Cirque’s The Immortal Coming to RBC Center
On Saturday, March 10 and Sunday, March 11 Cirque du Soleil brings their newest show,
The
Immoral
Immortal
, a tribute to Michael Jackson.
Carolina Chocolate Drops Coming to UNC
On Friday, February 3, old-time revival band
The Carolina Chocolate Drops
return to the Triangle. This time they will be at UNC’s Memorial Hall.
Tickets
are on sale and are $69/59/49/29.
Wynton Marsalis Returning to UNC
On March,
Wynton Marsalis
returns to UNC with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, a great, 15-piece big band. The performance takes place at UNC’s Memorial Hall. From the Carolina Performing Arts season brochure:
The first jazz composer to win the Pulitzer Prize in music, New Orleans native Wynton Marsalis also was the first artist to win jazz and classical Grammy Awards in the same year. His Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) features 15 of jazz music’s leading soloists, drawing from an extensive repertoire including the masterworks of Ellington, Mingus, Coltrane and other great jazz composers, and original compositions by Mr. Marsalis, Benny Carter, Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, Joe Lovano, Marcus Roberts, Geri Allen, Christian McBride and others. “Extraordinarily versatile…”
– Los Angeles Times
It appears that general public tickets are not available yet. Information should appear on the CPA page as they are made available.
Mat Kearney Coming to Lincoln Theatre
On Thursday, January 19,
Mat Kearney
returns to the Triangle. This time he’ll play the Lincoln Theatre. Tickets are $20 in advance, $24 day of.
They Might Be Giants Coming to Lincoln Theatre
On Wednesday, February 15,
They Might Be Giants
is definitely coming to Raleigh’s
Lincoln Theatre
. Jonathan Coulton opens the show. Tickets are $22 in advance, $25 day of.
Steep Canyon Rangers Coming to Lincoln Theatre
On Friday, January 20, the pride of Brevard, the
Steep Canyon Rangers
, will play Raleigh’s Lincoln Theatre. Tickets are $14 in advance, $17 day-of.
Low Ceiling
With fog advisories this morning, it is no surprise that the cloud layer was low. However at around 7:30am WRAZ showed this rare view of downtown Raleigh as seen from the WRAL tower on Western Blvd.
Megafaun to Kick Off Hodgeman Tour
John Hodgman’s "
The End Is Nigh
" book tour show kicks off on Wednesday, November 9 at the Durham Armory. To get things started, Hodgeman has selected Megafaun to perform at the event. This is Megafaun’s first show kicking off a southeast tour supporting their self-titled album out now on Hometapes.
The event celebrates the release of the final book in of The Daily Show star’s trilogy of fake trivia, That Is All .
Waters’ The Wall Coming to RBC Center
Remember the days when it seemed Pink Floyd was playing The Triangle about every 8 months? Yes, that was David Gilmour’s band, but still, it was surprising to see that the 1994 Division Bell Tour would be
the last
of the genuine Pink Floyd music for many, many years.
All of that changes on Monday, July 9, when Roger Waters’ tour of The Wall comes to the RBC Center. Waters can’t sing, and never really could, but reviews of this tour point toward it being nothing but impressive. Tickets go on sale on Monday, November 14.
In related news, did you catch Pink Floyd Week on Jimmy Fallon? More specifically, did you see The Shins’ “Breathe”? Wow!
Link (Video): Roger Waters discusses touring with Jimmy Fallon
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