Date: Fri 03-Sep-1999
Date: Fri 03-Sep-1999
Publication: Bee
Author: SHANNON
Quick Words:
ectofest-Sting-Phish-Cornell
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ON THE ROAD FOR SEPTEMBER 3
Whether the sun is shining or the rain returns, the pavilion and surrounding
area at Kenosia Lake Park in Danbury will be teeming with activity Saturday
afternoon. Those are the hopes, anyway, of the planners of ectofest 1999.
HAPPY RHODES, THE MILA DRUMKE BAND and RACHEL SAGE are among the performers on
the roster of ectofest 1999, a benefit for The Women's Center of Greater
Danbury and Interfaith AIDS Ministry of Greater Danbury. Gates will open at
11:30, and the music begins at noon on Saturday, September 4 (good Lord, is it
September already??! ). Also on the bill are SLOAN WAINWRIGHT, THE ECTOPLASMS,
ROB BRERETON and DRAMA CHIC. The music is expected to last until about 7 pm,
and the festival will go on rain or shine. Kenosia Park is off Mill Plain Road
in Danbury.
Admission is $10, and tickets will be available the day of the event. The
rules of the park are simple: NO pets, NO open containers, NO alcohol, and NO
glass bottles. Picnics are welcome, and you should bring your own lawn chair
or blanket for seating (organizers are asking that when possible, use the
lower-resting lawn chairs to help keep the visibility lines a bit more open).
After performing an incredible (not to mention fan-winning) opening set for
ADRIAN LEGG at The Towne Crier on May 1, BILLY McLAUGHLIN is being rewarded
with a headlining performance of his own at the Pawling, N.Y., club on
September 23. While his name may be familiar as the frontman for The Billy
McLaughlin Group, the guitarist is on the road these days in honor of his
latest solo album, called Fingerdance . Tickets are $17.50; call 914/855-1300
or visit www.townecrier.com.
Also new on the Towne Crier's schedule are the following concerts: POPA
CHUBBY's return, September 24; ADRIAN LEGG, October 29, this time with Stan
Sullivan opening; THE NIELDS, November 12; and GREG BROWN, November 14, with
Garnet Rogers. Call the Crier for additional listings and ticket details.
The closest dates for CHRIS CORNELL, now that the former Soundgarden lead
singer has his solo album ( Euphoria Morning ) out, will be Sanders Theatre in
Cambridge, Mass., on September 13, or The Town Hall in New York City the
following night. Talk about your whirlwind tours: Cornell is working his way
across the country in a one-week coast-to-coast tour this month.
Another new date that has been announced but also without ticket sales
information yet is STING's return to Connecticut. He looks good for a November
24 show at the SNET Oakdale in Wallingford. The Thanksgiving eve show will be
one of the final dates for his late fall tour before heading off to Europe. He
will then be on the other side of the Atlantic through the end of March.
And finally, PHISH looks good for the very-quiet-these-days Hartford Civic
Center on December 12.
Here's your World Wide Web Find of the Week: For a limited time, Internet
record label SpinRecords.com is selling the Top Ten CDs on Billboard's Top 200
chart for $7.50 apiece .
The purpose of the 60-day offer, says SpinRecords.com president and CEO Wayne
Irving, is not to undersell other e-commerce sites or retailers.
SpinRecords.com is instead trying to draw attention to the as-yet-undiscovered
talent the Web site regularly features. So while you're visiting the site and
oohing and aahing over the top releases (everything from BACKSTREET BOYS,
BRITNEY SPEARS and RICKY MARTIN to LIMP BIZKIT, KID ROCK and SMASH MOUTH), be
sure to take a listen -- and perhaps even purchase -- the material being
featured at the same time by new artists in just about any genre you can think
of.
Until next week, I'll be seeing you... on the road.