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Tedeschi Trucks Band back at SPAC
The Tedeschi Trucks Band will be back at SPAC July 14. Tickets go on sale this Friday, December 14 -- they're $19.50 and up. (There's also a lawn seat four pack for $60.)
The lineup also includes Blackberry Smoke and Shovels & Rope.
This will be four summers in a row that Tedeschi Trucks Band is playing at SPAC. So, presumably, people keep showing up and in not-small numbers. That's another way of saying that if you want your pick of tickets, it's probably not a bad idea to get them sooner rather than later.
SPAC lawn season pass
A reminder that Live Nation's SPAC lawn seat season passes for pop shows are now on sale for the upcoming season. The passes include access to shows, including sold-out shows, as well priority entry and complimentary lawn chair rental. The passes are $299 (plus fees) and will be on sale from December 4-December 18.
Lawn tickets at SPAC tend to be in the $25-$35 range (with some exceptions, see above). So if you think you might go to 10 (or so) shows next season, it could be worth it.
photo: Mark Seliger
Hootie & The Blowfish + Barenaked Ladies at SPAC (also there's a season lawn pass)
Hootie & The Blowfish. / photo: Todd and Chris Owyoung
The 90s live: Hootie & The Blowfish are set to play a show at SPAC August 4. And the opener is Barenaked Ladies. Tickets go on sale this Friday, December 7 -- they're $29.50 and up.
The band has a new album coming out -- its first studio album in almost 15 years -- and this will be its first tour in more than a decade. In that time frontman Darius Rucker has been pursuing a popular country music career.
And the Barenaked Ladies continue on. (Though without Steven Page.) They alsa have a new album planned for 2019.
SPAC Season Lawn Pass
Speaking of SPAC: Live Nation is offering a season pass for lawn seats at its pop music shows at SPAC for the upcoming season. The passes will access to shows, including sold-out shows, as well priority entry and complimentary lawn chair rental.
The passes are $299 (plus fees) and will be on sale from December 4-December 18.
Flipping through last season's shows, it looks like lawn tickets at SPAC tend to be about $25-$35. So if you think you might go to 10 (or so) shows next season, it could be worth it.
Dead & Company is back at SPAC next summer
They're already decorating for summer concert season and it's not even Christmas, yet...
Dead & Company is returning for another show at SPAC June 18. Tickets go on sale December 8 -- they're $49.50 and up.
There's also some sort of
Dead & Company is the Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, and Bob Weir, joined by John Mayer, and with Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti. They've made stops in this area each year since getting together in 2015, including the last three summers at SPAC.
Also already announced for next summer at SPAC
+ July 26: Train / The Goo Goo Dolls (on sale now)
+ August 24: KISS (on sale December 3)
photo: Danny Clinch
"Art & Cosmos" talks at SPAC
Astronaut Nicole Stott. She's standing in front of her artwork, which was inspired by a photo she took of Isla Los Roques, Venezuela from the International Space Station.
This August SPAC is bringing in a handful of speakers for talks about the intersections of art, science, and nature. And it's a solid lineup:
+ Astronaut/artist Nicole Stott
+ Science reporter/author Dava Sobel and essayist/naturalist Diane Ackerman
+ Physicist/cosmologist/musician/author Stephon Alexander
The schedule additional blurbage is below.
The talks will be on the SPAC main stage. The speaker will be at the conductor's podium and the audience will sit in the orchestra chairs. Tickets are $20 each.
SPAC x NYCB 2018
The New York City Ballet returns to SPAC next week, and as part of the lead up to the annual summer residency NYCB and SPAC have again produced a series of short ballet videos at sites around the area.
Two of the videos are set at the Shaker is set at the Shaker site in Colonie. The first of those is embedded above. Note: The stylistic editing creates a flicker/strobe effect, that some people might be sensitive to.
The other two clips (so far) are embedded below. (The third clip is set at the Adelphi.) They're nice little visual breaks.
