There was a fun (though most likely apocryphal) story on Jeff Kinsbach’s show this morning.  Supposedly security came into one of the men’s rooms and asked everyone to finish and clear out so Yoko Ono could pee, the ladies’ room lines being long.

 

Someone ….allegedly….said to have her “sing”, that would clear the place out.

 

Miley Cyrus’s conduct was as many expected.  I was actually surprised, I would have thought her people would have seen this as a great high profile place to tone it down a bit.  I doubt Joan Jett objected too much, though. 

 

I am definitely going. The musical lineup is unbelievable.

 

 

did you go? did you get any pics you could post for us? or anybody else maybe??

 

seems like everything went off well from the media write-ups.

here's a 'reality' review you probably wont hear about from somebody who attended that i saw on another forum:

 

 

 

Re: RRHOF Induction Ceremony

New postby Roulette99 on Apr 19, 2015 9:55 pm

 

Ha, didn't know there was a setlist watch for this! HBO is going to have fun editing it down from the 5-1/2 hours of speeches and music. Bill Withers was very funny. I was glad he got on stage and sang even that little bit. I think Joan Jett thanked every single person she ever met. Green Day rocked it out and they had a lot of fans in the audience. Morello had a nice solo during the Paul Butterfield set. I knew Paul and Ringo would be funny since neither one of them are great at these sort of speeches and they didn't disappoint me.  :wink:

 

they had very long and awkward set changes for the songs for Ringo. he had to stand on stage and improvise while they took forever to set up between Green Day's equipment and the stuff for the last two songs. Ringo paced around the stage just talking but it was awkward and he eventually got tired of doing it and just walked off. It seemed very disorganized for an event like that. Wonder if HBO will show that footage?

 

and here is the setlist:

 

 

JOAN JETT

1. Bad Reputation

2. Cherry Bomb (with Dave Grohl and Gary Ryan)

3. Crimson and Clover (with Tommy James and Miley Cyrus)

TRIBUTE TO THE PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND

4. Born In Chicago (Zac Brown, Tom Morello, and Jason Ricci)

5. Got My Mojo Workin' (Sam Lay, Mark Naftalin, and Elvin Bishop)

TRIBUTE TO STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

6. Pride & Joy (Doyle Bramhall II, Gary Clark Jr., Jimmy Vaughan, John Mayer, and Double Trouble)

7. Texas Flood (Doyle Bramhall II, Gary Clark Jr., Jimmy Vaughan, John Mayer, and Double Trouble)

8. Six Strings Down (Doyle Bramhall II, Gary Clark Jr., Jimmy Vaughan, John Mayer, and Double Trouble)

GREEN DAY

9. American Idiot

10. When I Come Around

11. Basket Case

TRIBUTE TO The "5" ROYALES

12. Dedicated To The One I Love (Leon Bridges)(also dedicated to those who passed over the past year)

TRIBUTE TO PERCY SLEDGE

13. When A Man Loves A Woman (Leon Bridges)

LOU REED

14. Vicious (Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs)

15. Satellite of Love (Beck w/Nate Reuss)

BILL WITHERS

16. Ain't No Sunshine (Stevie Wonder, who starts song in wrong key, stops, then starts again to nail it)

17. Use Me (John Legend w/Stevie Wonder on piano)

18. Lean On Me (John Legend and Stevie Wonder, with Bill Withers joining on the final chorus)

RINGO STARR

19. Boys (with Green Day)

20. It Don't Come Easy (w/Joe Walsh)

21. With a Little Help From My Friends (w/Paul McCartney and various performers and presenters)

22. I Wanna Be Your Man (w/everyone again)

 

A couple of nice photo galleries wrapping up the weekend.

 

https://rockhall.com/photo-gallery/2015-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-induction-photos/6467/#first_content

 

https://rockhall.com/photo-gallery/behind-the-scenes-2015-induction-ceremony-rockhall/6519/#first_content

Ringo sends a special shout-out to Pete Best:

I did go. It was a hell of a show. My wife took most of the pics. I'll see what she has on her phone.

