Five For Fighting Tour Dates Updates and changes
Ok...so as I previously mentioned the dates I had up may change and there will also be more shows added.
Here you go.
New dates added.
April 17 Bakersfield, CA- The Fox Theater
May 4 Washington, DC- 9:30 Club
May 19 Minneapolis, MN- Guthrie Theater (note venue different than I originally posted)
As I mentioned in the last post Chantal Kreviazuk will be the opening act.
Make sure to check
the bands site for links to tickets and venue websites.
Labels: Concert, FFF, Five For Fighting, Touring
Update ....Five For Fighting
We are still a month and a half from the start of the tour. Some of the dates went on sale this morning.
It appears that
Chantal Kreviazuk will be the support act for the tour. I'm not sure if she is on all the dates. I have an email into our road manager trying to confirm.
If you don't know Chantal you may know her husband Raine Maida, leader singer of Our Lady Peace. Chantal and Raine have written songs for Avril Lavinge, The Veronicas and Kelly Clarkson.
Chantal's latest CD will be released in the U.S. in May. I believe it is already released in her native Canada.
If the fall tour is any indication, tickets should sell quickly for these dates. Especially since many of the venues are theaters this time out.
Now I need to continue to find some work to fill in the month of March.
Labels: Concert, FFF, Five For Fighting, Touring
Five for Fighting 2007 Tour Dates
Ok...so being that some of the venue's will be putting tickets on sale this weekend, I can go ahead and post the dates.
There are going to be a few more cities added. Also you will see a couple of these with TBA's. I will add the venue's as soon as I get them.
The tour is currently set to start April 18th in Las Vegas. There may be a date the day before, which is still pending.
I posted the dates on
my website.
Labels: Dates, FFF, Five For Fighting, Touring
Fat Tuesday.......and no Van Halen tour,
Today is that day of course. Mardi Gras is in full swing. I am glad to see the festivities are going so smooth in New Orleans. I have many friends there and have worked for a couple of groups from Louisiana over the years. That area had been through so much over the last year and half. They still have a long way to go.
I had someone email me asking about the Five For Fighting tour and when I would be posting the actual dates. I am waiting for the rest of the ones that are tentative but I will put them up soon.
On other tour news, it looks like the Van Halen
reunion is off. I thought it was wrong to do it without Michael Anthony. I would bet Eddie heard the voices of the fans who have uttered the same sentiment.
Labels: Five For Fighting, New Orleans, Tours, Van Halen
Five For Fighting Tour Dates
I received dates for the upcoming tour for
Five For Fighting. They are not all confirmed and some of the venues may change. There are also a couple of dates which list multiple cities, of these will eventually be one or the other.
I mentioned I would post the dates as soon as I got them. Here they are, well sort of. I will list the cities but will wait to list the actual dates. The tour will start April 17 or 18th.
Here you go:
Las Vegas, NV
San Diego, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Salt Lake City, UT
Kansas City, MO
Dallas, TX
Austin, TX
Orlando, FL
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Norfolk, VA
Baltimore, MD
Albany, NY
Verona, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Mashanutucket, CT
New York, NY
Cleveland, OH
Milwaukee, WI
Chicago, IL
Minneapolis, MN
Vancouver, BC
Reno, NVThere will be an additional 6 or 7 other cities. I know what a couple of these are and what they may be, but like I said they aren't confirmed.
I will say many of the venues will be theaters.
As soon as the dates are confirmed I will post them along with actual dates and venues. If not here at
my website..
I will be out running lights and helping with the stage as always.
Fire up the video game console it's time to hit the road again.
Labels: FFF, Five For Fighting, Live, Touring, Tours
Ozzfest 07....FREE
I just read this article on
Pollstar. It seems that Ozzfest will be going on the road again this year. The interesting thing is tickets will be free. Yep, a free concert tour.
It's an interesting concept. They will definitely fill the seats. How will this tour cover it's cost? Corporate sponsors will be everywhere on this thing. Also Live Nation will be promoting all dates, the venues have not been announced yet. Of course these will be Live Nation owned which means a percentage of the concession and vending revenues will go in their pockets as always. I wonder how much a bottle of water or a hamburger will be this year.
