I'm guessing it's Garth

[cannon_fodder]

quote:Originally posted by TulsaMINI

Kenny Chesney.

Whooptidoo.

Really?  He is playing at the FORD Center on May this year.  
http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=All&Content=+Kenny+Chesney&go_green.x=17&go_green.y=14

On the plus side he was the #2 touring act of 2007:
http://countrymusic.about.com/od/news/qt/KC_No2Tourof07.htm
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The  Tulsa World has the goods up already.

Kenny Chesney featuring LeeAnn Rimmes Tickets on sale March 1st.  $72.50 each, all reserved seating for a concert to be held September 10th.  

www.bokcenter.com still doesnt have any info.
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Somewhat disappointed, but like I said.  If it sells out the venue then I'm just fine with it.  However, there is still zero chance I will be attending any of the announced major events at the BOk center. [xx(]

[dsjeffries]

It's not just Kenny Chesney... LeAnn Rimes will be on hand, too.  And, by the way, it's not the opening act.  The concert is Sep. 10 and, as reported by the World, just one concert in the first two weeks of opening.

Read: NOT the opening act.

[RecycleMichael]

Tickets are $72.50 a piece.

I probably won't buy any...I think country music is kinda the special olympics of music.

But this guy is one of the biggest country acts right now. Here are the top fifty selling acts in the country today from Pollstar.com

1.  Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
2.  Radiohead
3.  Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
4.  Metallica
5.  Bon Jovi
6.  Neil Young
7.  Van Halen
8.  Billy Joel
9.  Rush
10.  Jay-Z
11.  Eagles
12.  Foo Fighters
13.  Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
14.  Jack Johnson
15.  Lynyrd Skynyrd
16.  Rage Against the Machine
17.  Kenny Chesney
18.  Linkin Park
19.  Roger Waters
20.  matchbox twenty
21.  Avril Lavigne
22.  Kid Rock
23.  Kanye West
24.  Ozzy Osbourne
25.  The Police
26.  The Cure
27.  Incubus
28.  Bob Dylan
29.  John Mellencamp
30.  KISS
31.  Elton John
32.  Lenny Kravitz
33.  Def Leppard
34.  Velvet Revolver
35.  The Spice Girls
36.  Jackson Browne
37.  Korn
38.  The Black Crowes
39.  Santana
40.  R.E.M.
41.  Feist
42.  Michael Bublé
43.  Jonas Brothers
44.  The Smashing Pumpkins
45.  Deep Purple
46.  "Will Ferrell's Funny Or Die Comedy Tour"
47.  Marilyn Manson
48.  Tim McGraw
49.  Daughtry
50.  Bret Michaels

[cannon_fodder]

If you look up tickets to the OKC:

1118 tickets available from $86 to $1097 each.  

The closest he will be after May is St. Louis (September), so there might even be enough time for people to want to see him again.  I'll assume the promoter knows what they are doing in terms of market saturation even if I have my concerns.

[edit]If I got to choose from RM's list I'd pay $72.50 to go see ## Tom Petty, Radiohead, Bon Jovi - Billy Joe (Wife would MAKE me), Eagles (maybe), Foo Fighters (great show), Jack Johnson (does he play full blown arenas?), Roger Waters, Ozzy (opening acts are usually better than the old man himself), Korn (maybe), REM, and Marilyn Manson (great freak watching).  Many of the other bands are good bands, but what's Rage, Skynyrd, or Van Halen without the corresponding lead men?  It's also disturbing how many of those bands are 20+ years old (27? more than half anyway).
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[sgrizzle]

Deep Purple is still together?

Anyway, this is a good concert. You likely won't catch me dead at it as I think very little good has come from country music since 1989.

[cannon_fodder]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

Deep Purple is still together?

Many of those bands are not still together.  But some band members will have or buy out the name rights from the others and tour under that name.  Van Halen, Pink Floyd (tours without Roger Waters somehow), Skynyrd, CCR, Rage, The Police, Def Leppard... all tour without original members as far as I know.  Anyone know if the Smashing Pumpkins is the real deal?  

Of the list I can say I've seen 10, and I haven't been to a big concert in 6+ years.  kinda  sad how the industry is dominated by old blood.

[jne]

I would be most likely to pay for:

Tom Petty
Radiohead
Springsteen
Metallica
Neil Young
Plant & Kraus
The Cure
Dylan
Black Crowes
Santana
REM

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

Deep Purple is still together?

Many of those bands are not still together.  But some band members will have or buy out the name rights from the others and tour under that name.  Van Halen, Pink Floyd (tours without Roger Waters somehow), Skynyrd, CCR, Rage, The Police, Def Leppard... all tour without original members as far as I know.  Anyone know if the Smashing Pumpkins is the real deal?  

Of the list I can say I've seen 10, and I haven't been to a big concert in 6+ years.  kinda  sad how the industry is dominated by old blood.

