Multi-act shows could become a trend in concert packaging this summer, with the Budweiser Superfest featuring the likes of L.L. Cool J, Digital Underground, Ralph Tresvant and more, July 7 at the Spectrum.
Later this summer, the South Philly arena will also play host to the ''Clash of the Titans" (June 29) and "Operation Rock and Roll," (Aug. 10) both mega-mania shows for your head-banging pleasure.
Pop connoisseurs will savor the likes of Britain's mournful Morrisey (ex- Smiths) playing July 7 at the Tower, and likewise the spitfire folkie Richard Thompson, in a one-nighter with Shawn Colvin at the Keswick, Aug. 8.
Club notables range from Bob Marley's mentor Joe Higgs at the Chestnut Cabaret, June 21, to the lascivious Diviynls, touching us and themselves at the Trocadero, June 26.
The Dell East will be jumping with classic soul acts at popular prices, and Penn's Landing will have its share of good stuff, from Byrd-man Roger McGuinn to Motown great Martha Reeves, in the free Pepsi American Sound Series. A stellar Riverblues Festival should close out July with a bang.
If you don't mind getting in your car and hauling down the highway an hour or two, you'll find lots of major-league rock action - from Guns n' Roses and Jane's Addiction to the Beach Boys - under the stars at the Hershey Park Stadium, Allentown Fairgrounds, Pocono Downs Raceway, Harrisburg Speedway, even on the beach in Wildwood.
JUNE
1 - WDAS/Black Music Month Concert with George Howard, Nickie D, Kool Moe Dee, Queen Latifah & Naughty By Nature, Big Daddy Kane, Dell East
1 - Commander Cody, the Hearth
1 - Simple Minds and Material Issue, Tower
1 - Philly Spash '81 with Nagasa & Boom Shack Attack, Chestnut Cabaret
1 - Appel Farm Arts & Music Festival with Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Livingston Taylor, John Sebastian, John Hammond, Rory Block, Appel Farm, Elmer, N.J.
1 - Dynagroove and Heyday, 23 East
1 - Tommy Conwell and Rival Sons, Ambler
1 - Champion Jack DuPree, TLA
1 - Babes In Toyland, Ween, Khyber Pass Pub
2 - Robyn Hitchcock and Kenn Kweder, J.C. Dobbs
3 - Bewitched, Khyber Pass Pub
4 - Battle of the Bands II, 23 East
4 - Tito Gonzolez, Ambler
6 - Baton Rouge, Taken, Pyramid, Chestnut Cabaret
6 - Billy Cobham, 23 East
6 - The Bluerunners, Kat Man Du
7 - Indigo Girls, the Roches, Ellen James Society, Mann Music Center
7 - Jesse Colin Young, the Hearth
7 - Boukman Eksperyans and Pilon, Chestnut
7 - David Bromberg and Karen Farr, 23 East
8 - Johnny Clyde Copeland, the Hearth
7 - Poison, Hershey Park Arena
8 - Tangier and Blackeyed Susan, Chestnut
8 - Public Service and Ruder Than You, 23 East
8 - The Neighborhoods, Khyber
8 - Bad Brains, Trocadero
8-9 - Bob Hope and Ann Jillian, Valley Forge Music Fair
9 - Billy Squier and Maggie's Dream, Tower
9 - Mark Germino and the Sluggers, J.C. Dobbs
11 - Guns n' Roses, Skid Row, Hershey Stadium
11 - Steppenwolf and Dreyer Brothers, Chestnut
11 - Pantera, Trocadero
13 - Dread Zeppelin and Mojo Nixon, Chestnut
13 - Guns n' Roses and Skid Row, Pocono Downs Raceway
14 - John Mayall's Blues Breakers, Chestnut
14 - Tom Rush, the Hearth
15 - Laura Nyro, the Hearth
15 - Elvis Costello & Rude Five, the Replacements, Mann
15 - "The Dead Heat Pit Stop" with Kingfish and Zero, Chestnut
15 - Queen Bee & Blue Hornet Band, North Star
16 - King's X and Saigon Kick, Trocadero
16-17 - Grateful Dead, Giants Stadium, the Meadowlands
18 - Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey, with Darden Smith, Chestnut
18 - John Moony, North Star
19 - Steve Earle and Karen Farr, TLA
19 - The Posies, Chestnut
19 - Gypsy Rose, New London, 23 East
20 - Bill Lee's Mo Better Quartet, 23 East
20 - Bong Water, Khyber
21 - John Prine opens the Pepsi American Sound Series, Penn's Landing
21 - Louie Anderson and Rita Rudner, VFMF
21 - Michael Hurley, the Hearth
21 - Steve Winwood, Spectrum
21 - Joe Higgs, Chestnut
22 - Nelson and Enuf Z'Nuff, Mann
22 - Johnny Gill with B Angie B, VFMF
22 - Dave Van Ronk, the Hearth
23 - Steve Winwood, Etess Arena, Taj Mahal Casino, Atlantic City
23 - Jay Leno, VFMF
26 - Emmylou Harris with Chet Atkins, VFMF
26 - Divinyls, Trocadero
26-29 - Creation '91 Christian music festival with Russ Taff, Mylon & Broken Heart, Petra, DC Talk and more, Agape Farm in Mt. Union, Pa.
