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February
02/20 LeAnn Rimes at Astrodome in Houston.
02/20 Dido at La Zona Rosa in Austin.
02/21 The Judds at Astrodome in Houston.
02/22 Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the Bass Concert Hall stage
in Austin.
02/23 Chick Corea at One World Theatre in Austin.
02/24 Urban Bush Women at Paramount Theatre in Austin.
02/25 Houston Symphony with Pavel Kogan at Jesse H. Jones Hall
in Houston.
02/25 Soulhat at Fabulous Satellite Lounge in Houston.
02/25 The Suspects at Fitzgerald’s in Houston.
02/26 Smokey Robinson at Astrodome in Houston.
02/26 Sammy Kershaw at Astrodome in Houston.
02/26 Lucero And Pablo Montero at Aerial Theater at Bayou
Place in Houston.
02/26 Ian Moore at Fabulous Satellite Lounge in Houston
02/26 Luna at La Zona Rosa in Austin.
02/26 - 02/27 Ian Moore at Fabulous Satellite Lounge in Houston.
02/26 - 02/28 Houston Symphony with Kogan and Shaham at
Jesse H. Jones Hall in Houston.
02/27 Jaguares at Aerial Theater at Bayou Place in Houston.
02/27 Lords Of Acid at Numbers Night Club in Houston.
02/28 Marc Anthony at Aerial Theater at Bayou Place in Houston.
02/28 - 02/29 Backstreet Boys at Compaq Center in Houston.
02/29 Rod Stewart at Astrodome in Houston.
02/29 - 03/05 STOMP at Paramount Theatre in Austin.
March
03/01 Brooks & Dunn at the Astrodome in Houston.
03/03 Steve Miller Band at Astrodome in Houstorr.
03/03 Chris Cornell at Aerial Theater at Bayou Place in Houston.
03/03 Hollisters at Fabulous Satellite Lounge in Houston.
03/04 Robert Earl Keen at Astrodome in Houston.
03/04 Eddie Griffin at Houston Arena Theatre in Houston.
03/01 “Soul Brains" Bad Brains Reunion Show at The Back
Room in Austin.
03/11 - 03/12 The Apocalytes and The Tetragons at The Vortex
in Austin.
03/10 - 03/20 Texas Bach Festival at various locations
around Austin.
03/22 Swingtime The New York City All Star Swing Band and the
Jivin’ Lindy Hoppers at Paramount Theatre in Austin.
03/23 Afro-Cuban All Stars Rumba with the Afro-Cuban All Stars
at Paramount Theatre in Austin.
03/10 03/26 Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo at Travis County Expo
Center in Austin.
04/17 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Frank Erwin
Center in Austin.
03/04 Chris Cornell La Zona Rosa in Austin.
05/02 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Bicycle Thief at the Frank
Erwin Center in Austin.
Australian band
to tour America
in inflatable arena
NEW YORK (AP) — If the rock
band Newsboys complains about drafty
concert halls or spotty sound quality on
its upcoming tour, its members won't
have anyone to blame but themselves.
The contemporary Christian band is
taking along its own inflatable arena, in
what is believed to be an American
concert industry first.
The 3,500-seat venue will be set up
on fairgrounds or in parking lots dur
ing a 66-date
trek that
starts Feb. 18
in Fort My
ers, Fla.
“What
we’re doing
is just apply
ing 21st cen
tury technol
ogy to the
oldest form
of entertain
ment avail
able — the
circus tent,” said Wes Campbell, the
band's manager.
Newsboys, an Australian band now
based near Nashville, have sold near
ly 3 million records and earned three
Grammy nominations on the religious
rock circuit.
In certain parts of the country, they
can sell out 8,000-seat halls.
They have often wondered what it
would be like to create their own con
cert environment.
Playing in arenas is fine, but some
fans are uncomfortable coming there,
singer Peter Purler said. Some prefer
concerts at large churches, but others
refuse to go to a church that’s not their
denomination, he said.
With their concerts increasingly at
tracting families, the Newsboys want
ed to make sure everyone felt welcome.
So they contracted with a Florida
business that built a temporary arena for
the Atlanta Olympics, and asked for
something to take on the road. The band
actually ordered two custom-built are
nas; while one is in use, the other will
be en route to the next city on the tour.
The blow-up air domes contain
2,500 bleacher seats and standing room
for 1,000 more people. They also have
a 40-by-40-foot, in-the-round stage.
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“They probably
wouldn't play Limp
Bizkit in a tent like
that. They might tear
it down.”
— Gary Bongiovanni
Editor of Pollstar magazine
production
moves from
town to
town on sev
en tractor-
trailers, with
55 crew
members.
While
some acts
have tried
temporary
arenas in
Europe, no
one has done anything like this in the
United States, said Gary Bongiovan
ni, editor of the concert trade publica
tion Pollstar.
Bongiovanni said the Newsboys
tour will be watched closely in the in
dustry, and it’s likely others will try the
same thing if it’s successful.
“They probably wouldn't play Limp
Bizkit in a tent like that,” he said.
“They might tear it down.”
One headache for tour organizers
was dealing with skeptics. The News
boys have had to assure people the are
na will be safe.
To bass player Phil Joel, the experi
ence promises to be a little like the
movie Groundhog Day.
“No matter what city we're in,” he
said, “we’re going to be in the same
hall every night.”
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