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Umphrey's McGee Saturday, January 24, 2009Fillmore AuditoriumBetter Than: Saving money and listening to Umphrey's through your earbuds.I'm too young to have seen the Grateful Dead or Led Zeppelin live. Just the same, I'm convinced that my friends and I were conceived in brightly painted VW buses with shag carpet parked outside their shows. These groups were legendary for extended all-nighters, a loyal, exuberant fan base and, most of all, their music. Fast-forward thirty-s
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Today in Cafe Society:
• Rock, paper, scissors, booze at Nine75.
• Mark & Isabella now open in Belmar.
• Just in time for the Super Bowl, a Milking It review of Cap'n Crunch's Touchdown Crunch.
• Buenos Aires Grill to close.
• Thanasi Foods thinks Bigs with bacon.
• The year of the ox -- and a second Star.
Today in Backbeat Online:
• Live review: Umphrey's McGee at the Fillmore Auditorium.
• Also caught live: The Meat Puppets at the Bluebird The
3OH!3 headlines this summer's Vans Warped TourSunday, August 9 is going to be a busy day for music in the Mile High, when Kings of Leon stops by Red Rocks, and the skater-centric Vans Warped Tour, pulls into Invesco with more than fifty bands in tow, including 3OH!3, Bad Religion, NOFX, Less Than Jake and Flogging Molly, among others. A few more Red Rocks shows were announced this week, including a Judas Priest/Whitesnake date on Tuesday, August 11, and fJackson Browne on Wednesday, August 26. F
​Slayer and Megadeth team up for KBPI's Midwinter Melee on Monday, January 25 at DU's Magness Arena. It's the first time the two bands have co-headlined in two decades, and as a bonus for diehard metal heads, Testament gets things started. General admission floor seats are $49.50, while reserved seats go for $39.50 - $45, along with $10 "recession-proof" tickets. Tickets go on sale this Friday, November 20 at 10 a.m. On the decidedly less brutal end of the spectrum, John Mayer visits the Pepsi
