This weekend will host the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby, affectionately referred to as the “Run for the Roses.” The race will be run
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Roger Waters 2010 Tour Performing Pink Floyd: The Wall
The 2010 list of “Shows to See” just got one name longer. Roger Waters announced this week that he’ll be setting out on the North American, The Wall Live tour starting in September at Air Canada Centre in Toronto on September 15 and ending December 13 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. Waters, Pink Floyd’s original bass player, is credited with writing a large portion of the 1979 rock opera which is rumored to be based on his own life.
Cubensis Drummer Collapses Before Hermosa Beach Show
Yesterday was set to be another one of the monthly Saturday afternoon Cubensis shows at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, CA. The stage was set, the room was full and the lights were ready to come up on the legendary Southern California Grateful Dead Experience.
Jackie Greene added to 2010 High Sierra Music Festival
As we grow nearer to Fourth of July, High Sierra Music Festival continues to pad their line-up. The newest addition is San Francisco’s, Jackie Greene.
Phish 3D Turns Festival 8 into 3D Movie
Festival 8, the Halloween desert festival hosted by Vermont jamband, Phish, was released as a 3D movie on April 20th in select cities. Phish 3D
Nate LaPointe Band featuring Bobby Womack Horns on New Release
The news is out and Shakedown News is loving it. LA’s hottest rising star of Americana Roots Rock, the Nate LaPointe Band has put the signed, sealed and delivered stamp of approval of their second album, Speaking of It. The album isn’t due out to the general public until April 25th but we’ve got a sneak preview copy in our grubby little mitts and all I can say is “YEAH!”
Two Days To Festival 8…Let’s Go Phishing In The Desert!
The weather in the Coachella Valley is beautiful! The setting couldn’t be better…Halloween in the deep dark desert with Phish playing the soundtrack. Stop me
U2 Fans Duped With Fake Tickets on Craigslist.org
With U2’s “360” World Tour in full effect, the Irish Rock band broke tour attendance records at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl Stadium on Sunday Night when
Pour A Pint of Barley Legal
Last night I finally got a chance to get out and check out a band I’ve heard good things about but keep missing their shows. I went to On The Rocks in Redondo Beach, CA to see Barley Legal. And I’ll never be the same again.
Cubensis By The Beach
Here at Shakedown News we love our Grateful Dead music. No one in So. Cal does it better than Cubensis. After 22 years, they’re still going strong and this weekend, they’re doing it by the beach!
