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Thursday, September 6, 2012
Live Reviews Live review: Foo Fighters, The Fillmore (9/6/2012)
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Foo Fighters
The Fillmore
Sept. 6, 2012
Last November, the Foo Fighters performed at Time Warner Cable Arena and promised a long show. "We don't play little hour-and-15-minute shows... not even hour-and-45-minute shows... or little two-hour-and-15-minute shows. It's gonna be a long night!" he told the crowd, as the band went on to perform 23 songs.
On Wednesday night, during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, in the more intimate setting of the Fillmore, Grohl made a similar promise. "We're going to play as long as we can, and as much as we want," he told the crowd. And once again, he wasn't kidding around. Grohl and Co. went on to perform their longest show ever, clocking in at three hours and 20 minutes with a setlist comprised of 36 songs — including a 15-song encore. (The band's previous record was a 2011 concert in Australia that clocked in just over three hours.)
Foo Fighters, performing for a Rock the Vote event, were cranked up to 10 from the opening notes. Grohl, decked out in black jeans and a black ABBA T-shirt, ran onto the stage as the band launched into a opening salvo of "White Limo," "All My Life," "Rope," "The Pretender" and "My Hero."
"This is the biggest place we've played in a while," Grohl joked. "There have to be at least 1,000 people here." Though last week they told a Reading Festival crowd it was their "last show for a long time," Foo Fighters have showed no signs of slowing down and the fans — who helped the venue sell out in record time — soaked up every note.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Live Reviews Live review: Camp Freddy, N.C. Music Factory (9/3/2012)
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Camp Freddy
N.C. Music Factory
Sept. 3, 2012
There were plenty of musical performances around town on Monday — Janelle Monae was the highlight of the family-friendly, rain-shortened CarolinaFest, Tony Bennett performed at a private party at The Fillmore, The Roots performed at a StartUp RockOn event at Amos' Southend, John Legend was at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Adrien Grenier offered a DJ set inside Butter and a "supergroup" of sorts hit the stage of the N.C. Music Factory's Fountain Plaza.
Maybe 20 or 25 years ago, the Camp Freddy lineup that performed at the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States would have been jaw-dropping, but on this night it was simply nothing but a good time.
Camp Freddy's usual players — guitarist Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction, guitarist Billy Morrison who tours with Billy Idol, drummer Matt Sorum who played with Guns N Roses, singer Donovan Leitch, Jr. (son of Donovan) and bassist Chris Chaney of Jane's Addiction — were joined by a variety of friends on this night — guitarist Steve Stevens and singers Sebastian Bach (Skid Row), Mark McGrath (Sugar Ray), Sully Erna (Godsmack) and Franky Perez.
From Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" to The Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop," Camp Freddy rifled through more than 15 songs as party-goers knocked back top-shelf liquor thanks to DISCUS. There were hints of the talent each band member has during the laid-back performance, but this isn't a group that got together to record new music or deliver a political message, it's strictly a name-dropping party band.
Monday, September 3, 2012
News / Live Reviews Janelle Monáe rocks the body politic (and covers Hendrix and the J5)
Posted By Mark Kemp on Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 6:30 PM
The Democratic National Convention 2012 isn't offering much in terms of "wow factor" on its music sked this week, but the first day lifted off to an extraordinary start when Janelle Monáe, in black trousers, a white shirt and suspenders, launched into "Little Wing" on a downtown stage under a canopy emblazoned with the words "We Make It Possible." Monáe and her band ripped into the oft-covered Jimi Hendrix classic as if no one — not Derek and the Dominos and not Stevie Ray Vaughan — had ever done it before. It won't get much better than this.
- Mark Kemp
- Insta-Janelle
Something about the wildly eclectic Monáe singing of "butterflies and zebras and moonbeams and fairy tales" alongside a long-haired guitarist with severe Rick James bangs made the possibility of four more years of Barack Obama seem not only hopeful but wonderfully surreal.
Concert Announcement Rock the Red relocated
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 2:56 PM
Instead of the devil going down to Bojangles Coliseum, Rock the Red will be heading down to the Hunter Farm in Weddington on Sept. 5 — but "the devil" is no longer invited.
Former headliners the Charlie Daniels Band and Travis Tritt have been scrapped and the relocated event will now feature the "who?"-worthy, $5 lineup of Kernersville's Chris Lane Band, Tennessee country crooner Troy Cook Jr. and self-proclaimed right-wing extremist Lisa Mei. Speakers will include the outspoken Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
While rumors of poor ticket sales and marketing were to blame for the original cancellation, it was more likely a lack of enthusiasm for a less-than-stellar lineup... which just received a downgrade. Is this the best music Republicans can come up with to drum up excitement? Probably.
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