Yes, that’s right. The Beach Boys, led by Mike Love and longtime member Bruce Johnston, have become a perennial touring machine. The band’s most recent album is 2012’s That’s Why God Made The Radio and was received with much acclaim and a fair bit of success. Now the band is bringing their distinctive sound to the…
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There was a tweet in my timeline about how 20 years ago today ground was broken on what would become Safeco Field. One of the things that always bothered me about the new stadium was its name. At the time I did not realize companies pay a lot of money to have their names on stadiums….
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I am taking this idea from Dawn, who took the idea from somebody else who took the idea from somebody else. “Sarah specified just a few rules: 1) Be sure to note your first concert. 2) Bands you’ve seen as openers or as part of festivals count, but try to come up with 50 headliners…
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