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Missed Portlandia: The Tour? Catch Carrie Brownstein with Wild Flag Instead

January 10, 2012 at 3:07 PM | by | Comments (0)

Right now Carrie Brownstein is on tour with Fred Armisen promoting their IFC series Portlandia. But, if you were hoping to catch Portlandia - The Tour this month, you're out of luck. All seven stops on the tour, which includes the Bowery Ballroom in NYC and the Hideout in Chicago, are completely sold out.

That doesn't mean you still can't check out Carrie live on stage. On January 27, 2012, Carrie and her band Wild Flag will kick off a 3-month tour through the Europe, Australia, and the U.S. Carrie might be best known as 1/2 of the Portlandia comedy duo, but this chick can rock too!

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Booking Flights for Coachella 2012: Yikes.

January 10, 2012 at 11:54 AM | by | Comments (0)

Without a doubt, the one huge travel story today is the scramble to plan for Coachella 2012, the music festival in the desert outside Palm Springs, CA. For the first time, the massive 3-day party will be split in two—two weekends, that is. If you can't make it April 13-15, there's now the option of catching the same acts, on the same stages, with a different crowd around you, on April 20-22.

Headliners of the fest are: The Black Keys, Radiohead and, most anticipated by far, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg who will close each weekend with a Sunday performance. Other acts due to hit the many stages include Bon Iver, Cat Power, The Arctic Monkeys, Feist, La Roux, Girl Talk, Santigold and really so many others we don't feel like typing them out. (But here's a Spotify playlist to get you in the mood).

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How to Get Tickets to Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp with Steven Tyler at the Playboy Mansion

December 13, 2011 at 2:20 PM | by | Comments (0)

If you've ever dreamed of being surrounded by Playboy Playmates while jamming on stage with Steven Tyler but thought it could never happen, it can. Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp at the Playboy Mansion will give a few lucky (and most likely wealthy) rock fans the chance to perform on stage with Steven Tyler at the Playboy Mansion on May 5, 2012.

The Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp at the Playboy Mansion Headliner Package will be held between May 2-6, 2012 and includes an opening night party with the rock star counselors, the chance to meet and jam live on stage with Steven Tyler, an acoustic night at the Gibson Showroom in Beverly Hills, a chance to perform on stage at the Playboy Mansion, a meet-and-greet with the Playmates and a tour of the mansion, all transportation, and a swag bag.

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Here, There and Everywhere with The Beatles: John Lennon Peace Monument

December 8, 2011 at 5:22 PM | by | Comments (0)

Today, December 8, marks the 31st anniversary of the day John Lennon was shot and killed outside his apartment in New York City. While fans of Lennon and The Beatles will come together at Central Park's Strawberry Fields to remember him, we'll spend this week focusing on other places to visit to dip into Beatles history.

Today: The John Lennon Peace Monument in Liverpool, England.

This evening is the key moment this week, when Beatles fans and particularly those of John Lennon gather to remember him and meditate on peace. Sure, you can go to Strawberry Fields in Central Park or the Lennon statue near the Cavern Club, or any of a slew of other Beatles-related sites around the world to join in, but the newest gathering spot conveniently sits nearby The Beatles Story museum. It's the Lennon Peace Monument

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Here, There and Everywhere with The Beatles: The Liverpool Museum

December 7, 2011 at 5:34 PM | by | Comments (0)

This Thursday, December 8, marks the 31st anniversary of the day John Lennon was shot and killed outside his apartment in New York City. While fans of Lennon and The Beatles will come together at Central Park's Strawberry Fields to remember him, we'll spend this week focusing on other places to visit to dip into Beatles history.

Today: Liverpool's "The Beatles Story" Museum.

Love The Beatles' music, but not up on your Beatles history? This is where to come for something like Beatles 101, with a dash of Liverpool's own music past. The museum is divided into two buildings, one with a 4D film and the other with the bulk of the experience, which takes visitors from the start of The Beatles' fame with mock-ups of the clubs they played and the radio stations that played them, clear through to John Lennon's white piano.

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Here, There and Everywhere with The Beatles: The Cavern Club

December 7, 2011 at 11:09 AM | by | Comments (0)

This Thursday, December 8, marks the 31st anniversary of the day John Lennon was shot and killed outside his apartment in New York City. While fans of Lennon and The Beatles will come together at Central Park's Strawberry Fields to remember him, we'll spend this week focusing on other places to visit to dip into Beatles history.

Today: The Cavern Club in Liverpool.

Just around the corner from the newish Hard Day's Night Hotel in Liverpool sits the old Cavern Club, known better as the home club of The Beatles. It bills itself as "the most famous club in the world," and it pretty much is, since many lookalike clubs have sprung up around the world. The typical nightly crowd is a mix of Brits, older Beatles tourists and younger Contiki-type tour groups and, despite its enduring popularity and major place in music history, tickets to the nearly nightly live performances are nice and cheap, averaging £3 per person.

It's here at the Cavern Club that the members of the Fab Four first played, but with other groups like The Quarrymen and Rory Storm and The Hurricanes, before coming together as The Beatles. As The Beatles. they played the Cavern a staggering 292 times, but Beatlesmania forced them into larger venues and the Cavern went through its own period of weirdness before finally becoming the major tourist magnet it is today.

