Blue Man Group at the Frank Erwin Center photo by jeff barringer - staff photographer |
Austin music venues have gone out of their way to bring a whole slew of great bands and musicians to town this December, and Saturday December 1st was just a start for what promises to be a busy holiday season.
Last night the
Blue Man Group brought their huge "How To Be A Mega-Star Tour 2.1" show to the Frank Erwin Center, while over at La Zona Rosa metal fav's
Avenged Sevenfold brought a whole troop of metal bands with them to entertain a sold out crowd.
Meanwhile over at Antone's Asleep At The Wheel's crowd was awake enough to recognize Late Night's
Paul Shaffer when he stopped in to jam with Ray Benson and crew. No word on whether David Letterman was in the VIP room for the set, but Letterman and members of the Late Night team have been seen around town for the past couple days.
And that was just
last night...
Avenged Sevenfold at La Zona Rosa photo by jeff barringer - staff photographer |
On Tuesday the legendary Todd Rundgren, taking a break from The New Cars, will be performing at
Antone's, on Wednesday Peter Case, formerly of the Plimsouls, and Texas music legend Gurf Morlix will perform down at the
Cactus Cafe at UT's Student Union.
On Thursday Dinosaur Jr. will be performing at
Emo's and if you have any strength left by Saturday you can check out The Bobby Bones Show Anniversary Bash with Lifehouse, Sean Kingston, Good Charlotte, Baby Bash, Three Days Grace, and Boys Like Girls at the brand new and recently re-opened
Austin Music Hall.
On Tuesday Dec 11, multi-platinum recording artists and pioneer metro-sexuals Simon LeBon and Duran Duran will bring their show to the
Austin Music Hall. Thursday Dec 13 SXSW veterans Silversun Pickups will be doing a set over at
Emo's. On Friday Dec 14 you will find club kingsnake at the Toadies show over at the
Austin Music Hall, hopefully we will get a shot at a video interview and put all those new album rumors to rest one way or another.
If you can work up post-turkey energy on Wednesday Dec 26 Trans-Siberian Orchestra will be at the
Frank Erwin Center, and the Arc Angels have two re-union shows at
Antone's on Thursday Dec. 27 and Saturday Dec. 29. Also having a re-union show the same night will be the Old 97's at
La Zona Rosa.
That's just a few of the bands performing in Austin during December. For a more complete listing
check out Pollstar.com
Avenged Sevenfold at La Zona Rosa - photo by jeff barringer - staff photographer
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