Monday, April 30, 2007

8 Days

Speaking of 8 Days - would love to hear Eight Days a Week (or any other Beatles song that Rick has yet to play). I am so running out of things to say [note to self - don't ever do this again]
Nothing all that unusual was played on this night (the 3rd night of five), but some songs that had yet to be played for the week showed up (Rick actually made a comment about them trying to play as many "new" songs as possible) - Waiting for a Girl Like You, State of the Heart, and Beautiful You came out for the first time, and Beautiful You being in the encore was different.
One thing that hasn't been touched on yet is Rick making appearances in the balcony. He doesn't necessarily go up there every night, but there's a good chance he'll go up there at some point during the week, and probably more likely than not he'll go up most nights.
The full set list for the show was:
I'll Make You Happy
Will I?
Affair of the Heart
IDEFY
Rock of Life
Red House
DTTS
I Get Excited
Waiting for a Girl
State of the Heart
Living in Oz
Wild Thing
Love Somebody
Jesus Saves
You Really Got Me
Kristina
Human Touch
Jessie's Girl
Beautiful You
Alyson
Love is Alright

More pictures from the show can be found in the concert section.

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Nine Days

We are now down to single digits! May 11, 2005 was the 2nd show for the week, and the only night of any real fan requests. He broke into Waltzing Matilda and part way through, when he got to the part "he watched and waited til his billy boiled", he stopped and said " what the hell, this is a rude song" (I think someone had the lyrics and that's an alternative version, maybe?). He did a little bit of Eleanor Rigby, and said "I bastardized that song when I was 19 years old" (actually, I believe that Zoot got some critical acclaim for that). He went on to do a few more requests before going back to the the "normal" show. The fan request part is so much fun, hopefully he'll do more of that this year. He also did IGE early and caught everyone off guard. He really should have done that more often because it seemed to work much better. One thing that was kind of weird is there were no songs from TDAY during this show.

The full set list for the night was:
I'll Make You Happy
Will I?
Affair of the Heart
IDEFY
Rock of Life
Red House
I Get Excited
Gloria
Oh Well (both verses)
Waltzing Matilda
Speak to the Sky
Eleanor Rigby
Motel Eyes
For No One
DTTS
Love Somebody
You Really Got Me
Jesus Saves
Kristina
Human Touch
Jessie's Girl
Perfect
Wasted
Love is Alright Tonite

More pictures from the concert can be found in the concert section.

Catch Rick on the small screen!

Even if you cant make the trek to Milwaukee, you can catch him on TV in the next few weeks if you are lucky enough to have some of these channels.


Hard to Hold
Tue May 1 07:50A on Encore Love Stories
Mon May 7 07:50A on Encore Love Stories
Mon May 7 08:50A on Movie Plex
Fri May 18 09:05A on Encore Love Stories
Wed May 23 05:35A on Encore Love Stories

Directed by Larry Peerce. Starring Rick Springfield, Janet Eilber, Patti Hansen, Albert Salmi, Gregory Itzin, Peter Van Norden, Bill Mumy, Garry Goodrow, Tracy Brooks Swope.

A rock star becomes involved with a child psychologist. 100 minutes- PG,


With Harmful Intent
Fri May 4 04:26P on Lifetime Movie Network
Sat May 5 05:45A on Lifetime Movie Network
Directed by Richard Friedman. Starring Joan Van Ark, Daniel J Travanti, Rick Springfield, Christopher Noth, Bert Remsen, Michael Patrick Carter.
A small town's preteens are preyed upon in this mix of crime story and pysychological drama. From Judith Kelman's novel. 107 minutes- NR,

General Hosptial
As has been the case recently, we never seem to know when Dr Noah Drake will pop up so keep your eyes open and your VCR's set!


Saturday, April 28, 2007

10 Days

While Rick is busy counting the days to his trip to Australia, we're still counting down to Milwaukee :-).
We are up to May 10, 2005 - The Day After YesterdayTour. Rick has worked his way up to 5 shows in a row. It's Derek's birthday. Broken Wings is the only song from TDAY that we get to hear on this night, that is until the show is over. All of a sudden, we realize they are playing a song from TDAY as part of the aftershow music. OMG, that's Rick's voice! It was quite exciting. We got to hear pieces of I'm Not in Love that night, and the rest of the week we heard Life in a Northern Town, Under the Milky Way, Human and For No One. For No One was kind of a bummer because we already had that on Written in Rock, but to be able to hear the preview to the upcoming cd was quite a thrill.
The full set list from the show was:

I'll Make You Happy
Will I?
Affair of the Heart
I've Done Everything for You
Rock of Life
Red House
Don't Talk to Strangers
I Get Excited
Fire
Broken Wings
Love Somebody
Happy Birthday Derek
Jesus Saves
You Really Got Me
Kristina
Wild Thing
Human Touch
Jessie's Girl
Alyson
Love is Alright Tonite

More pictures from this show can be found in the concert section.
(I really need to start packing!)

