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Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Spiedie Fest announces 2025 concert lineup; Trace Adkins to headline
TOWN OF DICKINSON, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – The entire Greater Binghamton community has been waiting for this. Spiedie Fest has announced the 2025 concert lineup. The announcement came on Tuesday, May 13, after being delayed by a week due to coordination with each act's management team. Friday, August 1, kicks off with free admission to the festival for all who wish to attend, including the concert featuring tribute bands to Fleetwood Mac in 'Gold Dust Woman,' and Led Zeppelin in 'Zeppelin Thing.' Saturday, August 2, will be headlined by Gym Class Heroes fronted by Travie McCoy. The band is known for its hit song 'Stereo Hearts,' and McCoy is known for the hit song 'Billionaire' with Bruno Mars. The series will conclude on Sunday, August 3, with Trace Adkins bringing his 'What Color Is Your Wild Tour' to Spiedie Fest. Adkins, a country music icon, sold over 11 million albums, charted 40 singles on Billboard's Country Airplay Chart, earned numerous awards, multiple GRAMMY nominations, and over 2 billion streams. 'For our 41st year, we worked hard to bring in a legendary country act, along with a unique alternative-funk-rap band, and free tributes to classic rock,' Event Director Dave Pessagno said in the announcement. 'This year's Spiedie Fest truly has something for everyone, with the most affordable concert prices anywhere in the country.' Concert tickets, pit passes (for Saturday and Sunday), ticket bundles with on-site parking, and single on-site parking for all three days go on sale Friday, May 16, 2025, at House Republicans propose major reforms to SNAP Small nodule discovered in Biden's prostate President Trump kicks off Middle East trip Aviation council says Russia responsible for downing Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine in 2014 Over 200 firefighters battle huge warehouse blaze in Baltimore Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Chicago Tribune
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Of Notoriety: Final weekend for Towle's ‘POTUS,' anniversary free concert at Hard Rock and Bublé salute at TATC
'POTUS' is the term used at times to shorten the title 'President of the United States.' 'POTUS' is also the title of the play continuing performances through this weekend at Towle Theater, 5205 Hohman Ave. in Hammond. The secondary title for this stage comedy written by Selina Fillinger and directed by Anna Maria D'Ortenzio is 'Behind Every Great Dumb*** Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive.' When the president unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most risk life, liberty and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble. The play is described as 'a bawdy and irreverent look at sex, politics and the women in charge of the man in charge of the free world, with a reminder that global crisis is always just a four-letter word away.' A show disclaimer warns that 'this play opens with a strong expletive and continues with raunchy language throughout.' Performances are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $24 in advance and $28 at the door and available by calling 219-937-8780 or visit Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana is celebrating its fourth anniversary this month and hosting a free concert by Gym Class Heroes on the Hard Rock Cafe stage at 9 p.m. Saturday, May 10. With three stages and five dining outlets, more than 8 million people have visited Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana since it opened, ranking as Northwest Indiana's No. 1 tourist attraction. 'When we opened our doors back in May of 2021, the people in our area were thrilled to have a place nearby to see all their favorite artists on stage and wonderful dining and gaming experiences,' President of Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana Matt Schuffert said in a release. 'It was truly what the region needed at the exact right time.' Travie McCoy, lead singer of Gym Class Heroes and a celebrated solo artist, is leading his band for the celebration performance. Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana is located at 5400 West 29th Ave. in Gary, IN, directly adjacent to the I80/94 Burr Street Interchange. For more information, call 219-228-2383 or visit Direct from Las Vegas, this Theatre at the Center tribute concert is a must-see for people who appreciate the music of The Great American Songbook. Artists like Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand and Tony Bennett to superstar rock artists Linda Ronstadt and Rod Stewart are all the inspirations for the stylings and vocals of Canadian singer Michael Bublé. Entertainer Michael Ross Nugent pays tribute to Bublé and other greats, backed on stage by a grand piano and his pianist Michael Clark. At age 31, Michael Ross Nugent describes himself as 'a young man with an old soul and love from the great performers of yesterday and today.' The show is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10. Tickets are $40 available by calling 219-836-3255 or visit 'Forever Plaid' is one of the most popular and successful small cast cabaret style musicals of recent decades. Four musical hopefuls, Sparky, Smudge, Jinx and Frankie travel the small stage circuit as the crooning group 'The Plaids.' Fearful that the close of the decade of the 1950s means the end of the music and song stylings they so love, they fail to embrace the world of the swinging 1960s. A tragic car accident sends the fellows to heavenly limbo where they are given a chance to live their worldly dream of appearing on Ed Sullivan's popular CBS Sunday night variety show. This jukebox musical stars Josh Bachman as Francis, Phil Dietrich as Sparky, Trey Erny as Jinx and Jason Utesch as Smudge as directed by Patti Shaffner. From calypso beats to Perry Como and 'Three Coins in the Fountain,' audiences enjoy a musical trip down a memory lane of tune favorites. Weekend performances start May 9 with 8 p.m. curtains on Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. matinees on Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets range from $27 to $60 at or 219-548-9137. Now age 93, the greatest American film composer of all time, John Williams, has written some of the most popular, recognizable and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history in a career spanning more than six decades. Williams has won 24 Grammy Awards, five Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. In the final concert installment of the Northwest Indiana Orchestra's 2024-25 Season, Williams' work is highlighted for two nights, 7:30 p.m. both May 15 and 16 at Living Hope Church auditorium, 9000 Taft St., in Merrillville. Hear selections from 'Star Wars,' 'Indiana Jones,' Far & Away,' 'The Patriot,' 'Superman' and more in this tribute to an American icon. Tickets start at $45 with a $10 student option. Visit or call 219-836-0525.
Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Fridays on the Plaza is throwing it back with summer 2025 lineup
CHEYENNE – This year marks 20 years of Fridays on the Plaza, and they're taking Cheyenne on a "journey through time." The event, which is put on by Cheyenne Presents, is Wyoming's largest outdoor summer music festival, bringing free live entertainment to downtown Cheyenne every Friday in the summer. This year, the lineup features 23 artists spanning decades and genres, with highlights that include Grammy-nominated and award-winning performers, artists with multiple gold and platinum records, and musicians boasting over 10 million monthly Spotify listeners and more than a billion views on YouTube, according to a press release from Cheyenne Presents. The artists chosen this summer have also shared stages with legends like Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Linkin Park, Nelly, Incubus and more. "Cheyenne Presents returns with a season that's bold, nostalgic and unlike anything the community has experienced before," according to the press release. "So grab your favorite throwback tee, rally your crew, and get ready to relive the moments, music and memories that made us." Each week will have a headliner and an opener, with the opener beginning at 6 p.m., and the headliner starting at 7:30. Friday morning, city officials dropped the Fridays on the Plaza lineup on their social media pages with a video captioned, "Here's to 20 years, friends ..." The band kicking off Fridays on the Plaza is Gym Class Heroes on June 6. Gym Class Heroes is best known for "Stereo Hearts," featuring Adam Levine, "Cupid's Chokehold/Breakfast in America" and "The Fighter," featuring Ryan Tedder. The opener for June 6 is It Gets Worse, one of the five bands that performed at Fridays Sound Surge on April 17. Fridays Sound Surge was a collaboration between Black Tooth Brewery and Cheyenne Presents to give exposure to local artists, and give them a chance to show off their talents on the Fridays stage this summer. It Gets Worse is a ska/punk rock band with members from Cheyenne and Fort Collins, Colorado. The other performers and winners of Fridays Sound Surge were rock band Year of the Pig, country artist Jared Strayer, reggae band Gene Clemetson & the Mashup and hip-hop artist Winct. The second weekend will have headliner Those Crazy Nights: Journey Tribute Band, and the opener will be Year of the Pig on June 13. The next headliner will be Chingy on June 20. Chingy is a hip-hop artist with hits from the early 2000s like "Right Thurr" and "Pullin' Me Back." The opener will be Fridays Sound Surge fan-favorite Winct, along with Beige Boy. For the last Friday in June, the headliner is Midnight Star on June 27. Midnight Star is a band from the '80s with a synth-funk and R&B sound. Their most well-known hits are "Freak-a-Zoid" and "Midas Touch." The opener will be DJ Sammy G. Skipping July 4 and moving to July 11, the month will kick off with Boys Like Girls, a rock band from the mid-2000s with hits like "The Great Escape" and "Two Is Better Than One" featuring Taylor Swift. The opener will be Public Figure. On July 18, the headliner is Digital Underground, a hip-hop/rap group from the '90s and early-2000s known for "The Humpty Dance," and the opener is Real Deal Music. July also marks Cheyenne Frontier Days, which means that Fridays on the Plaza will be offering even more local music with Fridays Extended. This concert will be in the middle of the week during CFD, on July 23, on top of their Friday show. This year, soul band The Burroughs will headline with Third Rail. Third Rail headlined last year for Fridays Extended. The headliner for July 25 will be rock band Hoobastank, best known for "The Reason" and "Crawling in the Dark," both from 2003. Opener for this day is Shotgun Opera: A Tribute to alternative rock band Linkin Park. Kicking off August on the first of the month is the Takes, a folk rock group from Portland, Oregon, that began making music together in 2021. Jared Strayer will open for them. On Aug. 8, the headliner is the Expendables. They're a band that dabbles in reggae rock, ska and surf rock, and have been making music since 1997. To match their sound, Fridays on the Plaza paired them with Gene Clemetson & the Mashup. The final headliner of the summer is the Wallflowers, a rock solo project spearheaded by Bob Dylan's son, Jakob Dylan. The final opener for the Aug. 15 show is Aaron Lee Tasjan. The announcement video ended with a thank you to their sponsors, which include Arts Cheyenne, Warehouse 21, the Cheyenne Depot Museum, TDSi The Design Studio Inc., Comfort Inn and Suites, Mike Quintal Herc Rental, Visit Cheyenne, Ranch Eats, Bluepeak, The Albany, Appaloosa Broadcasting, Downtown Cheyenne, Toilets On The Go, Ken Garff Toyota, Everhome Suites and Red Lion Hotels. For more information and up-to-date details about Fridays on the Plaza, people can follow Fridays on the Plaza on Facebook or follow @FridaysOnThePlaza on Instagram.
