Music

Two benefit concerts coming up

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Frank Davis & The Touching Hearts Band invites the public to an evening of fellowship, classic country music, dancing and lots of fun Saturday, March 22, beginning at 7 p.m. at 2499 Clearlake Road in Kountze. The party offers everyone a chance to show support for the new band with a minimum donation of $20 to go toward sound equipment and advertising. Bring a lawn chair and beverages to wash down homemade pizza.

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Interview with Scott Stapp

He has one of the most recognizable voices in the music world, which helped him earn a place in rock history by winning a Grammy with the band Creed who went on to sell more than 30 million records.

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Aoki set to bring 'Aokify America Tour' to Houston

Photo by Dove Shore

Grammy nominated and EDM legend Steve Aoki returns to Houston TX to perform at the Bayou Music Theater (520 Texas Ave) headlining the "Aokify America Tour" on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. Tickets for this all ages show are $31 and can be purchased at the venue or Ticketmaster outlets.

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Jason Bonham & 'Led Zeppelin Experience' comes to Houston with Heart

In the most apparent case of following in your father’s footsteps, Jason Bonham is taking Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience on the road again. The son of drumming icon John Bonham, known for his work in Led Zeppelin, created the experience as a tribute to the legacy his father left behind. 

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Dirtyphonics - a new definition of Electronic Dance Music

The EDM is in full swing but one group has etched out their own mark in the genre — French quartet Dirtyphonics. Their “Irreverence Tour”comes to Houston on April 19 at Stereo Live in support of their first full debut record Irreverence on fellow musician’s Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak Records.

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Lamarissimo! to honor the late Wayne Dyess

Lamar University’s acclaimed Lamarissimo! Concert Series continues Thursday, March 7, as the Wind Ensemble and Concert Band perform classic symphonic selections by Edvard Greig and Leonard Bernstein, and premieres an original composition in honor of Wayne Dyess, longtime director of jazz studies at Lamar, who died Feb. 27.

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Sevendust, Lacuna Coil set to rock Dixie Dance Hall on Feb. 16

The Dixie Dance Hall on Crockett Street in downtown Beaumont has quite a history. The building once housed the notorious Dixie Hotel where Madam Rita Ainsworth ran her brothel, and now, the historic country saloon is about to get a rock music makeover — at least for a night.

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Live music for Oct. 25-Oct. 31

Thursday 25

 

Charrice & Company

The Logon Café - Beaumont

(409) 833-6950

 

Jamie Talbert

Luke’s - Beaumont

(409) 347-8139

 

Britt Godwin & Bubba Moore

MacKenzie’s Pub - Beaumont

(409) 866-2288

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Doing no wrong - Linkin Park spot on at Honda Civic Tour

How could you go wrong with Linkin Park? What about Incubus? The Cynthia Mitchell Woodlands Pavilion, north of Houston, hosted the 2012 Honda Civic Tour on Aug. 28, 2012, with headliners Linkin Park, who played nearly two-dozen songs. Brilliant move.

Due to traffic problems, we missed Incubus and openers MuteMath.

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Rock legends Aerosmith deliver on Global Warming Tour

I’ve been to hundreds, wait, change that to probably thousands of concerts since my mother took me to my first one some 28 years ago (Nov. 9, 1984 to be exact) when Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five came to the Houston Astrodome for the Victory Tour. OK, you get the point  — lots of shows. But as many as I’ve been to, I’ve never had the opportunity to see Aerosmith, until now.

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