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For several winters now, the members of the Colorado jam band the String Cheese Incident have dreamed of snowy Boulder to play on the beaches of Maui.  There was just one problem: Finding enough fans on the island to make the trip worthwhile.

So, this winter, the group has decided to supply the fans itself.

For a two-night run on Maui in February, the band is offering five-day, all-inclusive tour packages to fans, including airfare, accommodations, tickets and a rental car.  The packages start at about $1,100, and the band expects to sell at least 1,000 of them - enough to fill the Lahaina Civic Center.  Selling tours directly to fans, "allows us to take the music to different places and cultures," says bassist Keith Moseley.  "Without it, there's no way we could do it."

The move from rocker to travel agent might seem like an odd career path. But it's becoming increasingly common.  Artists ranging from Cajun rock band the Radiators to jazz guitarist Pat Metheny now sell travel packages directly to fans - offering tickets, hotel rooms, travel and, sometimes, the most precious perk of all: backstage access to the artists themselves.  Additionally, a number of U.S. travel agents have gone into the business of booking travel packages for rock concerts - creating dream vacations specially designed for fans of such artists as the Who, U2, Eric Clapton and Elvis Costello.

The concept is not exactly new.  For several years now, well-heeled rock fans eager to avoid the hoi polloi have been able to purchase special tickets, with access to backstage areas, special cocktail parties and other perks off-limits to the rank and file.  Adding airline reservations and hotel rooms to the mix was probably inevitable.

The String Cheese Incident have taken the concept further than most.  To accommodate its road-warrior fans, the band established its own in-house, full-service travel agency, Madison House Travel.  The two-and-a-half-year-old agency has sent fans to so-called incidents in Mexico, Jamaica and Costa Rica, and it now sells travel packages to fans of more than twenty other performers.  Meanwhile, an array of independent travel agents are marketing music-oriented dream vacations of their own.

With virtually no exposure on radio and television, bands like the String Cheese Incident depend on touring to make ends meet.  Making things easier and more enticing for fans is simply part of the game.  "It's an alternative way of growing your fan base," says Lisa Pomerantz, managing partner of Madison House Travel.  While bands don't get any extra income from the bookings, many of Madison House's clients, including Leftover Salmon and Big Head Todd and the Monsters, now find that as much as ten percent of their audiences are traveling to live dates.  "They're bringing people to shows who wouldn't be there," says Andy Hurwitz, manager of DJ Logic.

It's not just the jam bands.  For upcoming shows in New York, London, Chicago and Boston, jazz-fusion pioneer Metheny expects to sell some fifty weekend packages per date.  In addition to VIP tickets and backstage passes, fans will get guided tours of local jazz and rock nightclubs and landmarks.  "It's a way to help fans get more out of their 'Pat' experience," says David Greenberg, who handles the guitarist's marketing.

Of course, enhancing the fan experience also changes the experience for artists, who can find themselves the object of attention both before and after they've left the stage.  "It allows the fans to hang out with the band somewhat," says Moseley, who finds most fans to be respectful of his privacy.  Still, as the band has become more popular, Pomerantz says she has begun booking the musicians in different hotels.  "Sometimes, we need to separate the band from the fans," she says.

But getting a closer view of the artists is exactly what most musical tourists are paying for.  Seattle music fan Marc England recently spent more than $2,000 traveling to Dublin to see U2 perform. In addition to tickets, the tour included accommodations at the Clarence Hotel, which is owned by Bono and the Edge, and a tour of the city, including stops at the band's recording studio and at the pub where the band got its start.  The highlight: a post-concert party attended by all four members of the band as well as by such celebrities as Moby and Sting.  "I've done a lot of traveling, and the whole concept of a tour seemed kind of cheesy," England, 34, admits. "But there's no way I could have set this up myself."

Spurring the rock-travel business is the fact that many fans are growing older and more willing to spend money. "Our customers are busy and affluent," says Pamela Bracken, co-owner of Adventures in Rock, which each year sends tour groups to such events as Heartbeat of Havana in Cuba and Fez, Morocco, as well as to special concerts like the upcoming Who reunion at Royal Albert Hall in London ($1,290, plus airfare).  "They don't have time to book something like this themselves."

