Music: Free For All Jun 15, 2008
This marks the return of our trademark Springfield rating system, in honor of Rick Springfield, the greatest county fair free act in history. (After playing at Bay Area fairs in 2006 and 2007, he's absent this year. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Rick Springfield Set to Release First Studio Album 'VENUS IN OVERDRIVE' on New Door Records/UMe This Summer May 31, 2008
RICK SPRINGFIELD'S 'VENUS IN OVERDRIVE' AVAILABLE TUESDAY, JULY 29 ... May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Grammy winning singer/songwriter Rick Springfield will release a new studio album on Tuesday, July 29 ... Rick Springfield has withstood the test of time far better than most critics would ever have imagined, performing over 100 concerts each year around the world. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Memorial Day Weekend: Local FREE Events May 24, 2008
Music performances feature singer Rick Springfield. Time: 1 p.m.. (W-USA News, DC)
Jason Castro's exit interview May 9, 2008
In this world, the band Mr. Mister still rules; Rick Springfield remains a pop player. At least such warm-milk pop suits Aiken s creamy tone. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Run for the Roses in Louisville May 2, 2008
Horse posters graced the walls of my room long before Rick Springfield earned the honor, and I imagined Churchill Downs was a majestic castle in some mystical place called Kentucky ... Cute reference to Rick Springfield. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Charlie Daniels, '80s glam bands, Garrison Keillor in Fair lineup May 2, 2008
Grammy Award-winner and 80s heartthrob Rick Springfield, known for his iconic hit "Jessie's Girl" and recurring role on the daytime soap opera General Hospital, takes the stage with special guest Patty Smyth and Scandal. Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" is the Fair closer Aug. 17 with Dr. Danger Daredevil Stunt Show on Aug. 16. (Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA)
Pellicano grills his sole witness Apr 12, 2008
Additionally, Arneson was employed by Pellicano to provide security services for high-profile clients that included Bert Fields, Nicolas Cage, Whoopi Goldberg, Goldie Hawn, Mary J. Blige, Farrah Fawcett and Rick Springfield. Special Report. (Variety)
`GH' Celebrates Its 45th Anniversary Mar 22, 2008
Stars such as Demi Moore, John Stamos, Ricky Martin and Rick Springfield got their start on "General Hospital." A-list fan Elizabeth Taylor famously guest-starred as the malicious Helena Cassadine at supercouple Luke and Laura's wedding in 1981, one of television's most popular moments, attracting 30 million people. "We were all kind of scared to work with her, but she came on and she was so excited to be with us," Sandy Masone, a sound engineer who's worked on the show for over 30 years, said... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
'NOW That's What I Call Music!' Franchise and VH1 Classic Announce Partnership To Co-Promote 'NOW That's What I Call The '80s!' CD Mar 8, 2008
Special To Feature Videos From Iconic '80s Artists Including The Police, Michael Jackson, Bob Seger, Duran Duran And Will Be Hosted By Mark Goodman with special guest Rick Springfield ... The show will be hosted by one of the original VJ's, Mark Goodman, with a special guest appearance by '80s heartthrob Rick Springfield, who will reminisce about his musical experiences from the decade ... Rick Springfield Jessie's Girl 18. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Win 'Semi-Pro' Movie Prizes Mar 2, 2008
This week on her show, Oprah chats with Rick Springfield, William Shatner and "The Fonz," plus she gives a sneak preview of her primetime show, "The Big Give.". This week at 3 p.m. on Dr. Phil MONDAY: *Viewer Advisory Strong Content* Teens and Sex with Bishop T.D. Jakes TUESDAY: *Viewer Advisory Strong Language* Dr. (KSBW 8, CA)
Shows on the road Mar 1, 2008
RICK SPRINGFIELD: today, 7 p.m. ... RICK SPRINGFIELD: March 27. (Scranton Times, PA)
Why kids are cussing more Feb 27, 2008
Rick Springfield is on right now Theresa ... I swear I never watch Oprah but I just went into the basement to play with the baby and who was on the tv but Rick Springfield I watched him sing Jessie s Girl sung along so loudly that the 6 year old came over to inquirer and the baby bounced and clapped along - and then came upstairs to start dinner - I did see it and I did think of you Jesse s Girl ... Rick Springfield s still hot self came on Oprah and sang Jesse s Girl. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The breakfast club Jan 4, 2008
You'll also hear covers of songs by Huey Lewis, Prince, Rick Springfield, Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, and Motley Cr e. Yes, the band's singer is male. 9 p.m. Free. (Boston Globe)
Read 'Factor' transcript Dec 28, 2007
American TV Icon: Rick Springfield ... RICK SPRINGFIELD, ACTOR/SINGER (singing): Jessie's girl ... They put Rick Springfield on the map back in 1981, setting off a frenzy among young women. (Fox News)
Santa's got brand new bag of CDs Dec 12, 2007
"Christmas With You," Rick Springfield ... Rick Springfield is not one of those singers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
It's a first Noel for these artists Dec 11, 2007
