5 Concerts to Geek Out Over


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Geeky Concerts

I've been to a few shows in my day, and experiencing good music live can be a million times better than listening on the best sound systems, especially when it's music from your favorite video games and geeky movies. Check out these live concert series that will take your geekiness to a new level. It's nothing to be ashamed of, really. Read more

Imagination Movers Wow Crowds on Tour and Talk About Movie Potential


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Interview With Imagination Movers

Disney Junior's dad band, the Imagination Movers are wowing crowds on television and on tour. I recently caught up with the guys (Rich Collins, Scott Durbin, Dave Poche, and Scott "Smitty" Smith) before they zipped into their signature blue jumpsuits to take the stage at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA. LilSugar: You film your show in New Orleans to create jobs for locals. Is Louisiana still Read more

When Did Your Kids Attend Their First Concert?


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Children Attending Rock Concerts

Keep on rocking it baby! After listening to music in the womb, kids love a toe-tapping beat. For many children, music classes are their first foray into an organized group activity, while others spend a portion of their day bopping to the tunes coming out of their mama's iPod. An outing to a concert by a "real" artist is a milestone that few people forget. While rock star offspring like Kingston Read more

Buzz In: What's the Best Concert You've Seen This Summer?


Updated 08/24/08 10:46 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 34 comments

Buzz In: What's the Best Concert You've Seen This Summer?

Summer is a great time to hear live music — outdoors, if possible. Here in San Francisco, I'm eagerly looking forward to the inaugural Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival at the end of the month, where Iron and Wine, M. Ward, and Radiohead, among others, will be taking the stage. I know some of you headed to Lollapalooza, and there have been tons of other major festivals already, from the Read more

Buzz In: What's Your Biggest Concert Pet Peeve?


Updated 08/25/09 11:22 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 55 comments

Biggest Concert Pet Peeve

After Kanye West took to his computer keyboard to blame the organizers of the Bonnaroo Music Festival for his extremely tardy appearance (4:25 a.m. — dang!), I got to thinking about other bad concert situations. While the folks who paid good money to see Kanye at that festival clearly were not thrilled with the major delays, diva behavior isn't the only situation that can irritate a Read more

Are Big Music Festivals Worth the Money?


Updated 04/10/08 10:06 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 14 comments

Lollapalooza Headliners, Partial Lineup Announced

The full lineup for this summer's Lollapalooza festival in Chicago won't come out till Monday, but according to the Chicago Sun-Times, the major acts are biggies: Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, the Raconteurs, Wilco, and Kanye West will headline the main stages. Other acts the Sun-Times confirmed include Gnarls Barkley, Broken Social Scene, Cat Power, and Grizzly Bear. Read more

Take Part in LIVE EARTH


Updated 07/04/07 7:38 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 5 comments

Take Part in LIVE EARTH

Since FitSugar readers care so much about the Earth, I wanted to let you know that on this Saturday, on 7.7.07, you can take part in Live Earth. It's a 24-hour, 7 continent concert series that will bring together more than 100 music artists and 2 billion people to trigger a global movement to solve the climate crisis. Live Earth marks the beginning of a multi-year campaign led by the Alliance Read more

Al Gore Lines Up His Friends for Live Earth


Updated 09/15/08 9:35 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 5 comments

Al Gore Lines Up His Friends for Live Earth

The Earth is getting warmer, but Al Gore just keeps getting cooler, and winning an Oscar certainly didn't hurt. Now, the former vice president is recruiting his cool new friends — including Ludacris, Alicia Keys, Dave Matthews, and The Police — for an earth-shaking concert that will span 24 hours and seven continents called Live Earth. Yesterday, the organizers revealed a list of performers Read more

Countdown to Coachella


Updated 01/24/07 8:51 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 3 comments

Countdown to Coachella

You know a musical festival is good if it inspires thousands of hipsters to camp out for three days in the desert of Southern California, and such is the powerful pull of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. Though the event — held April 27 to 29 in Indio, Calif. — is still months away, I am already pretty hyper about the lineup, and tickets go on sale this Saturday, Jan. 27. For Read more