Atlanta native and hip-hop/rapper Ludacris is hitting the stage on April 25 at the Patriot Center at 8 p.m. Bursting onto the music scene in 2000 with his first album that went triple platinum, Ludacris has had several hit singles throughout his career and has appeared in several films, including 2 Fast 2 Furious, Crash […]
Category: Out and About
MTV’s Artist To Watch Tour Review – Austin Mahone, Midnight Red, Becky G
Ok, this is where I admit that I’m old, not the hipster all one of you may think I am. Starting off as a YouTube sensation, Austin Mahone is blowing up big time. The obvious comparison is Justin Bieber (before he went nuts), but I don’t want to compare. When I saw him at JingleBall […]
David Guetta comes to DC’s Echostage!
David Guetta, one of the biggest producers in the music industry is making a rare appearance in the DC area this weekend, taking over DC’s newest venue, the 30,000 capacity Echostage. Saturday night’s show is sold out, but tickets are still available for Sunday’s party. The two-time-Grammy-winner will hit the stage at DC’s newest and […]
Demi Lovato Neon Lights Tour Review Pt 2 – Main Course
(Fairfax, VA, March 2, 2014) Demi Lovato’s Neon Lights Tour was so big and massive that I actually had to split the review in two. Demi has put together a day of girl power reaffirmation that is cleverly disguised as a regular Pop Concert. With the soundcheck party and four opening acts The Neon Lights […]
Demi Lovato’s Neon Lights Tour Review Pt1! The Appetizer
(March 2, 2014, Fairfax, Va. Patriot Center) Anyone who follows me on the Tweet Machine or Facebook knows that I recently discovered an irrational love and obsession with Camp Rock and Hannah Montana, which is especially sad considering I’m an “old” black woman and both are five or six years old. I relived my Tweenhood […]
American Idiot: Washington, DC, American Idiot Rocks DC’s National Theater!
These days it seems like Broadway is all about adapting movies, tv, or books into shows, American Idiot is the strangest of animals because it turns two popular Green Day albums – American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown into a musical.
Tools of the Trade for Would Be Poker Players
There isn’t, and can never be, a perfect poker player. A hundred years from now, when The Future has properly arrived (because that’s when The Future is), there will be no perfect PokerBot. However brilliantly a person – or a machine – can calculate odds, the human element will always ensure that anyone (or anything) […]
Shows and Eats: Vegas Rolls Out Welcome Mat for CES Attendees
And that’s a wrap. The technology gods have folded up their tents, filled their suitcases up with all their gear and hopped a flight home. Of course I caught a cold, so I’m a tad late with my CES coverage, but what can you do? Before we get to the actual gadgets from the show, […]
WWE RAW Comes to Verizon Center March 31!
I had a chance to catch a stripped down WWE event at The Patriot Center a few weeks ago with my Bro and it was a blast. Now the big mamma jamma is coming. WWE’s march towards Wrestlemania hits DC’s Verizon Center, March 31st. This is the last Monday Night Raw before the year’s biggest […]
Madison Square Garden’s New Look Revealed!
One of the most famous venues in the world, Madison Square Garden, is unveiling its brand new makeover this week. The Madison Square Garden Company will unveil a fully transformed Madison Square Garden Arena on Thursday, October 24 at 11:00 a.m., marking the completion of its unprecedented $1 billion, three-year, top-to-bottom project. With the Transformation […]
Theater Review: Ben Elton’s ‘We Will Rock You’ (Baltimore, MD)
Baltimore, MD had a little star power this week as Ben Elton, Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen were on hand at the beautiful France-Merrick Performing Arts Center Hippodrome Theater to kick off the North American 24 city tour of their hugely successful London musical We Will Rock You.