Jukebox News:
The Jukebox will be performing a benefit concert for Waters Farm Preservation, Inc. on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at Point Breeze Restaurant, (114 Point Breeze Road) in Webster, Massachussetts starting at 9:00 p.m.
The Jukebox played an outdoor benefit at Waters Farm several years ago and immediately developed a local following that has requested their return.
Waters Farm is a carefully preserved and protected hilltop homestead built in 1757 by Stephen Waters. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and overlooks beautiful Lake Manchaug. Its stunning views of the lake, barns, outbuildings, and pristine farmland offer visitors a rare glimpse of 19th century New England farm life at its best. All proceeds from this concert will benefit Waters Farm.
The concert begins at 9:00 p.m. with opening act “Three Guys Plumbing”. Tickets are $15.00 and are available by calling Phil Berube at 508-476-3366 or Point Breeze at 508-943-0404. Additional ticket locations will be announced in the coming weeks.
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The Jukebox first CD release is out! "Sun Birds & Apples" features 11 classic Beatles songs. The band will do promo work during this month. Here are the upcoming appearances.
Friday August 6 - 9:00 pm. In store appearance and unplugged performance at Mugs Coffe & Books in Arecibo.
Saturday August 7 - 4:00 pm. In store appearance at Borders in Mayagüez Mall.
Saturday August 14 - 4:00 pm. In store appearance at Borders in Plaza Las Américas.
More coming soon. Check out The Jukebox "Sun, Birds and Apples".
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After a succesful return to the Abbey Road on The River Festival in Louisville, Kentucky this past May, everything is lined up for The Jukebox debut at the second Abbey Road On The River festival in Washington, D.C., the largest Beatles festival in North America. From Friday September 3 until Sunday 5, The Jukebox will perform every day for more than 3,000 beatllefans from all over the world.
This the first time the festival is celebrated in Washington DC and will feature more than 20 bands from all over the world, who gather to play the music that changed the world. The Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center overllooking the Potomac River will host this event that will bring together thousands of Beatle fans of all ages.
Visit abbeyroadontheriver.com for tickets and information.
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In what was probably Puerto Rico's most important musical event of the last 30 years, Sir Paul McCartney gave an amazing concert last Monday, April 5th. in San Juan. The Jukebox was part of that historic event.
Miller Genuine Draft and Coliseo de Puerto Rico presented Paul McCartney's Pre-show Party at the Coliseo's Plaza featuring none other than The Jukebox. The band opened the event at 5:30 PM and performed for a crowd of more than 3,000 concertgoers. Fans were treated with a 90 mins. performance by The Jukebox that featured Beatles classics as well as material from the Cavern/Hamburg era.
The week before the show, The Jukebox was all over the press and TV with appearances in TV shows like Telemundo's "Día a Día" and "Levántate", Univision's "Adrenalina Sin Frenos" and articles in Primera Hora.
They were also chosen to host Paul McCartney's concert production press conference last Thursday March 18 at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico. The band played a stunning 40 mins. set for members of the Puerto Rico press, as well for representatives of AEG Live, Lincoln Road Productions, Coliseo de Puerto Rico and local promoters Angelo Medina and José Pabón.
Paul McCartney visited Puerto Rico for the first time in his career on April 5, 2010.
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The Jukebox 8th Anniversary was a huge success!! With two sold out nights at the Raul Julia Theater, this year's anniversary show was an historic one, with Beatles memorabilia and art exhibitions, as well as a Beatles marketplace and a "RockBand Beatles Challenge", in which attendees played the recently released Beatles "RockBand" video game.
This is the first time that a Beatle event like this was presented in Puerto Rico. This time, two amazing concerts satisfied the ever growing Beatle population in Puerto Rico. Saturday September 19 and Sunday September 20 were the dates for this historic event. Both days will had the exhibitions as well as The Jukebox shows, which included a special "Abbey Road album set", in which the band played the "Abbey Road" album in its entirety.
Pictures will be posted soon.
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A new fan forum is up and running since the old fan forum was closed down by MSN Groups. MSN shutdown all forums in their Groups. The Jukebox Fan Club President Yamel Figueroa and Secretary Lucero "Lucy in the Sky" Robles decided to open up a new forum for all Jukebox and Beatles fan alike. Visit at http://thejukeboxsfanspage.groups.live.com .
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The Jukebox was featured on Silverio Pérez TV Show "Gente Que Te Hace Cantar" on Channel 13 TeleOro. The show aired on Thursday February 5 at 7:00 PM. The whole show was dedicated to the boys and they performed 4 songs, as well as interviews with TV host Silverio Pérez.
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The Jukebox returned from their second visit to the Dominican Republic where the gave a sold out show at the Hard Rock Cafe in Santo Domingo. Dominican Beatle fans were asking for the Jukebox to come back after a succesful show at the Steakhouse Cafe last March. The band came back and more than 800 dominican beatlemaniacs witnessed a spectacular show spanning all stages of the Beatles career.
The show went on Friday September 5 at the Hard Rock Cafe and featured a special section with musicians from the Dominican Republic National Symphony Orchestra, who performed with the Jukebox on "Yesterday, "Eleanor Rigby", "Penny Lane", "All You Need is Love" and "Hey Jude". Ticket proceedings went to the Juan Luis Guerra Foundation in the Dominican Republic, which been helping children in need since 1991. Pictures will be posted soon.
Check Juan Luis Guerra's personal message.
Check the pictures of The Jukebox previous visit to Dominican Republic here.
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The Jukebox first visit to Liverpool was a success. The guys visited the birthplace of The Beatles and a performance at the legendary Cavern Club on July 27 was the ending of the trip.
The band left San Juan International Airport on the 21 of July. They did a bit of beatle sightseing in London, visiting the famous Abbey Road Studios, in which The Beatles recorded their musical work. After that, it was all work, when they traveled to Liverpool to do two shows on the night on the 23 July, with the next days seing the guys doing interviews for BBC radio.
The highlight of the trip was the long awaited performance of The Jukebox at The Cavern Club. The Cavern Club became synonymous of The Beatles from 1961 to the end of 1962. In the decade that followed, a wide variety of popular acts appeared at the club including The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, The Kinks, Elton John, The Who and John Lee Hooker. The Beatles made 292 appearances at the club and it was one of this performances that made Brian Epstein sign them as their manager. The rest is history.
Now history was repeated with The Jukebox being the first Puerto Rican rock n' roll group to ever play at The Cavern. Pictures and a day by day account by Juan Carlos are posted on our PICTURES page. Click HERE to check them out.
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The feature film "Las Combatientes" is now available on DVD at all Blockbuster Video stores in Puerto Rico. The film features The Jukebox performing two original songs written exclusively for the movie.
"Las Combatientes" is about the lives of three women who are diagnosed with breast cancer and how their illness brings them together. The film was shown on National TV and won the "Best Movie Award" at the Moondance Film Festival in Boulder Colorado.
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