Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening came to the Mohegan Sun Arena Sunday for a members only show one night after playing the Oakdale Theater in Wallingford on Saturday. I grabbed my friend Nancy and we headed out to end the spring break from our teaching with some good old rock and roll. This was probably the best crowd I have seen at a members show ever. The lower bowl was jammed and the crowd hung […]
JAWBREAKER – WORRIERS – THE GET UP KIDS
My son Jagger invited me to this show along with 2 friends from his college days in Boston who were big Jawbreaker fans. I’m always up for a show and tonight would be 3 bands i hadn’t seen live, a real rarity these days. Jawbreaker was the clear star of the show and the volume when they hit the stage rose ten fold, both through the amps and the crowd. “Boxcar” led off the set […]
SHINEDOWN – THE PRETTY RECKLESS – DIAMANTE
The party started early for this one! 7.5 hours before Shinedown took the stage they were awarded a star on Mohegan Sun’s Walk Of Fame. Hundreds of fans gathered to watch Brent Smith (vocals), Zach Myers (guitar), Eric Bass (bass, production), and Barry Kerch (drums) get inducted in an exceptionally quick ceremony. Some diehard SD fans got in line for the show immediately afterward. This gig was Shinedown’s sixth performance, its fifth sold-out, at Mohegan […]