In addition to EasternCarolinaStyle.com, Michael Smith is also a regular contributing writer for the Fayetteville, NC weekly newspaper, Up and Coming Weekly.
This week’s edition of Up and Coming Weekly features an article about the upcoming Darius Rucker concert for the troops on Fort Bragg on October 11th.
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Michael Smith at Up and Coming Weekly
In addition to EasternCarolinaStyle.com, Michael Smith is also a regular contributing writer for the Fayetteville, NC weekly newspaper, Up and Coming Weekly.
This week’s edition of Up and Coming Weekly features an article about The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra.
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Michael Smith at Up and Coming Weekly
Concord, North Carolina natives, The Avett Brothers will be spending their New Year’s Eve 2014 with thousands of friends and fans at PNC Arena!
Tickets go on sale Friday May 9th:
All Ticketmaster outlets
or charge by phone 800-745-3000
The PNC Arena box office
Banjoist Scott Avett and guitarist Set Avett formed The Avett Brothers with standup bass player Bob Crawford. Growing up in Concord, the boys immersed themselves in their musician dad’s record collection, falling in love with Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Since then they’ve become genre stalwarts over the course of seven albums.
Los Angeles outfit The Neighbourhood announce June & July tour dates following their debut appearance at Central Park’s Summerstage on May 20th, 2014. The band will embark on their summer tour beginning on June 21 in Vancouver and running through July.
Tickets go on sale Friday May 9th:
LiveNation.com
All Ticketmaster outlets
or charge by phone 800-745-3000
The Duke Energy Center box office
Belk box office at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
During the band’s worldwide tour, they unveiled new single “Honest,” part of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (out April 22). You can listen to the track HERE and watch the accompanying lyric video HERE. The film’s epic score was composed by Oscar®- and Grammy-winning composer Hans Zimmer and The Magnificent Six.
The Neighbourhood’s new project #000000 & #FFFFFF will be out later this year. Vocalist Jesse Rutherford says about the album, “”#000000 & #FFFFFF is a diary of songs that are inspired by our thoughts while on the road. It exposes our anxiety, rejoices in our achievement and expresses our ability to create whatever the fuck we want. It’s our freedom to explore popular music as we know it. It’s not us as a band… it’s us as a sound.”
Three tracks are available now, listen at Live Mixtapes.
The Neighbourhood broke out with hit singles “Sweater Weather” and “Afraid” from their debut album I Love You. “Sweater Weather,” which Billboard described as “deeply compelling,” was recently certified double platinum by the RIAA for sales in excess of 2 Million units and had one of the longest runs on the 2013 radio charts. The song was also praised by Rolling Stone, who noted “Layering hasn’t sounded this cool since ‘The Sweater Song.’” Follow up single “Afraid,” praised by Billboard for its “edgy, subtle hooks,” is seeing similar success, currently top 5 at Alternative Radio.
For more information or to purchase tickets go to www.livenation.com or http://thenbhd.com/
In support of his latest release Morning Phase, Beck will play Red Hat Amphitheater Raleigh on July 23.
Tickets go on sale Friday May 9th:
LiveNation.com
All Ticketmaster outlets
or charge by phone 800-745-3000
The Duke Energy Center box office
Belk box office at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
In addition to the upcoming live dates, Beck recently performed stunning turns on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Ellen Degeneres Show, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. On April 27, Beck made his return to the venerable Austin City Limits series, taping a performance to air at a later date.
Aside from being the first chance to hear the songs of Morning Phase in the flesh, Beck’s upcoming dates are not to be missed–a glance at the reviews of his most recent handful of dates from summer 2013 shows easily puts them among the most enthusiastic raves of his–or anyone’s–career:
“Electrifying… another example of a Beck show that was so good, so special, that if you missed it, you simply missed it. It probably won’t go down like that again.”–The Boston Globe
“It seemed downright perverse that a show this good only received two performances – the band had played Boston a couple of nights earlier – but then again, Beck has made a specialty, and a great success, of defying expectations and playing by his own rules.”–The Hollywood Reporter
“more like a 20 year retrospective on one of the most important artists of our generation rather than just a typical concert… As soon as the first few notes of ‘Devil’s Haircut’ hummed through the speakers, it was as if someone fired a gun in the air. Everyone’s attention was drawn to the stage and it pretty much stayed there for the next two hours.”–The Village Voice
“Defying music-business logic is one of the Californian’s areas of expertise, but it’s also the reason he commands such a devout following, even after more than two decades… and boy, has he covered a lot of ground up to now.”–The New York Post
Check Beck.com for information on ticket sales, additional dates as they are confirmed and announced, etc.
For more information or to purchase tickets go to www.livenation.com.