27 - King Missile, Khyber
27 - Omar Chandler, Chestnut
27 - Liquid Jesus and I Love You, J.C. Dobbs
28 - Reggae Sunsplash with Maxi Priest, Dennis Brown, Shinehead, Andrew Tosh and Tommy Cowan, Tower
28 - Mark Whitefield, Penn's Landing
28 - Rory Block, the Hearth
28 - Marshall Crenshaw, Chestnut
28-29 - Dionne Warwick and Burt Bachrach, VFMF
28-29 - Max Creek, 23 East
29 - Clash of the Titans with Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax and Alice in Chains, Spectrum
29 - Tom Chapin, the Hearth
29 - Bill Kirchen and Too Much Fun, North Star
30 - Ben Vereen with Chita Rivera, VFMF
JULY
2 - Doobie Brothers, Joe Walsh, Mann
2 - Third World, Chestnut
3 - Slayer, Hershey Arena
3 - Jon Lucien, Chestnut
3 - Meat Beat Manifesto, Trocadero
5 - Down Memory Lane with Little Anthony & the Imperials, the Duprees and Marvelettes, on the beach at Convention Hall, Wildwood, N.J.
5 - Mr. Blue, the Hearth
6 - Oak Ridge Boys, VFMF
6 - Tito Nieves with the Edgar and Noel Orchestra, Chestnut
6 - Iain Matthews, the Hearth
6 - Down Memory Lane with Dion, the Association, Drifters, Beatles tribute group Yesterday, Wildwood beach
7 - "A Quiet Storm" with George Duke, Dianne Reeves, Najee, 101 North, VFMF
7 - Morrisey and Phranc, Tower
7 - Budweiser Superfest with L.L. Cool J, Ralph Tresvant, Babyface, Keith Sweat, Digital Underground, Pebbles and High Five, Spectrum
7 - The Dells, Shirley Murdock, Dell
7 - Doobie Brothers, Etess Arena, A.C.
8 - Frankie Beverly & Maze, Dell
9 - Evening with Ray Manzarek and poet Michael McLure, Chestnut
10 - AC/DC and L.A. Guns, Spectrum
10 - Average White Band, Chestnut
10 - Gospelrama, Dell
11 - Kathy Mattea and the Nitty Gritty Dirty Band, VFMF
11 - Strunz and Farah, 23 East
12 - Chris Cain Band, North Star
12 - Roy Bookbinder, the Hearth
12 - Chip Davis conducts Mannheim Steamroller in "A Concert for Yellowstone," Mann
12 - Chicago, VFMF
12 - Roger McGuinn, Penn's Landing
12 - Roseanne Cash and Bruce Hornsby, Etess Arena, A.C.
12-13 - Yes, Spectrum
12-14 - Brandywine '91 Mountain Music Convention with Laurie Lewis, John Cohen, the Woodlot Howlers, Dixie Hummingbirds, the Dry Branch Fire Squad, Salem County Fairgrounds
13 - Waylon Jennings and Tammy Wynette, VFMF
13 - Pentangle, the Hearth
13 - Kinsey Report, Ambler
15 - Isaac Hayes, Gabriel Hardeman Delegation, Dell
16 - Suzanna Hoffs and Don Henley, Etess Arena, A.C.
17 - Joe Jackson, Tower
18 - Whitney Houston, Spectrum
19 - Bugs Bunny on Broadway, featuring cartoons and live symphonic performances of Carl Stalling music, Mann
19 - Albert King, Penn's Landing
19 - Seldom Scene, the Hearth
20 - Steve Chapin, the Hearth
21 - Don Henley, Hershey Park Arena
21 - Sepultura, Trocadero
22 - The Dells, Shirley Murdock, Dell
22-24 - Kenny Rogers, VFMF
23 - Queensryche, Spectrum
23 - Grant Geissman, 23 East
25 - Peter, Paul and Mary, VFMF
26 - Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, with Michael Crawford, Mann
26 - Paul Kantner's Wooden Ship, Chestnut
26 - John Moony, North Star
27 - Riverblues Fest with Ronnie Earl, Buckwheat Zydeco, Elvis Bishop, B.B. King, Floyd Hunter Band, Little Ed & Blues Imperials, Tito Gonzoles, Excellos, Cephus & Wiggins, Jerry Ricks, Penn's Landing
27 - Huey Lewis & the News, Mann
27 - Lucky Dube, Chestnut
27 - Saffire, Uppity Blues Women, North Star
28 - Riverblues Fest with James Cotton, Marcia Ball, Albert Collins, Johnny Winter, Billy Hector & Fairlanes, Charles Brown, Satan & Adam, Dukes of Destiny, Flamin' Harry Blues Band, Dave Van Ronk, Penn's Landing
28 - Judy Collins and Leo Kottke, VFMF
28 - Firehose & Blake Babies, Trocadero
29 - Phyllis Hyman, George Howard, Dell
30 - REO Speedwagon, VFMF
30 - Scorpions, Great White, Mr. Big, Harrisburg Speedway
31 - Jennifer Holiday, Gerald Alston, Dell
31-Aug. 1 - John Denver, VFMF
AUGUST
1 - Spanic Boys, 23 East
2 - K.T. Oslin and Desert Rose Band, VFMF
2 - Stevie Nicks, Etess Arena, A.C.
3 - Steve Miller and Eric Johnson, Mann
3 - Don Williams and Patti Loveless, VFMF
3 - The Beach Boys, Wildwood beach at Convention Hall
4 - Cheap Trick, VFMF
4 - Scorpions, Great White, Mr. Big, Allentown Fairgrounds
4 - Gwar, Trocardero
5 - The Whispers, the Production Band, Dell
7 - Debbie Gibson, VFMF
7 - Huey Lewis & the News, Etess Arena, A.C.
8 - Richard Thompson & Shawn Colvin, Keswick
8 - Dion with Ronnie Spector, VFMF
9 - Lynryd Skynrd, Spectrum
9 - NRBQ, Chestnut
9 - Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Penn's Landing
9 - Al Jarreau, Etess Arena, A.C.
10 - Alabama, Ray Kennedy, VFMF
10 - Operation Rock and Roll with Alice Cooper, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Dangerous Toys, Metal Church, Spectrum
12 - Alexander O'Neal, Mavis Staples, Dell
13 - Air Supply, VFMF
14 - Lollapalooza Caravan with Jane's Addiction, Living Colour, Ice T, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Nine Inch Nails and Butthole Surfers, Hershey Park Stadium
15-16 - Willie Nelson, VFMF
16 - Bonnie Raitt & Chris Isaak, Mann
16 - Down Memory Lane with Jan & Dean, the Safaris, the Regents, Wildwood beach
17 - Ray Charles and Lou Rawls, VFMF
17 - Blood, Sweat and Tears, the Crass Roots, the Coasters, Wildwood beach
18 - Reba McEntire, VFMF
18 - Spinners, the Tokens, Shangri-Las, Wildwood beach
19 - Regina Belle, the Legendary Notes, Dell
20 - Bad Company, Damn Yankees and Tatoo Rodeo, Spectrum
21 - Gospelrama II, Dell
21-25 - Tom Jones, Etess Arena, A.C.
23 - Performing Arts Camp, Dell
23 - Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, Penn's Landing
23-25 - Philadelphia Folk Festival, Schwenksville
24 - Los Lobos, Bethlehem Musik Fest
26 - Kool & the Gang, Dell
27 - Phranc & the Blackgirls, Chestnut
30 - Bonnie Raitt and Chris Isaak, Etess Arena, A.C.
30-Sept. 1 - Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival with Ricky Scaggs, Tony Rice, Bluegrass Album Band, Ralph Stanley & Clinch Mt. Boys, The Lewis Family, Salem County Fairgrounds.
31 - Crystal Gayle, Wildwood beach
SEPTEMBER
1 - The Charlie Daniels Band and New Riders of the Purple Sage, Wildwood beach
2 - Johnny Cash Show, Wildwood beach
13-14 - Paula Abdul, Etess Arena, A.C.
