Archive: Concerts
¡Dame Mas Gasolina!
The touring life: It's a gas. (Linda Davidson/TWP) What's that Bloc Party lyric? "The price of gas keeps on rising/Nothing comes for free." Of course, their song is a sneering anti-war, anti-capitalism, anti-American screed, but who's counting? This not just in: The price of gas is up, up, up....
By J. Freedom du Lac | July 7, 2008; 08:19 AM ET | Comments (0)
Plant-Krauss: Something Else
On they sweep with threshing oar. (By Ricky Carioti) As much as I'd like to see a Led Zeppelin reunion tour, I'm not sure they'd be capable of hitting a higher mark than Robert Plant and Alison Krauss did on Friday night at Merriweather. It was a terrific show...
By J. Freedom du Lac | June 16, 2008; 09:11 AM ET | Comments (5)
Talk About the Passion
Michael Stipe, in his finest worksuit. (By Ricky Carioti) At the end of R.E.M.'s concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion last night, the three musicians who form the core of the band convened at the center of the stage. Frontman Michael Stipe waved and winked. The stoic guitarist Peter Buck...
By J. Freedom du Lac | June 12, 2008; 10:59 AM ET | Comments (15)
Hey Hey, My My (Into The Bathroom)
Over on the Nightclub 930 Forum (user name and password required), somebody suggested that you might not want to go to the bathroom during Neil Young's Constitution Hall concerts tonight and tomorrow. Just a word of warning: Neil Young's policy on this tour is that if you get up to...
By J. Freedom du Lac | November 15, 2007; 12:12 PM ET | Comments (3)
More From The Chat: Getting Concertgoers Charged Up
Here's a post that I didn't have time to address in yesterday's Freedom Rock chat: Anyone who responds to one of those, "Is everyone having a good time? What? I can't HEAR you! Get LOUD, DC!" kind of stage exhortations is a chump. I am so much better than any...
By J. Freedom du Lac | November 14, 2007; 04:09 PM ET | Comments (4)
Her Heart Will Go On ... In 269 Days
Celine Dion - Chrysler pitchwoman, Diva Las Vegas and Canadian singer of Hillary's POTUS campaign theme - has just announced a D.C. date for her upcoming world tour: Monday, Sept. 8, 2008, at Verizon Center. So sweet of her to help us all plan ahead, no? Tickets are going on...
By J. Freedom du Lac | November 13, 2007; 04:05 PM ET | Comments (4)
Incident on 7th Street Redux
And the band played on. The second half of the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's double-header was a very slight letdown after Sunday's terrific opening salvo. Nothing wrong with Monday's performance, per se - just that the intensity seemed to be off early in the show. Less energy...
By J. Freedom du Lac | November 13, 2007; 08:35 AM ET | Comments (36)
Every Little Thing He Does Is Magic
In introducing the title track from "Magic" at the very much sold out Verizon Center last night, Bruce Springsteen said the tune is about how "the truth gets twisted into lies, and lies get twisted into the truth." In other words: A perfect song for Washington! "Hey," he said, "this...
By J. Freedom du Lac | November 12, 2007; 08:12 AM ET | Comments (119)