Wiz Khalifa + Rae Sremmurd at SPAC
Wiz Khalifa / photo via Wiz Khalifa Facebook
Rapper Wiz Khalifa is set to play a show at SPAC July 25. Tickets go on sale this Friday, May 18 at noon -- they're $25 and up. (There's a limited number of lawn tickets in four packs.)
Joining Khalifa as headliner is the duo Rae Sremmurd. Their new album, out this month, is in the Billboard 200 top 10. (Also: Their 2016 song "Black Beatles" has been everywhere and racked up more 600 million plays on Youtube.)
Wiz Khalifa has a new album out this July.
Openers for the SPAC show Lil Skies AND O.T. Genasis.
Janet Jackson at SPAC
The Janet Jackson is set to play a show at SPAC July 26. Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 27 -- they're $29.95 and up.
The SPAC show is an extension of her "State of the World" tour. Blurbage: "The outing will showcase some of the legendary entertainer's biggest dance anthems and powerhouse ballads that have become staples of the music icon's career."
You might remember that Jackson was lined up to play SPAC in 2016, but the show ended up being postponed.
Live Nation advertises on AOA.
photo: Solamain Fazel
Outlaw Music Festival at SPAC
Willie Nelson
The Outlaw Music Festival -- featuring Willie Nelson and Neil Young -- will be at SPAC September 23. Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 6 -- they're $45 and up.
The festival is a Willie Nelson joint that includes a rotating lineup performers that fall somewhere in a Venn diagram of country, rock, roots, folk, and Americana. The announced-so-far lineup for the SPAC date:
Willie Nelson & Family
Neil Young + Promise of the Real
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Lukas Nelson + Promise of the Real
Particle Kid
With more acts to be announced.
SPAC on Stage
Tickets for this summer's SPAC on Stage series are now on sale. And the Black Violin show set for August 20 is already sold out (for the second year in a row).
And speaking of Black Violin... The duo will be at Troy Music Hall April 13 and there still tickets available (at the moment).
Live Nation and Troy Music Hall advertise on AOA.
Halsey at SPAC
The singer/songwriter Halsey is set to play a show at SPAC July 12. Tickets for the pavilion-only show go on sale this Thursday, March 29 -- they're $39.50 and up.
Halsey's popularity has been building steadily over the last few years. Her synth pop songs have racked up millions of plays. She had a chart-topping album last year. That song with the Chainsmokers got eleventy trillion plays on YouTube. And she was on SNL earlier this year.
The opener for the SPAC show is Jessie Reyez.
Speaking of SPAC
+ Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band will be there September 14. Ticket info TBA.
+ It looks like the pavilion for the Chris Stapleton show August 23 is almost sold out.
+ The SPAC on Stage series is returning in August, and the acts again include Black Violin, which sold out last year. (Black Violin is also playing the Troy Music Hall April 13.)
Live Nation advertises on AOA.
photo via Halsey Facebook
Pentatonix at SPAC
The a cappella group Pentatonix is set to play a show at SPAC August 22. Tickets go on sale March 9 -- they're $25 (lawn) and up. (There's also a lawn four-pack for $75 while supplies last.)
Pentatonix sings mostly pop covers (and Christmas songs). Their path to stardom has been very modern, passing through both reality contest TV (winner of The Sing-Off) and YouTube (14.7 million channel subscribers).
They've won three Grammys and sold millions of albums.
Live Nation advertises on AOA.
photo via Pentatonix Facebook
Imagine Dragons at SPAC
The latest pop concert announcement for SPAC: Imagine Dragons on June 29. Tickets go on sale March 3 -- they're $35 (lawn) and up. (There's also a lawn four-pack for $99 while supplies last.)
The opener for the show is singer/songwriter/ukulele player Youtube star Grace VanderWaal.
Imagine Dragons is one of the most popular rock bands of the moment. So we're guessing there's not a small chance this show could sell out.
