On Monday, Pearl Jam announced it was canceling its stop at Raleigh’s PNC Arena, which was supposed to be today, in protest of the state’s HB 2. Though Vedder spoke to the audience at the band’s Monday night Virginia about the decision, he didn’t want to talk to us. We’re pretty sure it’s because he’s […]
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Titus Andronicus, Craig Finn, And the End of the World as You Enjoy It
Titus Andronicus & Craig Finn Lincoln Theatre, Raleigh Thursday, March 3, 9 p.m., $15 I remember the announcements. Vintage Chevys sporting loudspeakers would drive slowly down Raleigh’s backstreets, playing “Born to Run” until all the neighborhood dogs howled in sync to the saxophone. And then they blared the news: “Attention: Titus Andronicus and The Hold […]
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Their Own Prisons: 25 Marketing Ideas for Scott Stapp and Aaron Lewis, 2016
Scott Stapp with Rockett Queen Monday, Jan. 18, 8 p.m. $20–$24 Cat’s Cradle 300 E. Main St., Carrboro 919-967-9053 Aaron Lewis Thursday, Jan. 14, 8 p.m. $27.50The Ritz 2820 Industrial Drive, Raleigh 919-424-1400 OK, fellow interns: This is it, why we got in the biz. You know what they say about power and responsibility, don’t […]
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A world without Mötley Crüe, a world without justice
Mötley Crüe with Alice Cooper Friday, Aug. 28, 7 p.m. $20–$99.50 PNC Arena 1400 Edwards Mill Rd., Raleigh 919-861-2300 www.thepncarena.com With their drugs, their hair, their genitalia and their litigation, Mötley Crüe was a joke, we all assumed. But now that they’re gone, who’s laughing? Nobody. Because the end of Mötley Crüe introduced the end […]
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Leaked: the secret minutes of Marilyn Manson and Billy Corgan’s group therapy
The Smashing Pumpkins and Marilyn Manson Sunday, July 26, 6:30 p.m., $35–$75 Red Hat Amphitheater 500 S. McDowell St. Raleigh 919-996-8800 www.redhatamphitheatre.com I recently came into some documentswell, one. The why and the how shouldn’t matter, but it came with the cost of a great deal of personal dignity at the hands of the Raleigh […]
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What St. Peter said to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, deceased
The Rolling Stones with The Avett Brothers 8 p.m., $69.50–$350 Carter-Finley Stadium 4600 Trinity Rd., Raleigh 919-861-2300, www.thepncarena.com Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have died in a freak accident. You don’t need to know how, but if you insist, let’s just say it was automobile- or electricity-related, perhaps with Mick playing superfluous guitar in a […]
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Thanks to a local radio station contest, one mortal fan witnesses the rendezvous of Morrissey and David Crosby
Morrissey Monday, June 15, 8 p.m. $39.50–$208.53 David Crosby Tuesday, June 16, 8 p.m. $48–$209.05 Carolina Theatre, 309 W. Morgan St. Durham, 919-560-3030www.carolinatheatre.org Even as a boy, I knew I’d one day give my liver to either David Crosby or Morrissey. I believe in predestination. I am a strict vegetarian. I have always had issues […]