Pick of the Week: Jordin Sparks May 20

Jordin Sparks
w/ Kate Voegele
Marquee Theatre, Tempe
6:30 PM, All Ages

May 20

Pick of the Week: Thirty Seconds To Mars May 16

Thirty Seconds To Mars
w/ Neon Trees
Marquee Theatre, Tempe
6:00 PM, All Ages

May 16th

VH1 Best Cruise Ever Lifehouse Thursday Performance

Lifehouse performed on the Lido Deck on Thursday on the Vh1 Best Cruise Ever.

Photos by Stephanie Baldwin:

Pick of the Week: Norah Jones April 25

Norah Jones Tickets

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RIHANNA ANNOUNCES 2010 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

RIHANNA ANNOUNCES 2010 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
LAST GIRL ON EARTH

KE$HA TO JOIN RIHANNA ON 25-DATE TREK

SMASH SINGLE “RUDE BOY” OWNS 3RD WEEK AT #1 ON THE HOT 100

Thursday, July 22 – Cricket Wireless Pavilion

Tickets On Sale This Saturday, April 17th at 10am

Rihanna, in the midst of her 4th critically-acclaimed album release
Rated R, a smash #1 single with “Rude Boy,” and a highly anticipated
upcoming international tour, has confirmed dates for her 2010 North
American tour, Last Girl On Earth
<http://www.livenation.com/artist/rihanna-tickets> .  The multi-platinum
and Grammy award winning superstar, who recently broke a Billboard
record with her current number one single “Rude Boy,” becoming the only
female artist of the past decade to have six #1 singles on the Billboard
Hot 100 chart in the United States, will be joined by rising star Ke$ha
who will open all dates on the Live Nation produced tour.  

The tour will make a stop at Cricket Wireless Pavilion on Thursday, July
22nd.  Very Special guest Ke$ha will open the 7:30pm show.

Tickets On Sale This Saturday, April 17th at  10am at  
www.livenation.com <http://www.livenation.com/> , or to charge by phone
call 1-800-745-300.  Reserved tickets will be priced at $95.75, $65.75
and $35.75 with a limited number of Golden Circle tickets also
available.  Lawn tickets will be priced at $25.75.   All dates, acts,
and ticket prices are subject to change without notice. All tickets are
subject to applicable taxes, and service and handling charges

“We’ve never done a tour to this capacity.  The production is
unbelievable and the costumes, we just took it to a whole new level.
Visually and sonically it’s going to be a big step up from the last
time. We just keep growing and this time it is a massive production that
I cannot wait for,” said Rihanna in a recent interview with AOL.

With a total of over 121 million in audience nationwide – up over  25
million this week alone – “Rude Boy” continues its chart onslaught as
the #1 Hot 100 Airplay song and the #1 Greatest Gainer/Airplay on the
chart for the 7th week in a row.

Rihanna’s Last Girl On Earth
<http://www.livenation.com/artist/rihanna-tickets>  tour will make 25
stops, at mix of top amphitheaters and arenas throughout North America
this summer, beginning on July 2nd at the White River Amphitheater in
Seattle through August 25th at the United Center in Chicago, with more
dates to be announced soon. A dynamic performer renowned for her
cutting-edge stage looks and designs, Rihanna’s Last Girl on Earth
promises to be a visual spectacle on a scale unlike anything she has
accomplished in her already legendary career.

Fan club members will have access to pre sale tickets beginning
Wednesday, April 7th at 10:00 am local time.  Citi(r) cardmembers will
also have access to presale tickets beginning Wednesday, April 7th at 12
noon local time through Citi’s Private Pass(r) Program. For complete
presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com
<http://www.citiprivatepass.com/> .

Released in November 2009, Rihanna’s fourth studio album Rated R debuted
atop the Billboard R&B Albums chart at #1and was the biggest first-week
Soundscan tally of Rihanna’s career. The eagerly anticipated album
arrived to a chorus of acclaim from critics and fans alike. Rolling
Stone raved “one of the best pop records of the year.” The Chicago Sun
Times called it “by far the best, most layered and most heartfelt effort
of the 21-year-old artist’s career.” In its year-end recap,
Entertainment Weekly named Rated R the Pop Album of the Year.

