Snoqualmie Casino has announced its outdoor summer lineup the Mountain View Plaza, opening with Roger Hodgson (of Supertramp fame) July 3 and featuring such music…
Read Full ArticleQueensryche settles its long-simmering lawsuit, looks to the future
By GENE STOUT As I reported in The Seattle Times on Monday, the members of Northwest progressive heavy-metal band Queensryche have settled their nearly two-year…
Read Full ArticleOrca benefit concert features Graham Nash, Heart and Joat Jett
Graham Nash, two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and recipient of EMP’s 2013 Founder Award (with Crosby, Stills & Nash), performs with Heart…
Read Full ArticleDarrington’s Summer Meltdown announces 2014 lineup, support for Oso
By GENE STOUT Summer Meltdown Festival has announced its initial artist lineup for the 14th annual festival Aug. 7-10 at Whitehorse Mountain Amphitheatre in Darrington.…
Read Full ArticleAn excerpt from the life of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain
By GENE STOUT Kurt Cobain was a mess. Sitting motionless on a tiny stool in a dressing room at the Paramount Theatre on Halloween night…
Read Full ArticleEMP’s ‘Come As You Are’ panel discussion celebrates Cobain legacy
By GENE STOUT In honor of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain, who died 20 years ago this spring, EMP Museum offers a panel discussion on the rock…
Read Full ArticleGenestout.com reaches milestone with a quarter million page views
By GENE STOUT I’m thrilled to report that GeneStout.com has reached its highest readership since the website’s debut in 2009. In the month of December…
Read Full ArticleCONCERT REVIEW: Pearl Jam ‘comes home’ at KeyArena
By GENE STOUT It was a Pearl Jam homecoming concert like no other. A buoyant Eddie Vedder led the iconic Seattle rock group in a…
Read Full ArticlePearl Jam receiving great reviews as sold-out Seattle show approaches
By GENE STOUT David Greenwald’s very positive review of Pearl Jam’s Portland concert in The Oregonian is typical of the kind of press the Seattle…
Read Full ArticleSnoqualmie Casino lineup boasts Burt Bacharach, Stars of Saturday Night Live
By GENE STOUT Snoqualmie Casino, located off I-90 exit 27 near North Bend about 30 minutes east of Seattle, has announced a surprisingly diverse January-February…
Read Full ArticleQueensryche rocks The O2 Academy Islington in London
By GENE STOUT Seattle heavy-metal band Queensryche, featuring lead singer Todd La Torre, played a raucous set Oct. 12 at The O2 Academy Islingston in…
Read Full ArticleCD REVIEW: Roy Orbison’s ‘In Dreams — Greatest Hits’ reissued
By GENE STOUT In case you missed it, Roy Orbison’s “In Dreams — Greatest Hits” (Legacy Recordings) was recently reissued after being out of “print”…
Read Full ArticleHilariously macabre Mudhoney video makes its debut at start of fall tour
By GENE STOUT Mudhoney’s new video of “The Only Son of the Widow From Nain” arrives just in time for the Halloween season. The comically…
Read Full ArticlePearl Jam releases ‘Sirens’ video from the upcoming album ‘Lightning Bolt’
By GENE STOUT Pearl Jam has released a new video of “Sirens” from its upcoming album, “Lightning Bolt,” the Seattle rock band’s first studio album…
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