CDs mark a first Noel for these artists - USATODAY.com. Sign up to receive our free Books e-newsletter and get the top news of the day in your inbox. (USA Today)
Countdown Spectacular 2 Dec 9, 2007
Chick charmers Les McKeown (Bay City Rollers) and Rick Springfield are still able to work the crowd, while the lyrics about Sharona pumped out by Doug Fieger - lead singer of the Knack - have become pretty creepy considering his age. As the show rolls on more lyrics are familiar than I care to admit. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Bittersweet liberty Dec 9, 2007
It was 1987, and Dail danced his nights away at Goldsboro's nightclubs, rocking out in leather pants to Ozzy Osbourne and Rick Springfield. Dail bleached his hair blond like Billy Idol's and conspired with buddies to form a rock band. (News & Observer)
Girl whose cancer battle prompted concert dies Nov 8, 2007
The southeast Missouri eighth-grader whose 18-month battle with brain-stem cancer prompted a free concert last year in Cape Girardeau by pop singer Rick Springfield died Monday night. Shannon Aldridge said his daughter died peacefully after a long day of physical therapy. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Bizarre Christmas Albums Are Rolling In (And It's Only October!) Oct 22, 2007
Tis the season for discs of Yuletide strangeness from Toby Keith, Rick Springfield (no lie ... Album Rick Springfield's Christmas With You (Gomer, in stores November 6) ... The perfect gift for all you Rick Springfield fans out there (all 16 of you). (VHI.com -- Music News)
Cleveland's Raspberries are as fresh as ever Oct 13, 2007
New York attendees included E Street Band members Steven Van Zandt and Max Weinberg, Jon Bon Jovi, Rick Springfield and Paul Stanley. May Pang, John Lennon's former girlfriend, arrived to present a photo of the ex-Beatle in a Raspberries T-shirt. (USA Today -- Life)
Chicago Enjoys an Acoustic Night With Rascal Flatts Oct 2, 2007
It was a pop tune from Rick Springfield, also know as Dr. Noah Drake to all the General Hospital fans out there. While it started off as a cheesy guitar joke, the band went on to play the song in all its retro entirety. (VHI.com -- CMT.com Music News)
City weighing Festival of Freedom options Sep 11, 2007
When the event was originally planned, organizer Craig Kelly believed the Rick Springfield concert would be the major draw of the concert ... What we discovered is you can pay top dollar for Rick Springfield and the crowd is about the same size for all three nights, Huerta said. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Ageing rockers show how to pack a paunch Aug 25, 2007
Good God, Rick Springfield is still ridiculously sexy, isn't he. And it plays both kinds of music: daggy and amusing, and daggy and awful. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Today in History August 23 Aug 23, 2007
Actor-singer Rick Springfield is 58. Country singer-musician Woody Paul (Riders in the Sky) is 58. (MSNBC -- Race)
Frenchy pitchesfor cancer center Aug 23, 2007
Singer-actor Rick Springfield is 58. Contributing: Sonia Murray and news services. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Click for Full Story Aug 23, 2007
"In 1982, Lebanon's parliament elected Christian militia leader Bashir Gemayel president. (However, Gemayel was assassinated some three weeks later.)In 1989, in a case that inflamed racial tensions in New York City, Yusuf Hawkins, a 16-year-old black youth, was shot dead after he and his friends were confronted by white youths in theBensonhurst section of Brooklyn. Ten years ago: In his weekly radio address, President Clinton said he would ask Congress to renew his authority for speedy... (KWTX.com, TX)
Rick Springfield Jul 26, 2007
Tony winner Sheik, Springfield top hot tickets. Tony winner Sheik, Springfield top hot tickets. (The Palm Beach Post)
Picks of the week Jun 29, 2007
Tomorrow: Richard Thompson performs at Berklee Performance Center; Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes and Little Feat play the Hampton Beach Casino; Poison is at the Tweeter Center with Ratt and Vains of Jenna; Rick Springfield and Eddie Money are on a double bill at the Bank of America Pavilion; Antigone Rising is at the Paradise, with Mieka Pauley. Jazz picks. (Boston Globe)
Area concerts Jun 24, 2007
Sunday June 24, 2007 CURRENT CONDITIONS: M/SUNNY 52. June 24, 2007 6:00 AM. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Hank Medress, 68, member of the Tokens Jun 23, 2007
Among those he recorded were Dan Hill, Melissa Manchester, Richard Simmons, Rick Springfield, and David Johansen (as his alter ego, Buster Poindexter). From 1990 to 1992, Mr. Medress was president of EMI Music Publishing Canada and, after returning to New York, became a partner in Bottom Line Records, which released recordings of performances at the Bottom Line club in Greenwich Village as well as new work by emerging artists. (Boston Globe)
Festival of Freedom takes place through Sunday Jun 23, 2007
Saturday s headline music act is Rick Springfield, an accomplished musician and actor ... With Rick Springfield coming, we even have expectations of a number of out-of-state visitors for that concert alone, said Rowlett Mayor John Harper ... The Wet Zone opens from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and the festival opens at 1 p.m. Freedom stage entertainment takes place from 1 to 6 p.m. Ambrosia takes the main stage at 8 p.m., followed by fireworks at 9:30 p.m. and Rick Springfield at 9:45 p.m.. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Heck of a hall Jun 15, 2007