Sara Bareilles will play Red Hat Amphitheater Raleigh on July 22 with special guests Lucius and Emily King
Tickets go on sale Friday May 9th:
LiveNation.com
All Ticketmaster outlets
or charge by phone 800-745-3000
The Duke Energy Center box office
Belk box office at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
Multi-platinum selling, Grammy nominated recording artist Sara Bareilles has announced dates for her headlining “Little Black Dress” summer tour opening Thursday, July 10th at Chicago’s historic Chicago Theater. Other major city stops will also include Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Nashville and Los Angeles. The tour will continue to support Bareilles’ highly acclaimed third studio album, The Blessed Unrest, which recently earned the songstress two Grammy nominations including the coveted Album of the Year. Fans will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, May 6th at 10am local time through Bareilles’ Twitter account, @SaraBareilles and an additional 48 hour presale will begin Wednesday, May 7th at 10am local time on GiltCity.com. Tickets for the general public will go on sale starting Friday, May 9th at 10am local time on Ticketmaster.com. For additional purchase information please visit www.sarabmusic.com, Ticketmaster.com or visit the venue’s website (full routing below).
Since its release, The Blessed Unrest has garnered rave reviews. USA Today called the work Sara’s “most mature and satisfying to date” while the Associated Press hailed “Bareilles knows how to craft a great song… Well Done.” The album’s smash breakout single “Brave” has taken on a life of its own becoming an anthem of empowerment for a variety of causes from bullying to cancer, to equality and gay marriage.
For more information or to purchase tickets go to ticketmaster.com.
The Fray is Slade, Joe King (guitar, vocals), Dave Welsh (guitar), and Ben Wysocki (drums). The Denver-based foursome formed in 2002 after high school friends Slade and King bumped into each other at a local guitar shop. The Fray achieved national success with their 2005 debut, featuring the hit singles “Over My Head (Cable Car)” and “How to Save a Life,” which went double-platinum. The band also earned a 2010 Grammy nomination for their self-titled release.
Tickets go on sale Friday May 2 at 10am:
At livenation.com
All Ticketmaster outlets or charge by phone at 800-745-3000
Duke Energy Center box office
Belk box office at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre.
For further details or to purchase tickets go to www.livenation.com.
Old Crow Medicine Show will play Red Hat Amphitheater Raleigh on August 20.
Tickets go on sale Friday April 25 at 10am:
LiveNation.com
All Ticketmaster outlets
or charge by phone 800-745-3000
The Duke Energy Center box office
Belk box office at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
For more information go to livenation.com.
George Clinton, one of the creators of funk music, and legendary Parliament Funkadelic will fill the Red Hat Amphitheater with original, uncut funk Saturday, May 17.
As a musical “explorer” George Clinton and his P-Funk All Stars took their music from Soul to the uncharted land of Funk in the 1970s, scoring chart busters such as “Flashlight,” “One Nation Under a Groove,” “Agua Boogie” and “(Not Just) Knee Deep” along the way.
Tickets to hear the Grammy Award-winning, R&B revolutionary leader live in Downtown Raleigh start as low as $10.
Tickets on sale at:
All Ticketmaster outlets
The Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts box office
or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000
Since his self-titled debut in 1986, Lyle Lovett has evolved into one of music’s most vibrant and iconic performers. His music, rich and eclectic, is one of the most beloved of any living artist working today. On August 27, 2014, DPAC welcomes him back, marking Lyle Lovett’s third appearance at DPAC.
Tickets go on sale Friday, April 25 at 12 p.m.:
Online at DPACnc.com
DPAC Ticket Center: 919.680.2787, 123 Vivian Street, Durham, NC
Ticketmaster.com / Ticketmaster Charge by phone at 800.745.3000
“There is a closeness and intimacy when Lyle Lovett performs here,” said Bob Klaus, GM for DPAC. “His connection to our audience is immediate, no matter what he offers from his extensive songbook.”
A singer, composer and actor, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums. Coupled with his gift for storytelling, the Texas-based musician fuses elements of country, swing, jazz, folk, gospel and blues in a convention-defying manner that breaks down barriers. Among his many accolades, besides four Grammy? Awards, he was given the Americana Music Association’s inaugural Trailblazer Award, and was recently named the Texas State Musician.
Lovett’s most recent album Release Me was released in February, 2012. The album was #1 for several weeks on the Americana charts. Produced by Nathaniel Kunkel and Lovett, Release Me represents the end of an era as it was his last record for Curb/Universal Music Group, having been on the label for his entire career. Release Me is quintessential Lyle, mixing a smart collection of originals and songs written by some of his favorite songwriters that show not only the breadth of this Texas legend’s deep talents, but also the diversity of his influences, making him one of the most infectious and fascinating musicians in popular music.
Lovett has appeared in 13 feature films, and on stage and television.
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