Posted in Music on Jul 20th, 2010 View Comments
Before the fall season creeps in with its vibrant colors and cool winds, enjoy the few weekends left of summer by taking a road trip to Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. Yes, Pop! fans, this means not attending the beach for a full weekend, (think of the sunburn it will save your skin) but Mohegan [...]
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Hi Pop readers. Received some comments over the weekend from readers that I would like to share. They originally appeared under an announcement I wrote about last year’s Fourth of July celebration in Boston. I thought they deserved their own discussion, because these readers made some good points about the recent Fourth of July extravaganza [...]
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Hey Pop! readers. Don’t know how many of you went to Salisbury Beach last weekend, for the opening of it’s current summer entertainment season. Went early on Saturday and it was pretty fab. A stage was set up in the center, right on the beach. There sand sculptures in the center itself, looking pretty neat [...]
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Here they are: Comedian Bill Burr Friday August 13th Doors 6pm Show 8pm Age 18+ Gold Seats $45.00 Reserved Seats $35.00 General Admission Seats $25.00 Martin Sexton Saturday August 14th Doors 6pm Show 8pm Age 18+ Gold Seats $36.00 Reserved Seats $26.00 General Admission Seats $20.00 Saving Abel With special guests: American Bang and Taddy [...]
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This just in: Enjoy rhythm and blues with Barrence Whitfield & the Savages at Maudslay Arts Center on Saturday evening, July 3, at 7 p.m. Maudslay Arts Center (MAC) is located at 95 Curzon Mill Road, Newburyport. Barrence Whitfield, AKA Barry White, started singing in a Gospel church as a young child. Throughout his high school [...]
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Posted in Music on Jun 21st, 2010 View Comments
From our friends at Salisbury Beach: Bring a beach chair or blanket for the beach and enjoy free, live outdoor concerts and spectacular fireworks every Saturday night this summer at Salisbury Beach. This exciting series features popular regional and nationally recognized bands performing live on a beachfront stage, followed by fireworks launched from a barge [...]
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Former Eagle-Tribune staffer Dan Milone sent us in a note, letting us know that his new band, The Something (with two members originally from Methuen — now of Haverhill and Lawrence), is in the running to open for KISS at the Comcast Center on Aug. 7. The band is part of a vote-based contest presented [...]
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From Pop correspondent Greg Vellante: For most people, hearing the term “Irish-French Connection” may bring about thoughts of Gene Hackman’s famous crime thriller with a twist of Martin Scorsese’s Irish gangsters from “The Departed.” Despite the event’s title, the only thing remotely criminal about The Irish-French Connection would be to miss out on this free [...]
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Posted in American Idol, Music on Jun 15th, 2010 View Comments
Area residents who competed in the 2010 Country Star Search will be up for awards June 27, at the New England Country Music Organization Awards. Nine-year-old Joey Grieve of Andover is up for an award, and will also be performing the night of the show, at the Chelmsford High Performing Arts Center, in Chelmsford, Mass. [...]
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Hi Pop readers, Went to the Lowell Memorial Auditorium last night for their upcoming season announcement. I won’t keep you in suspense, this is what’s coming, with a few more shows TBA: June 16: An evening with Ken Burns Aug. 3: Menopause the Musical Sept. 11: The Deadliest Catch LIVE Sept. 25: Last Comic Standing [...]
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