Shit rock fills last spot of Downtown Live

Well, Downtown Live has officially gone down the crapper. The last open spot on the schedule now has a headliner. The show on July 12 will feature Alter Bridge (yeah, the other guys from Creed) and Tantric.

Oh, it gets worse. It turns out that Eve 6 is not the headliner on August 23. Puddle of Mudd is.

We've officially lost hope any hope we may have had left for this series (there was hardly any hope left anyway).

Here's the schedule as it stands now. Thanks, Deep South Entertainment. Have a wonderful summer.

May 31 - The Wailers, Saunter, Pete and J, Jive Mother Mary
June 14 - Cravin Melon, Pete Francis (of Dispatch)
June 28 - Carbon Leaf, Colourside, Bill West & the Sunshine Kids
July 12 - Alter Bridge, Tantric, The T's, Kennebec, Cori Yarckin
July 26 - Old 97s
August 9 - Brian Howe (of Bad Company), Jim Bianco
August 23 - Puddle of Mudd, Eve 6, Saving Abel

Nickelback tour coming to Walnut Creek

If you have any musical taste whatsoever you'll stay far, far away from the Walnut Creek amphitheatre on August 26. (Mean, who, me?)

Nickelback, Finger Eleven and Puddle of Mudd (the latter two of which I had no idea where still around) will play Walnut Creek. Tickets range from $29-59 and go on sale via Ticketmaster this Friday.

Usually, this would fall into my category of "If you can't say something nice, keep your mouth shut," but the radio announcers have been going nuts over this announcement since the weekend so I guess it's a big deal... Anyone? Bueller?

In all seriousness, could someone please explain the draw to these groups? I'm going out of town for a couple days, so I'll look forward to your thoughtful comments upon my return.