The 2010 Allman Brothers Band has been fraught with change. After 20 years (give or take a residency) at the Beacon Theater, the Allmans were forced to move the event uptown due to a conflict with a Cirque du Soleil booking. The Banana Shpeel spectacular was scheduled to begin a multiple month run in early February. Ironically, with Shpeel's opening date being pushed forward to March 17, the Allmans might not have had to relocate. Adding injury to the insult, an "unforeseen family emergency" has resulted in the cancellation of the residency's last 5 nights, reducing the ABB's United Palace run to 8 nights beginning on March 11.IN CASE YOU ARE MY FATHER or have been living in a pop culture cave for the last week or so, you've been briefed on the comments John Mayer made during his interview with Playboy magazine. It would be an understatement to say that the interview has caused some controversy. The New York Times review of Mayer's recent Madison Square Garden concert consisted primarily of dissecting the guitarist's every move in light of his racially charged comments. Rob Tannenbaum, one of my favorite music journalists - and not because he's family - conducted the interview with Mayer. He recently discussed his perceptions of the interview and the resulting overreaction with Ann Powers on the Pop & Hiss music blog of the L.A. Times. It's well worth reading as Tannenbaum places the entire situation within a rational social and racial context. He even broaches the subject everyone's pondered since the negative publicity started.
If it's OK, first let me answer a related question you didn't ask: Mayer wasn't "drunk" during the interview, as many people have written and presumed.Read the interview by clicking here.
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