Depeche Mode & EMA – Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia, PA – June 3, 2018 It took 17 years for Depeche Mode to return to Philly. They made their Sunday show – as part of the Global Spirit Tour at Wells Fargo Center, their first in the city since 2001 – a worthy visit with … Continue reading
U2 – The Forum – Inglewood, CA – May 16, 2018 Click on thumbnails to see full-sized pictures! Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2018 Continue reading
Lydia Lunch – Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA – May 7, 2018 Lydia Lunch is one of our great iconoclasts, an artist destroying and recreating expectations with each syllable and movement. On Monday she brought her brand of no wave music to Kung Fu Necktie and obliterated the crowd. With her solid band Retrovirus … Continue reading
GREASE (40TH ANNIVERSARY) (1978) Starring John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Michael Tucci, Dinah Manoff, Didi Conn, Barry Pearl, Jamie Donnelly, Kelly Ward, Sid Caesar, Eve Arden, Dody Goodman, Joan Blondell, Frankie Avalon, Edd Byrnes, Dennis Stewart, Annette Charles, Susan Buckner, Lorenzo Lamas, Eddie Deezen, Alice Ghostley, Fannie Flagg, Dick Patterson, Ellen Travolta, … Continue reading
Rita Coolidge Living in the Spirit World by Jay S. Jacobs If Rita Coolidge didn’t have a life as interesting as she has, it would seem like someone had to make it up. She showed up in Hollywood as a teen, a young woman proud of her Native American heritage and blessed with a sweet … Continue reading
Neil Meron and Marc Platt Resurrecting Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert by Jay S. Jacobs In 1970, a pair of fairly unknown composers named Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice released a concept album called Jesus Christ Superstar, a rock opera about the life of Christ looking through a (then-) modern prism. The record was … Continue reading
The Revolution – SugarHouse Casino – Philadelphia, PA – March 9, 2018 Click on thumbnails to see full-sized photos! Photos by Nick Bergmann © 2018 Continue reading
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – TLA – Philadelphia, PA – March 7, 2018 Click on thumbnails to see full-sized pictures! Photos by Nick Bergmann © 2018 Continue reading
Talking ‘Bout The Revolution with Lisa Coleman By Jay S. Jacobs The Revolution love what they are doing, but they hate the reason that they have to do it. The group, made up of Wendy Melvoin (guitar, vocals), BrownMark (bass, vocals), Lisa Coleman (keyboards, vocals), Matt Fink (aka Dr. Fink, keyboards) and Bobby Z. (drums), … Continue reading
THE BEE GEES – ONE FOR ALL TOUR: LIVE IN AUSTRALIA 1989 (2018) Featuring Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, George Perry, Alan Kendall, Michael Murphy, Tampa Murphy, Linda Harmon, Phyllis St. James, Tim Cansfield, Vic Martin and Gary Moberley. Directed by Adrian Woods. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 107 minutes. Not Rated. The Bee … Continue reading
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