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Summer Concert Special
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Volume 104, Issue 7
Music for all ears
Photo Illustration by Scott Abts Emerald
Staff Writers
Oregon Daily Emerald
Concerts in the summer speak for
themselves. What better time than
during these warm, sunny days to ex
| perience one’s favorite band in a great out
door venue or to hear some new songs at a
concert hall?
Bands are in overdrive during the sum
mer, filling stadiums and amphitheaters
and promoting new albums. In this issue,
the Emerald staff has endeavored to bring
you the biggest, the coolest and the nearest
summer concerts. Take a few minutes to
scan the listings, and then go buy tickets.
B.B. King comes to Eugene
Blues fans can get their fix this summer
at the Cuthbert Amphitheater.
The B.B. King Blues Fest 2002 will kick
off Aug. 3 at 6 p.m. On the ticket for the fes
tival is the blues king himself, B.B. King,
i along with George Thorogood & The De
stroyers, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and
i Joe Bonamassa.
B.B. King has a career rivaled by few
artists — a feat that has earned him the
nickname “King of Blues.” King, who will
turn 77 this September, has made a stag
gering 81 records in his career as a blues
guitarist. His latest release, “A Christmas
Celebration Of Hope,” includes a collec
tion of Christmas songs with King’s
unique blues style.
In 1970, King’s hit “The Thrill Is Gone”
gained mainstream success, an accom
plishment blues artists rarely claim. King
performed the song on “The Ed Sullivan
Show” and “American Bandstand.”
The B.B. King Blues Fest will hit major
cities all around the United States, includ
ing the Gorge in Washington. Tickets for
the show are $47.50 plus $2.00 city fee,
available through the Hult Center.
—Jan Montry
He’s a loser, baby
In 1994, he made being a loser cool again.
He roused an entire generation of twenty
somethings with Dada-inspired lyrics. He re
leased an album in 1999 that was just as
funky as anything by Prince.
His name is Beck, he’s legend to some
and he’s coming to Portland on Aug. 3.
Beck, born Beck Hansen in 1970 in Los
Angeles, came striding confidently onto the
scene in 1994 with a gangly, awkward atti
tude of “Generation X” cynicism for the
music scene and a folk-blues-rock-alterna
tive sound that cleared the air in the barren,
post-grunge world.
After the spaciness of 1998’s “Mutations”
and the funkiness of 1999’s “Midnite Vul
tures,” many fans wondered where Beck
was heading next. The answer lies in his
August tour and his new album, to be re
leased Sept. 24.
Beck is revisiting his roots with a slower,
folk-country sound and the melodic style
fans first fell in love with. The 20-date tour
kicks off Aug. 2 in Seattle, heads east until
Aug. 16 and then returns west, finishing in
Los Angeles on Aug. 30.
The Aug. 3 show at the Aladdin Theatre
is sold out, but a search of the Internet may
turn up some really expensive tickets. Sam
ples of the new album, “Paper Tiger,” are
available at www.beck.com.
— Michael J. Kleckner
Springsteen celebrates
30 years of rock
Get ready to be ordered around, because
the Boss is back.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
will perform 46 shows in 46 cities this year.
The United States will host 39 of the con
certs, while European fans can enjoy per
formances at seven locations. This concert
will be just one more to add to the already
behemoth-like list of summer concerts in
our neck of the woods.
The Boss’ performance in Portland’s
Rose Garden Arena on Aug. 20 begins at
7:30 p.m. Tickets to the guaranteed-to-be
sold-out show go on sale July 20 at all
Ticketmaster locations. The tickets are a
whopping $75, but why not pay an arm
and a leg to see someone who created
“Born in the U.S.A.” and refused to sing it
for the president?
Springsteen and E Street Band’s tour is
promoting the new album “The Rising,” |
which is set for release July 30. “The Ris- j
ing” is Springsteen’s 28th album. During
this tour, he will celebrate his 30th year of
rocking and his 53rd year of living.
For more information about
the concert, visit www.ticketmaster.com.
— Jenni Schultz
‘Q Fest’ to feature Adema,
Drowning Pool
Local new rock station KNRQ 97.9 FM
will be holding “Q Fest” at the Cuthbert
Amphitheater on Aug. 28. Performing will
be hard rock bands 111 Nino, Down, Adema,
Drowning Pool and Switched. Tickets are
$25 at any Fastixx outlet. Doors will open
at 1 p.m. with the festival beginning at 2
p.m. The concert ends at 10 p.m., in accor
dance with Eugene’s noise ordinance.
Down is a hard rock supergroup made up
of members from Pantera, Corrosion of Con
formity and Crowbar. Their second album,
“Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow,” was
released this year. Adema, whose lead
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