** Blue areas refer to Adventures in Rock's exclusive packages.
 
 

BROOKLINE--Before they reinvented themselves as entrepreneurs with their own music-focused travel outfit, Adventures in Rock Inc., Pamela Bracken and Karen Dickson were just a couple of working moms and passionate music fans, sneaking away on short jaunts to see their favorite artists in locales far from home. Bracken recalled, "It was a hobby of ours to see concerts in London; these were escapes without the kids, long weekends for ourselves." 

The longtime friends, both 40, eventually found a way to marry their leisure-time concert-going with their professional lives. Bracken stated, "A friend said that we should bottle the amount of fun we were having. So we did." 

Abandoning their previous roles as a consultant for an international adventure travel company and a social worker, respectively, Bracken and Dickson used an initial loan of $30,000 to launch Adventures in Rock (A.I.R.) two years ago. Theirs is a two-person operation, based out of their homes in Brookline and Milton, with Bracken serving as president and Dickson senior vice president. The business has netted them "$125,000 in revenue so far this year, for trips booked through August," said Bracken, noting that they project they'll make $150,000 by years' end. 

A.I.R.'s niche is to provide high-end travel packages built around musical events, such as a rock concert by U2 in Miami or a jazz festival in Havana. What sets them apart from traditional travel agencies, they believe, is an emphasis on an individualized, all-encompassing level of service, along with attention to the surrounding culture of the event venues. 

Bracken explained, "We find great hotels with the best locations; secure the great seats for concerts, many times with special VIP amenities; arrange transportation to and from the shows; employ musicologist guides who offer walking tours of their city with a music emphasis; provide our own city reference guide written from a music fan's point of view; and offer 24-hour assistance with anything our clients might need--dinner reservations, theater tickets, where to get the best massage, etc. We will also arrange flights for our clients if they so wish." 

For this level of service, you can expect to pay around "$300 to $400 a day, without airfare, which varies a lot," said Bracken, noting that the trips average from three to seven days in length. The cost is justified, Dickson said, because A.I.R. offers "a very upscale experience. We really try to cater to people and take care of all the details.  Our guides are natives of the city. We're not a typical bus tour." 

Client Marc England of Seattle-based Leadership Venture Partners LLC says A.I.R.
has an incredible contact base. 

"Their pricing is on mark with the accommodations you receive," he said. "There is no way to put a price tag, though, on getting to meet these artists either in a hotel, `residents only' lounge or at an after-show VIP party." Furthermore, he stated, "As far as I'm concerned, a typical `traditional' travel agency would at best get me a ticket and a hotel/car. They could never get me the backstage tickets and hook me up with guides that are interesting to me (as A.I.R. has)." 

England also praised A.I.R. for its ability to generate "unexpected surprises" on its excursions--such as visiting the old haunts of his favorite artists. 

"To view the pub where they got started is so off-the-beaten-track that you really have to give A.I.R. a big round of applause for sharing their knowledge--and similar passion--for great musicians," he said. 

Since their inaugural trip to see two Blondie shows in London in November 1999, A.I.R. has planned a total of 20 trips, hitting venues in Dublin, Ireland, New York City, Miami and Paris to see the likes of Eric Clapton, David Bowie and Eurythmics.  Not surprisingly, they've done their fair share of people watching--of the celebrity kind. 

"In Havana, we all experienced a wave of nostalgia when `Grandpa Munster' sat at the table next to us with a giant cigar, and were in awe when we realized how handsome Harry Belafonte still is," Bracken recalled. "Or just the sheer excitement of having each and every member of U2 walk into the hotel resident's lounge on St. Patrick's Day in Dublin and start ordering pints." 

In stark contrast to the glamorous surroundings of their concert venues, Bracken and Dickson maintain a stripped-down operation in Massachusetts, where--save for the occasional public relations or accounting consultant--"we're in charge of everything, from doing our own bookkeeping to stamping our own postcards," stated Bracken. 

She estimated that 25 percent of A.I.R.'s customers come from Massachusetts; many learn about the company through its web site (http://www.adventuresinrock.com), direct mail efforts and word of mouth. 

To bolster business further, they've entered into partnerships with such entities as the Boston Center For Adult Education, which has posted A.I.R.'s trips in its catalogs as courses, and radio stations WFNX and WBOS, with whom they've collaborated on promotional activities. 

Leslie Cipolla, promotions director at WBOS, sang their praises, saying, "The services are first-rate and complete. All the I's are dotted and the T's are crossed. We sent a winner to see U2 in Miami, and they had a fantastic experience. This couple had not been on a vacation in a long time, and Adventures in Rock put the joy of traveling back in their life." 

