May 14th, 2012 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments
David Lee Roth, left, Eddie Van Halen, and Alex Van Halen perform during the Van Halen concert at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008. By Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman Archives
ACM@UCO CEO Scott Booker holding one of Eddie Van Halen's signature EVH guitars donated to the University of Central Oklahoma's Academy of Contemporary Music for auction as Gary Desjardins, general manager Chesapeake Energy Arena, looks on during an announcement Monday, May 14, 2012, that Van Halen will perform Sept. 15. Photo by Paul B. Southerland,
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May 11th, 2012 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, TV, Videos, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Hall and Oates (AP file)
Heart
TULSA- During the first eight months of performances at The Joint, few were anticipated more than the performances by Daryl Hall and John Oates and Heart. Due to overwhelming demand, both sets of performers will return to the music venue inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa.
Daryl Hall and John Oates return to The Joint on Sept. 12, with tickets starting at $60. Heart returns Sept. 15, with tickets starting at $45.
Tickets for both shows go on sale Aug. 2, according to …
May 10th, 2012 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Videos, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Guitar Center – the world’s largest music retailer – and legendary guitarist Slash have teamed up to offer an opportunity to 20 unsigned American bands. By submitting an original song at www.GCOnstage.com, bands can enter for the chance to open for Slash on his upcoming fall tour, supporting his new album, “Apocalyptic Love,” out May 22, featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators.
In the fourth installment of Guitar Center On-Stage, 20 bands hand-selected as Slash’s opening acts will perform at stops on the tour closest to their hometown. At the …
May 1st, 2012 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments
David Lee Roth, left, and Edd Van Halen of Van Halen perform in this 2011 photo. (AP file)
Today’s featured event:
TULSA – Hear Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Van Halen will perform their first show at the BOK Center, 200 S Denver, at 7:30 tonight. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
R&B group Kool & the Gang will be special guest for the Tulsa date.
Van Halen is legendary for its multiple personnel changes, and like the band’s 2007-08 trek, this tour will …
April 19th, 2012 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Videos, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Ted Nugent (AP file)
ARDMORE – Rocker Ted Nugent will play at 7:30 tonight at Heritage Hall, 410 W Main Street, and according to The Hollywood Reporter, Nugent’s show tonight is set to follow a planned interview with Secret Service agents Thursday in Oklahoma, where the outspokenly conservative rocker was rehearsing for tonight’s concert.
The show, featuring opening act Whiskey Myers, will celebrate the 19th anniversary of the famed nearby Ardmore venue Two Frogs’ Grill.
The interview was planned in the wake of Nugent delivering an incendiary speech at an …
April 6th, 2012 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Crosby, Stills & Nash have announced an extensive U.S. summer tour beginning early June and continuing through the end of September.
The U.S. itinerary starts on June 7 at the Tower Theatre in Philadelphia, PA, and concludes on the West Coast, with an Aug. 12 show at Oklahoma City’s Zoo Amphitheatre.
Tickets to the Oklahoma City show will go on sale at 10 a.m. May 19, according to CrosbyStillsNash.com.
The trio’s U.S. Summer Tour comes on the heels of their Australia/New Zealand and South American tours. Highlights this summer include …
April 5th, 2012 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Chickenfoot
Organizers announced the daily lineups this week for the sixth annual Rocklahoma, May 25-27 at the Catch the Fever Festival Grounds near Pryor, with Creed, Rob Zombie and Chickenfoot headlining the hard-rock festival.
Presented by Budweiser, the festival is set for Memorial Day Weekend, May 25-27, at the Catch the Fever Festival Grounds in Pryor.
Established in 2007 as a classic rock destination festival with the motto “life, liberty and the pursuit of rock,” Rocklahoma was revamped in 2010 as organizers teamed with …
April 5th, 2012 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Chickenfoot
Organizers announced the daily lineups this week for the sixth annual Rocklahoma, May 25-27 at the Catch the Fever Festival Grounds near Pryor, with Creed, Rob Zombie and Chickenfoot headlining the hard-rock festival.
Presented by Budweiser, the festival is set for Memorial Day Weekend, May 25-27, at the Catch the Fever Festival Grounds in Pryor.
Established in 2007 as a classic rock destination festival with the motto “life, liberty and the pursuit of rock,” Rocklahoma was revamped in 2010 as organizers teamed with …
April 5th, 2012 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Chickenfoot
Organizers announced the daily lineups this week for the sixth annual Rocklahoma, May 25-27 at the Catch the Fever Festival Grounds near Pryor, with Creed, Rob Zombie and Chickenfoot headlining the hard-rock festival.
Presented by Budweiser, the festival is set for Memorial Day Weekend, May 25-27, at the Catch the Fever Festival Grounds in Pryor.
Established in 2007 as a classic rock destination festival with the motto “life, liberty and the pursuit of rock,” Rocklahoma was revamped in 2010 as organizers teamed with …
March 30th, 2012 | Bams Blog, Entertainment, Music, Wimgo | 0 Comments
Tommy Thayer, from left, Gene Simmons, Eric Singer and Paul Stanley, of the band Kiss, pose with Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars, and Tommy Lee of Motley Crue at the Kiss and Motley Crue 2012 Mega Tour news conference, Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, in Los Angeles. The bands will launch their 40 city tour on July 20. (AP Photo)
TULSA – KISS and Motley Crue are uniting to launch “The Tour” of 2012. Billed as the summer’s biggest, …
