Posted on 1/7/2014
As the guys from Concert Blast reflect back on the coverage performed in 2013, we thought it would be better to show you with hundreds of photographs taken throughout the year in a video segment. The year’s photo coverage began with an interview with singer/songwriter/actress Jewel from our guest blogger/photographer friend Samantha Shrader and ended with Mike Arnold‘s visit to the annual Christmas 4 Kids benefit touring of tour buses. This year also included the Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival, the CMA Music Festival, and the K-Love Fan Awards, along with numerous concerts, interviews, and CD reviews throughout the year. Enjoy this video of the Concert Blast 2013 Flashback and Happy New Year from Mike Arnold, Brian Hasbrook, and Tom Thompson!
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Posted on 7/18/2013
Fans at Riverfront Park Enjoying the CMA Music Festival 2013
Throughout the CMA Music Festival 2013, Concert Blast enjoyed all kinds of experiences. There’s all type of fun from being with fans at the Riverfront Park and stadium concerts, watching the happenings on the street, and many other aspects of this annual event. But what really makes this festival a success is the artists donating their time to entertain us, the city of Nashville, TN, the media (like Concert Blast!), and of course the fans who travel from down the road as well as from around the world to enjoy this week. Check out the photos taken by Mike Arnold, Tom Thompson, and guest Will Perry (substituting for the sick Brian Hasbrook) throughout the weekend.
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Posted on 7/5/2013
Crowd for Grits and Glamour
As we continue our CMA Music Festival coverage from 2013, Mike Arnold narrated this podcast on some of the various stages that they have to offer for the fans in attendance. The outside stages are free for all, but the intimate stage in the Music City Center (the Fan Fair area) had a ticket price with it, although the price was included if you had a four day stadium show admission ticket. Enjoy listening to this podcast of the various performances by (in order) Lady Antebellum, Marshall Tucker Band, Grits and Glamour (which is Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan), Mac Powell (of Third Day with his rockin’ country side), Lucas Hoge, Bo Bice (with friend Hollywood Yates performing together), Wynonna, Julie Roberts, David Nail and The Goo Goo Dolls (yes at the CMA Fest!). Enjoy listening to this podcast and/or reading Mike Arnold’s blog about the fun adventures. Special Thanks to The Old Spaghetti Factory for sponsoring Concert Blast during the CMA Music Festival 2013!
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POSTED 1/21/2011
Written by Mike Arnold
While the concert-touring season has slowed down for the winter, I thought it would be nice to show our listening audiences what we went through in 2010. I created multiple videos of our experiences with a month by month journey of our adventures.
Here’s Part 2 of our 2010 Concert Blast Posts. This video takes you through the month of May as we covered the Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival and more and then carries you through the first portion of the month of June 2010.
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It’s Memphis in May and it always begins with the Beale Street Music Festival. This is one of our favorite festivals to attend due to the friendly atmosphere, the food, and of course the various styles of music.
Concert Blast photographer Brian Hasbrook took pics throughout the weekend and here are the pics from Friday night.
Brian captured performance photos from Blues Traveler, Jeff Beck, B52s, Goo Goo Dolls, and Limp Bizkit.
Blues Traveler - Beale Street Music Fest 2010
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It was the first weekend in May and on Friday night April 30th 2010 Mike, Brian, Tom, with special helper Steve traveled to Memphis, TN to cover the Beale Street Music Festival during the Memphis In May festivities.
Brian Hasbrook with Concert Blast Fans From Atlanta
The guys were pleased to be back together covering one of their favorite concert festivals. It seems to rain at least one day every year of the festival, but the skies were clear during most of the festival times, although there were many storms before and after. One exception was when tornado warnings came through Memphis on Saturday night and the headliners could not perform (more on this during Saturday’s coverage – Part 2). On this podcast we cover only the Friday night events.
B52s - Beale Street Music Festival
The B52s performed their fun-time dance party-rock that kicked off the fun times at their stage. Afterwards the stage headliner, Goo Goo Dolls, performed a full set with all their hits, several new tunes, and an encore of Supertramp’s “Give A Little Bit.”
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