concerts

As we get ready to wrap up what was a great year for live shows in the Capital Region, who would you most like to see in 2017?

Everyone wants to see Garth Brooks live at the Times Union Center on March 11 that is just a fact. Unfortunately, another fact is that not everyone will be able to get tickets when they go on sale on Friday morning. We all know from experience that these tickets will not only sell out, they will sell out in record time...

Dan and Shay are not only super chill guys, but they happen to be even more talented than you may expect. When they took the stage at Upstate Concert Hall Tuesday night, the lights began to flash as the sweet, sultry sounds of country perfection took over.

I want to warn you right off the bat that this is a very silly video. I wanted to share it with you because I realize that people sometimes wonder what sort of things are happening inside a venue before a concert. I think in this case, you may be very surprised...

Now that 2016 is getting closer to 2017, I was curious what you guys thought the best country concert was here in the Capital Region for the year. How could I possibly figured out such a statistic? Facebook, of course!

Lately I have been all about stories of people doing good things. I think we as a society are deluged by negative stories and I would love to turn the tide if even just a little. In the midst of the tragedies and crime that I realize have to be reported on , I think it's important that we remind ourselves that there are good people in this world and not everyone is bitter, angry and cynical... Rea

Everyone has a little bit of everything on their iPod, right? And the worst thing is to find out after the fact that someone you really enjoy has been through the Capital Region, but you never heard about it.

The one and only Toby Keith will be at SPAC this Sunday and I started to wonder just how many people are as excited as I am. If I'm being honest we have not heard as much new music from Toby in quite a while. While that is about to change with him having just released a new song, still I wonder if the old saying "out of sight, out of mind" applies here, I sure hope not...

The Palace Theatre we've grown to know and love is about to get a $65 million dollar face-lift to let us love it even more.

One of the great things about the concerts at SPAC is that Bethany and I get to broadcast from backstage and interview many of the artists that come through. Bethany was most excited to see Kip Moore again and I swear every time these two get together he finds a way to make her giggle and blush, but to be fair he has a way of doing that to a lot of his female fans.

When Ticketmaster loses a gigantic lawsuit, it turns out, we all make out on the deal.

My wife and I were just talking about how much fun this year's Taste of Country Music Festival is going to be and she asked me a great question. She said, "Hey don't you guys always announce the next year's headliner on Saturday night at the concert? Who do you think it will be?" I honestly had no idea but I did get excited that yes in just a couple of days I will be finding out right al