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Article #229: Great Upcoming Concerts for 2006

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There are some great upcoming events for 4/4/06: Uncasville, CT, Mohegan Sun
music lovers in 2006. Arena
The 2005 Grammy award winner John Mayer 4/6/06: Philadelphia, Wachovia Center
is touring during the early part of the Rob Thomas is just wrapping up his first
year. This is definitely not one to miss. solo tour. The former singer and main
John Mayer's career really took off in songwriter for Matchbox Twenty, a Florida
1999-2000. Working out of Atlanta, he based alternative group that found
produced his first solo album, "Inside success with a blend of '70s rock
Wants Out", in 1999. Mayer became a influences and 1990s grunge crunch. The
regular draw in the Atlanta club circuit. band broke into major success in 1996
Then, an appearance in March of 2000 at with "Push". They were then off and
the South by Southwest Music Festival running. The album "Yourself or Someone
equated to a recording contract with a Like You" went platinum a dozen times
subsidiary of Columbia Records. He over in the U.S. Ultimately, a song he
recorded his major label debut, "Room for co-wrote for the Carlos Santana album
Squares", with producer John Alagia, who Supernatural. "Smooth" launched Thomas to
had previously worked with artists like stardom. The track collected three
Dave Matthews and Ben Folds Five. Room Grammys including Song of the Year, and
for Squares featured electric funky hooks Thomas was selected to People's Magazine
and Mayer's versatile, smooth voice, "Most Beautiful People" list. Thomas has
which bore a striking resemblance to the only two stops left on his current tour:
stylistic sound of Dave Matthews. 2/13/06 Adelaide Entertainment Centre,
Upcoming John Mayer Events: Adelaide
01/30/06 On ABC @ 9:00pm, In Style TV 2/14/06 Melbourne Park - Rod Laver Arena,
Show - Chicago, IL Melbourne
02/09/06 Tonight Show with Jay Leno - Los The Rolling Stones are on the Worldwide
Angeles, CA circuit again. Besides the appearance at
02/13/06 Adelaide Entertainment Centre - this years Superbowl, the World's
Adelaide Australia Greatest Rock & Roll Band has an
02/14/06 Rod Laver Arena - Melbourne extensive whirlwind tour in progress.
Australia From the hard driving blues and rock to
02/15/06 Rod Laver Arena - Melbourne the mellow psychedelic pop blends, there
Australia is no greater thrill than seeing the best
02/17/06 Entertainment Center Newcastle - there is. A Rolling Stones Concert is a
Newcastle Australia once-in-a-lifetime event (more if you're
02/18/06 Entertainment Center - Sydney lucky).
Australia Complete Rolling Stones tour dates for
02/19/06 Entertainment Center Wollongong 1996:
- Wollongong Australia Jan. 10 -- Montreal, QC -- Molson Centre
02/21/06 Royal Theatre - Canberra Jan. 13 -- Boston, MA -- Fleet Center
Australia Jan. 15 -- Boston, MA -- Fleet Center
02/23/06 Brisbane Entertainment Centre - Jan. 18 -- New York, NY -- Madison Square
Brisbane Australia Garden
02/25/06 Perth Challenge Stadium - Perth Jan. 20 -- New York, NY -- Madison Square
Australia Garden
Speaking of Dave Mathews, the great South Jan. 23 -- Chicago, IL -- United Center
African vocalist/guitarist of the Dave Jan. 25 -- Chicago, IL -- United Center
Matthews Band is doing something unusual Jan. 27 -- St. Louis, MO -- Savvis Center
and interesting. It begins in Florida on Jan. 29 -- Omaha, NE -- Qwest Center
Friday February 3, 2006 as Sovereign of Feb. 01 -- Baltimore, MD -- First Mariner
the Seas sails from Port Canaveral while, Center
simultaneously, Majesty of the Seas sails Feb. 05 -- Detroit, MI -- Ford Field
from Miami, each ship carrying fans and (SUPER BOWL)
Artists on a weekend musical fantasy trip Feb. 11 -- San Juan, PR -- Coliseo de
to the Bahamas. Dramatically, in the Puerto Rico
Atlantic, these two sister ships will Feb. 18 -- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil --
converge and sail side by side, an event Copacabana Beach
of rare occurrence in cruising history. Feb. 21 -- Buenos Aires, Argentina --
Artists scheduled to perform during the River Plate Stadium
cruise include Dave Matthews & Friends, Feb. 23 -- Buenos Aires, Argentina --
Bob Weir & Ratdog, G. Love & Special River Plate Stadium
Sauce, Toots & the Maytals, Ozomatli, Feb. 26 -- Mexico City, Mexico --
North Mississippi Allstars. Mike Rodriguez Autodromo
Doughty's Band, Soulive, Mofro, Michael Mar. 01 -- Monterrey, Mexico -- Estadio