Looking ahead, Bracken and Dickson said they would like to grow the number of trips they plan to two per month, expand their destinations into areas such as Morocco and the Caribbean, and further develop their itineraries in musically rich cities such as Dublin. 

But they haven't let all the gritty details and hectic pace associated with running their own business interfere with their zeal for what for they're doing. Said Dickson, "It's a lot of fun. We're just music fans following what we love, and we want to share that."
 
 

There was a time when my friends and I would jump into the car at the drop of a name, and roar across two state lines to catch one of our favorite musicians in concert. But nowadays, even though the music is still under my skin,  I just don't seem to make as much time for live music. 

Pamela Bracken and Karen Dickson can relate. They used to follow their favorite bands around the country, and sometimes around the world. "We would go on weekend getaways to London to see bands we liked,'' Bracken says. "We'd tour band landmarks, and see the places that might have inspired the lyrics."

When the two became moms, their hobby became more difficult to keep up -- until they decided to make a business out of it. Through their company, Adventures in Rock, they offer music safaris to London and Dublin. Designed to meet the needs of music-loving -- but time-starved -- Americans, the long-weekend trips revolve around concerts by performers like Eurythmics, Sting, Blondie, Oasis and U2.  Continued...
 
 

LONDON - Usually, it's the rock stars who travel the world to concert dates, staying in first-class hotels, visiting the hippest hangs with drivers waiting to take them to the next destinations.  They never need to sweat the details, because everything is taken care of for them. 

Now it's the fans' turn.  The can enjoy time away with their favorite bands on long, posh weekends of rock and relaxation with Boston's Adventures in Rock (AIR). Read on...
 
 

Packages That Rock With Sting In London & U2 In Dublin
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Boston's Adventures in Rock has found a nice niche--travelers who like rock music enough to travel to see some of the best of it. They offer rock 'n' roll road trips combining transportation, accommodations and concert tickets. The packages can also include rock 'n' roll walking tours and nightclub visits.

Starting in style with trips to London to see a Sting concert and to Dublin to see U2, they're maintaining their style with some nice choices for 2000. Memorial Day weekend trips focus on Tom Waits in Paris and Elton John in London. August brings the V2000 festival in London (Macy Gray, Moby and Barenaked Ladies) and the Reading Festival (Oasis, Beck, Foo Fighters and Eminem).

Prices start at $1,200, exclusive of airfare--not exactly down and out bargains, but worth the money considering the type of attention and accommodations provided. For more information, call 877-788-7625 or visit www.adventuresinrock.com.
 
 

For the right blend of rock & roll and travel, check out Adventures in Rock.  This new outfitter takes groups to London to see their favorite bands and also gives them a music insiders tour of the city.
 
 

Adventures in Rock, an upstart tour company based in Boston, MA will storm Royal Albert Hall for VIP seating to see Sting.  Included in the deal are daily breakfasts, two nights of Sting on stage, one night's dinner at Royal Albert Hall, even a backstage tour of the ledgendary venue.  By day, a BBC radio rock jock guides a walking tour of the West End....
 
 

Trips that take you to rockin' concerts -- Join Adventures in Rock's package tours to the UK, which take in concerts that would make any groupies wish list.  The Massachusetts based company organizes three to four night trips mainly to London.  Most tours include two of the bands concerts.  In addition to the concerts, a rock historian accompanies the fans on walking tours to landmarks that figure into their idol's life and lyrics.  "It makes you feel like you're on tour with the band." says co-founder, Karen Dickson.
 

The Beat goes on - continued
... The tour company was founded this year by Pam Bracken and Karen Dickson, a travel professional and a psychologist, to organize music safaris to London.

``Our hobby was going to exotic destinations to see music,'' Bracken said, ``and we met a lot of people along the way doing the same thing. Some people don't think twice about going to (London's) West End to see a play, but no one had thought of (organizing tours) to London to see their favorite bands. We're the first to package something like this.''

