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April 16, 2007
Shins-ing the Night Away: A Sounds Eclectic Evening
[photo by Marc Goldstein] Making a classic SoCal newcomer mistake, I only gave myself 45 minutes to drive from Costa Mesa to Universal City's Gibson Amphitheatre, where influential public radio station KCRW was holding its sixth annual Sounds Eclectic concert; this year proceeds go to help conver ... More >>
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October 25, 2007
CANCELED: Velvet Revolver in Irvine
Friday's VR show at the Verizon Wireless (Irvine Meadows) Amphitheater has been canceled due to ongoing fire-related health concerns. The show, with Alice in Chains and Sparta, was to be band's final U.S. gig before stops in Japan and Australia. A Live Nation rep said the show has been *tentatively ... More >>
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April 10, 2008
Yes to Complexly Rock Honda Center Aug. 20
Set aside your negative bias toward Yes—and while you're at it, lose your knee-jerk hatred of prog rock. Yes fuckin' rock—albeit in a long-winded, redonkulously complex manner. And Chris Squire's bass playing? Completely slaughters Les Claypool's. Ask Squarepusher. He'll vouch for me. As thos ... More >>
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June 4, 2008
Oh No! Yes Cancel 40th Anniversary Tour
British prog-rock icons Yes have had to cancel their upcoming 26-city tour commemorating 40 years of incredibly long, complicated rockin'—including dates at Honda Center (Aug. 20) and Gibson Amphitheatre (Aug. 22)—due to singer Jon Anderson's health problems. “In the wake of my recent respir ... More >>
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November 20, 2008
The Cure, The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie Announced for KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas
It's radio station concert day! Apparently! KROQ has announced their lineup for day two (Dec. 14) of Almost Acoustic Christmas at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, and it is predictably pretty great: The Cure, The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie, Paramore, Franz Ferdinand (!), Scott Weiland, ... More >>
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December 4, 2008
Last Night: Smashing Pumpkins at the Gibson Amphitheater
Last Night: Smashing Pumpkins at the Gibson Amphitheater, Universal City, Dec. 3, 2008.Better Than: Watching your friends play as Billy Corgan in Guitar Hero World Tour.Download: The video for G.L.O.W. on MySpace Music.Vocalist/guitarist Billy Corgan would exclaim "don't give up on us yet!" as The S ... More >>
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December 12, 2008
Musical Advent Calendar: Death Cab for Cutie, 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)'
At this point, who hasn't covered the Phil Spector co-written classic "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"? Mariah Carey sang it on her 1994 Merry Christmas album, U2 on the 1987 Christmas compilation A Very Special Christmas. Original singer Darlene Love performs the tune every year on "The Late Sho ... More >>
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March 25, 2009
Incoming: No Doubt Add Yet Another OC Show, Katy Perry to Open
(Yes, I could have used another No Doubt picture to illustrate this blog, but I'm using this Katy Perry pic instead. Deal with it. We need hits.) Waaay sold out. No Doubt has added yet another Verizon Wireless Amphitheater show--their fourth!--to their triumphant reunion tour, this one happening on ... More >>
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December 7, 2006
New Reviews
Guadalupe; The History Boys; Screamers; Unaccompanied Minors
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May 4, 2009
No Doubt Triumphantly Return (to New Jersey)
Arguably (?) the most famous band in Orange County history, No Doubt, played their first official show in about five years last night at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey, headlining the second day of the Bamboozle Music Fest out there (not to be confused with the Bamboozle Left that to ... More >>
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July 3, 2009
Got Your Tickets to the Love Train Show?
Well, if you do, you're SOL (that's shit outta luck for the squares) because the gig's been canceled. The full name of the event was "The Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia" and locally it was scheduled to hit the Honda Center July 12 and the Gibson Amphitheater July 10. Tickets can be refunded a ... More >>
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August 19, 2009
'Go Fest 2009' Set for Verizon, Live Nation Extends No Service Fee Wednesdays
Country music in Orange County? It happens! Sometimes! Evidence: Go County 105 is bringing their "Go Fest 2009" to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine on October 3. Performers are set to include Brad Paisley (pictured), Dierks Bentley, Jimmy Wayne, Sarah Buxton, Zona Jones and Peter Brand ... More >>
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October 12, 2009
Your Chance to Save Money on Train Tickets Finally Here
Teehee, "Train tickets."At the end of the month, October 27 to be exact, Train--you know, "Drops of Jupiter," "Meet Virginia" Train--will release their first new studio album in nearly four years, Save Me San Francisco (named after their city of origin). Just two days before that, Train will play ... More >>
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October 20, 2009
Santa Ana's Aushua Added to Next Month's 'LA 101'
A festival-type show on a Tuesday? Hey, sure, why not? That's the day of LA 101, a concert put on by our sister paper, LA Weekly, up north at the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City.
