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6th Annual Asbury Music Awards

Kid With Man Head/Evelyn Forever/Love in Reverse/Thee Casino Royales/Gotham City Swing/Rachel/Brown Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ sorry, Mike has not yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!

Tori Amos, The Devlins

Madison Square Garden, New York, NY We at WHTG had a number of contest winners (along with some other folks, including me) attend a soundcheck listening. It was very cool to be in a nearly empty Madison Square Garden and hear Tori play a couple of songs on her piano. While most of the attendees were rapt in attention to Tori, I mostly listened with my head tilted a bit sideways so I could hear the natural reverb of such a large space without people to absorb the sound. Tori was backed by a three-piece band (drummer Matt Chamberlain, guitarist Steve Caton, and bassist Jon Evans). In addition to her usual Bosendorfer, she also played an electric piano at times during her hour-and-a-half long set.. Setlist : "Precious Things," "Cruel," "Cornflake Girl," "Spark," "Iieee," "Sugar," "Leather," "Landslide," "Jackie's Strength," "Tear in Your Hand," "Raspberry Swirl," "Waitres...

Third Eye Blind/Our Lady Peace/Eve 6

PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ sorry, I haven't yet written about this show... feel free to write your own recollections if you were there...

Semisonic

Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ sorry, Mike has not yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!

John Easdale, They Might Be Giants, The Connells, Miles Hunt & Malcolm Treece, Superdrag, Jonathan Fire*Eater, Pee Shy, Solution a.d., Evelyn Forever

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Surf Club, Ortley Beach, NJ .... Surfstock 5. Matt Pinfield was the MC. My credential for the show.