Rated R is the long-awaited follow-up to the RIAA double-platinum Good
Girl Gone Bad (May 2007), which contained the non-stop string of hit
singles that began with the MTV VMA and Grammy Award-winning global #1
hit “Umbrella” (featuring Jay-Z), then “Shut Up and Drive,” “Hate That I
Love You” (featur-ing Ne-Yo), and “Don’t Stop the Music.”  Good Girl
Gone Bad spent 98 total weeks on the Soundscan chart, earned cumulative
global sales of more than 36-times platinum in at least 18 territories
around the world.  The CD+DVD package Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
(January 2009) continued the string of hits with the #1 “Take A Bow,”
the #1 “Disturbia” and Top 20 “Rehab.”

Good Girl Gone Bad was the third album release in less than two years by
Barbados native Rihanna, who turned 22 on February 20th.  It followed-up
2006′s RIAA platinum A Girl Like Me, which contained the back-to-back
hits, “S.O.S.” and “Unfaithful”; and her RIAA gold debut from 2005,
Music Of the Sun, featuring the world-wide smash, “Pon De Replay.”  

Stay tuned for more details on Rihanna’s Last Girl On Earth tour.  For
additional ticket and tour information, visit RihannaNow.com
<http://www.rihannanow.com/>  and LiveNation.com
<http://www.livenation.com/artist/rihanna-tickets> .  Additional dates
to be announced soon.

Below is a link to footage from Rihanna’s tour rehearsals.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoURNZLTkTM

Artists of the Month: Cavo

Cavo will be opening in support of Daughtry April 28th at Jobing.com Arena.

Get your tickets here: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1E00442CD64A9CDB?brand=jobingarena

Cavo, after nearly nine years together, had a good shot of getting where they are today: releasing their major-label debut album, Bright Nights * Dark Days, last summer on Reprise Records. With songs like the propulsive first single “Champagne,” the uplifting power ballad “Let It Go,” the blistering “Cry Wolf,” and the strutting “Blame,” the album is a passionately played collection of hard-hitting rock and roll with keenly felt lyrics about life, love, and the acceptance that comes with realizing that all we can do is to try and be the best person we can for those we love. “I think it’s amazing when a songwriter can open up a piece of themselves and let the whole world see it,” says Walker, who writes Cavo’s lyrics. “It may not be beautiful, in fact it may be really ugly, but great art comes from an honest place. It has to. And that’s what we try to do with our songs.”
 
The current line-up of Cavo — which also features Chris Hobbs on guitar, Chad La Roy on drums, and Brian Smith on bass — solidified after Smith came on board in 2006, but the original nucleus formed when Walker hooked up with Hobbs and La Roy in March 2001. Walker had wanted to front a rock band ever since seeing Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder onstage for the first time. “I had sung since I was kid,” Walker says, “but seeing him made me realize that writing songs and singing with a rock band were what I had to do. And I knew immediately that Chris and Chad were doing something special. We all shared the same passion for it. Chris is someone I consider to be a musical soul-mate; he’s very artistic and has a great sense of how the end result should sound. Chad is just pure energy; his playing is like a shot of adrenaline. They’re the kind of guys who, even if they weren’t signed to a label, would still be playing music together, and that’s how I felt.”
 
That commitment to music got Walker, Hobbs, and La Roy through some rough times ahead — the group endured numerous production setbacks, a former member’s alcohol addiction, and the end of another member’s marriage, all of which is chronicled on Cavo’s aptly titled independent album, The Painful Art of Letting Go, which they self-released in 2006. “We’ve had some major losses and some major gains throughout this process, but it has only made us stronger as a band and as friends,” La Roy says. After Letting Go was released in September, Cavo were ready to hit the road. The only problem was they didn’t have a bass player. Walker knew Brian Smith from the St. Louis scene and asked him to join. “Brian coming onboard literally changed everything for Cavo,” Walker says. “When he started playing with us, everything was different. It was more intense. His technical ability gave Chris the opportunity to start indulging his creative side, which in turn shaped the sound on our new album.”
 
