Counting Crows, Live, Collective Soul to hit Altoona
The Rock 'N Roll Triple Play Ballpark Tour is being produced by Jam Productions and is separate from the 2007 Curve Concert Series, which will kick off with the Gin Blossoms concert at Blair County Ballpark on Sunday, June 10th. Tickets for the Gin Blossoms concert are currently on sale starting at $16 through the Curve Ticket Office and on-line at www.altoonacurve.com.
Tickets for the August 21 Counting Crows/LIVE/Collective Soul concert will go sale in June through the Blair County Ballpark Ticket Office, all TicketMaster outlets and on-line at www.altoonacurve.com. All seating will be general admission and adult tickets are $49.50. Children under 12 will be admitted for free!
"We're very excited to announce that Blair County Ballpark will play host to one of the stops on this multi-city tour of Minor League Baseball ballparks," said Curve General Manager Todd Parnell. "With our June 10th Gin Blossoms concert as part of the Curve Concert Series and this seperately-produced show involving three internationally-known bands, we are continuing to establish Blair County Ballpark as the premier outdoor concert venue in Central Pennsylvania."
Counting Crows success dates back to their 1993 debut album August And Everything After and the hit single "Mr. Jones." Subsequent albums include Recovering the Satellites (1996), which included the hit song "A Long December"; Across A Wire: Live in NY (1998); This Desert Life (1999) and Hard Candy (2002), which featured the band's Top 10 cover of Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi". In 2004 the band released their first ever "Best Of" set Films About Ghosts, which featured songs from every phase of Counting Crow's recording career, followed by the live album *New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall 2003, which appeared in 2006 and was greeted with universal awe and acclaim (This is Adam again. Okay, I admit I added the end of that last sentence. It just sounded better that way).
The band's most recent successes include a # 1 hit with the song "Accidentally In Love," the opening theme for the movie Shrek 2, which aside from selling over a million records, garnered nominations in 2005 for a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award (none of which we won, which still pisses me off-sorry, Adam again). Counting Crows has sold over 20 million records worldwide (I didn't write that but it's cool, huh?).
LIVE, a band that came of age in the early nineties, one of rock's most creative periods, remains intact. The same four guys who debuted at the middle school talent show in York, PA and saw the release of their debut album Mental Jewelry and their breakout follow up Throwing Copper, are still together making music 20 years later. LIVE has sold over 20 million CDs worldwide and has had numerous singles reach the Billboard charts including such hits as "Selling the Drama," "I Alone," "Lightning Crashes," "Lakini's Juice" "The Dolphin's Cry" and "Heaven."
Formed in the early 1990's, Collective Soul has enjoyed major popularity as a successful rock band for over a decade. Since the release of their first album Hints Allegations & Things Left Unsaid in 1994, Collective Soul has sold over 10 million CDs worldwide and has had 19 singles reach the Billboard charts including such hits as "Shine," "Gel," "Better Now," "December," "The World I Know," "Heavy," "Why Part 2," "Where the River Flows," "Precious Declaration," and "Listen."
A complete listing of Rock "N Roll Triple Play Tour dates is below:
July 22nd
Daniel S. Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, DE
Home of the Blue Rocks
July 24th
Classic Park in Eastlake, OH
Home of the Lake County Captains
July 25th
Consol Energy Park in Washington, PA
Home of the Wild Things
July 27th
Fifth Third Field in Dayton, OH
Home of the Dragons
July 28th
Fifth Third Ballpark in Comstock Park, MI
Home of the West Michigan Whitecaps
July 31st
Jerry Uht Park in Erie, PA
Home of the SeaWolves
August 1st
Dunn Tire Park in Buffalo, NY
Home of the Bisons
August 3rd
Louisville Slugger Field in Louisville, KY
Home of the Bats
August 4th
Victory Field in Indianapolis, IN
Home of the Indians
August 7th
GCS Ballpark in Sauget, IL
Home of the Gateway Grizzlies
August 8th
Drillers Stadium in Tulsa, OK
Home of the Drillers
August 10th
Sedalia, MO - without Live/Collective Soul or TEB
August 11th
Principal Park in Des Moines, IA
Home of the Iowa Cubs
August 14th
Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, MD
Home of the Ironbirds
August 15th
Harry Grove Stadium in Frederick, MD
Home of the Keys
August 17th
MerchantsAuto.com Stadium in Manchester, NH
Home of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats
August 18th
New Britain Stadium in New Britain, CT
Home of the Rock Cats
August 21st
Blair County Ballpark in Altoona, PA
Home of the Curve
August 22nd
First Energy Park in Lakewood, NJ
Home of the BlueClaws
August 24th
McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, RI
Home of the Paw Sox
August 25th
Dutchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls, NY
Home of the Hudson Valley Renegades
August 27th
Syracuse, NY - without Live/Collective Soul or TEB
August 28th
Allentown, PA- without Live/Collective Soul or TEB
August 30th
Memorial Stadium in Ft. Wayne, IN
Home of the Wizards
September 1st
Midway Stadium in St. Paul, MN
Home of the Saints
September 2nd
Newman Outdoor Field in Fargo, ND
Home of the Redhawks