Popcorn and Pen

To stay fresh, Dave Matthews Band took a step back. The band, which originally formed in 1991, returned to its “Steve Lillywhite” roots - long-time DMB producer who helped create Under the Table and Dreaming, Crash, Before These Crowded Streets and most of the material on Busted Stuff.
Embarking on their current summer tour, the band [...]

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Verizon Wireless Music Center’s stage turned into a musical playground filled with back flips, air kicks, sparklers, pyrotechnics and even foam sprayed over the nearly sold-out audience during the Jonas Brothers concert Wednesday night. However, unlike the local playground, ear plugs were needed to soften the deafening screaming of young girls throughout the entire show.
Although [...]

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Brooks & Dunn began Sunday night’s show with an upbeat mix of new songs off Cowboy Town and classic hits. On their eighth song, the country superstar duo slowed the concert down as they performed acoustically on barstools in the middle of an extended center stage. Brooks & Dunn connected with their fans, not just [...]

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The novelty of a John Mayer concert is fading if you’re a mainstream fan of his music.
Nowadays a Mayer concert ticket should come with a warning: Expect the unexpected and assume nothing, especially if there is a song you want to hear.
Mayer is nothing short of a talented musician and a fine technician of the [...]

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Two legendary blues/rock acts took the Verizon Wireless Music Center stage Saturday night, providing an entertainment outlet for classic rock and soft rock fans. Joe Cocker and the Steve Miller Band not only gave an older audience base a little rock nostalgia, but proved they still knew a thing or two about putting on a [...]

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Verizon Wireless Music Center has already seen Tim McGraw and Rascal Flatts. Brooks & Dunn and Toby Keith are slated to appear later this summer. But on Thursday night, Brad Paisley left his imprint on the venue’s country schedule with a highly entertaining show with his catalog of Grammy-winning songs.
Despite a 25-minute delay, once Paisley [...]

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Country star Brad Paisley will be joined on stage by folk singer Jewel and country newcomers Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough (better known for her role as two-time champion on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars”) tonight at Verizon Wireless Music Center, 12880 E. 146th St. in Noblesville.
Paisley is a Grammy Award-winning country music singer-songwriter and [...]

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Canadian rock band Rush has delayed its show at Verizon Wireless Music Center, 12880 E. 146th St. in Noblesville, a month – moving its scheduled June 25 performance to July 24. Concert promoter Live Nation said “scheduling changes” caused the delay.
The band is currently promoting their latest album, Snakes & Arrows, with an intercontinental tour. [...]

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Clapton played to a sellout crowd Friday night despite nearby tornado warnings and storms that drenched other areas. The rain held off until just before his encore.
Clapton didn’t say much, preferring to sing instead.
“What a lovely night,” he said.
This isn’t the Eric Clapton your grandpa listened to back in the days of the Yardbirds and [...]

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Perhaps no one enjoyed Saturday’s May Day 2008 at Verizon Wireless Music Center, 12880 E. 146th St. in Noblesville, more than 3 Doors Down frontman Brad Arnold. At the conclusion of every song he sported the same ear-to-ear smile and expressed his gratitude to the near-capacity crowd.
“Thank you so much,” Arnold recited over and over [...]

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