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Drake Asks the Big Questions

June 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment

“Would You Like A Tour?” If the answer is yes, then you’re in luck. Not only is there a new Drake tour, that is the very name of the tour in question. Drake is out on the road starting this September, covering 41 cities in the US and Canada. The tour will feature Miguel, because 2 mononyms are better than one.

Drake, fresh off a win at the 2013 Grammys for Best Rap Album, will be promoting his new album, Nothing Was the Same. No firm date on when that will be hitting “stores”, but most likely sometime before his first show at the Rose Garden Arena. The rest of the current dates are as follows:

  • Sept. 25 – Rose Garden Arena, Portland, OR
  • Sept. 26 – Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA
  • Sept. 27 – Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC
  • Sept. 29 – Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, AB
  • Sept. 30 – Rexall Place, Edmonton, AB
  • Oct. 2 – Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon, SK
  • Oct. 3 – MTS Centre, Winnipeg, MB
  • Oct. 5 – Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
  • Oct. 6 – Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO
  • Oct. 8 – Scottrade Center,St. Louis, MO
  • Oct. 9 – United Center, Chicago, IL
  • Oct. 11 – Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
  • Oct. 12 – The Palace Of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI
  • Oct. 13 – Quicken Loans Arena, OH
  • Oct. 15 – Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH
  • Oct. 16 – First Niagara Center, Buffalo, NY
  • Oct. 18 – Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Oct. 19 – Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
  • Oct. 21 – Bell Centre, Montreal, QC
  • Oct. 22 – Scotiabank Place, Ottawa, ON
  • Oct. 26 – XL Center, Hartford, CT
  • Oct. 27 – Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
  • Oct. 28 – Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
  • Oct. 30 – TD Garden, Boston, MA
  • Oct. 31 – Verizon Center, Washington, DC
  • Nov. 2 – Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC
  • Nov. 3 – PNC Arena, Raleigh, NC
  • Nov. 5 – AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, FL
  • Nov. 6 – Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa, FL
  • Nov. 7 – Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA
  • Nov. 9 – New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA
  • Nov. 10 – American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
  • Nov. 12 – AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
  • Nov. 13 – Toyota Center, Houston, TX
  • Nov. 16 – US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
  • Nov. 18 – Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento, CA
  • Nov. 19 – Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA
  • Nov. 21 – Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
  • Nov. 22 – MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
  • Nov. 24 – Viejas Arena, San Diego, CA
  • Nov. 25 – Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA

Click here to get your tickets for Drake’s Would You Like A Tour?

Here is the title track from Drake’s Grammy winning album, Take Care, with bonus Rhianna.

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The Week in TicketCity Search – An Indirect Return

June 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment

TicketCity Week in Search

Week of
June 10th
Previous
Week
Event
Searched
1 2 One Direction
2 1 Mumford & Sons
3 3 Luke Bryan
4 9 College World Series
5 7 San Antonio Spurs
6 6 Justin Bieber
7 10 Bruno Mars
8 5 Beyoncé
9 - Texas Rangers
10 - Taylor Swift

1D patiently bided their time before finally returning to the top of the countdown. Their ascendancy is somewhat bittersweet, since the former champ, Mumford & Sons had to take an unexpected hiatus due to a medical condition affecting bassist Ted Dwane. Their remaining US tour dates in June have been cancelled, and they won’t make Bonnaroo, replaced by Jack Johnson in the Saturday headliner slot.

Currently the group plans to return at the Glastonbury Festival.

Luke Bryan settles into the third spot, and the rest of the top five checks in with some championship sports. The Spurs aren’t letting the Heat sweep, and the CWS is just about to start. The first game is this weekend, and almost two weeks of the best in college baseball follows at TD Ameritrade Park.

Bieber manages to hold onto the sixth spot, currently his best performance in weeks. Bruno Mars has a bit of a surge, up from last place. Beyoncé moves in the opposite direction, ending down at #8, while Taylor Swift takes over last place from Bruno.

So, since I posted Mumford & Sons last week, this is going to have to happen. I’m sure by now you’ve jammed out to “What Makes You Beautiful”, so here is a different song by One Direction, one I’m old by Wikipedia was very popular in New Zealand:

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New Nine Inch Nails Tour

June 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Huddle up for some more concert news. Nine Inch Nails fans are no stranger to long waits between albums and tours. This one was about four years. Trent Reznor is finally getting the band back together, or at least the latest version of it, as the touring crew for NIN isn’t exactly set in stone.

