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“Good Morning America” Announces Its 2018 Summer Concert Series Lineup

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Summer is almost here and that means its once again time to share the revealed performers for the Good Morning America “Summer Concert Series”. As you most likely know by now, the live music scene is something that I love and the offering up of free performances like this is quite incredible. These events begin in the coming weeks and as you will read below, start very early in the morning if you’d like to get a proper space. I’d suggest a dawn arrival and choose the most suitable gig for you as possible since you cannot use the same lateness excuse blaming the MTA so many times. Check out the concerts below and I will return at the close with additional thoughts.

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Concert Schedule:
May 15 – Liam Payne and J Balvin (#LIAMonGMA, #JBALVINonGMA)
May 25 – Sting and Shaggy (#STINGonGMA, #SHAGGYonGMA)
June 1 – Halsey (#HALSEYonGMA)
June 8 – Ne-Yo (#NEYOonGMA)
June 15 – Pitbull (#PITBULLonGMA)
June 22 – Bebe Rexha (#BEBEREXHAonGMA)
June 29 – Florence + the Machine (#FLORENCEonGMA)
July 6 – G-Eazy (#GEAZYonGMA)
July 13 – Backstreet Boys (#BACKSTREETBOYSonGMA)
July 20 – Camila Cabello (#CAMILAonGMA)
July 27 – Fall Out Boy (#FALLOUTBOYonGMA)
August 3 – Kelsea Ballerini (#KELSEAonGMA)
August 10-The Chainsmokers9 (#CHAINSMOKERSonGMA)
August 17 – Leon Bridges* (#LEONBRIDGESonGMA) *This concert will be held in our Times Square studio.
August 24 – Luis Fonsi (#LUISFONSIonGMA)
August 31 – Alesso (#ALESSOonGMA)

How to Attend a Summer Concert:
All other concerts are free and open to the public and will take place on Fridays from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. ET. Viewers interested in joining “GMA” in Central Park are encouraged to arrive at Rumsey Playfield via the 72nd Street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6 a.m. when the park opens to the public. The Summer Concert Series returns for the eighth year to Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, home of City Parks Foundation’s SummerStage Festival.

Piercing Ken Thoughts: I’ll be listing all of these events on our handy dandy Events Calendar for sure so if you do NOT yet have that bookmarked as a favorite on your computer or mobile device please get to that ASAP. I want you to be up to date on the latest and greatest happenings in our region. Now as you can see, these events happen very early in the morning and I can only stress that acting fast and being there in as timely a fashion is in your best interests. Sadly there don’t seem to be any performances by artists I’d want to see for the purposes of my PiercingMetal.com adventures. So what do you readers think about these offerings? Will you be entering their giveaways to see one of the artists listed? Let me know down in the comments section below. Until we meet again.

Official Website: http://www.abcnews.com

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Attention Fellow Foodies; Foodspotting Has Come To An End…..

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Though it was never really my intention, I pretty much became a Foodie once I learned of the Foodspotting app and added its use to my regular contributions to the Yelp community. I had fallen behind in my submissions there based on life demands but when I logged in recently to catch up I learned the sad news about the app being shut down. Here is the official scoop on the matter.

“As you know, OpenTable acquired Foodspotting in 2013, not only for its amazing content, but also for its incredibly loyal and engaged community. Since then, you’ve been instrumental in how friends and experts alike discover the best dishes across the world, and for that, we just want to say thank you. But as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. After much deliberation, we have chosen to discontinue the Foodspotting app and website in early May. If you’d like to keep all the photos you’ve captured over the years, we encourage everyone to take this opportunity to download your content. Click HERE for details”

What a shame right? Another Social Network bites the dust. I’ll miss this one quite a bit as I’ve been using it since I first chanced upon their booth at the NY Comic Con way back in 2011. I found it odd that they were pitching attendees of the massive geek event but despite that I thought they were interesting and I signed up. Fortunately, I snagged a couple of screenshots of my profile to forever remember my account status.

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I also secured some expert level status based on certain contributions. There were a lot more than these based on the account but no real easy way to showcase them outside of the top four. Beer was one of them as was french fries but I am so trying to do less of that at this stage in my life. The pounds no longer go away just by will anymore. Sigh.

