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Monday, October 19, 2009

Live review: Metallica

Posted By on Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:09 AM

Metallica

Time Warner Cable Arena

Oct. 18, 2009

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The Deal: Metal veterans Metallica hit "The Cable Box" for a couple hours of mayhem.

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Friday, October 16, 2009

Live review: Blues Traveler, Simplified

Posted By on Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:44 AM

Blues Traveler with Simplified

The Fillmore

Oct. 15, 2009

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The Deal: Blues Traveler, celebrating its 22nd year in existence, hits The Fillmore with local band, Simplified, in the opening spot.

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Friday, October 9, 2009

Live review: Needtobreathe, Serena Ryder

Posted By on Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 2:50 PM

Needtobreathe w/ Serena Ryder, Matthew Mayfield

Visulite Theatre

Oct. 8, 2009

The Deal: South Carolina rockers perform sold-out all-ages show at the Visulite, bring along label mate Serena Ryder and Alabama-based singer-songwriter Matthew Mayfield.

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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Live review: Blink-182

Posted By on Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 10:59 AM

Blink-182

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Oct. 6, 2009

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The Deal: Reunited punk-pop rockers tear through a whole bunch of songs in quick time.

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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Live review: Black Crowes

Posted By on Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:46 AM

Black Crowes w/ Truth & Salvage Co.

The Fillmore Charlotte

Sept. 30, 2009

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The Deal: Black Crowes bring along Truth & Salvage Co. for a show at The Fillmore.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Live review: Rob Thomas

Posted By on Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 2:38 PM

Rob Thomas with Carolina Liar and OneRepublic

Uptown Amphitheatre

Sept. 29, 2009

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The Deal: Rob Thomas, lead singer of Matchbox Twenty, performs at Uptown Amphitheatre in support of his sophomore solo album Cradlesong. Opening acts include Carolina Liar and OneRepublic.

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Live review: Motorhead, Rev. Horton Heat

Posted By on Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 12:04 PM

Motorhead with Reverend Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy

The Fillmore Charlotte

Sept. 11, 2009

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The Deal: Motorhead, Reverend Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy and a whole lot of speakers hit the Queen City.

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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Live review: Heart

Posted By on Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 4:36 PM

Heart w/ Tonic

Uptown Amphitheatre

Sept. 6, 2009

The Deal: Classic rockers bring along radio favorites.

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The Good: Tonic is one of theose bands who you've probably heard, but can't name one song off of the top of your head. It's the "Ohhhhh yeah... I know that song..." factor. So, of course, there was a big sing along during "If You Could Only See."

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Heart hit the stage with "guns blazing." Nancy Wilson walked out to the front of the stage (sadly, the only time any band member strayed far from their microphone stand) and kicked off the opening riff to "Barracuda." Not a bad start to a set that lasted roughly an hour and a half.

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Ann Wilson's voice may have cracked once or twice, but damn if she doesn't have one of the best female voices in rock. She also found a moment to play flute on "Love Alive."

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Nancy spent plenty of time jumping up and down and kicking out a leg in true rock style as she ripped through a cover of Led Zepplin's "Immigrant Song," and their own "Crazy On You."

Adding in a cover of The Who's "Reign O'er Me" that showcased the vocals once again, the band's encore included a cover of Zepplin's "Going to California" (with the name changed to Carolina) before a show-closing "Magic Man."

The Bad: If you saw Heart open up for Journey last year, you pretty much saw the show they played on this night. The good part is they sounded just as strong as they did a year ago.

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The Verdict: It's always great to go to a show thinking you'll know three or four songs by a band and then know most of the setlist. Heart's catalog runs deep and is worth checking out.

Heart setlist

Barracuda

Never

Kick It Out

Straight on for You

Love Alive

Mistral Wind

Immigrant Song

Back to Avalon

These Dreams

What About Love

Alone

Reign O'er Me

Crazy On You

Encore

Going to California

Magic Man

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Live review, photos, setlist: Down w/ The Melvins

Posted By on Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:57 AM

Down w/ The Melvins, Haarp, Evil Army

The Fillmore Charlotte

Sept. 5, 2009

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The Deal: Supergroup Down brings along The Melvins, Haarp and Evil Army for heavy metal gig at The Fillmore.

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Monday, August 24, 2009

Live review: Counting Crows, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Augustana

Posted By on Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:12 AM

Traveling Circus and Medicine Show — Counting Crows with Michael Franti & Spearhead, Augustana

Uptown Amphitheatre

Aug. 21, 2009

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The Deal: The Traveling Circus and Medicine Show — Counting Crows, Michael Franti & Spearhead and Augustana — stopped by Charlotte's Uptown Amphitheatre for a unique night of music. Hopefully, if you went, you knew that it was getting started at 7:30. Adam Duritz posted this on the tour's Web site:

Dear Everyone-Who-Happens-To-Read-This,

I know you’re all used to showing up at 8:30 or 9PM for concerts that started at 7. It’s understandable. You’re there to see YOUR band and you’re showing up when you think they’re gonna play, right? Well, starting on Thursday July 16th at Marymoor Amphitheatre in Redmond, Washington, that’s all going to change.

Ladies and Gentlemen, at 7:15PM, when the curtain goes up on The Saturday Night Rebel Rockers Traveling Circus & Medicine Show, Augustana AND Counting Crows are all going to be walking out onstage together and that show is going to start with EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US onstage singing and playing our brains out. We’ll do a few songs together and then it may be Counting Crows that plays the first set alone. I don’t know exactly how the shows going to run every night. It’ll definitely be different a few days later in Friant, CA when Michael Franti & Spearhead join up. It’ll probably be different every night. The only thing I know for sure is that EVERY show on this tour is going to start with EVERYONE onstage together and we’re going to all be running on & off stage all night playing on each others songs and playing songs all together and basically just playing whenever we feel like playing. So you get my point, right?

GET HERE ON TIME!

Cuz when the curtain rises…THE CIRCUS BEGINS

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So, how did it turn out?

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