Author: By Alan Sculley Last Word Features
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Old Dominion happy to be on the road again with tour stop at Ford Amphitheater this Friday
Like so many music acts, Old Dominion found its world turned upside down when the pandemic hit in 2020 and touring was shut down. Not only that, the situation nearly sapped the life out of being Old Dominion altogether. “We found ourselves doing a lot of the stuff that it takes to be in a…
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Musical duo Air Supply still going strong after five decades; performing in Colorado Springs tonight
Early in their partnership with Air Supply, guitarist Graham Russell and singer Russell Hitchcock got a harsh lesson in how fleeting success can be in the world of music. The two met in Sydney, Australia, when they landed gigs in the chorus for a touring production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” in 1975. They hit it…
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Kansas, in its 50th year as a band, to perform this week in Colorado Springs
Fifty years have seen the band Kansas travel a winding path that has included periods of major success, lulls in the band’s popularity, the arrivals and departures of multiple band members, a long span of time where Kansas didn’t make new music and, most recently, a return to making new albums. Through it all, guitarist…
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Grammy Award-winning group Los Lobos set to perform in Colorado Springs
Heading into 2020, Los Lobos had signed a new deal with New West Records, which meant it was time to go to work on a new album. “Normally, we take two months or so off out of the touring schedule to focus on the record,” saxophonist/keyboardist Steve Berlin said in a phone interview. “The writers…
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Country music star Dierks Bentley bringing big show to Colorado Springs
When the pandemic hit in 2020, Dierks Bentley packed up his things and moved his wife and kids from Nashville, Tenn., to Colorado, where he spent much of the year unplugged from music and savoring life in the mountains. “I was out in Colorado and I was living the life I’d been dreaming about for…
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Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band to headline at four-day festival in Fountain
The pandemic proved to be a difficult time for Reverend Peyton. First and foremost, there was quite a scare when his wife (and washboard player in Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band), Breezy, fell ill soon after the country shut down. Peyton doesn’t know for sure if Breezy had COVID or pneumonia. But she had it…
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Country music star Walker Hayes rides big wave of success into new Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs
At a concert shortly after touring resumed following the pandemic, Walker Hayes made what seemed like an outlandish prediction about the song “Fancy Like.” “I made a joke on stage one night just because I loved it so much; I said, ‘This song is going to go quadruple platinum.’ And I just smiled. I was…
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The Beach Boys set to bring good vibrations to new Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs
This summer, Mike Love is back on tour, leading The Beach Boys around the U.S. on a tour that will visit more than 70 cities. At 83, Love is the last member of the classic 1960s Beach Boys lineup still touring with the group. He owns The Beach Boys name and oversees the band’s business.…
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Popular Christian singer Lauren Daigle set for summer date in Colorado Springs
christian music superstar Lauren Daigle is returning to the music scene with an undeniable enthusiasm for her self-titled album and for being able to tour. But more than that, she’s diving back into music with a whole new perspective on her life and the place her career occupies within it. “I’ve got probably the healthiest…
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Queensrÿche to take unique approach to tour stop in Colorado Springs
This spring, Queensrÿche is doing a tour unlike any the band has done in its 40-plus-year history. And the tour will stop Tuesday night at The Black Sheep in Colorado Springs. The show will find the progressive metal band playing its 1983 self-titled EP and first full-length album, 1984’s “The Warning,” in their entirety. Neither…