Fans Can Vote For Winners During Show From NYC On Sunday, Nov. 2 The nominations are all set for the inaugural YouTube Music Awards, a live show from New York City on Sunday, November 3. Six categories – Video, Artist, and YouTube Phenomenon of the Year – are part of the program and voting is open to fans from around the world. The lineup of performers incluces … [Read more...]
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Jimmy Buffett Playing The Belly Up Tavern In San Diego Oct. 17
San Diego Live Music Venue Hosts Trop Rock Singer And His Parrotheads Normally, Jimmy Buffett plays large arenas with 20,000 people. Only occasionally does he go back to his roots and play clubs. But he's doing it in San Diego, at the Belly Up Tavern in North County's Solano Beach. Buffett is playing on Friday, Oct. 17, and tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 4, at 10 a.m. … [Read more...]
Reggae and EDM Come Together on Bob Marley LEGEND: Remix
Reviewing The Marriage Of Electronic Dance Music And Marley By Bill McCoy, PubClub.com And Bar Blogger Music Critic I had the pleasure of witnessing the marriage of two genres that I never thought could come together in music. Like two people who you’d never in a million years thought would find happiness together. Yet somehow it works. That union was between EDM … [Read more...]
Sunset Strip Music Festival Draws Huge Crowds Event Review
Linkin Park Proves Popular Headliner As People Pack SSMF Los Angeles is the music capitol of the world and the Sunset Strip is the music capitol of Los Angeles. So to block off the world-famous street and hold a multi-day festival with a near-constant lineup of bands is a great way to showcase the area's culture and heritage. It works. The Sunset Music Festival drew … [Read more...]
The Eagles To Open Up LA Forum As Revised Concert Venue
'History Of The Eagles' Tour Coming To Los Angeles In January The Madison Square Garden Company is not "Taking It Easy" when it opens up the Los Angeles Forum as a concert venue after a whopping $100 million renovation. The opening act is The Eagles, who are doing a three-night performance on Jan. 15, 17 and 18. It's part of the band's "History Of The Eagles" … [Read more...]
LA Forum To Have A Different Kind Of Showtime As A Concert Venue
Madison Square Garden Company Creating An Entertainment Icon To Rival Staples Center When I received a press release announcing that the Madison Square Garden Company is spending $100 million to revamp the once-fabulous Forum – where the LA Lakers created "Showtime" – as a concert venue, I did a double take. Could that be right!? One hundred million dollars!? Sure … [Read more...]
Topanga Canyon Hosts 4th Annual Reggae Festival Pon The Mountain
LA's Largest Outdoor Reggae Music Event Is July 27 It makes sense that there would be at reggae festival in LA's Topanga Canyon. The two go together like dreadlocks and Jamaicans and guitars and guitar strings. Topanga Canyon is the lost-in-time 60's hippie hangout in the Malibu canyons, a place more laid back than even Southern California's famous beaches. This is the … [Read more...]
LA Downtown Film Festival Hosting DJ And Dancing Party At The Well
Music, Light Show And Complimentary Cocktails In The Fashion District The reason I don't go to a lot of film festivals – and I get invited to quite a few – is that they really don't have much of a socializing aspect to them. Oh, I did have a few Stella Artois with the director, cast members and others at the Beverly Hills Film Festival last year and while it was nice and … [Read more...]
Cincinnati’s Bunbury Music Festival 2013 Features 80 Bands On 6 Stages
Music, Craft Beer Garden, After Parties And A Party Bus Part Of Event There's a huge music festival in Cincinnati. The second annual Bunbury Music Festival returns to downtown Cincinnati’s Sawyer Point and Yeatman’s Cove the weekend of July 12-14. And while nobody is going to confuse it with the just-completed Summerfest in Milwaukee a few hours to the north, it does … [Read more...]
Redondo Beach 4th Of July Fireworks Shines As Does Singer Shari Puorto
Hearing A Blues But Not Feeling The Blues With Seaside Lagoon's Headliner The fireworks rattled the sky, the flares shining brightly through the overcast conditions, and the band played on, into the night. And the beer flowed freely and often, the drinkers being able to enjoy their cold beverages in the open without worry of a citation, as happened to a few unfortunate … [Read more...]
Elvis To Be Seen At Manhattan Beach Pollywog Park Sunday Concert
Scot Bruce Sounds And Really, Really Looks Like The King The sun is out, it's a warm day ideal for bike riding along The Strand, there's a beach volleyball tournament at the Hermosa Beach Pier, a Vegas-type pool party (except without the pool but hey, there's an ocean a block away) at Ocean Bar, and of course, Sharkeez Hermosa Beach. There's no end to the entertainment in … [Read more...]
