Music, concerts and live bands
Music video about “untold stories of Lewiston” features local fire scenes
LEWISTON, Maine — If you haven’t seen the new Pallaso & The Mess video, you clearly don’t spend enough time on the Internet. Released May 17, the video has had nearly 4,000 views on YouTube. Locally, it’s not difficult to see why: The video for the song “Change” is shot ...
WPC PRESENTS (blog)
Band Profile- Mad Anthony
on May 21, 2013, at 8:03 a.m.
Long time no post! Here we are back from tour, back from recording, and ready to rock out with you yet again! We have lots going on in the next few months, and kicking off June we have two shows with one of our favorite bands Mad Anthony. We will ...
Keyboardist Ray Manzarek of The Doors dies at age 74
LOS ANGELES — Ray Manzarek, a founding member and keyboardist of 1960s rock group The Doors, died Monday at age 74, the group’s manager Tom Vitorino said. Manzarek died in Rosenheim, Germany, after a battle with bile duct cancer, the band said in a statement. Singer Jim Morrison and Manzarek ...
Bangor ‘Shouts at the Devil’ as Motley Crue rolls into town
The inaugural concert of the 2013 Waterfront Concert season was a big, bright, loud, flashy affair — Motley Crue rolled into Bangor, and Motley Crue doesn’t just play a concert. They put on a show. A near-capacity crowd filled the newly redesigned Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion to hear classics both new ...
Ke$ha to perform on the Bangor Waterfront
Pop sensation Ke$ha will bring her “Best Night of My Life” tour to the Bangor Waterfront on Friday, Aug. 30. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 17 and are priced between $26.75 and $87.75 plus applicable processing fees. Ke$ha burst onto the scene in the summer ...
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Motley Crue, Hinder concertgoers first to experience new multimillion-dollar waterfront pavilion
BANGOR, Maine — Modern rock band Hinder and rock legends Motley Crue take the stage Thursday at the new multimillion-dollar Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion that is designed to give both artists and concertgoers a better experience, while also redirecting the noise. “It’s an absolutely different experience,” Alex Gray, promoter for Bangor’s ...
Waterfront Concerts new facility nears completion
Waterfront Concert president Alex Gray talks about the added fan and artist experience of the new Waterfront Concert stage and grounds.
Rising country singer Shannon Selig returns home for Maine performance
PORTLAND, Maine — Up-and-coming country singer and North Yarmouth native Shannon Selig is scheduled to return to Maine on Wednesday for the first time since November, and she’s bringing some recognizable talent with her. Joining Selig for a Thursday night concert in Portland to raise funds for anti-bullying programs will ...
Auburn’s annual Tom Rowe memorial concert to benefit Lewiston fire victims
AUBURN, Maine — The annual Tom Rowe memorial concert in Auburn has always been held as a fundraiser for people in need, his son Dave Rowe said Monday. This year, that need is amplified in neighboring Lewiston, which has seen a series of fires destroy old housing stock and leave ...
Christian music returns to Bangor Waterfront with SoulQuest tour
Christian rock will return to the Bangor Waterfront this summer, as the annual SoulQuest tour makes a Saturday, Sept. 14, stop at Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion. The tour features the bands Casting Crowns, Kutless and the Wrecking, as well as a few others to be announced, and tickets go on sale ...
2013 Waterfront Concert Lineup
Are you excited for the Bangor Waterfront Concerts? Want to know more about this summer’s lineup? Check out concert dates, previews and more above. Use the right and left arrows to navigate through the show and watch the videos of the concert series’ upcoming acts. This year’s concerts kick off ...
From the community
African Children’s Choir returns to Ellsworth area
TRENTON, Maine — The internationally acclaimed African Children’s Choir will be performing at Faith Community Fellowship in Trenton on Sunday, May 19, 7 pm. The African Children’s Choir melts the hearts of audiences with their charming smiles, beautiful voices and lively African songs and dances. The program features well-loved children’s ...
Country singer George Jones dies at 81; ‘greatest that ever lived’
By Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune on April 26, 2013, at 3:16 p.m.
CHICAGO, Ill. — George Jones, widely recognized as one of the greatest honky-tonk singers of his time and also one of the most self-destructive, died Friday in Tennessee at age 81. The County Music Hall of Fame vocalist had been taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville on April ...
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Inspired by Down East landscape, Machias man writes series of songs about aliens
About 10 years ago, George Murray was leaving a dinner party held at a friend’s house on the Cutler Road in Machias. The tide was out, and the full moon shone over the mudflats — an image that to this day Murray said still haunts him. An accomplished guitarist, Murray ...
A quarter century of diversity, community and family, for WERU-FM in Orland
The very first WERU-FM broadcast out of folksinger Noel Paul Stookey’s converted chicken barn on Blue Hill Mountain — on Sunday, May 1, 1988, to be exact — almost didn’t happen. The original group of volunteers sat in the studio, ready to go on-air for the first time, waiting for ...
US folk musician Richie Havens dead at 72
LOS ANGELES — U.S. folk musician Richie Havens, who opened the historic 1969 Woodstock musical festival and energized the crowd with his version of “Motherless Child/Freedom,” died of a heart attack Monday at the age of 72, his talent agency said. Havens, who emerged from the New York folk scene ...
Hinder announced as opening act for May 16 Motley Crue Waterfront concert
Waterfront Concerts announced on Wednesday afternoon that modern rock band Hinder would be the support band for Motley Crue’s concert, set for Thursday, May 16 at Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion in Bangor. This will be Hinder’s second appearance in Maine this year, after its March concert at the Asylum in Portland ...
Daughtry, 3 Doors Down announced for Bangor Waterfront
Daughtry and 3 Doors Down were announced Wednesday as the newest summer concert at Darlings Waterfront Pavilion in Bangor. The concert is set for Wednesday, July 10, with special guest Halestorm. Daughtry is fronted by former “American Idol” contestant Chris Daughtry and known for their hit “Feels Like Tonight.” The ...
Machias Savings Bank customers to get early access to Waterfront Concerts tickets
on April 15, 2013, at 1:50 p.m.
BREWER, Maine – Waterfront Concerts announced Monday an exclusive arrangement with Machias Savings Bank in which the bank’s customers will have access to tickets before their availability to the general public. The arrangement was announced during a press conference at the Machias Savings Bank branch on Wilson Street in Brewer. ...
CONCERT REVIEW
Bangor Symphony Orchestra, chorus weave beautiful blanket of sound in final concert
Grief engulfed the Collins Center for the Arts on Sunday afternoon when the Bangor Symphony Orchestra and a chorus of more than 100 voices performed Antonin Dvorak’s “Stabat Mater.” Rarely has a mother’s lament over the death of a child sounded so beautiful. “Stabat Mater” is a religious cantata in ...
LePage tells legislative leaders he’s moving out of State House because of ‘censorship’
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UMaine trails Binghamton 8-2 in suspended game at America East baseball tourney
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Get all dressed up for the season’s salad days
Music video about “untold stories of Lewiston” features local fire scenes
