Season 7 "American Idol" winner (and fellow lefty) David Cook will bring his "Declaration" tour to Club 101 on Nov. 4.
Cook is touring in support of his self-titled album, released Nov. 18 last year.
The Script will open.
Tickets for the 8:30 p.m. show are $28.50 in advance, $30 day of show, on sale Oct. 2 at the club and ticketbully.com. Other outlets will be announced by this weekend.
Meanwhile, thought I should remind you that tickets for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's annual area stop, their first in Las Cruces after years in El Paso, will be at 4 and 8 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Pan Am Center. Tickets — $25, $39.50, $49.50 and $59.50 — go on sale at 10 a.m. Oct. 3 at the box office, Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com and 800.745.3000.
In other news (not all concert stuff):
•Pollstar is listing a Tiesto show Nov. 7 at Cohen Stadium, though there's nothing on the El Paso Diablos web site about it.
It is listed on his web site, tiesto.com. In fact, he's selling tickets there — $30 GA and $55 VIP.
•Rain and lightning washed out the Sept. 19 Fabulous Thunderbirds show at the McKelligon Canyon Amphitheater after about half an hour. Promoters will refund tickets at the point of purchase through Dec. 31.
•Strong ticket sales (and, no doubt, the cancellation of the Oct. 11 show in Beaumont) have prompted promoters to add another performance of "Cirque Dreams Illumination" at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Plaza Theatre, the opener of its popular Broadway series. The earlier announced show is at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 15
Tickets are $30, $45 and $48.50 and are on sale now at the box, Ticketmaster, ticketmaster.com and 800.745.3000.
•KLAQ's "Haunted Warehouse," 1323 Lee Trevino (near I-10), returns Oct. 2 and will be open daily at 6 p.m. through Oct. 31. This year's theme: "Devil's Prison," with rooms such as "Vamps & Tramps," "Hells Kitchen" and "Devil's Daughter Torture Chamber." Sounds sinfully good. Tickets are $10 for 12 and older, $8 for under 12, with discounts aplenty. You can get discount coupons at 7-Eleven/Fina stores in EP and Pic Quik in Cruces. Go to klaq.com for more details.
•Metal bands The Devil Wears Prada and All That Remains are co-headlining a fall tour that comes to Club 101 at 8 p.m. Dec. 13. Story of the Year and Haste the Day are also on the bill. Tickets are $21 in advance, $23 day of show, on sale Oct. 2 at the club and Ticketbully, plus this weekend at outlets to be announced.
•Norman Matthews' Murder FM, which recently signed to Glasstone Records, will headline a release party for its new CD, "Anthems for the Used," on Nov. 11 at 101. Years of Cold and Bash will open. Tickets for the 7 p.m. show are $8 in advance, $10 day of show, on sale Oct. 2 at the club and Ticketbully. The band recently was featured on MTV UK (community.mtv.co.uk) and got a "blip" in Revolver magazine recently.
•Wonder if Brian Johnson's recent "medical procedure," which forced AC/DC to postpone a half dozen shows, will help or hurt that rumored Nov. 15 "Black Ice" tour stop at the Don Haskins Center. Expect the makeup dates and possibly others to be announced very soon. One of the affected dates was in Phoenix, so routing could be on our side.
The band will release two- and three-CD versions of "Studio & Live Rarities" and the "Family Jewels 3" DVD on Nov. 10.
•Pharrell Williams' N.E.R.D., MTV Video Music Awards band leader Wale and Hova protege J. Cole will open for Jay-Z's 24-city college tour, including the Nov. 20 show at the Don Haskins Center, according to reports on Pollstar and MTV.com.
•KLAQ's Courtney Nelson passed along the list of local groups confirmed for the station's third annual LocoFest Oct. 10 at Cohen Stadium.
They are: Ashes of Angels, Bash, Dexima, Exit 116, The Known, Miranda Burning, Moon Kids, Murder FM, Plague of the Empire, Sindrain, Twilight Symphony, Voyeur and Xit Wounds, with a couple more pending. One of them will be chosen by the Black Crowes to open their Oct. 20 show at the Coliseum.
•19-year-old pianist Haochen Zhang, who tied for the gold medal at this year's Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, headlines the next El Paso Symphony Orchestra concerts at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23-24 at the Plaza Theatre. He'll perform Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23. Sarah Ioannides conducts.
Tickets are $11-$37 ($6 and $8 for students), on sale at the box office, the symphony office in the Abraham Chavez Theatre and epso.org.