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December 7, 2009
Show of the Day: Morrissey at Fox Theater, Pomona
"Polarizing," "love him or hate him," "no middle ground"--all pretty vague, cliche terms, and all rather accurate when it comes to Morrissey.
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December 14, 2009
What You Missed: AKC Dog Show, Metallica, Fear, KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas
AKC/Eukanuba National Championship Dog ShowKeith MayAnother full weekend, another weekend that felt way too short. The first thing we did? We hit up the weekend-long AKC/Eukanuba National Championship Dog Show at the Long Beach Convention Center. Photographer Keith May captured some amazing shots ... More >>
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December 14, 2009
Over the Weekend: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas with Muse, AFI at the Gibson Amphitheater
Andrew YoussefMuse at the Gibson AmphitheaterClick for a comprehensive slideshow of night one. Click here for photos from night two.The Hype: Seventeen bands in two nights at the cozy Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City served as the annual Almost Acoustic Christmas party for the staffers at me ... More >>
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March 12, 2010
Team Coco Alert! Conan O'Brien Stage Show Lands in LA
Conan O'Brien's live comedy/music review, which is aptly titled "Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television," lands April 24-25 at Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal City Walk, poignantly close to where the tall drink of redhead taped The Tonight Show before NBC fucked him over.
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April 5, 2010
What You Missed: MS Benefit, Common, the Cool Kids, Kevin & Bean's KROQ April Foolishness
Christopher VictorioStacy Clark enjoys some Stereofix. On Saturday night, Turkey and Friends helped put together an awesome lineup of talented bands to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Local faves like Stacy Clark, Stereofix, Beta Wolf, the Relative Strangers, We Are the Pilots ... More >>
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May 20, 2010
Today Only: More Tickets For Gleeks
If you cared, you'd probably already know this. But as expected, tickets to Glee Live 2010, the live version of my favorite guilty pleasure on TV, sold out in like 10 seconds. For those of you that don't care, Glee is a High School Musical-esque show that breathed mucho life into J ... More >>
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June 9, 2010
Five Indie Sell Outs: Does Anyone Really Care Anymore?
Andrew YoussefPearl Jam at the Gibson Amphitheater last SeptemberThere was a time when leveling the word "sellout" at a band was the equivalent of pinning a scarlet letter to a musician's leather jacket. For some of those bands who made it big in the '90s, fame was ostensibly a lamentable state o ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
[UPDATED] Weezer Announces Blue/Pinkerton Dates--With an LA Stop
Dates for Weezer's Memories Tour--around which the band will play both the eponymously-named yet literally-termed "Blue Album" from 1994 and the cult favorite Pinkerton--have just been announced.The band will play two nights in every city, with some "greatest hits" thrown in on both nights.There' ... More >>
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October 13, 2010
Alice in Chains, Deftones, and Mastodon at the Gibson Amphitheater Last Night
Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyCheck out our Alice in Chains, Deftones and Mastodon slideshow here!Alice in Chains, Deftones, MastodonGibson AmphitheaterOctober 12, 2010Taking snippets from the album titles of Alice in Chains, Deftones and Mastodon, the Blackdiamondskye tour descended upon the Gibson Am ... More >>
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October 28, 2010
Gorillaz at the Gibson Amphitheater Last Night
Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyGorillazOctober 27, 2010Gibson AmphitheaterSee the slideshow here! After playing a solid headlining slot at Coachella, Gorillaz brought their full stage production and a slew of guest all-stars for a blistering performance last night at the Gibson Amphitheater. The first a ... More >>
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November 1, 2010
Power 106 Cali Christmas Lineup Includes Ice Cube, Chris Brown, Far East Movement
Power 106 (KPWR, 105.9 Los Angeles) is holding their annual Cali Christmas on Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, and the usual suspects (Ice Cube, Chris Brown) are in the lineup, as well as some noobs (Far East Movement and The New Boyz--literally! hah!).
