Lionel Richie angered thousands of New York City fans on Saturday night when he didn’t make it to his concert at Madison Square Garden, cancelling the show more than an hour after it had been scheduled to start.
25.07.2023 - 19:09 / variety.com
Ethan Shanfeld As Drake circled the stage at the center of New York’s Madison Square Garden, urging his fans in a heartfelt speech to be kind to one another, he got sidetracked as a barrage of bras came flying at him in rapid succession. “It’s easy to pay no mind to… to… sorry, the bra really threw me off,” the hip-hop superstar sputtered Sunday night, kicking aside various undergarments.
“I was trying to say something motivational.” It was moment of earnestness — overshadowed by boyish humor — that perfectly encapsulates Drake, a serious artist who, thank God, doesn’t take himself too seriously. At the first of three sold-out shows at the Garden, preceded by four at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, he treated the arena audience to a nostalgic, high-concept exploration of his greatest hits — say, an “Eras” tour for the bros.
And boy were there bros, many of whom dressed up exactly like Drake, with matching hairstyles and trimmed beards. Bros hyping each other up and filming each other as they rap every word along with their idol.
Bros in NYPD uniforms and badges giddily pulling out their phones to take videos of Drake while dealing with a seating dispute in the aisle. (Yes, that actually happened.) Drake knows he has a tight grip on his fans, hilariously nodding to that fact by selling a tour T-shirt that says, “I Like What Drake Likes.” He spent much of the show singing and pointing directly at fans in the front row, who screamed back practically every word of every song.
During “Laugh Now Cry Later,” the jumbotrons sniped men in the audience who were literally wiping tears from their eyes, overwhelmed with emotion. And honestly, so was Drake, who paused the show multiple times to express his gratitude and devoted the final
.Lionel Richie angered thousands of New York City fans on Saturday night when he didn’t make it to his concert at Madison Square Garden, cancelling the show more than an hour after it had been scheduled to start.
Lionel Richie angered thousands of New York City fans on Saturday night when he didn’t make it to his concert at Madison Square Garden, cancelling the show more than an hour after it had been scheduled to start.
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Dogstar for the first time in over 20 years.The group’s ‘Somewhere Between The Power Lines and Palm Trees Tour,’ in support of their yet to be released 2023 album with the same name, will hit indie venues all over North America in August, November and December on the 26-concert run.That includes a gig at Brooklyn, NY’s Music Hall of Williamsburg on Monday, Dec. 11.And if you haven’t gotten last-minute tickets to see Reeves aka John Wick/Neo/Johnny Utah/Ted/Duke Caboom rock out on bass yet, it’s not too late.As of now, tickets are available for all upcoming gigs.Some are shockingly cheap too.At the time of publication, we found some general admission passes going for as low as $16 before fees on Vivid Seats.To be fair, that price is a bit more inexpensive than most shows.
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EXCLUSIVE: Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment has acquired UK distribution rights to the Ben Kingsley and Ezra Miller pic Dalíland alongside docs RoboDoc – The Creation of RoboCop and Hollywood Dreams and Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story. All three titles will debut on the Icon Film Channel.
Drake has teased a new album ‘For All The Dogs’ and confirmed that the forthcoming LP will arrive “in like two weeks”.At the rapper’s latest ‘It’s All a Blur Tour’ show in New York City’s Madison Square Garden last night (July 26), Drake – real name Aubrey Drake Graham – shared a new update with the crowd about his upcoming album ‘For All the Dogs’.“Make new friends. If you drink, drink some liquor. If you smoke, smoke some weed.
Penn and Teller are leaving Sin City and heading Northeast for a pair of shows this summer and fall.The duo, who typically perform a long-standing residency at the Penn and Teller Theater in the Rio Las Vegas Hotel and Casino will play Brookville, NY’s Tilles Center Concert Hall on Friday, July 28 and New Brunswick, NJ’s State Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 23.According to The Guardian, the current iteration of their show is “enjoyable greatest-hits package that includes several new spins on old tricks.”And if you don’t want to see too much money disappear from your bank account, it may behoove you to attend the show in the Garden State.At the time of publication, tickets for the night in Brookville start at $150 before fees on Vivid Seats; $76 before fees is the starting price in New Brunswick.In addition to these shows, the inimitable pair have a number of additional performances lined up across the country these next few months.Want to see where and how much it will cost to see them live?Here’s everything you need to know and more about Penn and Teller’s 2023 tour.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all upcoming U.S.
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