Fans of the Who are going to have to wait a little bit longer to see Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey and the rest of the gang perform. Doctors have put vocalist Daltrey on vocal rest for the next three tour dates, including tomorrow night’s show at the Sprint Center. All three shows will be rescheduled and tickets will be honored…
Last week, we reported how the Kansas economy continues to swirl around the drain, based on findings released by the U.S. Census Bureau that found only two states had steeper revenue declines than the Sunflower State. A few critics of the report responded that state budgets don’t equal overall economic health. Then again, cash-strapped school districts don’t contemplate ending the…
With about $11.3 billion in assets under management, Mission, Kansas-based Kornitzer Capital Management is one of the largest, if not the largest, fee-based investment advisers in the metro area. Two weeks ago, the firm was fined by the Securities and Exchange Commission for misrepresenting financial information to the board of Buffalo Funds, a mutual fund that Kornitzer Capital Management advises (and…
Barney Allis Plaza is one of the most underutilized spaces in downtown Kansas City. Ever since the Explorers left town … you don’t remember Kansas City’s pro tennis team? Sports is coming back to BAP. Well, sports may be a bit of a strong word for the competitions being held in the city square between 12th and 13th streets and…
Kraftwerk hasn’t played a concert in Kansas City since 1975, according to Consequence of Sound, which got the jump on the band’s tour announcement this morning. (Looks like it was at Memorial Hall? Anybody out there remember this show? Would love to hear about it.) The German electronic-music trailblazers somewhat improbably return, 40 years later, to Kansas City on Friday,…
Billy Joel Sprint Center Friday, May 1, 2015 In 1978, on the 52nd Street tour, Billy Joel was still playing colleges, and his shows were manic. At a stop at the old Ahearn Fieldhouse at Kansas State, for instance, Joel, in his then-standard swept-back black hair, button down shirt, straight-leg jeans, sport coat and white K-Swiss tennis shoes, sprinted constantly…
Coverage of the Missouri Legislature these days isn’t as comprehensive as it used to be, due to the limited resources of declining news media operations. So God bless Progress Missouri for calling bullshit on all the bullshit that goes on in Jeff City on a daily basis while the Legislature is in session. Yesterday, the advocacy group pointed out that…
The Villain Arts Tattoo Convention arrives in Kansas City today. Some 250 tattoo artists, including Ink Master winners Jason Clay Dunn and Joey Hamilton, and a bunch of other people who have been on that TV show, will be hanging out at the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center from Friday through Sunday. Also on the schedule: burlesque from Marlo…
For someone who is stridently critical of Kansas City Mayor Sly James and his inability to pay personal property taxes on time, Clay Chastain has a tax problem himself. During a phone conversation with The Pitch on Thursday, Chastain acknowledged that he hasn’t paid his 2014 earnings taxes in Kansas City, which were due April 15. Chastain claims that he’s…
Fans will attempt to make the legendary “Piano Man” feel at home in Kansas City, Missouri on Friday, May 1, when Billy Joel heads to the Sprint Center for a one-night only concert. It’s been five years since Billy Joel played in Kansas City, last playing at the Sprint Center with Elton John in February of 2010. Billy Joel tickets…
