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Happy Thursday!
Goldenvoice‘s Cali Vibes Fest will make a big splash in 2024 with a special performance by No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani.
The three-day festival, which will take place at Marina Green Park in Long Beach on Feb. 16-18, will also feature headlining sets by Stick Figure, Slightly Stoopid and Rebelution.
While there are dozens of acts slated to perform each day, Friday, Feb. 16 will include Stick Figure, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley and Stephen Marley and Iration. Stefani will perform on Saturday, Feb. 17 alongside Slightly Stoopid, Wiz Khalifa and Sublime With Rome playing “40 Ounces to Freedom” in its entirely. Rebelution will close out the event on Sunday, Feb. 18 with Ice Cube and The Roots.
Danny Elfman is bringing his “The Nightmare Before Christmas” live-to-film concert back to the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Oct. 27-29.
Peter Larsen caught up with actress Catherine O’Hara, who originally voiced the role of Sally in Tim Burton‘s 1993 holiday cult-classic, to talk about reprising the role during the live event on Sunday, Oct. 29.
“Oh my Lord, all I can think is 30 years ago he set that key,” O’Hara says, laughing about the notes written by Elfman then that now seem somehow higher. “That’s all I can think about. Oh boy.”
Read Peter’s full interview and find out how to get tickets to the shows here.
KROQ 106.7/FM has gone back to the ’90s with its 2023 Almost Acoustic Christmas lineup.
The Los Angeles-based radio station revealed that it would bring back its annual holiday show to Kia Forum in Inglewood on Saturday, Dec. 9. The evening will be headlined by Red Hot Chili Peppers and feature sets from The Offspring and Garbage, all acts that performed the Christmas shindig back in the day. The roster will also feature Portugal. The Man, Cannons, Bleachers, Lovejoy, Bakar and The Beaches.
Though it should come as no surprise to anyone who has watched the drama unfold via a series of heated city council meetings between the city of Irvine and concert promoter Live Nation in recent months, FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine is now officially closed.
Live Nation announced on Saturday, Oct. 21 that its final show of the 2023 season with country group Zac Brown Band would be its last.
The venue was erected in 2017 following the demolition of Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in 2016. It was a temporary solution as the city worked out plans for a permanent venue, which was to be constructed inside the Irvine Great Park.
Until next week, thanks for reading and keep rockin’!
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