Naturally, we couldn't do a weekend in Liverpool without crossing the place off our bucket list...

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How To Get (Cheap) Tickets To NYC's Metropolitan Opera

December 6, 2011 at 2:28 PM | by | Comments (0)

Think the Metropolitan Opera is too high brow for you? Think again.

The Metropolitan Opera in NYC will once again be selling weekday tickets for as low as $20 on performance days.

Here's how it works: The Agnes Varis and Karl Leichtman Rush Tickets Program will make 150 $20 orchestra seats available for Monday through Thursday performances during the season. Tickets will be sold at the Met box office two hours before curtain. The program does not include galas, special events, or opening nights of new productions.

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Here, There and Everywhere with The Beatles: Abbey Road Crossing

December 5, 2011 at 5:24 PM | by | Comments (0)

This Thursday, December 8, marks the 31st anniversary of the day John Lennon was shot and killed outside his apartment in New York City. While fans of Lennon and The Beatles will come together at Central Park's Strawberry Fields to remember him, we'll spend this week focusing on other places to visit to dip into Beatles history.

Monday: The Abbey Road crossing in London, UK

In 1969, four guys crossed a street in London and the resulting photograph is one of the most iconic album covers in history. It's The Beatles' Abbey Road, named for the place where the picture was taken, which just happens to be right outside EMI Studios. It's a standard crossing which still exists today (as do the Studios).

The crossing itself received historical status just last year, and of course it's open and free for fans to see and walk. There's even a webcam, in case you need to prove your visit to people watching at home.

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How to Get Tickets to Lollapalooza Brazil and Lollapalooza Chile 2012

Where: Brazil
November 22, 2011 at 1:13 PM | by | Comments (0)

In addition to the Chicago summer fest, Lollapalooza will also return to South America next year with the second annual Lollapalooza Chile in O’Higgins Park in Santiago on March 31 – April 1, 2012, and the first-ever Lollapalooza Brazil at the Jockey Club in São Paulo, April 7-8, 2012.

The Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys, Skrillex, Calvin Harris, MGMT, TV On The Radio, Bassnectar, Band of Horses, Thievery Corporation, Peaches, Cage the Elephant, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Friendly Fires, Foster the People and Tinie Tempah are all scheduled to appear at both Lollapalooza Chile and Lollapalooza Brazil.

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Miami's Next Big Mega Club Debuts This Weekend

Where: 136 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL, 33139
October 19, 2011 at 2:11 PM | by | Comments (0)

If nightclubs are your thing, South Beach is your place. But if you've been danced till dawn at Mansion and partied with the stars at LIV, you're probably on the prowl for a new spot. This weekend, the beach delivers, with the grand opening of Amnesia Miami.

While lots of new nightclubs have been focusing on the more intimate lounge end of things, Amnesia is unabashedly big, with over 26,000 square feet of all-white space over two levels. That's room enough for four bars, 70 VIP tables, two obligatory VIP sections, a large wall of LED screens, and a dance floor for 800. There's even a recording studio underneath the stage for visiting DJs and musos to tinker around in.

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Get the Blues at the Mississippi Delta's Robert Johnson Festival

Where: County Road 518 [map], Greenwood, MS, United States, 38930-7324
October 5, 2011 at 2:48 PM | by | Comments (0)


You, Robert Johnson’s ghost, and some live blues artists. Just what the doctor ordered.

Last time we were down in the Mississippi Delta we were getting stuck in on local radio, but now here’s a reason to go back down there (and it’s not even related to The Help).

This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of father of the blues Robert Johnson; and to mark it, next weekend, the people of Greenwood are throwing a blues festival. Not only that, but it’s a festival right in the cottonfields next to where Johnson is purportedly buried.

The King of the Delta Blues 100th Anniversary Remembrance Festival takes place October 15-16 on Money Road, outside Greenwood and by the premises of the fabulous WABG radio station. The lineup includes Rory Block, Dr Feelgood Potts, Maria Muldaur and Bobby Rush, and there will be tributes to blues artists who died this year, like Honey Boy Edwards, Pinetop Perkins and Mississippi Slim.

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How to Get Last-Minute Tickets for the Packers and Saints' 'NFL Kickoff 2011'

August 31, 2011 at 9:27 AM | by | Comments (0)

After a long summer filled with uncertainty, it’s finally time to get ready for some football. NFL players and owners worked out their differences, and the 2011 season is ready to kickoff on September 8 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. This year it’s the Super Bowl champions—the Packers—facing the Saints to get things started. The season’s first games run through the weekend, but most of the party is focused on that first Thursday night.

To celebrate the return of football the NFL is teaming up with EA Sports—makers of the Madden video game series—to welcome the season opener. The league’s 92nd season will begin with a little bit of music, as it was just announced that Kid Rock, Lady Antebellum, and Maroon 5 will be on hand to get the party started. Things will all be taking place live outside of the Packers’ home at Lambeau Field, and things will be broadcast on NBC before the game starts just you can’t attend in person.

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