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Tacoma Rock City
Tacoma Rock City
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
An army of scantily clad women invaded the Tacoma Dome last night (oh, and Candlebox played, too)
Posted by Ernest Jasmin @ 11:24:07 am

Let's see. What was it I liked so much about covering KISW-FM's Rock Girl Gala last night at the Tacoma Dome. Thinking, thinking. On the tip of my tongue. Can't remember. Anyway, part of the event involved 40 Puget Sound hotties parading across the stage, which DJ Ricker whittled down to a final 20 “rock ambassadors.” Whatever that means. Like they're negotiating peace treaties between Kid Rock and Tommy Lee or something.
ERNEST JASMIN

And then Candlebox delivered their big ‘90s hits and a few tunes from “Into to Sun,” the band’s first collection of new material in a decade, due in July. Fans got their mosh on often, even to distinctly unmoshy numbers, like “Change.” And they had plenty of room, since this was the smallest shows I’ve seen at the T-Dome. The west end of the arena was partitioned off, and an estimated 1,500 showed up to see the rock girls, Candlebox and openers Chevelle and Another Black Day. The crowd thinned more towards the end of the set, even as singer Kevin Martin (top) and guitarist Peter Klett (second photo) played their hearts out. “I see the lovely Tacoma Dome has emptied out a little bit, so it’s intimate now,” Martin declared towards the end of the set. Nope, it ain’t 1993. But it sure felt like it was for just a minute as the band finished with a crowd pleasing performance of smash hit “Far Behind.”
ERNEST JASMIN

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