Video: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club covers The Call’s “Let the Day Begin”
Los Angeles rock band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club has released the video for its cover of The Call’s anthemic “Let the Day Begin.”
BRMC bassist/singer Robert Levon Been is the son of The Call’s late frontman, Oklahoma City native Michael Been. The elder Been died in 2010 of a heart attack while touring in Belgium as Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s sound man.
As previously reported, the younger Been will join original members of The Call – Tom Ferrier, Jim Goodwin and Scott Musick, who hails from Tulsa – for two reunion shows later this month.
Been will take over the band’s bass and vocal duties in honor of his late father.
The Call disbanded in 1990, and it has been more than 20 years since the band’s last live show.
The group is best remembered for its songs “The Walls Came Down,” “I Still Believe” and “Everywhere I Go,” as well as “Let The Day Begin.” Formed in 1980 in the San Francisco, the band released 10 albums.
BRMC’s cover of “Let the Day Begin” is the first single off the group’s new album “Specter at the Feast,” released March 18.
The Call reunion shows are set for April 18 in San Francisco at Slim’s and April 19 in Los Angeles at The Troubadour. For tickets and information, go to www.the-call-band.com.
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Video: Tickets on sale Friday to Paul McCartney’s Tulsa show
TULSA – Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday for Sir Paul McCartney’s May 29 show at the BOK Center.
As previously reported, the music legend is planning a return engagement at the arena in honor of its fifth anniversary. The show is part of his “Out There” tour.
Tickets will be available online at www.bokcenter.com, Arby’s Box Office, all Tickets.com outlets, or by phone at (866) 726-5287.
McCartney, 70, last played Oklahoma in 2009, when he performed a sold-out show as part of the BOK Center’s first
Paul McCartney (AP file)
anniversary celebration. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer played his first-ever Sooner State show in 2002 just months after the Oklahoma City arena now known as Chesapeake Energy Arena opened.
The Tulsa concert is one of only five U.S. dates planned on his “Out There” trek, which will play Austin, Texas, on May 22; Boston’s Fenway Park on July 9; and Manchester, Tenn.’s massive Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in June. In addition, McCartney on July 12 will return to Washington, D.C. – the site of The Beatles’ first-ever U.S. concert in 1964 at the Washington Coliseum – for his first public performance since his monumental August 2009 show at FedExField, according to a news release.
McCartney, whose last studio album was 2012′s Grammy-winning standards collection “Kisses of the Bottom,” also will play Brazil, Poland, Italy and Austria on his summer trip.
Macca, who last year marked 40 years since his first tour as a solo artist, has performed in a wide range of venues in the past four decades, including outside the Coliseum in Rome, in Moscow’s Red Square, at the White House, at a free show in Mexico to more than 400,000 people and at Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee Concert outside Buckingham Palace. He even had a performance beamed into outer space, according to a news release.
Considered one of the most successful songwriters in rock ‘n’ roll history, the British superstar’s “Out There” tour will feature a new, never-before-seen production and songs spanning his solo career as well as his tenure in the bands Wings and The Beatles. He will perform with his band of more than 10 years: Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens (keyboards), Rusty Anderson (guitar), Abe Laboriel Jr. (drums) and Brian Ray (bass/guitar).
The BOK Center recently achieved a major milestone, surpassing the $100 million mark in ticket sales since between the venue’s opening almost five years ago. Ticket sale figures were compiled from 803 events that took place at the arena from its opening in September 2008 through February 2013, with a combined attendance of more than 3.2 million guests. Along with McCartney’s 2009 show, other high-profile concert tours to play the BOK Center include the Eagles, Celine Dion, Billy Joel and Elton John, Tom Petty, Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Aerosmith and George Strait.
For more information, go to www.bokcenter.com.
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Wednesday Video Spotlight: Oklahomans perform at the 2013 ACM Awards
As previously reported, Sunday was a big night for Tishomingo’s country music power couple, Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert.
From left, Angaleena Presley and Miranda Lambert of the Pistol Annies and Blake Shelton perform at the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 7, 2013. (AP)
Shelton co-hosted the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards and performed solo, in the star-studded opening number that included his bride and the closing number featuring R&B legend Stevie Wonder.
Lambert won a leading four trophies, including one she shared with her husband, and performed twice, counting the show opener.
