Aidin Vaziri March 31, 2021Updated: March 31, 2021, 7:15 pm
James Taylor performs at the inaugural Diamond Dreams Gala. Photo: Bob Levey for Getty
In a sign that things may be returning to normal by the fall, James Taylor and His All-Star Band, with fellow singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, announced on Wednesday, March 31, new dates for their previously postponed tour of the United States, including a stop at Chase Center this fall.
Postponed twice from May 27, 2020, then rescheduled to May 26, 2021 the San Francisco show is now set for Oct. 29.
Tickets for the previously scheduled concerts will be honored for the new date. Those unable to attend in October are advised to reach out to their point of purchase for information on refunds.
Until 2020, when the entire concert season and most of the ice-skating was canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic, the worst thing our now 10-year-old Tuscaloosa Amphitheater suffered was storms.
But following several years of planning, with construction delayed by record-setting rain, the long-anticipated April 1, 2011 debut show featuring the Avett Brothers and Band of Horses showed fair in the dusk, despite stubborn clouds marring the afternoon.
Of that opening night, The Tuscaloosa News wrote: “…as the sun fell behind the treeline at the left of the stage, the clouds parted and a light breeze wafted the smell of popcorn over the seats, things seemed from all appearances to be running smoothly.”…
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Famed singer-songwriter James Taylor postponed his first tour with Jackson Browne for a second time. The excursion was originally slated for 2020 and then rescheduled for a May 2021 start in the wake of the pandemic. Now, Taylor and Browne are planning to hit the road in July.
James Taylor & His All-Star Band with very special guest Jackson Browne will kick off the tour at Chicago’s United Center on July 29. From there, the legendary musicians bring the run to Cuyahoga Falls (Ohio), Detroit, Pittsburgh, Dayton, Charleston (West Virginia), Roanoke (Virginia), Louisville, Memphis, Nashville, Atlanta, Hershey (Pennsylvania), Bethel (New York), Camden (New Jersey) and Wantagh (New York). The excursion is currently scheduled to end at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey on August 28.
Screenshot: The Late Show
Looking spry and brimming with stories, rock and roll survivor and forever Beatle Ringo Starr (sorry, that’s Sir Ringo Starr to us) returned to the Ed Sullivan Theater for Monday’s Late Show. Oh, all right, because of the ongoing unpleasantness, Ringo was Zoom-ing in to talk to host Stephen Colbert from his own, suitably groovy house, while Colbert noted that his pandemic Ed Sullivan digs are essentially a “storage closet.” But it was still momentous enough for the 80-year-old legend to wax nostalgic about The Beatles era-defining
Ed Sullivan Show appearance, an impossible 57 years ago. “It was like, ‘What?!,’” recalled Starr, as he explained how the the then just Europe-famous band were uncertain how well their burgeoning British stardom would translate in the land of Starr’s musical idols. (Spoiler: they did fine.)
As of this weekend, there’s not a single concert listed for the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater in 2021, seemingly a dark mirror to 2020, in which the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the entire season.
That will change Monday with the first announcement, a show slated for June 17, which in addition to being the first named concert, will likely remain the first to happen.
“I think we’re just starting a little bit later, but we’re going to make up for it,” said Stacy Vaughn, director of public services for the city of Tuscaloosa.
“There’s a ton of stuff on hold,” she said, waiting on, among other things: