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Neon Trees singer Tyler Glenn performs at Vista Murrieta High School in Murrieta on June 8, 2013. (Frank Bellino/Staff Photographer)
The Neon Trees show at Vista Murrieta High School on Saturday, June 8 attracted fans not only from Southern California, but from around the country.
Mother and daughter Dana and Morgan Pistole traveled from Stuart, Fla., to see Neon Trees at Vista Murrieta High School June 8.
The New Division perform during a fundraiser show for school activities at Vista Murrieta High School in Murrieta, June 8, 2013. Guitarist Brock Woolsey, on the left, is a Vista Murrieta alum. (Frank Bellino/Staff Photographer)
There is a line of thousands of people waiting to enter the gates of the stadium at Vista Murrieta High School to see Neon Trees perform tonight.
But before the band takes the stage there are two openers–The Active Set, out of Los Angeles–and The New Division, a new wave inspired band that hails from Riverside.
Neon Trees singer Tyler Glenn performs during a fundraiser show for Vista Murrieta High School activities at Vista Murrieta High School in Murrieta, June 8, 2013.
(Frank Bellino/Staff Photographer)
I am down at Vista Murrieta High School today to watch Neon Trees perform a special concert in the hometown of guitarist Chris Allen and singer Tyler Glenn.
After sound check I had the chance to catch up with Tyler a little bit.
I am here at Vista Murrieta High School for Neon Trees’ big homecoming show.
Cars are starting to flow in for the show, which is a fundraiser for the school’s extracurricular programs.
I got here a little while ago and had a chance to watch the band soundcheck and also caught up with singer Tyler Glenn.
The stage, which looks fantastic and has lights, a photo pit and more, is set up in the end zone of the Broncos’ football field.
“We always figured we’d like to go back to one of our schools,” singer Tyler Glenn said.
Neither Glenn nor guitarist Chris Allen, who also grew up in Murrieta, attended Vista Murrieta, but their siblings did. And when the high school reached out, they were happy to get involved.
“We live right down the street,” Glenn said.
The stadium is a large venue for a city that didn’t really have them when Glenn was growing up here as a young musician.
“You really had coffee shops and juice bars,” he said.
Glenn said that years ago, when he was growing up in Murrieta, he wanted to throw a show with Phantom Planet and other bands. He gave a presentation to the community, but ultimately didn’t put on the show because he didn’t have the permits.
Saturday’s show is a bit of a fulfillment of that dream, but this time the charismatic frontman will be the one on the stage.
Neon Trees will perform at Vista Murrieta High School tonight. (Rob Inderrieden/Freelance Photographer)
Still looking for something fun to do tonight?
How about catching hit band Neon Trees play a show in the town where they started? As an added bonus, the show, which is at Vista Murrieta High School, benefits the school’s extracurricular programs.
The Active Set will open for Neon Trees on June 8 at Vista Murrieta High School.
Keep an eye out for The Active Set in the area this weekend.
The Los Angeles area band is opening for Neon Trees huge homecoming show at Vista Murrieta High School on Saturday, June 8. The event is a fundraiser for extracurricular programs at the school. Also on the bill is Inland new wave band The New Division, whose guitarist Brock Woolsey is an alumnus of the school.
Bassist and singer Matthew Stolarz said the band toured with Neon Trees last year and reached out when he saw the show.
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100 Proof is performing at Stinger’s Bar and Nightclub in San Bernardino. (TAADOW/Contributed Image)
Mud wrestling and music join together for an event at Stinger’s Bar and Nightclub in San Bernardino on Saturday, June 8.
I’m not kidding.
The musical lineup is stacked with some of the Inland Empire’s more notable bands — 100 Proof, Assuming We Survive, H.I.T.M., Lost Cause, Grieve For Tomorrow and Reveille for Radicals.
100 Proof has been up to some big things — they recently played the Make Music Pasadena festival as well as a date where Snoop Dogg acted as a DJ in Anaheim.
6 p.m. Saturday, June 8, Stinger’s Bar and Nightclub, 194 W. Club Center Drive, San Bernardino, $10, 18 and older only.
Pick up tickets at www.ticketweb.com and visit www.facebook.com/Official100Proof for more on 100 Proof.
Here’s the band performing at last year’s Localpalooza.
The Live Life suicide prevention concert happens at Racks in Corona on Saturday, June 8. (Contributed Image)
Racks Billiards and Bourbon will be the site of a suicide prevention event on Saturday, June 8.
The event, Live Life, aims to raise a minimum of $1,000 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention as well as awareness.
The main event of the evening is a hip-hop showcase, which will be headlined by Curtiss King and 60 East.
Speaking of Curtiss King, he is the guest on this week’s edition of PE Live.
Chester Bennington performs in the studio at X103.9 FM on Wednesday, June 5. (X103.9/Contributed Image)
If you’re a fan of Linkin Park (and/or the new version Stone Temple Pilots), you might want to know that frontman Chester Bennington came through the Inland Empire earlier this week.
The singer stopped by X103.9 FM in San Bernardino and talked with the station’s Program Director (and longtime supporter of the I.E. Music scene) John DeSantis.
Check out the in-studio performance he gave of “The Messenger.”
Bennington also hung around and talked with fans. Read more about his visit over at the X103.9 blog.
This file photo shows songwriter Paul Politi, honoree Art Laboe, singer Brenton Wood and singer/songwriter Joey Covington pose together at Laboe’s star dedication. Covington died in a car crash in Palm Springs on June 4. (2003/File Photo)
Joey Covington, who was the drummer for Jefferson Airplane as well as Hot Tuna, was killed in a car crash in Palm Springs on Tuesday, June 4.
The accident happened just before 5 p.m. on Belardo Road. The Desert Sun has more details on the accident.
Covington, who was 67 years old, was the drummer for Jefferson Airplane between 1970 and 1972.
He had recently performed in Palm Springs at the Marilyn Monroe 87th birthday celebration.