Long Beach Bayou Festival Provides Tastes And Sounds Of New Orleans
Zydeco Music, Cajun Food And Cold Beers Bring Bring Back Memories Of Jazzfest If I can't be in New Orleans, then it's good to be in place that feels like I'm in New Orleans. And that's why I went to the Bayou Festival in Long Beach, CA, on a sunny Saturday in June (the 22nd, to be exact). With Zydeco bands – accordion and washboard – filling up downtown Rainbow Lagoon, … [Read more...]
Electronic Dance Music Awards Show Coming To Vegas In 2014
Insomniac And Dick Clark Productions Announce Event During Nest Year's Electric Daisy Carnival This is an idea that's right for the times in the industry. An electronic dance music awards show is being created and it will be part of the 2014 Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas. It will be a combined effort of Insomniac Productions, which puts on the Electric Daisy … [Read more...]
Ringo Starr Shines At Grammy Museum Exhibit Preview Opening
The Starr Impressed Blogger At Preview For Ringo: Peace And Love Display in L.A. He laughed, he joked and showed off a quick wit. Ringo Starr demonstrated why he's been such a popular personality during a press event to introduce the Los Angeles and music industry media – and Pubclub.com – to an exhibition at the GRAMMY Museum dedicated to his music. Some of the media … [Read more...]
The Cure Concert Announced For Honolulu Hawaii
Band Playing At The Neil S. Blaisdell Center There are not a lot of concerts in Hawaii, so when one like this one happens it's a big deal. And The Cure is coming to Hawaii! Live Nation and BAMP Project present The Cure live on Oahu on Tuesday, July 30th at the Neil S. Blaisdell Center Arena. Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 14th at 10a.m. Tickets will be available … [Read more...]
John Denver Tribute Artist Jim Curry Opens The Cave In BIg Bear
New Year-Round Convert Venue To Feature Rock Tribute Bands If Jim Curry sounds as close to John Denver as he looks, then it's going to be one "Rocky Mountain Night" night at the new live music venue in Big Bear Lake, CA. Curry, a John Denver tribute artist, is opening The Cave, an entertainment venue in the old Village Movie Theater. Big Bear Lake is located two hours … [Read more...]
Labor Day Music Festival WARMFest Announced In Indianapolis
Bands And DJs On Five Stages Feature National And Local Talent Music festivals and Labor Day Weekend go together like beers and a lake. And now Indianapolis is joining the party. It has announced the inaugural White River Arts & Music Festival (shortened to WARMfest) for Aug. 31-Sept. 2 at Broad Ripple Park in downtown Indy. It features local and national bands, plus … [Read more...]
Bands Respond To Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam’s Offer To Play Inaugural Event
More Than 1,500 Musicians Enter Contest For September Music Festival In Panama City Beach More than 1,500 bands responded to an opportunity to play at the inaugural Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam, which is taking place this fall in Panama City, Beach, FL. The response was so overwhelming and the quality of the musicians so impressive that festival organizers have increased the … [Read more...]
Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam Tickets On Sale Now For Panama City Beach Concert
Toby Keith Headlines Inaugural Country And Southern Rock Concert Panama City Beach, Florida, is going to rock on the last weekend of September. It's the inaugural Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam and it features six stages of country and Southern Rock music, and tickets are now on sale. The lineup includes more than 30 acts, highlighted by Toby Keith, Brantley Gilbert, Trace Adkins, … [Read more...]
Summerfest Milwaukee Invites Bands To Submit Videos To Play The Big Gig
Fans Can Vote On Which Acts They Would Like To See At World's Largest Music Festival Bands and musical acts from across the USA want to play at Summerfest, known to locals at The Big Gig. And now they have a chance with the Land the Big Gig contest. To enter the contest, bands need to submit a video featuring an original song to Summerfest. The deadline is … [Read more...]
Ringo Starr And His All-Starr Band To Tour Latin America And Vegas
Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Peru And Mexico Part Of 14 Concerts Fresh off a tour that hit Australia, New Zealand and Japan, Ringo Starr is ready to get back on the road again. He's just announced 14 shows in Latin and South America starting the end of October. It starts Oct. 29 in Sao Paulo Brazil and also visits Argentina, Uruguay, Peru and Mexico City. And … [Read more...]
I Never Want To WInd Up Like Those People In Billy Joel’s Piano Man Video
Never Serve Me A Drink Called Loneliness Have you ever seen the original video to Billy Joel's "Piano Man?" It's a great video to an outstanding song. An American classic. But it's also a warning not to wind up like those people in it, individuals past their prime who feel they have nothing to look forward to so they cling to their past by going to the same bar … [Read more...]
Budweiser Launches Made In America 30 Summer Concerts In 30 Cities
Bands And Beer From Boston To Los Angeles Budweiser has hit the road with an ambitious event that is bringing 30 concerts to 30 cities in the USA this spring and summer. It's the Made In America Events, and is started in April and concludes in August. Among the cities it visits are Boston (Aug. 22,) Los Angeles (May 21), San Francisco (May 5), Seattle (June 9), Chicago … [Read more...]
