Friday, June 13, 2008

Summer's almost here and its alreadty getting hot

Its Update time. Night time temperature is in the upper 70's. Pistons-Oy Vey. Tiger-Double Oy Vey. Wings-Lord Stanley returns to the D. And with all the joy, we've got a suppppperrr summer shaping up. The Update is ripe with festivals for the footloose and fancy.
This weekend Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Detroit Festival of the Arts Here is the link for music stages http://www.detroitfestival.com/08/?page_id=5
6/6 Duke Robbilard The Ark
Alicia Key The Palace
The Parlor Mob The Magic Stick
Umphrey's McGee St Andrews
6/7 Umphrey's McGee (night 2) St Andrews
The Raconteurs The Fillmore
Brando and Friends Dino's (Ferndale)
Michael Francasso Trinity House (Livonia)
6/8 Marcia Ball The Ark
The Raconteurs The Fillmore
6/9 Dave Matthews Band DTE
somehow Dave is the only band
that was not subject to the Rothbury
blackout. I guess our luck
6/10 Jimmy Buffet DTE
Bump Campus Martius
Rush Joe Louis Arena
6/11 B-52's/Cyndi Lauper DTE
Donita Sparks Magic Stick
6/12-6/14 Rock City Festival The Majestic
Come see the Update's friends THTX on the 13th@midnight
6/13 Macpodz Top of the Park (Ann Arbor)
The Von Bondies The Majestic
The Deadstring Brothers The Magic Bag
Dark Lotus Clutch Cargo's
Average White Band Southfield Civic Center
Garrison Keillor Ann Arbor Summer Festival
6/14 Sloan The Majestic
John Lee Hooker Jr. The Detroit Princess (River Cruise)
6/15 Boston/Stevie Nicks DTE
Robert Tye Your Place Lounge (Detroit)
Lez Zeppelin Magic Bag
Black Diamond The Belmont (Hamtramck)
6/16 The Ragbirds Top of the Park (Ann Arbor)
Tiesto Clutch Cargo's
6/17 Robert Plant/Alison Krause Fox Theatre
6/18 Israel Vibrations-Must See Reggae The Blind Pig
Jack Johnson DTE
Peter Murphy Royal Oak Music Theatre
6/19 Willie Nelson Ann Arbor Summer Festival
Duke Tumatoe-Blues Legend The Ark
Newsboys DTE
Rose Hills Boys The Magic Bag
Ryan Cabrera The Crofoot
Evangelista The Pike Room
6/20-6/23 Detroit River Days Detroit Riverwalk
6/2o Mason Jennings Ann Arbor Summer Festival
Bachman Cummings DTE
Lisa Lauren Smith Campus Martius
Black Dahlia Murder Majestic
Leon Russell The Magic Bag
Ultraviolet Hippopotamus TC's (Ypsilanti)
6/21 Garrison Starr Border's Bookstore (Ann Arbor)
Doobie Brothers DTE
DEEP SPACE SIX Heidelberg (Ann Arbor)
Grateful Dead Band-1st show of 2008
Covert Operations The Majestic
Brando and Friends Dino's (Ferndale)
The Square Boys 59 West (Highland)
Jam Samwich Scripter's Park (Oxford)
RETURN TO FOREVER Freedom Hill
Chick Corea, Al DiMeola, Stanley Clarke-must see show
6/22 Junior Brown The Ark
6/23 Carolyn Wonderland Ann Arbor Summer Festival
Ari Hest The Ark
Black Angels The Magic Stick
6/24 The Waifs Ann Arbor Summer Festival
STEVIE WONDER DTE
6/25 Ellen Jewell The Ark
Cross Canadian The Majestic
6/26 John Hiatt Ann Arbor Summer Festival
Devon Allman's Honeytribe Callahan's (Auburn Hills)
son of the legendary leader of the Allman Brothers Band & this a good band!!!
Boz Scaggs Freedom Hill
6/27 Bump Ann Arbor Summer Festival
Steve Miller Band/Joe Cocker DTE
Sisqo Chene Park
Pat Benatar GM Renaissance Center
Johnathan Rice The Magic Stick
Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise The Magic Bag
Sponge Emerald Theatre
6/28 John Nemeth Callahan's (Auburn Hills)
Jakob Dylan (son of Bob) St Andrews
Echoes of Pink Floyd The Magic Bag
Everclear Stars and Stripes Festival
Mount Clemens
The Square Boys El Nibble Nook (W Bloomfld)
6/29 The Temptations DTE

http://detroitmusicupdate.blogspot.com/

PLEASE remember to support local live bands:


Brando Creasman
, www.brandoncreasman.com, Lucky Brown Music (new band featuring Brandon Creasmen) www.myspace.com/LuckyBrownMusic, The Macpodz, www.macpodz.com, Mifune, www.mifunemusic.com, The Great Divide, www.myspace.com/greatdividelive Grievious Angel http://drumdancerrecords.com/grievousangel/index.php, Jill Jack, http://www.jilljack.com/, Billy Brandt, www.billybrandt.net, Distorted Soul (featuring Nadir), www.distortedsoul.com, Flop House Band, www.flophouseband.com, Back Forty backfortymusic.com, Covert Operations http://www.covertopsband.com Rootstand www.rootstand.com, Jam Samwich http://jamsamich.com, David Nefesh www.davidnefesh.com, The Ragbirds www.theragbirds.com, , PAPA www.papatunes.com, Bitter Herbs www.myspace.com/bitterherbs, Greensky Bluegrass www.greenskybluegrass.com; THTX www.myspace.com/THTX and Sentimental Shark, www.sentimentalshark.com to name a few.

PLEASE remember to support local venues:


The Magic Bag www.themagicbag.com
The Majestic Theatre www.majesticdetroit.com/
Saint Andrew's Hall www.livenation.com/venue/getVenue/venueId/1776
The Crofoot www.thecrofoot.com
The Royal Music Theater www.royaloakmusictheatre.com/
The Blind Pig www.blindpigmusic.com/

GO OUT AND SEE LIVE MUSIC!!!!!


Much love in the 313, 248, 586, 734 and 810

Miko

Author of the occasional Detroit Metro area Live Music Update


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