HBO trailer for induction ceremony.

 

^^Seeing Ringo and Paul on stage together would have been worth the price of admission for me.

This was on HBO last night. I wish i could've gone. Really liked Beck singing Satellite of Love and I can never have enough Gary Clark Jr.  Here's a write up which incorporates mentions of seeing  a few things around Cleveland in the show review.

 

http://www.avclub.com/article/music-industry-plays-itself-2015-rock-and-roll-hal-218295

Multiple reports that Cleveland will host the induction ceremony every 2 years staring in 2018.

http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/04/08/rock-hall-president-induction-to-take-place-in-cleveland-every-other-year-beginning-in-2018

Chris and Sara Connor commit $9 million to the Rock Hall

 

The gift, the largest from an individual in the organization's 21-year history, will support the ongoing transformation efforts at the Rock Hall that started in 2015. The Connor Theater, which is part of a $13.3 million investment to be unveiled this spring and summer, will host the Rock Hall's 'Power of Rock Experience.'

 

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20170209/NEWS/170209806/chris-and-sara-connor-commit-9-million-to-the-rock-hall

Opening of Rock Hall's new theatre today with a film by the great director Johnathon Demme who we unfortunately lost a few short months ago.

 

^Its called Connor Theater? So we have TWO theaters called Connor Downtown? Is this same Connor as at Playhouse Square? If so, does he need to see his name everywhere?

^Its called Connor Theater? So we have TWO theaters called Connor Downtown? Is this same Connor as at Playhouse Square? If so, does he need to see his name everywhere?

 

Yes, it's the same family. And technically the one at PHS is the "Connor Palace," not the Connor Theater.

Needs incorporated.  Somehow.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/07/record_rendezvous_cleveland_cr.html#incart_m-rpt-2

^ that was a fantastic article. it would be great to fix that block up rather than knock it down. or at least keep a retro 'vous facade up.

 

 

***

 

 

here is a positive new rrhof theater review i saw from a music blog - edited a bit:

 

 

*** caution may be spoilers ***

 

 

 

 

 

Postby rgunners on Jul 09, 2017 9:50 pm

 

There are two parts to the "experience" that Demme put together. Before you head into the state of the art theater (I have NEVER heard sound quite as crisp and powerful), you stand on a runway of sorts. As you look up, there are clips from the induction speeches from throughout the history of the induction ceremonies. That itself is a new film as I recall the one that used to be available for viewing had much longer clips. I watched so much video during my day at the museum.

 

It is a little awkward to be looking up at this part of the film but the sound is fantastic as it is coming at you from multiple angles down on the runway.

 

 

The runway part of the experience is about 15 minutes long and the ending is the perfect tease for what takes place in the theater.

 

When you enter the theater itself, it is bleacher style seating. The room is pretty small given the size of the screen and ... well ... you've never heard anything like this before. Never.

 

This film is a little longer than the piece you watch outside the theater but it way too short, in my opinion. It could've been 3 hours and I would've been riveted throughout. The clips from the jam sessions themselves are pretty short with the exception of the last one. I think it's best if you go in NOT knowing how it ends but it is indisputably the greatest moment in the history of those legendary jam sessions.

 

 

There are also great pictures - some with quotes - on the wall as you exit the theater along a spiral ramp. The last picture is a fitting tribute to Demme.

 

Again, it is far too short and you will definitely leave wanting more. But my oh my ... the sound and visual presentation lives up to the hype.

 

This is my 4th trip to the hall. I was at the grand opening and have (not quite intentionally) spread out my other 3 visits pretty evenly. I know of no other museum that is so fluid in their presentations. You expect any museum to have rotation major exhibitions but I am amazed by the amount of new content and redesign with each visit. I've never spent less than 4 hours in the museum when visiting and it is never enough.

