This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it’s important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too – two of them in -Ist cities. Sampaist was shocked when a passenger jet crashed into the center of Sao Paulo, killing at least 200 people. The airplane, an Airbus A320, skidded off the runway at the…
We mentioned before that some Republicans in Congress were trying to prevent the free Live Earth concert from happening on the Mall. Turns out they were successful: it’s going to be at Giants Stadium in New York New Jersey instead. With a reunion of The Police. Thanks guys. We don’t need a vote in Congress or a free concert. You’re really looking out for us. Republicans James Inhofe and Mitch McConnell led the charge against…
Republicans in Congress just haven’t been nice to the District lately — they delayed a vote on the voting rights bill by adding a rider to end D.C.’s handgun ban, and now they’re preventing a free concert from being held near the Capitol on July 7. The concert was to be part of Al Gore’s Live Earth series of concerts to raise environmental awareness and was to feature some combination of acts like the Police,…
Can we just skip this week’s episode and fast forward to next week when, according to the previews, Josh and Donna FINALLY HAVE SEX? Who’s with me? We get a lot of mildly interesting filler this week as we ride along with the Santos campaign for a day. You know who else is on the Santos campaign bus? Jon Bon Jovi! From what I can tell, he was brought on board to baby-sit the Congressman’s…
Kathy Timmins is the winner of our Bon Jovi ticket contest. She took the logo far and wide, spreading the love across this great land of ours. Congratulations, Kathy. May you rock in the name of DCist. Update: For those of you who didn’t participate in our simple contest for free tickets to see New Jersey’s bestest rockers (ok, so Springsteen is pretty good also), we would recommend appealing to Craig sooner than later….
As we announced earlier this week, DCist is holding a photo contest to give two lucky readers tickets to the December 17 Bon Jovi concert at the MCI Center. Our logo is revved and ready to take on the town, so start submitting those clever pictures! Contest deadline is October 24….
We’ve been to The Guards. We know how the people of D.C. feel about Bon Jovi. The hard-working, hair-grooming boys from New Jersey are currently on a world tour promoting their latest album, Have A Nice Day. On December 17, they’ll make a stop at the MCI Center, and are sure to feed fans’ thirst for classics like “Livin on a Prayer” and “Wanted Dead or Alive.” Tickets went on sale this weekend. But…
We’ve been hearing quite a bit about efforts to fight hunger these days. First, Sir Bob Geldolf recently announced five concerts around the world to be held July 2, just days before the G8 summit in Edinburgh, Scotland. Geldolf organized the massive 1985 Live Aid concert to raise funds to send relief to people suffering from a famine in East Africa, this time around the concert is seeking political change: a commitment by the G8…