Rick's Counting the days (to Australia)

RICK Springfield is excited about returning to his roots for his first Aussie tour, says NUI TE KOHA.

RICK Springfield became a US citizen last year.
It was about time.
But Sydney-born Springfield, a LA resident for 35 years, says he did it because of a complex US law regarding foreigners and death tax. Importantly, though, he retains dual citizenship.
"My family is over here, but my roots have always been back in Australia," Springfield said.
"I would cut my balls off before I gave up my Australian passport."
Despite his love of Australia, though, Springfield studied hard for the American citizenship exam.
"I learned everything about the Supreme Court, legislature and American history," he said.
"Then I walk into the exam and they ask me: 'Who is the Governor of California and who is the President of the United States'?"
And with that, he was finally a legal alien in the country that delivered his dream.
Springfield, of course, is the singer-songwriter of 1980s anthems Jesse's Girl and Don't Talk To Strangers.
He also starred in popular US soap General Hospital.
The artist did his rock apprenticeship in Aussie bands including Wickety Wak and Zoot.
In 1968 he went to Vietnam to entertain the troops.
"It was crazy," he said. "I knew there was a war going on, but I didn't read newspapers. I was 17.
"We got over there and we were playing for GIs right at the fire base.
"I almost blew the band up with a hand grenade.
"We did everything we could get our hands on - hookers, dope.
"Everything was available."
Soon after, Springfield went solo and plotted a course for America.
"I would write letters to the Canadian government, then see if I could sneak across the border," he said. "It's really hard to get into this country (America), unless you're a terrorist."
Springfield had a few false starts with record labels and contracts.
But in 1982 he scored the role of Dr Noah Drake on General Hospital, which soon exploded in popularity. With a new album already in the can, he only had to wait for his profile to take off. And it did.
"It was a two-edged sword," he said. "I walked into this show when it became the big hit of the summer.
"Suddenly, it was in all the magazines, Elizabeth Taylor wanted a role and all college kids watched it."
Springfield saw the ratings skyrocket, then released Jesse's Girl, the signature song for a generation.
He said the song was about unrequited lust and was based on real-life characters.
Don't Talk To Strangers is about his then-girlfriend, now wife, Barbara Porter. They have two sons, Liam, 22, and Josh, 18.
In 2000, Springfield was arrested for alleged spousal abuse. He was never convicted and the charges were dropped.
After the arrest, he and Porter released a statement declaring their love for each other.
"I had an argument with my wife and my sister-in-law called 911 to break up the argument," he said. "But we have always been very volatile. Our relationship has always been really high. Or low."
Springfield thought he could explain himself to police after they were called.
"But it was fresh after the OJ thing," he recalled. "If there is a celebrity involved, they take them in and book them. Much to my surprise, they handcuffed me and put me in the back of the black and white, and I spent the night in jail.
"That was not fun," he said. " It was a single cell, luckily, but it was pretty filthy.
"It was as bad as you'd imagine.
"I am a big supporter of cops, though. I don't hold it against them."
These days, Springfield still records and tours.
His most recent records included a covers set and shock/denial/anger/acceptance, a dark album detailing separation from family.
It reflects on his time living in Las Vegas performing in hit show FX.
The residency dragged on for two years.
"I became a commuting dad," Springfield said. "It was very hard on our relationship. A lot of anger came out of that."
In August, Springfield will co-headline 1980s live spectacular, The Countdown Spectacular 2.
It marks his first Australian tour as a solo artist.
"I toured everywhere else in the world except Australia, and I don't know why," he said.
Springfield said he was looking forward to returning to the cities he knew as an aspiring musician.
"It's the same story. I went from band to band and things got better," he said. "We did our share of crap, though.
"We'd do shows in the bush, fights would break out and the show would stop until the fight ended. We'd have to defend ourselves with microphone stands.
"I hope things have changed."
The Countdown Spectacular 2 is at Adelaide Entertainment Centre on September 2. Tickets go on sale May 14 through Ticketek.

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21638123-5006343,00.html?from=public_rss

