The Palace Theatre Concert Schedule

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2008

April 4 - THIRD DAY LIVE w/ Sanctus Real
May 9 - Larry the Cable Guy In Concert
May 10 - Larry the Cable Guy In Concert (5pm)
May 10 - Larry the Cable Guy In Concert (8pm)

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Updated Acts

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Gov't Mule
November 30th

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New Shows Updated,

[Mel]

I wanna see The Pink Floyd Experience.

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What is it?

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Cover band

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Griffin gets laughs with naughty gossip

By STEVE BARNES

ALBANY … What’s so deliciously refreshing about Kathy Griffin is that she truly does not
seem to give a fig about offending powerful people with speculative naughty gossip about them.

There she was on the stage of the Palace Theatre on Friday night, famous enough to have sold out the place and yet still gossiping as if she were just any normal mouthy gal
hanging out with friends … as if she were below, in her famous self-characterization, a D-list celebrity.

Most boldfaced-name gossip is reported by the media, tabloid and mainstream, and what top-tier actors and musicians actually think of one another is left to celeb-watchers to discern from afar, as if interpreting hieroglyphs on the moon through a telescope.

Do we ever really know what Brad Pitt thinks of Tom Cruise? Or what happened when Meryl Streep met Nicole Kidman? Or when any of Colin Farrell’s exes run into one another at the grocery store? No. Our celebrity opinions are filtered through their careful spokespeople.

And then there’s Kathy Griffin. The flame-haired comic, whose most conventional claim to fame was the mediocre sitcom “Suddenly Susan'’ all those years ago, has become, on the strength of her Bravo network reality series and comedy specials, something of a
household name. Yet she’s still like your best gossipy galpal. She tells you exactly what she thinks.

During her long show at the Palace on Friday, Griffin, wearing jeans and a tank top, dished breathlessly about Cruise and his new “Asian-looking'’ baby, Barbara Walters, Rosie O’Donnell, Oprah Winfrey, Jessica Simpson. She’d start a story, think of another story, then three more, and finally get back to saying something outrageous about her (losing) appearance on the Emmy Awards telecast.

Thoughts and slams and salacious anecdotes seem to spill compulsively from Griffin, whether she’s taking delight in “American Idol'’ alum Clay Aiken’s non-admission admission of his homosexuality this week to Diane Sawyer on “Good Morning America'’ or reporting what an ex-Scientologist friend told her about its inner workings. It truly seems as if Griffin is just the worst office gossip jabbering at the water cooler, and yet she’s telling laugh-out-loud-funny stories about Larry King or being banned from most
TV talk shows or, more confessionally, how she’s having a hard time dating again after the breakup of her marriage.

Griffin loves her gay male audience, and they love her back. During one anecdote, when Griffin realized that perhaps not everyone might be familiar with the players or the plot, she paused and said, before delivering contextual information, “For those heterosexuals who stumbled into the audience tonight …'’

But she’s also completely mainstream, a happy gossip talking unapologetically about the foibles of fame. She doesn’t tell jokes, and she isn’t even an especially astute cultural observer. But she’s mouthy and funny and, at time, convulsively hilarious. That she also chose to have lunch on Friday at the Farmer Boy Diner on Central Avenue in Colonie and tried to give the waitress free tickets … only to be turned down by the owner, who said he could not spare his staffer … makes Griffin’s combination of fame and everygalness even more satisfying.


Steve Barnes can be reached at 454-5489 or by e-mail at sbarnes@timesunion.com.

Comedy review
KATHY GRIFFIN
Performance reviewed: 8 p.m. Friday
Where: Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave., Albany
Length: 100-plus minutes
Highlights: Griffin’s imitation of her mother; anytime she slagged off richer, more famous
celebrities, whether it was Barbara Walters or one of the Olsen twins
The crowd: Sold out, 2,800 strong; mostly over 30 and in couples or groups, with a large
and happily vocal gay contingent

http://blogs.timesunion.com/reviews/?p=34#more-34

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November 6 - Duran Duran
November 26 - The Doodlebops LIVE (2 Shows)
December 29 - Trey Anastasio

New Shows Added

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New Show Added

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December 28 - Andrew Dice Clay (Comedy)

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New Shows Added.


2007

February 1 - Sesame Street Live "Elmo's Coloring Book"
February 2 - Sesame Street Live "Elmo's Coloring Book"
February 3 - Sesame Street Live "Elmo's Coloring Book" (2:00pm & 5:30pm)
February 4 - Sesame Street Live "Elmo's Coloring Book" (1:00pm & 4:30pm)
February 10 - Christopher Titus (Comedy)

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New Shows Added.


