Thursday, January 15, 2009
Hot Goss There's Going to Be a Concert at Sommet Center! [Updated]
Posted by Steve Haruch on Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:54 AM
Sorry for another blind post. I got an email saying there will be a press conference today at Sommet Center to announce a Major Concert Event Coming to Nashville. I ignored the email at first, since I figure there are lots of concerts at Sommet Center, none of which warrant my going to a press conference to find out about them. Then I got a voicemail saying that the mayor would be making the announcement.
The mayor?
Of course, Gold thinks this must mean U2 is playing because they are, after all, "the biggest band in the world," and they have a new album coming out in March. With all due respect to U2 (I actually quite enjoyed Bono's op-ed piece for the New York Times), I don't think the mayor would call a press conference for that. Which begs the question: What concert is big enough and important enough for the mayor of our city to take a break from this whole English-only thing and say, "Hey, everybody, _______ is gonna play a show!"
Your guess is as good as mine until the press conference, which is at 11 a.m. Who do you think it is?
Update: As I told Gold when I saw him, "It involves the number two."
As in, Elton John and Billy Joel: Face 2 Face. Saturday, May 30. Tickets go on sale this Saturday.
The mayor announced this. Seriously.
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dude. i saw the Mayor introduce Those Darlin's. so it probably isn't that big of a deal.
naw, it's just the rocket man and the piano man face2face. If I were coming I'd require the Mayor to skydive into the Sommet Center.
Our mayor was also on 100.1 today. How about he play less 'PR Guy' and more 'Nashville's Mayor Guy'.
Note: The F2F tour article on LiveDaily didn't mention Nashville, guess it was a covert announcement. Last time they were in town, tickets were about $125 for third tier.
anyone notice that every time "insider" posts some hot news, it's always about the magic wands?
so...you're an insider as in you're "in" the magic wands? do you just sit around googling your own band all day? should we care that you live in LA?
New Kids On The Block, or NKOTB to the faithful following are coming to the Sommet in March.
Where was Mr. Mayor on this one?!?!?
Also, what is going on with THE RYMAN? So far all I see is BB King, Olivia Netwon John and Bela Fleck for 2009. Didn't they just get a new GM? Must not want to impress anyone by booking some good shows.
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