Australia

Motels, Knack, Bay City Rollers, Plastic Bertrand … Countdown 2 Is On The Way
by Paul Cashmere - April 28
The Countdown Years will go alive for a second time when The Countdown Spectacular 2 hits the stages of Australia in August.
The 2007 tour will once again feature a plethora of classics from Australia's most influential music television program Countdown.
The line-up for Countdown Spectacular 2 will feature Rick Springfield, Martha Davis of The Motels, Doug Fieger Of The Knack, Katrina Leskanich formerly of Katrina & The Waves, Plastic Bertrand, Les McKeown formerly of The Bay City Rollers, Richard Gower of Racey, David Paton of Pilot, Robin Scott alias 'M', Samantha Fox, Graham Bonnet, Birtles Shorrock Gobles (founding members of Little River Band), Richard Clapton, Kate Ceberano (I'm Talking), Supernaut (reforming especially), The Radiators, Sharon O'Neill, John Schumann of Redgum, Dave Mason of The Reels, Ignatius Jones of Jimmy & The Boys, Paul Gray of Wa Wa Nee and Doc Neeson's Angels.
The show will be hosted by John Paul Young and Ian 'Molly' Meldrum, with voice-over from Gavin Wood.
Tickets go on sale May 14th.
Dates are:
Saturday 18 August Newcastle Entertainment Centre www.ticketek.com.au 132 849
Tuesday 21 August Brisbane Entertainment Centre www.ticketek.com.au 132 849
Friday 24 August Acer Arena – Sydney www.ticketek.com.au 132 849
Tuesday 28 August Derwent Entertainment Centre – Hobart www.ticketmaster.com.au 136 100
Thursday 30 August Rod Laver Arena – Melbourne www.ticketek.com.au 132 849
Sunday 2 September Adelaide Entertainment Centre www.ticketek.com.au 132 849
Wednesday 5 September Burswood Dome – Perth www.ticketek.com.au 132 849

http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=2006

Friday, April 27, 2007

11 Days (or He took a licking and kept on ticking)

Eleven more days (2 more weekends, one more work week) until the fun begins!

The show on Saturday May 8, 2004 was almost a carbon copy of the show from Thursday night. The only song slightly out of the ordinary was "I Should have Known Better", which had been played earlier in the week. All 4 shows for the week pretty much started out with the same 7 or 8 songs. It wasn't really as much of a mixed bag for the week as one might expect for 4 shows in the same city in one week. On the upside, lots of songs from SDAA and 4 nights in a row of Rick Springfield without having to travel between nights to do it. Early on in the show, Rick asked "Who has been here all 4 nights", then said "you're a bunch of sick f#cks. I'll drink to you. We couldn't have this party without you.".

The stand out moment for this show might have been when an audience member asked if she could lick his stomach, and he let her. Here's a little bit of detail about that. During DTTS, Rick asked someone to sing (Linda) who didn't really want to, but she finally did. After Rick was done with the song, Linda wanted to ask Rick some questions. Rick said since she was brave enough to sing, she gets to ask a question. She apparently asked him something about cutting his hair (indicating that she thought he should). Rick said "wow, you guys are friggin tough critics.....would you like me to cut my hair? How many say yes? (some of the crowd reacts). How many say no (huge crowd reaction). I'm going to shave my head tomorrow just to piss you all off." Then Rick asks Linda "what's your other question? Rick says "if you can WHAT? It's your birthday, and what would you like for your birthday, to do what to my stomach? (I think this was Linda's friend, not Linda and this is when she asked to lick his stomach). Then he says something about "when did I loose control of this f#cking show?" She told him she had permission from her husband. Rick says "that's a damn good husband. Does he have a sister?" (then Rick having a pretend conversation as if he's asking to do the same sort of thing) "Honey, I'll be right back, I just want to shag the girl across the street. Don't mind me, I'll be right back. By the way, can you have some eggs ready and some steak. When I come back, I'll be kind of hungry, she's a bit of a wild one". Then in a high voice (that actually sounds like when he's imitating his mother) he says "yes dear".... Then, she licks his stomach. Not one lick, she pretty much goes after it. Rick: "Wow, I think we just went x-rated right there. Now that's a first. How many of you have been to concerts where an audience members has licked the guys stomach? Give me 5 sister, I think we're in the Guinness book of records. How was it for you? Pretty damn good for me, I'll tell you that. (see picture insert)
After Rick performed Jesus Saves, he said "Thank God he does, or I would be so f#cked. I've done a lot of bad things in my life".....
Oh, have I mentioned that it is the opinion of some that Rick might have been a bit buzzed on this night......

Full set list:
I'll Make You Happy
Will I?
Affair of the Heart
I've Done Everything for You
Rock of Life
Red House
Don't Talk to Strangers
Beautiful You
I Should have Known Better
I Get Excited
Fire
State of the Heart
Love Somebody
Jesus Saves
You Really Got Me
Kristina
Human Touch
Perfect
Wasted
Jessie's Girl
Speak to the Sky
idontwantanythingfromyou
Love is Alright Tonite

More pictures from this show can be found in the concert section.

According to ticketmaster, Friday and Saturday nights for this year are sold out.

