From Rollingstone
The Go-Go's God Bless The Go-Go's
RS Rating: 3 Stars
Reader Rating: 4 1/2 Stars
Leave a bottle of champagne out for twenty years, and you'd expect its essential bubbly brightness to be ravaged by . . . let's not fool ourselves: drugs, infighting, egotism and what have you. To the credit of the Go-Go's, they don't forfeit any California sparkle with this slick and listenable reunion effort. The album doesn't attempt to update the band's sound with hip-hop moves or electronic frippery, for which God should bless 'em, indeed. The girls' hold on the current pop world remains so strong that Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong co-writes a song ("Unforgiven") in impeccable Go-Go's drag. The creamy Valley Girl anthem "Apology" sounds just like vintage Go-Go's and manages to be consummately modern at the same time. Their concerns remain as good-natured as ever: Mean people suck ("Automatic Rainy Day"), driving is a metaphor for love ("Stuck in My Car"). There's no grand scheme in a Go-Go's middle-aged slumber party; there doesn't have to be - it's never a bad plan to put more merry punk pop in the world.
ARION BERGER
(RS 873 - July 19, 2001)
Past Tours and announcments...
Winter Tour 2005
Feb 4--Isle of Capri Casino: Bossier City, LA
Feb 6--House of Blues: New Orleans, LA
Feb 9--Earthlink Live: Atlanta, GA
Feb 11--Jannus Landing, Saint Petersburg, FL
Feb 12--Universal Studios, Orlando FL
Summer Tour Schedule for August 2003
Fri 8-Aug: Adelanto, CA: Maverick Stadium
Sat 9-Aug: Las Vegas, NV: Mandalay Bay
Sun 10-Aug: San Diego, CA: Humphrey's
Tues 12-Aug: Phoenix, AZ: Celebrity Theater (co-headling with Pat Benatar)
Thu 14-Aug: Saratoga, CA: Mountain Winery
Fri 15-Aug: Sacramento, CA: CA State Fair-The Cove
Sat 16-Aug: Modesto, CA: The State Theatre
Sun 17-Aug: Stateline, NV: Caesar's Tahoe
Tue 19-Aug: Tuscon, AZ: Anselmo Valencia Amphitheatre
Weds 20- Aug: Denver, CO: Universal Lending Pavilion
Fri 22 - Aug: Tulsa, OK: Riverparks Amphitheatre
Sat 23-Aug: Eureka, MO: Six Flags St. Louis
Sun 24-Aug: Blue Ash, OH: Taste of Blue Ash Festival
Tickets for most venues are available via Ticketmaster or directly thru the venue.
**please note: dates/cities/venues subject to change. Check back often for new and/or updated shows since the complete schedule is still being worked out. As of now these are the *confirmed* shows.
December 24, 2002
Check out the personal messages (as we get them) from the band. The Go-Go's are doing 4 shows over the holiday season. Try and catch them if you can!!
Holiday Tour Dates:
Dec 27 - Robinsonville, MS Grand Casino Convention Center
Dec 28 - Biloxi, MS, Grand Casino Biloxi
Dec 29 - San Juan Puerto Rico, Caribe Hilton Exhibition Center
Dec 31 - Tempe, AZ, Tempe Fiesta Bowl Block Party
Tickets available for some events at Ticketmaster.
October 27, 2002
Read the latest personal messages from the bandmembers about what they have been up to recently.
There was a great blurb in the recent Rollingstone - Women in Rock, Special Issue...
October 27, 2002
RollingStone
Women in Rock - Special issue
(issue 908 - October 31, 2002
1982 The Go-Go's crash the Top Forty with "Our Lips Are Sealed"
Girlpower will never be the same. The Go-Go's started out as hardcore L.A. punkers, hanging out with the Germs. But when they learn to sing, play and write songs, they discover that they are actually great rock and roll band. Beauty and the Beat defines a new kind of California teen cool, and Gina Schock is one of the toughest drummers in rock history.
September 19, 2002
Don't forget to watch the WB's new show, DO OVER. The Go-Go's wrote and recorded the theme song for this new show, which premieres tonight on the WB Network!
See the Go-Go's live during the Christmas/New Years holidays! Current tour schedule is listed below. (**As always please keep in mind tour schedules are subject to change at anytime)
Dec 27 - Robinsonville, MS Grand Casino Convention Center
Dec 28 - Biloxi, MS, Grand Casino Biloxi
Dec 29 - San Juan Puerto Rico, Caribe Hilton Exhibition Center
Dec 31 - Tempe, AZ, Tempe Fiesta Bowl Block Party
Tickets available for some events at Ticketmaster.
August 30, 2002
The Go-Go's have posted some special messages regarding what they've all been up to lately and about the upcoming Vegas shows!
August 23, 2002
Go-Go's record the Feature Main Title Theme song for Paramount Network Television's 'DO OVER'
The girls minus Belinda recorded this 30 second song at (ex. Guns N Roses) Gilby Clark's LA home studio, and produced it themselves with the help of Tom Caffey (using Pro Tools). Belinda recorded her vocals for it, while vacationing in Ireland. She sent her vocals to LA and the girls mixed the song together. Cool eh!? There won't be a single, this is strictly just a 30 second song for the show. Read the press release at:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020819/lam098_1.html
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Catch the Go-Go's on VH1's Behind the Music 5th Year Anniversary special on August 30th. More info on the show can be found at the VH1 web site.
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On Friday September 13, 2002 MANIC PANIC N.Y.C. will be celebrating 25 years as a New York based hair color and cosmetics company. The Go-Go's (along with other celebs) have volunteered to decorate dog collars that will be exhibited and sold at the company’s birthday party at Serena’s on Friday, September 13th, 2002, with an all-star punk rock extravaganza to follow at CBGB’s. Manic Panic is matching each celeb to one of the WTC rescue dogs and they are designing a dog collar to honor their rescue dog. You can read more about this cool event at the Manic Panic web site.
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Look for a Kathy interview in the Las Vegas Sun newspaper Sunday, August 31, 2002. And don't forget the Go-Go's are playing 2 shows at the Vegas Hilton, Sept 6-7, 2002. Don't miss them!!
Past News Announcements:
May 11 2002
The Go-Go's will be performing two shows at the Hilton in Vegas on September 6th and 7th. Because Kathy is pregnant she won't be performing with the band, but as soon as the band chooses a hired-gun for her, we'll announce it soon. Check out the Hilton web site for purchasing tickets.
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We Got the Beat is featured in the Nickelodeon movie Jimmy Neutron.
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The Go-Go's Live in Central Park concert is now available to purchase. Don't miss this awesome DVD. As Amazon.com reviewer Tom Keogh says... "The DVD's extras are well worth a visit, especially a funny, fly-on-the-wall piece shot in the band's van."  |
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Recent past shows:
(Spring 2002 mini-tour)
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