Tolcher. ALO (Animal Liberation Universitario
Orchestra), DJ Logic, Motion Potion, John Mar. 04 -- Las Vegas, NV -- MGM Grand
Brown's Body, Grace Potter & the Garden
Nocturnals and Brett Dennen. The Dave Mar. 06 -- Inglewood, CA -- The Forum
Mathews Band was formed in Virginia in Mar. 09 -- North Little Rock, AR --
the early '90s. Featuring Matthews, Alltell Arena
Stefan Lessard, ! Mar. 12 -- Ft. Lauderdale, FL -- Bank
Leroi Moore, Boyd Tinsley, and Carter Atlantic Center
Beauford. They built up a strong March/April -- Japan and Australia
word-of-mouth following in the early '90s May 27 -- Barcelona, Spain -- Estadio
by touring the country relentlessly, Olimpic
concentrating on college campuses. Rumor May 29 -- Madrid, Spain -- Estadio
has it that the Band is planning a summer Calderon
tour for 2006. As for the dates and June 01 -- Brussels, Belgium -- Stade
locations, keep your eyes peeled. Baudouin
Out of all the former Beatles, Paul June 03 -- Paris, France -- Stade de
McCartney by far had the most successful France
solo career, maintaining a persistent June 06 -- Bergen, Norway -- Koengen
presence in the British and American June 08 -- Jutland, Denmark -- Forum
charts during the '70s and '80s. In Horsens
America alone, he created nine number one June 10 -- Gothenburg, Sweden -- Nya
singles and seven number one albums Ullevi
during the first 12 years of his solo June 13 -- St. Petersburg, Russia --
career. Although he sold records, and is Petrovsky
wildly popular, McCartney never attained June 16 -- Brno, Czech Republic --
much respect from the critics, especially Exhibition Grounds
when compared to his former partner John June 18 -- Warsaw, Poland -- Airport
Lennon. This changed entirely with his Bemowo
release of "Flaming Pie" in 1997. One June 20 -- Vienna, Austria -- Happel
momentous live performance given by Stadion
McCartney was "Good Day Sunshine" June 22 -- Milan, Italy -- Stadio Meazza
performed for the international space June 29 -- Athens, Greece -- Olympic
station crew. NASA astronaut Bill Stadium
McArthur and Russian cosmonaut Valery July 02 -- Belgrade, Serbia -- Hippodrome
Tokarev were treated to a live wake-up July 06 -- Zagreb, Croatia -- Maksimir
call of the Beatles classic in a Stadium
first-ever concert linkup to the space July 10 -- Nuremberg, Germany --
station. Currently, Paul McCartney is not Frankenstadion
touring. July 12 -- Leipzig, Germany --
Coldplay is a band destined to be hailed Zentralstadion
as one of the most creatively sparse and July 14 -- Frankfurt, Germany --
emotionally artistic to come around in Waldstadion
quite some time. The London-based quartet July 16 -- Munich, Germany --
can comfortably go from stunning stadium Olympiastadion
anthems to slow-burning churns and do it July 19 -- Hanover, Germany --
with a flair like no other. Niedersachsenstadion
Complete Coldplay tour dates: July 21 -- Berlin, Germany --
1/25/06: Seattle, Key Arena Olympiastadion
1/26/06: Vancouver, GM Place July 23 -- Cologne, Germany --
1/30/06: Sacramento, CA, Arco Arena Mungersdorferstadion
1/31/06: Oakland, CA, Oakland Arena July 30 -- Amsterdam, Holland --
2/1/06: San Jose, CA, HP Pavilion Amsterdam Arena
2/3/06: Las Vegas, MGM Grand Garden Aug. 01 -- Amsterdam, Holland --
Arena Amsterdam Arena
2/19/06: Denver, Pepsi Center Aug. 03 -- Stuttgart, Germany --
2/20/06: Omaha, NE, Qwest Center Daimlerstadion
2/22/06: Auburn Hills, MI, Palace of Aug. 05 -- Switzerland -- To Be Announced
Auburn Hills Aug. 08 -- Nice, France -- Le Palais
2/23/06: Louisville, KY, Freedom Hall Nikaia
2/25/06: Houston, Toyota Center Aug. 12 -- Porto, Portugal -- Estadio
2/26/06: Dallas, American Airlines Center Dragao
2/27/06: Oklahoma City, OK, Ford Center Aug. 14 -- Valladolid, Spain -- Estadio
3/2/06: Washington, DC, MCI Center Zorrilla
3/4/06: Orlando, T.D. Waterhouse Centre Aug. 18 -- Dublin, Ireland -- Phoenix
3/5/06: Tampa, Ford Pavilion Park
3/20/06: Cleveland, Quicken Loans Arena Aug. 20 -- London, England -- Wembley
3/22/06: Toronto, Air Canada Center Stadium
3/25/06: East Rutherford, NJ, Continental Aug. 22 -- London, England -- Wembley
Airlines Arena Stadium
3/26/06: Uniondale, NY, Nassau Veterans Aug. 25 -- Glasgow, Scotland -- Hampden
Memorial Coliseum Park
3/30/06: Chicago, United Center Aug. 27 -- Sheffield, England -- Don
4/3/06: Manchester, NH, Verizon Valley Stadium
Wireless Arena Aug.






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