 

 

 

^ that was a fantastic article. it would be great to fix that block up rather than knock it down. or at least keep a retro 'vous facade up.

 

 

***

 

 

here is a positive new rrhof theater review i saw from a music blog - edited a bit:

 

 

*** caution may be spoilers ***

 

 

 

 

 

Postby rgunners on Jul 09, 2017 9:50 pm

 

There are two parts to the "experience" that Demme put together. Before you head into the state of the art theater (I have NEVER heard sound quite as crisp and powerful), you stand on a runway of sorts. As you look up, there are clips from the induction speeches from throughout the history of the induction ceremonies. That itself is a new film as I recall the one that used to be available for viewing had much longer clips. I watched so much video during my day at the museum.

 

It is a little awkward to be looking up at this part of the film but the sound is fantastic as it is coming at you from multiple angles down on the runway.

 

 

The runway part of the experience is about 15 minutes long and the ending is the perfect tease for what takes place in the theater.

 

When you enter the theater itself, it is bleacher style seating. The room is pretty small given the size of the screen and ... well ... you've never heard anything like this before. Never.

 

This film is a little longer than the piece you watch outside the theater but it way too short, in my opinion. It could've been 3 hours and I would've been riveted throughout. The clips from the jam sessions themselves are pretty short with the exception of the last one. I think it's best if you go in NOT knowing how it ends but it is indisputably the greatest moment in the history of those legendary jam sessions.

 

 

There are also great pictures - some with quotes - on the wall as you exit the theater along a spiral ramp. The last picture is a fitting tribute to Demme.

 

Again, it is far too short and you will definitely leave wanting more. But my oh my ... the sound and visual presentation lives up to the hype.

 

This is my 4th trip to the hall. I was at the grand opening and have (not quite intentionally) spread out my other 3 visits pretty evenly. I know of no other museum that is so fluid in their presentations. You expect any museum to have rotation major exhibitions but I am amazed by the amount of new content and redesign with each visit. I've never spent less than 4 hours in the museum when visiting and it is never enough.

 

 

 

 

Good pairing of stories.  It's frustrating enough that people think of Elvis (4 years later) as some sort of pioneer when the reality is he wasn't even the Beatles he was the Monkees (in a way Freed despised).  But as undercredited as Freed can be, Leo Mintz's role is an order of magnitude more underrated.

Sex Pistols guitarist thinks the Rock Hall of Fame is in Akron (4:50):

 

Sex Pistols guitarist thinks the Rock Hall of Fame is in Akron (4:50):

 

 

Well the band *did* melt down before they ever made it to Cleveland, which IIRC was one of the first couple of places they were to play in the US.  I fully intended to find a way to go too.  It would have been my first concert.

Sex Pistols guitarist thinks the Rock Hall of Fame is in Akron (4:50):

 

 

It wasn't that bad.  What a surprise a member of the Sex Pistols stumbled with Akron, then went with Cleveland as to the location of the Rock Hall; Sex Pistols don't like the Rock Hall, they didn't show up for induction.  Of course none of them would be sure where the Rock Hall is.  You must not be familiar with the Sex Pistols otherwise,  what's the point of this post?  At least he got the geography right and knows Akron and Cleveland are adjacent to each other.  Could have been a fake as well; he would for sure act like he didn't know where it was.

^Sex Pistols guitarist?? I thought that was artist Julian Schnabel!

 

 

Sex Pistols guitarist thinks the Rock Hall of Fame is in Akron (4:50):

 

 

Well the band *did* melt down before they ever made it to Cleveland, which IIRC was one of the first couple of places they were to play in the US.  I fully intended to find a way to go too.  It would have been my first concert.

 

Much happier that, as one example, Bowie broke first in Cleveland in the '70s.  Bowie's 1972 Ziggy Stardust Tour opened in Cleveland.  The '70s rock scene in Cleveland is legendary and Jimmy "The Greek" Swingos hotel at 18th/Euclid was ground zero for the bands and all the excess of 1970s rock-n-roll.  Swingos was the rock n roll party hotel for decades.

 

Much happier that, as one example, Bowie broke first in Cleveland in the '70s.  Bowie's 1972 Ziggy Stardust Tour opened in Cleveland.  The '70s rock scene in Cleveland is legendary and Jimmy "The Greek" Swingos hotel at 18th/Euclid was ground zero for the bands and all the excess of 1970s rock-n-roll.  Swingos was the rock n roll party hotel for decades.

 

 

Truly classic movie and that's all true.  A lot of bands were big in Cleveland and then broke elsewhere, in fact success here got the attention of the national powers that be and it became a self fulfilling prophecy at times.

 

Unless you were from here.  That's the irony.  The national promoters knew Cleveland audiences were also partial to home grown bands and tended to consider local success as that, not a sign of bigger things.

Sex Pistols guitarist thinks the Rock Hall of Fame is in Akron (4:50):

 

 

Well the band *did* melt down before they ever made it to Cleveland, which IIRC was one of the first couple of places they were to play in the US.  I fully intended to find a way to go too.  It would have been my first concert.

 

Reliable details are all over the place on the Sex Pistols '78 US Tour. Even their 'official' site doesn't even mention the Cleveland date at all. Apparently it was scheduled for Jan 1st and tickets exist to prove the fact, but got cancelled along with dates in Pittsburgh and Chicago following a delay in arriving in the country. It was supposedly rescheduled, date unknown, but they'd imploded by then. 'Never Mind The Bollocks' remains a great album to this day and still gets a regular airing in the Totale household. 'Bodies' is still the greatest punk song ever written. 

'Bodies' is still the greatest punk song ever written. 

 

It's surely one of the greatest.  And there's quite a bit of irony that punk is considered very anti-conservative but despite latter day equivocations it's brutally anti-abortion.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe inducted to Hall of Fame :)

 

 

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: A multi-million-dollar gamble that has paid big dividends for Cleveland

Updated 3:26 AM; Posted 3:26 AM

By Gary Graff - Special to cleveland.com [email protected]

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- On May 5, 1986, Cleveland leaders rolled the dice for one of the greatest civic gambles in the city's history. That's the day that Cleveland was named the site for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, beating out a particularly aggressive Memphis as well as entertainment capitals such as New York and Los Angeles.

 

The city had launched an an extensive and passionate campaign to land the museum, citing its connections to DJ  Alan Freed, credited with coining the term rock and roll, and the city's long history of breaking artists such as David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Roxy Music, Rush and others.

 

But in the end, it came down to Cleveland's willingness to come up with the cash. Lots of it. Civic leaders put together a public-private partnership that funneled more than $65 million in public money toward construction of the $92 million museum. The 150,000-square-foot I.M. Pei-designed facility opened for business on Sept. 1, 1995, accompanied by an all-star concert at the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium.

 

And then the city, officials and citizens alike, waited to see if the investment would pay off.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2018/03/rock_roll_hall_of_fame_a_multi.html

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: A multi-million-dollar gamble that has paid big dividends for Cleveland

Updated 3:26 AM; Posted 3:26 AM

By Gary Graff - Special to cleveland.com [email protected]

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- On May 5, 1986, Cleveland leaders rolled the dice for one of the greatest civic gambles in the city's history. That's the day that Cleveland was named the site for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, beating out a particularly aggressive Memphis as well as entertainment capitals such as New York and Los Angeles.

 

The city had launched an an extensive and passionate campaign to land the museum, citing its connections to DJ  Alan Freed, credited with coining the term rock and roll, and the city's long history of breaking artists such as David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Roxy Music, Rush and others.

 

But in the end, it came down to Cleveland's willingness to come up with the cash. Lots of it. Civic leaders put together a public-private partnership that funneled more than $65 million in public money toward construction of the $92 million museum. The 150,000-square-foot I.M. Pei-designed facility opened for business on Sept. 1, 1995, accompanied by an all-star concert at the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium.

 

And then the city, officials and citizens alike, waited to see if the investment would pay off.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2018/03/rock_roll_hall_of_fame_a_multi.html

 

The city is raking in so much from the RHOF that it can't be bothered to maintain the roads in front of it until the complaints stack up.....

I'm probably going to feel dumb for asking this, but have any artists with stronger Cleveland ties than the Cars been inducted? 

 

(Alan Freed wasn't an artist LOL).

Nah I think you’re right. The Cars are the closest.

Nah I think you’re right. The Cars are the closest.

 

What was the Cars connection? I thought they were a Boston band.

Nah I think you’re right. The Cars are the closest.

 

What was the Cars connection? I thought they were a Boston band.

 

Benjamin Orr graduated from Valley Forge, Ric Ocasek from Maple Heights, and they first met in this area when Orr was playing with the Grasshoppers.

Honestly has there every been a full-on Cleveland band that made a huge impact on mainstream music?  It's always "sort-of" like the Cars, Joe Walsh, The Black Keys, Nine Inch Nails, etc.  None that are like "Yeah, we from Cleveland...."

Bone Thugs and Harmony

^^Touche!  Yes that is one legitimate applicant!

 

Maybe the Dazz Band as well?

 

^^Touche!  Yes that is one legitimate applicant!

 

Maybe the Dazz Band as well?

 

 

Let it Whip!!!!

 

Also, The James Gang has aged particularly well. I still hear Funk 49 and Walk Away pretty regularly in California.

 

It still confounds me that not a single one of the 3,000 local alt-rock bands never went anywhere in the 90's.

 

p.s. now to bring this post full circle, the bassist for the James Gang produced.......Let it Whip for the Dazz Band. It actually won him a grammy for recording.

 

 

^^Touche!  Yes that is one legitimate applicant!

 

Maybe the Dazz Band as well?

 

 

Let it Whip!!!!

 

Also, The James Gang has aged particularly well. I still hear Funk 49 and Walk Away pretty regularly in California.

 

It still confounds me that not a single one of the 3,000 local alt-rock bands never went anywhere in the 90's.

 

p.s. now to bring this post full circle, the bassist for the James Gang produced.......Let it Whip for the Dazz Band. It actually won him a grammy for recording.

 

 

 

Who was the bass player that produced it?  I never heard that before?

^^Touche!  Yes that is one legitimate applicant!

 

Maybe the Dazz Band as well?

 

 

Let it Whip!!!!

 

Also, The James Gang has aged particularly well. I still hear Funk 49 and Walk Away pretty regularly in California.

 

It still confounds me that not a single one of the 3,000 local alt-rock bands never went anywhere in the 90's.

 

p.s. now to bring this post full circle, the bassist for the James Gang produced.......Let it Whip for the Dazz Band. It actually won him a grammy for recording.

 

 

 

Who was the bass player that produced it?  I never heard that before?

 

Dale Peters. He's quietly had a most prolific career, check this out:

 

Dale Peters is a longtime musician (The James Gang) and recording engineer who was Director of Remote Recording for Westwood One Network.

 

Dale has engineered over 100 recordings and has done over 350 live recordings for artists such as Aerosmith, R.E.M., CSN, U2, The Police, Todd Rundgren, John Mellencamp, Jimmy Page, Don Henley, Neil Young, Roger Waters, Bon Jovi, Motley Crue,Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Madonna, Peter Gabriel and Ozzie Osbourne.

 

He was the recording and mixing engineer for the live television coverage for Amnesty International, Farm Aid (1985-1990) and the Moscow Music Peace Festival, which was the first live satellite broadcast ever to originate from the Soviet Union. He also co-engineered Van Halen's Live Without A Net music video, the best selling long form music video at that time.

