Smashing Pumpkins
Ovens Auditorium
Aug. 16, 2008
The Deal: '90s alt-rockers pack Ovens Auditorium for two-and-a-half hour show.
Rascal Flatts with Taylor Swift
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Aug. 3, 2008
The Deal: The Home of the $11 beer hosted another country concert-party - this time the headlining hosts were Rascal Flatts and special guest Taylor Swift.
Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Aug. 2, 2008
Setlists at the end of review...
The Deal: Journey shows off new singer, brings along Heart and Cheap Trick.
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.)
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.
Unity Tour w/ 311, Snoop Dogg, Fiction Plane
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 24, 2008
The Deal: 311 brings along Tha Doggfather and Sting's son for musical variety.
Brad Paisley w/ Jewel, Chuck Wicks, Julianne Hough
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 18, 2008
(Photos by Jeff Hahne)
The Deal: A Paisley Party and a girls gone country tour at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater with Brad Paisley, Jewel, Dancing with the Stars winner Julianne Hough, oh, and Chad Wicks.
Rush
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 20, 2008
Video Intro
Limelight
Digital Man
Ghost of a Chance
Mission
Freewill
The Main Monkey Business
The Larger Bowl (with McKenzie Brothers intro)
Red Barchetta
The Trees
Between The Wheels
Dreamline
Intermission
Video Intro
Far Cry
Workin' Them Angels
Armor And Sword
Spindrift
The Way The Wind Blows
Subdivisions
Natural Science
Witch Hunt
Malignant Narcissism
Drum Solo
Hope
The Spirit of Radio
2112: Overture / The Temples of Syrinx
Tom Sawyer (with South Park intro)
Encore
One Little Victory
A Passage to Bangkok
YYZ
Video Outro
The 2008 Vans Warped Tour stopped by Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre on July 14 for a long, hot day filled with about as much musical variety as you could ask for.
From the pop of Katy Perry to the screaming of Every Time I Die, Warped Tour attendees surely got their money's worth.
There was plenty of crowd surfing and the tossing of odd multi-colored spiders that usually got a response of "What the fuck?!?" from whichever musician was hit by one (see photos of Reel Big Fish and Oreskaband for examples).
Here are some of the sights from the day...
The New Familiars played a free show at the Neighborhood Theatre on Friday, July 11. Hundreds turned out for a fantastic, sweat-soaked show, as the band showed why they're one of the fastest growing acts in the Charlotte area.
Here are few sights from Friday: