Tag: music
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5 takeaways from Ford Amphitheater’s ‘soft launch’ Tuesday night in Colorado Springs
The new Ford Amphitheater, an 8,000-seat venue at Polaris Pointe, opened its doors to nearly 5,500 invited shareholders, Colorado Springs leaders, project contractors and other private guests for a “soft” launch Tuesday evening. The evening came only three days ahead of the amphitheater’s grand opening Friday night, with pop band OneRepublic taking the stage for…
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Showtime? Ford Amphitheater officials say new Colorado Springs music venue is ready for next week’s debut
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With less than two weeks until pop band One Republic takes the stage Aug. 9 at the 8,000-seat Ford Amphitheater that’s under construction on Colorado Springs’ north side, the outdoor music venue isn’t quite ready for its first show. But it will be, its developer…
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Showtime? Ford Amphitheater officials say new Colorado Springs music venue is ready for next week’s debut
With less than two weeks until pop band One Republic takes the stage Aug. 9 at the 8,000-seat Ford Amphitheater that’s under construction on Colorado Springs’ north side, the outdoor music venue isn’t quite ready for its first show. But it will be, its developer insists. “Oh yeah, no question about that,” said JW Roth,…
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Colorado Springs band headed to world championships in Scotland
The Pikes Peak Highlanders are set to compete for the first time at the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, after years of preparation and fundraising.
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Pikes Pick: A new high note for Colorado’s own Nathaniel Rateliff
Rolling Stone summarized it best: “The Colorado retro-soul singer rhapsodizes about youthful wandering, middle-aged loss and the lifelong search for connection and meaning.” Heavy, yes, but not all gloom. Nathaniel Rateliff’s new album, “South of Here,” will have you singing with the windows rolled down. — Seth Boster
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Rick Springfield, Richard Marx coming to Colorado Springs for acoustic tour
Musicians Rick Springfield and Richard Marx will stop at Pikes Peak Center on Thursday as part of their acoustic tour. Friends for more than three decades, the two artists will perform on stage together in an intimate show. “We used to do it where he’d play, and then I’d come on and play, and we…
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Review: Chamber finale at CC Summer Music Festival unearths masterpieces
The fifth performance was like the others. With the exception of a Mozart quintet, nothing offered on Festival Artists Concerts at this June’s Colorado College Summer Music Festival belongs on the list of chamber music’s most popular works. Saying it another way, it’s doubtful that audiences were familiar with the programmed music. Yet, this 40th…
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Review: Colorado College Summer Music Festival crushes expectations
A collection of three French horns and a bass trombone doesn’t sound like an exciting way to open a chamber music recital. On Monday night, however, this was going to be a concert that ran counter to expectations at every turn. So it was that horn players Michael Thornton, Christine Ott and Christian León with…
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What is it about the Rolling Stones that keeps them rolling?
“Sure ‘Nough He’s a Rolling Stone,” sang bluesman Muddy Waters, inspiring the name of what many say is the greatest rock and roll band ever. Thank you to Muddy Waters for getting the Stones rolling, and to all those who took part in awakening the world to rock ‘n roll. But why do the Rolling…
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Sunset Amphitheater goes global with new name, multi-year deal
Ford has taken over the driver’s seat of the Pikes Peak region’s new outdoor concert and entertainment venue near Gleneagle. About 40 Ford dealerships in Colorado have paid to acquire the naming rights to the 8,000-seat Sunset Amphitheater, which now will be known as Ford Amphitheater when it kicks off its inaugural concert season in…