DTE Energy Music Theater (originally the Pine Knob Music Theater ) is 15,274 seats (7,202 seats in the pavilion, 8,072 on the grass lawn) amphitheater located in Independence City, Michigan, about 40 mile (65 km) northwest of Detroit (has a Clarkston, Michigan mailing address). Built by the Nederlander Organization in the early 1970s, it was originally known as Pine Knob Music Theater because of its proximity to the ski area of ​​Pine Knob and the nearby golf course. The name was changed before the 2001 concert season when DTE Energy (parent company of Detroit Edison) bought the naming rights to the amphitheater in ten years, a $ 10 million deal. Despite these changes, many people continue to call the place "Pine Knob", "The Knob", or "The Hill". Palace Sports and Entertainment, which owns the Detroit Pistons, The Palace of Auburn Hills, and operates the Meadow Brook Music Festival, purchased the amphitheater in 1990. Each year, it is among the world's best-selling outdoor concert venues and has won dozens of awards in industry, including Pollstar's (2000) Top Concert Venue, Top Billboard Amphitheater for attendance (2011) and Top Pollette Amphitheater Places Worldwide for total tickets sold (2011).
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The amphitheater held a grand opening on June 25, 1972, with a matinee by teen idol David Cassidy. Andy Williams performed the first night's concert two nights later. At the time of opening Pine Knob is the largest amphitheater in the country with a capacity of 12,500.
One of the iconic features of Pine Knob's first years is the dramatic entrance to the amphitheater. The long cement-retaining wall that cuts the hills/grasses is professionally hand painted with the logo of every band that ever played there. The walls were filled and replaced by staircases and lawn seats during the early 1980s, thus increasing the capacity of the amphitheater to over 15,000. The original sound system was a novel in its day, a large theater performance system designed for an outdoor theater with a special console and a large-scale speaker system.
On November 29, 1990, Palace Sports and Entertainment bought Pine Knob and spent $ 8 million on renovations. Included in the upgrade is the video screen in the pavilion. In 1995, a video screen mounted on the roof of the pavilion for viewers to view from the yard.
On January 25, 2001, Palace Sports and Entertainment announced that the name of the venue would be changed to DTE Energy Music Theater. The deal is worth an average of $ 1 million per year for a period of ten years. Anthony F. Earley Jr., chairman and CEO of DTE Energy and Detroit Edison, said in a statement that "The agreement will help finance the improvements of the venue to enhance the enjoyment of the concert audience." Tom Wilson, president of Palace Sports and Entertainment, added, "These sponsors ensure a comprehensive capital improvement program, including sound control projects, road improvements and various upgrades and landings, and to expand our public relations programs to benefit the immediate community, southeast Michigan region. "
Prior to the 2012 season, the amphitheater received a sophisticated new audio system - the Meyer MILO Line Array sound system. The system is fully suspended on stage, allowing fans of all sections to have a better view. The amphitheater is also redesigned with green forest colors, new signboards, expanded food options and a new open beer garden called The Pine Tap.
Many of the biggest stars in music have appeared on DTE. For over twenty years (except 1995) starting in 1989, Eddie Money opened the concert season every May. Throughout the year 2014, Chicago has appeared in the venue 70 times, more than any other. Linda Ronstadt also performed there almost every summer throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Bob Seger has played over 25 sold-out shows at the amphitheater, including eight in 1977, the record for most shows in a season matched by Kid Rock in 2013 and broken by Kid Rock in 2015, with ten sold out consecutive. show. Bob Dylan played Pine Knob nine times between 1981 and 2000. Detroit Ross himself often made him stop at his hometown during his summer schedule.
DTE is a Detroit-area stop for some of the biggest concert summer tours, including The Area: One and Festival Area2, CrÃÆ'¼e Fest, Ozzfest, Curiosa, Projekt Revolution, The Gigantour, Reggae Sunsplash, and The Family Values ​​â € <â € < Tour. Lilith Fair stops at the venue each year touring in the 1990s (1997-1999) and also during its revival tour in 2010. It is a Detroit-area stop for the Warped Tour in 1996 and 1997, and also for Lollapalooza tours in each year its existence but one before the tour signed an exclusive deal with the city of Chicago. It also hosts the high school graduation ceremonies of Orion High School and Clarkston High School, usually held in late May or early June.
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Time limit
Since the place is close to nearby residents, it is known for having a curfew of the tight 11:00 night noise. The players are charged a fine of $ 1,000 for each minute played past the curfew.
The time limit is said to be the reason behind the backstage incident between Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie on October 12, 2012. The opening for Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson took the stage too late, forcing Rob Zombie to set a short to avoid the curfew.
Videos, audio, photographic appearance
Various concerts from the venue have been recorded and recorded for years.
One of the latest works is the DVD release of Barenaked Ladies' Talk to the Hands: Living in Michigan . During the set, vocalist Steven Page asks how the "Pine Knobbers" feel, after which a big cheer fills the amphitheater.
As one of the first modern broadcast television broadcasts, in the summer of 1983, the Steve Miller Band was featured on the Detroit WKBD-TV broadcast station and simultaneously heard on FM 98.7 WLLZ. The concert was a timely promotion for Miller's single, "Abracadabra", and featured a cool and wet audience in a season that flooded the show with excitement. Late in the afternoon, before the concert night, tickets are made available at local record stores so Pine Knob can make sure the place is full, even with bad weather approaching.
Guitarist Peter Frampton released a live DVD, titled Live in Detroit , featuring the July 17, 1999 appearance of Pine Knob.
On the black market, many pirated footage from the existing Pine Knob soundboard, as well as free trade concerts like Grateful Dead and Phish. The Dead's 19 and 20 June 1991 performances (featuring Bruce Hornsby on piano) saw an official release in 2006 as Grateful Dead Download Series Volume 11.
As an additional note, Genesis drummer and frontman Phil Collins is clearly seen wearing a Pine Knob logo golf shirt in the music video for the studio version of the song "No Reply At All". The live versions of alternative songs from Three Sides Live are not the same.
Jackson Browne used a picture of himself and his future wife, Lynne Sweeney, standing at the door of Pine Knob's docking inside his album booklet Running On Empty. The photo was taken on August 21, 1977, by photographer Joel Bernstein.
The front cover of Joni Mitchell's 1974 live album, Miles of Aisles, features an interior pavilion as it appeared at the time, although the songs on the album were recorded in places in California.
Green Day's second live album, Awesome as Fuck , including the "J.A.R." version, was recorded on DTE on August 23, 2010.
J. Geils Band recorded their third live album, Showtime! , during the sold-out week stamp at Pine Knob in early September, 1982.
The fourth incarnation of Ringo Starr & amp; All-Starr Band, featuring Peter Frampton, Gary Brooker, Jack Bruce and Simon Kirke, filmed their performance at Pine Knob in May 1998 for a home-based video release. To date, "Ringo Starr & Fourth All-Starr Band" has just been released on VHS and has not been reissued, although the clip appeared in 2001 "The Best of Ringo Starr & All-Starr Band So Far".
Steely Dan's Album Alive in America features four songs ("Bodhisattva", "Peg", "Kid Charlemagne" and "Sign in Stranger") recorded during the August 27, 1994, band show at Pine Knob.
Def Leppard releases live CD/DVD "... And there will be another time: Live from Detroit" recorded at the DTE concert in July 2016
See also
- List of contemporary amphitheatres
References
External links
- Theater Theater Theater DTE Energy
- Official website
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