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Friday, July 1

Trace Adkins w/ Brett Eldredge

Trace Adkins has long been country music’s alpha male, a man whose commanding presence and once-in-a-generation baritone have made him a pillar of the contemporary Nashville sound.

He is the man who gave us one of modern-day country’s rowdiest classics, “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk,” and one of its most touching, “You’re Gonna Miss This,” which earned two of his four Grammy nominations, became his third chart-topping hit, and was named the ACM’s Single of the Year. He is equally convincing across a musical spectrum that stretches from “Hot Mama” to “Songs About Me,” from “(This Ain’t No) Thinkin’ Thing” to “Then They Do.”

WPOC presents what will surely be one of the biggest country concert events of the summer.

Saturday, July 9

Frankie Beverly & MAZE

w/ Rachelle Ferrell

Combining a Philadelphia soul sound with a strong appreciation of Marvin Gaye, Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly was among the top R&B acts of the late ’70s and ’80s. The distinctive Maze and its charismatic lead singer, founder, producer, and songwriter Beverly didn’t have many pop hits, but they were extremely popular among soul and urban contemporary audiences and enjoyed at least six or seven gold albums. 

Friday, July 15
Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo and
Dennis DeYoung:The Music of Styx
“The Elements of Five Tour”

“Hit me with your best shot!” Who does not love belting out the lyrics to this classic Pat Benatar tune? And while we are at it, you can rest assured that love was a battlefield well before our girl Jordin Sparks said so. In the heat of this July night you are gonna be living the dream all over again with a certified 80′s Queen ready to pump out hit after hit of timeless musical glory. From the reviews so far, we hear this tour is ready to show you what the good old days were all about and more importantly what we’ve been missing.

Sunday, July 17

Grammy Winner Peter Frampton

Known for his electric performances on stage, rock sensation Peter Frampton celebrates the 35th anniversary of Frampton Comes Alive!, one of the top-selling live albums of all time.

The album features some of rock radio’s most enduring classics, including “Baby, I Love Your Way”, “Do You Feel Like We Do” and “Show Me the Way,” and held on to the top spot on Billboard’s Top 200 charts for ten weeks, unprecedented for a live album.

In 2006 Frampton’s all-instrumental record, Fingerprints, earned a GRAMMY Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album. We are excited to celebrate the anniversary of rock’s greatest live album!

Tuesday, July 19

Michael McDonald & Boz Scaggs

For the first time ever, two great blues-rock artists share a band for a night of their best-known hits, from the smash hits “Lido Shuffle” and “Lowdown” to “I Keep Forgettin’” and “Yah Mo B There.

Michael McDonald first made a name for himself as a guest vocalist for Steely Dan and then as a member of the Doobie Brothers. He’s penned songs for artists such as Aretha Franklin, Millie Jackson and Carly Simon and he’s had several of his own successes over the years including: “I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near),” “Yah Mo B There” with James Ingram and “On My Own” with Patti LaBelle.

Boz Scaggs has an equally impressive resume having worked with everyone from Steve Miller to Donald Fagan to Duane Allman and many others. The song “Lowdown” off of the 1976 release “Silk Degrees” won Boz a Grammy Award and propelled the album to more than 4 million records sold.

Thursday, July 21
Dierks Bentley

Remember, heating up the pier this summer will not be just about the weather. Dierks Bentley, a hot commodity himself, has once again landed a chart topping single with his song “Am I The Only One“. Now lets combine the forces of foot stompin’, barnyard rompin’ tunes with what has come to be known as one of the greatest party shows on the road. Leave your bashful date at home and make it a night for the crew that can throw down on the town. Party responsibly my friends. The pier is in fact surrounded by water.

Tuesday, July 26
Emmylou Harris w. Todd Snider

As a featured artist at this year SXSW Music Festival in Austin Texas, Emmylou Harris is set to have a big year entirely and we have fixed Baltimore right in the center of it. In the heart of the summer she will bring her tour with Todd Snider coming along as support. With a new album out, dynamic instrumentation and the classic, purely soulful vocals we’ve come to love from Emmylou, the Pier will be set for a night made in music history.

 
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Country star Ronnie Dunn is coming to rock the docks on Friday, June 10th at Pier Six Pavilion! As if we weren’t excited enough about this show, we just got a copy of his setlist from Sawannee River Jam festival in Florida, and couldn’t believe how many Brooks and Dunn songs Ronnie’s playing. We count 11 #1 hits from past Brooks and Dunn albums. There is no guarantee that he’ll play this set, but its clear that Brooks and Dunn songs still comprise a ton of his concerts – throw in the new songs from his solo CD (out next week) and this is going to be one great show! Here’s the setlist…if you’ve never seen one before, song titles are written in shorthand. Can you name all the songs? (First one to do so gets a free pair of tickets!)

SINGER IN A COWBOY BAND

LET THE COWBOY ROCK

 NOTHIN’ ABOUT YOU

WACO

BLEED RED

 RED DIRT ROAD

NEON MOON

COWGIRLS DON’T CRY

 JOHNNY CASH JUNKY

 GETTING’ BETTER ALL THE TIME

COST OF LIVIN’

 PLAY SOMETHIN’ COUNTRY

PUT A GIRL IN IT

CAN’T TAKE THE HONKY TONK

BOOT SCOOT BOOGIE

MARIA

 BELIEVE

HONKY TONK STOMP

HOW LONG GONE

Being in the music business our Marketing office is always looking to bring strong acts to our clubs. We try to pay attention to whats “hip” in the music world. So, last night our team plugged into the social media outlets to keep everyone updated on the 53rd grammy awards. It was a night filled with over-the-top performances and surprise wins, from Rams Head alumnus Avett Brothers performing an unforgettable “Maggies Farm” with Mumford & Sons and  legend Bob Dylan to Relative newcomers Bruno Mars, B.o.B. and Janelle Monae who had it all in their set.

We also saw 2010 Pier Six Pavilion alumni such as Train bring in a win for ‘Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group with vocals’. And if that wasn’t exciting enough, Rihanna was heating up the stage with Drake. Remember him heating up the stage last summer at the Pier! ooooo baby!

Hottie Country Star, Dierks Bently who has also performed a sold out show at Rams Head Live presented with other country star, Zak Brown. And, American rock band , Switchfoot wins first grammy with album’ Hello Hurricane’.

And, how could we forget our Rams Head On Stage alumna, Florence…Florence Welch, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Martina McBride and Yolanda Adams, opened the Grammy ceremony with a medley of Franklin tunes. It was all good until Christina almost fell off the stage. That poor girl needs a break!

So, with all these great Rams Head past performers rocking the grammy’s last night, we’re looking forward to some of the new acts to perform at one of our clubs coming up… who will it be? Check out the list of artist that our marketing office picked from last nights grammy award winners/ performers to make our own mix tape! Enjoy and Happy Valentine’s day from us!