Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Tuesday This And That

Ringo Starr’s All Starr Band has been sidelined once again due Covid, THIS time with the former Beatle himself testing positive for the virus.

In all, seven shows had to be cancelled (two in the US and five in Canada) but Ringo hopes to be back on stage again beginning on October 11th in Seattle.  (Poor guy couldn’t wait to get back out there again after seeing his tour postponed numerous times over the past two years ... and he is not the first tour member to test positive to the disease.)

Remaining shows on this leg of the tour include:

October 11th - Seattle, WA – Benaroya Hall
October 12th - Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Hall
October 14th - San Jose, CA – San Jose Civic Center
October 15th - Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amp
October 16th - Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theater
October 19th - Mexico City, MX – Auditorio Nacional
October 20th - Mexico City, MX – Auditorio Nacional

And Lindsay Buckingham had to cancel the balance of his European dates due to “ongoing health issues” … but says he plans to honor his US appearances, beginning October 26th at The Paramount Center For The Arts in Bristol, TN

Other dates include: 

Thursday, OCT 27th at The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville, KY

Saturday, OCT 29th at Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines, IA

Monday, OCT 31st at The Pablo Center at the Confluence in Eau Claire, WI

Tuesday, NOV 1st at The Meyer Theatre in Green Bay, WI

Thursday, NOV 3rd at The Brown County Music Center in Nashville, IN

Friday, NOV 4th at The Lerner in Elkhart, IN

Sunday, NOV 6th at The Appell Center for the Performing Arts in York, PA

Monday, NOV 7th at The Paramount in Huntington, NY

Wednesday, NOV 9th at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY

Thursday, NOV 10th at The Garde Arts Center in New London, CT

Saturday, NOV 12th at The State Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ

Sunday, NOV 13th at The Maryland Hall For the Creative Arts in Annapolis, MD

Tuesday, NOV 15th at The Jefferson Center in Roanoke, VA

Wednesday, NOV 16th at The Carolina Theatre in Durham, NC

Friday, NOV 18th at The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, TN

Saturday, NOV 19th at The Bell Auditorium in Augusta, GA

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Hi, Kent.
This may be of some interest to many of your readers …

WDCB (90.9 FM) at College of DuPage which, as most locals know as a jazz and blues station, is going to run a program on Wednesday, October 5th, from 8 to 9 PM called
"The Vee Jay Story."

I don't have any insight as to how much of the program will pertain to rock music, but it'll probably be worth a listen, as many of the specials that run on DCB are really top-notch.
They stream on-line, so you can get them anywhere on the planet.
Mike

https://wdcb.org/internet-stream