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Good things come in threes this week, at least as far as musical icons go.
To wit, George Michael will be coming to the Honda Center on June 27 (tickets go on sale Sunday); Stevie Wonder will be hitting the Hollywood Bowl on July 7 (tickets on sale Sunday); and Tina Turner will be playing the Staples Center on Oct. 13 and the Honda Center on Oct. 14 (tickets Monday).
In hip-hop news, the big announcement came from Power 106, which is putting on Powerhouse ‘08 with Chris Brown, Lil’ Wayne, the Game, T-Pain, Ice Cube and Colby O’Donis at the Honda Center on June 21 (tickets on sale Saturday).
In rock, the big show news came from My Morning Jacket, who’ll be playing the Greek on Sept. 21 (tickets Saturday). The little-r, indie-r news was every bit as noteworthy though, with the Black Angels playing the Troubadour on June 5 (on sale now) the Faint playing the Music Box at the Fonda Aug. 7 and 8 (Saturday) and Stereolab playing the Glass House on Sept. 21 and the Music Box at the Fonda Oct. 23 (on sale now).
The “where are they now?” category had entries as well from the ’70s, ’80s and the ’90s with: Morris Day, the S.O.S. Band, Zapp, Midnight Starr and Con Funk Shun playing the Greek Theatre on Aug. 9 (tickets Sunday); the English Beat, the Alarm and the Fixx playing the House of Blues Anaheim on July 27 (Saturday); and Live, Collective Soul and Blues Traveler playing the Greek on Sept. 21 (Saturday).
But who’s the winner? Well, the American Idols Live show, which will bring all top-10 finalists from the current season of the show to the Staples Center on July 7 (tickets available Saturday), will probably get more ink. But I have to go with Rancid, who announced eight shows at once.
The West Coast punks are playing the House of Blues Anaheim Sept. 20 and 21 and the Music Box at the Fonda Sept. 30 through Oct. 5. You have to hand it to the band for their work ethic — that six-night stand is no joke — and for bringing so many of their brohemians along for the ride. Yes, the band will have a different opening act each night: H2O and Civet on Sept. 20; Guana Batz and Bad Luck Bandits on Sept. 21; the Adolescents and Left Alone on Sept. 30; T.S.O.L. and Banda Newsense on Oct. 1; Dr. Know and Switchblade Riot on Oct. 2; Manic Hispanic and Society’s Parasites on Oct. 3; the Aquabats and the Oohlas on Oct. 4; and MXPX and Los Creepers on Oct. 5.
Nice work if you can get it.
– Liam Gowing
Photo of Rancid by Olaf Heine
