May 12, 2008Robert Plant and Alison Krau$$One of my co-workers e-mailed to say she and her husband were looking forward to the June 2 Plant-Krauss concert at the Roanoke Civic Center -- that is, until she got a look at the ticket prices. Tickets are going for $49 to $70. "I hope you won't take Roanokers to task when this probably great show gets a tiny turnout," my co-worker wrote. "This is outrageous." Roanoke has seen its share of $50-plus shows the past seven or eight years. Cher, Elton John and Rod Stewart have all commanded top dollar. But will music fans part with three and a half sawbucks to see a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer (who's doing some Zeppelin on this tour, I've heard) and a bluegrass ingenue? We'll know in three weeks. May 9, 2008Blue Mountain stage heavily damaged by stormFestival sources said a tornado touched town Thursday night, felling trees on the stage. But the June 20-21 shows will go on, according to site owner Rob King. 
Photo courtesy Judy King Below is raw copy from my contribution to a story that will run in The Roanoke Times and roanoke.com tomorrow: Continue reading "Blue Mountain stage heavily damaged by storm" » May 8, 2008Miley Cyrus, Disney and a half-nekkid duck in this week's Riffs columnRalph is out today, and I can't think of anything witty to write -- especially given that Ralph already opened with this killer: Holy Hannah Montana! Miley Cyrus has ... um, shoulders. And a back. Wow! Who knew? Apparently, Disney didn't. You'd think a company that's allowed a cartoon duck to waddle around pants-less for nearly 75 years wouldn't let a bare shoulder ruffle its feathers. Read the rest of it here, and drop us some feedback. Country music great Eddy Arnold has diedHere was one of the smoothest cats ever. Arnold died this morning. Continue reading "Country music great Eddy Arnold has died" » Modest Mouse coming to Charlottesville PavilionMaybe some day we'll have a decent-sized amphitheater in town or nearby, and we won't have to drive to Charlottesville to see bands like Modest Mouse. Till then ... http://www.livenation.com/event/getEvent/eventId/328046/?c=dm-473355&p=Test Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. |
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