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FOX’s Kelly Bartick with Dave Chappelle’s little brother.

Paris Hilton’s party girl DJ Caroline D’Amore at Suite. Someone get this girl a sandwich.

A whole bunch more! (more…)

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Since I started writing QC After Dark, my inbox has been inundated with e-mails from people asking me what there is to do in Charlotte, complaining that there isn’t anything…

Are you kidding me? If you can’t find something to do in Charlotte, then you’re not even looking – there are parties, events and concerts every night of the week it seems. Just this past Tuesday, I was torn between Pat Green on the Redneck Yacht Club (Ragin Uptown Party Charter) and John Mayer at Verizon… I went with Pat Green by the by. And a few weeks ago, the Jonas Brothers and NAS performed the same night… a little something for everyone.

There was even a party at Northlake Mall last night… at BeBe.

Is it Bee-Bee or Bay-Bay. The name of the store is like the words pecan and caramel. Is it pee-can or pee-con? Care-a-mel or car-a-mel? I don’t know, I don’t know….

Anyway, the occasion was the launch of their new fall line for which I went to for reporting, and just ended up shopping. And as a female with a slight retail abuse problem, may I just say that BeBe’s new line and looks was worthy of the celebration.
They had a DJ – although it’s hard to dance with a big clothing rack in your way… (more…)

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Kenny Chesney It’s getting to the point where you could almost set your watch by a Kenny Chesney summer concert tour. He’s constantly winning the Entertainer of the Year Award, so you know he’ll put on a good show. This year, it’s the Poets & Pirates Tour, sponsored by Corona (do they even sell that at Verizon?). Bring your cowboy hat and boots. With LeAnn Rimes. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Jeff Hahne)

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The Crowntown Showdown kicks off it’s new format tonight at the Evening Muse.

Trouble Walkers Comprised of former Modern Don Juans (bassist Mark Lynch and drummer Robert Childers) as well as onetime Hot Rod Greased Lightning guitarists/singers Daylon Brumfield and Gabe Hinceman, country-punkers the Trouble Walkers’ newish Free Cowboy Hat is a healthy-dose of the hard stuff, a mad platter of hot-sauced subject matter that’d make even Harry Crews wince, but delivered with more than enough good cheer that you won’t feel the need to shower afterward. What’s more, they’re even better live. With Sex Tapes. Snug Harbor (Timothy C. Davis)

Gongzilla Musicianship and improvisation are key factors when the jammers Gongzilla plug in their instruments. They write songs that gently lean on politics and philosophy while jazz interludes, world music forays and spacey rock intermingle with the words and expand into the air. With tunes like “American Dream,” what lands on stage and bounces off into the crowd is quite intriguing. Double Door Inn (Samir Shukla)

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John Mayer w/ Paramore
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Aug. 19, 2008

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The Deal: John Mayer showcases his guitarwork, brings along Warped Tour favorites Paramore. (more…)

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Saxophonist LeRoi Moore, a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, has died from complications stemming from a recent ATV accident.

The accident happened before the band’s Charlotte show earlier this summer.

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We have a winner!

I gave away 2 Executive Suite, V.I.P tickets to John Mayer & Paramore for tomorrow night at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre.

Well all they had to do is complete a Rubik’s Cube blindfolded in 2.5 minutes. Just kidding – all the winner did was e-mail me and told me which Anheuser-Busch beer I sampled when I went to MACS for Bike Night… information for which you can find within my previously posted blog: Mac Daddys.

Stay tuned to qcvibes.com for your chance to win more free tickets and V.I.P access.

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Stone Temple Pilots w/ Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Aug. 17, 2008

The Deal: 90s alt-rockers Stone Temple Pilots return to the stage, bring along retro-rock trio Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. (more…)

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The Whigs w/ The Old Ceremony
Visulite Theatre
Aug. 17, 2008

The Deal: Athens, Ga., trio plays for a big crowd, brings along Chapel Hill opener. (more…)

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American Idols Live Can anyone name the contestants from this year’s show? Sure, there was, um, that creepy guy … and a country girl … and that young kid … oh, who cares? Idol winners from reality past are being dropped from their record labels left and right. Inaugural winner Kelly Clarkson seems to have fallen off the map and Daughtry is left alone as one of the sole flag bearers. I’d say it’s just about “jumped the shark.” It’s something hilarious, though, that the tour is sponsored by Pop-Tarts. That joke writes itself! Time Warner Cable Arena (Jeff Hahne)

Stone Temple Pilots For more on this show, check out Turn On, Tune In.

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