Monday Night Jazz At Ferraro’s Livens Up Slowest Night In Las Vegas
Italian Restaurant Pairs Live Music With Food And Drink Specials On a night when the Strip is calm and the city's famous clubs are dark, there's still entertainment in Las Vegas. Ferraro's Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar on Paradise Road sees to it with live jazz on Monday nights. From 10 p.m.-1 a.m., it features the quartet of Jazz Workshop, which is comprised of an … [Read more...]
Bret Michaels Playing The Long Beach Grand Prix Saturday Concert
Rock-N-Roar Concert Is Saturday Night, April 20 In Long Beach, CA He's got rock, and he's certainly got roar. Bret Michaels, who is making headlines for a supposed "meltdown" after being eliminated from this season's "Celebrity Apprentice" show, will be looking to melt some metal as he's playing the Saturday night 'Rock-N-Roar' concert Saturday night during the 39th … [Read more...]
Here Are The Perfect Elements That Make Up A Good Live Music Dive Bar
The Best Live Music Bars Are Dive Bars That Highlights The Music Not Decor There's a small place I went to on occasion that I just learned is closing. It was a live music venue that featured really good local bands, and I'm sad to see it disappear from the scene. It had all the elements that made a perfect live music dive venue, and even had the word "dive" in its … [Read more...]
Stepping Out Of The South Bay Nightlife Bubble Of Hermosa Beach
The Tale Of A Trip Out Of The Beach Cities To Hear Shari Puorto Band At LA's Sagebrush Cantina I love live music and hearing bands, so when the opportunity came up to roll up to LA's famous Sagebrush Cantina to do just that, I jumped at the chance. And jumped in the car with the band leader, Shari "El" Puorto of the Shari Puorto Band. But to do so meant that I had to get … [Read more...]
Kool & The Gang Concert Review: A Fun and Entertaining Experience
Disco Kings Provide Entertaining Contrast As Opening Act Editor's Note: This is a review of the Kool & The Gang concert to open up for the Van Halen North American reuntion tour with David Lee Roth in 2022. It may seem to be an odd pairing, like a chardonnay with a steak. But it works. Kool & The Gang – yes, that's 70's band that was at the forefront of the … [Read more...]
Van Halen Reunion Concert With David Lee Roth Was A Night to Remember
A Review of David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen Rocking The Stage at a Private Friends and Family Show This is a review of the 2012 Van Halen tour featuring, for the first time since the breakup, David Lee Roth. Drop whatever you are doing and get tickets to the 2012 Van Halen concert tour. Do so and you might as well "Jump." That's because Van Halen rocks it, … [Read more...]
Fans Wait 12 Hours to Meet Nikki Sixx in Toronto
CD and Audio Book 11-City Tour Ends In Grand Style in Canadian City They obviously love Nikki Sixx in Toronto. The former Motley Crue bassist drew a crowd of nearly 1,000 fans, some of whom camped out the night before and waited for 12 1/2 hours, to meet him at CD and audio book signing at Chapters bookstore on John St. "Pretty much mind blowing," Sixx said. It was … [Read more...]
Mumford & Sons Railroad Revival Tour Concert Review
People Pack A Parking Lot in Pedro For A Real Music Festival Atmosphere (And Lots of Beer) Not even PubClub can know about every great party in the world. So when we find a new one, it's like an archaeologist discovering an ancient lost city or a football coach unearthing a Hall of Fame receiver from Mississippi Valley State. Such was the … [Read more...]
Jimmy Buffett Jazzfest: A Parrothead’s Guide to the Ultimate Experience With Photos
Tips From A Jazz Fest Veteran On How to Prepare For This Parrothead Heaven Of A Show Editor's Note; Looking back on the experience and moment of seeing Jimmy Buffett perform at New Orleans Jazzfest. Where in the heck is Parrothead heaven? Much like Jimmy Buffett's explanation for where is Margaritaville, it's wherever you want it to be. But from personal … [Read more...]
Memorable Moments at Jimmy Buffett Concerts Santa Barbara Show
A Long-Time Parrothead Recalls His Single Greatest Moment at A Buffett Show Story Written By Longtime Parrothead Kevin Wilkerson (and not AI!) Of all the Jimmy Buffett concerts I've ever attended – I've about caught up to Buffett's age in the number of shows I've seen – one that really stands out was when he played the Santa Barbara Bowl in the early 90s. The … [Read more...]
A Long-Time Parrothead’s All-Time Favorite Jimmy Buffett Songs
As Any Parrothead Knows, Picking One Best Buffett Tune is Not Easy Because It All Depends On One's State of Margaritaville Mind By Kevin Wilkerson, Jimmy Buffett Parrothead I suppose, were I pressed to name my favorite Jimmy Buffett song to, say, enter a contest to win free concerts tickets for life (and wouldn't that really be something!), that I would come up with an … [Read more...]