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Tyler Glenn, of Neon Trees, joined Taylor Swift on stage in New Jersey on March 28.
Photo: (Rob Inderrieden/Freelance Photographer)
On Thursday, March 28, Tyler Glenn, who hails from Murrieta and happens to sing for a this band called Neon Trees (you might have heard of them, considering they’ve dominated the radio for the last couple of years with songs like “Everybody Talks” and “Animal”), joined this other singer on stage in New Jersey.
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Tyler Glenn and Branden Campbell perform at Staples Center in Los Angeles on March 15, 2013. (Rob Inderrieden/Freelance Photographer)
On Friday, March 15, Neon Trees performed before a sold-out crowd at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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Neon Trees performs at The Troubadour in West Hollywood in April 2012.
Neon Trees has already performed at Madison Square Garden this year and on Friday, March 15, the band will be able to add the Staples Center to its list of venues played.
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Fans enjoy Coachella at dusk. (2007/File Photo)
I’ve spent a lot of time over the last few weeks writing about other artists I think will be on the Coachella 2013 lineup and collecting suggestions from readers.
Please bear with this post–this is all about some artists I want to see on the lineup for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival April 12-14 and April 19-21. I have no reason to believe any of them will ever be on the lineup again, but all have played in the past. (If you want real, founded predictions and suggestions for Coachella 2013, check out the Coachellaology tag or scroll to the bottom of the entry for all of the updates.)
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Neon Trees. (Contributed Image)
Did anyone else ring in 2013 with the faces of Neon Trees on “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve”?Singer Tyler Glenn and guitarist Chris Allen hail from Murrieta and were in Times Square where even Jenny McCarthy recognized them as one of the biggest acts of 2012.
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Neon Trees performs at the Troubadour in Los Angeles in April 2012. (Charlotte Bray/Freelance Photographer)
Times Square will get some Murrieta love tonight on “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.”
Neon Trees, whose singer, Tyler Glenn, and guitarist, Chris Allen, hail from Murrieta, will be one of the acts on the show.
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Rob Zombie performs during the Mayhem Festival in Devore on Saturday, July 10, 2010. (File Photo)
I have one more day for Halloween-inspired tunes, so here we go.
Question: What’s scarier than disco?
Answer: White Zombie doing disco.
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Tyler Glenn of Neon Trees performs at the Troubadour in Los Angeles in April 2012. (Charlotte Bray/Freelance Photographer)
Thanks everyone for checking out this new feature. I’ve been getting a lot of good response on it so far.
Today I have two songs that have been stuck in my head for the past week.
Up first is an act with Murrieta ties–Neon Trees. Here’s my question for all of you: Which Neon Trees hit has been stuck in your head–“Animal” or “Everybody Talks”? I think I’ve been singing the chorus of “Everybody Talks” ever since the Buick commercial with the band appeared during March Madness. Have no idea what I’m talking about? Watch and just try to get this out of your head. Plus, it has a fun dance!
If you didn’t know, Neon Trees’ singer Tyler Glenn and guitarist Chris Allen hail from Murrieta. I was excited to catch them on “Live! With Kelly and Michael” earlier this week. It’s always a happy day when I can commandeer one of the newsroom TVs for Audio File purposes.
And turning to a completely different style of music, I offer up The Mavericks’ “There Goes My Heart.” On my last trip to Music Lover’s Heaven (a.k.a. Amoeba Records in Los Angeles), I scored a copy of the classic album “What A Crying Shame.”
I’ve been playing it a lot when I drive beyond Riverside, so much so that aforementioned Charming Husband posed the existential question “What does Metallica Vanessa think of Mavericks Vanessa?” while we were stuck in traffic on the 91. I’m still trying to answer that question. I love both bands.
If you didn’t know, The Mavericks killed it with their reunion set at Stagecoach 2012 and they’re playing the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside on Saturday, Oct. 20 with Shelby Lynne.