Live Nation advertises on AOA.
photo via Imagine Dragons Facebook
Saratoga Jazz Fest 2018 lineup
Jon Baptiste will be playing with The Dap Kings.
The annual Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival is June 23-24 at SPAC. And the lineup's out -- it includes Chris Botti, Herbie Hancock, Jon Baptiste with The Dap kings, Gregory Porter, and Mavis Staples.
The full announced lineup is below.
Tickets go on sale March 1.
The Piano Guys at SPAC
The pop classical act The Piano Guys will be at SPAC August 7. Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 9 -- they're $41.50 and up. (It's a pavilion-only show.)
The Piano Guys play mashups of classical and pop music in an all very modern way. Genetically engineered for virality and incubated in social media cultures, they've racked up almost 6 million subscribers on Youtube and than 1.4 billion plays. (One of their videos is a joint with Lindsey Stirling -- 18 million views for a Mission: Impossible mashup -- because of course it is.)
Other SPAC pop shows announced so far...
SPAC 2018 classical performances
This summer's lineup includes the National Ballet of Cuba.
Here's the overview schedule of the classical performances coming up this summer at SPAC:
June 6-8: National Ballet of Cuba
July 17-21: New York City Ballet
August 1-18: The Philadelphia Orchestra
August 5-21: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Tickets go on sale to the general public February 22.
And here are a few dates from the schedule that caught our eye while we were scanning it today...
Chris Stapleton at SPAC
Country star Chris Stapleton is set to play a show at SPAC August 23. Tickets go on sale February 9 -- they're $34.75 (lawn) and up.
Stapleton's been on quite roll. He's sold millions of records over the last few years. This past weekend he won three Grammys and was the musical guest on SNL. And he's been collaborating with Justin Timberlake.
Also on the bill for the SPAC show: Marty Stuart and Brent Cobb.
Other SPAC pop shows announced so far...
Kevin Hart at SPAC
Comedian Kevin Hart is set for a stand-up show at SPAC May 25. Tickets go on sale this Wednesday, January 31 -- they're $45 (lawn) and up.
Hart is one of the most famous and successful comedians in the game right now -- regularly ranking among the top-10 highest earning comedians -- based on his stand-up act and frequents appearances in movies and other media.
Hart's last two stops here have been at the TU Center, in 2015 and 2012. (We were just trying to think about the last stand-up act to play a show at SPAC... and drawing a blank. Maybe you know.)
photo via Kevin Hart Facebook
SPAC Country Megaticket 2018: Urban, Rascal Flatts, Aldean, Bentley, Bryan
Luke Bryan
Live Nation and SPAC have rolled together another "Country Megaticket" package of shows at the venue this summer:
June 27: Keith Urban, with Kelsea Ballerini
July 7: GNA Countryfest featuring Rascal Flatts and others to be announced
July 15: Jason Aldean, with Luke Combs and Lauren Alaina
August 5: Dierks Bentley, with Brothers Osborne and Lanco
August 19: Luke Bryan, with John Pardi and Morgan Wallen
Packages that include tickets for all five shows go on sale starting this Friday, January 26 and run through February 24 (or while supplies last). The packages start at $159 for lawn tickets, and rise from there, with the option of snagging the same pavilion seat for each show.
Individual ticket sales for the shows will start later this year.
Kendrick Lamar at SPAC
Kendrick Lamar is set to play a show at SPAC June 9. Tickets go on sale this Friday, January 26 -- they're $35 (lawn) and up. (There's also a lawn four-pack for $100 while supplies last.)
Lamar has as good a claim as anyone of being the best rapper in the game at the moment. Over the last few year he's piled up record sales, critical raves, Grammy awards, respect from hip hop titans, and the admiration of Barack Obama.
The bill for the SPAC show also includes Schoolboy Q, SZA, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, Isaiah Rashad, SiR, Lance Skiiwalker, and Zacari.
Dead & Company is returning to SPAC
Summer concert season announcement season continues: Dead & Company is returning to SPAC June 11. Tickets go on sale January 26 -- they're $45 (lawn) and up. (There's a also a lawn four-pack for $135 while supplies last.)
