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- Beyoncé Sings Special Version of 'Love on Top' to Pay Tribute to Young Fan Who Died of Brain Cancer - PEOPLE
- From U2 and Beyoncé to the Stones and Aretha Franklin, now-defunct Mission Valley stadium hosted many greats - The San Diego Union-Tribune
- Blue Ivy Crashed Beyoncé's Ivy Park Photo Shoot and Out-Modeled Everybody - HarpersBAZAAR.com
- Meet Saxophonist Tia Fuller from Pixar's 'SOUL,' Beyonce's Band + More / VIDEO - eurweb.com
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| Posted: 21 Feb 2021 12:00 AM PST Quick! Name your favorite live concert album recorded at the now-defunct Mission Valley venue known over the years as San Diego Stadium, Jack Murphy Stadium, Qualcomm Stadium and, most recently, SDCCU Stadium. It's a trick question. So far as we can recall, no official complete live album was ever recorded at the now largely demolished Mission Valley stadium that used to be fondly known as "The Q" and "The Murph." But The Who did record three songs at The Murph for the English band's 25th anniversary 1989 live double-album, "Join Together." And part of Coldplay's October 2017 SDCCU Stadium show was broadcast live at a Mexico City benefit concert on behalf of victims of that September's Puebla earthquake. The booming slap-back echo, an unmistakable trademark of the 67,544-seat stadium, did not lend itself well to live albums. Even so, the largest outdoor-events venue in San Diego County hosted dozens of memorable and not-so-memorable concerts over the decades. Its razing is expected to be completed by the end of summer, with San Diego State University's new 35,000-seat Aztec Stadium set to open in September 2022. "Probably in May 2023 we'll start hosting concerts," said SDSU Executive Associate Athletic Director of Mission Valley Development Derek Grice. "I think we'll look to maximize as many events as we can. We've had positive interactions with promoters, and there's an excitement level about what we're building. We're creating an environment bands and audiences will want to experience." Until then, this is as good a time as any to look back at some of the concerts held at the Mission Valley stadium. While there does not seem to be a reliably complete record of every music event held there, it appears the first major band to perform in the stadium was the brassy Chicago. Their concert followed an early summer San Diego Padres baseball game in 1972. That same summer saw the first stadium show here that allowed fans on the field — a multi-act bill with Jesse Colin Young, Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show, the J. Geils Band, Foghat and Boone's Farm. It was sponsored by radio station KGB-FM, which in the early 1980s began staging its annual KGB Sky Show concerts at the stadium and, in 1983, hosted the first-ever stadium gig anywhere by the hard-rocking Def Leppard. There isn't enough space to recap every concert of note the stadium hosted between 1972 and that concluding 2017 Coldplay show, which is why we're not including the now-defunct Vans Warped Tour or the 2005 and 2006 editions of San Diego Street Scene (which took place in the stadium's parking lot). But here is a look back at some of the memorable moments of musical history that took place inside the monolithic concrete edifice in Mission Valley. And we'd like to hear about your favorite concerts at the stadium. (See details at the conclusion of this article on how to share your memories with us.)  Jay-Z and Beyoncé perform on their 2018 "On The Run II" tour. The media-savvy superstar couple did not allow daily newspaper photographers to shoot their concerts and instead used their own private photographer. (Photo by Andrew White/Parkwood/PictureGroup) Longest runFrom 1975 to 1986, the annual Kool Jazz Festival drew large numbers of R&B fans — its name notwithstanding, jazz had little to do with this festival. The lineups during the event's run boasted such giants as Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gillespie, Marvin Gaye, B.B. King and, of course, Kool & The Gang. Second longest runThe Beach Boys performed 10 times at the stadium between 1982 and 1994, usually following that day's Padres game. For those seeking a trip down memory lane, the band's all-oldies repertoire ensured some good vibrations. Famous couplesSimon & Garfunkel's 1983 "Summer Evening" reunion tour included a rapturously received stadium show here on Aug 28, 1983. It would be another 20 years before the famously fractious musical duo of Art Garfunkel and the now-retired Paul Simon and toured again. On Sept. 27, 2018, the husband-and-wife team of Jay-Z and Beyoncé brought their "On the Run II" stadium tour here. It came after both had released albums, her "Lemonade" and his "4:44." that addressed his marital infidelity. While each soared on stage at times, some of their video interludes lasted longer than many of their songs — the better to accommodate the frequent costume changes by the night's two superstars. Famous audience membersU2 performed the second date on its 1997 "PopMart" tour at the stadium for an audience that included Mick Jagger, Tiger Woods, Courtney Love and Smashing Pumpkins' mastermind Billy Corgan. The ambitious concert soared a number of times, but also suffered from erratic pacing. It included U2 guitarist The Edge singing, of all things, an off-the-cuff version of The Monkees' 1967 hit, "Daydream Believer" (which was written by San Diego native and