The 28th Annual JazzReggae Festival at UCLA takes place Sunday and Monday of Memorial Day weekend, at the UCLA Intramural Field. Daily Bruin A&E will be out at the Festival for Sunday's "Jam Day" and Monday's "Reggae Day," bringing live updates, photos and analysis of this UCLA music tradition. Read more...
Photo: (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)
Two weeks before Elizabeth Matusov was going to tell her about the idea for the concert, Ashley Jensen-Pray passed away. Going forward with the project has been Matusov’s way of giving back to all that Jensen-Pray had gone through and her ability to provide comfort and care to other people during her own fight. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s Electronic Dance Music Club will host “Message in a Melody,” a benefit concert for pediatric cancer, on Monday in Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Featuring DJ Kastle and performances by student DJs, including Philip Scott (left), the concert is the brainchild of Elizabeth Matusov (center) and aided by the work of club president Andrew Neeld (right). (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)
In between two of UCLA’s largest annual concerts – Spring Sing and the JazzReggae Festival – British rock band Coldplay set upon Royce Hall Monday night to celebrate the international release of its sixth studio album “Ghost Stories.” Packing Royce Hall to its full capacity, the concert was Coldplay’s only West Coast appearance during the band’s mini world tour, which began in Cologne, Germany, on April 25 and will conclude with a London show on July 1. Read more...
Photo: Coldplay frontman Chris Martin performs the band’s 2002 hit song “The Scientist” during the rock group’s 18-song performance at Royce Hall on Monday night. (Agnijita Kumar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
“Ghost Stories”ColdplayParlophone Records4.5 paws It’s obvious that actress Gwyneth Paltrow broke Coldplay frontman Chris Martin’s heart after the two announced their divorce in March, because “Ghost Stories,” the British quartet’s sixth studio album, is a more sophisticated version of the type of angst and misery found in a preteen boy’s diary. Read more...
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This post was updated on May 18 at 3 p.m. United by the traditional 8-clap, Friday night’s Spring Sing 2014 audience was in for a night of music, laughter and wild applause inside Pauley Pavilion. Read more...
Photo: Fifth-year world arts and cultures student Alex Liu (left) and fourth-year neuroscience student Eric Jung (right) took home three Spring Sing 2014 awards, including best overall entry, best duet and the Bruin Choice Award. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA's greatest music tradition returns to Pauley Pavilion as some of the university's most talented performers compete for awards. Learn about this year's competitors, and read live updates throughout the event. Read more...
Last year, fraternity/sorority team Zeta Beta Tau and Kappa Alpha Theta did not make it into the Spring Sing lineup. The partnership proposed a musical that poked fun at the Occupy Wall Street movement which, much to the disappointment of the show’s co-creator Ben Kurzrock, was deemed a bit too controversial. Read more...
Photo: Last year, the fraternity and sorority team of Zeta Beta Tau and Kappa Alpha Theta did not make it into the Spring Sing lineup. This year, the partnership will perform a five-minute musical that provides a broad overview of the life of UCLA’s famed coach John Wooden (The UCLA Alumni Association)
