WHAT'S HAPPENING 1988 By JANE SCOTT 1 on Billboard's Top Pop chart for ROCK WRITER eight weeks, hit the top on the magazine's black LP chart this week. MAY ood projected faith. tour George here Michael's with DEADHEAD ALERT: It's true, Wham! collapsed when that the Grateful Dead will rise again, British duo broke up on March 14, this time on Saturday, June 25, at 7 1986. Michael went solo and now p.m. in the Buckeye Lake Music has the No.
1 album in the country, Center. "Faith," and a debut date at the Tickets. $18.50 in advance, go on 8 Coliseum on Saturday, Sept. 3, at 8 sale tomorrow at Ticketron and p.m. Teletron.
Buckeye Lake is in LickTickets, $20, go on sale tomorrow ing Township in Licking County off PLAIN at except 8 a.m. May at Co. all locations Ticketron and sites the Ohio 70 between Zanesville and Columbus. THE a.m. Galleria, The which Teletron will lines open open at at 10 8 ROW.
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SPECIAL PRICING and instant financing approval To Ta THe for six-months same- as-cash will be available for this ONE NIGHT a ONLY! Drink and be entertained by the Pi Salesmen All Star Jam Band! A MICHELOB Concert Series at BLOSSOM'88 88 N. ANNIVERSARY Wednesday, May 25 at 8pm Robert with special guests 4 Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Lawn $15.50 Monday, May 30 at 8pm Depeche with special guest OMD Pavilion $17.50 Lawn $15.50 The Tuesday, May 31 Whitesnake concert has been POSTPONED until Friday, July 15. Original tickets will be honored. (Refunds available at point of purchase.) Tickets are on sale now at Blossom Music Center, Severance Hall, TICKETRON or by calling TELETRON at 524-0000. 'No beverages, bottles, cans or cameras permitted on the Blossom grounds.
State law prohibits bringing alcoholic beverages onto the grounds. Call the Blossom Concert Hotline at 566-9330. The Blossom Parents Tent is open for special attractions. Visit the Blossom Restaurant prior to all concerts. 1 The night belongs to Remember This Summer For A Lifetime; Just Say No.
Blossom Music Center 1145 West Steels Corners Road, Cuyahoga Falls. Ohio 44223 The Grateful Dead's only Ohio concert will be June 25 at Buckeye Lake Center. 1988 MAY PLAIN THE PIONEER LASERDISC PIONEER PIONEER OFF SALE ALL LASERDISC DISCS PIONEER IN STOCK LASERDISC For SALE Hurry Best ENDS In VISA Soon- Selection! TO 100'S VIDSTAR CHOOSE iNC. OF SYSTEMS TITLES FROM HOURS: 13th PLAYHOUSE 10. 589-0500 MONDAY-SATURDAY EUCLID SQUARE LASERDISC PIONEER LASERDISC .71 I 8 Curd CHRIS CUFFARO George Michael whams into the Coliseum on Sept.
3. Boogie Down Productions All Means and Biz Markie Off') share the Front Row stage on Tuesday, June 28, at 7:30 p.m. Kool Moe Dee heads Cash Box's first rap chart this week. Tickets, $16.75, are on sale at Ticketron and the box office. BLOSSOM BEAT: Word is out from publicists that Barry Manilow will bring his theatrical "Big Fun Tour de Force" concert to Blossom Music Center on Tuesday, Sept.
6. Depeche Mode, the British quartet with the "Music for the Masses" LP, has been booked at Blossom on Memorial Day, May 30. Opening at 8 p.m. will be Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark Best of Tickets are $17.50 for the pavilion, $15.50 for the lawn, available at Ticketron, Teletron, Blossom Music Center and Severance Hall. Former Led Zeppelin singer.
Robert Plant kicks off the center's 20th season Wednesday at 8 p.m. with Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Lawn tickets, $15.50, are still available. Loverboy canceled its 1988 tour, which includes the June 16 Blossom show. Refunds will be given at purchase places.
Meanwhile, Magi- cal Strings has been added to the July 19 Don Fogelberg concert. Pavilion seats for Steve Winwood on Wednesday, July 13, sold out. His new single, "Roll With It," is due June 20. COUNTRY CALL: Barbara Mandrell Love Bad moves to the Front Row on Sunday, Sept. 4, at 4 p.m.
Tickets are $27.75. :1. NOTES: Guitar whiz Yngwie Malmsteen headlines a triple play at Music Hall Monday, June 20, with former Runaway staffer Lita Ford and Black and Blue. Tickets are on sale at Ticketron, Teletron and the hall box office for $14 The Floyd Band does a Shadows Production all -ages show Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Phantasy Nite Club, $8 in advance.
SUBTRACTION: The McAuley Schenker Vincent Gladys show set for Thursday at the Agora Metro-: politan Theater has been canceled, Belkin Productions report. Refunds are available. UP FROM UNDER: A second Mick Jagger sideman, guitarist Vernon Reid (the first was Joe Satriani) brings his hard rock band Living Colour to Peabody's DownUnder on Wednesday, June 1, at 9 p.m. Advance tickets are $6.50. Reid played on Jagger's "Primitive Cool" LP and is a founding member of the Black Rock Coalition, which combats racial stereotypes Peabody shows: The a cappella rockers, Four Guys Standing Around Singing, July 22 and 23 at 8 p.m.
with tickets $10 in advance; The Pixies and the Slammin' Watusi on Tuesday, June 7 at 9 p.m., $6 at the door only; Throwing Muses, Monday at 9 p.m.; Meat Light, Wednesday, 9 p.m. with tickets $9 in advance, $10 day of show. PHANTASTICS: St. Ron's Clown reunites at the Phantasy Nite Club tonight, with Kevin McMahon opening. Youth in Asia with Jeff Bates in tow will play some old Killers' songs tomorrow night.
The Allies 5 RASCAL RHYTHM: The Pony Boys play on the Rascal House outdoor patio Tuesday, with Michael Stanley and Jan Jones of WJW Channel 8's "PM Magazine" on hand; Lean and Hungry plays there tonight. CRUISIN': SO, the EMI-Manhattan group from South London featuring Mark Long and Marcus Bell, did its fifth American date Monday at Peabody's DownUnder to a cheering crowd. "Mark and I fit well together. I'm more into reggae, he's got a jazzy flavor," said Long. ON THEIR MARKS: Biggie's Crooked River Saloon in the Flats marks its sixth anniversary tonight with Flashbax.
Free cake. Peabody's DownUnder marks its fifth year Thursday at 9 p.m. with First Light. More free cake. Zawinul brings jazz to the Hanna Jazz comes to the Hanna Theater Thursday, June 9, at 8 p.m.
with the Zawinul Syndicate. Leader Joe Zawinul was a co-founder of the Weather Report. Reserved tickets, $12.50, are available at Ticketron and the Hanna box office. A jazz double play England's Jazz Butcher and Californian Downey Mildew are set for Peabody's DownUnder on Thursday, June 9, at 9 p.m. Tickets for the all-ages show are $8 in advance.
The Jazz Butcher's current LP is "Fishcoteque." A.
