Archive for November 2011
November 30th, 2011 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Videos, Wimgo | 0 Comments

Tickets are now on sale for The Flaming Lips’ New Year’s Eve Freakout #5, the Oklahoma City-based psychedelic rockers’ annual hometown NYE spectacular, at www.ticketstorm.com.
Several significant changes have been made to this year’s event:
Now a two-night extravaganza, the fifth Freakout is set for 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31 and Sunday, Jan. 1 at the Coca Cola Bricktown Events Center, 425 E California.
The Flaming Lips and Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band will play both nights, with Ono performing at midnight “Happy Xmas (War Is…
November 30th, 2011 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments


Today’s featured event:
Hear Stillwater-based red dirt singer/guitarist Brandon Jackson play an acoustic show at 10 tonight at the Wormy Dog Saloon, 311 E Sheridan.
For more information, go to www.wormydog.com.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
-BAM
November 29th, 2011 | Bams Blog, Comedy, Entertainment, TV, Wimgo | 0 Comments


The premiere of the Bio Channel original special “Jeff Dunham: Birth of a Dummy” set ratings records for the network last Tuesday, Nov. 22. The two-hour special became the network’s most-watched telecast of all time among key adults 18-49 and 25-54 demographics and total viewers, according to a news release.
For the night, “Jeff Dunham” was watched by 1.2 million total viewers. The 8 p.m. premiere garnered 425,000 adults 25-54, 321,000 adults 18-49 and 714,000 total viewers, all ratings records for the network, becoming the single most-watched telecast…
November 29th, 2011 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments


TULSA – When legendary country entertainer Kenny Rogers brings his “Christmas & Hits Tour” to The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa on Friday night, he will be joined by two Oklahoma youth choirs during his holiday set list.
Members of the Cherokee National Youth Choir and the First Baptist Church Tulsa Children’s Choir will perform multiple songs during the holiday portion of the concert, according to a news release.
The Cherokee National Youth Choir has previously shared The Joint stage with Oklahoma native Vince…
November 29th, 2011 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments

Newcomers Thompson Square, the husband-and-wife duo that features Miami, OK, native Keifer Thompson, will be among the performers at the New Faces of Country Music Show during Country Radio Seminar on Feb. 24 in Nashville, Tenn., according to CMT.com.
Hunter Hayes, David Nail, Sunny Sweeney and Eli Young Band also will perform at the the showcase, which will close out the three-day…
November 29th, 2011 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments

Platinum-selling country music singer-songwriter Bryan White is coming home for the holidays and gearing up for the second annual Christmas tour, launching Friday in his birthplace of Lawton. The tour will promote his third holiday album, which will be available soon.
White embarked on his first Christmas tour last year, and it was so successful, he decided to make it an annual…
November 29th, 2011 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Wimgo | 0 Comments


Today’s featured event:
YUKON – See 4 million lights and 360 one-of-a-kind displays at Christmas in the Park from 6 to 11 nightly through New Year’s Eve at three interconnecting city parks: Yukon City Park, Jim Watson Drive off S Holly Avenue; Freedom Trail Park, 2200 S Holly Ave.; and Chisholm Trail Park, 500 W Vandament.
Visitors can drive along illuminated paths or bundle…
November 29th, 2011 | Bams Blog, CDs, Entertainment, Music, Videos, Wimgo | 0 Comments

It’s no surprise considering the number of fans eager to toast it, but Oklahoma country music superstar Toby Keith has officially made the boozy party anthem “Red Solo Cup” his latest single.
According to a news release, Keith’s Show Dog-Universal has made “Red Solo Cup” the most remarkable and commercially successful new country single in recent memory. An album cut from Keith’s recently released No. 1 album “Clancy’s Tavern,” the song became a viral video sensation even before the album’s debut. Radio stations pulled audio straight from YouTube…
November 28th, 2011 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Lukas Nelson (AP file)
Today’s featured event:
TULSA – Hear Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real and Revoltaire at 8 tonight at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N Main. Doors open at 7 p.m.
For more information, go to www.cainsballroom.com.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
-BAM
November 27th, 2011 | Arts, Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Theater, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Avery Morris, 2, of Oklahoma City, keeps a discreet distance from the Mouse King as the two pose for a parent's photograph during the Sand Plum Fairy Tea Party at The Nancy O'Brian Center for the Performing Arts at Norman North High School on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. (Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman Archives)
Today’s featured event:
NORMAN – See…