In addition, Checotah native Carrie Underwood belted her latest chart-topper, and Owasso resident Garth Brooks teamed for the first time with fellow ACM Artist of the Decade George Strait.
To read my live blog of the ACM Awards, click here.
And check out these video clips of the Oklahomans performing during the show:
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Wednesday Video Spotlight: Rascal Flatts and Journey to co-headline one-night-only concert
Journey’s Jonathan Cain, second from right, and Neil Schon, second from left, pose with Rascal Flatts’ Joe Don Rooney, center, Jay DeMarcus, left, and Gary Levox, right, in New Orleans on Friday Feb. 1, 2013. Journey and Rascal Flatts performed together in New Orleans for a special “CMT’s Crossroads” concert during Super Bowl weekend. (AP)
Rascal Flatts and Journey are teaming up again this summer, with plans to co-headline a one-night only concert in Hershey, Penn., on Aug. 1 at Hersheypark Stadium. The show will go on sale Friday. The Band Perry and Cassadee Pope are the special guests.
Superstar country band Rascal Flatts, which includes Picher-bred guitarist Joe Don Rooney, and platinum-selling pop-rock band Journey, which includes Oklahoma-born guitarist Neal Schon, first performed together on the 2012 CMT Music Awards when they closed the show with the megahit “Don’t Stop Believin’.” The bands also participated in the critically-acclaimed episode of the “CMT Crossroads” series during Super Bowl XLVII.
“We had a blast performing with Journey!” said Gary LeVox, lead singer for Rascal Flatts, in a news release. “Our respect for them as musicians deepened through the television shows we did together that talk soon lead to wanting to do more. We are very excited about this concert.”
“Our most recent performances with Rascal Flatts were awesome,” added Schon in the release. “They’re great guys and great musicians, and we’re looking forward to this show.”
Rascal Flatts is the best-selling country vocal group of the past decade, and with the No. 1 debut of the trio’s latest album, “Changed,” they have the distinction of being one of only four acts to have seven consecutive studio albums debut in the top spot on the Billboard Country Albums chart during the Soundscan era. Since their musical debut in 2000, the band has sold more than 21 million albums, 25 million digital downloads and delivered 14 No. 1 singles to the top of the charts. Rascal Flatts is also the most awarded country group of the past decade, earning over 40 trophies from the American Country Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards, American Music Awards, Country Music Association, People’s Choice Awards and more.
Since its formation in 1973 in San Francisco, Journey has earned 19 Top 40 singles and 25 gold and platinum albums. The band’s “Greatest Hits” album is certified 15-times platinum, bringing Journey into the elite club of diamond-certified album holders. Journey was awarded the prestigious “Legend of Live Award” at the 2011 Billboard Touring Awards in honors of the band’ssignificant and lasting contributions to live music and the touring business, and in acknowledgement of their commitment to the fans and the art of performing live. 2011 also marked the 30th anniversary of the band’s seminal anthem, “Don’t Stop Believin’,” which was honored as the top-selling digital classic rock song in history by Nielsen SoundScan. The group received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005.
Live Nation is tour promoter and additional information can be found at www.livenation.com .
I previously shared a few video clips from the bands’ “CMT Crossroads” concert, and here are a few more:
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Wednesday Video Spotlight: James McCartney to play May 2 at Oklahoma City’s Blue Door
Oklahoma will get a double dose of McCartneys in May.
As previously reported, Sir Paul McCartney is planning a return engagement at the BOK Center in honor of the arena’s fifth anniversary. The former Beatle’s May 29 Tulsa show is part of his 2013 “Out There” tour. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday and will be available online at www.bokcenter.com, Arby’s Box Office, all Tickets.com outlets, or by phone at (866) 726-5287.
On May 2, McCartney’s son, James McCartney, 35, will play Oklahoma City’s Blue Door. The show is part of the celebrated listening room’s 20th anniversary month.
Following a year that introduced him to international success in 2012, James McCartney now heads towards an exciting and unprecedented 2013, a year that will see him release his first full-length album and embark on the 47-date, 27-state tour of the USA that will include the Blue Door. His U.S. tour will be followed by a number of additional shows and appearances across Europe.
