The Charlottesville Pavilion announced a few mammoth additions to their summer schedule today. Willie Nelson is following up his 2006 and 2008 shows with a July 24 date. (Sensing a trend?) Also announced this morning: Al Green (wow!) on September 5 and country rockers Lady Antebellum on July 18. Check the Pavilion’s website for on-sale dates.
So much to do this weekend. Three exciting shows to check out tonight alone: Devon Sproule is swinging through town for a show tonight at the Southern. She released an album at the beginning of the month called Don’t Hurry for Heaven—I won’t even attempt to punctuate it in this blog—for which she was interviewed on NPR. Also tonight at the Paramount Theater is Taj Mahal, who (speaking of interviews!) I interviewed last week. Having a tough time deciding what to do? Enter Parachute, hometown heroes and celebrated skin-cream salesmen who are getting very famous very fast—catch ’em tonight at the Jefferson Theater. (Read C-VILLE’s cover story on the band here, from back in the days when they were known as Sparky’s Flaw.)
Caution: This is not a stand-up routine.