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Since I began penning this notice, I learned that a new app has risen up to take the place of Foodspotting and this one is called Eatellia. Just click the name to be brought to their site. According to what one user posted on the Foodspotting Facebook Page, one can import all of their Foodspotting images into this app but I don’t see how that can be done now that Foodspotting isn’t even opening up on the mobile device or website. Goodbye Foodspotting, I really enjoyed your network and sharing foodie visuals with those who chose to enjoy them along with me. Hopefully this new Eatellia app will amount to something and I’m game to try it out since I really don’t like posting endless images to my personal Facebook Page. Since the Foodspotting app isn’t even responding anymore and the weblink brings you to OpenTable.com it’s safe to say that its a done deal. My use since 2011 finds me thinking that I was a very early adopter of this network and its pretty impressive to find it lasting almost eight years considering how quickly peoples attention span drifts. Closing up I’ve linked several of the socials that I am regularly posting on so by all means come “Like” or “Follow” us on them. The more the merrier I always say.

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PiercingMetal Goes To Big Apple Comic Con 2018

Hey there my friends, I am dropping in with another signpost to send you over to a convention adventure that I recently undertook for PiercingMetal with our attendance at the Sunday portion of the 2018 Big Apple Comic Con which took place at the Jordan Pearl Pavilion. Clicking the logo will magically transport you over to those posts and I hope that you enjoy them.

As is my usual practice, the means to comment on this narrative have been disabled because anything that you’d like to add to the mix should be left on the official posts. Now before I go here is a shameless social networking plug asking you to check out PiercingMetal on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. I hope that you will show your support of our efforts by following and liking the various posts that you will find on the links. See you with more lifestyle blog stuff soon.

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Big Apple Comic Con: http://www.bigapplecomiccon.com

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Spotify Transports NYC Commuters to Mars with Immersive David Bowie Subway Takeover

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I don’t generally repeat the same post that I would load onto PiercingMetal.com but with this special circumstance I will do just that. Check it out.

The Press Release:
Although he hailed from London, music icon David Bowie spent the majority of his life living in, and falling for, New York City. After moving across the pond, he was welcomed to the City with open arms, and soon came to call himself a New Yorker. In the way that Bowie discovered his adopted city, Spotify is giving music lovers the opportunity to go on a journey through the immersive David Bowie Subway Takeover exploring the musician’s influence on music, fashion, culture, and the city that he loved.

David Bowie is, organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, has been up since March at the Brooklyn Museum and honors Bowie’s life, art, and work. In a larger-than-life extension of the exhibition, Spotify is transforming New York City’s Broadway-Lafayette subway station into an underground takeover that pays tribute to the legendary works and sensational life of the musical icon. Fans and visitors can be awed while exploring the Broadway-Lafayette station from Tuesday, April 17 until Sunday, May 13.
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Cue: BroadwayCon Will Return To Midtown In 2019

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Earlier in the year, I attended my first-ever BroadwayCon which was held at the Javits Center. The other day we learned of some news about the 2019 convention on their blog so we’ve shared this press release with you below should this happening be of interest to you.

The Press Release:
We can finally tell you what we have in store for 2019! The first three years of BroadwayCon have featured incredible performances, new friendships, and lots of fun. And now we’re moving the fun back into the theatre district.

BroadwayCon is at its best when it’s in the center of it all, so we are bringing it back inland and are thrilled to announce that BroadwayCon 2019 will return to where we started: the Hilton Midtown, with the addition of the beautiful, historic Ziegfeld Ballroom next door. Mark your calendars! BroadwayCon 2019 will take place January 11–13.

It’s been a great two years at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center but we could not be more excited to bring BroadwayCon back to the heart of the city that is integral to the Broadway community we know and love. Snag tickets to a show during the weekend? Now you’ll be able to squeeze in one last panel or singalong before the curtain rises. Tired of the same food court offerings? We are too! At the Hilton Midtown, you’ll be just minutes away from a huge variety of restaurants serving nearly every cuisine, and they deliver!
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