Liacouras Center

Just Announced: Green Day reschedules Liacouras Center show for April 3

After postponing their entire 2013 tour when singer Billie Joe Armstrong entered treatment for substance abuse, 90s pop-punkers Green Day today announced a set of rescheduled dates; their stop at the Liacouras Center on Temple University’s campus will now happen on Wednesday, April 3. In a three part statement on Instagram, Armstrong thanked fans for their support.

Dear friends
I just wanted to thank you all for the love support you’ve showed for the past few months. Believe me, it hasn’t gone unnoticed and I’m eternally grateful to have such an amazing set of friends and faimly. I’m getting better every day. So now, without further ado, the show must go on.. We can’t wait to get on the road and live out loud! Our passion has only grown stronger.
Happy new year
We love you all
Rage and love
XX BILLE JOE
P.s.. Green day tour in march

Word on whether original tickets will be honored or when new tickets become available is TBD.

FILED UNDER: Artists, News, Green Day, Liacouras Center

November 30, 2012 | 8:35 AM | By Skye Leppo

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Tonight’s Concert Picks: Loretta Lynn at Keswick Theatre, Public Enemy with Whodini at Liacouras Center, Arlo Guthrie at Scottish Rite, Matt Duke at Steel City, Graham Parker & The Rumour at TLA

The “First Lady of Country Music,” Loretta Lynn, will be gracing the stage at Keswick Theatre this evening. The Appalachian songstress’s last album, 2004′s Van Lear Rose, is one of more than sixty studio records Lynn has released since her first #1 hit in 1967, “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin (With Lovin’ On Your Mind).” Tickets for tonight’s all-ages performance can be found here. Below, check out Lynn’s performance of “Coal Miner’s Daughter.”

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FILED UNDER: Concert Previews, Events, Arlo Guthrie, Flavor Flav, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Liacouras Center, Loretta Lynn, Matt Duke, Professor Griff, Public Enemy, Scottish Rite Theatre, Steel City Coffeehouse, The Keswick Theatre, Theatre of the Living Arts, Tony Lucca, Whodini

November 19, 2012 | 2:59 PM | By John Vettese

Just Announced: Passion Pit concert moved to Electric Factory (all original tickets honored)

Photo by Jason Nocito | Filter Magazine

This just in – Passion Pit‘s appearance next Thursday, November 29, originally scheduled for The Liacouras Center, has been moved to the Electric Factory. All original tickets will be honored, but the show is now standing-room only. Promoters AEG live apologize for the inconvenience and say that refunds, if requested, will be available at the point of purchase through 10 p.m. on Wednesday, November 28. Tickets and more information are available here.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, News, Electric Factory, Liacouras Center, Passion Pit

September 25, 2012 | 11:43 AM | By Skye Leppo

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Watch Best Coast cover Nirvana’s “About a Girl” (opening for Green Day at The Liacouras Center in January)

At their show last night in Brussels, Belgium, indie pop band Best Coast covered Nirvana’s “About a Girl.” Currently on tour in support of their sophomore album The Only Place, the band announced that beginning in January it will join Green Day on tour. The two bands will appear at the Liacouras Center at Temple on January 22nd. More ticket information for that show can be found here. Below, watch Best Coast perform “About a Girl.”

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, Recordings, Best Coast, Green Day, Liacouras Center, Nirvana, The Only Place

September 10, 2012 | 9:59 AM | By John Vettese

Just Announced: Passion Pit coming to the Liacouras Center in November (watch a video from their Made In America set)

Photo by Jason Nocito | Filter Magazine

Dance-poppers Passion Pit will bring their fall tour through Philadelphia for a show at Temple University’s Liacouras Center on Thursday, November 29. Tickets for the show go on sale to the public this Friday, Septemeber 14, at 10 a.m. through AEGLive.com, ComcastTix.com or the Liacouras Center box office. Below, watch video of Passion Pit performing “Take A Walk” at the Made in America festival earlier this month.