Thursday, April 26, 2007

12 Days

May 7, 2004. This part of the show is what makes Milwaukee "Milwaukee"..... Honeymoon in Beirut/Karma/Daddy's Pearl/Love Screws Me Up. Rick's willingness to take requests and give his best shot at songs he barely remembers and has never done live before. Rick performing part of Love Screws Me Up (with the help of a lyric sheet), kind of shows that anything is possible. The full set list from the show was as follows:

I'll Make You Happy
Will I?
Affair of the Heart
Alyson
I've Done Everything For You
Rock of Life
Red House
Beautiful You
Honeymoon in Beirut
Karma
Daddy's Pearl
Love Screws Me Up
Don't Talk to Strangers
I Get Excited
State of the Heart
Eden
Love Somebody
Jesus Saves
Kristina
You Really Got Me
Human Touch
Jessie's Girl
Perfect
Wasted
Love is Alright Tonite

More pictures from the show can be found in the concert section.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

13 days

May 6, 2004 would be Rick's 8th perfomance at the Northern Lights Theater in Milwaukee. Not too much that was really out of the ordinary on this night. The thing that probably stood out was during DTTS, Rick tried to get a woman to sing and she didn't want to, so he threatened to start taking off his clothes if she wouldn't sing (and you should have heard all the girls yelling "don't sing!"). He said if she didn't sing, she was going to have a naked man at her table. She sang. You can see in the picture that Rick was at least pretending to make good on his threat. I guess we'll never know how far he was willing to take it.
The set list for that night was as follows:
I'll Make You Happy
Will I?
Affair of the Heart
I've Done Everything For You
Rock of Life
Red House
Don't Talk to Strangers
April 24, 1981
Beautiful You
I Get Excited
Fire
State of the Heart
Love Somebody
Jesus Saves
You Really Got Me
Kristina
Alien Virus
Perfect
Wasted
Human Touch
Jessie's Girl
Speak to The Sky
idontwantanythingfromyou
Love is Alright Tonite


More pictures from the show can be found in the concert section.

And the tour dates keep coming!

Another new East Coast tour date was confirmed on rs.com.

06.01.07
Baltimore, MD

Pier Six Pavilion With Special Guests Eddie Money and Scandal
ACCESS-RS Presale is TOMORROW at 10AM EST

Photo: Baltimore MD 8/20/05 by Rosie Malthaner

***Also tickets are now on sale for the Bergen Perfoming Arts show (8/9/07). Directly through their website. http://www.bergenpac.org/index.php

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Two Weeks

Before I get started on the Milwaukee countdown, I understand Dr. Noah Drake was on GH today. Woo hoo. I'm out of town, so can't blog that until tomorrow.

Fourteen days until Milwaukee 2007 begins. Well, 3 nights seemed to work out pretty good in 2003, so how about 4 nights in 2004 (I'm beginning to see a trend here). The great thing about these shows is they took place during the SDAA tour, and what a tour that was. Fresh new songs to accompany the standards, and what great songs they were! We got 7 songs from SDAA during this show. Very nice! Right after Red House, Rick says "bring me my harmonica" and someone did. Then he said "bring me my wine" and someone did. I guess he was impressed with his requests being fulfilled so easily, so he says "bring me my bag of Rolexes.....bring me my Ferrrari (with a bitch in the back)." Before he went into "I Should Have Known Better" he said they really didn't know it but they'd try it, and it sounded pretty good. Later he broke into a short version of Brown Sugar, but they didn't seem to really know it and he seemed to really want to do a Stones song, so then he went into "The Last Time". Right before Jessie's Girl, he made the promise of doing lots of new stuff the next night "but we'll always do this one" (then went into JG). Then at the end of the show, another promise of new stuff the following night, and the promise of "naked night" on Saturday.

So, you know how when you go to buy tickets for a show, and the people selling you the tickets try to tell you that "there's not a bad seat in the house"? Well, Potawatomi is the one place where that's actually kind of true. Rick really does roam around the venue and there's an excellent chance you'll be up close and personal at one point during the show. And more so if you are sitting in a booth. The featured picture today, emphasizes that point.
The complete set list for the show was as follows:
I'll Make You Happy
Will I?
Affair of the Heart
I've Done Everything For You
Rock of Life
Red House
I Should Have Known Better
Beautiful You
I Get Excited
Brown Sugar
The Last Time
State of the Heart
Love Somebody
Jesus Saves
You Really Got Me
Kristina
Tiger by the Tail
Inside Silvia
Speak to the Sky
Eden
Human Touch
Jessie's Girl
Perfect
Wasted

More pictures can be found in the concert section.

Monday, April 23, 2007

Noah's Back

Rick Springfield returned as Dr. Noah Drake today. Do they actually have writers on GH, or do they just have people who shuffle the scripts around so that the characters can do the same scene over and over again. I mean, really. For the longest time, it was Noah and Patrick yelling at each other. Now, it's Noah bitching about Dr. Ford, which would be fine, if there was any follow through whatsoever. Last time Noah was on, he and Patrick were going to do an operation that was against hospital policy. Hello? What happened with that? And I just can't sit through that same scene one more time with Carly and Sonny flirting with getting back together. Give it up already. Enough is enough. Besides the joy of seeing Noah's Rocking Doc self today, Emily's reaction to walking in on Patrick and Robin was pretty good, and the ending today, actually blew me away. I hadn't read any spoilers about it, or any soap mags, so it was definitely nice to be surprised, rather than bored to tears by the same old scenario. Let's hope that originality is contagious, and the antidote is nowhere to be found!

