Via the Upstate Life, the Baltimore Sun says that the Virgin Mobile Festival will return for a fourth year, though the venue is uncertain at this time. With the owner of Pimlico Race Track in bankruptcy proceedings, the weekend-long event may be forced to relocate. Merriweather Post Pavillion is named as another option, while the stadium lots near the respective homes of the Ravens and Orioles are each ruled as probably-nots. So get excited! Only…
For all the gentle bitching and tempered moaning we do about certain aspects of our local music venues, on the whole, they’re nothing to sneeze at. Sometimes amidst endless debates about sound quality and beer prices, we forget that we’re rather lucky to have so many high quality venues in the area. Luckily, the fine folks at Pollstar haven’t forgotten. Wolf Trap’s Filene Center, Merriweather Post Pavillion, The Birchmere and the 9:30 Club have all…
FRIDAY: >> We’d be remiss if we didn’t note that tonight will be the last time that Kathryn of Kathryn On will host one of her famous Blogger Happy Hours. It starts at 7 p.m. at Lucky Bar. Fans of the regular happy hour shouldn’t fear, however, as Kathryn says she has “a couple of fledgling social chairs waiting in the wings.” Thanks for all the hard work you’ve put in, Kathryn, to making the…
Yesterday the lineup for this year’s edition of the HFStival was announced and headlining the two day festival will be Kanye West and…Counting Crows? Kanye is a no brainer but the addition of Counting Crows, in a headlining slot no less, seems to be a curious one. The band hasn’t released an album of original material since 2002 and tends to have a fan base that skews much older than the Clear Channel approved…
Thunderstorms swept across the region late yesterday afternoon, drenching the sold-out crowd that came to see Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the Merriweather Post Pavillion, delaying the start of openers The Black Crowes, and stranding Petty himself on a plane in New York that arrived a mere 20 minutes before he was set to hit the stage. But that didn’t stop the show, much less put a damper on the spirit of the audience….