In January 2007, Cavo wrote their first song as a four-piece — the ringing, tribal-sounding “Useless,” which Walker feels encapsulates everything about their musical direction. “It was clearly different than anything on our previous album. It was more aggressive, probably because of Brian. He plays parts, not just notes, and that made the music more aggressive. So I had to step up my game and become a more aggressive singer to match where the music was headed.” Soon they had two more songs, “Champagne” and “Cry Wolf,” both of which made it onto an EP that got the attention of the program director at St. Louis radio station The Point, which put “Champagne” into rotation. A few live showcases in the summer of 2008 later and Cavo signed on the dotted line with Reprise Records last October. “Signing with Reprise meant everything to us,” La Roy says. “It’s a chance for the world to hear and feel our music, and an opportunity that many people can only dream about.”
 
Record producer David Bendeth, who has worked with Breaking Benjamin, Paramore, and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, among others, caught Cavo at their showcase in New York City and told the band he wanted to help them make a great album that could stand the test of time. “He basically said that he wanted to record with us whether we signed a deal or not, and his passion for our music was really inspiring,” Walker says. “In the studio, he spent the time to make the songs the best they could be. He cared about the final product and it shows.”  Adds La Roy: “I had a feeling this record was going to be something unbelievable and epic, but when I heard the final tracks, I was speechless.”
 
In addition to Cavo’s own songs, Bright Nights * Dark Days features an additional track, the powerfully emotional “Ghost,” co-written by Nixons singer/guitarist Zac Maloy, who has also worked with David Cook and Chris Daughtry, and the Norwegian songwriting team Espionage. “I was a Nixons fanatic,” Walker says, “so I had to get my geek moment out of the way when I first met Zac.”
 
“One of great things about being signed to a major label is that it allows our band so many amazing opportunities,” Walker continues. “It was also validation — like somebody telling you that what you’ve been focusing on your whole life wasn’t a waste of time. People would ask me, ‘How long are you going to keep playing in this band; when are you going to quit this hobby?’ Being in a band isn’t a hobby, it’s really hard work. But when it works, and you’re out there playing music with your best friends, it’s the best job ever.”

Learn more: http://www.cavomusic.com/

VANS WARPED TOUR® 2010 43-DATE TOUR STOPS IN PHOENIX

JUNE 29th at CRICKET WIRELESS PAVILION

DOORS AT 11:00 AM

 APPEARING ON THE PHOENIX DATE:

THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS, MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK, ALKALINE TRIO, THE BOUNCING SOULS ANDREW W.K., BRING ME THE HORIZON, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, FACE TO FACE, WE THE KINGS, SUICIDE SILENCE, BREATHE CAROLINA, I CAN MAKE A MESS LIKE NOBODY’S BUSINESS, EMMURE, HEY MONDAY, PARKWAY DRIVE, PIERCE THE VEIL, SET YOUR GOALS, WHITE CHAPEL, YOU ME AT SIX, FOUR YEAR STRONG, ANARBOR, FAKE PROBLEMS, NEVER SHOUT NEVER, MIKE POSNER, THE CAB, THE CASUALTIES, THE REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND, THE ROCKET SUMMER, POLAR BEAR CLUB,THE PRETTY RECKLESS, ARTIST VS POET, ALESANA, THE SUMMER SET, VERSAEMERGE, ENTER SHIKARI, I SEE STARS, SPARKS THE RESCUE, ATTACK ATTACK!, SUM 41, AM TAXI, BREATHE ELECTRIC, FIGHT FAIR, IN FEAR AND FAITH, OF MICE AND MEN, WE ARE THE IN CROWD, EMAROSA, CALL THE COPS, CONFIDE, AFTER MIDNIGHT PROJECT, FAR FROM FINISHED, MAYDAY PARADE, RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS, THE SWELLERS, CLOSURE IN MOSCOW, EYES SET TO KILL.

 Tickets On Sale This Friday, April 9th at 10 am

 It’s not summer until the Vans Warped Tour®–North America’s longest-running touring festival–begins, and 2010 promises to be the most memorable jaunt yet for the annual punk rock extravaganza. Now in its 16th year, the 43-date tour commences June 25 in Carson, CA and finishes August 15 in Hillsboro, OR (see full list of tour dates, cities and venues below).  The tour’s kick-off party is confirmed for Friday, April 9 at the Key Club in West Hollywood with performances from a diverse array of Vans Warped Tour 2010 artists including: Andrew W.K., The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, The Pretty Reckless, Pierce the Veil and Death Punch.

 “Anyone who thought that after the 15th Anniversary we would let up was mistaken,” says tour founder Kevin Lyman.

