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Archive for April, 2010

Muse may be leading the bill for the upcoming Coachella Valley Music Festival along with Jay-Z and Gorillaz, but it is the British trio’s recent show at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden that has everyone talking! Silversun Pickups opened the March 5 show, wowing the sold-out crowd with an eight-song set list featuring “There’s No Secrets This Year” and “Panic Switch.” After the Best New Artist Grammy-nominated act finished their set, Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy took the stage and the group opened its set with “Uprising.”

“Resistance” followed, and the trio continued to play songs from Absolution like “Stockholm Syndrome” and Black Holes and Revelations such as “Starlight” amidst “Hello New York City!” shout-outs from Bellamy. The silver suit-clad frontman channeled Queen’s Freddie Mercury as he jammed 2001′s “Feeling Good” from behind a piano, and the spectacle continued to include performances of tracks like “Helsinki Jam,” “Undisclosed Desires,” “Plug In Baby,” “Time Is Running Out” and “Unnatural Selection.” Muse’s three-song encore was comprised of “Exogenesis: Symphony, Part 1: Overture,” “Stockholm Syndrome” and “Knights of Cydonia.”

Those who missed Muse’s sold-out Madison Square Garden show can still see the band live, as the crew is currently on tour in support of 2009′s The Resistance. Muse is currently touring in North America after finishing up dates abroad in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong in January, and will remain on the road until April. Muse tickets to see the band in cities like Nashville, Tenn.; Fort Worth, Texas; Edmonton, AB; Calgary, AB; Vancouver, AB; Seattle, Wash.; Las Vegas, Nev. and more are available at StubHub.com.

After wrapping up their current round of touring, Muse’s Matthew Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard will headline the 11th annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Held at its usual Empire Polo Field location in Indio, Calif., this year’s edition will take place April 16-18. Muse will headline Coachella on Saturday night (April 17) while the festival will also feature performances by Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Thom Yorke, Pavement, Faith No More, the Specials, Them Crooked Vultures, David Guetta, Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, Public Image Limited, MGMT and more.

Although Muse has been tapped to perform at several music festivals during this festival season such as T in the Park and Coachella, the band has reportedly been left out of the soundtrack for the upcoming Twilight film Eclipse. Muse provided tracks for the first two films of the massively popular vampire series and started working on a song for the third installment, reports RTT News. Muse drummer Dominic Howard described said of the snub, “It’s the people in the movie business, completely outside of the writers and the creative types, the non-creative types I supposed are the people who are quite hard to deal with in Hollywood, so it didn’t work out.”

Despite being left off of the Eclipse soundtrack, the British trio says they have no hard feelings for Twilight author Stephanie Meyer. In fact, Muse still plans on releasing the as-yet-untitled love song! “Yeah, we sure will [release it], I mean, it was great. We worked on it in Australia, we were ready to record … I’m sure the song will definitely come to life for real at some point, but I think for this film it’s not going to happen,” said Howard about the meant-for-Twilight song.

San Francisco is a fun, upbeat city with a laid back vibe. Set on the beautiful San Francisco bay, the hilly streets offer spectacular views of the water and the famous Golden Gate Bridge. The weather is cool all year round, and even in summer temperatures can hover in the 60s so make sure you pack a sweater or jacket just in case.

Fisherman’s Wharf

One of the city’s most famous tourist attractions is Fisherman’s Wharf, a lively locale packed with souvenir shops, stores, great restaurants, street performers, an aquarium and museums, including a Wax Museum and Ripley’s Believe it or Not!

Alcatraz

From Fisherman’s Wharf you can catch a boat out to Alcatraz, aka “The Rock”, which was once one of the well-known prisons in the world. The Alcatraz penitentiary operated from 1934 to 1963 and during its reign housed some of the most famous and difficult criminals in the country, including gangster Al Capone and George “Machine Gun” Kelly. Visitors can walk through the facility and stand inside actual cells. There are exhibits about the best-known inmates, escape attempts and guards’ families that lived on the island.

