Artist: Coburn vs Robbie Rivera
Genre(s):
House
Discography:
Superstar
Year: 2006
Tracks: 2
Friday 27 June 2008
Thursday 19 June 2008
Live Review: Kenny Chesney in Glendale, AZ
Kenny Chesney [ tickets ] didn't win those Entertainer of the Year awards for nothing. With his music festival in tow, Chesney proved why he's the CMA and ACM's reigning king of country Saturday (5/31) in front of 40,000 fans at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ.Besides Chesney, the "Poets and Pirates Tour 2008" boasted three other star-quality headliners: tattooed California country artist Gary Allan [ tickets ], the "Red Rocker" Sammy Hagar [ tickets ] and Aussie Keith Urban [ tickets ]. With a confident swagger, Chesney took advantage of the massive stage set up and ran from stage left to stage right, and out onto an intricate catwalk that jetted deep into the main floor. He didn't miss a beat as he squatted down, sang and signed autographs at the same time. Chesney frequently rocked out with his band, playing air violin to "Live Those Songs," the set opener. With his enthusiasm and wide grins, he makes every show feel like it's his first. He genuinely looks like he loves what he's doing.Peppered throughout the two-and-half-hour show--including during "Beer in Mexico"--he played electric guitar. Accompanied by an 11-piece band, including a horn section, Chesney cracked jokes at Urban's expense, singing the line "like she was Keith Urban in a skirt," during "Big Star."A set of 13 video screens captured the event while sometimes serving as a backdrop, as with the song "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem," when beach scenes were displayed. Homemade family films aired on the screens during "Don't Blink," which appears on Chesney's latest album, "Just Who I Am: Poets and Pirates," and his crew localized the footage for "Back Where I Come From," which featured clips of Arizona State University, Scottsdale and downtown Phoenix. There were a few slow moments in the show. It seemed to lose a bit of momentum in the middle, during which he played a slew of down-tempo songs including "Don't Blink" and "Shiftwork." But it soon picked up. Stars twinkled through the stadium's open roof during "Living in Fast Forward" and "Young" (though the roof was closed for the rest of the performers to keep out the 100-degree heat). Chesney pointed enthusiastically at the crowd to tell them to sing the "doo doo" parts of the song. Detroit pop singer Uncle Kracker made a guest appearance during the song "When the Sun Goes Down," and stuck around to duet with Chesney on the Uncle Kracker hit "Follow Me." Chesney had plenty of competition from his co-headliner Urban as well as former Van Halen singer Hagar, but not so much from opener Allan, who put on a less-than-dynamic performance at 4 p.m. He kicked off his 45-minute set with "Watching Airplanes" as the crowd began filling the stadium. The performer, who lacked the energy of other acts on the bill, did, however, share a haunting rendition of Vertical Horizon's "Best I Ever Had." Hagar isn't exactly a country act, but he shares the love of Mexico and the beach with Chesney. He arrived on stage to his quasi-anthem, "Mas Tequila," and immediately began sharing blue alcoholic drinks with his audience. He also kick-started the party mood by shooting confetti from an air gun toward the end of the song. The Red Rocker tore through his set, offering "There's Only One Way to Rock," Van Halen's "Why Can't This Be Love" and "Finish What You Started," and "Three Lock Box," as well as Toby Keith's "I Love This Bar," a cover version of which appears on Hagar's most recent solo album, 2006's "Livin' It Up.""We're gonna throw a party like this in the broad daylight?" Hagar asked the crowd. "Do you mind if I get drunk during the show? Waitress!" That was followed by a more sincere, "Cheers. I'm happy to be here." He gave a long speech about organizers telling him he couldn't use any profane language, using it as a segue to "Sam I Am.""I'm trying to change my whole life," Hagar said. "My wife has been trying to change me for 12 years. I am who I am and I wrote a song about it."Urban, who is married to Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman, began his rock-inspired set with the one-two punch of "Days Go By" and "Where the Blacktop Ends." One of country's top guitar players, Urban performed a little medley of rock hits including Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water," Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" and Aerosmith's "Walk This Way."Urban soaked up the moment when fans sang the chorus to an acoustic rendition of "Raining on Sunday" while he tapped out a drum beat on the body of his guitar. The acoustic set continued with "Think of Me." "I Wanna Love Somebody Like You" closed the set, with Urban high-fiving the crowd between guitar licks. With such a stellar line-up, Chesney seems to be doing for country what Ozzy Osbourne did for rock with his Ozzfest: bringing the masses together for an all-day run of prime music.