 The 2010 incarnation of the VANS Warped Tour–affectionately known as “punk rock summer camp”–will host a distinct and diverse lineup of the hottest artists on the scene, as well as a full concourse of

lifestyle attractions and vendors. Even better, it all comes at a traditionally affordable ticket price. More interactive and fan-friendly than ever, check out the newly re-vamped WWW.WARPEDTOUR.COM. Visit the site for a full list of bands performing at each show and more.

 Also an internet presale is ongoingwhere fans can purchase their tickets early.  Fan-friendly ticket prices remain a staple of the Vans Warped Tour. In order to keep the festival affordable for all concertgoers, presale prices are approximately $25. The Vans Warped Tour 2010 pre-sale ticket is a commemorative 3D hologram laminate which acts as a jump the line pass. All pre-sale ticket holders have access to a separate line that allows them into the venue at 11:00 AM sharp. That exclusive pre-sale price gives fans a concert ticket, a free copy of the Vans Warped Tour 2010 compilation CD (SideOneDummy), a 25-cent donation to the Unite the United charity and all service fees.  Only a limited amount of pre-sale tickets are available.

 Fans who purchase tickets during the pre-sale have the option of buying the VANS WARPED TOUR 15TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION DVD/CD for a fan-friendly price of $15.00. Released March 30 (U.S. and Canada), the DVD/CD chronicles the legendary private birthday bash held last fall at Club Nokia at L.A. Live, which featured performances from artists including All American Rejects, The Aggrolites, Bad Religion, Blink 182, Ice-T, Nofx, Ozomatli, Pennywise, Pete Wentz and The Decaydence All Stars (with Pete Wentz and members of Panic At The Disco), Rise Against and Underoath. The DVD/CD also includes archival footage from the Vans Warped Tour feature film, past Vans Warped Tour shows from FUSE, and behind-the-scenes interviews with Vans Warped Tour performers such as NOFX and Bad Religion, as well as with tour founder Kevin Lyman and other key tour personnel. The DVD/CD, is distributed via EMI Label Services on Warped M17 (a label partnership between the Vans Warped Tour and Spencer Proffer’s Meteor 17). The CD’s music is also be available online. In addition, the DVD/CD is available for purchase onsite at all Vans Warped Tour dates all summer long. For more info, visit: www.vanswarped15th.com.

TICKETS ON-SALE FRIDAY, APRIL 9 AT 10 AM

General Admission tickets priced at $34.95 will be available to purchase at www.livenation.com. To charge by phone call 1-800-745.3000.  All dates, acts, and ticket prices are subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable taxes, and service and handling charges.  For more show information, check out www.livenation.com .

Festival organizers made this traveling punk rock circus the summer’s best bang for your buck. Appealing to everyone from traditional punk fans to backpacking hip hop kids to metal heads, VANS Warped Tour has its finger on the pulse of the most fiery acts in absolutely each and every genre–from more traditional punk acts Dropkick Murphys, Pennywise and Alkaline Trio, to the straight up rock of Street Sweeper Social Club, the blistering metal of Dillinger Escape Plan and the party rock of Andrew W.K..

Plus, keeping our environment in mind, the WARPED ECO INITIATIVES (WEI) will continue to be a big part of the tour in 2010. Facets of WEI range from biodiesel fuel for touring trucks and buses to environmentally friendly catering for bands and crew courtesy of Tada Catering. There’s even a solar-powered sound system on the Kevin Says Stage.  WARPED will again collaborate with Philippe Cousteau’s environmental organization Earth Echo International to cultivate environmentally-friendly programs that encourage awareness through action, and to bring these initiatives to into the collective fan consciousness.  Furthering WEI’s online presence, the WARPED website (WWW.WARPEDTOUR.COM) showcases pages for each tour date, including public transportation options and carpool message boards as well as eco contests and initiatives. WARPED TOUR and EarthEcho International will again organize a volunteer watershed cleanup at NOAA’s Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Monterey, CA.

In addition, the VANS WARPED TOUR has partnered with the TJ Martell Foundation once more. For each tour date, the TJ Martell Foundation will auction a pair of tickets and the opportunity for fans to watch their favorite band from the side of the stage. Plus, the third annual Vans Warped Tour/TJ Martell bowling event has been scheduled for Monday, June 28 in Phoenix, AZ. Bands will square off in a rock n’ roll bowling competition of epic proportions. Working in conjunction with 103.9 (The X), WARPED will auction off a spot on every band bowling team, allowing lucky fans to roll alongside their favorite rockers.

