{"id":535,"date":"2011-04-01T17:39:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T00:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/?p=535"},"modified":"2015-01-12T09:31:54","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T17:31:54","slug":"going-on-sale-the-avett-brothers-peter-gabriel-and-other-recently-announced-bay-area-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/2011\/04\/going-on-sale-the-avett-brothers-peter-gabriel-and-other-recently-announced-bay-area-concerts\/","title":{"rendered":"Going On Sale: The Avett Brothers, Peter Gabriel and other recently announced Bay Area concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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That's Scott Avett on banjo and Seth Avett on guitar, for those of you keeping score. (via theavettbrothers.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first time I saw The Avett Brothers<\/a>, they were playing for about two dozen devoted fans on a rainy, weekday night at a mostly empty venue in downtown Detroit. What a difference five years makes. The North Carolina band (which currently consists of real-life brothers Seth and Scott plus three more honorary siblings) has kept touring and building a fan base by toning down some of its hardscrabble screamo-meets-bluegrass edge while doubling down on heart-on-sleeve romanticism. These days, the band is on a major label, coming off a Grammy performance<\/a> and can apparently pull off a double-header at Oakland’s large-ish Fox Theatre. Not bad, boys.<\/p>\n

That’s not even close to being the biggest concert announcement of the week. If you’re the sort of big spender with $200 to blow on a single ticket, you have three options: Peter Gabriel<\/a> at UC Berkeley’s Greek Theatre, Sade<\/a> with John Legend<\/a> at Oracle Arena, and a reunited Neil Young<\/a> and Stephen Stills<\/a> resurrecting the old Buffalo Springfield<\/a> name at the Fox. You know it’s a big week for Going On Sale when the power-ballad triple threat of Journey<\/a>, Foreigner<\/a> and Night Ranger<\/a> doesn’t even make the Top 3 most expensive shows.<\/p>\n

Is anything noteworthy happening on the west end of the Bay Bridge, you might ask? Great American Music Hall announced a curious little concert of mountain music from the Ozark-noir indie film “Winter’s Bone<\/a>,” performed “live by the original composers,” which we’re assuming includes Tindersticks<\/a> founding member Dickon Hinchliffe<\/a>.<\/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