MMR*B*Q Ticket Raid at Avise Wellness Collective

The excitement continues to build as we are just a few short days away from the biggest concert of the summer, the 2023 MMR*B*Q! It'll be a full day loaded with great vibes and a ton of music. The lineup includes Shinedown, Billy Idol, Larkin Poe, Ayron Jones, Dirty Honey, Finger Eleven, Tigercub and MMR's Local Shots Opener Vixen77!

Also making its return to Freedom Mortgage Pavilion this year is the Preston and Steve Show Side Stage featuring live band Karaoke with SideArm, Don McClosky rocking the stage with his band, and a DJ set from King Dracula spelled backwards. Congrats to all the winners of the live band karaoke, can't wait to see you guys & gals rock it on Saturday! The weather is supposed to be absolutely beautiful all weekend long, further adding to an already great day!

The first four bands of the day are Vixen77, Tigercub, Finger Eleven, and Dirty Honey is G/A. You can also sit anywhere for the first four bands! First come, first dibs! Even Pit!

The MMaRmy and I will have a last-minute MMRBQ ticket raid this Thursday, September 14th, at Avise Wellness Collective in Newtown, PA. from 11am to 1pm.

Avise Wellness Collective is a new treatment facility in Bucks County. It treats alcohol and addiction as well as mental health and is located at 2288 Second Street Pike in Newtown.

Their highly skilled and compassionate staff helps to provide accessible support and education. They empower their clients with the resources and skills necessary to achieve sobriety and long-term recovery.

For more information on MMR*B*Q, including tickets, bag policy, what you can and cannot bring in with you, click here.

Gates are 12 Noon, and the show kicks off with MMR's Local Shots Opener and Artist of the Month Vixen77! You don't want to miss them!

See you this Thursday at Avise Wellness Collective in Newtown, Pa from 11am to 1pm and this Saturday at the MMR*B*Q!!

The "Bad Boys from Boston" Aerosmith brought their 'Peace Out! Farewell Tour' on Long Island at UBS Arena on Saturday night. This was stop #3 on their 40+ date "Farewell" tour, which kicked-off right here in Philadelphia, part of a WMMR Concert Event over Labor Day Weekend. The Chris & Rich Robinson led Black Crowes opened up the night with a hit-packed set.

This was also my first time visiting the brand-new UBS Arena in Elmont, NY on Long Island, home of the New York Islanders NHL team. The venue, which replaced the legendary Nassau Coliseum, opened to the public in 2021.

I had a completely different vantage point at this show than I did at the Wells Fargo Center show last week. This time around, I was behind the stage, but a bit closer to the action comparted to last week. If you'd like to additionally check out photos and videos from the Philly show, you can view them here.

The Aerosmith Long Island setlist was a little bit different than the Philly kick-off show. For the most part, the song selections were the same, the order in which they fell was a bit different. The additions and tour debut of the Rufus Thomas song "Walking the Dog" and "Bright Light Fright" off of Aerosmith's 1977 album Draw the Line. Like on the album, Joe Perry handled the vocal duties on "Bright Light Fright," marking the first time the song was played live at an Aerosmith show in almost 30 years!

As the "Bad Boys from Boston" were wrapping up their evening with a rousing rendition of "Walk This Way," the crew brought out a cake for Joe Perry. The whole arena also sang "Happy Birthday" to Perry ahead of his 73rd birthday the next day, September 10th.

Overall, Aerosmith had worked out all of the "kinks" from the tour kick-off here in Philadelphia exactly one week prior. They sounded fantastic, as they continue to celebrate their 50th anniversary as a band.

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