Stage
The Taste of Newport appeals to
all your senses, not just your taste buds! Your ears will be in for
a treat as some of the biggest names in entertainment jam on the
Taste of Newport Sound Stage. And best of all, live entertainment
will be featured continuously throughout the weekend and is
included with your admission! While you're enjoying some of the
best food around, we'll keep the finger-snappin', toe-tappin',
foot-stompin tunes going all weekend.
For a complete schedule, please download the PDF
>>>>>
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
joan jett and the blackhearts
Joan Jett is an
originator, an innovator, and a visionary. As the leader of the
hard-rocking Blackhearts, she's had eight platinum and gold albums
and nine Top 40 singles, including the classics "Bad Reputation,"
"I Love Rock 'N' Roll," "I Hate Myself For Loving You," and
"Crimson and Clover." She sits at the head of her own independent
label, Blackheart Records. Jett has acted in movies, including
1987's Light Of Day, and in a Tony-nominated Broadway musical, The
Rocky Horror Show. Jett was one of only two women named to Rolling
Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest guitar players of all
time.
Jett and the Blackhearts continuously tour across the globe,
including stints alongside such bands as Aerosmith and Green Day
this year.
Friday at the Taste will be another memorable night with world
class entertainment.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
barenaked ladies
By combining humor, songcraft, and an eclectic mix
of folk and pop/rock, the Barenaked Ladies enjoyed considerable
popularity in their native Canada before rising to universal status
with 1998's "One Week." Vocalists Ed Robertson and Steve Page
launched the band in the late '80s as an acoustic act, traveling to
different college campuses and playing warm-up gigs for comedy
troupes. These early shows played an important role in the group's
foundation, as Robertson and Page began injecting their
performances with humorous between-song exchanges to hold their
audiences' attention. The trick worked, and the band's mixture of
humor and musicianship was forever cemented.
Their albums Gordon, Rock Spectacle, Stunt and Maroon went
multi-platinum in the U.S., and Barenaked Ladies became a
top-selling, award-winning concert draw across North America and
The U.K. with their frenetic blend of high-energy melodic-pop,
crack musicianship and spontaneous repartee.
Saturday at the Taste of Newport is going to rock like no other
year!
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
abba: The concert and Taylor dayne
ABBA: THE CONCERT
Featuring original members of the band, and with 5
consecutive USA tours from 2002-2006 and 2009 with sold-out shows
at the famous Hollywood Bowl (15,000 people), "THE CONCERT - ABBA
THE CONCERT a Tribute to ABBA", featuring Waterloo the band, was
formed in 1996 and quickly became known for its fantastic
ABBA-sound and the stunning live "ABBA-esque" performance. The
audience and press all agreed - "this is the closest to ABBA you'll
ever get."
"THE CONCERT
- ABBA THE CONCERT a Tribute to ABBA", will bring one of the
GREATEST pop phenomenons in the history of music back to life…
The show has had many successful US and International tours,
including 5 consecutive USA-tours 2002-2006 and 2009 with
sold-out shows at the famous Hollywood Bowl in Los
Angeles (15,000 people) and at Highland Park in Chicago (20,000
people).
In total, the group has performed in more than 20 countries
around the world and has done more than 1,000 shows. During these
tours the show has always consisted of two ORIGINAL MEMBERS of the
original ABBA rhythm section. These fantastic players have
consisted of saxophone players Johan Stengård and Ulf Andersson,
legendary bass players Mike Watson and Rutger Gunnarsson,
guitarists Mats Ronander, Lasse Wellander and Janne Schaffer,
drummers Ola Brunkert and Roger Palm.
"THE CONCERT - ABBA THE CONCERT a Tribute to ABBA", continues to
be the TOP Abba tribute group in the world while dazzling all who
see with their fantastic performance while playing the most ICONIC
hits from ABBA, including "Mamma Mia," "S.O.S," "Money, Money,
Money," "The Winner Takes All," "Waterloo," "Gimme, Gimme,
Gimme,"and "Dancing Queen."
"THE CONCERT - ABBA THE CONCERT a Tribute to ABBA"will continue
to follow up on their success around the world & enthusatically
look forward to their performance in Newport Beach at the Taste of
Newport.
taylor dayne
Dance-pop diva Taylor Dayne had a remarkably quick
ascent to stardom in the late '80s, sailing into the Top Ten with
her first single, "Tell It to My Heart." Dayne began singing
professionally after graduating from high school. Once Dayne
finished college, she began singing solo. Her first effort was a
dance interpretation of the ballad "Tell It to My Heart"; her
version led to a contract with Arista Records, who released the
song in the fall of 1987. It soon became a hit, propelling her to
stardom.
Taylor Dayne's first album, also titled Tell It to My Heart and
released in early 1988, was a continuation of her dance-pop
formula: no matter if the song was an up-tempo number or a ballad,
she belted out her vocals over the carefully constructed
synthesized backing tracks
Overall, she has seventeen individual Top Tens on Billboard
charts including, most recently, the 2008 song "Beautiful", which
reached the top spot in Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play. Dayne's
career peaked between between September 1988 and July 1990, when
she had seven songs featured in the Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 hits
, including "Love Will Lead You Back", which reached the top spot.
She has also topped the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart
three times.
Signed to Arista Records, her first song to crack the top ten
was the dance-pop hit "Tell It to My Heart" in 1987. The song was
an instant smash worldwide, peaking in the top five of most major
markets worldwide, and achieving a peak of number one in many
countries, including Germany. The hit songs that followed included
"Prove Your Love", "I'll Always Love You", "Don't Rush Me", "With
Every Beat of My Heart", "Love Will Lead You Back", "I'll Be Your
Shelter", "Heart of Stone", "Send Me a Lover", "Naked Without You",
and "Whatever You Want".
In the United States, she achieved three gold singles, with
"Tell It to My Heart", "I'll Always Love You", and "Love Will Lead
You Back". "I'll Always Love You", a change-of-pace ballad compared
to Dayne's earlier releases, was her breakout hit on the Adult
Contemporary charts in 1988 and paved the way for future uptempo
dance tracks such as "Don't Rush Me" and "With Every Beat Of My
Heart" to gain acceptance at Adult Contemporary radio.
In 1990, "Love Will Lead You Back", a Diane Warren composition,
peaked at #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Adult
Contemporary Tracks chart. In 1993, she sang a cover of Barry
White' 1974 hit Can't Get Enough of Your Love. The song reached #2
in the Aria Charts in Australia.
Dayne recently released a new single called "Floor on Fire" in
June 2011.
If you have any question regarding
the
Taste of Newport please contact the
Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce
at (949) 729-4400 or
eMail the Information Desk
Admission includes all musical
entertainment. Due to the size of the event, advance ticket orders
may cease at any time prior to the event. Children 8 years and
under will be admitted free. However, the promoters of this event
stress that due to the high volume of people at the event, parents
are discouraged from bringing children in strollers on Friday or
Saturday night. No refunds for Taste admission tickets or eScrip
purchases (although eScrip value can be refunded at the event
during event hours only). Due to the nature of reserved section
seating, VIP tickets are also not eligible for refunds. Beach
chairs, coolers and personal beverages are strictly prohibited at
the Taste of Newport. Bags are subject to search. Health code
requirements prohibit animals at the event (special assistance
animals are permitted). Failure to comply will result in denial of
admission to the event.