Zhang also will perform an intimate recital at the home of Judy and Chuck Kohlhaas, 821 Rim Road, at noon Oct. 24. Tickets are $100 (lunch included). Call 532.3776 for reservations.
•Jazz singer Rosana Eckert, a former El Pasoan, returns for an 8 p.m. Oct. 29 show at Lancer's East. It's presented by the JazzElPasoConnection. Admission is $15 at the door (cash only). She'll be touting new CD "Small Hotel."
•Electro rockers Anything Box return for an 8 p.m. Nov. 14 show at 101. Tickets are $15, on sale at the club and Ticketbully.
•The date of "One Tree Hill" star Kate Voegele's show at Take II has moved from Oct. 27 to Oct. 28. Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 day of show, at the club and Ticketbully. Green River Ordinance opens.
•Can't see U2 Oct. 12 in Dallas or Oct. 14 in Houston? Well, you can see tribute band Mysterious Ways at 8 p.m. Oct. 17 at 101. Tickets are $10 at the club and Ticketbully.
•Tejano legends Ruben Ramos and Sonny Ozuna team up at 8 p.m. Oct. 16 at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces. Tickets are $35, on sale at Ticketmaster, ticketmaster.com and 800.745.3000.
•Pepe Aguilar, fresh off a tour with Miguel Antonio Solis that played El Paso, headlines the Las Cruces Mariachi Festival at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10 at NMSU's Pan Am Center. Tickets are $37-$97, on sale at the box office, Ticketmaster, ticketmaster.com and 800.745.3000.
•Opener news: Foxy Shazam will open for The Sounds when they return Oct. 14 to Club 101 ($17 advance, $20 door at the club and Ticketbully); Halestorm and Adelita's Way have been announced as openers for Chevelle's Oct. 26 show at 101, but I got a press release from Universal Motown announcing newcomers the After Midnight Project as the tour's opener ($25 advance, $27 day of show, at the club and Ticketbully); Hot AC and Triple A Radio up-and-comer Eric Hutchinson will open for Kelly Clarkson's fall tour, including her Dec. 3 show at Pan Am Center.
Also:
•Frontera Bugalu, Fuga! frontman Kiko Rodriguez's Latin dance music side project, plays El Pisto Food & Drink, 212 W. Overland, at 9 p.m. Oct. 3. Zeqe Pena and Birth D*F*X open. It's free. There also will be a "pachuco" best-dressed competition.
•KCOS is previewing "The Chicano Wave," one hour of former El Pasoan John Valadez's "Latin Music U.S.A." documentary, at 2 p.m. Oct. 3 at the El Paso Public Library. It's free. It traces Mexican-American musicians from Texas, California and the Southwest and includes music by Los Lobos, Selena and Little Joe. Radio La Chusma's Ernesto Tinajero will perform. The series airs at 8 p.m. Oct. 12 and 19 on KCOS.
•The Big Band on the Rio Grande will dip into the Stan Kenton songbook for its performance from 2-5 p.m. Oct. 4 on the plaza in Old Mesilla, part of the Mesilla Jazz Happening. It's free.
•El Pasoan April Correia is organizing the Music Unite Festival, which will be at 8 p.m. Oct. 9 at Hotrods and Wheels. It will feature a variety of musical styles, including metal band The Red Queen Effect, punk's Dorian Gray, rap's Demitrius Parks, reggae's BloodShot Bandits, acoustic singer Randy Vegas, alternative rockers Moon Kids, electronica's Dozal Brothers and hip-hop's Marv 76. Cost is only $3.
"It's a music festival that celebrates ... how all genres of music are beautiful and strong in their own way," she says. She'll also have DJs spinning in between sets.
•Nuevo Sol, Guitar Slim, the Kat Crosby Band, Highway 28, Frank Zona and Urban Edge and Austin Jimmy Murphy play the La Vina Harvest Festival Oct. 10-11 at La Union. More than 20 wines will be available for tasting. Hours are noon-7 p.m. Admission is $10, which includes a souvenir glass and your choice of six glasses of wine or a bottle of the vino. It's $5 for kids 12-20, free for under 12 (but they don't get a glass or wine).
•KVIA is bringing the U.S. Army Field Band and Soldier's Chorus to Magoffin Auditorium at 7 p.m. Oct. 16. It's free, but tickets are required. You can pick them up at the station.
•Local sax player Richard Acosta, 73, was injured in a fall and confined to a wheelchair. Local bands Little Mike and the Blue Kings and Raw Deal are teaming up for an oldies benefit dance from 5-9 p.m. Oct. 18 at VFW Post 8782 (Tigua Post), 691 N. Carolina. Admission is $10. Info: 593.0262, 562.8192.