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November 2, 2010
Predicting the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Line Up
Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyIt is that time of the year again when people start talking about who will appear at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas shows. Traditionally held at the Gibson Amphitheater, the venue has a glaring hole in their calendar: there are no shows scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 11, ... More >>
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November 2, 2010
A Drake Concert Survival Guide
www.myspace.com/thisisdrakeDrake gave fair warning about the volatile nature of his shows when he expressed his apprehension by spitting "Everyone nervous/'Cuz them hipsters gone have to get along with them hood niggaz," on the "Ignant Shit" track off So Far Gone. This Thursday's show at th ... More >>
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November 3, 2010
WTF of the Week: Rivers Cuomo's Change of Heart on Weezer's 'Pinkerton'
Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyWTF?Let's just start by saying there's probably any number of aspects in Rivers Cuomo's life that would make good fodder for this weekly blog post: His one extended self-imposed celibacy, his choice to live for a stretch in an unfurnished apartment, his decision to put roc ... More >>
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November 15, 2010
KROQ Announces Almost Acoustic Christmas Night One Lineup
Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklySmashing Pumpkins at the Gibson Amphitheatre in 2008You know it's not officially Christmas until KROQ announces the Almost Acoustic Christmas line up. This year's holiday special is going to be held on Saturday, Dec. 11 and Sunday, Dec. 12 at the Gibson Amphitheatre. ... More >>
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November 16, 2010
Night Two of KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas Announced
Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyPhoenix at the Hollywood Bowl last SeptemberToday KROQ completed the Almost Acoustic Christmas line up announcement by giving us night two's roster. To be held on Saturday, Dec. 11 and Sunday, Dec. 12 at the Gibson Amphitheatre, KROQ announced the headliners for night one ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
Fingerprints to Leave Belmont Shore
[Mental Notes] We predicted KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas lineup, and an interview with our local Justin Bieber
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November 19, 2010
What Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Said: Interviews from the Past vs. Present
Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyA few weeks ago, Weezer's frontman Rivers Cuomo got on the phone with us to talk about the band's Memories Tour, the collection of B-sides, Death to False Metal, the Pinkerton reissue and their latest set, Hurley. During the interview, he talked about their reissues ... More >>
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November 29, 2010
Weezer at the Gibson Amphitheater Over The Weekend
Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyJorge Garcia makes a cameo at Weezer's first night in LACheck out our Weezer slideshow here!WeezerNovember 26, 2010Gibson AmphitheaterUnderstandably dubbed the "Memories" tour, Weezer dug up plenty of memorable older tunes to go along with a tidal wave of flashbacks at the ... More >>
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November 29, 2010
What You Missed: Uncommon Burlesque, Weezer, Patchwork Festival, Matt Costa
Mary Bell/OC WeeklyWhat'd you do this weekend? Did it involve some pre-Thanksgiving burlesque? Ours did! This long holiday weekend, we saw Uncommon Burlesque in Newport, Weezer perform the Blue Album in Los Angeles, crafty DIY-ers at the Patchwork Festival, Matt Costa perform a hometown show at t ... More >>
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December 1, 2010
Social Distortion's TV Debut on Jimmy Kimmel
www.myspace.com/socialdistortionIt's strange to hear that Social Distortion, a band that's been around since 1978, is making its TV DEBUT on December 6. I'm assuming this means network TV and not, like regular TV, since I've seen a bunch of clips of them on European TV shows and cable channels. ... More >>
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December 13, 2010
KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Night One at the Gibson Amphitheater Last Night
Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklySmashing Pumpkins headlined. For more photos, check out our slideshow here.KROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas Night OneDecember 11, 2010Gibson AmphitheaterIt doesn't feel like the end of the concert year until KROQ throws their annual Almost Acoustic Christmas shows at the Gibson A ... More >>
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December 13, 2010
KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Night Two at the Gibson Amphitheater Last Night
Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyPhoenix headlinedKROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Night TwoDecember 12, 2010Gibson AmphitheaterNight number two of KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas involved more of an alternative fare compared to the hard rock vibe of night one. Phoenix went from being an earlier opener last ... More >>
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February 2, 2011
Ozzy Osbourne at the Gibson Amphitheater Last Night
Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyOzzy OsbourneFebruary 1, 2011Gibson AmphitheaterClick here to see the slideshow!Ozzy Osbourne has been labeled many things throughout his storied career. Some of the tags include legend, icon, the prince of darkness, and the godfather of metal. One characteristic that is o ... More >>
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March 21, 2011
A Perfect Circle Announces New North American Tour--And a Call for the APC Superfan
Tim CadienteLeft to right: James Iha, Matt McJunkins, Billy Howerdel, Josh Freese, Maynard James Keenan.If you didn't manage to catch A Perfect Circle the last time around (click here to see our review), good news: The band just announced a new slew of North American tour dates, including a Los A ... More >>
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April 4, 2011
What You Missed: Odd Future, Brandon Boyd, Studio K, April Foolishness, Ani DiFranco, Fitz & the Tantrums
Another busy weekend: Buzzy hip-hop group Odd Future stopped by the Glass House, dreamboat/renaissance man Brandon Boyd showed off some art at Hurley, Studio K returned to Knott's, KROQ's April Foolishness hosted another big show, Ani DiFranco re-stole our hearts and Fitz and the Tantrums brought ... More >>
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April 4, 2011
Kevin & Bean's April Foolishness at Gibson Amphitheatre Saturday Night
Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyCheck out our slideshow here!Kevin & Bean's April FoolishnessApril 2, 2011 Gibson AmphitheatreFeeling like a herded cow, we fought through the crowd just in time to enjoy Cleto & The Cletones, who were the house band once again for this year's Kevin & Be ... More >>
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April 4, 2011
Tickets for A Perfect Circle On Sale on Friday
Tickets for A Perfect Circle's upcoming tour will be available on Friday, Apr. 8 at 10 a.m. everywhere! You can buy them at www.aperfectcircle.com then. They'll also be available at venue box offices, Ticketmaster.com and Livenation.com.
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June 16, 2011
Deftones at the Fox Theater Last Night
Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyThe Deftones at the Gibson Amphitheater last yearDeftonesJune 15, 2011Fox Theater PomonaOne of the benefits of seeing a show in Pomona is that one can usually park for free. Arriving in Pomona 15 minutes after the doors opened proved to be a costly mistake as I was forced ... More >>
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July 29, 2011
A Perfect Circle at the Gibson Amphitheater Last Night
Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyA Perfect CircleJuly 28, 2011Gibson AmphitheaterAfter a smattering of dates on the West Coast back in November, A Perfect Circle returned for a triumphant homecoming show at the Gibson Amphitheater. Sitting down in front of a small toy piano, Billy Howerdel plunked out the ... More >>
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September 19, 2011
Jesse Tabish of Other Lives: 'We're An Animal Living In This Strange, Strange World'
Other Lives began their year by releasing a their second album 15 months in the making. Tamer Animals is the product of folk heart, a classical soul, and minimalist recordings. The result is one of the most critically acclaimed albums of the year. They began their tour with Bon Iver and Mate ... More >>
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September 21, 2011
[UPDATED with Photos from Gibson Amphitheater] Bon Iver at the Shrine Auditorium Last Night
Chad Sengstock/OC WeeklyBon Iver at the Gibson AmphitheaterBon IverSept. 19, 2011Shrine AuditoriumSee more images here!I've seen Bon Iver triple in size since Justin Vernon released his groundbreaking debut, For Emma, Forever Ago, from a three-piece consisting of a drummer who was also a childhoo ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
Paul Simon at the Gibson Amphitheatre Last Night
Danielle Bacher/OC WeeklyPaul SimonOctober 19, 2011Gibson AmphitheatreSeventy years is a long time. Some countries in history did not manage to make it that long. Paul Simon, however, has endured. From teenage troubadour in Queens to one-half of the biggest folk-rock duo ever to solo superstar, h ... More >>
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November 8, 2011
Our Almost-Sure KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Lineup Prediction
Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyWith the announcement of San Francisco's Live 105 Not So Silent Night and San Diego's 91X Wrex The Halls concerts, one can easily forecast who will most likely appear at KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas to be held on December 10th and 11th at Gibson Amphitheater.Live 105 N ... More >>
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December 11, 2011
KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Night One Last Night
Andrew YoussefKROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Night OneDecember 10, 2011Gibson AmphitheaterStarting off 22 years ago as a one-night affair with a handful of acoustic performances, KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas has swelled into a two-night, predominately plugged-in festival. Night one, usually b ... More >>
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December 12, 2011
KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Night Two Last Night
Andrew YoussefKROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Night TwoDecember 11, 2011Gibson AmphitheaterSee also: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Night One After barely surviving Night One of KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas, my endurance was tested with another stellar line-up for Night Two. The Gibson ... More >>
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