Concert News Update

05.11.2013 at 7:24 pm by chicagojacobs

This week the team behind the Austin City Limits Festival made a major announcement about their upcoming event. The event organizers revealed that they would be back for a 2013 tour and that this year’s event would be held over a two week period. The event will take place October 4th-5th and October 11th-13th. This will be the first year that the festival will expand over a two week period. Artists on deck to perform at the event include Muse, Lionel Richie, Depeche Mode and more. Tickets go on sale later this month for those who are looking to see all of the action live.

In other music news, former Hole front-woman Courtney Love revealed that she will be heading out on a number of solo club theater shows. The shows will be taking place in venues across the East Coast this summer. This week when Love revealed the details of the upcoming event she announced that the tour would be kicking off with a June 20th performance in Philadelphia. During the outing, the singer will also be playing six more shows along the coast. The event will end with a June 29th show in Huntington, NY. Tickets to see Courtney Love live are on sale and available to the public now.

Finally in one of the biggest announcements of the week, Country superstar Brad Paisley has just head out on the first leg of his summer tour. This tour called the “Beat the Summer Tour’ will take the performer to some of the biggest venues in the country and kicked off with a show in St. Louis Missouri. As the concert kicked off Paisley also earned two CMT Music Award nominations for his latest singles, making the event an exciting one for Paisley and his fans. The tour will take the performer to 28 different major markets over the course of the event which will include two stops in Canada. Tickets for the rest of the tour events are on sale now for those looking to see Braid Paisley take the stage live.

Entertainment News March 13th

03.13.2013 at 2:09 pm by chicagojacobs

This week it was revealed that a 2013 Watershed Festival would be taking place in George, WA. This will be the second annual Watershed Festival, and news regarding the headliners for the event has been revealed this week. The three-day country festival and camping event will feature acts such as Luke Bryan, Toby Keith and Brad Paisley all performing at the massive Gorge Amphitheater in George, WA. Tickets for the massive country music festival will go on sale March 15th. The public will be able to get tickets and passes to see all of the action unfold live for this massive event.

However, for rock fans, one of the biggest announcements of the week came from the veteran rock group, Depeche Mode. The rockers revealed that they will be going on tour in North America this fall for a massive outing that will take them to some of the biggest venues in the entire country. During this tour fans will be able to see some of the group’s biggest hits of all time performed live in a new concert spectacular. The tour is slated to kick off on August 22nd in Clarkston, Michigan and will take the rockers to 19 different locations. Tickets go on sale for the event on April 6th to the general public. As one of the first big tour announcements for the fall, tickets to see Depeche Mode live are expected to go quickly.

While many are excited to see Depeche Mode; another group of long time rockers have revealed they will be hitting the road in their own tour. Rock group, the Smashing Pumpkins revealed they will be spending the spring and summer time touring around the world in a new tour that will support their latest album “Oceania.” Tickets for the global tour are on sale now and available to the public. Will you be getting tickets to this rare opportunity to see the Smashing Pumpkins perform live?