July 2006
Congrats
go out to Nicole Kidman Urban and Keith Urban now wedding partners! Expect a
love ballad on Keith’s upcoming release.
. . . Happy Belated 64th Birthdays go out to two of my
favorite bassists, Paul McCartney and Lee Dorman of Iron Butterfly. . . . You
may not find it on the Best Seller’s List, but for rock enthusiasts with too
much time on their hands, check out new book release, “The Dark Side of the
Moon: The Making of the Pink Floyd
Masterpiece.” By John Harris . . . A salute to DJ Mei Young as she exits
Homegrown, a local music show she began 10 years ago on KQ.
She has left a career of 15 years plus at KQRS and 1 year at Drive 105 as
promotions director to do commercial and “imaging work” outside the
Corporate umbrella. Best Wishes Mei, Aloha! . . . June
29th – July 3rd Turn Up the Summer with Milwaukee’s
Summerfest, the World’s Largest Music Festival! . . . July kicks off with
Pondy Jam 2006 in Zimmerman July 1st with the Tracey Blake Project,
Transit Authority, Austin Healy, Aultimate Ozzy, Porkchop and Lamont Cranston,
for more info phone 763 856-4662 . . . Candlebox with Skywynd at First Avenue
Sunday, July 2nd, also Not so Pretty is PINK, July 5th /
all ages with a post concert after-show party
with Lucky Mic at 7th Street Entry, Pink funks out!
. . . Taste of Minnesota
over the 4th of July weekend to include the following headliners –
Alice Cooper and Gary Wright on the 30th, Los
Lonely Boys, Savoy Brown and The Association on the 1st , Roger
Hodgson of Supertramp and Davy Jones (the Monkees) and Transit Authority on the
2nd , Soul Asylum, Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone and Dwight
Twilley on the 3rd and David Cassidy, Gypsy, Al Jardine, founding
member of the Beach Boys and GB Leighton on the 4th – for a
complete schedule go to www.tasteofmn.org . . . Rubber Soul The Tribute at the 4th
of July Funfest in Eagan, showtime, 7pm . . . The Psychedelic Furs and Electric
Six at the Subway Music In the Zoo 2006 Concert Series Friday, July 7th
- $27 ticket . . .93 X presents The Unholy Alliance Preaching to the Perverted
Tour 2006 feat. Slayer, lamb of god, Mastodon, Children of Bodom, Thine Eyes
Bleed @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium, July 8th . . . Train, Aqualung, and
Mat Kearney, July 8th on the Windsor Canadian Stage at the Basilica
Block Party / St. Paul - Trampled by Turtles and The Fray as headlines the night
before on opening night – www.basilicablockparty.org, presented by Miller Lite,
who said drinking was bad? . . .
Also, Robin Trower at the Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul
on the 8th . . . OZZFest
without Ozzy at Somerset, WI on July 14th, CANCELLED. . . 92 KQRS
presents the 15th Anniversary Moondance Jam, the Campin’ &
Jamin’ Event of the Summer - July 12-15 feat. Nugent, The Outlaws, The Guess
Who, the Doobies, Steppenwolf, Starship, Dennis DeYoung of Styx, Heart, Alice
Cooper, LRB, The Bangles, Kenny Wayne Shepherd . . . Transit Authority, a
Disney/Epcot alumni, is one of the featured acts at the St. Croix Music and Art
Festival in Hudson, WI July 15th, note TA returns to Epcot Aug 7-13 .
. . Foreigner performing hits,
“Hot Blooded,” “Feels Like the First Time,” and more at Mystic Lake
Casino Hotel Sunday, July 16th at 7pm . . . Fiona Apple strips it
down @ the Northrop Auditorium /
Mpls., July 14th .
. . Triple-header on July 18th with Def Leppard & Journey at
Target Center; The Goo Goo Dolls Live (www.googoodolls.com) @ Myth; and Melissa
Etheridge (www.melissaetheridge.com) at the State Theatre.
