I saw the following post from Antimusic and said “Mike Portnoy plus Neal Morse and Steve Morse? I’m in!” With all the will-they-won’t-they news about an impending announcement from Dream Theater regarding the identity of their new drummer, one could be forgiven for losing track of outgoing drummer and founding member, Mike Portnoy. But Portnoy […]
Tag: Road Trip!
Ask the dust if we can go to Chicago…
Our good pals over at Too Poppy poured a little bit of salt in the wound to remind us that alt-rockers Dada (er, dada) are headed to this side of the world for a rare set of tour dates as they wrap up work on their upcoming sixth studio album (!!!). One of those shows […]
Weekend Plans: Let’s celebrate Halloween with The Smithereens!
Hopefully it isn’t too early to start thinking about the weekend on a Monday, but if it is indeed too early, I guess that’s too bad! Scotch Plains, NJ, will be the destination for this weekend with tickets in hand for THIS show. Color me stoked. I’m looking forward to my first Smithereens show in […]
The ATV Interview: Eric Johnson
Austin-based guitar virtuoso Eric Johnson has been one of my favorite guitar players for a long time and it’s always a pleasure anytime that I get a chance to catch him in concert. Johnson is currently in the midst of a few different projects, including a newly completed solo CD called Up Close that features […]
Setlist: Tears for Fears in Detroit, 8/12/10
Thursday night found me crossing another artist off of my rock and roll bucket list with a road trip to Detroit Rock City to see the opening night of a fresh set of U.S. dates for Tears for Fears. In a word, it was “awesome.” Curt and Roland sounded great and the show went a […]
Setlist: Paul McCartney in Kansas City, 7/24/10
It’s still the “greatest show on Earth” and I’m not talking about the Ringling Brothers. After nearly 18 hours of bus and car travel, it only took a few seconds of “Venus and Mars” to validate what a great choice I’d made road tripping it to Kansas City to see Paul McCartney. For three hours, […]
We’re going to Kansas City…..
….Kansas City, here we come! As the week came to a close, the girlfriend got an unexpected pair of tickets to see Paul McCartney’s first performance in Kansas City in 17 years. Which means that I had to make the very difficult choice to hop on a Greyhound bus to go see the show with […]
Road trip for Smithereens/Pat DiNizio fans?
I’ve heard good things about The Smith Bros, and can you pass up the chance to see Smithereens frontman Pat DiNizio with The Smith Bros as his backing band for $5 on a Thursday night near Columbus? More importantly, can I pass up that chance? The Smith Bros are hosting “Rock on the Road” presented […]
Greetings from Buffalo, NY…..
“Dream ticket.” Those are two great words that would accurately describe my Sunday night spent in Buffalo, NY this past weekend. I found myself unexpectedly crossing another item off of my rock and roll bucket list – by attending the final show of the tour for Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band. These tour-ending […]
The Wild, The Innocent and the Bruce show I will not be attending
When Bruce Springsteen started doing the full album performance thang recently with a performance of Born to Run in Chicago, a few of us conversed about the albums that we’d really like to see him perform. You know the ones I’m talking about – The Wild, The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle, and Greetings […]