October 11, 2008

Vocal hall celebrates 10th anniversary; Tobe Hooper

Sharon's Vocal Group Hall of Fame will celebrate its 10th anniverary with a blowout, multi-day concert.
Shows are set from Nov. 6-9 at the Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown, Ohio, and will feataure many of the inductees.
Look for performoances from Tony Orland, O'Jays, Three Dog NIght, Sam Moore, the Lettermen, the Lovin' Spoonful, Martha & the Vandella, Association, Jay & th Americans, Peter Tork, Al Jardine of the Beach Boys, the Dixie Cups, Ruth Pointer, the Crystals, the Angels, the Chi-Lites, Florence LaRue of 5th Dimenion, Brooklyn Bridge, and more.

Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster. Call (724) 983-2025 for more information. Tickets will range from $25 to $45 per show, and table seats ($60) with artists are also available.

Also, the Eerie Horror Film Festival will feature director obe Hooper as a special guest next year. Marilyn Burns, the Erie native who appeared in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," will also visit. She was supposed to make it this year but was hospitalized with a perforated ulcer and couldn't make the trip.


September 29, 2008

AC/DC adds Cleveland show; no Zep tour

Live Nation today confirmed a Jan. 5 concert with AC/DC at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

That's the good news. The bad: Reserved tickets are $91.50. They go on sale Oct. 4 at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster outlets, including ticketmaster.com.

Earlier rumors about Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band playing halftime at the Super Bowl were confirmed on Monday.

The group will play the title game on Feb. 1 in Tampa Bay, Fla.

London, England's the Sun tabloid reported last week that Robert Plant would join Led Zeppelin for a world tour in 2009. Like a lot of tabloid reports that was wrong.
Plant has categorically denied he'll rock and roll withn Zeppelin. He posted on his web site that he "has no intention whatsoever of touring with anyone for at least the next two years."

Tickets are on sale now for "Boom a Ring," a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus spectacular that'll take over Tullio Arena for six shows from Oct.30-Nov. 2.
Tickets are $17 and $11, with a limited amount of VIP seats available. This event also includes the free all-access pre-show, where you can mingle with performers and catch them in action an hour before the show starts.

For ticket details, call 452-4857.