Smashing Pumpkins is 1/2 real. Billy Corgan is leading it and is somehow keeping Jimmy Chamberlin out of rehab. James Iha and Darcy aren't part of it, however.

[grahambino]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

Deep Purple is still together?

Many of those bands are not still together.  But some band members will have or buy out the name rights from the others and tour under that name.  Van Halen, Pink Floyd (tours without Roger Waters somehow), Skynyrd, CCR, Rage, The Police, Def Leppard... all tour without original members as far as I know.  Anyone know if the Smashing Pumpkins is the real deal?  

Of the list I can say I've seen 10, and I haven't been to a big concert in 6+ years.  kinda  sad how the industry is dominated by old blood.

RATM concerts feature all 4 original members.
The Police are all 3 original members.

[cannon_fodder]

So I'm only a year behind the times. [^]

[guido911]

quote:

Smashing Pumpkins is 1/2 real. Billy Corgan is leading it and is somehow keeping Jimmy Chamberlin out of rehab. James Iha and Darcy aren't part of it, however.

Smashing Pumpkins is 100% real. Billy Corgan is the Smashing Pumkins.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by guido911

quote:

Smashing Pumpkins is 1/2 real. Billy Corgan is leading it and is somehow keeping Jimmy Chamberlin out of rehab. James Iha and Darcy aren't part of it, however.

Smashing Pumpkins is 100% real. Billy Corgan is the Smashing Pumkins.

No-one would know who they were if not for Iha and, to a smaller percentage, D'arcy. Chamberlin is worthless then and now. Corgan was a decent writer but Iha and the rest were the real musical talent. Now all Corgan has to do is hire people who can do play good SP covers to be his backing guitarists so he sounds good.

[danno]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by guido911

quote:

Smashing Pumpkins is 1/2 real. Billy Corgan is leading it and is somehow keeping Jimmy Chamberlin out of rehab. James Iha and Darcy aren't part of it, however.

Smashing Pumpkins is 100% real. Billy Corgan is the Smashing Pumkins.

No-one would know who they were if not for Iha and, to a smaller percentage, D'arcy. Chamberlin is worthless then and now. Corgan was a decent writer but Iha and the rest were the real musical talent. Now all Corgan has to do is hire people who can do play good SP covers to be his backing guitarists so he sounds good.

While I agree that James Iha is a very talented musician (those perfect circle tunes are very complex), Billy Corgan basically was the SP. He wrote most the songs, and is a good musician in his own right. What do you have against Jimmy Chamberlin? Good drummer with an impressive meter. Check out this youtube clip of Billy around the time of the Melloncollie release.

Infinite Sadness 95

[jackbristow]

quote:Originally posted by danno

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by guido911

quote:

Smashing Pumpkins is 1/2 real. Billy Corgan is leading it and is somehow keeping Jimmy Chamberlin out of rehab. James Iha and Darcy aren't part of it, however.

Smashing Pumpkins is 100% real. Billy Corgan is the Smashing Pumkins.

No-one would know who they were if not for Iha and, to a smaller percentage, D'arcy. Chamberlin is worthless then and now. Corgan was a decent writer but Iha and the rest were the real musical talent. Now all Corgan has to do is hire people who can do play good SP covers to be his backing guitarists so he sounds good.

While I agree that James Iha is a very talented musician (those perfect circle tunes are very complex), Billy Corgan basically was the SP. He wrote most the songs, and is a good musician in his own right. What do you have against Jimmy Chamberlin? Good drummer with an impressive meter. Check out this youtube clip of Billy around the time of the Melloncollie release.

Infinite Sadness 95

I think you may want to go check and see the writer credits on some of the SP's songs on their hit albums.  I'm pretty sure Iha was credited or contributed on a lot of them.

Also, FWIW, I attended an outdoor Kenny Chesney concert in the D.C. area back in 2002 and it was packed with like 80,000 people.  He can sell out 18,000 easy.

[guido911]

quote:Originally posted by danno

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by guido911

quote:

Smashing Pumpkins is 1/2 real. Billy Corgan is leading it and is somehow keeping Jimmy Chamberlin out of rehab. James Iha and Darcy aren't part of it, however.

Smashing Pumpkins is 100% real. Billy Corgan is the Smashing Pumkins.

No-one would know who they were if not for Iha and, to a smaller percentage, D'arcy. Chamberlin is worthless then and now. Corgan was a decent writer but Iha and the rest were the real musical talent. Now all Corgan has to do is hire people who can do play good SP covers to be his backing guitarists so he sounds good.

While I agree that James Iha is a very talented musician (those perfect circle tunes are very complex), Billy Corgan basically was the SP. He wrote most the songs, and is a good musician in his own right. What do you have against Jimmy Chamberlin? Good drummer with an impressive meter. Check out this youtube clip of Billy around the time of the Melloncollie release.

Infinite Sadness 95

Yep. What Danno said. Corgan was/is notorious for playing all instruments except percussion on the studio albums.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11827622