The younger McCartney is fresh off the release of his two digital-only EPs, “Available Light” and “Close At Hand,” as well as his first physical release, “The Complete EP Collection,” a special two-disc package that includes the debut EPs in their entirety along with five bonus tracks.
Now, James McCartney is set to release his first full-length album, “Me,” May 21 on ECR Music Group, according to a news release.
“For my first album I wanted to make a record that would be intimate, deeply personal, and honest,” says McCartney in the release. “An album that would say, ‘This is who I am… both musically and personally. This is me.’”
The U.S. tour to accompany the release of “Me” reflects this singular idea. Beginning April 6, McCartney will visit 47 cities coast to coast performing a unique solo-acoustic show in intimate and elegant listening rooms throughout the country. Accompanying himself on guitar and piano, McCartney’s soaring vocals, songwriting, and musicianship will take center stage in this distinctive and powerful setting.
The success of “The Complete EP Collection” in 2012 catapulted McCartney to national awareness in America with his U.S. television debut on “The Late Show With David Letterman.” McCartney followed with his first short tour of North America. Of McCartney’s performances, The NY Daily News writes: “An infectious set . . . [He] has clearly forged a winning sound of his own.” The Boston Globe adds: “. . . The younger McCartney’s promising pop-rock tunes make clear he’s learned a few lessons about melody, phrasing, and charm.”
Looking forward to the thrilling year ahead and the next phase of his career, McCartney’s goals are clear. “Some artists are happy doing the same thing again and again, but my favorite artists are the ones who evolve and grow, and I want to be one of them,” he says in the release.
For more information on James McCartney’s OKC show, go to www.bluedoorokc.com.
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Wednesday Video Spotlight: Adam Ant to play July 30 show at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa
As part of his comeback, pop icon Adam Ant is planning a summer U.S. tour that includes a stop in Tulsa.
The English musician and the latest incarnation of his band, The Good, the Mad and the Lovely Posse, will play July 30 at historic Cain’s Ballroom. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Prices range from $25-$35.
Adam Ant, who rose to fame as lead singer of post-punk group Adam and the Ants in the early ’80s, before embarking on a hit solo career, earned 10 U.K. top 10 hits – including three No. 1s – and became a figurehead for the New Romantic movement in the UK.
After overcoming a well-documented battle with depression and bipolar disorder, the London legend released in January his first album in 17 years, “Adam Ant Is The Blueblack Hussar Is Marrying The Gunner s Daughter.” Among the album’s 17 tracks is the cool swampy-bluesy single “Cool Zombie.”
Following successful touring last year in Britain, America and Australia, the musician will launch his biggest U.S. tour in nearly two decades in mid-July. It will take in 22 states as well as Canada before finishing towards the end of September.
Adam has created so many great songs in the course of his long career, including one of my favorite songs of all the ’80s, “Goody Two Shoes.” When I was a kid, I probably watched the music video at least 100 times – on VHS taped off late-night pre-cable television no less!
Now, you can watch lots of his vintage videos on YouTube, without all that inconvenient rewinding!
For more information on Adam Ant, go to www.adam-ant.net. For tickets and information on Adam’s Tulsa show, go to www.cainsballroom.com.
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Daily performance lineup announced for Rocklahoma 2013
Guns N’ Roses (AP file)
PRYOR – The daily performance lineup for Rocklahoma 2013 has been revealed and single day tickets will be available for purchase beginning at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 17 at www.rocklahoma.com.
Rocklahoma, presented by Bud Light, will celebrate its seventh year May 24-26 with an expansive rock lineup including Guns N’ Roses, Alice In Chains, Korn and many more. The three-day camping festival features the top current active rock artists and classic bands at “Catch the Fever” Festival Grounds.
