Prince recently announced that he will be on tour, but did not tell anyone where did not say where he’d be playing. Said differently he’s being very coy about dates, and not using paper tickets. Concert goers will have to buy online and redeem at the door using certified ID to get in.
Donald Fagen made news in January being arrested for domestic violence, but better news about Steely Dan was revealed as they have posted their concert tour for 2016. The road will include smaller venues beginning in early April. They will bring along Steve Winwood as their special guest for the tour.
Jackson Browne has a busy touring schedule in 2016, targeting New York the early part of this week, then a west coast swing of Carmel, Bakersfield, Santa Rosa, and Reno in April.
Bruce Springsteen shouted out the wrong name of a city last week in concert. Seems, while in Cleveland, he screamed the name of Pittsburgh. Woops! He quickly corrected himself on stage.
Birthdays this week include Bob ‘Bear’ Hite from Canned Heat, Jonathan Cain and Neil Schon from Journey (one day apart), Johnny Van Zant from Lynyrd Skynyrd, Cindy Wilson from the B52s, Joe South, Jerry Fisher from Blood Sweat & Tears, Roger Daltrey from the Who, Peter Wolf from the J. Geils Band, and Jerry Fisher from Blood Sweat & Tears.
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