Paul Jones News

Dave Matthews Band has just announced the dates for its 2019 North American summer tour. The headline runwill kick off on April 30th in Pensacola, FL and includes two-night stands in Camden, NJ; Noblesville, IN; Elkhorn, WI; Saratoga Springs, NY; West Palm Beach, FL; and Denver, CO. The band will return to the Gorge Amphitheatre for its traditional three-night Labor Day run August 30-September 1, pushing its total number of performances at the scenic venue above 60. Dave Matthews Band will also perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 4 as part of the festival's 50th anniversary celebration. The band will conclude its North American tour on September 22 at the 2nd annual Sea.Hear.Now Festival in Asbury Park, NJ.

Tony Award-winner Leslie Odom, Jr., who originated the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway megahit Hamilton, is coming to John Paul Jones Arena at 3PM on January 19 as the 2019 UVA President's Speaker for the Arts. The multi-talented entertainer will discuss his life and career, the impact of the arts on education, and on the world in which we live during a brief address followed by a moderated conversation with University of Virginia President Jim Ryan.

Following their sweep of Australian and East Coast tour dates, No Quarter will proudly present “Whole Lotta Love For Wilmington” – a benefit concert at the Wilson Center in Wilmington, NC on Saturday, February 2 (7:30PM). All proceeds from the show will go to the Cape Fearless Challenge By The Women Of One Tree Hill to help students impacted by Hurricane Florence. Students in greatest need will be identified and funded through the Student Services division of Cape-Fear Community College.

Tony Award-winner Leslie Odom, Jr., who originated the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway megahit Hamilton, is coming to John Paul Jones Arena at 3PM on January 19 as the 2019 UVA President's Speaker for the Arts. The multi-talented entertainer will discuss his life and career, the impact of the arts on education, and on the world in which we live during a brief address followed by a moderated conversation with University of Virginia President Jim Ryan.

Tony Award-winner Leslie Odom, Jr., who originated the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway megahit Hamilton, is coming to John Paul Jones Arena on January 19 as the 2019 UVA President's Speaker for the Arts. The multi-talented entertainer will discuss his life and career, the impact of the arts on education, and on the world in which we live during a brief address followed by a moderated conversation with University of Virginia President Jim Ryan.

No Quarter -- the tribute band that proudly presents the live Led Zeppelin experience – will kick off 2019 with the “Good Times In 2019” Northeast Tour.

Luke Combs' recently added summer concerts as part of his extensive “Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour” are all sold-out. The six shows—at Detroit MI's DTE Energy Music Theatre, Columbia, MD's Merriweather Post Pavilion, Gilford, NH's Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion, Charleston, SC's Volvo Cars Stadium, Alpharetta, GA's Verizon Amphitheater and Charlote, NC's PNC Music Pavilion—total 70,000 tickets sold including 40,000 through Combs' Bootlegger fan club/Verified pre-sale.

 Genre-defining country supergroup ALABAMA will celebrate five decades of music next year. Today the iconic band announced the first leg of dates for their '50th Anniversary Tour,' sweeping the United States in 2019 with nearly 30 live concerts already on the books.

Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts is proud to present the world touring Led Zeppelin legacy band 'No Quarter' Saturday, Jan. 19 at 8 p.m.

Luke Combs is nominated for Best New Artist at the 61st GRAMMY Awards. The live awards ceremony will be broadcast on CBS from Los Angeles' Staples Center on Sunday, February 10 at 8:00pm EST/7:00pm CST. 

Grammy-nominated rock band Panic! At The Disco's latest single “High Hopes” is a certified hit, led by 2,800 spins at SiriusXM's Hits 1‎ the single claims the #1 spot across three radio formats this week including Pop, Hot AC, and Alternative radio. The song, which was just certified PLATINUM by the Recording Industry Association of America last month for exceeding 1 million units sold, has also cracked the Top 5 on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart, making it their biggest single since 2006's breakout “I Write Sins Not Tragedies.”

“Beautiful Crazy”—the new single from CMA Award-winning New Artist of the YearLuke Combs—is impacting country radio today. This is the first country single shipped to radio already Platinum-certified since Taylor Swift's “Red” in 2013.

Bay Area Musicals (Matthew McCoy, Founder & Artistic Director, and AeJay Mitchell, Managing Director) has announced the full cast and creative team for the first production of the Company' 2018-2019 season, CRAZY FOR YOU. Winner of the Tony and the Olivier Awards for Best Musical, CRAZY FOR YOU has wowed audiences on Broadway, the West End and around the world, reimagining classic Gershwin songs into a hilarious new book musical.  The show-stopping production will be an intimate version of the large-scale musical featuring the original Tony Award-winning choreography of Susan Stroman, recreated by Director/Choreographer Matthew McCoy.

This year, The Washington Ballet celebrates 15 years of DC's perennial favorite, Septime Webre's The Nutcracker, November 24 - 25 at THEARC Theater and November 29 - December 28 at the historic Warner Theatre. Set to Tchaikovsky's magical score, this celebrated production set in 1882 early Georgetown has become the signature Nutcracker in our nation's capital.

Luke Combs' “She Got The Best of Me” tops the Mediabase Country chart this week and returns to #1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart for the second straight week. Moreover, Combs' Platinum-certified debut album, This One's For You, is back at #1 on the BillboardCountry Albums chart this week. Since its release June 2, 2017—73 weeks ago—the album has spent a total of sixteen non-consecutive weeks at #1, including twelve weeks in 2018—the most of any album this year.

Luke Combs' “She Got the Best of Me” is #1 this week on Billboard's Country Airplaychart. This is Combs fourth-consecutive #1 single—following 3x platinum “Hurricane,” 2x platinum “When It Rains It Pours” and platinum “One Number Away”—which all appear onthe deluxe version of his platinum-certified debut album, This One's For You, released onRiver House Artists/Columbia Nashville. The acclaimed album has spent fifteen non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Country chart, including 11 weeks in 2018—the most of any album this year. This One's For You is also currently the most-streamed country album of 2018, achieving over one billion streams.

Bay Area Musicals (Matthew McCoy, Founder & Artistic Director, and AeJay Mitchell, Managing Director) has announced the full cast and creative team for the first production of the Company' 2018-2019 season, CRAZY FOR YOU. Winner of the Tony and the Olivier Awards for Best Musical, CRAZY FOR YOU has wowed audiences on Broadway, the West End and around the world, reimagining classic Gershwin songs into a hilarious new book musical.  The show-stopping production will be an intimate version of the large-scale musical featuring the original Tony Award-winning choreography of Susan Stroman, recreated by Director/Choreographer Matthew McCoy.  

Bay Area Musicals (Matthew McCoy, Founder & Artistic Director, and AeJay Mitchell, Managing Director) has announced the full cast and creative team for the first production of the Company' 2018-2019 season, CRAZY FOR YOU. Winner of the Tony and the Olivier Awards for Best Musical, CRAZY FOR YOU has wowed audiences on Broadway, the West End and around the world, reimagining classic Gershwin songs into a hilarious new book musical. The show-stopping production will be an intimate version of the large-scale musical featuring the original Tony Award-winning choreography of Susan Stroman, recreated by Director/Choreographer Matthew McCoy.

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) announces the full cast and creative team for the world premiere of Slave Play

Mumford & Sons will embark on an extensive 60-date worldwide arena tour this fall featuring a groundbreaking new in-the-round stage design. Kicking off November 16 in Dublin, the tour will span throughout next spring and includes fall North American stops at Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center, Boston's TD Garden, New York's Madison Square Garden, DC's Capital One Arena and Toronto's Scotiabank Arena. Special guest Maggie Rogers will join as support.