Back in the old days that was it- you weren’t ‘ of age’ you simply couldn’t go unless you knew someone or did something illegal. Such glory! I recall many a fire escape adventure but my reward for that was being able to say I saw people like Johnny Thunders or The Ramones when others could not.
The back to 21+ route is back for a silly new publicity stunt from Bud Light, Live Nation, Myspace and Universal Music Group where they will sponsor a concert in all fifty states on one day. Really I don’t see the hype in that at all. But hey it garners them some attention from people like me who are unable to find anything else to speak about on a warm Spring day.
The concert called “50/50/1” – Bud Light has launched a Music First app, which it’s using to give away more than 500,000 prizes this summer including music downloads, Monster DNA headphones, Live Nation concert cash and 50/50/1 concert tickets.The 50/50/1 lineup includes Kendrick Lamar, Sublime with Rome, Alex Clare, Drive-By Truckers, The Gaslight Anthem, The Airborne Toxic Event, Dirty Heads, Capital Cities, Citizen Cope, Coheed & Cambria, Gogol Bordello, Mastodon and Machine Head, Halestorm, Under the Sun Tour, Guster, The Mowgli’s, Minus the Bear, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Best Coast, Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls, Wavves, The Hold Steady and Corey Smith. More acts are yet to be announced.
In alphabetical order, from Alabama to Wyoming, here is the list of markets 50/50/1 is headed to Aug. 1:
Birmingham, Ala.; Anchorage, Alaska; Phoenix, Ariz.; Little Rock, Ark.; Los Angeles, Calif.; San Francisco, Calif.; Denver, Colo.; Hartford, Conn.; Wilmington, Del.; Miami, Fla.; Atlanta, Ga.; Honolulu, Hawaii; Boise, Idaho; Chicago, Ill.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Iowa City, Iowa; Lawrence, Kan.; Louisville, Ky.; New Orleans, La.; Portland, Maine; Silver Springs, Md.; Boston, Mass.; Detroit, Mich.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Biloxi, Miss.; St. Louis, Mo.; Missoula, Mont.; Lincoln, Neb.; Las Vegas, Nev.; Portsmouth, N.H.; Atlantic City, N.J.; Albuquerque, N.M.; New York City, N.Y.; Charlotte, N.C.; Fargo, N.D.; Columbus, Ohio; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Portland, Ore.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Providence, R.I.; Columbia, S.C.; Sioux Falls, S.D.; Nashville, Tenn.; Austin, Texas; San Antonio, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Burlington, Vt.; Virginia Beach, Va.; Seattle, Wash.; Charleston, W. Va.; Milwaukee, Wis.; and Jackson Hole, Wyo.
So far, the only ones announced are Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at Philadelphia’s Theatre of Living Arts, Wavves at Boston’s Paradise Rock Club and The Flaming Lips at House Of Blues Las Vegas. Considering its right around the corner I suggest the powers of Bud start assigning bands to venues or ticket sales could be a problem.
So when’s the big day? August 1st. Stay tuned.