Articles by Mikael Wood

51 articles since 2007

Live: Madonna at Dodger Stadium

Entertainment | By Mikael Wood | 8:00AM, November 8
Forty-eight hours after America elected its first black president and California voted to ban gay marriage, Madonna brought her Sticky & Sweet Tour to Dodger Stadium on Thursday for a night of triumph and defiance. Read more
 

No little-sister act for singer Solange Knowles

Entertainment | By Mikael Wood | August 28, 2008
Solange Knowles has a background in overcoming unexpected obstacles. Read more
 

Adored by the ladies

Entertainment | By Mikael Wood | August 16, 2008
Thursday night at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, Robin Thicke introduced “Dream World,” a track from “Something Else” (due out Sept. Read more
 

Live: Dengue Fever

Entertainment | By Mikael Wood | August 4, 2008
Near the end of Dengue Fever’s show Saturday at the El Rey, guitarist Zac Holtzman dedicated a song to his pal Ricky, who Holtzman said was celebrating his birthday in the audience. Read more
 

Live: Moby in KCRW Sessions

Entertainment | By Mikael Wood | August 2, 2008
Thursday night at the Malibu Performing Arts Center, Moby presided over what Nic Harcourt of KCRW called “a partially seated rave.” Read more
 

Solo Sexsmith in vintage form

Entertainment | By Mikael Wood | July 26, 2008
They don’t serve drinks yet at Largo’s lovely new space at the Coronet Theatre, but Thursday night Ron Sexsmith had his small but attentive audience there covered. Read more
 

Coldplay gets all rock-star at the Forum

Entertainment | By Mikael Wood | July 16, 2008
IN THE title track of Coldplay’s new “Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends,” frontman Chris Martin admits that “people couldn’t believe what I’d become.” Read more
 

Danity Kane does what the script says

Entertainment | By Mikael Wood | June 11, 2008
I wanna see what you’re working with,” the ladies of Danity Kane sang Monday at the Wiltern during the final stop of the Making the Band 4 Tour. Read more
 

A sharp turn

Entertainment | By Mikael Wood | April 13, 2008
CHRIS WALLA of Death Cab for Cutie thinks that the volatile state of the download-ravaged record industry calls for a new way to measure commercial success. Read more
 

Bon Jovi brings Jersey pride to L.A.

Entertainment | By Mikael Wood | April 7, 2008
Friday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, an aging rocker from small-town New Jersey took the stage and sang for more than two hours about the necessity of faith, the endurance of romance and the modest majesty of small-town New Jersey. Read more
 
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