 

Dale either recorded or mixed many of MTV Unplugged concerts and recorded and mixed Madonna's first live worldwide broadcast via satellite from the Orange Bowl.

 

"Dale has been awarded many gold records, an AMPEX Golden Reel Award and a Society for Communicating Arts Award. He was awarded a Grammy for engineering the song Let It Whip from The Dazz Band album Keep It Live.

 

It still confounds me that not a single one of the 3,000 local alt-rock bands never went anywhere in the 90's.

 

 

“Alternative” was probably the most politics (in the office sense) ridden, network based, middleman burdened, and general horsepoop infested music scene since the days of the Hapsburg courts.  It’s no surprise to me that no Cleveland based bands made it. 

 

Even my brother’s best band, which had some brilliant originals and the manager of the Maple Heights Record Exchange as its lead singer, never made anything resembling a mark.  It was right before the ‘net changed everything, for the better in many ways.

 

It still confounds me that not a single one of the 3,000 local alt-rock bands never went anywhere in the 90's.

 

 

“Alternative” was probably the most politics (in the office sense) ridden, network based, middleman ridden, and general horsepoop infested music scene since the days of the Hapsburg courts.  It’s no surprise to me that no Cleveland based bands made it. 

 

Even my brother’s best band, which had some brilliant originals and the manager of the Maple Heights Record Exchange as its lead singer, never made anything resembling a mark.  It was right before the ‘net changed everything, for the better in many ways.

 

Right. The labels controlled significant airplay and they never mined NE Ohio, despite a wealth of original material.

 

The drummer of Semisonic wrote a book about his experiences in the industry as a one hit wonder. Essentially all about politics and modern (90s version) of payola. Virtually every market had their own 107.9 The End type station. So easy to play gatekeeper until that pesky internet thing.

 

It’s a fascinating read.

 

It still confounds me that not a single one of the 3,000 local alt-rock bands never went anywhere in the 90's.

 

 

“Alternative” was probably the most politics (in the office sense) ridden, network based, middleman ridden, and general horsepoop infested music scene since the days of the Hapsburg courts.  It’s no surprise to me that no Cleveland based bands made it. 

 

Even my brother’s best band, which had some brilliant originals and the manager of the Maple Heights Record Exchange as its lead singer, never made anything resembling a mark.  It was right before the ‘net changed everything, for the better in many ways.

 

Right. The labels controlled significant airplay and they never mined NE Ohio, despite a wealth of original material.

 

The drummer of Semisonic wrote a book about his experiences in the industry as a one hit wonder. Essentially all about politics and modern (90s version) of payola. Virtually every market had their own 107.9 The End type station. So easy to play gatekeeper until that pesky internet thing.

 

It’s a fascinating read.

 

Considering the number of times I have played their "one hit" (which contends with "Billy Gene" as the song thats meaning has changed the most over the years) as a hint, I should check that out.

 

Steve Albini put it all on blast then and celebrated the 'net more recently, both articles can be found online.

yes and how steve albini of him lol.

Nah I think you’re right. The Cars are the closest.

 

What was the Cars connection? I thought they were a Boston band.

 

Benjamin Orr graduated from Valley Forge, Ric Ocasek from Maple Heights, and they first met in this area when Orr was playing with the Grasshoppers.

 

Thanks. I didn’t know either was from the area. Heartbeat City is still one of my favorite albums.

This can be posted a few places, but let's start here. So... GREAT TO HEAR THIS NEWS!  Long overdue.

 

Here's the main website (under construction, but a place to sign up for email updates): http://incuya.com/

 

Here's the Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InCuyaFestival/

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, AEG partner for downtown Cleveland InCuya music festival in August

Updated 11:12 AM; Posted 10:59 AM

By Chuck Yarborough, The Plain Dealer [email protected]

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio - At long last the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is partnering with others to bring a music festival to Cleveland.