Also, check out her new greatest hits CD, “The Road Less Traveled” in
stores now! . . . Myth presents LL
Cool J Live July 20th and Hit Me With Your Best Shot – PAT BENATAR
with Neil Giraldo, July 27th . . . July 19-22 the 10,000 Lakes
Festival with String Cheese Incident, O.A.R., Big Head Todd & Monsters,
The Big Wu, Tea Leaf Green the New Primitives , and many more plus camping at
the Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, MN, go to www.10klf.com . . . Ghostriders
Inc. presents their third major event of the summer featuring Scarlet Haze and
direct from Dublin, Ireland - Thin Lizzy (“Twilight Zone,” “Jailbreak”)
at Renegades Bar and Grill in Burnsville, July 28th, outdoors / rain
or shine . . . Rumble to Revy’s in Atwater, MN, July 28-29th, feat.
Jimmie Van Zant, Aultimate Ozzy, Knight Crawler, Austin Healy and more . . . If
you missed REO (Awesome show!) last month at Myth, you have a second chance July
28th with REO, Styx and Starship featuring Mickey Thomas at Jackpot
Junction Casino Hotel in Morton, MN – www.jackpotjunction.com . . . Ribfest
America on Harriet Island presents Famous Dave’s Ribs as well as The Little
River Band on the 27th; Corey Stevens and Big Head Todd on the 28th;
Head East, The Marshall Tucker Band, Jimmie Van Zant and Ted Nugent on the 29th;
Kansas on the 30th among others, VERY TASTY!. . . Road
Trip of the Month: Lollapalooza (www.lollapalooza.com)
Aug. 4-6, Grant Park /Chicago – Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kanye West, The Flaming
Lips, Queens of the Stone Age and more . . .
Wefest.com - Aug. 3-5,
Detroit Lakes, MN feat. Martina McBride, Keith Urban, Big & Rich, Sugarland,
Trisha Yearwood, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts and much more . . . The Black
Crows and Robert Randolph team it up in cheese country, Somerset, WI on the 6th
of August . . . Off to the Annual Sturgis Bike Rally with this year’s
highlight - James Gang (“Funk 49” & Joe Walsh) at the Rally - 1st
tour in 35 years, Aug. 10th . . . The Dixie Chicks (for President –
hee haw!) on their Accidents & Accusations Tour currently with a #1 VH1 Top
20 Video at Target Center Friday, August 18th . . . Main Grandstand
at the MN State Fair this year features another all-star lineup to include
Bonnie Raitt on the 26th of August,
The 20th Anniversary Tour with POISON & Firehouse, Aug. 29th
and The Steve Miller Band , Monday, Aug. 28th for a little bit of
Rock n’ Roll, but also little bit country with Allan Jackson, Wednesday, Aug.
30th, Kenny Rogers and The Oak Ridge Boys
Thursday, August 31st, The Bodeans and Gear Daddies on Sept. 2nd,
and Brooks & Dunn with special guest Sugarland, Monday Sept. 4th
. . . American Idols Live Tour 2006 – August 22nd at Xcel Energy
Center . . . Backyard Barbeque &
Bluesfest at Jackpot Junction Casino September 9th starting at 2pm
with Jonny Lang, Buddy Guy, Dr. John, Blind Boys of Alabama, and Maria Muldaur .
. . Nickelback with special guests Hoobastank, Chevelle and Hinder at Xcel
Energy Center September 14th. Nickelback’s
new CD, “All the Right Reasons,” In Stores Now.
Go to www.nickelback.com .
. . Two words, ERIC CLAPTON – September 16th Xcel Energy Center
with special guest Robert Cray . . . Live In Concert the Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Sunday, November 5th at Xcel Energy Center . . . I may be totally out
of my Cherry Pie, but for the first New Year’s Eve announcement, Warrant is
locked at the Prime Time in Burnsville! Check
out the band’s brand spanking new Warrant CD NOW AVAILABLE, go to www.warrantweb.net
! . . . Alas but definitely not
least, after a 25-year hiatus as one of the all-time greatest Southern Rock acts
to perform in the Northland, Austin Healy to hang up their hat and perform
“Freebird” for the last time with a blow-out 25th Anniversary / Break Up
Celebration early September, stay tuned!