Subject: Honda Center

• Elton John and Billy Joel

  March 26, 2009

• To Do Tonight - 10/10

  ANAHEIM DUCKS, 7pm Head to the Honda Center to watch the Ducks in action as they battle the Boston Bruins. Honda Center, 2695 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim, (714) 704-2500 www.ducks.nhl.com JARS OF CLAY, 7pm Tonight’s show features Jars of Clay with NeedtoBreathe. House of Blues Anaheim, 1530 S. Disneyland Dr., Anaheim, (714) 778-BLUE www.hob.com/tickets/eventdetail.asp?eventid=46075 HANYANG UNIVERSITY WIND ORCHESTRA, 8pm The Cal State Fullerton Wind Symphony joins forces with Hanyang University

  October 10, 2007

• To Do Today - 11/22 TURKEY DAY!

  BODY BLAST WORKOUT, 8am Workout and burn those calories before the big feast. The Brea Community Center, 695 E. Madison Way., Brea, (714) 990-7100 TURKEY TROT, 8am More than 3,500 runners and walkers expected in the 5th annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot 5K/10K. Funds will benefit local charities. The Belmont Olympic Pool, on the beach at 1 Bennett Ave., Belmont Shores THANKSGIVING DAY ELEGANT BUFFET, 11am, 1:30pm & 4pm Celebrate with a feast. Knott’s Berry Farm, RSVP @ (714) 243-2020 WE

  November 22, 2007

• To Do Tonight - 01/15

  SURF CITY NIGHTS, 5pm Bring friends and family and take an evening stroll on Main Street. Have a taste of HB's restaurants, sidewalk sales, farmer’s market, children’s activities and live entertainment. Main Street, Huntington Beach ANAHEIM DUCKS, 7pm Versus Dallas. Honda Center, 2695 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim A FEMININE ENDING, 7:45pm This play takes a surprising look at a talented woman, the choices she makes and the men who spark those choices. South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Dr.,

  January 15, 2008

• Last Night: WWE's RAW at the Honda Center

  Since I was getting hassled by security for the first hour because I mistakenly thought my press creds sort of implied I was bringing a camera to the Honda Center Monday night, staff writer Luke Thompson gives this report of the dark matches: "I got inside just in time to hear Hacksaw Jim Duggan’s music signal a victory for the board-wielding goofball, whose shtick still entertains all these years since the height of his fame. Was sorry to miss him. When I used to play with Hasbro action figu

  February 19, 2008

• To Do Tonight - 03/03

  JOYRIDE MONDAYS, 8 p.m. Featuring DJ Adam Smasher. The Pike Bar & Grill, 1836 E. Fourth St., Long Beach A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, 8 p.m. Lovers, dreamers, schemers at UCI. UC Irvine, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, 300 Arts Irvine ANAHEIM DUCKS VS. OTTAWA SENATORS, 7 p.m. Hockey night at the Honda Center. Honda Center, 2695 E. Katella Avenue, Anaheim 12th ANNUAL TASTE OF CHINO, 5 p.m. Sample the local cuisine for charity. Planes of Fame Museum, 7000 Merrill Ave., Chino ISRAELI FOLK DANCE,

  March 3, 2008

• Last night at Honda Center: Bruce Springsteen with Rage ATM's Tom Morello

  I'm still trying to absorb a lot of last night's Bruce Springsteen show at Honda Center -- I'll have more on Wednesday, a less-deadline-intensified day 'round these Weekly parts. But in the meantime, enjoy this from-the-nosebleeds clip from the gig, with special guest Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, doing Bruce's "Ghost of Tom Joad" (which Rage itself has covered many times live). Watch it all the way till the end for some of Tom's skullcrushing guitar acrobatics... Also, the setlist

  April 8, 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 those SoCal badboys the Mars Volta know, prog rock can be damned exhilarating, when done with just the right amount of excess, killer chops, trippy album artwork and a keenly rococo melodic sense—all of

  April 10, 2008

• Bruce Springsteen at Honda Center: Finger-lickin' good!

  (Warning: rambling diatribe ahead on Bruce Springsteen that may or may not make sense, but that's what blogs are for, no?) I’ve had moments of superfreak Springsteen fandom before. The bumper sticker on my car that proclaimed AND ON THE EIGHTH DAY GOD CREATED SPRINGSTEEN. The time I rented a car for one day (cost: $155.78) on my first trip to New York City in 1989 and drove down to Asbury Park to pocket a few splintered pieces of the wooden boardwalk, and to see where the “Tunnel of Loveâ€

  April 10, 2008

• Last Night: Steely Dan @ Honda Center

  Steely Dan @ The Honda Center on August 4, 2008 Better Than: going to high school band practice. Download:"Kid Charlemagne" from the Steely Dan Myspace page. Steely Dan rocked the Honda Center as softly as possible. Donald Fagen (Vocals/Keyboards) and Walter Becker (Guitar/Vocals) were backed by some outstanding musicians as they took a stroll down memory lane mining some musical gems from the past. A strong odor was present when I walked into the Honda center. It was not what I was expecti

  August 5, 2008

• One Step up, Two Steps Back

  May 25, 2000

• Prog-Rock Rules!

