


Listening to the sound of Dawson’s songs coupled with her witty lyrics brought Amanda Palmer to mind, especially during “The Beer” with black humor reminiscent of Palmer’s notorious “Oasis”. It is very, very brave.’” - Deborah Netburn, Observer - "Sesame Street Meets Avenue A in Goofy Tunes of Moldy Peaches” This is really serious, world-class songwriting … and the performance is so unusual, and it is so naked emotionally. ‘If Lou Reed was writing these songs at this age, he would be absolutely jealous. “‘ are not sort of amateur, lo-fi indie,’ said Geoff Travis, the founder and president of Rough Trade, an English independent label that once signed the Smiths and the Violent Femmes, and has recently signed both the Strokes and the Moldy Peaches. Independent of Moldy Peaches, she contributed a whopping 12 songs to Juno – on its soundtrack, within the film but excluded from the OST, and a few “almost adopted songs” that were released on a b-sides soundtrack.

She is best known as part of a duo named Moldy Peaches, whose song “Anyone Else But You” was at the end of the film Juno (2007), performed by Elliot Page and Michael Cera. Monday, October 03, 2022Tacoma, WATacoma Dome - Kimya Dawson March 9, 2022 I’m so excited to announce that I’m opening for My Chemical Romance at The Tacoma Dome!!! WOOOOOOOO!!! So psyched (and nervous)!!! As an acoustic guitar wielding solo artist with a folksy sound, some fans of the rock opera stylings of MCR initially found the choice of opener perplexing. On March 9th of this year, Dawson announced she would be opening for My Chemical Romance at Tacoma Dome. Yet, somehow, as MCR released each note into the atmosphere on the evening of October 3rd, the achingly forlorn feelings that persisted throughout the years of their absence finally melted away. To top it off, it had been 11 years since Washington state had last seen My Chemical Romance (MCR/My Chem) perform on September 1st of 2011, at White River Amphitheatre on the 10th Annual Honda Civic Tour, co-headlining with blink-182. The show arrived nearly 3 years after the Halloween 2019 announcement of the reunion, and 9.5 years following the March 2013 break-up of this band with a gargantuan legacy. | Photography: Katherine Amy Vega © All Rights Reserved 25 with The Weeknd, promoted by Live Nation, who sold out the 51,556-capacity Lumen Field, grossing $7,071,186 with an average ticket price of $137.16.My Chemical Romance at Tacome Dome 10-3-22 And Illenium topped shows for the year at the Gorge Amphitheatre in suburban George, Washington, for sellouts May 28-29 that moved 88,000 tickets and, at $100 per, grossed $8.8 million.Īnd in this year of the stadium show, Seattle celebrated Aug. While theatrical events were popular in the Pacific Northwest, people still gotta dance. It was the same story on the club level, with a theatrical event topping the rankings: 24 performances of “Land Of The Sweets: The Burlesque Nutcracker” at The Triple Door in Seattle sold 5,908 tickets and grossed $390,750 with an average ticket price of $66.14. Over 48 dates, “Hamilton” sold 133,819 tickets and grossed $19,038,858 at an average price of $142.27 per ticket. Its highest-grossing event wasn’t a concert – it was the touring edition of “Hamilton,” a Broadway Across America production at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre. Seattle proved a bit of an anomaly in 2022. 14 in Designated Market Area, concert market data was up in all metrics. Fans didn’t seem to mind – despite losing 2% in population and ranking No. Ticket prices rose in the Seattle-Tacoma market by 27% to an average of $83.92. Yet the top arena show of the year didn’t go to an artist in the shiniest new building – it went to Sir Elton John, promoted by AEG Presents, who brought his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour to the Tacoma Dome for two shows Oct. 9 in Pollstar’s Concert Market Rankings and up 10 places from last year. He Seattle-Tacoma market in Washington saw a leap in 2022, aided by the addition of 18,000 arena seats at Climate Pledge Arena to the region’s venue portfolio, finishing at No. MOONSHOT: John Mayer stops at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, on his “Sob Rock” tour March 22, 2022.