The bands will not be getting paid. Ok well I wonder what "name" groups will be willing to play for free. Sure there will be younger bands will to do it for exposure. Just don't plan on a band like Judas Priest or Slipknot to play for free.
Distribution of tickets has not been announce yet either. I think you will still need a credit card to get them and don't be surprised if you pay a service and handling fee. They will need to set a limit on the number of tickets to each person. The other possibility is a lottery type system.
Here is the article
Free Ozzfest
Updated 11:46 PST Tue, Feb 06 2007
Ozzy Osbourne and wife/manager Sharon Osbourne held a press conference at the Concert Industry Consortium February 5 that was promised to be historic, and was.
Osbourne dispelled rumors that he was retiring and announced the first free festival tour in the history of the U.S.
"Ozzy's been touring for 30 odd years and he's done very well, and just wanted to give something back," Sharon said.
The tour starts in San Bernardino July 7 and will continue through 25 cities including San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Albuquerque, Phoenix, Dallas, San Antonio, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Indianapolis, Columbus, Pittsburgh, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Hartford, Charlotte, Atlanta, West Plam Beach and Nashville. A final confirmed list of cities and dates is forthcoming.
How this will work logistically is unclear, but it will be a ticketed event and is a Live Nation tour.
"For the last few years,ticket prices have steadily climbed as artists demand more and more money for summer tours," Sharon said. "We certainly want everybody to make money, however we also want the kids to be able to afford to come out and have an incredible experience. If we continued with the traditional touring festival model, we would have no choice but to raise ticket prices again this year."
The bands will not be paid. This gives artists an opportunity to get exposure by playing in front of thousands of Ozzfest fans, Sharon said. The artists will have the opportunity to secure other gigs during the tour.
A lineup is expected within two weeks.
Joe Reinartz / Pollstar Labels: Concert, Live, Music, Tours
Tour dates....when...??..
Those of you that are regular readers know that I have been touring with Five For Fighting off and on since 2002. We were recently out on the road as of last November.
Currently the second single "World" is getting spun on radio stations and the video is on a cable channel near you.
I received a email from management the other day checking on my availability for an upcoming run of tour dates. It's about time, oh wait, when are the dates? April?! Yes, not until mid April. Well at least there is a tour, but I wasn't planning it to be this far into the year.
I have been sending my resume around looking for work since we wrapped up in November.
Hopefully something will come up to fill in the next two months.
I will post tour dates on my
website as soon as I get them.
Labels: FFF, Five For Fighting, Touring
Summer of the reunion tour
It appears that 2007 is going to be another summer of reunion tours.
One band that many people have been waiting over 20 years to put together their original line-up is
Van Halen. I know they have been touring for years with Sammy Hagar and then Gary Cherone.
Now David Lee Roth is back fronting the band. The thing is they are going to tour without bassist Michael Anthony.
Sure it will be good to see Dave back but why not all four members? Eddie your son might be talented. No one wants to see a 15 year old playing with a bunch of guys in their 50's. This is still not a complete Van Halen reunion.
The other reunion coming soon is
The Police. They will be playing at this years Grammy Awards show. There has been no tour announced as of yet, but it will probably happen.
It will be interesting to see which reunion lasts longer.
Labels: Music, Reunion, Touring, Tours, Van Halen
Penguins....stay put?
The stories continue to come out of western Pennsylvania that the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to stay put. There was another news report in the
Tribune-Review. I know, I don't live there but I am a fan of the team and would hate to see them move.
I'm also a fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team. They nearly moved some years ago before they got their new stadium.
Hopefully the announcement on Pens will come in the next couple of days.
Labels: Hockey, Penguins
Photos and renters
We have a new
blog renter with us. It's a photo blog titled "New York Nitty-Gritty and features photos taken around New York City. I have actually seen the blog many times over the last few months. There are some really nice shots that reflect the feel of the boroughs. I really like the photos that show the not so familiar features of the city.
Please take a few minutes and check it out.
Labels: New York, NYC, Photos
