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Pioneering Irish stadium-rockers U2 will headline a Norman concert, according to a recent update of the band’s tour schedule. According to an independent fan site, tickets for the Norman show, which will be held Oct. 19 at the University of Oklahoma’s Memorial Stadium, will go on sale to the public April 4. Pre-sale tickets will […]

Local musician Chris Cody has expressed his approval of the recently announced Norman Music Festival headlining act. “We can’t wait for Of Montreal,” he said. Cody went on to make the case that his band ” the experimental metro trio Asleep, Audience “¦ Dream! ” would also make a great local stage addition to the […]

After a nearly yearlong road respite, indie-rock darlings The Appleseed Cast have readied a return punctuated by a new direction, album and rhythm section. Today’s 9 p.m. show at Norman’s Opolis is the first on Appleseed’s spring tour. Singer/guitarist Christopher Crisci said half of tonight’s 14-song set is comprised of material from the band’s upcoming […]

Reared in rock with folk singer roots, red dirt music is often disparagingly referred to as “college country” in music towns outside Oklahoma and Texas. But that’s fine with Josh Abbott, a singer/songwriter and band leader from Texas. For Abbott and the rest of his band ” fiddle player and guitarist Preston Wait, drummer Edward […]

Oklahoma City piano-rocker Benji Kay has released “The Science of Sound,” a 10-song album from his electronic pop-project Love Is a Story. The upbeat album is peppered with vocoder-laced vocals, dance-pop electronic drums and peppy, catchy lyrical hooks. “If We Get Out, Let’s Make Out,” with its record-scratch background music and acoustic guitar is slower […]

Oklahoma bands and performers were absent from a list of more than 130 acts chosen for official performances at the 2009 South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas. Festival organizers vetted more than 10,000 applications for the March 18-22 festival and released a “first round” list of performers on Jan. 8. No Oklahoma-based bands […]

Two Comanche brothers have been invited to join a prestigious vocal ensemble slated to perform at a national conference in Oklahoma City this spring. Matthew and Scott Pitts, both University of Science and Arts students, were among the 50 college vocalists selected for the University Honor Chamber Choir, which will perform two concerts at the […]

Beneath the overdriven bass, fuzz-toned guitar and retro drum frenzy lurks a country tune. “That’s my favorite music,” singer Lindsay “Coco” Hames said. “All the songs start as a country song.” With a voice steeped in Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, Hames, 26, joins the rest of The Ettes ” drummer Maria “Poni” Silver and […]

Considered local legends by many metro music fans, The Fortune Tellers reunite tonight for a New Year’s Eve show in Oklahoma City. Returning to the metro from Greece, guitarist Miho Kolliopoulos will join his brother Basile and bassist Victor Goetz for tonight’s concert. Well-known in the 1980s, The Fortune Tellers headlined large shows throughout the […]

Dozens of bands and musicians will perform for New Year’s Eve crowds tonight during “Opening Night” events scattered throughout downtown Oklahoma City. The 7-11:30 p.m. event, sponsored by the Arts Council of Oklahoma City, will feature performances from known locals like Junebug Spade, Lemma, Ford Chastain and Edgar Cruz (pictured). A midnight fireworks display at […]