Kingston Trio alum John Stewart). Here we come!Three of the four members of The Monkees reunited for a 1986 20th anniversary reunion tour that included an Aug. 23 stadium show here. Their post-game concert also featured the Grass Roots, the San Diego-bred Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, and a curiously Herman-less edition of Herman's Hermits. The concert followed an announcement that a syndicated TV series, "New Monkees," would be launched in 1987 and would be based on the original Monkees' TV series of the mid-1960s. In a San Diego Union interview to preview the original Monkees' San Diego stadium date, now-deceased singer Davy Jones offered some sage advice to the members of the New Monkees. "I recommend that anyone who does get selected (for the new show) gets a good lawyer and a contract that upgrades their pay in accordance with (the show's) popularity..." Jones said. "My advice is to sign the contracts and audit regularly." The last time?The Rolling Stones performed at the stadium in 1981, 1984 and 1998, when it was still known as Qualcomm. The legendary English band's 2020 tour was set to open here last May. It was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, then canceled altogether when the razing of the stadium was announced. It remains to be seen if the Stones return here. Until they do, I'll most fondly recall the band's wet, windy concert at the stadium on Feb. 3, 1998. Rather than beat a quick retreat from the rain and cold, the Stones doubled down and rocked with increasing vigor. The headline for my review aptly summed it up: "Stones take Squall-comm by storm — fans soak up memories." Sis-boom-bah?Crosby, Stills & Nash's Sept. 1, 1984, concert was surprisingly solid, considering that David Crosby was at the height of his heroin and cocaine addiction during CSN's final tour before beginning a prison sentence on drug charges. But the concert's most striking and downright strange aspect was provided by a bevy of young cheerleaders from a local private school. They danced and gyrated on the field, directly in front of the stage, for the duration of the concert. Apparently, nothing underscores such classic CSN lyrics as "I feel like letting my freak flag fly" and "You got to speak out against the madness" nearly as well as pom-poms and splits. Keying inFor his first San Diego performance in 11 years, Elton John teamed up with Billy Joel for a double-header on March 22, 1995. Appearing before a sold-out crowd of 55,000, the two piano men began their tour-opening 37-song concert with touching, unaccompanied duo versions of John's "Your Song" and Joel's "Honesty." It concluded nearly four hours later, after each had performed individual sets with their own bands, with unaccompanied duo versions of Joel's "Piano Man" and John's "Candle in the Wind." It was apparently the first concert at the stadium to include two American Sign Language interpreters, who signed the entire concert for about 40 deaf fans seated to the right of the stage.  Duff McKagan, left, Axl Rose and Slash of the rock band Guns N' Roses perform Aug. 22, 2016, during the final North American show of the band's Not In This Lifetime reunion tour at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, CA. (K.C. Alfred / San Diego Union-Tribune) Back so soon?The revamped Guns N' Roses' 2016 concert at Qualcomm Stadium came 23 years after its previous performance at the same venue, which was then known as San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium. The veteran band, which performed for an audience of 51,000, took the stage just 41 minutes later than scheduled — in contrast with GNR's heyday back in the last century, when the group was often hours late in starting. For at least two of the 2016 concert's attendees, the show was memorable for more than just musical reasons. During "Night Train," Point Loma UPS courier Shawn McGinnis, then 39, dropped to his knees and proposed to his girlfriend, Aileen Ryan, then 33, at their 13th row floor seats near the stage. It was only the next day, after reading his then-fiancé's Facebook post, did McInnis learn his proposal had been drowned out by the thundering roar of GNR's music. "She hadn't heard anything I said," he told the Union-Tribune. Hit the stage, literallyThe English boy band One Direction drew a sold-out audience of 52,381 to the opening date of its 2015 "On The Road Again" tour. It was the first big concert at the stadium since the Justin Timberlake-led NSYNC played there in 2001. During "Through the Dark," One Direction's Harry Styles took a tumble after he unwisely grabbed a microphone stand that was bolted to the stage. His band mates laughed heartily. One Direction split up at the end of the tour. Your turn: Pink Floyd or The Eagles? The KGB Sky Show of the first 91X X-Fest? Guns N' Roses or The Village People? We'd like to know what your favorite Mission Valley stadium concerts are, and why. Email your responses to george.varga@sduniontribune.com. Please include your full name and where you live (not your complete address, just the city or San Diego neighborhood, i.e. Tierrasanta, Barrio Logan, Poway, etc., where you reside).  |