15 Days

May 22, 2003. This was the 3rd show in 3 nights. Probably the most "normal" of the 3 shows. Rick performed 3 songs that he hadn't performed any of the other two nights - Love Me Do, Souls, and The Medley. Ronnie played drums on Souls, Rodger had issues with that song for a long time. I miss the original Medley - I miss Everybody's Girl, Carry Me Away, Bruce and Stand Up, and the chorus part of What Kind of Fool Am I? The new Medley is very clever with the Jessie's Girl tease, and sticking in IGE so we still get to hear it, but now that the "new" has worn off of it, I find myself missing the original one. And during Gloria, we got a bit of a switch. Instead of "bathtub Gloria" we got "remote Gloria". Rick was in the "parlor" instead of the bathroom and he was watching tv. The lyrics went something like this: She knocks upon my door. I open it up and I say "come in baby". We walk into the parlor, it's called a parlor where I come from, we sit down on the couch, something's playing on the tv, I don't know what, and I put my arm around her, and I try to move in, she says this is bullshit, she takes her hand and she reaches right between my legs, and she gets the remote, and says "I hate Matlock". I say I do too baby, so lets go upstairs. I take her upstairs and I lay her down on the bed. She grabs my tie, which is really strange because I'm not wearing a tie, and she makes me feel alright........

Is Rick's wardrobe starting to look familiar? Are those the same pants he wore all 3 nights and the same shirt he wore the 1st night? Hmmmm, I can't tell..

The full set list was:
Affair of the Heart
I've Done Everything For You
Alyson
Love Me Do
Gloria
Don't Talk to Strangers
I Get Excited
Fire
Souls
The Medley
You Really Got Me
State of the Heart
Love Somebody

Human Touch
Jessie's Girl
idontwantanythingfromyou
Kristina
Love is Alright Tonite


more photos from the concert can be found on the concert page.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

16 Days

May 21, 2003. The 2nd show of 3. The first 3 songs performed had not been performed the night before, so it was definitely off to a running start. Then Affair of the Heart, a necessary staple to the set list, and then 3 more songs that were not performed the night before. Then idontwantanythingfromyou - still unreleased and a crowd favorite. And just like the night before, he does a double shot from the upcoming cd by performing Alien Virus. Before the night is done, we hear a couple of more songs that we hadn't heard the night before, a few more of the staples are performed, some in totally different places in the set list than "usual", and you really get a feeling of having seen two completely different shows. All in all, 10 songs were performed the 2nd night, that were not on the first night's set list. It was really great.
This is the night that Rick was (playfully) handcuffed by security. He gave one of the female security guards a hard time during DTTS, so she in turn hand cuffed him while he was in the audience, and he performed about two songs before he was unlocked, and performed a few more with the cuffs dangling off one of his arms. Rick was a good sport and it was very funny.
This show also was the debut of the Homer Doll (who wore an SDAA t-shirt before they were available on the merch site).
The full set list for the night was:
Rock of Life
Kristina
itsalwaysomething
Alyson
Affair of the Heart
Strange Brew
Motel Eyes
Nowhere Man
idontwantanythingfromyou
Alien Virus
Don't Talk to Strangers
I Get Excited
Fire
State of the Heart
Love Somebody
Gloria
You Really Got Me
Human Touch
Jessie's Girl
I've Done Everything for You
Living in Oz
Love is Alright Tonite
More pictures from the show can be see in the concert section.

Saturday, April 21, 2007

17 Days

With seventeen days left until Milwaukee, we come to the shows that took place in 2003. Two shows back to back were great, three shows back to back will be better, right? Damn right. I always felt like this was the year that set the standard for this type of show (multiple nights in one town). And this was the year that the "secret" kind of came out, and every year after, the fans have been rather wild, and in my opinion the shows have never quite lived up to the shows from 2003 (and yes, feel free to argue this point in the comments section).
First night (March 20), pretty much right out of the box and quite unexpectedly, we get a song that was from the upcoming album. Talk about a mixed bag.....the first song we heard from the upcoming cd was "idontwantanythingfromyou" (hard, angry rock), then just a month prior we get our first taste of "Alien Virus" (bluesy and a little weird), and now we are given "Angels of the Disappeared" (soft, touching ballad). It really did leave us wondering just what this new cd was going to be like.
This was also one of the first times Rick made mention of the promise of "naked night" (for the next night). He's never quite followed through with that :-)
I also think that this might be the longest that Rick's hair has been since the 80's (just a random thought).
The set list from this show was as follows:
Affair of the Heart
I've Done Everything for You
Alyson
The Medley
Angels of the Disappeared
idontwantanythingfromyou
Me and Johnny
Some Enchanted Evening
Karma
State of the Heart
Love Somebody
Gloria (bathtub)
Don't Talk to Strangers
I Get Excited
My Sharona
Human Touch
Jessie's Girl
Hello Young Lovers
You Really Got Me
Love is Alright Tonite
(not all songs were performed in their entirety)
More pictures from this show can be found in the concert section.
You can see in one of those pictures were Rick decided to play slide with the neck of a broken beer bottle.

