Saturday, June 12, 2010

Taylor Hicks ~~ Call it touring...



Taylor Hicks added two new shows to his concert schedule this week, and I wondered when we should call this a tour.

Fans on twitter just pleaded for a show in their area.

After the closing of the Grease Tour last month, we expected and knew about some appearances and shows. Then dates appeared on Taylor’s website for more.

From the Rocky Mountains to New England to Florida, Taylor is hitting the stage like he has for 15 years. Did we really expect this music motion machine to slow down?

Call it touring?

~Flying high in New England this weekend, the Syracuse Balloon Fest, Jamesville Park
Sunday, June 13, 6:45 – 8:45 closing concert
http://www.syracuseballoonfest.com/
Call it colorful!

~A mile high in Denver, the 7th Annual Rocky Mountain Power Rock Jam with Ivan Neville, and other funk-infused musicians
Saturday, June 25, 11:45 p.m. to Sunday, June 26, 3:00 a.m., Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, Denver,CO
http://www.cervantesmasterpiece.com/artists/detail/taylor-hicks
Gotta call this one funky!

~Rocky Mountain high at beautiful Lake Tahoe, 80 celebs playing golf for LiveSTRONG, Lance Armstrong’s foundation to inspire and empower people affected by cancer; popular golfing event runs July 13-18th, and televised by NBC
Tuesday, July 13th ~ 21th Annual American Century Championship - Celebrity Amateur Tournament
http://www.tahoecelebritygolf.com/playerlist.html
Just call it good fun!

~High Line Ballroom, New York City, in the trendy Westside Meatpacking district, and starting to look like “touring”
Sunday, July 25, 8:00 p.m. 431 W. 16th St.
http://www.highlineballroom.com/bio.php?id=1568
Call it more Big Apple bonding!

~High in the Green Mountains of New England, a vintage venue from the 30s
Saturday, September 18, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, Vermont, 8:00 p.m. http://www.paramountvt.org/eventscal.php?month=9&year=2010
Call it historic!


~Highlighting the plight of homeless and orphaned children globally and supporting 436 villages in 132 countries, Around the World Kickoff Concert for SOS Childrens’ Villages, with Taylor Hicks and Matt Cusson
Sunday, September 26, Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA. http://www.kimmelcenter.org/events/?id=3814
Call this important!

~High in the rankings last year as the No. 2 most attended concerts, it’s a return to Epcot Center’s "Eat to the Beat Concert Series" - at the 2010 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival
October 9th and 10th - 5:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m., and 7:45 p.m. performances at the America Gardens Theatre stage, included in Epcot admission price. http://disneyworld.disney...go.com/parks/epcot/special..-events/epcot-internationa..l-food-and-wine-festival/?..int_cmp=SOC-intDPFY10Q2Con..cert22-04-10@0001
It’s a call back!

The SOS blog, “Funkity Funk, Don’t Funk Me Out,” called it “The Taylor Hicks Summer Tour of 2010.” I looked on Taylor’s site to see if that was official. Nothing official, but someone else was thinking “tour” as I was.

Whatever you call it, it’s Taylor Hicks on stage and on the road entertaining fans and making new ones.

It’s doing what he says he loves the most.
Call that touring!

Happy touring, Taylor!

Happy Summer, Everyone!


For more information on all of Taylor’s events and concerts visit our Fetes, Festivals and Happenings forum:
http://taylorconnections.com/forum/1573907/

Reference: Season of the Soul Blog:
http://seasonofthesoul.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/funkity-funk-dont-funk-me-out/

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

RING , RING , RING


"Hello, Hello.
It's the lure of the tour.
I'll be there , for sure!"



Just "CALL IT GREAT MUSIC ".

cath

tishlp said...

Waiting, waiting, waiting for some southern or Texas dates to show up.
:-)

Anonymous said...

They'll be a "fight to write" new music
The need to " play to pay" for the new CD
And the drive to "rage onstage" to express himself.

What a summer !!!!

cath

san said...

Thanks for your comments!

May I be very "unliterary" and just say of the summer: "COOL!"

RagsQueen said...

If it looks like a tour - a number of concert dates spread around

If it smells like a tour - clubs, theaters, festivals

If it acts likes a tour - Taylor on a stage

Then it must be a TOUR!

Looking forward to a fun summer and fall with Taylor on the road (again!)