THIS JUST IN: BAMP PROJECT PRESENTS MORRISSEY LIVE ON MAUI AND OAHU
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>>> Tickets go on sale this Fri., Mar. 9 at 9am. If you quit eating and smiling between now and then, you’ll be sufficiently emaciated and depressed enough to attend the show (Morrissey’s first in 20 years–see the BAMP press release below). Meanwhile, here’s all you need to know:
MAUI SHOW – Fri., May 18, 7pm doors / 7:30pm show, A&B Amphitheater / Yokouchi Pavilion, MACC (One Cameron Way, Kahului); 242-SHOW (7469); mauiarts.org; $49.50 / $59.50 / $69.50 plus applicable fees
OAHU SHOW – Sat., May 19, 7pm doors/ 8pm show, Kaka’ako Waterfront Park Amphitheater (Kaliko Dr., Wahiawa); groovetickets.com / bampproject.com; first 250 general admission tickets are $39.50 / after that, advance general admission tickets are $45 / $99.50 VIP (21+ only), plus applicable fees
>>> Addendum: It occurred to me that my dry attempt at humor and lack of poetic paraffin (I know I’m misinterpreting that phrase for the sake of alliteration, but bear with me) may not make clear the fact that I’m stoked Morrissey’s coming to Maui. If you feel the same, I like you even better now. But hell, if you do feel the same, you don’t need me to tell you about Morrissey! You don’t need me to tell you that “Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want” still makes me weep for Duckie (even more than Jon Cryer is for forever playing second fiddle sidekick, first to a coked-up Charlie Sheen then to that pretty idiot from Punk’d). You don’t need me to tell you that oft when eating meat I hear a song in my head that reminds me I’m accessory to murder… You’ve got your own (and very likely better) stories. So, like I said before, what matters is the Ws above. Parting words: I look forward to flopping around all hipsterish with you and talking about how fuckin’ awesomely nostalgic it all is. See you there.
Here’s this morning’s press release from our pals at BAMP:
HONOLULU, HI – (Monday, March 5, 2012) – BAMP Project, Hawaii’s premier concert production company, is proud to present one of the most influential figures in alternative rock, Morrissey, live in concert 20 years after his first Hawaii performance. The former lead singer of The Smiths and one of the most influential icons of all time will perform May 18 on Maui and May 19 on Oahu with tickets on sale Friday, March 9 at 9:00 a.m.
Since launching his solo career in 1987, Morrissey has released nine studio albums, sold out concerts in minutes and sold millions of records worldwide. His first two solo singles, “Suedehead” and the gorgeous “Everyday Is Like Sunday,” were significant global hits in 1988 and his first album, Viva Hate (its title a reference to the Smiths’ breakup), was commercially and critically well-received. He released several more high-quality singles, including “The Last of the International Playboys” and “Interesting Drug.”
His 1992 album Your Arsenal easily ranked as the hardest-rocking of his career, or at least, that was overshadowed in England; over in the U.S., tickets for his upcoming tour were selling like hotcakes and he managed to sell out L.A.’s Hollywood Bowl even faster than the Beatles had. His American success helped Morrissey deliver an equally strong fourth album 1994’s calmer Vauxhall and I, which even got him his first Top 50 singles-chart entry in the U.S. with the MTV-supported “The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get.” His ninth studio album, Years Of Refusal, released in 2009 saw Morrissey tie his highest U.S. chart debut on the Billboard 200.
Listed as one of the most important musicians in the last three decades, Morrissey made a significant impact on music creating a trail for dozens of modern day alternative rock acts like Radiohead, The Killers and Jeff Buckley all claiming to have been influenced by Morrissey’s music and songwriting.
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