Uncle Tom’s Gabbin’
IT’S THE SUMMER Soul Fest featuring The Shirelles, The Manhattans, The Crystals and The Chi-Lites Friday, Aug. 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Blaisdell Arena! Tickets are on sale now at Blaisdell Box Office or online at ticketmaster.com …
Britney Spears is back … spotted on Maui with fiancé Jason Trawick and her sons Sean and Jayden. The family was on the island to enjoy the Fourth of July festivities … Also celebrating the holiday Island style was Leonardo DiCaprio and his girlfriend Erin Heatherton. The pair hung out on the beach with friends, including Tobey Maguire …
Mike Epps was hilarious both on and off stage last weekend, hanging out after the Honolulu show to swap stories from our respective careers. Among the guests … DMX …
Hilo ukulele virtuoso Brittni Paiva‘s CD Tell U What is a thoroughly engaging release produced by and featuring legendary jazz saxophonist Tom Scott, trumpet master Arturo Sandoval and Michael McDonald, who lends his vocals to Brittni’s fresh rendition of his song I Keep Forgettin’.” I highly recommend a listen … Fun fact: McDonald’s song was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who penned so many great rock hits including Elvis Presley‘s Hound Dog and Jailhouse Rock …
Congratulations to John Hara & Associates, whose design of the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Yokouchi Pavilion recently won the American Institute of Architects Honolulu’s People’s Choice Award 2012 Design Award …
It’s time for the 14th annual world-famous Love Festival! This year’s “Generation Celebration” Saturday, July 21, is larger than ever at its new location, Kakaako Waterfront …
This week in 1983: Peter Moon presents “Blue Hawaiian Moonlight” at the Waikiki Shell. Along with The Peter Moon Band, the concert, a benefit for the Oahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association, features Frank DeLima and Na Kolohe, Jerry Santos, Frank Kawai Hewitt, Nina Keali’iwahamana and the Hawaii Youth Symphony … Tickets cost $6 in advance from the NBC box office and House of Music Ala Moana, Pearlridge and Kahala, and $7 at the door … And the No. 1 record in Hawaii is Every Breath You Take by The Police …
Celebrate Hawaii’s Rock ‘n’ Roll era with Tom Moffatt and Uncle Tom’s Rock N Roll Drive-in Saturday mornings from 8 till noon on 107.9 Hawaii’s Kool Gold!