It will no doubt be another year to remember for this summer tradition. See what the press has said about past installments of the tour:

“Best Tour/Festival Of The Year”

                                    –Alternative Press, February 2009

“Trends pass. Rock festivals come and go. But the Warped Tour marches on.  Warped hasn’t just survived–it continues to thrive: Fourteen years after quietly premiering as a celebration of the teenage skate-surf-punk culture, one decade after expanding to a massive multi-stage event, the traveling music party remains one of the summer’s perennial draws…”

–Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, July 17, 2009

“…as much a coming-of-age experience as a concert event. The bonding between the bands and their mostly young fans is very real, with autograph sessions and mingling being as common as the catchy riffs pinging around the pavilion.”

–Christopher Porter, Washington Post, July 19, 2008

“…about 100 bands on 10 stages made for several forms of success…”

–Jon Caramanica, New York Times, July 28, 2008

“…the ultimate sampler platter for what’s hot and rising from the underground or has already arrived…”  

–Darryl Morden, Hollywood Reporter/Reuters, June 22, 2008

The Vans Warped Tour® is made possible through the support of Vans® and sponsors such as: Kia Motors, truth.com, Monster Energy, Trojan, Skullcandy, Ernie Ball, Alternative Press, NAMM, Wonka, American Rag, Altec Lansing, Glamour Kills, Skatera, Sabian, Smartpunk, Dickies, FUSE TV, Zildjian, PETA2, Shirts for a Cure Project, Amnesty International and many others. Canadian Sponsors include West 49, AUX TV and more!

It’s Official! We’re going on the Vh1 Best Cruise Ever and you should too!

We’re booked and ready to go and so should you! 

VH1 Best Cruise Ever,  will be the first-ever official VH1 entertainment cruise sets sail in just a few weeks but cabins are still available!   This music festival at sea, hosted by 3 Doors Down, also features Lifehouse and Shinedown, sets sail from Tampa, Florida to Grand Cayman April 15-19, 2010 on the Carnival Inspiration. 

In addition to 3 Doors Down (who if you missed the 2009 Tempe Music Festival put on an AMAZING show), Lifehouse and Shinedown, the VH1 Best Cruise Ever will also include performances by special guests Finger Eleven and VH1′s “You Oughta Know” artists Carolina Liar and SAFETYSUIT and several other artists.

There’s also a tons of other events taking place on the cruise.  Check out the schedule for yourself!  We’ll be sure to give you an update on all of the performances held on this festival style cruise, but why wait to hear it from us, when you can see it all for yourself!Cabins for VH1 Best Cruise Ever are currently on sale and start at $799 per person based on double occupancy plus taxes and fees. For more information, go to www.vh1bestcruiseever.com

Chicago and the Doobie Brothers Kick off Summer Tour in Phoenix

Chicago, Doobie Brothers Tour Rolls Out

Co-headlining Dates for Summer 2010 with the Tour

Kicking Off Right Here in Phoenix!

June 15 – Dodge Theatre

Tickets On Sale This Monday at 10am

(Phoenix – March 23) For yet another summer, classic rock staples Chicago and the Doobie Brothers will co-headline a tour of the United States.  Both bands will complete a 25-date circuit across the country, beginning Tuesday, June 15 at Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, AZ. The schedule currently wraps up with a July 22 show at the Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville, IN.  The Phoenix show starts at 7:30pm.

Tickets priced at $38.50, $48.50, $85.00 and a limited number of $125 Golden Circle Tickets will be available starting This Monday, March 29^th at 10am. A Special Four Pack Ticket Offer will also be available while supplies last. Tickets are also available at the box office or to charge by phone call 1-800-745.3000. All dates, acts, and ticket prices are subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable taxes, and service and handling charges.

Daughtry’s Leave This Town Arena Tour Rolls On In 2010

Daughtry’s Leave This Town Arena Tour Rolls On In 2010

Tour Hits Jobing.com Arena April 29!  Tickets on sale tomorrow!

Following the success of its nationally televised New Year’s Eve performance in Times Square, Daughtry reveals plans for the second leg of its U.S. arena tour, which is scheduled to begin March 18 in Baltimore, Maryland and will continue into the summer.

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