Concert Central

The B-52’s have been hailed as the world’s best party band, and they lived up to the billing tonight. The tour was a double bill with The Pretenders but the B-52’s were slotted last. They were promoting a greatest hits set (the band’s latest studio effort was 1995’s Good Stuff which is already [...]

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Chrissie Hynde said at one point during the show that the audience was only there for the B-52’s. But whether it was true or not, the Pretenders put on an amazing gig anyway. It was easily the best show I have ever seen. Heavy on the radio hits, they closed by refusing [...]

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08.07.1998 Backstreet Boys MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Openers: Jimmy Ray
Soap
Aaron Carter
Laugh if you must. The tickets to this show were purchased in conjunction with my friend Laura’s visit for the weekend, which also included coming [...]

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Jimmy Ray wasn’t even popular enough to be called a one-hit wonder. His “hit” Are You Jimmy Ray? made the rounds on the radio, but its popularity was more of a novelty tune the likes of I’m Too Sexy. The guy himself, though supposedly in his late twenties, looked like a 13-year old [...]

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Teen bubble pop girl group Soap opened for the Backstreet Boys with a couple of generic dance tracks. If Danity Kane were 12-years old and practicing in front of the mirror for auditions, you would approximately find yourself in the same place with Soap.

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While I’m know I sat through it, pre-pubescent Aaron Carter (riding the coattails of his brother’s “fame”) made zero impression. When Jimmy Ray outshines you, time to beef up your act.

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