For release: June 25, 2021
FUV Live Summer Thursdays: Weekly Concert Series Launches on WFUV Public Radio
New York, NY - WFUV, New York (90.7 FM/wfuv.org): This steamy July, live music sizzles on WFUV. As New York venues and festivals emerge from hibernation, WFUV amps up the live music celebration with FUV Live Summer Thursdays. Be part of the radio crowd with a lineup of exciting concerts on 90.7 FM or streaming at WFUV.org, including both classic FUV broadcasts and some stellar radio premieres.
Co-hosted by DJ Eric Holland and other FUV air personalities, FUV Live Summer Thursdays gives listeners front-row seats to fantastic shows from Prince, Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band, Beck, Sheryl Crow, Alabama Shakes, The Black Keys, Black Pumas, Courtney Barnett, The B-52s, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and many more.
It all kicks off this Thursday, July 1, at 6 p.m. ET with a New Jersey double header: Neptune native Nicole Atkins from New York’s Rockwood Music Hall, recorded by WFUV in March 2011. Atkins’ opening set is followed at 7 p.m. by a Springsteen & The E-Street Band concert at Madison Square Garden from July 1, 2000 — 21 years ago — presented courtesy of our friends at Nugs.net.
The FUV Live Summer Thursdays schedule:
July 1 6 p.m. - Nicole Atkins at Rockwood Music Hall (March 22, 2011) 7 p.m. - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band at Madison Square Garden (July 1, 2000; courtesy of nugs.net)
July 8 6 p.m. - Joe Jackson at The Cutting Room (September 24, 2015) 7:20 p.m. - The B-52's at The Berklee Center in Boston (August 24, 1979) 8 p.m. - Alabama Shakes at Bowery Ballroom (April 11, 2012) 9 p.m. - Beck at Forest Hills Stadium (August 17, 2019)
July 15 6 p.m. - Black Pumas at South by San José in Austin (March 13, 2019) 7 p.m. - The National at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival (June 12, 2019) 9 p.m. - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival (June 8, 2016)
July 22 6 p.m. - Brandi Carlile at The Cutting Room (February 22, 2007) 7 p.m. - Rodrigo y Gabriela at The McKittrick Hotel (May 20, 2019) 8 p.m. - Gary Clark Jr. at Forest Hills Stadium (July 15, 2017) 9 p.m. - Sheryl Crow at The Rooftop at Pier 17 (July 28, 2019)
July 29 6 p.m. - The War on Drugs at Electric Lady Studios (June 6, 2017) 6:45 p.m. - Courtney Barnett at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival (July 25, 2018) 8 p.m. - The Black Keys at The Crystal Ballroom in Portland (April 4, 2008) 9 p.m. - Prince at The Forum in L.A. (highlights from April 28, 2011)
FUV Live Summer Thursdays are supported by the Surfside Beach Hotel and Surf Club in Point No Point, CT, thesurfside.com.
Contact: Kara Manning [email protected]
About WFUV: WFUV (90.7 FM, wfuv.org), New York's source for music discovery, is a noncommercial, member-supported public media service of Fordham University for over 70 years. WFUV has received national recognition for its award-winning weekday format of adult album alternative music, award-winning local news and sports, and a diverse weekend lineup. WFUV's robust website has extensive audio archives, videos, song playlists and other resources.
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