Right now, it looks like ticketmaster is showing Saturday night to be sold out, and only a limited number of seats available for Friday (balcony).
If you haven't gotten tickets and decide to go at the last minute, a good place to find tickets at face value is on the RickSpringfieldForever Yahoo Group.

One New Tour Date

Rick Springfield will truly be coast to coast the first week of August. After playing 3 shows in a row in California, he'll be heading clear across to the other side of the country to play Westbury and then New Jersey (then heading down to good ole Mississippi, and shortly thereafter to Australia)
The New tour date is:


08.09.07
Englewood, NJ
Bergen Performing Arts Ctr

Friday, April 20, 2007

18 Days

With eighteen days left until Rick Springfield returns to Milwaukee, it is now time to look back at the 3rd show he did at the Potawatomi Casino. Starting off the show with Ordinary Girl and then Love Somebody (two songs he hadn't performed the night before), it was almost like he was picking up where he left off. Also starting off in his leather jacket and glasses, also added some freshness and excitement to everything.
The full set list for the show on March 7, 2002 was as follows:

Ordinary Girl
Love Somebody
itsalwaysomething
Love is Alright Tonite
Gloria
Souls
Don't Talk to Strangers
I Get Excited
idontwantanythingfromyou
Inside Silvia
You Really Got Me
Kristina
Rock of Life
Human Touch
Jessie's Girl
Affair of the Heart
I've Done Everything For You
Living in Oz

Here is a review I wrote of the show back then:
The entertainment director opened up the show again. He asked who had been there last night and if there was a 3rd night, who would come again (that would be cool!). Of course he heard a loud response to both questions.

Rick did what Rick does best and that's mix up the set list when he plays either two shows in one night or two nights in a row. He started out the show with Ordinary Girl and then Love Somebody, neither song he had played the night before. Early in the show he plays Love is Alright Tonite, which is often an encore song. That is very exciting because you're getting it so early in the show and you can be really excited about the song without knowing the show is about to end.

Bathtub Gloria continues.....the funniest line being "I had something in my hand....it was the soap.....so I put it down" Then he sings something about "she takes me to the bed, lays me down, makes me feel alright". Whew, do you need a break after that visual…

Rick sat on the steps during Souls, very nice!

The "Boy 9" guitar bit the dust. We didn't officially find this out until he had George bring it out so he could use it to smash the "mini me" Pinata. Poor thing had a broken neck.(the guitar, NOT the pinata!) When Rick saw the guitar he said "what idiot broke this one" (we think he knew he had done it). He cut himself on the broken guitar when he was swinging it. A little patchwork with a Band-Aid and he was good as new.

IGE had a twist. Rick had gone into the audience, so when it came time to do IGE, he had a girl from the audience come up on the railing and hold his mic and he did IGE from there. There were only a total of 4 girls. It was great!

When Rick went to do the new song, someone had stolen his words from the night before. He asked if anyone had them, that he needed them (he was kind of joking), and apparently he did need them. He changed the 2nd line back to "you try to heal but you crucify" and he messed up the second verse (he kind of mumbled through it). Rick stayed out in the audience for a large portion of the show, but it was really cool (unless maybe you had front row seats). You could see him the whole time, so it made it great for everyone. He went up into the balcony during Human Touch, and the first part of Jessie's Girl. When he was up in the balcony he was standing on the ledge and the only thing there was a railing that was about mid-shin on him. There were NO fans OR security holding on to him or anywhere near him. We were all holding our breath through this nearly having heart attacks with the mere thought of him falling. You could hear him laughing as he headed back to the stage.

Then, first song for the encore was Affair of the Heart, followed by I've Done Everything For You. That was really cool!! It had that whole beginning of the show feeling. Then came Living in Oz, and it was over. It was a great show!

More pictures from this show can be found in the concert section.

Thursday, April 19, 2007

New Tour dates & Presale Info

It looks like the July 6th date is a go again. These dates were just confirmed on Rick's website. And it looks like the Access presale startes tomorrow for the Santa Rosa date.

07.06.07
Saulte St. Marie, MI Kewadin Casino
ACCESS-RS Ticket Presale 4/24.

08.04.07
Santa Rosa, CAWells Fargo Arts Center
ACCESS-RS Ticket Presale 4/20 at 10AM PST!!

19 Days

Nineteen more days until the first Milwaukee Show. Yesterday we posted about the very first show Rick did at the Potawatomi Casino. He did not perform there in 2001, but then in 2002, during one of his week long breaks from EFX, we got double our pleasure with two shows back to back. The first show was on March 6, 2002. The thing that stands out the most to me about that show was when Rick came out shirtless during the encore, he was sporting a band tattoo on his right arm. At that time Rick had the one hawk tattoo on his shoulder, and he had been quoted to say that he was going to be proof you could stop at one, so it was quite a shock to see the new one appear. We, of course, found out later that it was not real. (and as we know now, in 2004 Rick joined the community of people with multiple tattoos).
The set list from this show was as follows:
Affair of the Heart
itsalwaysomething
I've Done Everything For You
Fire
idontwantanythingfromyou
State of the Heart
Alyson
Just One Kiss
Rock of Life
Gloria
Inside Silvia
Kristina
Wild Thing
Don't Talk to Strangers
Human Touch
Jessie's Girl
Love is Alright Tonite
Living In Oz
More photos from this show can be found in the concert section at rickspringfield.us
Also, here is a review I wrote of the show back in 2002:

