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The Piano Guys Play DPAC on November 5th

Posted: October 8, 2013 by MichaelSmithNC in All, Concert, Music
Tags: Durham Performing Arts Center, The Piano Guys

Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC)
Durham, NC
November 5, 2013

Hailing from Utah, The Piano Guys became an Internet sensation by way of their immensely successful series of striking self-made music videos; their YouTube channel boasts 1.6 million subscribers. But it’s their highly original blend of classical music with pop that brought them to their major label debut album, The Piano Guys, released on Sony Masterworks in 2012. The album topped Billboard’s New Age and Classical charts. The album features the imaginative mash-up arrangements that The Piano Guys are already famous for, including sources ranging from Michael Jackson to Mozart, The Bourne Identity to David Guetta. It also includes an original song and innovative takes on hits by One Direction, Adele and Christina Perri. The Piano Guys 2is set for release on Sony Masterworks May 7, 2013.

But just who are The Piano Guys? Actually, there’s only one piano player, Jon Schmidt, and one other instrumentalist, Steven Sharp Nelson, on cello, and they have played together for twenty years. Yet the other three – Paul Anderson, Tel Stewart and Al van der Beek – are equally significant members of the group. The inventive cinematography of Stewart and Anderson teams with van der Beek’s studio prowess. The Piano Guys have connected quietly but emotionally with a massive audience.

The spectacular Piano Guys videos, which have so far netted over 222 million YouTube views (and 500,000 new views a day), are essentially divined by Stewart and Anderson. And sure enough, The Piano Guys have over 530,000 Facebook fans who have shared videos like “Michael Meets Mozart.” “Michael Meets Mozart” is on The Piano Guys debut CD, as is “Cello Wars,” the ambitious video which resulted from a six-month production required to realize its Star Wars-inspired light saber/cello bow concept, since rewarded by over 12 million YouTube views.

Tickets:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/the-piano-guys-durham-north-carolina-11-05-2013/event/0E004AA2975AB810?brand=durham

John Fogerty “Wrote a Song for Everyone” to DPAC November 3rd

Posted: October 7, 2013 by MichaelSmithNC in All, Concert, Music
Tags: Creedence Clearwater Revival, Durham Performing Arts Center, John Fogerty

Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC)
Durham, NC
November 3, 2013

John Fogerty’s comes to the Durham Performing Arts Center to promote his new album, Wrote A Song For Everyone. The album is already a certified hit as it entered the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart at #3, selling 51,319 copies in its first week. This marks the Grammy® Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee’s highest-debuting album of his career. Wrote A Song For Everyone marks the singer, songwriter and guitarist’s ninth studio solo album since disbanding Creedence Clearwater Revival.

A celebration of Fogerty’s iconic songbook, the album is a collection of 14 songs: 12 classics and deep tracks (Creedence Clearwater Revival and solo material) from his remarkable canon of hits recorded in collaboration with today’s biggest superstars from the country, pop and rock worlds, plus two brand new solo songs including the new single and video “Mystic Highway.” Wrote A Song For Everyone was released by Vanguard Records on May 28,

Tickets:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0E004ACC8A858678?brand=durham

The Pixies with Special Guests, Cults coming to DPAC in January

Posted: October 7, 2013 by MichaelSmithNC in All, Concert, Music
Tags: Cults, Durham Performing Arts Center, Pixies

Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC)
Durham, NC
Friday, January 31, 2014

Fortified with eight instantly-sold-out U.S. club shows, a sold-out UK/European tour, and critical and fan acclaim for the live shows and five brand-new songs, Pixies announce that a 33-city, coast-to-coast North American leg has been added to its 2013-2014 world tour and will kick off in Toronto, Canada on January 15, 2014.

Pixies – Black Francis/guitars, vocals, Joey Santiago/guitars, drummer David Lovering, and touring bassist Kim Shattuck – are on the road in support of the band’s first collection of new music in more than 20 years that began with the surprise release of the single “Bagboy” on June 28. That was followed by the four-track EP-1 that came out of the blue on September 3. “Andro Queen,” the melancholy, surrealistic sci-fi ballad that opens EP-1, is the project’s brand-new music video, and now available at www.pixiesmusic.com

All of the Pixies dates on this tour will feature a brand new stage set and production, and will give the band an opportunity to not only debut brand new Pixies songs, but to offer the most wide-ranging concert set lists of Pixies music in the band’s career. As Black Francis told The Daily Beast, “I’m happy that we have new songs to play because playing only the old songs…you’ve already proven that. You can try to do it better, but you’re not really proving anything to anyone except that you can still do it.”

“The Pixies brought just enough to the Bowery stage to remind devoted fans that their songwriting chops have hardly wavered and that the best may be yet to come.” – Village Voice

Tickets: On Sale Soon

Anthony Hamilton and Friends – November 15, 2013 at Crown Center Theater

Posted: October 6, 2013 by MichaelSmithNC in All, Concert, Music
Tags: Anthony Hamilton, Crown Center

Crown Center Theater
Fayetteville, NC
Friday, November 15, 2013
Doors Open at 7:30pm

Singing in church since he was 10 years old, Hamilton’s natural talent— rich, soul-steeped vocals breathing sonorous life into emotion-packed lyrics—has earned him a reputation as an “artist’s artist.” The Charlotte, NC native counts guest stints on a diverse roster of projects from Dr. Dre and Young Jeezy to Keyshia Cole, Josh Turner, Santana and John Rich (Big & Rich). Between his own album sales and collaborations, Hamilton has sold more than 19.6 million albums.

The consummate performer, Hamilton recently completed a sold-out European tour, which included stops in London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Sweden, among others. Hamilton says the immense reception to singles “So in Love” and “Pray For Me” shows that “R&B is about to be the new mainstream. Real music is coming back.”

And who better to deliver that message than Anthony Hamilton?

For more information on the event, call (910) 438-4100 or visit www.anthonyhamilton.com or www.atthecrown.com.

Tickets:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0E004B3A420F8D5D?brand=crowncenter

John Legend – October 31, 2013 at DPAC

Posted: October 4, 2013 by MichaelSmithNC in All, Concert, Music
Tags: Durham Performing Arts Center, John Legend, Made to Love, Tamar Braxton

Love in the Future
in stores now

with special guest Tamar Braxton

Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC)
Durham, NC
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Doors Open at 7:00pm

Halloween is all treats this year when nine-time Grammy® winner John Legend makes his much anticipated return to DPAC on October 31. This stop is part of his North American “Made to Love” tour in support of his album Love in the Future.

Tickets:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0E004AF788D06A07?brand=durham

Return of the Legends – October 18-19, 2013 at DPAC

Posted: October 3, 2013 by MichaelSmithNC in All, Concert, Music
Tags: 9th Wonder, Bell Biv Devoe, Brand Nubian, Camp Lo, Das EFX, Durham Performing Arts Center, EPMD, Lords of the Underground, Nice and Smooth, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Pharcyde, Rakim

Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC)
Durham, NC
Friday and Saturday, October 18-19, 2013
Doors Open at 7:00pm

October 18:
Rakim
Pete Rock and CL Smooth
Lords of the Underground
Nice and Smooth
Camp Lo

October 19
Bell Biv Devoe
EPMD
Brand Nubian
Pharcyde
Das EFX

Hosted by 9th Wonder! Concerts begin at 8:00pm with after-parties starting at 11:00pm. Presented in partnership with The Dome Group, Inc. and Major Mint Marketing.