But this year he got a pretty big money offer to play at another venue with Rick Springfield (turns out he's playing July 1 at Meadowbrook in Gilford, with Scandal as well). We weren't going to stand in his way. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
A voice from the dark Jun 9, 2007
Rick Springfield says that acting saved his life. RICK SPRINGFIELD IS still a very good-looking fellow ... Rick Springfield says that acting saved his life. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Sopranos: How will it all end? Pass the ethical parenting test? Jun 5, 2007
my blog name refers to the Rick Springfield song Jesse s Girl and the fact that Jesse is my husband s name. A small aside I think even Theresa can attest to the fact that I do not always agree with her. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Friends, family rally behind Durbin Jun 4, 2007
Veteran rocker and actor Rick Springfield said, in an email from Los Angeles: "I am very concerned for Ali with the sentence she got. She is a fragile soul and this could kill her spirit.". Springfield toured as Durbin's guitarist in the 1970s before moving to the US.. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Comprehensive event listings May 20, 2007
6/30: 7 p.m. Working Class Tour featuring Rick Springfield, Eddie Money, Scandal. $20-$40. (Boston Globe)
2007 Classic Chastain Announces Its Summer Concert Series May 18, 2007
The Human Touch Tour: Rick Springfield, Eddie Money and Scandal, Friday, June 29, 8 p.m. -- 70's and 80's heartthrobs Rick Springfield and Eddie Money along with 80's rockers Scandal, hit the stage at Classic Chastain this summer during their Human Touch Tour. With a string of crowd pleasers that are sure to get the audience nostalgic for the days of big hair and spandex, the show will come packed with surprises and is sure to leave die-hard fans screaming for more. (Atlanta Daily World, GA)
No cheap laughs in The Riches May 10, 2007
As the house band powers through a set of Soft Cell, Devo and Rick Springfield, Wayne peels and sticks an absentees name badge to his lapel. He then wanders inside the gymnasium and charms the unsuspecting buffers (the traveller term for outsiders) with astounding guile as the kids pickpocket. (Toronto Star)
'Lazer' to shift on-air sound to 'The Hog' Apr 20, 2007
"The Hog" Web site is running a series of one-liners that take shots at 1980s pop stars including Phil Collins, Rick Springfield, John Waite and Quarterflash. Those type of acts are played on "The Brew," which also carries rock music from the 1970s and 1980s. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
ASO announces summer lineup at Chastain Mar 23, 2007
Among the marquee names in what an ASO press release calls the "first round of performers": Morrissey, Natalie Cole with the ASO, Steve Miller Band, Travis Tritt, Clay Aiken with the ASO, the B52's, Vince Gill and Amy Grant, Rick Springfield, Eddie Money and Scandal, India. Arie and Dave Koz, Wynonna, David Sanborn and Tower of Power, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Hootie and the Blowfish, Bob Weir and Ratdog, O.A.R and Peter, Paul and Mary. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Taking your child to rock concerts Mar 22, 2007
Of course, I followed that up a couple of years later with Rick Springfield. To be a kid of the 80s with parents of the 60s. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Greek Theatre schedule announced Mar 16, 2007
Aug. 3: Rick Springfield. Aug. 4: Ana Gabriel. (Los Angeles Times)
3/9-11: Ostrich Festival Mar 9, 2007
Hot-air balloon glows, dog acrobatics, carnival rides, a circus, a petting zoo, arts and crafts and 1980s heartthrob Rick Springfield are a few of the other attractions at this weekend's festival at Tumbleweed Park. Yet crowds still will flock to see men riding the giant, gangly birds, according to Becky Jackson, president and CEO of the Chandler Chamber of Commerce, which organizes the event. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Oscar's kids Feb 21, 2007
" Bonus tidbit: Wrote an open letter to Daniel Radcliffe when he won the part of Harry Potter, warning of the perils of child stardom. Warner Bros. Linda Blair, 1973, The Exorcist Age at nomination: 15 years, 28 days Nomination: Supporting actress as Regan, the baby-faced teen who turns possessed demon child. Lost to Tatum O'Neal in Paper Moon. Career, post-Oscars: Did a couple of sensationalistic TV movies, Born Innocent (1974) and Sarah T.: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975), and did such... (USA Today -- Life)
One of the Largest Independent Music Catalogs for Sale Feb 1, 2007
Master recordings include performances by name artists such as Alice Cooper, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Celia Cruz, Dizzy Gillespie, Dolly Parton, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Ike & Tina Turner, James Brown, Jefferson Airplane, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, Lena Horne, Liberace, Little Richard, Louis Armstrong, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Nat King Cole, Patti LaBelle, Ray Charles, Rick Springfield, Rod Stewart, Rosemary... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