The new album, Hesitation Marks, arrives in early September. Fans will have most of the month to listen before they have to get out to the shows, which begin September 28th. Here’s the full list as it stands now:

  • Sept. 28 – Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN
  • Sept. 30 – Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO
  • Oct. 3 – Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
  • Oct. 4 – Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
  • Oct. 5 – Wolstein Center, Cleveland, OH
  • Oct. 7 – The Palace Of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI
  • Oct. 8 – Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Oct. 11 – TD Garden, Boston, MA
  • Oct. 14 – Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
  • Oct. 15 – Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
  • Oct. 18 – Verizon Center, Washington, DC
  • Oct. 19 – Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, PA
  • Oct. 21 – PNC Arena, Raleigh, NC
  • Oct. 22 – Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN
  • Oct. 24 – Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA
  • Oct. 26 – Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit, Asheville, NC
  • Oct. 30 – BB&T Center, Sunrise, FL
  • Oct. 31 – Amway Center, Orlando, FL
  • Nov. 5 – AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
  • Nov. 8 – Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
  • Nov. 9 – US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
  • Nov. 11 – UTEP Don Haskins Center, El Paso, TX
  • Nov. 13 – 1stBank Center, Broomfield, CO
  • Nov. 15 – The Joint @ Hard Rock Hotel / Casino, Las Vegas, NV
  • Nov. 16 – The Joint @ Hard Rock Hotel / Casino, Las Vegas, NV
  • Nov. 18 – Rose Garden Arena, Portland, OR
  • Nov. 19 – Spokane Arena, Spokane, WA
  • Nov. 21 – Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Nov. 22 – KeyArena At Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
  • Nov. 24 – Rexall Place, Edmonton, Alberta
  • Nov. 25 – Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta

View the complete schedule and get your tickets today.

And now we play the most dangerous game… which is finding a relatively inoffensive Nine Inch Nails video. Since I don’t need a supercomputer to tell me the only way to win that game is not to play, here’s the audio only version of the new NIN single “Came Back Haunted”.

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The Week in TicketCity Search – Setting Up Shop At Number 1

June 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment

TicketCity Week in Search

Week of
June 3rd
Previous
Week
Event
Searched
1 6 Mumford & Sons
2 2 One Direction
3 3 Luke Bryan
4 1 George Strait
5 8 Beyoncé
6 7 Justin Bieber
7 - San Antonio Spurs
8 9 Justin Timberlake
9 - College World Series
10 10 Bruno Mars

This week welcomes a lot of returning faces and a single shuffle in the top 3. On the strength of some last-minute searches, George Strait still managed to land the #4 spot, but it’s Mumford & Sons that replace him at the top. This is the English folk rock quartet’s first time at #1. Their show this weekend at the Austin360 Amphitheater is probably helping out a bit there.

Five other guys from the same archipelago hang tight in second place, as does Luke Bryan, who remains in third. Rounding out the top five is Beyoncé, who will be reaching our shores later this month. Buzz for her tour has been pretty solid for months now, so it should be a strong contender for top three once it actually kicks off.

Justin Beiber makes his best showing in a while, climbing up to the sixth spot. The Spurs, who had to wait a little longer than most expected to figure out who they’d be facing in the NBA Finals, follow the Beebs. The (eventual) results were as most expected, so will the Spurs be up to denying LeBron another championship?

The other sporting event on the countdown this week is the College World Series, which begins June 15th at the now only relatively new TD Ameritrade Park. The contest for the top prize in college baseball lasts through the rest of the month, ending on the 25th or 26th.

Here’s the week’s #1 with “I Will Wait.” I like “Little Lion Man” better, but it’s got a dirty word in the chorus. To quote one Ralph Parker, “THE word, the big one, the queen-mother of dirty words…”

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Sara Bareilles and A Small Number of Republics

June 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Huddle up for some concert news. OneRepublic, who is already well booked for the duration of the summer, announced they are teaming up with singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles for a set of dates next September. The shows will follow their current tour, which features Mayer Hawthorne and Churchill as opening acts.

Bareilles will have a good reason to hit the road, as her next album, The Blessed Unrest, arrives July 16th. That’s ample time to build some tour buzz. The tour will wind through Texas for the finale, including a spot at Austin City Limits Live.

The current set of dates for the tour are as follows:

  • Aug. 29 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
  • Aug. 31 – Deer Valley Resort Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater, Park City, UT
  • Sept. 1 – Idaho Botanical Garden, Boise, ID
  • Sept. 2 – Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville, WA
  • Sept. 4 – INB Performing Arts Center, Spokane, WA
  • Sept. 6 – McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater, Troutdale, OR
  • Sept. 7 – Grand Sierra Resort & Casino, Reno, NV
  • Sept. 10 – Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA
  • Sept. 11 – Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
  • Sept. 15 – Comerica Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
  • Sept. 17 – Sandia Resort And Casino, Albuquerque, NM
  • Sept. 19 – Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater, Austin, TX
  • Sept. 20 – Bayou Music Center, Houston, TX

Here is a Sara Bareilles video without a lot of Sara Bareilles:

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