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Genre: Concerts

Cancelled: BILLY SHERWOOD (of Yes) & FRIENDS

Billy Sherwood, Bassist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. A highly respected as a Grammy nominated producer of iconic artists across countless genres. Besides his solo albums, Sherwood has been integral to a host of Prog-fan faves; Lodgic, World Trade, Circa: (Alan White & Tony Kaye of YES), Conspiracy (Chris Squire & Alan White), Yoso, Citizen, Prog Collective, and John Wetton’s Raised In Captivity. Billy is widely known for his work with YES. Chris Squire, bassist & founding member of the progrock legends, reached out to Billy after hearing his World Trade demos. YES’ album Union (1991) featured Sherwood’s first co-write with Squire. Billy subsequently mixed, or produced, several YES albums, becoming a bandmember by mid-90s. In 2015, an ailing Chris Squire asked Billy to take his place within YES as bass player. Squire’s trust in Sherwood to be keeper of the flame, was a testament to the friendship and respect Chris had for Billy. 2025 is the debut of Billy Sherwood & Friends, with YES drummer Jay Schellen, John Thomas on guitars & Scott Walton on keys. Jay’s inclusion continues a long musical history with Billy.  The setlist features solo material, tracks from his various bands, songwriting collaborations, and of course, YES material. As a special treat for the fans, they will perform excerpts from Chris Squire’s signature album Fish Out Of Water. This tour as a musical adventure that runs the length of Billy’s wide and varied career.

Canceled -ELECTRIC ALLIANCE – Powerhouse Fusion Band

Electric Alliance is a powerhouse fusion band made up of four dynamic, world-class musicians. With deep roots in jazz, funk, soul, and modern fusion, this group brings an electrifying energy to the stage — effortlessly blending fiery improvisation, hard-hitting grooves, and genre-bending creativity. Their shows are a vibrant mix of funk, fusion, jazz, and beyond — a musical experience that keeps listeners on the edge of their seats.Drummer Rich Evangelista anchors the group with explosive precision and versatility, having performed with the likes of Allen Hinds, Victor Wooten, and Patrick Lamb. On bass, Winston Maccow, a professor at Berklee College of Music and co-founder of NAMAWI AFRICA, brings decades of global performance experience and has worked with legends such as Nancy Wilson, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Jean-Luc Ponty. Santiago Bosch delivers deeply melodic and harmonically rich textures on keyboards, drawing from his work with Kenny Garrett and Tim Miller, while acclaimed saxophonist Dino Govoni, known for his collaborations with Randy Brecker, rounds out the band with fiery solos and bold tone. Together, Electric Alliance isn’t just a band — it’s a movement of sound and soul.Expect music from the Brecker Brothers, Miles Davis, Jeff Lorber, John Scofield, George Duke, and standout original compositions — all performed with raw energy and masterful musicianship. Don’t miss your chance to experience this fusion force live — grab your tickets now and get ready for a night of music that will move you!

LOS SOUPERMEN – A Texmex Tribute to Doug Sahm & The Texas Tornados

Inspired by the lilting mariachi tones of a couple Ward Hayden & the Outliers nee Girls, Guns and Glory originals, this tribute to Doug Sahm and the Texas Tornados and a few other outlaws reminds of how derivative Texmex music was of the british invasion beat. Coming as contemporaries of the Beatles, Sir Douglas and the Quintet were reputedly the hazy vision of popular music seen through several cases of MD 20-20 in a Texas motel room by producer Heuy Meaux and quickly hit the charts in 1966 with She’s About a Mover amidst the parallel success of the one-hit texmex wonder 96 Tears. The sound came to rest in San Antonio .So now the answer to the question: “Anybody Going to San Antone” is “Everybody’s Going”.  We’ll be filling the Met with the San Antonio sound and along with the rhythms than animated the 60s there is plenty of Texas to go round with the outlaw country sounds of Hank, Merle, Willie blended in.  Featuring the incomparable vocals of Ward Hayden, and a krewe of the most talented contemporary Boston outlaws with Rory Macleod on bass who arranged this project and himself played behind Doug Sahm in Austin when that ‘Cosmic Cowboy’ hopped on stage with virtually every band. With homage to San Antonio’s Los Super Seven, the original ad hoc keepers of the Sahm sound, we swerved in our naming convention Los Soupermen, to announce the super group character of this seasonal outing and to embrace the culinary distinction of our first locus in Westerly, RI, soupy sausage!

Cancelled: PAKT – Progressive Jam-Fusion SuperGroup

This event is GENERAL ADMISSION. PAKT with PERCY JONES – bass ALEX SKOLNICK – guitar KENNY GROHOWSKI – drums TIM MOTZER – guitars, electronics   It’s the PAKT time with four extraordinary musicians: Percy Jones (Brand X, Brian Eno, David Sylvian, Suzanne Vega), Alex Skolnick (Testament, Alex Skolnick Trio, Metal Allegiance, Trans-Siberian Orchestra), Kenny Grohowski (John Zorn, Brand X, Imperial Triumphant, Hipster Assassins), Tim Motzer (Bandit65, Jaki Liebezeit, David Sylvian, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, ORION TANGO).   PAKT recalls the fearless attitude and daring approach that originally defined progressive music: where the magic of the moment always triumphed over preconception. Templates be damned … this music blazes its own path! This is truly exquisite fare, serving as a reminder to aficionados of what initially drew them to this most creative, visionary of genres.