Archive | Concert Review
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Concert review: Black Keys display muscle and finesse
Dan Auerbach, one half of the blues-rock duo The Black Keys, steadies his guitar and launches the Keys into the 2003 song “Thickfreakness.” Auerbach’s riff dominates the track.
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Concert review: The Black Keys rock tour stop
For The Black Keys, volume is not an issue. The duo produced deafening sound in the Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio on Sunday. The night ended with two hefty disco balls illuminating the stage and the audience in multicolored light, but it began with two lively, percussion-heavy bands.
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Column: How my Bonnaroo trip became hell in Manchester
Sunshine, live music, boobs, death. Don't get me wrong, music festivals are a lot of fun, but there is one four-day celebration to which I will never return. When I purchased my almost $300 ticket to last year's Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn.
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Concert review: Rapper Drake takes care of crowd
For one night, Columbus was with Drake shooting in the gym. In fact, the Canadian-born MC seemed somewhat surprised when the sold-out crowd at the Schottenstein Center recited the now-infamous line from his verse on "Stay Schemin'" without his aid as part of his set on the Club Paradise Tour, whic...
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Concert review: Blake Shelton amps it up for performance
"If you're worrying about something you have to do in the morning, then you can kiss 11,000 people's ass!" Blake Shelton shouted to an almost-full Nationwide Arena Friday. This preceded the song "All About Tonight," and set the tone for what was an entertaining concert.
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Concert review: Jeffrey Ross at the Pabst Theater
In recent years, Comedy Central’s roast series has become one of the station’s most popular and memorable programs. From Pamela Anderson to Charlie Sheen, notorious celebrities have suffered an awful slew of roasts from numerous comics.
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Concert review: Lady Antebellum rocks audience
Three of contemporary country music’s biggest acts “owned the night” in front of a sold-out Bryce Jordan Center crowd Saturday night. Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker and Thompson Square stopped at Penn State U.
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SNL’s Seth Meyers pulls no punch lines
Head writer of Saturday Night Live and host of SNL's “Weekend Update” Seth Meyers performed standup comedy last Friday to an excited audience at Carnegie Mellon U.
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Concert review: Taylor Swift brings down the house
Originally scheduled for July 9 and 10, the Taylor Swift concerts packed Philips Arena in Atlanta this past weekend on Oct. 1 and 2. While the songstress proves popular on the charts and with fans, her musical abilities do not quite match up with her popularity.