May 20th, 2022
Arts & Entertainment News
Perspective: Basically NOBODY under 20 today knows who Elvis is. Hardly anyone knows who Paul McCartney is. Basically no one knows who the Bee Gees are. Nobody knows Madonna for her music, they know her for being a freaky looking plastic surgery casualty on TikTok. A small group are starting to discover Nirvana. Eminem and […]
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January 30th, 2021
Art
Saturday In The Arts offers an in-depth look at a local person, trend or event of interest in the Quad-Cities. It runs weekly on your free local media for arts and entertainment, QuadCities.com. What a difference a president makes. Beyond the relief of seeing President Joe Biden – the polar opposite of Donald Trump in […]
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September 21st, 2020
Arts & Entertainment News
Einstein’s Sister are releasing their first new material in almost 20 years! The band collaborated with musicians from the bands of Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow, Phil Collins and more, and the double-A side single was mixed at RAK Studios (where albums from Radiohead, Adele, Simple Minds and more have been recorded) and mastered at the […]
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September 21st, 2020
Arts & Entertainment News
One of the Quad-Cities’ most popular bands – Einstein’s Sister – reunited last year for two new songs, which will be released Saturday, Sept. 26 for Record Store Day 2020 at Co-Op Records, Bandcamp, iTunes, Apple Music and CD Baby. The longtime musical partners Kerry Tucker and Bill Douglas co-wrote the tunes, “Standing Still” (which […]
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December 30th, 2019
Arts & Entertainment News
Yesterday, we counted down the top stories of the year from 30-21, today we get into the next ten, 20-11, and it’s, for the most part, a pretty upbeat mix of stories of local successes, on the individual and group level. For the criteria on how we picked the stories, check out my column on […]
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June 8th, 2019
Entertainment
Paul McCartney brings his eagerly anticipated return to the U.S. with his new Freshen Up tour, and he’s heading straight for the Quad Cities! Experience the legendary Paul McCartney at the TaxSlayer Center (1201 River Drive Moline) on Tuesday Jun 11 at 8 p.m. The Freshen Up tour is Paul’s first outing following the release […]
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May 5th, 2019
Entertainment
Paul McCartney brings his eagerly anticipated return to the U.S. with his new Freshen Up tour, and he’s heading straight for the Quad Cities! Experience the legendary Paul McCartney at the TaxSlayer Center (1201 River Drive Moline) on Tuesday Jun 11 at 8 p.m. The Freshen Up tour is Paul’s first outing following the release […]
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October 20th, 2018
Sean Leary
Let it be… on ice? A very strange rumor began to surface late this week that former Beatle Paul McCartney had accepted an invitation to be a VIP to the Quad City Storm’s home opening game this Saturday at 7 p.m. at the TaxSlayer Center, 1201 River Drive, Moline. According to various reports, hub-bub, gossip […]
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August 31st, 2018
Entertainment
Someone’s knockin’ at the door at the TaxSlayer, somebody’s ringin’ the bell… and it’s Paul McCartney. The former Beatle will be performing at the Moline venue Tuesday, June 11 (time t.b.a.) and tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Sept. 7. Ticket prices will range from $26.50 to $253.00. The “Freshen Up” tour is in […]
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