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Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie at Ironstone Amphitheatre | Murphys, California | 7/21/2017 (Concert Review + Photos)

July 23, 2017 by Jason DeBord

“That was a beautiful and circular moment…” Lindsey Buckingham talking about Christine McVie coming back to the world of Fleetwood Mac in 2014 – after a 15 break from the band – and then the two of them working on a new album together.  That album, Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie, was released to much acclaim last month.  Now touring together as a duo and playing a fairly even mix of old and new, the pair put on an amazing performance at Ironstone Amphitheatre at Ironstone Vineyards on Friday night.  Of all of the dozens of shows I’ve personally seen at the venue, this one might be my all-time favorite.

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Filed Under: Concert Reviews, Ironstone Amphitheatre at Ironstone Vineyards, Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, Murphys California, Richter Entertainment Group, The Wallflowers Tagged With: 2017, 2017 tour, 70s, 80s, california, christine mcvie, cities, Concert, concert dates, concert photo, concert photography, concert photos, Concert Review, dates, event, Fleetwood Mac, gig, high resolution, images, ironstone, ironstone amphitheatre, ironstone vineyards, ironstone winery, jakob dylan, Lindsey Buckingham, live, murphys, Music, performance, Photo, photograph, photography, photos, record, reg entertainment, review, richter entertainment group, rock, Rock and Roll, set, set list, setlist, show, summer, summer concert series, the wallflowers, tickets, tour, u.s. tour

Boy George to Headline iHeart80s Inaugural Birthday Bash Concert with Martha Quinn at SAP Center in San Jose on August 26th

July 21, 2017 by Jason DeBord

iHeartMedia San Francisco’s iHeart80s @ 103.7 is hosting a massive ‘80s Music event in the San Francisco Bay Area on Saturday, August 26th at SAP Center in San Jose.  The special concert event and the inaugural “iHeart80s Birthday Bash” live concert event will feature Boy George as the headlining artists as well as special guests A Flock Of Seagulls, The Romantics, Farrington & Mann of the Original When In Rome UK, Tiffany, Animotion, Tommy Tutone, and Nu Shooz. Hosting the show will be iHeart80s morning personality and former original MTV VJ Martha Quinn as well as appearances by station personalities Christie James and Morris Knight. [Read more…]

Filed Under: "On Tour" Dates & Announcements, Animotion, Boy George, Flock of Seagulls, Nu Shooz, The Romantics, Tiffany, Tommy Tutone, When In Rome (Clive Farrington, Original Lead Vocalist) Tagged With: 2017, 80s, a flock of seagulls, animotion, birthday bash, boy george, Clive Farrington, Concert, culture club, Farrington & Mann of the Original When In Rome UK, iheart80s, iheartmedia, iheartradio, line-up, live, martha quinn, mtv, Nu Shooz, preview, Romantics (The Romantics), San Jose, SAP Center, tickets, Tiffany, tommy tutone, tour

Psychedelic Furs Bring “The Singles Tour” to North America; Joined by Robyn Hitchcock

July 11, 2017 by Jason DeBord

English post punk/New Wave band Psychedelic Furs embark on an extensive tour of North America and the UK starting next week, with a series of concerts keeping them busy through October.  The modern rock pioneers will be bringing the hits on their concert series, The Singles Tour.  With seven studio albums and 22 singles, fans can expect to hear favorites like “Pretty in Pink”, “Heartbreak Beat”, “Love My Way”, and “The Ghost In You”.  Joining The Furs on tour is English singer-songerwriter Robyn Hitchcock. [Read more…]

Filed Under: "On Tour" Dates & Announcements, Psychedelic Furs, Robyn Hitchcock Tagged With: 2017, 80s, cities, Concert, dates, live, modern rock, new wave, Post Punk, preview, psychedelic furs, Robyn Hitchcock, the singles tour, tour

Duran Duran Making Two Stops in Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area in July

June 28, 2017 by Jason DeBord

Following up on their tour dates earlier this year in March and April, Duran Duran will be kicking off a new leg of their 2017 tour with two stops in the Bay Area in California, first at Fox Theater in Oakland on July 7th and then at the Masonic in San Francisco the next night. The band continues to support their 14th studio album (and first with Warner Bros. Records), the excellent Paper Gods, which was produced by the legendary Nile Rodgers, Mark Ronson, Josh Blair, and Mr Hudson.  [Read more…]

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Jason Mraz & His Superband at Ironstone Amphitheatre | Murphys, California | 6/25/2017 (Concert Review + Photos)