| Blue Ivy Crashed Beyoncé's Ivy Park Photo Shoot and Out-Modeled Everybody - HarpersBAZAAR.com Posted: 18 Feb 2021 12:00 AM PST  Blue Ivy Carter is already a pro at striking a pose. The Internet was swift in its obsession over the latest cameo of Beyoncé's eldest daughter yesterday. After a promotional video from Beyoncé's latest Ivy Park and Adidas collaboration was released, fans were quick to notice that Blue Ivy joined her superstar mother in showing off the latest designs—in pint-sized fashion, of course—from the highly anticipated sportswear collab. In the clip, Blue Ivy sports two different ensembles: one being a pair of caramel-colored latex pants paired with a cropped, logo-embellished puffer jacket; and another being a matching newsprint-inspired coat and leggings with white lace-up sneakers. The nine-year-old hams it up for the camera while a remix of Beyoncé and Jay-Z's 2019 song "Mood 4 Eva" from The Lion King: The Gift soundtrack plays in the background. This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Blue Ivy's grandmother Tina Knowles-Lawson took to Instagram to praise her granddaughter's impromptu appearance in the campaign, also revealing that it wasn't planned for Blue to pop in next to her mom for the photo shoot. "My Beautiful grandbaby Blue Ivy looking like a little super model in her Ivy Park . Swing your hair Blue ,!!!!!" wrote Knowles-Lawson. "She inserted herself into this shoot . No she was not supposed to be in it ! She was just hanging out and got dressed and I guess she said 'I 'm not gonna tell you what I could do I'm gonna show you'I love that aggressive spirit My Blue Blue!!!! ❤️" This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io  |
| Posted: 05 Mar 2021 01:55 PM PST  *Grammy-nominated saxophonist Tia Fuller is more than a talented composer, bandleader and educator. She is a visionary – a musical griot keeping the tradition of women in jazz alive, and her latest achievement is proof of that. Last December, the award-winning recording artist served as the sound behind the music of animated character "Dorothea Williams," the sassy saxophonist (voiced by actress Angela Bassett) from the blockbuster Pixar film Soul. This year, Fuller, a professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston, is continuing her mission of music education and women's empowerment with an online master class, an Instagram Live series and a new album. Fuller has more than earned her status as one of the jazz industry's most accomplished artists. Her storied career includes touring with superstar Beyonce, appearing in a national ad campaign for women's retailer J. Jill, gracing the covers of Downbeat and JazzTimes, and a feature in Vanity Fair. CHECK THIS OUT: Rochester PD Pepper Sprays Black Woman in Front of Her 3-Year-Old Child (Watch)  Still, she never misses an opportunity to highlight the women pioneers of jazz who came before her: 20th century women like tenor saxophonist Viola "Vi" Burnside, alto saxophonist Vi Redd and pianist Mary Lou Williams; or contemporary artists such as bassist Esperanza Spalding, pianist Geri Allen, and drummer Terri Lyne Carrington. These women make up the legacy that Fuller is dedicated to promoting awareness of. Born in Aurora, Colorado, she grew up in a family of musicians. Her father, Fred, is a professional bass player, her mom, Elthopia, is a singer, her sister, Shamie, is a pianist and brother, Ashton, is a drummer. She graduated from Spelman College magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and earned a Master's degree in Jazz Pedagogy and Performance (summa cum laude) from the University of Colorado at Boulder. In 2006, Fuller was selected to join Beyonce's all-female band and traveled the world performing as part of the I AM … Sasha Fierce and Beyoncé Experience World Tour. She also became a featured soloist on the Beyoncé Experience DVD (Me, Myself and I), I AM Yours I DVD (Wynn Theatre) and appeared on several major television shows, including the Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, BET Awards, American Music Awards, Grammy Awards and as a featured soloist with Beyoncé for President Obama at the White House. Fuller has recorded five full-length albums, including her most recent Diamond Cut, which earned her a Grammy nomination in 2019 in the "Best Instrumental Jazz" category, the second ever female solo artist to achieve this. (Terri Lyne Carrington, who produced Diamond Cut, was the first). Later in April 2019, she got a call from Pixar who was looking for a musician to play a "badass" saxophone player for an animated film. An L.A. flight and six-hour recording session later, "Dorothea" was born. Released on Christmas Day 2020, Soul has grossed over $71M to date. With so much success under her belt, Fuller has her eyes set on mentoring and nurturing the next generation of musicians. She is launching a subscription-based online saxophone education series entitled "The Sax Loft" with celebrated, Grammy-winning saxophonists Jeff Coffin (Dave Matthews Band) and Kirk Whalum. The online course will feature tutorials and techniques to enhance a player's improvisation and solo skills as well as masterclasses by world-class saxophonists. Also in the works is a "Black Girls Rock" virtual roundtable for Berklee students. She is also working on her next album with plans on a late Fall or early 2022 release. "While there is so much more I'd like to accomplish in my career, I'm really focusing this year on investing in future musicians and advocating for more awareness of women in jazz," says Fuller. "As an artist, I never wanted to just make music. My dream is to contribute to the culture in a way that ensures that jazz will thrive for generations to come."  |
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