{"id":295,"date":"2011-02-10T16:57:08","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T00:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/?p=295"},"modified":"2015-01-12T09:31:55","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T17:31:55","slug":"going-on-sale-rihanna-elvis-costello-keith-urban-and-other-major-bay-area-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/2011\/02\/going-on-sale-rihanna-elvis-costello-keith-urban-and-other-major-bay-area-concerts\/","title":{"rendered":"Going On Sale: Rihanna, Elvis Costello, Keith Urban and other major Bay Area concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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And beards ... I predict the Chris Robinson Brotherhood will involve beards. (by DickClarkMises via Wikipedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The busiest musician in California at the moment has to be Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes<\/a>, who has launched a new, Golden State-based project named the Chris Robinson Brotherhood<\/a>. The band has four San Francisco shows\u2014none of them back-to-back, interestingly\u2014going on sale this weekend. The ex-Mr. Kate Hudson will be barnstorming the state, playing 33 gigs in two months, clearly looking to shore up a West Coast fanbase.<\/p>\n

The blogs that have reported this activity have almost uniformly presented the project as being shrouded<\/a> in<\/a> secrecy<\/a>, because Robinson’s website at first featured nothing more than a tour itinerary and a logo (a centaur!). Hey, here’s a guess: It will be fronted by Chris Robinson and play southern-boogie blues-rock. What else would you like to know about it?<\/p>\n

In other news: Fans of Grammy-approved R&B and soul will be interested in upcoming appearances by Rihanna<\/a> and Adele<\/a>; my fellow indie geeks will want to keep an eye out for shows by Phosphorescent<\/a> and Gayngs<\/a>; veteran hipsters can make plans to see Elvis Costello<\/a>; bros who like their music fuckin’ heavy can look forward to Rise Against<\/a>, Bad Religion<\/a> and Deftones<\/a>; and the wait is over for country fans who have been waiting patiently for Keith Urban<\/a> tickets.<\/p>\n

Unless otherwise stated, tickets are available through <\/em>Ticketmaster<\/em><\/a> with all their awesome convenience charges and whatnot.<\/em><\/p>\n

San Fran<\/strong><\/p>\n