As you must already know, Brooklyn’s McCarren Park Pool is out of commission for a while because of construction projects planned there. Because of this, the free concert Pool Parties, which have become a huge success in New York and are expanding to other cities this year, will now be taking place along the East River. And they’ve just released their summer ‘09 line-up. Check it out!

Find out more about The Pool Parties, here!

If you ever find yourself at a reggaeton rap concert where Pitbull is performing, I think it’s probably a good idea not to climb on stage and get in that dude’s face. Because when you do, you get knocked the f**k out.

Before leaving the stage for another of her show’s many wardrobe changes, Britney Spears accidentally announces to her giant crowd in Tampa, Florida that her “pu**y is hanging out.” Guess somebody forgot to turn off the mic. Then again, we’re talking about Britney Spears here – this kind of thing just goes with the territory.

Approximately one year ago I spent a weekend at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas.

To this day, I get emails from the PR group that runs the nightclub and other bars inside the hotel/casino complex. Ordinarily I don’t mind much. I like to remember my days and nights in the desert, and even look forward to planning my trip back.

But this week, it’s been two emails a day. About Paris effing Hilton’s birthday party this weekend. And I am slightly peeved.

I admit that I have a shameless love for some things poppy and tacky, we all have our vices. But Paris Hilton is not one of them. She most definitely is not about to inspire me to fly to Vegas when I can just wait for her to make an ass of herself in the Meatpacking District on her next trip to New York.

These invites got me thinking, though. Really, who is worth flying across the country for? If you’ve got to pick one celebrity whose birthday shenanigans you’d like to be a part of, who would it be? (more…)

I hate New Jersey.

I live in NYC and go through great lengths daily to avoid stepping foot in the Garbage State. So when I found out Van Halen was performing live with DLR at the Continental Airlines Arena IZOD Center (what a wack name for a venue) I was completely torn. For one night I would have to put my Jersey Issues aside to see the greatest F-ing rock band of all time.

What WAS the greatest f-ing rock band of all time might be a bit more accurate. Yeah, it was great to see a big rock show in an big arena – big sound, big solos, big screen. Even cooler was to see Diamond Dave back in the front alongside Eddie Van Halen, having what seemed to be a pretty damn good time. But pound for pound, the whole experience was pretty bitter sweet.

On the surface, the show looked and felt like classic Van Halen, but after my initial burst of awe settled I could not help but feel a bit depressed. Gone were the trademark walls ‘o Marshall stacked cabinets only to be replaced by Eddie’s own signature EVH brand. Also absent from most of the show was the red and white Frankenstrat guitar that was so identifiably VH. At times I was not sure if I was watching a rock show or a concert-length advertisement. A humbling experience, to say the least.

Read the rest of the article and check out VIDEO from the show after the jump. (more…)

June 5, 1983: U2 play Red Rocks – Despite a torrential downpour, U2 insisted that the show go on at the Colorado amphitheater, an outdoor venue formed by two sandstone megaliths. And for good reason: U2 had committed their life savings to capturing the show on tape for what would become the Under a Blood Red Sky concert video. The evening’s iconic moment came as Bono waved a large white flag during the political anthem “Sunday Bloody Sunday.â€? When MTV put a clip of this in heavy rotation, it ushered in U2’s quarter–century of world domination.

View the list and watch U2’s ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’ at The Red Rocks video after the jump! (more…)