June 27, 2017 by Jason DeBord

“Every little thing, is gonna be alright…  We’re just gonna do this for fifteen minutes!”  Jason Mraz & His Superband closing out the first of two sets, channeling a bit of Bob Marley.  Which seemed quite appropriate, given his fun and optimistic “an evening with…” style show at Ironstone Amphitheatre on Sunday night, marking his only Northern California show on this tour.  Early in the first set, he advised the audience, “you are permitted to sing… you are invited to sing… you are practically obliged to sing…”  The audience accepted this challenge and most were up on their feet dancing and singing throughout the night.  Mraz certainly has a distinct outlook on life that he carries with him and that is contagious with his fans (who span all ages, gender, and culture), and I’d have to say it was certainly the most joyful show I’d seen out of dozens at this beautiful venue, and that’s saying a lot.

 

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Filed Under: Concert Reviews, Ironstone Amphitheatre at Ironstone Vineyards, Jason Mraz, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, Murphys California, Richter Entertainment Group Tagged With: 2017, 2017 tour, 70s, 80s, california, cities, Concert, concert dates, concert photo, concert photography, concert photos, Concert Review, dates, event, gig, high resolution, images, information, ironstone, ironstone amphitheatre, ironstone vineyards, ironstone winery, Jason Mraz, jason mraz and his superband, live, murphys, Music, performance, Photo, photograph, photography, photos, record, reg entertainment, review, richter entertainment group, rock, Rock and Roll, set, set list, setlist, show, summer, summer concert series, tickets, tour, u.s. tour

The Moody Blues at Ironstone Amphitheatre | Murphys, California | 6/18/2017 (Concert Review + Photos)

June 20, 2017 by Jason DeBord

Fans of The Moody Blues got to experience the band like never before on Sunday night at Ironstone Amphitheatre.  Featuring “an evening with…” style concert presentation, The Moody Blues played two full sets in front of the massive crowd in attendance, the first with various hits from their career and the second presenting a track by track playing of every songs from their groundbreaking album, Days of Future Passed, which celebrates it’s 50th anniversary this year.  They looked and sounded great, and there was a lot of magic in the air as they recreated this landmark album live on stage.

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Filed Under: Concert Reviews, Ironstone Amphitheatre at Ironstone Vineyards, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, Murphys California, Richter Entertainment Group, The Moody Blues Tagged With: 2017, 2017 tour, 70s, 80s, california, cities, Concert, concert dates, concert photo, concert photography, concert photos, Concert Review, dates, days of future passed, Days of Future Passed 50th Anniversary Tour, days of future passed tour, event, gig, high resolution, images, information, ironstone, ironstone amphitheatre, ironstone vineyards, ironstone winery, live, moody blues, murphys, Music, performance, Photo, photograph, photography, photos, record, reg entertainment, review, richter entertainment group, rock, Rock and Roll, set, set list, setlist, show, summer, summer concert series, The Moody Blues, tickets, tour, u.s. tour

John Mellencamp at Ironstone Amphitheatre | Murphys, California | 6/17/2017 (Concert Review + Photos)

June 19, 2017 by Jason DeBord

“Now this next song, I must have been about 25 when I wrote this song…  I don’t even know why I play it anymore other than I know you guys want to hear it, right?”  John Melloncamp on stage at Ironstone Amphitheatre at Ironston Vineyards Saturday night, talking about writing his hit song from the 80s, “Jack and Diane”.  The venue was packed with fans turning out to see their blue collar hero from decades past, though it is a strange kind of incongruity with what inspires the fans still today seems to be more of a thorn in the side of the man who captured their imagination with these songs for which he does not seemingly share the same sentiment himself today.  Regardless, he delivered an impressive set and supporting artists Carlene Carter and Emmylou Harris did the same.

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Filed Under: Carlene Carter, Concert Reviews, Emmylou Harris, Ironstone Amphitheatre at Ironstone Vineyards, John Mellencamp, Lily & Madeleine, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, Murphys California, Richter Entertainment Group Tagged With: 2017, 2017 tour, 70s, 80s, california, carlene carter, cities, Concert, concert dates, concert photo, concert photography, concert photos, Concert Review, dates, emmylou harris, event, gig, high resolution, images, information, ironstone, ironstone amphitheatre, ironstone vineyards, ironstone winery, john cougar mellencamp, John Mellencamp, Lily & Madeleine, live, murphys, Music, performance, Photo, photograph, photography, photos, record, reg entertainment, review, richter entertainment group, rock, Rock and Roll, Sad Clowns & Hillbillies, Sad Clowns & Hillbillies Tour, set, set list, setlist, show, summer, summer concert series, tickets, tour, u.s. tour

