Vol. 5 No. 2, February 2008
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Match Set
matchbox twenty and Alanis Morrisette perform 8 p.m. February 15 at Borgata’s Event Center. Tickets are $75 and $95.
Two of the biggest acts of the 1990s join forces for what should be an unforgettable night at Borgata February 15, as matchbox twenty and Alanis Morrisette form a killer twin bill.
Although matchbox twenty’s star has fallen over the years—the band has only put out three albums in its 12 years of existence—matchbox was absolutely huge when it debuted in 1996, selling more than 12 million copies of its debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You.
Lead singer Rob Thomas has managed to eclipse the band, winning three Grammys for his collaboration on Carlos Santana’s “Smooth” while making a name for himself with his own solo record.
Expect a greatest-hits kind of night, as well as some of the six new songs released on an EP accompanying the band’s greatest hits package, Exile On Mainstream.
Unless Morissette surprises the crowd with some new unreleased songs—an unlikely scenario—it will also be a greatest-hits affair for the Canadian-American singer/songwriter. While Morissette has been very busy putting the finishing touches on her new CD Flavors of Entanglement, the record will not be released until April.
The tour and CD constitute a coming-out party for the onetime megastar, who practically spent the last four years in hibernation. According to Morissette, she had an abundance of tracks to choose from for the new CD, which combine world and folk music with experimental pop featuring male backup singers.
The album is a follow-up to 2004’s So-Called Chaos, which was her least-successful album commercially. Morissette is also involved in some other projects. She will star in the film adaptation of the Philip K. Dick novel, Radio Free Albemuth, and she is in the process of hiring an editor for a book she is writing.