  April 15, 2004

• Eight Days

  December 2, 2004

• On Sale This Weekend: Jingle Ball, 'High School Musical: The Ice Tour,' More

  Lots of stuff this weekend, especially if you're a tween. You're probably not if you're reading this blog, though. Sadface.

  November 7, 2008

• Tickets for KIIS 102.7 FM Jingle Ball Going Fast

  As far as these things go, the lineup for this year's "KIIS 102.7 FM Jingle Ball," Dec. 6 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, is fairly impressive. And by "these things," of course I mean a concert where pre-fab, manufactured teeny bopper acts perform 15 minute sets in the name of promoting a radio station owned by a scary multinational corporation (in this instance, Clear Channel). But still. Solid. So it shouldn't be too much of a surprise that tickets, which just went on sale this past Saturday,

  November 10, 2008

• Last Night: Coldplay at the Honda Center

  Photo by Christopher VictorioLast Night: Coldplay at the Honda Center, Anaheim, Nov. 25, 2008.Better than: Staying home to watch the six-hour long "Dancing with the Stars" season finale.Most mixed message: Booths in the lobby promoting anti-poverty organization Oxfam, just mere feet away from merch tables selling $35 t-shirts and $20 "tour programs."Let's face it--it's really not "cool" to like Coldplay. They're just too popular, too earnest, too derivative of The Bends-era Radiohead and too mar

  November 26, 2008

• Another Show Announcement! Britney Spears in Anaheim

  Britney Spears, an American popular music singer you may be passingly familiar with, is going back on tour--"The Circus Starring Britney Spears"--with a stop at the Honda Center in Anaheim on April 19. It's her first arena tour in five years, her press release kindly informs us.The tour is named after her new album, Circus, in stores (a non-iTunes, physical place where they sell CDs...weird, right?) today. Also today? Britney's 27th birthday! Have a good one, Brit. I'm sure there's many years of

  December 2, 2008

• Live from KIIS-FM Jingle Ball, a.k.a. Bizarroworld

  I didn't know there were people--especially this many--that would actually be happy to see Ryan Seacrest. But tonight at the Honda Center in Anaheim, for the KIIS-FM Jingle Ball, they were not only happy but, I dunno, elated?Jubilant? What kind of twisted, parallel universe have I stepped into?Katy Perry is on stage now, in a Santa's helper-type outfit, singing "I Kissed a Girl." R.I.P. feminism.

  December 6, 2008

• Deaths of OC MMA Fighter, Wife, Suspected to be Murder-Suicide

  The LA Times, industry publications the Wrestling Observer and Sherdog and plenty of other sources report that autopsy results are leading authorities to believe that the deaths of an Orange County professional mixed martial arts fighter and his wife were exactly what they appeared to be when news broke yesterday: a murder-suicide.Justin Levens, 28, and his wife, Sarah McLean-Levens, 25, were found dead from gunshot wounds Wednesday afternoon at their Laguna Niguel condominium. The gun was foun

  December 18, 2008

• Johnny Tambourine

  August 23, 2007

• Just In: Fleetwood Mac Coming to Honda Center in May

  The Mac is back! No, not that one. The latest chapter in the British/American rock band's storied, tumultuous history is a greatest hits tour, coinciding with a new, reissued version of their most famous album Rumours. The tour was announced back in December, but with only east coast dates. But now we know that Fleetwood Mac--the current, Christine McVie-less roster of Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood-- is coming our way on May 23, at the Honda Center in Anaheim. T

  January 14, 2009

• To Do Tonight - 2/11

  Ducks vs. Calgary Flames, 7 p.m.February is cold so you should watch an ice-related sporting event on your home television set for fun.Honda Center, 2695 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim, CA; 714-704-2400Voodoo Karaoke, 10:30 p.m.Every Wednesday at 10:30 p.m., enjoy drink specials and a happy hour menu and NO COVER AT ALL. Hey, what else are you going to do on a Wednesday?House of Blues, 1530 S. Disneyland Dr., Anaheim, CA; 714-778-2583BMX Ride Sessions, 7 p.m.Lake Forest's Etnies Skatepark offers BMX

  February 11, 2009

• [Summer Guide] Twenty Summer Shows That Should Be Fun (Or Fun to Make Fun Of)

  June 4, 2009

• Get the Fries at the Honda Center's Club Level

  Two weekends ago, my cousin treated me to the Vic Darchinyan-Jorge Arce boxing match at the Honda Center for my birthday. He scored club-level seats and also invited me to eat whatever I want. I had just treated him to Mariscos Licenciado #2 just up State College Boulevard, so I contented myself with a Kobe beef hamburger and fries. For the fight, everyone sitting in the club-level seats could flag down an usher, who would take their order and bring back food from a restaurant exclusive to the c