Rick had played this venue before on 11/15/00, so they knew what kind of show he put on and kind of knew what to expect from his fans. They seem to like him and put up with us (lol). The Entertainment Director came out before the show started and said that he heard that there were probably people in the audience from all 50 states. He then went on about how he knew that people would probably want to stand up but because every other row is a booth, it's really hard for the people in the booth to see or stand up, so to be aware of the people behind you. Everyone actually seemed to behave pretty well and respected everyone around.

When Rick got to the new song(idontwantanythingfromyou), apparently he changed the second line from "you try to heal but you crucify" to "you only want me when you're high". The new song ROCKS! You may have to let it sink in a bit, it may catch some off guard by how angry it sounds, but after the initial shock, you’ll really start to enjoy it. (interesting in regard to the "shock" description, this was before the cd title had been announced)

Later Rick asked the crowd what they were drinking because they seemed a little loose, so he said he'd do a loose song and went into Inside Silvia (we're not sure how that correlates but we go with it).

He was walking around the audience and he was standing behind the 4th row (booths), and someone mentioned it was their birthday, and Rick went into the whole routine of how everyone has a birthday, and asked how old he was. Then he proceeded to play Wild Thing while having one oh so lucky member of the audience straddle between his legs for a major portion of the song.

This is the concert where "Bathtub Gloria" was born. In the song, he mentions that Gloria is knocking on the door but he can't hear her because he's taking a bath. She comes into the bathroom, and she pulls the plug. She "reaches her hand deep into the water," between his legs, and pulls the plug. The water drains out and he gets cold, and then he sings "warm me up, baby warm me up". Very hot stuff!

At one point, someone had a sign asking him to flip Matty off, so he did. Then he started talking on phones, early, right before DTTS instead of during. Someone had a Scooby phone, and he told the person he was talking to "I don't want to tell you where I have my mouth". He also talked to someone from Australia and a 13 year old girl who he asked "why aren't you here, you could marry my son". Possibly a subtle comment on the fact "I'm old enough to be your DAD".

There was no IGE during this show. This may be the first time it’s been skipped in a very long time. At the end of the show, Rick said something about overstaying their welcome. They may have gone a little long on the set, then he said "see you tomorrow night, for those of you coming". Which if you think about it, that's pretty interesting. He knows us all too well.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

20/20

Rick Springfield has played the Northern Lights Theater at the Potawatomi Casino in Milwaukee, WI 20 times. In 20 days, he'll play there 5 more nights. So, we thought we'd count down the next 20 days, by looking back on the past 20 shows. The first time Rick played there was November 15, 2000, and the set list was as follows:

Ordinary Girl
Affair of the Heart
I've Done Everything For You
itsalwaysomething
Gloria
Speak to the Sky
Inside Silvia
Don't Talk to Strangers
I Get Excited
Wild Thing
State of the Heart
Love Somebody
You Really Got Me
Free
Sunshine of Your Love
Human Touch
Jessie's Girl
Living in Oz
Love is Alright Tonite
(photo by Kym DeGenaro)

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Rick Springfield - Live and Luscious

Live and What? (Rick's thoughts exactly). That's what the poster advertising the Feather Falls Casino concert said (and judging by the picture we're posting from the Albuquerque concert, they weren't kidding). We didn't manage to get a picture of that poster, it was gone before the show started, but maybe someone did.
Rick Springfield performed two concerts this week - Feather Falls Casino in Oroville, CA and Route 66 Casino in Albuquerque, NM. The set list for the first night, was very similar to the Wendover show, and the Albuquerque show was similar minus Gloria. One slight change in a lyric that immediately caught my attention was during Will I - "I broke my heart on the reef of your insecurity". Which show was the best? Well, reviews are mixed, but not unkind (and yes, he did perform Alyson both nights) - I know I personally liked the Albuquerque show better, but I know others who went to both shows who preferred Oroville, but they were both high energy, crowd pleasing performances.
For pictures from the weekend, be sure to check out the picture spotlight section, which will be updated by the end of the day, and within a few weeks, more pictures will be added to the 2007 concert section.
Rick has no shows scheduled again until the "7 shows in 8 days extravaganza" going on the first Week of May. We are hoping to blog the Milwaukee experience in a very timely manner, so stay tuned for that, too

Friday, April 13, 2007

More New Tour Dates


A smattering of tour dates for those of us not in Oroville, CA tonight:
06.17.07
Vinton, LA:
Delta Downs Casino

07.07.07
Arlington Heights, IL
Frontier Days Festival (FREE)

Have fun making plans!