So far, AIR has taken intimate groups of 10 to 16 people from all over the U.S. to London to see Blondie, Squeeze, Eurythmics and Elvis Costello. Upcoming trips include Yes Feb. 15, Bush Feb. 29 and Sting April 5, with trips for Elton John, U2 (in Dublin), Oasis, Phish and
others in the works. AIR's packages go straight to central London, near Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square, and include rooms at posh hotels - on my trip it was the five-star Royal Horseguards on the Thames. The four-day tours are not cheap, but are reasonably priced
for their value - about $1,400 plus air fare (about $380), which can be booked separately. Thrifty types might save by making bargain travel arrangements instead. But they'd lose AIR's first-class amenities, location, personalized guidebook, great seats, on-call guide, night on the town, insiders tour - and the time it takes to figure it all out.

 ``These trips are for true music fans who have a sense of adventure but prefer comfort,'' said Bracken, who notes that the tour packages appeal to over-30 fans who want to splurge a little. ``They don't want to go to Europe and sleep in youth hostels anymore. But they can still reclaim some of that old rock recklessness in late-night clubs or the hotel's 24-hour bar, and then have a luxury room with a big fluffy pillow to put their head down on at the end of the night.''

For the recent trip that converged on two Eurythmics concerts at Wembley Arena, AIR supplied fifth-row seats, backstage passes and cocktails on the ride back to the hotel. The second evening's show was a gem, reportedly the best show to date of the band's reunion
tour. An animated Annie Lennox, only a dozen feet away, hit those gorgeous high notes of hers. The reaction of ``Thelma and Louise,'' two Internet specialists from Austin, Texas, was typical among this tour group's fanatics: ``Her voice can still make us cry,'' they said.

Some of the best parts of the trip were provided by AIR's Jon Homer, a British music and BBC journalist who writes for NME, Face and What's On. Homer's walking tour detailed the rock 'n' roll landmarks of Soho and the West End, including the Savile Row headquarters of
Apple Records, site of the Beatles' rooftop concert; the phone booth from David Bowie's ``Ziggy Stardust'' cover; the Marquee, home of many Who, Stones and Sex Pistols shows; the site of the first Eurythmics shows; Tin Pan Alley and Regent Sound, where the early
Stones recorded; Abbey Road; and the club where Paul McCartney met Linda Eastwood and Mick Fleetwood proposed to Christine McVie.

The tour operated on rock 'n' roll time - it was as loose as you wanted it to be. One could take part in group activities or go off on solo explorations. But no one missed Sunday night's trip to Ronnie Scott's. It's the club where Jimi Hendrix spent his last night, the Who premiered ``Tommy'' in 1970, Genesis was discovered and the Doors'  Jim Morrison often performed. 

Homer's extensive knowledge helped make the Adventures in Rock trips a substantial, easy introduction to both London and its rock history.  ``America might have given rock to the world,'' said Homer, ``but much of rock was molded by London. It really is the rock 'n' roll capital.''

Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy -- Continued
When I heard that Adventures in Rock was putting together a trip to catch Elvis Costello in concert at London's Royal Festival Hall, my left eyebrow instinctively arched, Costello-like. The details were enticing: the company would arrange travel, secure concert tickets, and book a block of rooms in five-star hotel just across the River Thames from the concert hall. They'd also put a guide at our disposal to spirit us around to London's hippest haunts. We'd get to see the concert, and we'd be treated like--well, like rock stars. 

As a dyed-in-the-wool budget traveler, I thought it extravagant to open my wallet and let someone else take care of the logistics. But it had been years since I had visited London or seen Costello-- the one time "angry young man" whose deftly crafted anthems defined much of my late adolescence-- and I didn't have a lot of time to spend putting together an in-depth trip. When Pamela Bracken told me that Costello would be accompanied by former Attractions keyboardist Steve Naïve, I decided that I couldn't pass up the opportunity.

Although Adventures In Rock (AIR) customers can travel to London any way they choose, the company pushes Virgin Atlantic, not only because the airline is relatively inexpensive, but also because "they're the most rockin' airline," says Bracken. Virgin was founded by record company entrepreneur Richard Branson, and the flights have dependably good movies and good music. 

For the overnight flight from New York to London, my fiancé and I brought along a biography of Elvis Costello, and the book "Rock Landmarks of London." We arrived at London's Gatwick Airport early Friday morning, and caught the high-speed train to Victoria Station. (Adventures in Rock sends a limo, but we didn't want to wait two hours for a late-arriving passenger to get through customs.) After a quick hop from Victoria via the Underground, we checked into the Royal Horseguards Hotel, spectacularly situated along the Thames. Then we spent the rest of the morning sleeping off the effects of the overnight flight.

