow Highway to Hangovers
Jeff Buckley Grace Around the World
Chickenfoot Chickenfoot (June 5 release)
Elvis Costello Secret, Profane and Sugarcane
Dave Matthews Band Big Whiskey and the Groo Grux King
Rancid Let the Dominoes Fall
Neil Young Neil Young Archives, Vol. 1: 1963-1972
Monday, June 1, 2009
Concert Announcement / News Concert announcement — Honor Society
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Honor Society will perform at The Fillmore Charlotte on Friday, Aug. 21, as the official after-show for the Jonas Brothers concert. Doors will open at 10 p.m.
Tickets go on sale on June 6 at 10 a.m.
News Mike McCray
Posted By Web Editor on Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 11:45 AM
Mike McCray is a Charlotte native that attributes his love of music partially to being stuck in the car with talk radio way too many times as a kid. He recently graduated from North Carolina A&T where he was simultaneously the editor in chief of the student newspaper, an on-air personality at the campus radio station, co-host of a weekly television show and podcast, as well as play-by-play announcer for the school's basketball and football teams. He combines his campus media experience with internships with The New York Times Company, Greensboro News & Record and two semesters as Creative Loafing Charlotte's music intern, where he got to examine the local music scene much more closely than just getting a mixtape in a parking lot and flyer on his windshield.
email: mjmccray@gmail.com
News / Concert Announcement Live Nation cuts service fees on Wednesday
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Live Nation has announced that it will eliminate service fees on lawn tickets and concerts at venues such as Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in a one-day promotion on June 3.
The 24-hour event is being called "No Service Fee Wednesday" and begins at 12:01 a.m. on June 3. The ticket dealer says it will have more events like this on Wednesdays throughout the summer.
Service fees, which usually run about one-third of the cost of tickets, are usually the biggest complaint people have when buying tickets. To be honest, I usually refer to them as "fondling and masturbation charges." Why? Because I feel like I'm getting fucked. So, it's great that LiveNation sees the downside and has lifted them, if even for a day.
The concerts that are a part of the promotion are:
311
Aerosmith with ZZ Top
Bad Company/Doobie Brothers
Brad Paisley with Dierks Bentley
Coldplay
Creed
Crue Fest 2
Def Leppard with Poison and Cheap Trick
Incubus
Kid Rock & Lynyrd Skynyrd
Nickelback
Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction
No Doubt
Rascal Flatts with Darius Rucker
The Allman Brothers Band
Toby Keith with Trace Adkins
Warped Tour
On TV / Awards / News Eminem meets Bruno at MTV Movie Awards
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Yeah, the clip speaks for itself... Doesn't look like Eminem was happy. I guess he can make fun of celebrities, but doesn't like to become the "butt" of jokes himself:
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Live review: Iron Maiden, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, 6/21/2012 10
Band kicks off 2012 tour in Charlotte.
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Congrats to the Avetts!
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Beloved Charlotte School of Rock Instructor Dies
