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ACL was this weekend and it was a blast! Three days out in the sun listening to live music with friends is heaven. The Arcade Fire was fantastic on Saturday night and were certainly the highlight of the festival.
posted by Jay Leal @ 12:29 PM
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HISTORIC CONCERT TOUR MARKS FIRST OF ITS KIND FOR VAN HALEN IN 22 YEARS
LOS ANGELES, CA -- August 13, 2007 Beginning this September, in what promises to be the most exciting live tour this year, Van Halen will embark on a national concert tour throughout the U.S. and Canada with its original lead singer David Lee Roth for the first time in 22 years.
Considered by fans and media alike as one of the most highly anticipated tours in rock and roll history, Roth, guitarist Eddie Van Halen and drummer Alex Van Halen will perform with Eddie’s son, Wolfgang who joins the line-up as the band’s bass player. Van Halen and Roth have not performed or recorded together since 1984’s classic multi-platinum album “1984” and subsequent tour, making this tour truly a historic event.
25 dates in all were announced today for the tour which is slated for a September 27th kick-off in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tickets for select dates on the tour go on sale beginning on Saturday, August 18th and are available on http://www.livenation.com/.
Fans can enjoy the ultimate Van Halen experience including concert pre-show parties, backstage access, premium seating and more. For additional details go to http://www.iloveallaccess.com/.
Fans are encouraged to also check in at http://www.van-halen.com/ or http://www.davidleeroth.com/ for additional information.
posted by Jay Leal @ 7:04 PM
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Girl in a Coma is coming back to the Valley. If you have not heard or seen this band, you will be amazed. This three-piece, all-girl band from San Antonio rocks. Check out their video for Clumsy Sky. They will play at City Lights in Harlingen on July 27 and at Trade Bar in McAllen on July 28.
posted by Jay Leal @ 3:03 PM
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Check out this great piece from NPR last month. It details the universal opposition in the Rio Grande Valley to the border fence. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11118125. Local leaders such as JD Salinas, Hidalgo County Judge, as well as business people, environmentalists and ranchers oppose building this fence which will do very little to stop illegal immigration. Even the government official interviewed says they know at best it will only slow down the border crosser. Why spend all this money, damage the local ecosystem and further damage our relations with our neighbors to only "slow down" an illegal??
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posted by Jay Leal @ 11:36 PM
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My story? Okay. It was never easy for me. I was born a poor black child. I remember the days, sittin' on the porch with my family, singin' and dancin' down in Mississippi.
