I’m decidedly underwhelmed by the lineup of acts scheduled to invade Hershey during the concert summer season.
It’s dominated by classic rockers still able to draw olds fans on the concert circuit but unable to generate much excitement with new music. These include Chicago and the Doobie Brothers (June 18), Billy Joel (July 10), Yes (July 16), Rush (July 17) and Cheap Trick, Heart and Journey (Aug. 31).
The two most promising concerts of the summer are Dave Matthews Band and the Black Crowes on June 27 and Counting Crows and Maroon 5 on Aug. 5. All of those bands will be playing new material.
There is one concert for the younger set as the Jonas Brothers, who will be accompanied by Avril Lavigne, are scheduled to perform on July 25.
At my age, I’m not much interested in attending these types of outdoors shows anymore, but the DMB/Black Crowes show is tempting. I’ll take a pass on everything else.
