Concert Tour News

03.03.2013 at 5:45 pm by chicagojacobs

With many spring concert tours in full swing and many of the biggest acts in music already on the road for their annual tours, there has been a great deal of news surrounding performers who are adding additional legs to their concerts. Veteran rock band, Soundgarden recently announced that they would be adding a second leg to their current tour due to overwhelming popularity. The tour, called the “King Animal” tour currently as the band on the road touring around North America. The band announced that they will be adding a second round of US tour dates to their tour and 18 more stops to their current trek. The second leg of the tour will begin May 3rd. Tickets for the recently added concert dates are on sale now.

Another long time rock group, Motley Crue also made announcements this week regarding their current tour. The band is currently on the road with fellow rockers KISS co-headlining an Australian tour. Due to the overwhelming success of their current outing, the group will be adding a month of arena shows to their concert event. The band will be kicking off these shows in Canada, where they will stay for a month until playing just a single show in the United States in Gilford, NH to end their tour. Tickets for the new leg of this tour are now available to the public for those who want to see the long time rock group take the stage live.

Finally one of the biggest announcements of the week regarding rock veterans came from the group Green Day. The rockers announced they would also be adding new tour dates to their current world wide tour schedule. The rockers will be playing in several festivals as well as three intimate club concerts this year. While the rockers primarily play in large arenas; they will be adding concerts in these more intimate venues as way to give fans a rare chance to see them up close and personal. Tickets for these newly added US tour dates will go on sale this week to the public. Will you be getting tickets to see Green Day perform?

Weekend Update

11.04.2012 at 7:32 pm by chicagojacobs

While the upcoming Christmas season is bringing a number of new special holiday shows, recent events around the country have also resulted in the cancellation of many live entertainment performances. Some of the most notable cancellations in the entertainment world have come as a result of Hurricane Sandy. Broadway sales have been drastically impacted by the hurricane and caused many shows to get record low ticket sales.

One of the biggest cancellations came from the professional sports world. The new Brooklyn Nets, formerly the New Jersey Nets, were forced to cancel their first home game of the season, which was also their official opening of the Barclays Center. This highly anticipated opening was scheduled to be a big moment for the team and the city as they welcomed the new Barclays center into the Brooklyn area. However, the Thursday season opener was cancelled and fans will be able to get tickets to a makeup game later in the season. The NBA of course isn’t the only league canceling games, the NHL recently announced that they have still been unable to reach an agreement and that games throughout the month of November are officially cancelled and that fans will have to wait until at least December to see their favorite teams take the ice.

Meanwhile the rock band, Green Day, who was in the midst of their popular 2012-2013 tour, announced they would be postponing their tour dates from January and February while lead singer Billie Joel Armstrong takes some personal time to enter a rehabilitation facility. The band announced that all of their new dates will be announced once Armstrong is ready to continue the tour in 2013. The group also revealed that all tickets that were purchased from shows from September 26th to December 10th will be refunded.

Fortunately, while many national events are being cancelled other artists are kicking off new tours and events around the country. This week Rick Ross kicked off his MMG Tour a 23 stop tour across the United States that ends on December 2nd. Tickets for the event are on sale now while fans can take advantage of this opportunity to see Rick Ross Live all month long. Fans of country music also enjoyed a great announcement this week as Little Big Town announced their new tour, called The Tornado Tour, which is set to launch in January of 2013. Tickets for this 25 cit concert are on sale now; do you have yours yet?