Lady Gaga w/ Semi Precious Weapons
Time Warner Cable Arena
Sept. 18, 2010
The Deal: Pop star Lady Gaga hits Time Warner Cable Arena for a sold out show on her Monster Ball Tour.
Black Crowes
Road Runner Mobile Amphitheatre
Sept. 18, 2010
Setlist
Acoustic Set
Remedy
Soul Singing
Hotel Illness
Downtown Money Waster
Good Friday
Do Right Woman, Do Right Man (Aretha Franklin cover)
How Much For Your Wings?
Bring On, Bring On
Roll Old Jeremiah
Welcome to the Goodtimes
Thorn In My Pride
She Talks to Angels
Electric set
And The Band Played On
High Head Blues
Greasy Grass River
Ballad in Urgency
Wiser Time
There's Gold In Them Hills
Darling of the Underground
Jealous Again
Go Faster
No Speak No Slave
Encore
Thick N Thin
Shake Your Money Maker (Elmore James Cover)
Kings of Leon, The Black Keys, The Whigs
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Sept. 10, 2010
The Deal: Kings of Leon return to Charlotte and bring along solid opening acts.
The Good: Last time around, Kings of Leon couldn't sell out the Bojangles Coliseum, but this time Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre was packed with KoL fans and those who came out to see the openers, as well.
Pixies w/ Fuck Buttons
Ovens Auditorium
Sept. 9, 2010
The Deal: '90s alt-rockers continue their tour in celebration of the Doolittle album, playing the album in its entirety along with some B-sides and favorites.
Uproar Festival w/ Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Sour, Halestorm, Hellyeah, New Medicine, Hail the Villians
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Sept. 1, 2010
The Deal: Handfuls of metal hit Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre for a long, hot day full of music.
It's hard to believe that it's been 20 years since blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed in a helicopter crash while en route to Chicago.
One of my favorite songs by him is "Pride and Joy" and I always remember seeing his acoustic performance on MTV which was part of their unplugged series:
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I was also fortunate enough to catch SRV in concert July 7, 1990, at the Garden State Arts Center (now the PNC Arts Center) in Holmdel, N.J. He was on a co-headlining tour with Joe Cocker and on that night, SRV opened for Cocker.
Nas and Damian Marley w/ Gyptian, Dow Jones, A.Moss and Deniro
The Fillmore Charlotte
Aug. 24, 2010
The Deal: Nas and Damian Marley fuse hip-hop and reggae in support of their Distant Relatives album.
Jack Johnson w/ G. Love, ALO
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Aug. 22, 2010
The Deal: Surf-folk-er Jack Johnson brings his laid back style and some friends to create perfect summer vibe.
Goo Goo Dolls w/ Switchfoot, The Spill Canvas
Road Runner Mobile Amphitheatre
Aug. 10, 2010
Goo Goo Dolls hit Charlotte last night for a concert full of hits and pop-rock. The night got started with The Spill Canvas, was followed by Switchfoot whose lead singer found time to run out into the crowd to sing and ended with a long set by the Dolls.
Check out photos from the concert, and the Goo Goo Dolls' setlist.
Setlist
Sweetest Lie
Big Machine
Slide
Dizzy
Here Is Gone
Second Time
Smash
Can't Let It Go
Black Balloon
Home
Better Days
Stay With You
Now I Hear
Tucked Away
Name
Let Love In
As I Am
All Eyes on Me
Acoustic #3
Iris
Encore
Not Broken
Broadway
Lollapalooza 2010
Chicago's Grant Park
Aug. 8, 2010
Photos coming soon!
My Sunday got started late at Lollpalooza in Chicago... At 3 p.m. I checked out the unique brand of rock put forth by Minus the Bear. Still not sure what to think of these guys, either.
Next, it was off to the Kidsapalooza stage for a few quick acts. First up was Peter DiStefano the former guitar player for Porno for Pyros played a handful of songs and got downright silly by slapping and hitting his guitar you could tell he was trying to be a little over the top to entertain the kids.
After that was a three-song set by thenewno2, featuring Dhani Harrison. The band's set included a new song they haven't played live before.
Finally, Perry Farrell came out to join thenewno2, along with DiStefano for two songs "Pets" and a cover of Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane." Farrell was all smiles as he almost fell of the stage at one point and tried to watch his language around the kids.