Click here to view the embedded video. If watching this doesn’t make you want to fly at top speed in an F-14 fighter jet, I don’t know what’s wrong with you. Kenny Loggins, who sang the track on the film’s soundtrack, will perform this weekend in Bentonville. When the Northwest Arkansas Championship LPGA golf tournament rolls through this area, it usually brings some things for the golfers and fans to watch beyond golf, too.
View PostAfter nearly a decade in Fayetteville, the Arkansas Music Pavilion may be moving to Rogers, as our colleague Joel Walsh reported in last Friday’s Northwest Arkansas Times. The Walton Arts Center Council will meet on Tuesday (May 28) to discuss a site west of Interstate 540 in Rogers as a permanent location for the outdoor music facility. Plans have advanced a great deal since the last time the AMP’s permanent home was discussed in great detail — the arts center, the venue’s owner since 2009, now has architectural plans and more than 90 percent of the $11 million it would take to construct the proposed facility. All along, WAC officials have said the new location needs to be located near I-540
View PostRemember two things: 1) Why we honor this day, and 2) Celebrate wisely. Enjoy a day off, everyone.
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Click here to view the embedded video. It’s practically “Unamerican” to dislike Cletus Got Shot. The boys are back for a show this weekend.
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Click here to view the embedded video. If you want to see some live music on Tuesday night, “Maybe” Sick Puppies are the right band for you. In advance of an album expected to be released sometime this summer, Australian rock band Sick Puppies will visit George’s Majestic Lounge for a show there on Tuesday (May 7). Sick Puppies have performed several times in Fayetteville and have been a band for about 15 years
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Joe Giles and the Homewreckers With the return of warmer weather comes the return of the patios at Jose’s Restaurant in Fayetteville and in Springdale. And with the opening of the patio comes a return of Joe Giles and The Homewreckers, a local band that plays a wide variety of popular cover tunes. The band plays at the Fayetteville location on Thursday (April 4), which is also Bike Night for the venue.
View PostRapper Juicy J will be coming to Rogue on Dickson on April 13. We can’t post a video — we’re a family newspaper, after all. But a new single, “Show Out,” has already racked up more than 4 million views in a week’s time.
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Dangerous Ponies In the midst of working on a new record, Philadelphia band Dangerous Ponies will perform on Wednesday at The Lightbulb Club in Fayetteville. The septet call their music “indie/rock/pop/psychedelic/danceyourfaceoff” on their Facebook page. Their show with Martin Bemberg and Native American begins at 10 p.m
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Night Verses On a brief tour with HRVRD, letlive, Conditions and Rescuer, hard rockers Night Verses will pass through Fayetteville for a show on Monday (March 4) at the Showcase Theater, located inside the Northwest Arkansas Mall in Fayetteville. Night Verses has recorded an album slated for a 2013 and are currently giving away their debut EP, “Out of the Sky,” for free via www.nightverses.com. Tickets to the 7 p.m. show are $12 in advance through www.arkansaslivemusic.com or $14 at the door.
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