Late in the afternoon, we crept out of the hotel and into the typically rainy streets of London. According to Bracken, most of AIR's clients have already visited London at least once. I had lived in London during the hard economic and racial times of  the early 1980's, and was surprised to see smiles on the faces of pedestrians moving through the West End. Many once-decrepit buildings had been renovated, and buskers (street musicians) were out in force, serenading the crowded sidewalks. 

Most AIR trips have 10 to 16 clients, but there were only three of us on the Costello trip: my fiancé Cathy, myself, and Rachel Hirsch, a Boston-area teacher who saw her first Costello gig at the age of six, with her babysitter. "Elvis stormed off stage that night because someone in the front row was smoking a joint and refused to put it out," she told us. But since then she had managed to see Costello at least half a dozen times. Her parents had bought her this trip as a birthday present.

According to Bracken, the typical AIR client is "a hard-core music fan" who has a sense of adventure but prefers comfort. "They want to splurge a little," Bracken says. "They don't want to go to Europe and sleep in youth hostels anymore. But they can still reclaim some of that old rock recklessness in late-night clubs or the hotel's 24-hour bar, and then have a luxury room with a big fluffy pillow to put their heads down on at the end of the night."

We grabbed a quick dinner with Rachel and our guide, Jon Homer, a BBC radio host and music journalist who writes for Melody Maker, The Face and What's On. Then we headed over to the Royal Festival Hall and took our seats, located in an opera box perched high up along the side wall. The setting felt a bit royal. 

Elvis and Steve Naïve walked out to a wild reception, and then got down the business of putting on a spellbinding show that stretched from soon-to-be-released songs all the way back to classics like "Allison," from his 1977 debut, "My Aim Is True." Costello's bristly, nihilistic days are long gone, but the wit and cunning are still there. On this rainy, cold night he was warm and deeply personal, at times moving to the edge of the stage to sing the end of a song a capella, without a microphone. 

The concert lasted nearly three hours, and included a surprise guest appearance by the Brodsky Quartet (hard-core Elvis fans will remember them from "The Juliet Letters"). Of my many memories of the show, one that sticks out is that of Elvis hunched over his guitar, singing and stomping out the synchopated beats of "Watching the Detectives." 

Each Adventures In Rock weekend includes a guided tour through rockin' London, with a focus on places that are meaningful to the featured performer's career. But Elvis hasn't lived in London for a long time, and on Saturday, Jon Homer was at a bit of a loss to show us anything even remotely Costello-related. "I could take you through Chelsea," he said, "but there are no Costello landmarks there. It was just a place that Elvis hated enough to write an extremely sarcastic song about." 

Still, Homer's "Rock n Roll London" walk was one of the highlights of the weekend. A font of obsure and interesting music knowledge and pop trivia, Homer brought us through Soho and the West End, passing by the Saville Row headquarters of Apple Records, site of the Beatles' rooftop concert. We passed by the old Marquee -- the site of many Who, Stones and Sex Pistols shows -- and the phone booth pictured on David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" cover. Homer pointed out the Carnaby Street shop where Mary Quant designed and sold the first mini-skirt.

Carnaby Street was ground-zero for the Mod explosion and for subsequent revivals, and something of the old Mod spirit lives on -- at least on the retail level -- in the several shops still selling Mod essentials such as war-time coats and bull's eye tee-shirts. Homer took us past the site of the most notorious Mod nightclub, The Scene. The club is long gone, but we could almost hear the echos of The Who's amplifiers, and almost see the floorboards shaking as pill-popping throngs went wild until the police burst through the doors. 

There's a lot of history in London's small alleys and narrow mews. We passed through St. Ann's Court, pausing at the building that housed Trident Sound, where most of "Abbey Road" was recorded. In Soho, we saw the headquarters of Paul McCartney's publishing empire, as well as the George Harrison-financed Hari Krishna temple. Homer jokingly refers to the statue of Charles II in Soho Square as "the Bill Wyman statue;" as depicted in the sculpture, the British monarch is the spitting image of the Stones' bass player. 

Although Homer keeps the tour moving, he has a great sense of timing. When someone in the group got tired, he ducked us into a café or a pub for a refresher. When I told him I was interested in vintage vinyl, he steered us toward the record stores on out-of-the-way Hanway Street. We were all impressed by the almost-comical level of specialization -- while thumbing through categories like "Seventies Glam," "White Blues," and "Nouveau Mod," I found (and snapped up) a fairly rare vinyl version of the debut album by a now-defunct Detroit power-hillbilly trio called Mule. 

