By Michelle Woo Before there was SNSD, 2NE1, Big Bang, and Wonder Girls, there was S.E.S., g.o.d., and H.O.T. Familiar with these names? You must be an O.G. K-pop fan. See also: *K-pop Till You Drop: The Skinny on the Korean Boy and Girl Groups That Get Major Play in Koreatown *Our review of 2NE1 ... More >>
It used to be easy to shower celebrities with lavish gifts. Back in the good old days, companies put together gift baskets worth tens of thousands of dollars that they gave to presenters and other celebrities attending awards shows such as the Oscars and Emmys. Then those spoilsport Feds decided t ... More >>
Kelly Clarkson Nokia Theatre 4/3/12 Better than...a Taylor Hicks concert She was once a doughy waitress longing for a chance at stardom, appearing on an unheard-of contest show to make her dreams to come true, but now Kelly Clarkson is a bonafide superstar. After 10 years in the public eye, the wi ... More >>
Lenny Kravitz Nokia Theatre 2/16/12 It's been nearly a decade since Lenny Kravitz's heyday. For those who don't remember, he was ubiquitous on rock radio and won four straight Best Male Rock Vocal Performance Grammys from 1999-2002, and sold practically as many albums as Nelly. Backed by a seven-pi ... More >>
Also, Wye Oak, Jeff Lorber Band, Hiromi and others
Rick Ross feat. Busta Rhymes 1-13-12 Nokia Theatre See also: Fictional Cutting-Room Floor Outtakes From Rick Ross' Amazing GQ Profile Better than: Actually being Big Meech. Or Larry Hoover. At least in 2012. "Schindler and I are like peas in a pod! We're both factory owners, we both made shells f ... More >>
Rick Ross feat. Busta Rhymes 1-13-12 Nokia Theatre See also: Fictional Cutting-Room Floor Outtakes From Rick Ross' Amazing GQ Profile Better than: Actually being Big Meech. Or Larry Hoover. At least in 2012. "Schindler and I are like peas in a pod! We're both factory owners, we both made shells f ... More >>
Also, Leon Russell, Chris Brown, Azar Lawrence Quintet and others
See more photos in Timothy Norris' slideshow, "Duran Duran @ Nokia Theatre." Duran Duran, Neon Trees Nokia Theatre. September 27, 2011 Better than...practicing your first kiss on a John Taylor poster. "I've reached the age where I need to put glasses on to see the set list," said Simon Le Bon at ... More >>
Timothy NorrisKaty Perry Nokia Theatre 8/6/2011 Better than . . . another Law and Order rerun. Katy Perry likes to think of herself as one of us, a regular girl with some spirit who worked hard or got lucky, and isn't so far removed from her days as an unknown singer-songwriter at the Hote ... More >>
Shannon Cottrell Hatsune Miku mania continued at Anime Expo Saturday night when the virtual singer appeared in concert with a live band at Nokia Theatre. Read about the show in "Live Review: Hatsune Miku @ Nokia Theatre for Anime Expo 2011" from our music blog, West Coast Sound. See more phot ... More >>
Colin Young-WolffR. Kelly at Nokia Theatre [For more photos, see Colin Young-Wolff's slideshow "R. Kelly at Nokia Theatre".] Who: R. Kelly (with openers Marsha Ambrosius and Keyshia Cole) When: Saturday, June 11, 2011 Where: Nokia Theatre at LA Live Here's what we wrote for the Page Two pre ... More >>
Hatsune Miku, the wildly popular character from the Vocaloid family of synthetic voice programs, will appear in concert Los Angeles on July 2 at Nokia Theater in connection with this year's Anime Expo, according to the Miku-Fes 2011 website. Much like her sold-out show in Tokyo (see the above vide ... More >>
Is it already time to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, where Mexican forces soundly defeated the French under the direction of General Zaragoza? It certainly is (tomorrow)! What follows is a list of the best street parties, musical events, and other such activities in and ar ... More >>
Also, Janet Jackson, Greg Laswell, The Crystelles, Big Audio Dynamite and others
10 Shows We're Stoked About in 2011
10 Shows We're Stoked About in 2011
