Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Prudential Center: June 16, 2017 Tina Whelski October 11, 2017 Concerts NEWARK, NJ––Everyone has a story and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers have always known how to find those stories and tell them in ways you never tire of hearing. During the band’s sold-out 40th anniver...
An Interview with Def Leppard’s Phil Collen: It Just Gets Better Tina Whelski April 12, 2017 Interviews “I think what happens to people in general is they forget how to be young.” – Phil Collen Who says you have to act your age? This year marks 30 years since Def Leppard’s fourth album, Hyster...
An Interview With Ann Wilson Of Heart: A Change Of Pace Tina Whelski April 5, 2017 Interviews Sometimes a break from your daily routine is exactly what you need—even if it’s a good routine, like performing with Heart. Lead singer Ann Wilson, along with sister and guitar player Nancy Wilson, have bee...
Faith No More @ Webster Hall Tina Whelski September 2, 2015 Concerts MANHATTAN, NY—Faith No More picked up where it left off 18 years ago at Webster Hall on May 13. The band opened the sold-out show with “Motherfucker,” the new single from Sol Invictus (Ipecac), its first st...
An Interview with Tom Gimbel of Foreigner: Playing Your Song Tina Whelski February 11, 2015 Interviews The band may age, but Foreigner’s songs never get old. Multi-instrumentalist Tom Gimbel should know. He’s been performing hits like “I Want To Know What Love Is,” “Juke Box Hero,” “Feels Like The First Time...
Heart @ New Jersey Performing Arts Center Tina Whelski June 11, 2014 Concerts NEWARK, NJ – When Heart opened its April 6 show with “Barracuda,” a song that frontwomen Ann and Nancy Wilson wrote in 1977 as an angry response to sexism in the music industry, it was a reminder that not a...
British Comedian Eddie Izzard Talks Politics, Human Sacrifice, And Manicures Tina Whelski May 7, 2014 Interviews Whether acclaimed stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard is joking about “pipe-smoking,” “Lord Of The Rings,” “human sacrifice,” or “God in the Canteen” (the sequel to his popular “Death Star Canteen”), the British...
Kenny Rogers @ New Jersey Performing Arts Center Tina Whelski February 12, 2014 Concerts NEWARK, NJ—The only person who goes to a Kenny Rogers concert alone is Kenny Rogers. And he knows it. After 54 years, the raspy-voiced country singer-songwriter understands that he’s singing to people in re...
Hugh Laurie & The Copper Bottom Band @ Town Hall Tina Whelski December 4, 2013 Concerts MANHATTAN, NY—Hugh Laurie may have a lot going for him as a two-time Golden Globe winner and six-time Emmy nominee, whose role as Dr. Gregory House on Fox’s hit series House made him one of TV’s top paid ac...
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers @ Beacon Theatre Tina Whelski July 17, 2013 Concerts 2 MANHATTAN, NY—“I think I prefer a more greatest hits concert,” said a stranger seated next to me during Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers’ May 23 show at the Beacon Theatre. “He’s reaching a little too deep,”...
