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Swift plays to packed house in NLR
posted: 10/05/2011 6:28 a.m.
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For a 21-year-old, Taylor Swift knows a lot about showmanship. She brought her Speak Now Tour to Verizon Arena in North Little Rock Tuesday night and had a packed house screaming as if The Beatles had taken the stage. With elements of a Broadway show, replete with dancers and gymnasts, Swift poured it on for more than two hours.
Music Review: Festival features hours of Johnny Cash
posted: 08/06/2011 2:58 a.m. Discuss
A huge photo of the late Johnny Cash towered over the performers who assembled Thursday night at Arkansas State University’s Convocation Center for the first Johnny Cash Music Festival, which featured Cash family members and friends in a star-studded extravaganza.
MUSIC: Throwdown is like Willie’s picnic on the road
posted: 06/02/2011 2:52 a.m. Discuss
Willie Nelson’s picnics in Texas became legendary in the 1970s, so it was probably just a matter of time before someone came up with a plan to take the shows on the road.
Foo Fighters and pals ready to rock Verizon
posted: 05/15/2011 3:29 a.m. Discuss
Music Foo Fighters Opening acts: Motorhead, Biffy Clyro 7 p.m. Wednesday, Verizon Arena, East Broadway and Interstate 30, North Little Rock $49.50, $37.50, $25, at Ticketmaster outlets or ticketmaster.com. There will be no chairs on the Verizon Arena floor; admission to the floor will be by general admission tickets. (800) 745-3000 Unlike the band’s name, Foo Fighters have proved to be no illusion.
MUSIC REVIEW: Seger ever the showman
posted: 04/27/2011 7:29 a.m. Discuss
Some of us expected it sooner, maybe to open the show, but it was not to be. Rather, Bob Seger held it back until the first song of his encore selections, when we knew he could not, would not omit this song, above all others.
David Byron Bogard
posted: 03/20/2011 1:51 a.m. Discuss
The biblical saying “Judge not, lest ye be judged” has a new meaning these days for former Judge David Bogard. He’s now on the other side of the judging, at least when it comes to film festivals. After retiring as a circuit judge, he began to live out several of his dreams, including making movies.
Rep packages greatest hits, fresh faces
posted: 03/04/2011 11:01 p.m. Discuss
Luckily for lovers of the arts, not all young people are off studying the sciences and mathematics. So it would seem after seeing "Review the Revue," the latest gathering at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre of young folks who are focused on working in theatrical pursuits.
MUSIC: Surging Sugarland returns, this time as headliner
posted: 03/03/2011 4:25 a.m. Discuss
It took a few years of paying their dues, but Sugarland has found its way to the top, where the living is sweeter.
Big gig sweet for Idol finisher
posted: 03/03/2011 4:24 a.m. Comment 1
Finishing third on the famed American Idol competition is not a bad outcome the way Casey James sees it, especially since he had never watched the show before becoming one of its contestants last year.
MUSIC: Annual Winter Jam arrives with new Christian music set
posted: 03/03/2011 4:20 a.m. Discuss
Spring is coming, which brings us to the annual visit by Winter Jam, Christian music’s largest tour.
