Nite Crawl
December
’06
Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves received the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship award by the Professional Basketball Writers Association last month at Target Center; Herb Brooks, St. Paul native and coach of the “Miracle on Ice” team who won Gold at the ’80 Olympics in Lake Placid was nominated into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto; Prince was inducted into the U.K. Music Hall of Fame as well as debuted at his new Vegas venue, Club 3121 at the Rio Hotel & Casino, for more info go to www.3121.com; Twins pitcher, Johan Santana received his second Cy Young award – nice work gentlemen, I guess you can say there has been a few moments as of late! . . . Dec – March 4th “Baseball as America" at the Minnesota History Center featuring a blockbuster exhibit featuring more than 500 treasures from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum! . . . Meanwhile in Los Angeles, Britney Spears has filed for divorce from Kevin Federline, citing irreconcilable differences, imagine that! . . . Paul McCartney released the perfect stocking stuffer, a new DVD movie of his ’05 US Tour, which included a performance transmitted to the International Space Station, the disc is entitled, “The Space Within Us.” . . . Former pro football star Emmitt Smith definitely cut the rug in ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” but who was watching him, Cheryl Burke was in my binoculars!. . . Swordlord Productions presents The Twisted Christmas Tour feat. TWISTED SISTER, Dec. 1st @ Myth . . . Three new CDs for your Christmas Wish list - Kellie Pickler’s, “Small Town Girl,” Meat Loaf w/”Bat Out of Hell III,” and who could leave out, the Who’s, “Endless Wire!” . . . A Pov’s doubleheader with Aultimate Ozzy and Van Hagar on Friday and Aultimate Ozzy and the Atomic Punks on Saturday, the 1st and 2nd of December . . . GUNS N’ ROSES including former Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson to hit Target Center Dec. 2nd . . . Jordis Unga in a Duo Presentation Dec. 3rd @ Rossi’s Blue Star for the Madsen Foundation Silent Auction, established to provide for financially disadvantaged students . . . Gov’t Mule, Dec. 6th @ the O’Shaughnessy on the College of St. Catherine Campus . . . Aerosmith & Motley Crue are back @ the Target Center on Dec. 7th, doors 6:30pm, showtime 7:30 –all ages. . . Corey Stevens with his full band back by popular demand at Renegades, Dec. 8th . . . Along with some recording at Flyte Tyme Studios, LA GUNS feat. Steve Riley and Phil Lewis are back in the area live @ LCO Casino/Hayward, WI w/ special guests Scarlet Haze on the 8th as well as Throwbacks in Woodbury on the 9th of Dec. with TNT opening . . . Kellie Pickler live along with an autograph signing session as part of the Holiday Music Festival, 1:00pm, Dec. 9th @ the Mall of America Rotunda, for more info and a list of performing artists, go to www.mallofamerica.com . . . The WHO uncut, uncensored, unrepentant w/special guests, The Pretenders @ Xcel Energy Center on Dec. 8! . . . Bret Michaels (of Poison) “Nothing But a Good Time,” Holiday Bash! at Renegades in Burnsville, Sunday, Dec. 10th. . . . . Beatlemania, The 27th Annual John Lennon Tribute featuring Curtiss A. @ First Ave on the 10th and if that isn’t good enough, Sean Lennon on Dec. 11th . . . Fall Out Boy along with Brooke Hogan and more are all part of the KDWB Jingle Ball on Dec. 11th @ Myth . . . Jingle Bell Doc with the Minnesota Orchestra at Orchestra Hall Dec. 14-17 . . . On sale today Dec. 16th, REO Speedwagon @ Mystic Lake Casino / Celebrity Palace Theatre – Mystic Lake Casino in Prior Lake, MN March 4th, www.mysticlake.com . . . Check out the Annual 93X Nutcracker on Dec. 16th @ Myth, Merry Freaking Rock ‘n Roll featuring Three Days Grace, Army of Anyone, and Psychostick! . . . All-American Rejects @ The Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium / St. Paul, Dec. 16th . . . Local celebs / MN Music Award Winners, Scarlet Haze returns to Bunkers in Minneapolis on the 16th – P.S. Guitarist Casey Smith formerly of Jesse Lang hits the stage with Scarlet beginning January 1st . . . Kenny Loggins (“Your Mama Don’t Dance and Your Daddy Don’t Rock ‘n Roll:) - “Celebrate Me Home For Christmas Show” at Mystic Lake Casino in Prior Lake on the 17th . . . OK, you know I am really in the Xmas spirit when I give Marie Osmond’s “The Magic of Christmas” a plug – Dec. 19th @ US Bank Theater / Target Center . . . Soul Asylum, Dec. 22nd @ First Ave, tix Only $15 . . . . Fergie Frederiksen formerly of Toto along with backup band Heartbreaker, In Concert @ Renegades on the 22nd . . . Skywynd in a Prime Time debut in Burnsville on the 27th . . . A Christmas Carol, Dec. 1-Dec. 30 –www.guthrietheater.org . . . There is a Santa Claus, Tori Hunter’s 2007 contract option was picked up by Twins General Manager, Terry Ryan –send him a box of chocolates! . . . Strutter raps up their 15th Anniversary Tour with a date at Bogart’s in Apple Valley in a December 30th pre-NYE Extravaganza, LONG LIVE KISS!!!! This Year’s most impressive New Year’s Eve list includes The Cities 97 NYE feat. Tim Mahoney, Trippin’ Billies, the Alarmists, Leep 27, and Concentual at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis; Jack 104.1 presents the Hoopsnakes at the Sheraton Bloomington; Carrie Underwood @ Celebrity Palace Theatre @ Mystic Lake Casino in Prior Lake and last but definitely not least for us rockers: Warrant, New Year’s Eve @ Prime Time in Burnsville in the Southern ‘Burbs and Aultimate Ozzy due West at the Pondy in Zimmerman! . . . Metal Church coming in January, go to www.myspace.com/swordlord . . . Lewis Black -Red, White & Screwed, live at the State Theatre Saturday, Jan. 20th, 7pm doors / 8pm show, this is the funniest man alive! Expect 4-letter words, not a good choice for the family, if that offends you, don’t go. . . . ‘N Sync alumni, Justin Timberlake w/ very special guest, PINK, Sat., Jan. 27th @ Xcel Energy Center, www.justintimberlakefanclub.com . . .The Rock Star Supernova Tour starring Tommy Lee, Jason Newsted, Gilby Clarke, Lukas Rossi @ the Legendary Roy Wilkens Auditorium, Feb. 8th . . . MTVU presents John Mayer – Feb. 13th @ Xcel Energy Center . . . Christina Aguilera @ Xcel Energy, March 19th! . . . Rod Stewart will rock the Xcel Energy Center on the 25th of April . . . “I'm dreaming of a White Christmas!”