Tuesday, September 14th
Johnny Brendas:
Headliner: Bilal (Album Release)
Opening Act: None Listed
Doors: 8pm / Show: 9pm
Tickets:$20 - $25
Bilal Oliver was born and raised in here in City of Brotherly Love. He attended college at the New School for Social Research. While in NYC, he became acquainted with The Roots, Q Tip, Common, Erykah Badu and Mos Def. Bilal would also take part in jam sessions with his New School professors and classmates. It was during one of these sessions that Bilal met Aaron Coleman of the Spin Doctors. The two hit it off and soon private jam sessions in Coleman’s home gave birth to a demo of songs that would land Bilal a record deal with Interscope. Later sessions with Questlove, of The Roots, introduced Bilal to J Dilla and sparked a fruitful working relationship between the two. Once the album was near completion, label pressures coerced Bilal into working with more commercially prominent producers like Dr. Dre and Mike City. For years, label politics prevented any significant progress to occur on Bilal's follow-up album and years had passed with a lot of red tape and more controversy. In spite of the setbacks of his last album, Bilal had a dedicated fan base and they wanted more. The encouraging feedback began to re-inspire Bilal to write songs again and he set out to accomplish what he had started in 2001. Late 2009, Bilal announced his official second album is to be released and it was out this past summer. He's doing the tour to show fans that all his hard work was for something cool, slick, driven and with style. Even if it took years to perfect it.
Theatre of the Living Arts: WXPN PResents ...
Headliner: Broken Social Scene
Opening Act: The Sea & Cake
Doors: 8pm / Show: 9pm
Tickets:$25
Every BSS show is a special one because you never know what incarnation of the group will be on stage. The group has over 15 members resulting in a tour that is often difficult. and this one had a few of the bigger names missing from the show. Even if not all the members could make the tour, their set turns out to be a perfect mix of old and new members as well as a perfect example of a band with multiple albums being able to give fans of old and new a complete experience. From new songs like the spacey jams of “Texico Bitches” to the instrumental classic “KC Accidental,” BSS will show long time fans that they can do it all on stage – and that stage will be a packed one. Their performances are known to have band members switch off places and instruments to allow others to float around in the ever changing collective. Everyone is so immensely talented in the group that at any moment a member could take control of a song or change the direction.
Keswick Theater:
Headliner: Todd Rundgren
Opening Act: None Listed
Doors: 7pm / Show: 7:30pm
Tickets:$35 - $95
At 62, this young rocker is still the new pop-wunderkind that he was when he first broke into the music industry. The singer/songwriter and producer has had a great and extensive career thats supported by a certified gold solo double LP "Something/Anything?" and a successful band, Utopia. He has also been extremely active as a producer and engineer on the recorded work of other musicians. During the 1970s and 1980s, Rundgren produced big-selling albums, including "Bat Out of Hell" by Meat Loaf, "We're an American Band" by Grand Funk Railroad, and "Skylarking" by XTC. His best-known songs include "Hello It's Me" and "I Saw the Light" which have heavy rotation on classic rock radio stations, and "Bang the Drum All Day" featured in many sports arenas, commercials, and movie trailers. As legendary as his works in production and songwriting has been, his shows has been as equally impressive. You're not getting any younger and neither is he ... GET IN!!
Wells Fargo Center: The Monster Ball Tour
Headliner: Lady Gaga
Opening Act:
Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm
Tickets:$85 - $305.50
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga, from Yonkers, New York is bringing her infamous tour to Philly for two days. Born to an Italian family consisting of an internet mogul and business partner- this aspiring exhibitionist began her career singing Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper tunes into a plastic tape recorder, her parents were the only ones who sprung for Lady Gaga tickets then. She earned her stage name from the Queen song "Radio Gaga." First signed to Def Jam recorders at 19, LA Reid, however, they dropped Gaga after only 3 months - it was hip hop star Akon who gave Lady Gaga another chance, signing her to his Konvict label. Since then, Lady Gaga has written songs for Britney Spears, Fergie, The Pussy Cat Dolls and New Kids on the Block. After sparking the interest of Interscope records, Gaga struck a joint deal with the two labels. One of the first songs that Lady Gaga would produce would be a mashup (combo of music from one song and a capella from another) of the AC/DC song "TNT" and the Motley Crue song "Girls, Girls, Girls" and the rest is history!!
