Rolling Stone spoke with 14 legendary artists like Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Nicks, Earth, Wind and Fire’s Phillip Bailey, and The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde, and the magazine asked them if they are willing to go on the road again before there is a vaccine for COCVID-19.
The road is a place that is more like their first home than their second one. David Crosby of Crosby, Stills & Nash says his house is in jeopardy because he is not making any money. However, he wants you to know, “I’m not whining about it, though — it’s what we have to do, or we can’t beat the coronavirus.”
While he is willing to put other people’s lives ahead of his own, Sammy Hagar is not:
I’ll be comfortable playing a show before there’s a vaccine, if it’s declining and seems to be going away. I’m going to make a radical statement here. This is hard to say without stirring somebody up, but truthfully, I’d rather personally get sick and even die, if that’s what it takes. We have to save the world and this country from this economic thing that’s going to kill more people in the long run. I would rather see everyone go back to work. If some of us have to sacrifice on that, OK. I will die for my children and my grandchildren to have a life anywhere close to the life that I had in this wonderful country. That’s just the way that I feel about it. I’m not going to go around spreading the disease. But there may be a time where we have to sacrifice. I mean, how many people die on the Earth every day? I have no idea. I’m sorry to say it, but we all gotta die, man.
Thankfully, not all artists feel the same way as Hagar. Creedence Clearwater Revival’s John Fogerty said, “And I don’t want to be the guy who contributes to that. You go do a concert with 10,000 people, and then find out afterwards that some of them died?” Then he added, “Maybe some other guy thinks it’s a good idea, but I’m not dying for Donald Trump. I’m not dying for the economy.”
We all miss concerts, but none of them are worth dying over. Especially, Sammy Hagar. I saw him with Van Halen and he sucked. He was so awful that he forgot the words to Right Now. How do you forget the lyrics to the biggest song you produced with the band months just after you released it? He is no David Lee Roth.
On June 27th, Garth Brooks is beaming one of his concerts to over 300 drive-in theaters all over the US.
While that is cool, wouldn’t it be even cooler if it was a live and in-person show? Well, that is what Live Nation is doing next month with nine shows between July 10th-12th. Brad Paisley will be playing all three cities, Nashville, Tennessee, Maryland Heights, Missouri, and Noblesville, Indiana. While the other nights in those cities will be shared by Nelly and El Monstero in St. Louis, Jon Pardi and Darius Rucker in Nashville, and Jon Pardi and Yacht Rock Revue in Indianopollis.
How are they going to do that during the coronavirus pandemic? Your seats are your car. For as low as $125 per automobile, you can bring three people with you to enjoy the show. Each vehicle is given three spaces that are 9′ wide. The first for the car, the second for tailgating, and a third to keep a distance from the next concert-goer. While you are not required to wear a mask when you are in your designated area, you will have to wear one when you go to the bathroom. Each restroom will have hand sanitizer, a sink, and someone cleaning areas that see high traffic.
You are able to bring your own food and alcohol. However, they will be selling hot food and non-alcoholic drinks just in case.
Paisley told the AP, “The idea that we’re outdoors is a great thing,” adding, “I just think it’s a fun way to watch a concert anyway. It’d be fun if there wasn’t a virus.”
Hopefully, it is success because I would totally go to a concert like this. Plus, it is cheaper than most shows. Would you go to a gig like this?
If you would, then you can get tickets this Friday on Live Nation.
After almost 40 years together, The Go-Go’s are planning to say bye bye this summer. The all girl group will play 18 cities in The US this August, and then they will go on a permanent Vacation.
The band released this statement about their farewell tour, “We feel so lucky and so grateful to have had the incredible support of our fans for so long. We can’t wait to get out on the road and give the people what they want: some loud, fast music and a great party!”
While I am not head over heels about this news, I will be a cool jerk and wish them the best. I just want to know if I can turn to you for a hug.
Brandy played a concert at FNB stadium in Soweto after a game on Sunday, only problem is that no one seemed to know about it. In fact according to The Guardian only 40 people stayed to hear her sing. That number sounds even worse when you consider that arena can hold 90,000 at capacity. To make matters worse Brandy was able to see how many people were actually in the audience because someone left the lights on. Once she realized that that was all there was going to be, she walked out after singing 2 songs.
If that doesn’t bruise someone’s ego, I don’t know what does.
When you look at Amanda Seyfried, she looks all doe-eyed and innocent, but then when you hear what her hobby is your impression of her will change. Yesterday she was on Conan O’Brien’s TBS show and he asked her about being into Taxidermy. She then explained to him why she has all of these dead stuffed animals in her house and I was totally weirded out. Then she shared a picture of her with her dead friends reading a book and I am beyond creeped out. If only her sh!tty Red Riding Hood picture was as scary as her real life, it might’ve done a whole lot better at the box office. Seriously that movie was so bad, I couldn’t even get through 10 minutes of that dreck.