  February 17, 2009

• Incoming: Depeche Mode at the Honda Center

  This was announced kinda quietly over the weekend, but in case you haven't heard: Depeche Mode is coming to the Honda Center in Anaheim on August 19. It's the latest addition to their tour behind Sounds of the Universe, their 12th (!) full-length (and first since 2005's Playing the Angel), out on April 21. They've already got Hollywood Bowl performances scheduled on August 16 and 17. There's various pre-sales going on, and it's on sale to the general public a week from today, March 30, at 10 a.m

  March 23, 2009

• To Do This Weekend - 3/27-3/29

  The Airborne Toxic Event, Henry Clay People, Rademacher; 3/27 7p.m.Three rad bands, one rockin' Friday evening.The Glass House, 200 W. Second St., Pomona, CA; 909-629-0377Billy Joel; Elton John, 3/28 7:30p.m.Reuniting for the most successful concert pairing in pop history, the two music icons share the Honda Center stage during their "Face 2 Face" North American tour.Honda Center, 2695 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim, CA; 714-704-2400Gary Sinise & the Lt. Dan Band, 3/29 6p.m.As Sam McPheeters desc

  March 27, 2009

• Cold Comfort

  November 27, 2008

• A Raw Nerve

  Elaborately choreographed pantomime reveals a nation torn asunder

  July 26, 2007

• Stanley Cops

  Celebrating Ducks fans have good, clean fun—or else

  June 14, 2007

• Fo' Sizzle!

  Summer concerts/festivals to heat the beat

  June 7, 2007

• Just Like Us!

  Anyone can be an American Idolbut a star? Not so much

  August 24, 2006

• This Week in Cowboy Buns

  February 9, 2006

• July 21 - July 28

  July 21, 2005

• Eight Days

  April 28, 2005

• Material Hurl

  May 27, 2004

• Smile, Eventually!

  July 31, 2003

• Scorecard

  June 26, 2003

• Five-Year Flop

  July 25, 2002

• Old Man, Take a Look at Yourself

  April 4, 2002

• Val Garay, Laguna Beach-Based Superproducer

  August 10, 2000

• To Do Tonight - 4/20

  The Wall, 8 p.m.It's international pot smoking day. Why not partake in this trippy experience? Thanks largely to illustrator Gerald Scarfe and his constantly morphing, slightly disturbing and completely spellbinding images, The Wall is an hour and a half of absolutely mind-bending provocation set to Pink Floyd's epic album of the same name. Bay Theater - Seal Beach, 340 Main St., Seal Beach, CA; 562-431-9988Kottonmouth Kings; OPM, 6:30 p.m.Another toke-worthy occurrence on this, the smokiest of

  April 20, 2009

• Fleetwood Mac

  May 21, 2009

• Ringling Bros.: We Do Care For Our Animals

  Photo by Keith May The media was out there, and so was the circus.Anyone who marveled at the incisive journalism and expert photography displayed in the coverage of animal-rights activist Melissa Sehgal's nude protest over Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus' upcoming Honda Center run knows Navel Gazing took on a whole new meaning that June 25 morning. One thing you did not marvel at was circus promoter Feld Entertainment's on-the-spot response, which through a commu

  July 1, 2009

• Electro-hop Duo LMFAO Prepare for an Arena Show in Anaheim, Bitch

  August 6, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  August 13, 2009

• One Good Ringling Bros. Demonstration Deserves Another

  Courtesy of ElephantCenter.comA Ringling Bros. elephant performer gets a washing.When Melissa "Vegan Mel" Sehgal of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) carried out her nude and caged protest against Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus late last month in Anaheim, a representative from event promoter Feld Entertainment was right there to counter activists' claims.The back-and-forth was held in anticipation of the circus moving in to the Honda Center on Wednesday evening. T

  July 13, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  August 27, 2009

• Kanye West and Lady Gaga Set to Bring VMA Controversy to Anaheim

  Chris Victorio​Heard anything about Kanye West lately? The usually reserved rapper/producer/tireless self-promoter has uncharacteristically made a tiny amount of headlines these last couple of days, but you've probably missed them. (Seriously, though, it must be weird to be called a jackass by the president, off the record to not.)Well, now that he's gotten all of the "crushing happy moments in beloved teenage girls' lives" out of his system, he's about to start a new tour, one that's coming t

  September 15, 2009

• 'Fame Kills' Killed; Kanye West and Lady Gaga Scrap Tour

  ​From the "well, you kind of had to see this coming" department: Kanye West and Lady Gaga have canceled their much-publicized, co-headlining "Fame Kills" tour, which was to stop at Anaheim's Honda Center on November 15. (Yes, surely a lot of people are going to be using "'Fame Kills' Killed." Who could resist?)

  October 1, 2009

• Important Words From the Lakers

  The Los Angeles Lakers open the preseason tonight with a game at the Honda Center against the Golden State Warriors. That means a lot of things (namely, my life will once again have meaning), but most importantly, it gives me the opportunity to post this video. Sure, it ain't the current Lakers, but the message is still relevant.  

  October 7, 2009