Tag: Kansas
0 KING’S X Announces Complete List of Tour Dates With KANSAS
Legendary rockers KING’S X will return to the North American tour circuit this fall as direct support to KANSAS. These dates will mark the band’s first tour since drummer Jerry Gaskill’s remarkable recovery from a major heart attack earlier this year. “Not too long ago I was thinking I might not ever get back on a stage, now I’m ready and with the ok from all my doctors,” says Gaskill. “What better way to get back than to tour with the legendary KANSAS. Let’s rock…”
KING’S X will be touring in support of Live Love In London, the live CD/DVD follow-up to their latest studio release, XV. Live Love In London is the most expansive KING’S X live offering to date, a career-encompassing package featuring “It’s Love,” “Over My Head,” “Black Flag,” “Lost In Germany” and more. Recorded live January 22, 2009 at the Electric Ballroom, the 3-disc CD/DVD package (also available as a 2-CD set) showcases the amazing live performances that KING’S X has been delivering to fans around the world for the past 25 years. To order your copy of Live Love In London, click here.
All upcoming tour dates for KANSAS with KING’S X as direct support are below.
KING’S X tour dates feat. KANSAS
9/13/2012–New York, NY–Best Buy Theater
9/14/2012–Bethlehem, PA–Sands Casino
9/15/2012–Atlantic City, NJ–Music Box
9/20/2012–Springfield, IL–Prairie Capitol Conv. Ctr
9/21/2012–St. Charles, IL–The Arcada Theatre
9/22/2012–Minneapolis, MN–The Myth
10/4/2012–Des Moines, IA–Val Air Blrm
10/5/2012–Salina, KS–Stiefel Theater
10/6/2012–Kansas City, MO–The Uptown Theater
KING’S X online:
http://http://www.kingsxrocks.com
0 KING’S X To Tour With KANSAS This Fall
Legendary rockers KING’S X will return to the North American tour circuit this fall as direct support to KANSAS. In regards to this upcoming trek, KING’S X bassist/vocalist dUg Pinnick comments: “I’ve been a huge KANSAS fan since the beginning. I remember sitting on the floor with my friends listening to the just released record ‘Song for America’…Fast forward to years later, KING’S X is going on tour with them!! It is an honor to be doing shows with them. This is gonna rock!!”
With KING’S X drummer Jerry Gaskill and lead guitarist Ty Tabor also onboard for the North American trek, these dates will mark the band’s first tour since Gaskill’s remarkable recovery from a major heart attack earlier this year. “Not too long ago I was thinking I might not ever get back on a stage, now I’m ready and with the ok from all my doctors,” says Gaskill. “What better way to get back than to tour with the legendary KANSAS. Let’s rock…”
KING’S X will be touring in support of Live Love In London, the live CD/DVD follow-up to their latest studio release, XV. Live Love In London is the most expansive KING’S X live offering to date, a career-encompassing package featuring “It’s Love,” “Over My Head,” “Black Flag,” “Lost In Germany” and more. Recorded live January 22, 2009 at the Electric Ballroom, the 3-disc CD/DVD package (also available as a 2-CD set) showcases the amazing live performances that KING’S X have been delivering to fans around the world for the past 25 years. To order your copy of Live Love In London, click here.
KANSAS original member and guitar virtuoso Richard Williams adds, “We are really looking forward to the upcoming shows with KING’S X. They’re a great band and a force to be reckoned with. It’s a tour like this that allows us to dig a little bit deeper into our catalogue and play a few songs that KANSAS fans haven’t heard for a while. It’s gonna be a lot of fun!”
On select dates, the one-man band THAT 1 GUY (featuring Mike Silverman) will open the show. All confirmed tour dates are below with more dates to be added soon. Tickets are on-sale June 15, 2012 unless otherwise noted.