 

The inaugural InCuya festival will be Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 25 and 26, at Malls B and C in downtown Cleveland. Presented by concert promoter AEG Presents, in partnership with the Rock Hall, the city of Cleveland and Destination Cleveland, the festival "will celebrate the origins, diversity and evolution of rock,'' according to the release from AEG Presents.

 

The festival will be "a cross-genre, multigenerational, collaborative and uniquely Cleveland event with a mix of national recording artists, complemented by local artists and Cleveland's vibrant city center,'' the release said.

 

For years, fans have been calling for the Rock Hall to stage some sort of festival, something in addition to the biennial induction ceremony at Cleveland Public Hall. And really, that makes perfect sense.

 

It's surprising, to be honest, that it's taken this long.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2018/03/rock_roll_hall_of_fame_aeg_par.html#incart_m-rpt-2

 

 

InCuya: Cleveland finally gets a summer music festival thanks to Rock Hall and AEG

Updated 12:07 PM; Posted 12:07 PM

By Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com anickoloffCleveland[/member].com

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio - It's not the "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Music Festival," but it's close. More importantly, Cleveland will finally have a major summer music fest to call its own.

 

Concert promoter AEG and the newly formed Cleveland Concert Company announced today that it was teaming up with the Rock Hall to bring a two-day music festival to Cleveland. InCuya will take place Aug. 25-26 on Malls A & B downtown. The full lineup, ticket prices and on-sale information will be announced in early April, just as the city prepares to host the 2018 Rock Hall inductions in Cleveland.

 

AEG -- which produces major music festival around the United States, including Coachella in California and Rock on the Range in Columbus --  is touting InCuya as a celebration of "the origins, diversity and evolution of rock." A news release promoting the event says it will feature a mix of national and local recording artists.

 

"Cleveland has been waiting a long time for its own unique mainstream music festival, and we're thrilled to deliver what promises to be an incredible experience to the city that's widely regarded as the epicenter of rock n roll," said AEG Senior Vice President Joe Litvag.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2018/03/rock_hall_incuya_music_festiva.html

Saw this amusing item on the Board of Building Standards agenda from last week....

 

http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/bza/bbs/agenda/2018/AGENDA03212018.pdf

 

Agenda

BOARD OF BUILDING STANDARDS AND BUILDING APPEALS

Room 6 – City Hall

This is a DRAFT agenda

**Items may be changed prior to the meeting**

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2018

 

Docket A-60-18 925 Euclid Avenue WARD: 3

(Kerry McCormack)

HH Cleveland Huntington LP, Owner of the Property appeals from an ADJUDICATION ORDER,

dated March 14, 2018; appellant is proposing a confidential ‘special event’ called the Rock and

Roll Hall of Fame Bon Jovi Induction Dinner for a limited number of guests, on the 1st Floor Grand

Hall of the 925 Building. The special event is requesting a variance and exception to the plan

review comments dated March 14, 2018 due to hardships encountered. The comments received

state that no change of use shall be made without upgrades to the existing building’s current

Code deficiencies; appellant is requesting a temporary change of use from B-Business to A-2

Assembly for six (6) to eight ( 8 ) months, or a minimum, for one night only during the day of the

event (April 13th, 2018).

 

When was the last time CLE had a top notch music festival? Ever?? It’s about damn time.

 

Lol [/member] confidential BON JOVI event.

Rock Hall receives $4.1 million PNC Bank sponsorship to expand education and community programming

http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2018/03/rock_hall_pnc.html

Do you recall the World Series of Rock? Those were decently billed shows - although I was too young to have ever gone to them.

I have strongly felt this type of annual event could still be had here.

Exactly what I was thinking as were probably a lot of people when they wanted the rock hall to sponsor a show. I know the lineup for the festival has not been announced but I do not see it being that great based on the location of it.

 

My older brother went to 2 of the World Series of Rock concerts. I was not allowed to go because I was too young.  :(