Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009
Wanna see a show?
Get off your duff and make plans now for these sizzling acts coming to the Grand Strand and the Carolinas.
LOCAL
Tickets went on sale yesterday for the BET Live! 106 and Park Tour featuring Mario ("Let Me Love You'') coming to the House of Blues on Dec. 12. Tickets are $32.50 in advance, $35.50 day of show. For more information, call 272-3000 or visit www.houseofblues.com.
Celtic-infused punk/pop act Flogging Molly is returning to the House of Blues on Feb. 20 and tickets go on sale Nov. 14. Dubbed The Green 17 tour, it won't cost you too much green ($19 if you buy general admission) or a little bit more green to sit in the Loge for $33. For more information, call 272-3000 or visit www.houseofblues.com.
Up-and-coming country crooner James Otto ("Just Got Started Lovin' You") comes a-calling at the Beach Wagon on Friday and tickets are $20, available at www.etix.com.
West Coast rockers-with-a-huge-pop-bent Train ("Drops of Jupiter,'' "Meet Virginia,'' "Free'' and "Calling All Angels") return to the House of Blues, with former Kid Rock sidekick Uncle Kracker as the opener, on Nov. 14 and tickets are $35 in advance, $37 day of show. For more information, call 272-3000 or visit www.houseofblues.com.
Goth-punk-pop-emo outfit AFI recently released a new album and is hitting the road again, including a stop-over on Nov. 15 at the House of Blues, with tickets going for $25 in advance, $27 day of show. For more information, call 272-3000 or visit www.houseofblues.com.
Comedian/syndicated morning radio host Rickey Smiley, known for his on-air prank phone calls and for his stint hosting BET's "Comic View," will perform stand-up comedy live at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center on Nov. 19 and advance tickets ($30 for general admission, $50 for VIP seating) recently went on sale. You can get them online at www.iamdhustle.com or at the Beauty Way Hair and Beauty Supply in Conway, Hair Q Hair and Beauty Supply, Georgetown, Gina's Family Restaurant in Myrtle Beach and Total Look Barber and Clothing in the Poplar/Little River area.
Tickets ($27.50 in advance, $30.50 day of show) are available for American Hasidic Jewish superstar Matisyahu's Nov. 19 gig at the House of Blues. For more information, call 272-3000 or visit www.houseofblues.com
Megadeth headlines The Endgame Tour, also featuring Machine Head, Suicide Silence and Arcanium, at the House of Blues on Nov. 28 and tickets will set you back $35 in advance, $39 day of show. For more information, call 272-3000 or visit www.houseofblues.com.
Tickets also recently went on sale for contemporary Christian vocalist/pianist Michael W. Smith's three-day/night run at The Palace Theatre Dec. 3-5. Tickets are $35, $45 and $55. Call 800-905-4228 or visit www.palacetheatremyrtlebeach.com.
Dubbed Pollstar.com's Hotstar du jour, LMFAO, the electronic/hip-hop duo responsible for that annoyingly catchy single "I'm in Miami, Bitch" featured as the theme on the Kardashian reality show "Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami,'' brings its Party Rock Tour to the House of Blues on Dec. 11 and tickets are $16 in advance, $18 day of show. Call 272-3000 or visitwww.houseofblues.com.
Pop/punk purveyors All American Rejects ("Dirty Little Secret'' and "Gives You Hell"), with Taking Back Sunday and Anberlin storm the House of Blues on Nov. 20 and tickets are $27.50 in advance, $30.50 day of show. For more information, call 272-3000 or visit www.houseofblues.com.
While the surviving members of Sublime have caught hell recently for performing officially as Sublime sans deceased frontman/main songwriter Brad Nowell, you can celebrate the band's popular mix of ska, punk, rock and hip-hop as Badfish, a Tribute to Sublime, returns to the House of Blues on Nov. 21, with opening acts Scotty Don't and Full Service. Tickets are $17.50 in advance, $20.50 day of show. For more information, call 272-3000 or visit www.houseofblues.com.
World beat/jam-band-ish Pennsylvania-born act Rusted Root ("Send Me on My Way'') returns to the House of Blues to lay down the groove on Nov. 25 and tickets are $22 in advance, $25 day of show. For more information, call 272-3000 or visit www.houseofblues.com.
Joining the ranks of frequent visitors like Edwin McCain, Sister Hazel, Little River Band and David Allan Coe, legendary reggae outfit The Wailers, former backing band of icon Bob Marley, return once again to the House of Blues on Dec. 29 with tickets are $20 in advance, $22 day of show. For more information, call 272-3000 or visit www.houseofblues.com.
NORTH CHARLESTON
Roger Daltrey, legendary frontman of The Who, kicked off his "Use It Or Lose It" solo tour Oct. 10 and brings the trek to the North Charleston Performing Arts Center on Nov. 24, to keep his pipes in top shape for a new Who project on tap in 2010. Tickets are $75 a pop, but it's Daltrey's only appearance in the Palmetto State. Charge tickets by phone at 800-745-3000 or grab 'em online at www.tickemaster.com.
Put your hands in the air, and wave 'em like you just don't care as The Legends of Hip-Hop Tour, featuring old school rap artists Doug E Fresh, Slick Rick, Whodini, Big Daddy Kane and DJ Rob Base invades the North Charleston Performing Arts Center on Nov. 28. Tickets are $36.50, $41 and $76. Charge by phone at 800-745-3000 or grab 'em online at www.ticketmaster.com.