Sunday, April 8, 2007

More TV time for Rick!

While we have had no new TV appearances this year, we do have some old favorites showing up on the small screen. So if you have never seen these movies or just can't get enough of Rick on TV here is your chance.

With Harmful Intent

Fri May 4 04:26P on Lifetime Movie Network
Sat May 5 05:45A on Lifetime Movie Network

Directed by Richard Friedman. Starring Joan Van Ark, Daniel J Travanti, Rick Springfield, Christopher Noth, Bert Remsen, Michael Patrick Carter.
A small town's preteens are preyed upon in this mix of crime story and psychological drama. From Judith Kelman's novel.



Hard to Hold

Tue May 1 07:50A on Encore Love Stories.
Mon May 7 07:50A on Encore Love Stories
Mon May 7 08:50A on Movie Plex


Directed by Larry Peerce. Starring Rick Springfield, Janet Eilber, Patti Hansen, Albert Salmi, Gregory Itzin, Peter Van Norden, Bill Mumy, Garry Goodrow, Tracy Brooks Swope.
A rock star becomes involved with a child psychologist. 100 minutes- PG, USA, 1984, Monique Gabrielle, Stereo, SAP, Sexual Situations



General Hospital

As has been the case recently, Noah keeps popping up for a few minutes here and there so keep setting those VCR/DVR/Tivo's. You never know when his storyline may just kick into gear!

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Surprise!

Rick Springfield showed up on General Hospital today, somewhat unexpectedly, but what a nice surprise! And Noah and Patrick are working together instead of butting heads.....another nice surprise. However, why does everything seem like it's always left hanging in Noah's scenes? Surely, Surely, Surely we will get to see the operation that Noah and Patrick perform and the fall out from Dr. Ford. If not, then really, what was the point? True words have never been spoken - "storylines that go absolutely f*cking nowhere......."
Don't forget, recaps and reviews from all of Noah's scenes can be found in the General Hospital section on rickspringfield.us

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Turn Up Your Radio, Love is King...

(photo courtesy of Josie and Janie Hernandez)

Turn it up loud this summer as more tour dates are filling in Rick Springfield's Human Touch tour. More tour dates were released yesterday, confirming Rick's visit to Atlanta in June as well as a new date in Pala, CA on September 29. See the full tour schedule here.

The Rhode Island and New York dates were also confirmed earlier today. Rick will appear in Lincoln, RI on 5/18/07 at the Events Center at Twin Rivers. He is also visiting Westbury, NY at the Northfork Theater on 8/08/07 (with Eddie Money as part of the We Are the 80s Tour). Please note that Ticketmaster has corrected their date to match the date posted on rickspringfield.com. Stay tuned for further updates.

These two dates go on sale in the next few days via Ticketmaster.

Rick's official website has also deleted the previously reported tour date in Sault Ste. Marie in Michigan. Again, since tour dates are constantly subject to change, it bears watching to see if the date at Kewadin in July (see below) is permanently removed from the schedule.


It's a crazy, busy time for Rick and his fans as the summer tour starts to fill in. Stay tuned and enjoy!

Monday, April 2, 2007

Bow to the East.....

Two more East Coast dates popped up on Ticketmaster today:

5/18/07 - Lincoln, RI - Twin River Events Center (on sale 4/13)

8/08/07 - Westbury, NY - North Fork Theatre (on sale 4/15)
(photo - Westbury, NY - Kelley Pivoney)

Sunday, April 1, 2007

Upcoming TV for Rick Springfield

Even if you can't get that up close and personal feeling of a live Rick Springfield performance, you have several chances to catch him on the small screen.

4/8/07

Headline Act
8:30am EST VH1C
Get a closer look into an artist's style and evolution with a block of an artist's video clips accompanied by an exclusive new interview with the artist



4/14 /07
I Love the 80s: 3D 1988
10pm EST VH1

Rick comments on the band Midnight Oil





A Change of Place

Fri Apr 27 01:33A on Lifetime Movie Network
Fri Apr 27 07:31A on Lifetime Movie Network

Directed by Donna Deitch. Starring Andrea Roth, Rick Springfield, Geordie Johnson, Stephanie Beacham, Ian Richardson, Viktoria Kerekes.
A shy student trades identities with her flashy twin, a top fashion model with a dark secret. A.k.a. 'Harlequin's 'A Change of Place'.' 111 minutes
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Incredible Hulk
Thu Apr 26 11:00A on SciFi Channel

The DiscipleStarring Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno, Mako, Rick Springfield, Gerald McRaney, Stacy Keach Sr.
A policeman witness his father's murder. Rick Springfield, Mako, Stacey Keach Sr. 60 minutes- None, USA, (CC)


General Hospital
Keep an eye out for the "only on soaps" storyline that Rick has been talking about recently. As he mentioned, he has been on the set so you may want to keep setting those VCR/DVR/Tivo's.