News brief: Comic Jockeys to victory
Chris Coxen has realized his dream - he’s north Korean won $25,000 for saltation in his underclothes.
The West Roxbury comedian took height honors in the Jockey Underwear Underwars competition, an online conflict that pits underwear-clad dance
machines against each other in an NCAA bracket-style tournament.
“This is definitely the to the highest degree fun I’ve ever had in my underwear,” he said.
Coxen entered the contest as Danny Morsel, a personality from his League of Characters rise subroutine. His dance clips, which included prancing around Fenway Park [map] ahead a Red Sox [team stats] game, as good as shots of him dance with a ventriloquist’s dummy within his flat, gained him national attention and a place as a invitee on a WZLX-FM (C.7) talk show.
“I’m thrilled to feature won Jockey’s tourney,” Coxen said. “And I thank the good hoi polloi of Capital of Massachusetts and beyond wHO rallied behindhand me in the final hours to make it possible.”
Madge, Tina hit Hub
Speech production of dancing in underclothing, Madonna arrives October. 15 when her Sticky & Sweet circuit hits the TD Banknorth Garden.
Only fans of Madge power want to hit up Coxen for a small loan. The best seating in the home cost $352.50. And that’s just at face value.
Tickets to the Material Girl’s Bean Town gig go on sale May 17 at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster (617-931-2000 or ticketmaster.com) and Be Country (livenation.com). Prices commence at $57.50.
A classic prima donna from a previous generation is likewise heading our way. Tina Turner returns to action and arrives in Boston for a Nov. 16 show at TD Banknorth Garden. Tickets, $59.50 and $152.50, go on sale Mon at 10 a.m. at the Garden box office and via Ticketmaster.
Don’t find fault Canada
Newly England fans ass beef about the want of a mega-music festival in these parts. Fact is, the world’s largest musical event takes place just now 250 miles from Capital of Massachusetts: the Montreal Jazz Festival.
Don’t be fooled by the name. There’s piles of wind, for certain, simply there’s even more pop music. Ticketed events at this year’s fest, which runs from June 26 to July 6, feature TV On the Radio, Public Foe, RZA and GZA, Dutch Leonard Cohen, Yael Naim, Steely Dan, De La Psyche, the Wailers, Lee Yuen Kam Matthew Calbraith Perry, James River Deems Taylor, Aretha Franklin, Al Green River, Lizz Richard Wright, Katie Melua, Daniel Lanois, Keb’ Mo’, Taj Mahal, Joseph Arthur, Bettye LaVette, Richard Thompson, St. Martin Sexton, Salif Keita and many more.
And that doesn’t include the vast free concert card, which will be announced June 2.
Tickets go on sales agreement tomorrow at 10 a.m. For information, go to montrealjazzfest.com or call 888-515-0515 toll discharge. -Larry Katz
