Tag Archives: COVID-19
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Alameda County Fair announces more drive-in concerts for this weekend
Concertgoers gather at the first drive-in concert in the Bay Area at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, Calif., on June 12, 2020. Steve Carlson/STAFF. Live music is again returning to the Alameda County Fairgrounds, with two days of concerts featuring tribute bands playing the Pretenders, Fleetwood Mac and…
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Insert Foot: Do you really miss live music with everything else to care about?
I read a story about baseball today, which was well-written … so much so that it actually made me miss baseball again. For about a half hour. I haven’t really cared much about baseball in years, which will likely be another sad, wistful column set to aching violin music…
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Corey Taylor, Gavin Rossdale, more to headline Feeding America COVID-19 benefit
Corey Taylor of Slipknot, Bush’s Gavin Rossdale and a plethora of modern rock artists will headline a virtual concert Friday evening to benefit Feeding America’s COVID-19 relief fund. The show will also include performances by Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge, Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger of Halestorm, Lisa Loeb,…
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Insert Foot: Live Nation fooling itself into believing it’s an essential business
Insert Foot vs. Live Nation. A Live Nation memo leaked earlier this month indicating that North America’s largest promoter of live events will shake down performers even more, while shoving more monetary responsibility onto those same performers, if and when venues re-open in 2021. Apparently only Live Nation is…
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Insert Foot: Face to face with Neil Sedaka without any pants
Insert Foot Vs. partially naked Neil Sedaka and holy shoes. I took my mom somewhere today because I inadvertently made the mistake of telling her I was going somewhere she likes to go. Target. Because everybody’s mom likes Target. The COVID has changed life to the point where I…
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SF Symphony cancels all 2020 performances, enacts pay cuts, furloughs and layoffs
The San Francisco Symphony with music director Michael Tilson Thomas, during rehearsal at Davies Symphony Hall on Wednesday morning, November 2, 2016. The San Francisco Symphony today announced the cancelation of all concerts through Dec. 31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This means that the anticipated debut of incoming…
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Alameda County Fair announces next drive-in concert; on June 26
Concertgoers gather at the first drive-in concert in the Bay Area at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, Calif., on June 12, 2020. Steve Carlson/STAFF. Following the success of two drive-in concerts featuring tribute bands to ZZ Top, Journey and Van Halen, the Alameda County Fair has announced that…
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COVID-19 pandemic forces Noise Pop from its Bryant Street home
Noise Pop office at 2180 Bryant St in San Francisco. Courtesy. Updated June 19. Noise Pop is leaving its home at 2180 Bryant St in San Francisco for 12 years, citing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The community is invited to participate in a garage sale Saturday where…
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INTERVIEW: KT Tunstall on reminding fans to ‘Wash Ya Hands,’ England’s slave trade protest
KT Tunstall performs at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Oct. 19, 2018. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. With COVID-19 cases surging across the United States and around the world, it seems people are already forgetting the lessons we learned back in March about how to slow the spread of…
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Tribute bands draw hundreds to the Bay Area’s first drive-in concert of the COVID-19 era
Concertgoers gather at the first drive-in concert in the Bay Area at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, Calif., on June 12, 2020. Steve Carlson/STAFF. Several hundred people who had been cooped up in their homes gathered at the Alameda County Fairgrounds on Friday at the first ticketed concert…