Shopping?

Union Square is San Francisco’s prime shopping area and is home to high-end stores, art galleries, theaters and restaurants. There is also a TIX booth located in Union Square where theater tickets are available at half-price on the day of the show.

Chinatown

After leaving the Union Square area head along Grant Street until you spot the elaborate gate and fu dog sculptures that guard the entrance to Chinatown. Chinatown lies between Bush and Columbus Streets and is lined with tasty Chinese restaurants and interesting souvenir shops where you’ll find satin purses, mesh slippers, chopsticks, vases, good-luck figurines and the good old t-shirt.

Golden Gate Park

Golden Gate Park is a huge park located in the heart of the city, with playgrounds, bike paths, rental boats for Stow Lake, a conservatory, an arboretum and more. It’s a popular destination with the locals.

Japanese Tea Garden

For a change of pace, visit the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, a lovely, peaceful oasis in bustling San Francisco. The garden features streams, bridges, sculptures, traditional Japanese plants and trees, and plenty of places to sit and enjoy. Make sure to stop by the tea house for a pot of tea and snacks.

Love Art & History?

For an afternoon of art and culture, head to the M.H. de Young art museum in its new building in Golden Gate Park. The new building was built on the site of the museum’s old one and was opened to the public in 2005. Visitors to the museum can see a fine collection of classic and contemporary art as well as top-notch traveling exhibitions.

Finally, the treasures of the Museum of Asian Art were once housed at the de Young museum but now have their own building in San Francisco’s Civic Center neighborhood. The collection is a fascinating blend of sculpture, painting and objects like exquisitely decorated snuff bottles, dolls, swords and an elaborate Indian howdah used to carry passengers on an elephant’s back.

That’s a good number of attractions that will keep you and your family to totally enjoy San Francisco in a weekend! And the most affordable last minute getaway packages can be found at Last-Minute-Vacation-Guide.com.

New York is known for its nightlife and when it comes to Halloween nightclubs are full on. Halloween is the holiday season when kids as well as adults dressed up in different types of costumes such as ghost, monster, wicked, etc. During the Halloween, New York’s nightclubs are in huge demand because they arrange smashing and rocking parties with the suitable environment of Halloween. Some of the nightclubs in NYC for Halloween’s celebration are listed below:

The Halloweekend Pub Crawl – This is one of the famous pubs during Halloween celebration. They offer Halloween eve pub crawl to all mischief lovers. It offers great services to their customers. You will find scary and wild performances which are organized by the nightclub.

Hawaiian Tropic Zone – This nightclub brings the entertainment and glitz back into the fine wine and sumptuous food. It tantalizes the senses of everybody. It is located at the Time Square. This nightlife is unlike any other nightlife in the New York. Stylish and sexy interior decoration with two waterfall offers the perfect environment to celebrate the Halloween their. It offers fine dinning, a bar with the space for cat walk.

Spotlight Night club – This nightclub is constructed on the ancient and successful live music venues. This restaurant is made for every standard. You will find great twist in traditional dinner and have great entertainment experience that is suitable for all ages and also get the chance to perform anything you like.

Vintage Irving – Vintage Irving is well known for its food. Its menu features many small and big entries of sumptuous dishes such as contamplano salad, white asparagus, red pepper, olive tapenade, cheese mashed potatoes, etc. With the fine dinning it also offers mini bar to enjoy the drink during Halloween.

Duvet – It gives you full party environment during Halloween with dance floor. Here, you will find new style of dinning to stay in bed while having dinner. This sexy dining boudoir features comfortable beds with luxurious facilities. Its main dinning room has 30 beds with Italian curtains and pillows.

Celebrate Halloween in New York is a great experience. You can participate in parade, event, parties, or you can also enjoy in nightclubs. Nightclubs are perfect options to celebrate Halloween in New York as they create atmosphere that is suitable to Halloween.