March 2007 Nite Crawl

Nite Crawl

March Nite Crawl 2007

By Roger Anderson

Sharon & Ozzy announce the 12^th Annual Ozzfest is FREE this year, go to www.ozzfest.com and make the journey to KC or Chicago for this year’s closest venues! . . . Trouble on the horizon, as a planned reunion of Van Halen is now on hold according to Live Nation – get your shit together dudes, grow up! . . . Christy Love parts ways on not so friendly terms w/Boogie Wonderland. There is life after Boogie Wonderland and so far so good! . . . You want one more reason to escape to the Bahamas - Anna Nicole will be buried alongside her son in the paradise islands for you tourist grave dwellers . . . Shannon Stewart leaves the Minnesota Twins for the Oakland A’s, bummer! On the contrary, Joe Mauer gets $33M and is locked up thru 2010, well deserving! Justin Morneau’s new contract with the Twins is signed worth 4.5M. World Series contenders –locked in, here we freaking come, go get ‘em Twins! . . . Hard Rock International sells for $965 million to members of the Seminole Indian Tribe, now that’s some big bucks! How many HRC’s have you been to? There are 124 altogether, but who’s counting . . . Brett is back! 37-year-old Favre is going to let it all hang another year, which could very well be his last ever with the Green Bay Packers! I want tix to their last legendary home game, I’m going for a piece of history, Viking fan or no Viking fan – Rest in Peace. . . . Congrats to Grammy Award recipients, Dan Wilson for his co-author participation in “Not Ready to Make Nice” with the Dixie Chicks, Bob Dylan won in two categories as well as Jonny Lang. Unfortunately, neither appeared on the show. However, we did SEE Prince, even though he was a little late and came up “short” on his nominations. Gotta love him though –he’s suddenly everywhere you look. Now if only local radio would pick up on a new Twin Cities artist, we might even be considered a major music market worth reckoning with. It’s just too damn bad that you have to be recognized outside the Twin Cities first before you command the respect out of the local airwaves, that is really f*cked up and a cryin’ shame! . . . Love Janis - The Life and Music of Janis Joplin, rockin’ NOW thru April 15^th at the McKnight Theatre at Ordway Center. Rumor has it that Janis’s band, Big Brother and the Holding Co, is coming to the Twin Cities prior to summer! . . . Last month TC star sighting: Jessica Simpson sporting her new brunette hair color with John Mayer @ Bunkers, where was I? Go to www.perez.com for some candid photos at Mpls’s best intimate venue . . . Renegades presents DOKKEN, Thurs. Mar. 1^st, Stephen Pearcy of Ratt Sat. Mar. 17^th w/special guest, Skywynd, Ruf Recording Artist, Corey Stevens March 23^rd, and on the 31^st via London, Girlschool, the all-female opening act for Iron Maiden and the Scorpions in Europe . . . The Minnesota Orchestra Performs “The Music of Led Zeppelin: A Rock Symphony, Sat. Mar 3^rd 8pm @ the US Bank Theater at Target Center, Brent Havens, Conductor & Randy Jackson vocalist . . . JORDIS UNGA w/special guest Brittany Benjamin & Jesse Lang back by popular demand in a duo unplugged presentation @ the Rock in Maplewood, March 9^th – tix $10 advance & $13 day of show, -www.therocknightclub.com . . . Delbert McClinton w/special guest Big Walter Smith at the Medina Ballroom Sat. Mar. 10, music @ 8:30pm . . . The Wain McFarlane benefit feat. Cyndi Lauper, Soul Asylum and more @ Myth Live on March 10^th . . . Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in NY plays host March 12^th for the 2007 Induction Ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Congrats go out to inductee Van Halen. Can you believe Eddie Van Halen and I are the same age? Billy Idol joins Christina Aguilera with my Pussycat Dolls @ Xcel Energy Center, Mar. 19^th . . . Corey Stevens debut appearance at Trocaderos in Minneapolis on Sat. the 24^th with Mark Anthony and Storm Trooper opening. . . . Idol Star -Taylor Hicks to play Mystic Lake Casino in Prior Lake on the 25^th . . . Blue Man Group at Excel Energy Center Mar. 30^th, Tix. $50-80 . . . Firehouse w/special guest, Gingerjake back by popular demand at Bogart’s March 30^th. Get there early, GJ rocks w/ Amanda Harris strutting the stage - she’s awesome! . . . New Releases currently include Katharine McPhee on RCA (note -sold 116,000 units in her first week,) Gwen Stefani and coming in April, Paris Bennett’s release “Princess P” on the Twin Cities based 308 Entertainment Label - sweet! . . . Back by popular demand, John Legend at the Orpheum on the 12^th of April . . . Hotel California a Tribute to the Eagles at the Medina Ballroom Fri. April 13^th! . . . Rock icon, Rod Stewart @ Xcel Energy Center on the 25^th of April. Did you know Badfinger’s “Day After Day” made the new Steward disc? . . . May the real “Toto” stand up at Trocaderos in Mpls. May 5^th . . . Norah Jones and the Handsome Band, Sun., May 6^th @ the Orpheum, tix. $45.50-$56.50 –check out her new disc, “Not Too late,” with an impressive 405,000 copies debut! . . . Billy Joel May 9 @ Xcel Energy Center . . . The Killers at Roy Wilkins Auditorium May 15^th . . . Fall Out Boy, May 16^th @ Target Center . . . Hank Williams Jr. & Lynyrd Skynyrd at Target Center May 19^th . . . “Wind It Up” w/Gwen Stefani at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on June 5^th . . . THE FRAY, JUNE 11^th at Target Center, tix only $18.75-$33.75, what a deal! . . . Toby Keith, Sawyer Brown, the Wreckers, John Anderson, Heartland, and Keith Urban booked for this summer’s 25^th Annual We Fest in Detroit Lakes . . . Iggy and the Stooges, Derek Trucks Band, Gov’t Mule and Little Feat booked @ the 5^th Annual 10,000 Lakes Festival July 18^th-21^st, also in Detroit Lakes . . . Brad Paisley Thurs. Aug. 23^rd @ the Minnesota State Fair -this year’s dates are Aug. 23^rd thru Sept. 3^rd . . . I can’t wait for Summer, how ‘bout you?