March 17 - Jerry Seinfeld (7pm & 930pm)

[Mikey]

i def. would go see jerry seinfeld

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New Shows Added


March 8 - Katt Williams (Comedy)
April 14 - Lisa Lampanelli (Comedy)

[Bob]

I'd like to go see Lisa Lampanelli. I think she's hilarious.

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Weather postpones Aretha Franklin concert

The Queen of Soul has been undone by a king-size snowstorm: Aretha Franklin's performance slated for 8 p.m. tonight at the Palace Theatre in Albany has been postponed.

Palace management was in the process of picking a new date; tickets can be used for the rescheduled show or turned in for a refund by calling the Palace box office at 465-4663 or Ticketmaster at 476-1000.

http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=572539&category=&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=3/16/2007

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New Shows Added


April 24 - The Pussycat Dolls w/ Danity Kane
October 19 - The Charlie Daniels Band w/special guest Earl Scruggs

[Mikey]

hmmmmmmmm idk if i'd go to pussycat dolls, even though they are hot!

[MedicCook]

Charlie Daniels should be a good show.

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New Show Added


May 19 - Godsmack

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New Shows Added


June 1 - Weird Al Yankovic
June 7 - Brian Regan (Comedy)
June 12 - Ween
July 7 - Daryl Hall & John Oates
November 29 - An Evening with Jethro Tull

[Mikey]

weird al huh....that should be a good one.

[MedicCook]

I would like to see him live someday. I don't know if I would pay for the tickets though.

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Updated Shows.


November 1 - The Disco Biscuits
November 3 - Bob Wier & Rat Dog
November 29 - An Evening with Jethro Tull
December 7 - Clay Aiken "Christmas In The Heartland" featuring the 40 piece Capital Region Orchestra

2008

March 2 - The Pink Floyd Experience
March 8 - An Evening with B.B. King & special guests

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2008

April 4 - THIRD DAY LIVE w/ Sanctus Real
May 9 - Larry the Cable Guy In Concert
May 10 - Larry the Cable Guy In Concert (5pm)
May 10 - Larry the Cable Guy In Concert (8pm)

[Thomas the Solitary]

Holy shit!

Andrew Dice Clay is still alive?

[Donna]

I missed larry the cable guy a couple months ago i think....i'd love to take brian and his friend tj to see him

[Mikey]

yeah i haven't seen larry the cable guy, so i might get a ticket for that.

[MedicCook]

I would rather go see Carlin over Larry.

[Dave]

I've seen Larry twice so far. He's freakin hilarious in person. I didn't get tickets for this years show. Maybe next year.

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Did he do 3 shows last year also?

[Dave]

Yup. He had three shows last year. They were all sold out. My wife and I went. I don't think I've ever seen so much flannel in one building before in my life! The first time we saw him was at Northern Lights in Clifton Park.

[MedicCook]

I can only take him in small doses. I prefer Ron White over Larry.

[Dave]

You have to like real twisted humor to like Ron White. He reminds me a lot of Andrew Dice Clay. White must be drunk every show. He drinks a ton of scotch (I think) and smokes cigars like he'll never see one again!

[MedicCook]

My kind of guy right there.

Here's my boy, Poot!!

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Some children's shows announced.

Sesame Street Live - Elmo Makes Music (10:30 AM Performance) 2/20/2009
Sesame Street Live - Elmo Makes Music (7:00 PM Performance) 2/20/2009
Sesame Street Live - Elmo Makes Music (5:30 PM Performance) 2/21/2009
Sesame Street Live - Elmo Makes Music (2:00 PM Performance) 2/21/2009
Sesame Street Live - Elmo Makes Music (10:30 AM Performance) 2/21/2009
Sesame Street Live - Elmo Makes Music (4:30 PM Performance) 2/22/2009
Sesame Street Live - Elmo Makes Music (1:00 PM Performance) 2/22/2009
Disney Live! Winnie the Pooh 4/10/2009

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Oak Ridge Boys concert canceled


Last updated: 12:21 p.m., Tuesday, December 16, 2008

It's going to be a blue Christmas for Capital Region fans of the Oak Ridge Boys. The holiday concert by the veteran country and gospel music group that was originally scheduled for the Palace Theatre in Albany at 7:30 p.m. Thursday has been canceled. Ticketholders may return tickets for refunds at the place of purchase. For additional information, contact the Palace Theatre at 465-3334.

http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=751048

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Palace shows.

1/29/2009 The Pretenders
2/15/2009 WILLIE NELSON and ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL
4/23/2009 The Doobie Brothers