Concert

Joe Worrel, guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and bass guitarist, started playing guitar at age 7. By the time he was 15 he was performing over 250 dates a year with the Matt and Robyn Rolf show at state fairs, conventions, legion halls, VFW's, concert halls and radio shows.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Thousands of military families will be honored during a special concert for children on the eve of President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration. Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers are slated to perform at the Monday night event. The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced Wednesday that tickets have been distributed to families through the Department of Defense. The concert will be held at the Verizon Center in downtown Washington and will be televised on the Disney Channel.

By Kim Hynes (WICHITA, Kan.) Country artist Tim McGraw announced Friday he'll perform at the new Intrust Bank Arena. The concert will be June 11th. "I'm real excited to have this opportunity to hit the road next year with the 'Southern Voice' tour and look forward to playing new songs and old favorites for all my fans," McGraw said. He's one of many artists who have recently added the new arena to their concert tours.  Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift and Bon Jovi will also perform at the downtown venue.

Veteran classic rock band, Foreigner, will be streaming to a computer near you. According to a posting on the band's website, the "Jukebox Heroes" will be streaming its concerts, while opening for Journey, the from its website for free. If you're hoping that these shows will look like a home concert video, you're out of luck. Instead, the band is setting up a single camera in the center of the venue. The band says on its website, www.foreigneronline.com , that the reason for the static shot "was to recreate the experience of attending an actual concert with one vantage point, just like your seats.

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By Cliff Judy (WICHITA, Kan.) There's a certain nervous energy to doing a job for the first time ever.  Scott Neal passes that very palpable anticipation to anyone who'll listen as if the words themselves are cheering fans. "In case you can't tell, I'm pretty excited about this!" says Neal, Intrust Bank Arena's Assistant General Manager.  "I've been here for a year-and-a-half, and we see the pile-ons and the dirt and all that building up.  A few of us would walk around the arena saying, 'I can't wait until we actually have people in there!

When the INTRUST Bank Arena opened, several high profile artists performed there from Brad Paisley to Bon Jovi. "Our sales have been very strong," said Scott Neal of INTRUST Bank Arena. Neal is responsible for finding and booking the acts. "We were 17th in the nation and 39th in the world in terms of ticket sales. " But after Rush finished their August 20 performance, the number of scheduled acts slows down considerably. There's nothing scheduled for September, and mostly sports and one concert in October.

It is a picture 14 year old Carrington Walker doesn't remember taking, but it's a moment she says she'll never forget.  Last week, the Goddard teen was pulled out of the crowd at the Kenny Chesney concert in Wichita.  The country star serenaded her with his hit 'Summertime'.  He didn't know he was sharing the stage with a special girl. It started with something simple, and nice.  At a recent auction, some Kenny Chesney concert tickets were up for bid.  "My mom kept bidding on them," said Carrington.  "Somebody outbid her, and anonymously gave them to me. " And then, another nice thing happened, this time at the concert.  Carrington and her Aunt, Therese O'Neal, were in the second level of concert seats.  "Someone came over," said Carrington, "and asked if we wanted these bracelets to get to the stage.  And we said, okay, we'll try them out. " Her aunt Therese chimed in: "On the way down, I told Carrington that I couldn't promise anything.  I didn't know how well it would work, if it worked at all. " The people down at the stage level were a lot older, and a lot more wild, than what the two women were expecting.  "And there's nice, and not nice people down there," said Carrington.  However, there were two nice, tall, men.  "They helped me out, letting me through to get to the stage and stuff.

Every summer the Sedgwick County Zoo has a series of concerts called the Capitol Federal Summer Concert Series that takes place every other Thursday.  The first one was last Thursday, June 2.  The band was Liverpool – a Beatles tribute band.  It was a blast!  You can buy food, drinks, bring a lawn chair and just sit back and relax.  Shane, Rashell (from Univision) and I were able to make it out to the concert, have some fun, find out what people’s favorite Beatles songs are, etc.  The Crew will actually be at all of the concerts.  Now, this summer there is a lot of great talent coming out to the zoo, a lot of soul, rock, R&B…..basically, you don’t wanna miss it.  Here is this summer’s line up: June 16 is Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds - a mix of gut-busting soul, earthy rock and New Orleans beats.

It seems like these days there's rarely a free concert, especially from national recording artists. Well guess what? Here in Wichita we are in luck! Drew Holcomb performs with The Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors band. His wife, Ellie, performs alongside him. They've opened for acts like Ryan Adams and The Avett Brothers (who will in fact be here in early March…but not for free). They've gained a following across the country due to their extensive touring. We are so lucky because they will be stopping in Wichita this month for a FREE, all ages show!