Lina LecaroThe biggest show -and wildest crowd- Nokia Theatre may have ever seen. Kiddie faux-hawks, fashionably mismatched tutu ensembles and tattoos (fake on tykes, real on moms and dads) swarmed upon L.A. Live in downtown this past weekend, when the trendster tyke sensation Yo Gabba Gabb ... More >>
Perou.co.ukUnderworldWhether you're all about the costumes or just in it for the tunes, Halloween weekend offers some massive show-going choices ... starting with, well, something very close to a massive. HARD Haunted Mansion, with an eclectic electro lineup including Bloody Beetroots, Busy ... More >>
Piper FergusonThe Swell SeasonBoy, girl. Boy, girl. Boy, girl. It's a bill made for date night on Sunday at the Hollywood Bowl as some of music's favorite collaborative couples team up to provide a soundtrack for your wine and cheese. Of course, the Swell Season -- Glen Hansard of Irish r ... More >>
Vato Negro's Juan AldereteBring on the hard stuff: Vato Negro, the side project of the Mars Volta bassist and effects pedal fetishist Juan Alderete, makes instrumental rock that sounds like a soundtrack to a war zone. His collaborators in the latest incarnation of this long-running project (w ... More >>
In our upcoming Nightranger column (out Thursday) we joined the mainstream masses in a major way (the American Idol finale at Nokia Theatre, a Sex and the City 2 party at Arclight and Jack Johnson on the Santa Monica Pier) but for Memorial Weekend it was all about a homier locale (as in "what up, ho ... More >>
lalive.comL.A. Live, the Staples Center-adjacent concrete campus that includes the Nokia Theater, the Grammy Museum, the ESPN Zone restaurant, movie theaters and, now, two luxury hotels, is an architectural disaster, at least according to one blog. LA Eastside argues that the development, wh ... More >>
The work week ended early and many Angelenos took the opportunity to head out of town for a few days. For those who stayed in L.A., though, there was Lady Gaga at Nokia Theatre and Kid Cudi at neighboring Club Nokia. Plus, with the end of the year rapidly approaching, it's time to start checking out ... More >>
Also, Tenacious D, Lady Gaga, Local Natives and others
Also, Pixies, Justice, the Happy Hollows and others
Also, Ghostface Killah, Pi, Brother Ali and others
Also, Kylie Minogue, the Joe Perry Project, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks and others
Also, Kylie Minogue, the Joe Perry Project, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks and others
The Artist: "If you fix the sound, I'll be here every night - and I'll do it for free"
Leonard Cohen just announced an extended spring tour, and will hit the Nokia Theater on Friday, April 10 -- a week prior to his Coachella appearance. Which is great for those of us who were a little worried about seeing one of our favorite songwriters surrounded by a bunch of drunken/tripping/coke ... More >>
Also, J.D. Souther, Von Iva, Juliette Commagere and others
Tale of a rogue benchwarmer
Downtown and out L.A.'s urban renaissance
Also, Electric Six, Heartless Bastards, Scissors for Lefty and more
Also, Joan Osborne, Earl Zero, Petra Haden and more
Also, Henry Butler, Deerhoof, Eagle Rock Music Festival, Global Drum Project
And other shows happening May 1-8
Also, Kanye West, The Black Heart Procession and more
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Björk at Nokia Theatre, December 12
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Barack Obama at Gibson Amphitheater Tool at Nokia Theatre. By Ryan Colditz I saw a show no one else will ever see. Senator Barack Obama opening for Tool. Barack Obama made a visit to Universal Amphitheater Monday night, greeted by a largely young crowd, rowdy and anxious to see the man who has pl ... More >>
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What I experienced at the Nokia Theater was simply phenomenal. Scary in good ways as well as bad. A sign of things to come and remembering the way it used to be. Setting the tone for the evening, Mastodon opened up and played a very heavy and very evil set that had the crowed frothing at the mouth ... More >>
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