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga, from Yonkers, New York is bringing her infamous tour to Philly for two days. Born to an Italian family consisting of an internet mogul and business partner- this aspiring exhibitionist began her career singing Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper tunes into a plastic tape recorder, her parents were the only ones who sprung for Lady Gaga tickets then. She earned her stage name from the Queen song "Radio Gaga." First signed to Def Jam recorders at 19, LA Reid, however, they dropped Gaga after only 3 months - it was hip hop star Akon who gave Lady Gaga another chance, signing her to his Konvict label. Since then, Lady Gaga has written songs for Britney Spears, Fergie, The Pussy Cat Dolls and New Kids on the Block. After sparking the interest of Interscope records, Gaga struck a joint deal with the two labels. One of the first songs that Lady Gaga would produce would be a mashup (combo of music from one song and a capella from another) of the AC/DC song "TNT" and the Motley Crue song "Girls, Girls, Girls" and the rest is history!!
Wednesday, September 15th
Johnny Brendas:
Headliner: Charlatans UK
Opening Act: Sherlock's Daughter
Doors: 8pm / Show: 9pm
Tickets:$25
The Charlatans (known as Charlatans UK in the USA to avoid confusion with the 1960’s group of the same name) were originally formed in Birmingham, England by bassist Martin Blunt, who recruited fellow West Midlanders; Rob Collins (keyboards), Jon Brookes (drums), John Baker (also known as Day) (guitar) plus vocalist Baz Ketley. Former Electric Crayons singer Tim Burgess (from Northwich) replaced Ketley before the release of The Charlatans debut single “Indian Rope” in 1990 on the band’s own Dead Dead Good Records label. It proved an indie hit and the group soon found a major label, Beggars Banquet off-shoot Situation Two, in time for the release of The Only One I Know which reached the Top 10 in the UK singles chart. A further single, Then, and debut album Some Friendly, were released later that year to great commercial and critical acclaim.
Mann Music Center:
Headliner: Cake
Opening Act: None Listed
Doors: 6pm / Show: 7:30pm
Tickets:$35
With a unique sound embodying elements of funk, hip-hop, new wave pop and guitar rock, Cake has continually paved their own path across the alternative rock landscape. Sporting a thick collection of hits drowned in lyrical non-sequiturs, pop culture references and smirky satire, the multi-platinum rockers tour and hint at some new songs from their six studio album to be released later this year.
The band was recently honored as one Billboard's top 10 "greenest" bands on the planet after they converted their entire Sacramento recording studio - where they recently recorded their forthcoming album entirely with solar energy - to solar power.
Theater of the Living Arts:
Headliner: Of Montreal with Janelle Monae
Opening Act: NONE LISTED
Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm
Tickets:$32.70
Of Montreal is an indie rock band from Athens, Georgia who is known for putting on a whimsical and musically captivating show. The band is composed of band leader Kevin Barnes, Bryan Poole, Dottie Alexander, Davey Pierce and Clayton Rychlik who all came together after years of members shuffling in and out of the group. As a long time fan, you should expect a new sound, look and feel to the band with the new direction they are taking their style to. Moving away from the psychedelic-fantastical sound of past albums, and toward a heavier use of guitar, they not only wail with Barnes' high-pitched voice, but also place it over a rock background with only hints of the quirky sound that has placed them in a few top bands lists for half a decade. Barnes acts the narrator to a symbolic play happening on stage - naked women and men eating apples out of each other's hands, while a cartoon of a cock (rooster) and a priest flashed on the projection screen and other theatrical displays that are very visual.
Of Montreal is an indie rock band from Athens, Georgia who is known for putting on a whimsical and musically captivating show. The band is composed of band leader Kevin Barnes, Bryan Poole, Dottie Alexander, Davey Pierce and Clayton Rychlik who all came together after years of members shuffling in and out of the group. As a long time fan, you should expect a new sound, look and feel to the band with the new direction they are taking their style to. Moving away from the psychedelic-fantastical sound of past albums, and toward a heavier use of guitar, they not only wail with Barnes' high-pitched voice, but also place it over a rock background with only hints of the quirky sound that has placed them in a few top bands lists for half a decade. Barnes acts the narrator to a symbolic play happening on stage - naked women and men eating apples out of each other's hands, while a cartoon of a cock (rooster) and a priest flashed on the projection screen and other theatrical displays that are very visual.
Wells Fargo Center: The Monster Ball Tour
Headliner: Lady Gaga
Opening Act:
Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm
Tickets:$85 - $305.50
As Lady Gaga concerts started becoming more and more popular as Lady Gaga , she would find set and fashion inspiration in the form of Lower East Side DJ Lady Starlight. The two went on to perform at Lollapalooza in 2008 where Lady Gaga was given a summons for indecent exposure due to her hot pants addiction - from this, more and more fans were learning of the outrageousness of a Lady Gaga concert and wanted Lady Gaga tickets of their own. Emulating the pop-art lifestyle, Lady Gaga concerts are anything but drab - with outlandish outfits dripping with faux crystals, faux meat, balls dropping to the theme of A Clockwork Orange and mounds and mounds of hot pants, Lady Gaga tickets are your passes to some serious eye candy. Lady Gaga shows guarantee a blast into the past and a glimpse into the future of pop. So get yourself in and just dance.
As Lady Gaga concerts started becoming more and more popular as Lady Gaga , she would find set and fashion inspiration in the form of Lower East Side DJ Lady Starlight. The two went on to perform at Lollapalooza in 2008 where Lady Gaga was given a summons for indecent exposure due to her hot pants addiction - from this, more and more fans were learning of the outrageousness of a Lady Gaga concert and wanted Lady Gaga tickets of their own. Emulating the pop-art lifestyle, Lady Gaga concerts are anything but drab - with outlandish outfits dripping with faux crystals, faux meat, balls dropping to the theme of A Clockwork Orange and mounds and mounds of hot pants, Lady Gaga tickets are your passes to some serious eye candy. Lady Gaga shows guarantee a blast into the past and a glimpse into the future of pop. So get yourself in and just dance.
Thursday, September 16th
World Cafe Live:
Headliner: Matt Hires
Opening Act: Matt Santry / Zach Williams
Doors: 7pm / Show: 8pm
Tickets:$15
When you listen to Matt Hires, what comes across is the sound of an artist self-assured, authentic, and at ease with being completely and utterly himself. On his debut F-Stop/Atlantic release, Take Us To The Start, the 23-year-old Florida native fuses the intimacy of the great singer/songwriters with indelible pop/rock hooks and propulsive rhythms. The result is a mesmerizing collection of songs that are immediately enchanting, while becoming more deeply rewarding with each listen.
Friday, September 17th
North Star Bar:
Headliner: Biffy Clyro
Opening Act: O' Brother / Bronze Radio Return
Doors: 8pm / Show: 9pm
Tickets:$15
Biffy Clyro are a Scottish rock band from Ayrshire comprising of Simon Neil - guitar, lead vocals, James Johnston - bass, vocals and Ben Johnston - drums, vocals. After their first three albums, the band expanded their fanbase with the release of their fourth, Puzzle in 2007. The album went gold in the UK, selling over 100,000 units. Biffy Clyro's popularity grew even stronger with the release of the singles "Mountains" and "That Golden Rule", which both reached the top 10 of the UK singles chart. Their latest album, "Only Revolutions," reached #8 in the UK chart and went gold within days of its release in 2009, later going platinum in 2010 and became nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. Even though, Simon Neil does most of the vocals, all three band members contribute to vocal duties. The band is best known for using complex and interwoven guitar riffs, unusual time signatures and chord sequences and melodies that often change throughout songs, and not to forget about their great presence on the stage.
Mann Music Center:
Headliner: Pavement
Opening Act: Kurt Vile
Doors: 6pm / Show: 7:30pm
Tickets:$37.50
After years of speculation, veteran indie rockers Pavement are back on the stage with the lineup of Mark Ibold, Scott "Spiral Stairs" Kannberg, Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich and Steve West reuniting for dates around the world in 2010. They are touring to support their newly released compilation album entitled "Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement." Pavement made their mark when post-punk turned into alternative rock. When their first EP, "Slay Tracks" (1933-1969), was released in 1989, it sparked a back-to-the-garage movement in the American underground. While there were a number of hardcore and punk bands in the U.S. during the late '80s, Pavement brought guitar pop back into the underground lexicon. Combining ringing guitar hooks with mumbled, cryptic lyrics and a D.I.Y. aesthetic borrowed from post-punk, the band simultaneously sounded traditional and modern.
Saturday, September 18th
Susquehanna Bank Center:
Headliner: Rascal Flatts
Opening Act: Kellie Pickler / Chris Young
Doors: 6pm / Show: 7:30pm
Tickets:$44.85 - Lawn; $88.15 - $116.15
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