Saturday 14 June 2008
Peace Division
Artist: Peace Division
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Blacklight Sleaze Radio Slave Mixes Vinyl
Year: 2006
Tracks: 2
Sunday 8 June 2008
Horseshoe Announces Alliance With AEG Live
AEG to Collaborate on New Entertainment Venue at the All New Horseshoe
Casino
HAMMOND, Ind., June 3 -- Horseshoe has entered into an
alliance with AEG Live, one of the largest concert promotion, special event
and touring companies in the world, to develop and program a new 3,200
capacity entertainment venue that will be revealed in August 2008 as part
of a $500M casino expansion project.
"We are thrilled to introduce The Venue at Horseshoe Casino to the
Chicago area and are confident that AEG Live will play a significant role
in its success," said Rick Mazer, Indiana Regional President and General
Manager of Horseshoe. "We look forward to working with AEG Live to bring
top-level performers and full-scale shows to the new Horseshoe."
As part of the initial multi-year agreement with Horseshoe, AEG Live
will book and co-promote concerts, in addition to acting as a marketing
advisor for The Venue.
"Our long-term strategy has always been to search out and create
strategic relationships with the finest facilities and most respected
operators in the marketplace," commented Joe Litvag, Senior Vice President,
Midwest region for AEG Live. "The Venue at Horseshoe Casino provides us
with the opportunity to align ourselves with the most dynamic new
entertainment space in Chicago, along with the most forward-thinking casino
entertainment company in the country."
The Venue is being designed by Montreal-based Sceno Plus, whose notable
past projects include the Bellagio Theater (Las Vegas), Colosseum at
Caesars Palace (Las Vegas), Cirque du Soleil La Nouba Theatre (Orlando),
and the Wynn Casino Theater (Las Vegas).
The Venue will be a fully flexible space with the ability to host
intimate shows, corporate groups, and fully seated theatrical and sporting
events. The entire lower level seats are retractable and can be scaled to
create a variable general admission floor, allowing the concert venue to
host fully interactive guest experiences. The Venue also features six VIP
boxes, with three rows of seats and a salon that features couches, plasma
televisions, and bottle service. At full general admission capacity, the
facility will hold 3,200 guests, with standard seating for 2,300 plus a
suite area with an additional 200 seats.
The Horseshoe Casino expansion will boast up to 350,000 square feet of
gaming and entertainment space, as well as new retail and dining
experiences. Conveniently located 20 minutes from downtown Chicago, its
upcoming renovation and scenic setting will make Horseshoe Casino the
premier gaming and entertainment destination in the Midwest.
ABOUT HARRAH'S
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. is the world's largest provider of branded
casino entertainment. Since its beginning in Reno, Nevada, nearly 70 years
ago, Harrah's has grown through development of new properties, expansions
and acquisitions, and now owns or manages casinos on four continents. The
company's properties operate primarily under the Harrah's, Caesars and
Horseshoe brand names; Harrah's also owns the London Clubs International
family of casinos. Harrah's Entertainment is focused on building loyalty
and value with its customers through a unique combination of great service,
excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence and
technology leadership. For more information, please visit:
http://www.harrahs.com
ABOUT AEG LIVE
AEG Live, the live-entertainment division of Los Angeles-based AEG, is
dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performance, touring
for a variety of programming, and multi-media production. AEG Live, the
nation's second-largest concert promotion and touring company, is comprised
of special event, broadcast and exhibition divisions, fourteen regional
offices, and numerous state-of-the-art venues nationwide. The company's
national promotion arm is currently producing tours and productions
including Bette Midler "The Showgirl Must Go On" and Cher at The Colosseum
at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas; and "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the
Pharaohs," an international tour of the artifacts of King Tut. Recent and
upcoming promoted concert tours have included artists such as Justin
Timberlake, Bon Jovi, Hannah Montana, Spice Girls, Prince, Christina
Aguilera, Kenny Chesney, So You Think You Can Dance, Paul McCartney, High
School Musical, American Idols Live and The Color Purple. Goldenvoice, the
company's Southern California-based regional promotion division, created
and operates the award-winning annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts
Festival as well as Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival. The
company operates NOKIA Theatre at Grand Prairie in Texas, NOKIA Theatre
Times Square, and recently opened NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE. For more
information, go to http://www.aeglive.com.
Know when to stop before you start.(R) Gambling problem? Call
1.800.9.WITH.IT. (C)2008 Harrah's License Company, LLC.
