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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
More ‘Rain’ the merrier for Victoria Theatre
The Victoria Theatre Association isn’t concerned that a PBS broadcast of “Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles” will steal any thunder from its Dec. 10-21 live presentation of the same show in the Chase Broadway Series. Dayton’s ThinkTV Channel 16 will air the show again at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6.
In fact, Victoria e-marketing and public relations director Eric Brockman is confident the television exposure will be good for box office business.
“There are perhaps some people who might say, ‘Saw it on TV, not going to see it live.’ But for the most part, we’ve found that videos and TV specials like this generate interest and make people want to see the show live. ‘Rain’ has been successfully doing this in other markets,” Brockman said.
A few years ago, a broadcast of “Three Mo’ Tenors” did “a great job of getting everyone excited about the show and buying tickets,” he said. “Also, the ‘Rain’ special is more of a ‘Best of Rain live’ than the complete show.”
“Rain” follows the Beatles from their beginnings to the psychedelic late 1960s and combines live performance and video with historical footage and television commercials from the era. Victoria season tickets are now on sale. Single seats will be available beginning Aug. 22 at (937) 228-3630.
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Hawthorne Heights releases new album
Popular Dayton band Hawthorne Heights’ third album, “Fragile Future,” drops today, Aug. 5, following two successful previous releases — 2004’s “The Silence in Black and White” and the 2006 release “If Only You Were Lonely.”
This is the first release since the death of the band’s guitarist, 26-year-old Middletown native Casey Calvert less than a year ago. In November of 2007, Calvert was discovered by bandmates unresponsive on their tour bus the afternoon before a scheduled performance Nov. 24 at Washington, D.C. Nightclub 9:30. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The death was later ruled due to complications from incompatible prescription drugs.
With the loss of Calvert, the band’s music has adapted. Much of the new album finds the band dealing with the loss. The track “Four Become One” details 5 members becoming 4. The album comes packaged with a sampler from bands including 1997, A Day To Remember, Bayside, Silverstein, Aiden and The Audition.
“This last batch (of songs) sums up where we are as a band, what we have been through and most importantly … where we want to be,” vocalist JT Woodruff said in a press release after Calvert’s death. “Through all the smoke and fire, we feel these songs are the best material we have ever released.”
The band said shortly after Calvert’s death last November that he will not be replaced.
The foursome will be touring the United States on Projekt Revolution with Linkin Park this summer, rocking nearby stages at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati on Aug. 15 and the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Noblesville, Ind. on Aug. 17.
Have you heard the album? Are you planning on seeing the band play live? What do you think?
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