The current daily performance lineup for Rocklahoma:
Thursday, May 23 (AXiS Campground Stage)
Triple 7, Bruce Flea, Searching for Sanity, Sleepwalking Home, Motortrain, Baron, Von Swagger, Rocker Lips, Drek, Kingshifter
Friday, May 24
Guns N’ Roses, Bush, Papa Roach, Device, Ratt, All That Remains, Clutch, Escape The Fate, The Sword, Otherwise, Zero Crossing, Down & Dirty, The Last Vegas, Hessler, Bai Bang, Ruff Justice, London’s Dungeon, Fist of Rage, The Summit, Wanton Looks, Kicktree, Shotgun Rebels, The Kul, Mine Enemies Fall
Saturday, May 25
Alice In Chains, Bullet For My Valentine, Skillet, Halestorm, Asking Alexandria, Big Wreck, Young Guns, We As Humans, O’Brother, Mindset Evolution, Gypsy Pistoleros, Rhyme, Sunset Riot, Wildstreet, London, Black Tora, Big Trouble, Sister’s Doll, Emerald City, Strikes at One, Well Hung Heart, Vilifi, For the Broken, EchoFuzz, The Chimpz, Memory of a Melody
Sunday, May 26
Korn, Cheap Trick, Hollywood Undead, Steel Panther, Dokken, Motionless In White, Thousand Foot Krutch, Red Line Chemistry, Heaven’s Basement, American Fangs, Scorpion Child, The Glitter Boys, Nasty Habit, Mystery, Lynam, Switchblade Scarlet, Firstryke, Station, Ragdoll, Wicked, New Dawn Day, Unwritten Rulz, Framing the Red, Meganaut, The Bourgeois
Rocklahoma continues to offer fan-friendly ticket prices for the three-day-weekend rock event, which features more than 70 artists on four stages, according to a news release.
Single-day general admission tickets (Friday, Saturday, or Sunday) will go on sale at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 17 at for $69 (plus fees).
Three-day general admission tickets are currently available for only $125 plus fees and will increase to $150 plus fees at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 17.
Weekend VIP reserved tickets are currently available for as low as $350 plus fees and will increase to $380 plus fees. Quantities are limited.
A select few Weekend Four-Packs and Groupie Packages remain, and active military may purchase discounted general admission tickets at any time. The Roadie Packages and Rockstar Packages are now sold out. For more information on the available packages, go to www.rocklahoma.com.
The first round of the Miss Rocklahoma competition is underway through Friday. Contestants can enter for a chance to be crowned Miss Rocklahoma 2013 by uploading their photo and information at www.rocklahoma.com. The top 10 women who best embody the rock ‘n roll spirit of Rocklahoma will be announced at www.rocklahoma.com on April 19. From April 19-May 10, rock fans from around the world can vote online for their favorite Miss Rocklahoma contestant. The top five finalists – revealed May 15 – will take part in an onstage competition at Rocklahoma on May 24, with one lucky contestant being crowned the winner and ambassador for Rocklahoma 2013.
For a detailed list of 2013 Rocklahoma ticket options, VIP packages and amenities, go to www.rocklahoma.com. Camping tickets may be purchased by calling the Rocklahoma Camping Office at (866) 310-2288 or emailing info@feverfest.com. Campgrounds open on Sunday, May 19 and will remain open through Tuesday, May 28.
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Video: Meet Oklahoma’s Swon Brothers, competing on Team Blake on “The Voice”
As previously reported, The Swon Brothers of Muskogee successfully auditioned for “The Voice” on one of last week’s episode of the hit NBC reality series.
Zach and Colton Swon opened the April 1 episode performing Tom Petty’s “American Girl.” They got three of the hit reality show’s celebrity coaches to swivel their chairs: Usher, Shakira and Oklahoma country music superstar Blake Shelton.
The Swon Brothers stuck with a fellow Okie and opted to join Team Blake, which NewsOK TV blogger Melissa Hayer reports is who they had in mind to team with in the first place.
“Seeing other coaches turn around, you think you have it all down, and you’re ready for an answer, but when you actually see interest from other people, it’s very flattering. But, you know we gotta stick to our Oklahoma roots. There was just no question about it,” Colton said in a teleconference in which Melissa participated.
“Yeah, I think our fan base that we have probably would’ve shunned us from Oklahoma if we picked anyone else,” Zach added.
The Swon Brothers praised Shelton for his down-to-earth attitude, which contrasts with his out-of-orbit TV and music career.
“I think the coolest thing about Blake so far — he’s definitely helped us in the music side of things, but just knowing that a guy that is so huge and on top of his career right now is so down to earth and so humble. The first day I met him, it just seemed like somebody I’d hang out with back at home,” Zach said.
To read more of Melissa’s Q&A with The Swon Brothers, click here.
“The Voice” continues at 7 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays on NBC, with the show’s famed blind auditions drawing to a close.
