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Yesterday night at sold-out Northrop Auditorium, guitar god Neil Young performed 1992’s “From Hank to Hendrix” as his opening number.

Neil’s songs speak of loneliness and longing, He opened the concert with obscure tunes but came up short on his big hits.

The Hall Of Famer has been known for presenting quirky shows. In 2003, for instance, he offered a hippie stage musical with actors, sets, and songs. He has toured alone, surrounded by a semicircle of acoustic guitars. The rock star has done ear-splitting rocking concerts, with roadies dressed as aliens and the stage dressed with cartoon amplifiers.

A most appropriate quirk was unveiled at Northrop. One electric and one solo acoustic set with a 4-piece band. The formula fit his career, during which he has been the melancholy folkie and the great rocker with equal success. Yesterday’s concert was a fan’s dream, filled with plenty of obscure and seldom-performed compositions, but it was also a casual fanatic’s disappointment if they were hoping for lots of well-known hits.

In all, it was a rewarding but a bit disappointing evening, short on consistent vocal passion and soaring highs Neil Young has provided in the past years.

The opening eleven-song, one-hour set was very even keeled, with his vocals almost as bland as the clothes he was wearing. The true fans ate up the obscurities like “Mellow My Mind” on a banjo, “Sad Movies,” and “Ambulance Blues,” as well as Nixon-era tune with the line “I know a man who tells so many lies” that resonated in these Bush times.

The popular singer Tim McGraw helped raise over $300,000 for brain tumor research during the Tug McGraw Foundation’s 3rd annual fundraising concert in St. Louis. The artist and his band, the Dancehall Doctors, performed to several hundred people during the Friday night show that also featured Lori McKenna, Lance Miller, Faith Hill, and Halfway to Hazard. In related news, a group of runners calling themselves Team McGraw raised over $200,000 by taking part in the New York Marathon that took place Sunday.

The 19-year-old pop star Rihanna has demanded the services of a police escort in order to help her beat traffic on her way to a show in Ireland. The performer reportedly made the request for the Irish Garda after she remembered the large levels of congestion on her last trip to the Irish capital. According to The Sun, Rihanna made it clear that a police escort was an obligatory condition to her playing the show.

We’ve been all waiting for Jay Z to come back with one more tour, and here he is. It’s so great to have him back, especially with an album as good as American Gangster. You like rap or can’t live without hip-hop? So check Jay Z tickets and enjoy a great show, as we all know the performer is so tough to be caught on tour. Before November 13, he will visit West Hollywood, CA, Chicago, IL, Baltimore, MD, Washington, DC, New York, NY, and Philadelphia, PA.

After more than two decades of hiatus, The Police is going back on tour, hitting major venues across the US including New York, Denver, Boston, Chicago, Miami, Dallas, Detroit, and Los Angeles. After the first leg of the tour was a great success, you will definitely want to get The Police tickets before the North American Tour 2 sells out. The world famous band has recently electrified a TV audience of millions with a dynamic version of their popular hit, “Roxanne.”

Bon Jovi opened the new Prudential Center in Newark Thursday night, on October 25, in what was the first of a ten-show residency. However, according to reports the artist’s ticket sales are unexpectedly low. Despite the slow sales, the concerts in New Jersey still sold enough to place the group among Top 10 concerts and events this week. Shows in more than ten countries have already been confirmed including the United States, England, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Ireland, Holland, Germany, Scotland, and Austria.