•The reunited River City Band plays a Halloween weekend show at 8 p.m. Oct. 30 in the Signature Ballroom of Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino. They'll have karaoke, too. Tickets are $20, on sale at All That Music & Video and the track.
•A new production company called Kinetic Factory is hosting the Zombeats Festival on Halloween night in the parking lot of Los Gallegos, 8848 Gateway East. It'll include a "massive" LED wall, zombie go-go dancers and the turntable stylings of DJs Eddie Gardea, Danny Moldonado, Dramon, Eduardo Parra, Mike David and Paulo. It starts at 9 p.m and goes until 3.
Tickets are $10 GA, $25 VIP (21 and older), on sale at the restaurant, the Headstand, HB Electronics, Los Gallegos at 4400 N. Mesa and online at zombeatsfestival.com. Info: 888.730.8954.
The trade mag's also listing a Dec. 10 Take II show by young Texas blues guitar slinger Johnny Cooper.
hey doug, at one point in one of your blogs you said a possible ACDC concert was hitting el paso. Uhm... dont really know how reliable your "sources" are but i have done some research and have found 0 results that can confirm this rumor? so whats the deal. why do you talk when u have nothing to back u up? Its like me saying "Get ready el paso the Cowboys are coming to play in the Sun Bowl!!"
Posted by: acdc fanatic | September 30, 2009 at 12:43 PM
acdc fanatic, i can answer that for you.
Sure mr. pullen here has said about "sources" i have heard rumors too and i work in this field and i happen to have contact with Ms. Roberts-Spence and Marina and they both have said that it's not confirmed so far, so therefore it is just a rumor. And another thing, they are trying their best to bring AC/DC to El Paso but Brian Johnson's recent "medical Procedure" might have an effect on this.
Posted by: F | September 30, 2009 at 02:14 PM
and another thing Mr. Pullen is just doing his job so just bear with him
Posted by: F | September 30, 2009 at 02:27 PM
stop hating acdc fanatic cause Doug has mentioned this before
"I heard from a pretty reliable source that the long-rumored AC/DC show will come to UTEP on Nov. 15 and that it could go on sale next month. I posted that info in this blog late Wednesday night.
But it's just a rumor, say UTEP officials I talked to Thursday.
"There's no confirmation," says Carol Roberts-Spence, UTEP's special events director. Program coordinator Marina Monsisvais said the same thing.
Understand, readers, that I use this blog to report official announcements and rumors. They come from a variety of sources, ranging from tour announcements from the bands themselves (that's how we got the word about Kiss coming to town Dec. 2) to competing promoters to contacts in the industry that I've built up over the years to hardcore fans who have a lot more time than I do to scour all kinds of chat rooms, forums, fan club sites, etc.
They all pass it along to me and post as soon as I can, trying to confirm what I can when I can until there's an official announcement. In this case, I got the info late and posted it unfiltered because of the late hour.
Most of the time, these reports and rumors pan out."
Posted by: matt | September 30, 2009 at 02:39 PM
Doug, you are doing a fine job. I really enjoy your blog. Keep up the good work.
Posted by: stan | September 30, 2009 at 07:33 PM
UMMM... NO...
MORRISSEY, Depeche Mode, U2, Blink 182, Pixies, Skinny Puppy, KMFDM, Wisin y Yandell, Aventura and the list continues of bands that...oh, that's right I now live in El Paso (Juarez)!!! I have to travel to Phoenix, LA or Vegas to see some of my favorite bands!!!
...and don't mention Britney was just here either...she's doesn't count because she actually doesn't sing!!!
Posted by: Viva Morrissey | October 01, 2009 at 05:27 PM
Viva Morrissey, Skinny Puppy is playing in Albuquerque on Dec 5th. I think it's the 5th. Definately worth the 4 hr drive.
Posted by: DM Prozac | October 02, 2009 at 08:10 PM
DM Prozac, I know. But I might go to the Tempe, AZ show instead or maybe both...not sure yet. But the bands I listed are bands that are out touring right now & have no EP date...that was my point anyway. Maybe I'll see you in ABQ for the SP show.
Cheers, Viva Morrissey
Posted by: Viva Morrissey | October 04, 2009 at 02:36 PM
Hey Viva Morrissey, you may be interested in this Moz remix: www.myspace.com/trustintechnology.
enjoy!
Posted by: Sebastian | October 07, 2009 at 06:56 PM
Trustintechnology...interesting Moz mix. I actually kinda liked it.
Viva Moz!
Posted by: Viva Morrissey | October 08, 2009 at 07:04 PM