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Paul McCartney to return to Tulsa’s BOK Center for May 29 show; tickets on sale April 12
Paul McCartney performs at the BOK Center on Aug 17, 2009 Photo by Tom Gilbert, Tulsa World Archives
TULSA – Music legend Sir Paul McCartney is planning a return engagement at the BOK Center in honor of the arena’s fifth anniversary.
Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett and venue staff announced at a press conference Friday (today) that the former Beatle is adding a May 29 Tulsa show to his 2013 “Out There” tour.
Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. April 12 and will be available online at www.bokcenter.com, Arby’s Box Office, all Tickets.com outlets, or by phone at (866) 726-5287.
Ticket prices have not yet been announced, according to a venue representative.
McCartney, 70, last played Oklahoma in 2009, when he performed a sold-out show as part of the BOK Center’s first anniversary celebration. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer played his first-ever Sooner State show in 2002 just months after the Oklahoma City arena now known as Chesapeake Energy Arena opened.
The Tulsa concert is one of only five U.S. dates planned on his “Out There” trek, which will play Austin, Texas, on May 22; Boston’s Fenway Park on July 9; and Manchester, Tenn.’s massive Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in June. In addition, McCartney on July 12 will return to Washington, D.C. – the site of The Beatles’ first-ever U.S. concert in 1964 at the Washington Coliseum – for his first public performance since his monumental August 2009 show at FedExField, according to a news release.
McCartney, whose last studio album was 2012′s Grammy-winning standards collection “Kisses of the Bottom,” also will play Brazil, Poland, Italy and Austria on his summer trip.
Macca, who last year marked 40 years since his first tour as a solo artist, has performed in a wide range of venues in the past four decades, including outside the Coliseum in Rome, in Moscow’s Red Square, at the White House, at a free show in Mexico to more than 400,000 people and at Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee Concert outside Buckingham Palace. He even had a performance beamed into outer space, according to a news release.
Considered one of the most successful songwriters in rock ‘n’ roll history, the British superstar’s “Out There” tour will feature a new, never-before-seen production and songs spanning his solo career as well as his tenure in the bands Wings and The Beatles. He will perform with his band of more than 10 years: Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens (keyboards), Rusty Anderson (guitar), Abe Laboriel Jr. (drums) and Brian Ray (bass/guitar).
The BOK Center recently achieved a major milestone, surpassing the $100 million mark in ticket sales since between the venue’s opening almost five years ago. Ticket sale figures were compiled from 803 events that took place at the arena from its opening in September 2008 through February 2013, with a combined attendance of more than 3.2 million guests. Along with McCartney’s 2009 show, other high-profile concert tours to play the BOK Center include the Eagles, Celine Dion, Billy Joel and Elton John, Tom Petty, Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Aerosmith and George Strait.
For more information, go to www.bokcenter.com.
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Best Bets for April 5-7, 2013: Sugar Free Allstars with Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Lyric Theatre’s “Glass Menagerie,” “Okie Folkies & Freaks,” Leon Russell’s Birthday Bash
Sugar Free Allstars
Here are my picks for the Best Bets in entertainment happening around Oklahoma this weekend, as listed in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
1. Catch Oklahoma kindie rock duo Sugar Free Allstars in concert with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic at 2 p.m. Sunday at Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker. Preconcert activities start at 1 p.m. in the Civic Center lobby. Information: 842-5387 or www.okcphilharmonic.org.
2. See Lyric Theatre’s staging of Tennessee Williams’ autobiographical masterpiece “The Glass Menagerie” at 8 p.m. Friday and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday at Lyric at the Plaza, 1725 NW 16 in the Plaza District. Performances continue through April 13. Information: 524-9312 or www.lyrictheatreokc.com.
3. Listen to Scott Keeton, Susan Herndon, Empty Bottles and more at “Okie Folkies & Freaks: Songs Of Oklahoma,” a benefit show for the Music Moves Mountains Foundation, at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Door, 2805 N McKinley. Doors open at 6 p.m. Information: 524-0738 or www.bluedoorokc.com.
4. TULSA — Hear Oklahoma native and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell play his 27th Annual Birthday Bash featuring Rachele Lynae at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Brady Theater, 105 W Brady. Doors open at 7 p.m. Information: (918) 582-7239 or www.bradytheater.com.
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