Boston with Joan Jett & The Blackhearts at Ironstone Amphitheatre | Murphys, California | 6/10/2017 (Concert Review + Photos)

June 13, 2017 by Jason DeBord

“Let’s see some hands!” Tommy DeCarlo, vocalist from Boston, getting the massive crowd at Ironstone Amphitheatre in Murphys reaching up to the sky during “Cool The Engines”.  Essentially a double-header with Joan Jett & The Blackhearts performing earlier, it was a stellar night of classic rock spanning the last four or five decades.  The two artists were a great choice to pair up, in that they had great crossover in fans but were also a showcase in contrasting styles and approaches to bringing their music to life on stage.  Joan Jett & The Blackhearts were stripped down to just the instruments they needed to recreate their raw punk rock style as the sun set into the horizon behind the crowd while Boston had a fantastic spaceship themed backdrop across massive monitors that seemed to fuel their hard and progressive rock sounds.  Early on in Richter Entertainment’s Summer Concert Series, this show set a bar for high energy and pure rock and roll for all the artists to follow.

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Filed Under: Boston, Concert Reviews, Ironstone Amphitheatre at Ironstone Vineyards, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, Murphys California, Richter Entertainment Group Tagged With: 2017, 2017 tour, 70s, 80s, blackheart records, blackhearts, boston, california, cities, Concert, concert dates, concert photo, concert photography, concert photos, Concert Review, dates, event, gig, Hard Rock, high resolution, images, information, ironstone, ironstone amphitheatre, ironstone vineyards, ironstone winery, joan jett, joan jett & the blackhearts, joan jett and the blackhearts, live, murphys, Music, performance, peter frampton, Photo, photograph, photography, photos, prog rock, progressive rock, Punk, record, reg entertainment, review, richter entertainment group, rock, Rock and Roll, set, set list, setlist, show, summer, summer concert series, the runaways, tickets, Tom Scholz, tour, u.s. tour

Midnight Oil at Fox Theater | Oakland, California | 5/27/2017 (Concert Review + Photos)

May 29, 2017 by Jason DeBord

“We gotta remember and identify and know that the only thing we gotta fear with the craziness and the madness and some of the very difficult evil things that have happened, is not to be human, is not to be cooperative, not to be looking out for one another, but to be spreading the good stuff everywhere…”  Midnight Oil’s (“the Oils”) Peter Garrett, in his preface to “Put Down That Weapon”, the band’s second single off of their seminal 1987 album, Diesel and Dust.  Some 30 years later, lyrics from the song and the ideas that they invoke seem as poignant as ever.  The band has been mostly off the scene as Midnight Oil since they dissolved in 2002, so with their 2017 reformation and world tour, they have made an unexpected return to much acclaim and excitement.  I was a huge fan of that 1987 album as it blew up in the U.S. at the time, and I had never had a chance to see them perform live until this show at Fox Theater in Oakland on Saturday night.  It was nothing short of incredible, and will certainly rank as one of my favorite gigs of the year.  They are touring a lot in 2017 and crossing back to cities already visited, so I give my highest recommendation to turn out for one of these events…

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Filed Under: All Our Exes Live In Texas, Another Planet Entertainment, Concert Reviews, Fox Theater, Live Rock Music, News, & Events, Midnight Oil, Oakland California Tagged With: 2017, 80s, All Our Exes Live In Texas, australia, cities, Concert, concert photography, Concert Review, dates, diesel and dust, Fox Theater, full tank, live, midnight oil, Oakland, peter garrett, photography, photos, Post Punk, set, setlist, the great circle, The Great Circle 2017 World Tour, the oils, tickets, tour, world tour

Book of Love at DNA Lounge | San Francisco, California | 2/19/2017 (Concert Review + Photos)

February 25, 2017 by Jason DeBord Leave a Comment

“I guess we just wanna reinforce our message of hope and new beginnings; because anything can happen, hopefully…”  Susan Ottaviano speaking on behalf of her and her bandmates and a full reunion of Book of Love as preface to “Happy Day”, one of the bright and shiny songs off of their self-titled 1986 debut album.  Their music is in stark contrast to a lot of the self-perpetuating negativity permeating our culture today.  The band seemed to have more of an attitude about shaping the future by painting a picture of what they wanted it to be, rather than engaging in conflict.  Maybe they were onto something that might come around again someday?  Optimism is powerful.  And San Francisco turned out for a healthy dose of it Sunday night at a sold out show at the DNA Lounge… to be part of this special concert engagement in which all four members of Book of Love performed together, with not just the original hits but new music too, in celebration of their 30th anniversary last year. [Read more…]

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