KING’S X tour dates feat. KANSAS
September 13, 2012 – New York, NY @ Best Buy Theater
September 14, 2012 – Bethlehem, PA @ Sands Bethlehem Events Center
September 15, 2012 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata Spa & Resort – Music Box
September 21, 2012 – St. Charles, IL @ Arcadia Theater * / **
September 22, 2012 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Myth ** / ***
October 5, 2012 – Salina, KS @ Steifel Theatre for Performing Arts *
October 6, 2012 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theatre
October 12, 2012 – Montgomery, AL @ Alabama National Fair ***
October 14, 2012 – Dallas, TX @ State Fair of Texas ** / ***
October 19, 2012 – Little Rock, AR @ Arkansas State Fair
* Tickets on sale June 1, 2012
** KING’S X is not confirmed for this date
*** THAT 1 GUY is not confirmed for this date
KING’S X online:
2 3 Doors Down Postpones Ohio, Kansas & Pennsylvania dates
Saturday’s 3 Doors Down concert with Hinder, Finger Eleven and American Bang at the Riverbend Music Center has been postponed.
3 Doors Down lead singer Brad Arnold has acute vocal laryngitis, and his doctor has advised him to postpone three shows on the band’s headlining tour, according to a news release from Riverbend. The band is also postponing a Thursday concert in Wichita, Kan. and a Sunday concert in Burgettstown, Pa.
3 Doors Down will announce new concert dates “in the near future,” according to Riverbend. Tickets for the three affected shows will be honored on the new dates.
6 The Showdown – Temptation Come My Way (2007)
The Showdown is a five piece metal band from the small town of Elizabethton, Tennessee.
Temptation Come My Way completely overhauls the sound from the debut, A Chorus of Obliteration. The metalcore screams are 99% gone, and this release solidifies a sound for that band that is in the same vein as the later Metallica albums. It is a more mainstream approach that should bring mass appeal to this amazing quintet.
The first song that I heard off of this disc was the band’s cover of the Kansas song, Carry On Wayward Son. Once I heard that track, I knew I had to hear more from this group.
Fanatics And Whores is a very heavy head banging tune that put a big smile on my face. This is obviously not a band that is afraid to rock!
Head Down is a song that deserves to be heard on rock radio everywhere. This track is so damn cool, words can not do it justice.
The guitar work of Travis Bailey and Josh Childers is very cool on the song Six Feet Under. This is a heavy rocker with plenty of crunching guitars. David Bunton’s vocals are clean and very enjoyable.
After listening to We Die Young a couple of times, I came to the realization that band is putting a lot more guitar solos into their songs. I am not used to hearing that from a lot of newer bands these days. This is the way it used to be done in the late 80’s, when the guitar solos reigned supreme. We Die Young is another solid offering from The Showdown.
Breath of the Swamp is the heaviest of the songs so far. This song nearly ventures into Pantera like territory. David Bunton nearly sounds like Phil Anselmo on this song.
It Drinks From Me smartly slows the pace back down again. This song reminds me of a Saliva tune. Very Cool!
The title track, Temptation Come My Way, starts with a heavy bass groove that nearly has a Black Sabbath like feel to it. David Bunton breaks out his Anselmo like vocals once again for this heavy groove laden track.
Forget My Name is another instant classic. This is an up tempo rocker that is going to firmly implant itself in my regular play list.
Spitting In The Wind is another good rocker. It isn’t the best song on this disc, but it is another solid slab of rock.
I, Victim (Here’s To The Year) starts to venture a little towards the Nu-Metal side of the fence, and I didn’t really care for this song too much.
I am sure you have heard, Carry on Wayward Son hundreds of times over the years. The Showdown puts a nice metal touch on the song, while staying fairly true to the original. I like the original song, and this cover is pretty cool too. If it wasn’t for this song, I may not have found this band, so I am glad the recorded it.
Death Finds Us Breathing is a very bass heavy mainstream sounding rock song, with a few of those Metalcore screams that I don’t really care for. It is however, a decent track to close out this disc with.
The Showdown shows a lot of maturity on this release, and will be a band worth keeping an eye on for years to come. I enjoyed this disc very much, and will be playing this one quite a bit in the upcoming weeks. To preview some of the tracks below, visit the band’s myspace page here.
If you like it, go buy it. This band deserves your support!
Rating:
Out of 10
Track Listing:
1. Fanatics And Whores
2. Head Down
3. Six Feet Under
4. We Die Young
5. Breath Of The Swamp
6. It Drinks From Me
7. Temptation Come My Way
8. Forget My Name
9. Spitting In The Wind
10. I, Victim (Here’s To The Year)
11. Carry On Wayward Son
12. Death Finds Us Breathing
The Showdown is:
David Bunton – Vocals
Josh Childers – Guitar, Vocals
AJ Barrette – Drums
Eric Koruschak – Bass
