Category: Good Times

By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR Halestorm is one of those bands that followed a time-honored tradition of American bands that have built their ever-expanding fan base one album at a time. The band is going on 20 years and it…

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by MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR If you hear what sounds like a pop song being played backwards emanating from Zakk Wylde’s tour bus as it rolls into Connecticut, don’t fret. The guitarist is just coming up with riffs for his…

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by MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR You have to concede that Charlie Puth is one good looking guy. The young girls filling the Mohegan Sun Arena on July 19 clearly thought so. They screamed and cried when the singer stepped on…

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by MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR After listening to Hailee Steinfeld’s singles, watching her videos, and catching her as an opener in 2016 for Meghan Trainor, I already wanted to hear more from the pop singe. She has released an EP,…

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by MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR Cirque du Soleil has the reputation of being the standard by which all other circuses must be judged. And the quality, skill, and talent of Cirque du Soleil was clearly on display as its show,…

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By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR Comedian Kate Quigley’s story of arrested development means laughter for comedy club audiences and podcast aficionados. Quigley comes to Comix at Mohegan Sun starting next Thursday for four performances. One of Quigley’s current projects is…

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By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR The basic premise of Cirque du Soleil’s production “Corteo” sounds a bit bleak. The story follows a clown imagining his own funeral. But, according to Cirque performer Erin Cervantes, the show is not about the…

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By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR For fans of 10,000 Maniacs waiting for an album of new material, the wait shouldn’t be much longer. Mary Ramsey, the vocalist for 10,000 Maniacs, who are coming to the Infinity Hall in Norfolk, Conn.…

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