Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Announced San Jose Tour Date

For Immediate Release:

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND TO OPEN 2009 US TOUR AT HP PAVILION AT SAN JOSE
TICKETS FOR THE HP PAVILION PERFORMANCE ARE ON SALE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd at 10AM

5-STAR (ROLLING STONE) NEW ALBUM 'WORKING ON A DREAM' (COLUMBIA RECORDS) OUT TODAY

RESPONSE TO FIRST TICKET SALES IN SCANDINAVIA CAUSES SYSTEM CRASH WITH UNPRECEDENTED SALES IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN AND BERGEN, NORWAY

January 27, 2009 – San Francisco, CA – Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band have just announced the tour dates for their 2009 US and European Tour. The 2009 tour will start on April 1st at the HP Pavilion at San Jose. Tickets for the HP Pavilion performance are on sale this Monday, February 2nd at 10am at www.LiveNation.com. Showtime for this event is 8:00pm. Tickets are priced at $98.00 for general admission floor and $98.00, $68.00 and $39.50 for reserved seating plus applicable service charges.

Springsteen’s sold out Bay Area performances in 2008 were hailed as some of the year’s best by Bay Area music critics.

Springsteen recently performed at the Presidential Inauguration and is set to perform at Super Bowl XLIII. His new album 'Working on a Dream' is earning exemplary reviews. In Brian Hiatt's 5-star Rolling Stone review of 'Working on a Dream,' he raves about its "romantic sweep and swaggering musical ambition." For the full review, please go to:
http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/25463406/review/25523370/working_on_a_dream

People Magazine wrote, "With many of these songs itching to be taken on the road, 'Dream' continues the classic-Springsteen revival of 'Magic.'"

Meanwhile, Entertainment Weekly's Simon Vozick-Levinson's gave the album an "A" grade: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20253916,00.html

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For a full list of US and European tour dates, please visit:

http://www.brucespringsteen.net

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

New Shows - The Killers, The Dead, Ting Tings, Fleet Foxes, Fleetwood Mac

ON SALE THIS SATURDAY AT 10:00AM

THE KILLERS
Sunday, April 19th, Doors 6:30PM/ Show 7:30PM
Events Center at San Jose State
Tickets are $42.50 for general admission plus applicable service charges

ON SALE THIS SUNDAY AT 10:00AM

THE DEAD
Sunday, May 10th, Doors 5:30PM/ Show 7:00PM
Shoreline Amphitheatre
Tickets are $101.00 for reserved seating and $41.00 for general admission plus applicable service charges

RAPHAEL SAADIQ
Tuesday, March 3rd, Doors 7:00PM/ Show 8:00PM
The Fillmore
Tickets are $32.50 for general admission plus applicable service charges...all ages

THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS
Friday, March 13th, Doors 8:00PM/ Show 9:00PM
The Fillmore
Tickets are $22.50 for general admission plus applicable service charges...all ages

MISSY HIGGINS/ JUSTIN NOZUKA
Monday, March 23rd, Doors 6:00PM/ Show 7:00PM
The Fillmore
Tickets are $25.00 for general admission plus applicable service charges...all ages

BLUE OCTOBER
Wednesday, March 25th, Doors 7:00PM/ Show 8:00PM
The Fillmore
Tickets are $30.00 for general admission plus applicable service charges...all ages

Y&T
with Gilby Clarke
Saturday, March 28th, Doors 8:00PM/ Show 9:00PM
The Fillmore
Tickets are $36.50 for general admission plus applicable service charges...all ages

BONNIE PRINCE BILLY
Monday, March 30th, Doors 7:00PM/ Show 8:00PM
The Fillmore
Tickets are $22.50 for general admission plus applicable service charges...all ages

THE DISCO BISCUITS
Friday, April 3rd, Doors 8:00PM/ Show 9:00PM
The Fillmore
Tickets are $25.00 for general admission plus applicable service charges...all ages

LILA DOWNS
Saturday, April 4th, Doors 8:00PM/ Show 9:00PM
The Fillmore
Tickets are $30.00 for general admission plus applicable service charges...all ages

FLEET FOXES
Tuesday, April 14th, Doors 7:00PM/ Show 8:00PM
The Fillmore
Tickets are $22.50 for general admission plus applicable service charges...all ages

THE TING TINGS
Wednesday, April 15th, Doors 7:00PM/ Show 8:00PM
The Fillmore
Tickets are $21.50 for general admission plus applicable service charges...all ages

ON SALE THIS MONDAY AT 10:00AM

2 shows! Greatest Hits Tour!
FLEETWOOD MAC
Wednesday, May 20th, Doors 7:00PM/ Show 8:00PM
ORACLE Arena in Oakland
Thursday, May 21st, Doors 7:00PM/ Show 8:00PM
HP Pavilion at San Jose
Tickets are $149.50, $79.50 and $49.50 for reserved seating plus applicable service charges

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Fleetwood Mac coming to the Bay Area

FLEETWOOD MAC ‘UNLEASHES’ SECOND ROUND OF TOUR DATES WITH PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED DATES NEARLY SOLD OUT!

LOCAL TOUR DATES ARE MAY 20th at ORACLE ARENA and MAY 21st at HP PAVILION

TICKETS FOR LOCAL SHOWS ARE ON SALE JANUARY 26th at 10am

San Francisco, California (January 14, 2009) - The legendary rockers Fleetwood Mac have added 29 more shows to their upcoming Greatest Hits "Unleashed" Tour in April and May, it was confirmed today by Live Nation. The new tour dates come on the heels of the first leg of dates announced in December which have nearly sold out. Two local Bay Area performances have been set for May 20th at ORACLE Arena in Oakland and May 21st at HP Pavilion in San Jose. Tickets for both of these shows will go on sale Monday, January 26th at 10am at www.LiveNation.com.

The sure to be historic "Unleashed" Tour, beginning on March 1st in Pittsburgh, is an epic cross-country trek featuring 44 shows in major markets. The tour will include all of the Mac's many greatest hits from over the course of the band's extraordinary career. Fleetwood Mac, the multi-Grammy winning, multi-platinum Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees are back on the road for the first time in five years following several successful solo projects.

Tickets for the Live Nation produced tour go on sale to the public on January 26th at www.LiveNation.com and www.ticketmaster.com. American Express cardmembers will have early access to tickets beginning January 17th at 10am local time through January 25th at 10pm local time at www.ticketmaster.com, excluding Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. American Express presale tickets for the Philadelphia show are available at www.comcasttix.com and Houston at www.veratix.com.

Tickets for the local show are priced at $149.50, $79.50 and $49.50 for reserved seats plus applicable charges. The show time for each of these events is 8pm. More information is available at www.LiveNation.com.

"We love our band and think the title of the tour "UNLEASHED" perfectly describes how we all feel when we get on stage together - especially in 2009. We’re so happy to get back out on the road, perform everyone's favorite songs and see our fans,” said the band in a joint statement.

In other great Fleetwood Mac news, the iconographic 'RUMOURS' CD (certified Diamond ® signifying sales of over 10 million units by the RIAA) is scheduled to be re-released as part of a special CD/DVD boxed set on Reprise Records in conjunction with the tour dates. The boxed set will include several songs from "Rumours" in their original demo form along with unreleased tracks recorded during that time period and never-before-seen DVD footage of the band from the "Rumours" era.