MEDIA CONTACT: Lauren Boukas, XA, The Experiential Agency,
312.239.2399,
lauren@expagency.com
See Also
Casino
HAMMOND, Ind., June 3 -- Horseshoe has entered into an
alliance with AEG Live, one of the largest concert promotion, special event
and touring companies in the world, to develop and program a new 3,200
capacity entertainment venue that will be revealed in August 2008 as part
of a $500M casino expansion project.
"We are thrilled to introduce The Venue at Horseshoe Casino to the
Chicago area and are confident that AEG Live will play a significant role
in its success," said Rick Mazer, Indiana Regional President and General
Manager of Horseshoe. "We look forward to working with AEG Live to bring
top-level performers and full-scale shows to the new Horseshoe."
As part of the initial multi-year agreement with Horseshoe, AEG Live
will book and co-promote concerts, in addition to acting as a marketing
advisor for The Venue.
"Our long-term strategy has always been to search out and create
strategic relationships with the finest facilities and most respected
operators in the marketplace," commented Joe Litvag, Senior Vice President,
Midwest region for AEG Live. "The Venue at Horseshoe Casino provides us
with the opportunity to align ourselves with the most dynamic new
entertainment space in Chicago, along with the most forward-thinking casino
entertainment company in the country."
The Venue is being designed by Montreal-based Sceno Plus, whose notable
past projects include the Bellagio Theater (Las Vegas), Colosseum at
Caesars Palace (Las Vegas), Cirque du Soleil La Nouba Theatre (Orlando),
and the Wynn Casino Theater (Las Vegas).
The Venue will be a fully flexible space with the ability to host
intimate shows, corporate groups, and fully seated theatrical and sporting
events. The entire lower level seats are retractable and can be scaled to
create a variable general admission floor, allowing the concert venue to
host fully interactive guest experiences. The Venue also features six VIP
boxes, with three rows of seats and a salon that features couches, plasma
televisions, and bottle service. At full general admission capacity, the
facility will hold 3,200 guests, with standard seating for 2,300 plus a
suite area with an additional 200 seats.
The Horseshoe Casino expansion will boast up to 350,000 square feet of
gaming and entertainment space, as well as new retail and dining
experiences. Conveniently located 20 minutes from downtown Chicago, its
upcoming renovation and scenic setting will make Horseshoe Casino the
premier gaming and entertainment destination in the Midwest.
ABOUT HARRAH'S
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. is the world's largest provider of branded
casino entertainment. Since its beginning in Reno, Nevada, nearly 70 years
ago, Harrah's has grown through development of new properties, expansions
and acquisitions, and now owns or manages casinos on four continents. The
company's properties operate primarily under the Harrah's, Caesars and
Horseshoe brand names; Harrah's also owns the London Clubs International
family of casinos. Harrah's Entertainment is focused on building loyalty
and value with its customers through a unique combination of great service,
excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence and
technology leadership. For more information, please visit:
http://www.harrahs.com
ABOUT AEG LIVE
AEG Live, the live-entertainment division of Los Angeles-based AEG, is
dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performance, touring
for a variety of programming, and multi-media production. AEG Live, the
nation's second-largest concert promotion and touring company, is comprised
of special event, broadcast and exhibition divisions, fourteen regional
offices, and numerous state-of-the-art venues nationwide. The company's
national promotion arm is currently producing tours and productions
including Bette Midler "The Showgirl Must Go On" and Cher at The Colosseum
at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas; and "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the
Pharaohs," an international tour of the artifacts of King Tut. Recent and
upcoming promoted concert tours have included artists such as Justin
Timberlake, Bon Jovi, Hannah Montana, Spice Girls, Prince, Christina
Aguilera, Kenny Chesney, So You Think You Can Dance, Paul McCartney, High
School Musical, American Idols Live and The Color Purple. Goldenvoice, the
company's Southern California-based regional promotion division, created
and operates the award-winning annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts
Festival as well as Stagecoach: California's Country Music Festival. The
company operates NOKIA Theatre at Grand Prairie in Texas, NOKIA Theatre
Times Square, and recently opened NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE. For more
information, go to http://www.aeglive.com.
Know when to stop before you start.(R) Gambling problem? Call
1.800.9.WITH.IT. (C)2008 Harrah's License Company, LLC.
MEDIA CONTACT: Lauren Boukas, XA, The Experiential Agency,
312.239.2399,
lauren@expagency.com
See Also
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