Dead & Company features Grateful Dead members Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, and Bob Weir -- plus John Mayer, with bassist Oteil Burbridge and keyboardist Jeff Chimenti. It's the same lineup that's made multiple stops here in recent years.
Other SPAC pop shows announced so far...
Dave Matthews Band returning to SPAC
The Dave Matthews Band is returning to SPAC July 13 and 14. Tickets go on sale February 2 -- they're $45.50 and up. (There's also a fan club presale.)
DMB took last summer off, so it didn't make its annual migration to Saratoga. The band is set to release a new studio album -- its first since 2012 -- this summer.
These shows have sold out in past years. So if you're interested in going, getting tickets sooner rather than later is a good idea.
The SPAC pop calendar so far...
+ June 15: Kidz Bop (on sale January 19)
+ June 16: Foreigner, with Whitesnake and Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience
+ June 30: Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers
+ July 3: Tedeschi Trucks Band
+ July 22: Charlie Puth, with Hailee Steinfeld
photo: Danny Clinch
Tedeschi Trucks Band returning to SPAC
The Tedeschi Trucks Band is lined up for a return to SPAC July 3. Tickets go on sale this Friday, January 12 -- they're $39.50 and up (pavilion) / $19.50 lawn. (There's also a lawn four-pack for $60 while supplies last.)
The bill also includes The Drive-by Truckers and the Marcus King Band.
This is three summers in a row that the blue rocks group will play at SPAC. And they've sold out shows at other venues when making stops here in previous years. So if you're interested in going, and want your pick of seats, it's not a bad idea to get tickets sooner rather than later.
Announced so far for the SPAC pop calendar
+ June 16: Foreigner, with Whitesnake and Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience
+ June 30: Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers (tickets on sale January 12)
+ July 22: Charlie Puth, with Hailee Steinfeld
photo: Mark Seliger
The Philadelphia Orchestra is back at SPAC
Yo-Yo Ma will be there next week.
The Philadelphia Orchestra opens it annual summer stay at SPAC this Wednesday and will be there for three weeks.
As usual, the schedule includes works you know, a few classical stars, and two films with live scores. This year also includes a bit of a twist: The orchestra is opening with a night of music by Russian composers, including a performance of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, which is usually performed on the closing night of the residency.
Here's the condensed schedule...
Second week of NYC Ballet at SPAC
From the NYCB x SPAC series of short videos.
Just a reminder that this is the second -- and last -- week of this season's NYC Ballet residency at SPAC.
There are performances lined up Tuesday through Saturday, with a few matinees. Tickets start at $30.
The schedule includes works by Robbins, Balanchine, and the SPAC premiere of new work from Justin Peck and Sufjan Stevens....
SPAC x NYCB
The New York City Ballet will be back at SPAC July 5-15. And leading up to residency, SPAC is posting a series of short dance videos:
In advance of its 2017 residency of the New York City Ballet (July 5 - 15), Saratoga Performing Arts Center will be releasing a series of unique, locally-shot dance videos created by videographers and NYCB dancers, Emily Kikta and Peter Walker. The eight videos feature NYCB dancers performing short pieces at iconic locations in Saratoga Springs and Troy, including the Gasholder Building, Yaddo, the Race Track, Congress Park, Saratoga Lake and the Saratoga Train Station.
That's the first one above, from Monday. The second, out Tuesday, has a bit of a dreamy feel to it.
They're a nice, little visual break.
Future at SPAC
The rapper Future is set for a show at SPAC August 23. Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 23 -- they're $26 (lawn) and up.
Future released two albums earlier this year -- in the span of a week. Both debuted at #1 on the US album chart, and he became the first artist to release #1 albums one week after another.
Openers for the SPAC show are Post Malone and Zoey Dollaz.
photo: Flickr user The Come Up Show (CC BY 2.0 - cropped)
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