At Steve's Records on Newport Court, we found a great selection of journalists' review copies. Then we headed over to Denmark Street, London's Tin Pan Alley. Homer pointed out the music publisher where Elton John once worked (nobody liked him there, apparently), and the greasy spoon where the Small Faces decided on their name. Three of the Sex Pistols lived at #6, and the venerable rock magazine New Musical Express was started at #5. Number 4 was once Regents Studios, where the Stones and the Kinks recorded, but now it's the site of Helter Skelter, arguably the world's best book store specializing in pop music. 

On our last night, Homer brought us to Ronnie Scott's, the venerable jazz club where the Who premiered "Tommy" in 1970, and where Jimi Hendrix played his last note (jamming with Eric Burdon's group, War). It's also where Brian Jones auditioned Mick Jagger and Keith Richards for the band that would become the Rolling Stones. Ronnie Scott's is still a great club (though jazz, not rock, is the standard fare), with subdued red lighting and cabaret seating that rises gently away from the stage, ensuring great views for nearly everyone.

After the show we walked across the street to Bar Italia, a robust survivor of London's coffee-bar craze of the mid-fifties and early sixties. 

PASSENGERS

Heartbeat of Havana - December 2000
"I had a ball [the trip] exceeded my expectations. Even got Ned's CD and like it a lot."
Phil
Klamath Falls, OR

"There were so many favorite parts - the house party on the first night and
the music events are the highlights.  It's nice to have events that give
direct contact with the local people in private settings"
Theresa
Atlanta, GA

"I enjoyed the people both American and Cuban and the music.  The evenings
with Ned and music worked out well and the evenings in campaneros' homes at
beginning and end were great and probably not possible with just any trip."
Ed
Northampton, MA

"They [the guides] were all fantastic!  Hotel Nacional is a magnificent hotel!"
"I most enjoyed meeting and hanging with Cubans."
Linda
Austin, TX
 

Van Morrison - April 2000
"The Van Morrison trip with AIR was everything I expected it to be and more.  Maybe I could have pieced together the trip on my own, but there is no way that I could have arranged the insider perks and nuances that made the trip a true rock'n roll experience.  From the preferential treatment at Ronnie Scotts to the backstage privileges after Van's show, every experience was unreal (kind of surreal). Jon was an incredible walking, talking, London, rock'n roll encyclopedia 

I like the fact that our group was small and I got the chance to meet some really interesting people from totally different walks of life with  similar interests in music." 

I'm looking forward to booking another trip with Adventures in Rock!"
Leann 
Los Gatos, CA

U2 Hullabaloo - St Patrick's Day 2000 
"It was just incredible!" 
Kevin
Stockton, CA 

"Tell me when your next Adventure is going to be, and I'll be there!"
Susan 
Allentown, PA

Eurythmics - December '99
The opportunity to see Annie Lenox from the 5th row -was worth the entire trip!  Throw in backstage passes, the walking tour with Jon, and our night out was just beyond all of our expectations!  We're not normally group travelers, however it was nice to meet people with the common interest of music, shows, etc! 
Pat & Terry
Providence, RI

Sting  - April 2000
I loved the hotel. It was in a great location -- we could get to the bus, the tube or to a cab really easily. And I loved our room overlooking the river. I still want one of those 5-jet showers in my own home! I hated to leave. 
Stacy 
New York, NY

Jon and Lydia were great.  I loved picking Jon's brain. 
Deborah
Marietta, GA

When asked "Would you recommend Adventures in Rock to a friend?"  Susan responded--"I've told everyone who will stand still long enough." 
Susan
Mechanicsville, VA

Elvis Costello - December '99
I had a truly outstanding time.  Besides that life-altering/affirming concert, the tour, conversation and good humor made for a most excellent adventure. It was such a treat to tap into Jon's knowledge of rock history, London history, and cool stuff in general. 
Raichel
Boston, MA

Jon's detailed knowledge of the many crannies where London's music history lurks made the walk a jaw-dropper!

I enjoyed the balance of group activities & free time.  I wouldn't change a thing!
Catherine
New York, NY

Blondie with Squeeze - November '99
My favorite part--meeting the band of course!
Suzanne
Boston, MA
 
 

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