It's not too late to secure your New Year's Eve plans. Whether you are looking to dance, dine or laugh in 2013. Happy New Year!
MUSIC & PARTIES:
Champagne Wishes Party @ Skybar
Enjoy a live performance by ELEW, DJ set by Zen Freeman and open premium bar. Champagne toast at midnight. Party from 9 p.m. – 2 a.m., ages 21 and older only. Tickets are $150 for non-hotel guests and $125 for hotel guests.
Your guide to festive fun on the boulevard this holiday season. Get out and start spreading good cheer!
Dec. 19
Holiday "Under The Covers" @ Andaz West Hollywood
Legendary music producer and co-owner and founder of The Roxy Theatre, Lou Adler, is among the 2013 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
In addition to his role helping shape the live music scene on The Sunset Strip, Adler has worked as a songwriter, founder of Dunhill Records and Ode Records, produced the Monterey International Pop Festival, produced the 1975 "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," and directed Cheech and Chong's "Up In Smoke." Adler has received Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Album of the Year for Carole King's "Tapestry" album.
One of the most buzzed about new artists in recent memory, Meg Myers returned to The Viper Room last week for her second sold out showcase. The stormy songstress played to an at-capacity crowd, peppered with major label reps, TV execs and in-the-know tastemakers, all privy to the fact that they were witnessing the turning point of a career.
With only a six song EP to mine for her live performances, Myers sailed through a blistering set, leaving the insatiable crowd clamoring for more (yet to be created) new material. Before taking the stage, we were fortunate enough to steal away a few sound bites from Ms. Myers’ as she shared with TSS.com her nervous excitement, at being on the brink of stardom.
I was just reading your bio, which is very succinct… just briefly mentions that you grew up in Tennessee, and then I think you moved to Florida? And then…
House of Blues filled The Sunset Strip with a firey spectacle this week as the national concert venue celebrated 20 years and 20,000 performances with a fireworks display, celebrity party and concert featuring ZZ Top.
Blues Brothers Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi reunited for the Dec. 4 event and set the stage for a massive fireworks show outside of the iconic venue. After the show, guests were treated to a performance by ZZ Top, Flogging Molly and Deer Tick inside the venue.
The event kicked off a 20 month celebration, which will also include 20th Anniversary concert tours with a portion of ticket sales from these concerts benefiting the International House of Blues Foundation's "Action For The Arts" program, which encourages creative expression through art and promotes cultural understanding.
For more information about House of Blues 20th Anniversary events, please visit HOB.com.
'Tis the season to dress your best! Why not update your wardrobe while also enjoying a fashion show, complimentary champagne and a free make-up bar?
This Thursday Code C brings you all of these delights with their holiday trunk show featuring Alpinestars by Denise Foril and Astars. In addition to the bubbly, enjoy a 30% discount on all featured labels during the event and a VIP gift bag with purchase (while supplies last).
The festivities begin at 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. This is one event you won't want to be "fashionably" late for!
Whether you are looking for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, a Michelin-rated dining experience or a low key event with two-for-one priced cocktail specials, The Sunset Strip has you covered this Thanksgiving and turkey week!
Relocating from the U.K. to Phoenix, Arizona, in 2010, indie rock quartet A Silent Film have felt strangely drawn to the states ever since their inaugural tour: “The first time we drove into New York… and ‘You Will Leave a Mark’ was playing on the radio… Never in my dreams could I imagine the songs I wrote in my bedroom as someone else's soundtrack to the skyline of New York City."
It was this epiphany, as well as their new desert digs, that provided frontman Robert Stevenson and the rest of the band, the inspiration for their most recent critically acclaimed effort, Sand & Snow, an album that’s come to define the group’s sound and brought them to the brink of stardom here in America and beyond. I recently connected with the band in advance of their House of Blues Sunset Strip show last week to reflect on their move to the States, unrequited love songs and of course, silent films.
House of Blues Sunset Strip will continue its annual tradition of providing Thanksgiving meals to those in need this year by participating in "Feed the Souls," a nationwide campaign to provide 20,000 meals across all 12 House of Blues venues.
In celebration of House of Blues 20th anniversary this year, House of Blues Sunset Strip is holding a food drive now through Nov. 19. During this time, non-perishable food items can be brought to the Box Office, and in exchange of gratitude, patrons will receive a voucher good for 10% off at Crossroads at House of Blues restaurant or to use in the company store.
The food drive will benefit food kitchens, shelters and charities throughout Los Angeles, including Children’s Lifesaving Organization, Westside Coalition and Love Lifted Ministries.
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and founding member of Guns N’ Roses, Duff McKagan returned to The Sunset Strip for two back to back, sold out shows at The Viper Room this month. For night one of this intimate engagement, McKagan, promoting his memoire It’s So Easy: And Other Lies, played an acoustic “storytellers” style set, reciting passages from his new to paperback read, while his band Loaded played accompanying instrumental renditions of GNR’s most memorable hits.
After a long evening of fan meet and greets and a stellar performance that assuredly was one of the most memorable nights in Viper Room history, McKagan sat down with TheSunsetStrip.com to reflect on the night and his memories of his first sober performance at The Viper almost 20 years ago.
