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Remember that Foo Fighters contest that gave fans the chance to have the band play in your garage? Well, here’s a 40 minute documentary that chronicles the fans who won. It’s a pretty awesome and emotional doc to watch, and we congratulate the fans who won. And in case you’re wondering, this ain’t the kind [...]
Continuing our exploration of good, bad and strange concert fan behavior, we have another fan to add to our list here in 2011. We’re encouraged by the honest actions of the fan who returned Chris Brown’s 22k Rolex watch after it was flung into the crowd during the MTV VMAs on Sunday night. As TMZ [...]
Continuing our exploratioin of Bon Iver and the Little Things, here’s a very entertaining and well-written review by Kate Dries of WBEZ of Bon Iver’s recent show in Chicago. I especially like Kate’s description of the frustrated fan: Standing after every song and cheering, while throwing up a “Rock On!” hand signal, this middle-aged man [...]
Unfortunately, we have a new type of “Lost & Found” concert experiment to share with you. Yesterday at Lollapalooza 2011, I sadly filled out my very first Lost & Found missing item form, because I lost my iPod Nano and my Blue Microphone Mikey on Friday. I’m even more bummed because on Friday I had [...]
Okay, now it’s time to share some more fan stories from Pitchfork Music Festival 2011! Check out the video above as we explored the Trident Vitality Lounge and had an ‘AWAKEN’ing session at the oxygen bar. Sorry for the shakiness of the video, I think they had the oxygen cranked up a bit to [...]
Continuing our exploration of concert fan emotions, here’s news about a 19-year-old who was attacked and nearly killed after a Tim McGraw show in Mansfield, Mass. According to WHDH-TV and the video above, the details are pretty brutal and apparently the young concert fan is: “…currently at college on a football scholarship but police [...]
Editorial Note: article first published as Music Review: Pitchfork Festival 2011 Day One – Righteous Tune-Yards, Animal Collective Deja-snoozes and Harry Potter Shout-outs on Blogcritics. The first day of Pitchfork Festival 2011 might not have sold out with only 18,000 fans piling in to Union Park, a place that can hold around 20,000. But nonetheless [...]
There’s a certain rhythm and repetition to touring. A certain predictability at times too. But of late, I’ve been impressed by Rihanna’s ability to alter that rhythmic predictability of touring to recreate her live performances to deliver a show that’s unique for each audience. And depending on her audience, surroundings and technical difficulties Rihanna [...]
As Pollstar reports, “Police spokesman Carsten Andersen said the woman, aged between 25 and 30, died after falling from a 30-meter (98-foot) tower in the festival’s camping area. Pollstar also points out that, “…Roskilde Festival is Denmark’s largest rock festival and some 75,000 people had bought tickets for this year’s event..” and that “the accident [...]
Continuing our exploration of U2, the 360 Tour Claw and the memorable moments had by fans at shows, here’s a fantastic video showing Adam Bevell of Phoenix AZ, who brought a sign to the show that said “Blind Guitar Player, Bring Me Up!” And at the end of the show Bono had security [...]
We all know there’s usually two sides to every story. And that appears to be the case with a recent record release party for Pete Rock, Tek & Steele (of Smif N Wessun) who were celebrating the release of their collaborative album, ‘Monumental’ when a riot broke out. Yes, the video above does [...]
We always wondered how Rothbury Festival would re-emerge and evolve. And earlier this year the Electric Forest Festival was announced with Tiesto, REO Speedwagon, String Cheese Incident and others set to headline. EFF is produced by the same folks who put on Rothbury in 2008 and 2009. And this year, the original grounds [...]
As we explored during a recent episode of Live Fix Radio, the live concert experience is one of the most complex emotional experiences you will ever have in your life. And this year’s Bonnaroo Music festival is an example of that very fact. As I watched the reports of the event stream across my Twitter, [...]
During the Google I/O 2011 Googleites we’re treated to a special after hours show by Jane’s Addiction who are getting ready to release a new David Sitek produced The Great Escape Artist album soon. So how did Google employees use their mobile devices to get their rock on? It’s somewhat of an odd show to [...]
