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James Taylor and Carole King: Third Tanglewood Show Added

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Via The Berkshire Eagle, James Taylor and Carole King have added a third show to their “Troubadour Reunion” tour stop at Tanglewood this summer. The first two shows sold out within hours. Only lawn tickets are still available for the newly added show on Monday, July 5, and you can bet they won’t last long.

Odds & Ends @ The End of the Week

Friday, February 5th, 2010

If you get up reeeaaallly early on Sunday, you may be able to see the last-ever nighttime launch of the space shuttle. According to Space.com, if the sky is clear, the 4:39am launch should be visible from most of the eastern US.

After the solid rocket boosters are jettisoned, Endeavour will be visible for most locations by virtue of the light emanating from its three main engines. It should appear as a very bright, pulsating, fast-moving star, shining with a yellowish-orange glow. Based on previous night missions, the brightness should be at least equal to magnitude -2; rivaling Sirius, the brightest star in brilliance. Observers who train binoculars on the shuttle should be able to see its tiny V-shaped contrail.

If you miss it Sunday morning, you’ll still have a chance to see both the shuttle and the International Space Station as they orbit the earth; during this 13-day mission, they’ll be visible before dawn across North America and Europe.


You’ll want to get up early on Sunday, anyway, if you’re looking to buy tickets to see James Taylor and Carole King at Tanglewood this summer. The shed has already sold out, before the shows have even gone on sale to the general public. If you want to score lawn tickets, you’d better by trying at 8am this Sunday, February 7.

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James Taylor Adds 2nd Haitian Benefit Concert at Mahaiwe

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

James Taylor has added a second benefit concert for Haiti at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Mass. at 8pm Saturday (January 23).

“The need in Haiti is so great and our community in the Berkshires is so generous. Performing another concert is the least I can do, and, fortunately, the Mahaiwe is free the next night,” Taylor said.

Tickets to Taylor’s Friday night benefit concert for Haiti sold out in 90 minutes when they went on sale at 9am today. The Friday night concert raised $150,000 for Partners in Health, which Taylor and his wife Kim then matched, bringing the total amount raised for Haitian relief to $300,000.

Tickets for the Saturday concert, “Help for Haiti: An Intimate Evening with James Taylor,” are $100 (balcony), $200 (orchestra and mezzanine) and $1,000 (golden circle including private, post-show reception with the artists).

Tickets will go on sale at 9am on Wednesday (January 20) online and in person at the Mahaiwe box office at 14 Castle Street in Great Barrington, Mass. No phone sales are available for this concert. Limit four tickets per person.

Taylor will be accompanied by longtime backup vocalists Kate Markowitz and Arnold McCuller, his wife Kim Taylor and Boston Symphony Orchestra cellist and frequent sideman Owen Young.

Proceeds from the show, plus a matching amount from Kim and James Taylor, will be donated to Partners in Health.

Taylor’s Friday night performance will also be simulcast on WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and phone pledges will be taken from listeners during the broadcast.

Be Here Now: Help for Haiti: An Intimate Evening with James Taylor @ Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 1/22/10

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

From Seth Rogovoy at Berkshire Living comes word that James Taylor will perform a benefit concert for Haiti at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington this Friday, January 22 at 8pm. Tickets are available online and in person at the Mahaiwe box office.

Taylor will be accompanied by longtime backup vocalists Kate Markowitz and Arnold McCuller, his wife, Kim Taylor, and Boston Symphony Orchestra cellist and frequent sideman Owen Young.

Proceeds from the show, plus a matching amount from Kim and James Taylor, will be donated to Partners in Health. The event will also be simulcast on WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and phone pledges will be taken from listeners during the broadcast.

UPDATE: This concert is now sold out.

James Taylor tickets available?

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Looking for a bit of info, we logged onto Tanglewood’s website, and noticed that suddenly tickets are now available again for what had previously been a sold-out series of benefit performances by James Taylor this week.

Not just lawn tickets, either. There are actual reserved amphitheater seats that can be yours for the buying. At least there were when this story was published.

Anyway, here’s how the James Taylor Festival at Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass. is shaping up:

6pm today: Percussion master class hosted by Vic Firth and featuring Steve Gadd and Luis Conte. Ozawa Hall. Gates open at 5pm. Free with purchase of other James Taylor concert tickets. Reservations required.

8pm Thursday, August 27: “Conversations Among Friends.” James Taylor presides over an intimate, informal conversation and performance with members of his band. Ozawa Hall. Gates open at 5:30pm. Lawn and amphitheater seats available $17-$51.

7pm Friday, August 28: James Taylor and his band in concert with special guests Sheryl Crow and Yo-Yo Ma. Followed by a screening of the feature film “Two Lane Blacktop” starring James Taylor, Dennis Wilson and Warren Oates. Koussevitzky Shed. Gates open at 4pm. Amphitheater tickets available $62.

11am Saturday, August 29: Roundtable Conversation with James Taylor, Sheryl Crow and John Williams hosted by Jann Wenner. Ozawa Hall. Free with purchase of James James Taylor concert tickets. Reservations required.

7pm Saturday, August 29: James Taylor and his band in concert with special guests Sheryl Crow and Yo-Yo Ma. Koussevitzky Shed. Gates open at 4pm. Sold out.

2:30pm Sunday, August 30: James Taylor in concert with the Boston Pops (conducted by John Williams) and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus (conducted by John Oliver). Koussevitzky Shed. Gates open at 12noon. Lawn and amphitheater tickets available $21-$115.

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