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...reunion concert of Van Halen has you feeling like you've stepped into a time warp... Where have you been all summer? There was Don Dokken wailing "Unchain the Night" to hundreds of wild fans in Springfield, Virginia, as razor-sharp, screaming guitar chords pierced the darkness. A few weeks after, in the same venue, Ratt lead singer Stephen Pearcy stretched a mike over the crowd and sang "Round and Round" as bodies slammed together and fists pounded the air. In Thorpe, Pennsylvania, Warrant's Jani Lane was in concert, singing the band's classic '80s metal ballad "Heaven...
...summer concert season of 2007 swept America back into the 1980s as scores of hard rock/metal bands from that decade began touring again, drawing large crowds, new, young fans, and solid revenues 25 years after first emerging. Who toured? Tesla, Dokken, Great White, Winger, Warrant, Queensryche, Poison, Ratt, Vince Neil, Firehouse, Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, L.A. Guns, White Lion, Skid Row, and Black Sabbath. "Despite the fact that it's two decades later, people still like to bang their heads, raise their fists, and have some fun," says Jeff Albright, president of the Albright Entertainment Group and publicist for numerous...
...some cases the crowds and revenues have rivaled those of the 1980s. Ratt and Poison just wrapped up a long, large-venue summer tour where they played regularly before 8,000 to 10,000 fans. Ratt lead singer Pearcy says he noticed an emerging younger fan base of teenagers and twenty-somethings who were born years after Ratt multi-platinum Out of the Cellar album released in 1984. "It has been a gradual buildup again. It's rock and roll - colorful, dangerous, exciting," Pearcy said...
...Many of the fans that do come out are people that have been listening for years. They bring their kids. They know the history. It is nice to see that second generation Queensryche fan coming out," said Geoff Tate, lead singer of Queensryche, which toured with Black Sabbath this summer. The bands played to crowds 10,000 strong...
...representatives is not only alarming but also paradigmatic of a caustic and imperious attitude towards students that has recently come to grip University Hall.Though the UC and University Hall had been in dialogue since last term regarding the party grants, the saga began in earnest over the summer. In July and August, the deans in University Hall contacted the UC leadership to raise concerns that the UC Party Fund, which provides $1,750 per week in funding to support parties open to all undergraduates, was being used to fund alcohol purchases and, more specifically, underage drinking. Talks between...