Friday, July 10, 2009 10:47AM - By Brian Spiegel
Reports are out that the Michael Jackson publicity event funeral cost the cash strapped city of Los Angeles somewhere between $1.4-$4 Million dollars. Good thing because I needed to hear from Al Sharpton that Michael Jackson was the most important person ever in the history of black civil rights (apparently Jackie Robinson and MLK ran a close second). Since no riots broke out and we got to hear a cringe worthy version of “We Are The World” I would say it was a rousing success. Mission accomplished.
Anyway, just think of all of the awesome concert tickets the city of Los Angeles could have bought with that $1.4 million dollars. That’s like 280,000 Fugazi concert tickets or 7 No Doubt orchestra seats. Or they could have chosen something from this list of concert on sales from this week. Check these out…
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008 5:00PM - By Ginger
I caught Stacy* Clark’s set at The Knitting Factory last week and was so blown away by her performance that I demanded an interview. Clark, a guitar playing singer songwriter, and her band performed a powerful set of guitar-heavy songs and heartfelt melodies from her album, Apples & Oranges. Clark is the Winner of the 2007 Orange County Music Awards for ‘Best Female Performer’ and ‘Best Female Artist’ 2006 Southern California Music Awards. Her music has appeared on the MTV and CBS television networks, and she has appeared on stage with Jacks Mannequin, and the Amsterdams. Thankfully, she took time out to answer a few questions.
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Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:44PM - By Mali
The frontmen of Thrice, The Get Up Kids, Saves the Day, and Bayside, have decided to leave their bands behind and hit the road together, for a solo acoustic tour. Dustin Kensue (of Thrice), Matt Pryor (of The Get Up Kids), Chris Conley (of Saves The Day) and Anthony Raneri (of Bayside) will cross the country for a run of headline shows with one another. I wonder if they’ll fight over who gets to headline? They will be sharing the van and if you’re lucky maybe even sharing the stage.
There are limited tickets and they go on sale tomorrow (November 21st) so check out the dates and where to buy tickets below…
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