Entries from February 2007 ↓

Should Arsenal beat Blackburn away on the 28th, they’ll take on Man City at Ashburton Grove in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup.

The match will take place Sunday, March 11, kickoff @ 11AM ET.

The draw in full:

Middlesbrough or West Brom v Manchester United or Reading
Arsenal or Blackburn v Manchester City
Chelsea v Tottenham
Plymouth v Watford

Yawn. Uninspired Gunners + 10 men behind the ball Blackburn = Replay on the 28th.

In support of their recently released third album, the excellent “Wincing The Night Away”, The Shins have announced several US tour dates over the next month, including a stop at the Electric Factory in Philly for which we scored tix. Make sure you catch the darlings of the hipster set at a city near you:

Sat 02/17/07 Boise, ID Egyptian Theatre
Mon 02/19/07 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
Tue 02/20/07 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
Wed 02/21/07 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
Mon 03/05/07 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom
Tue \03/06/07 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater
Wed 03/07/07 Austin, TX The Backyard
Fri 03/09/07 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
Sat 03/10/07 Winston-Salem, NC Millennium Center
Mon 03/12/07 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall
Tue 03/13/07 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
Wed 03/14/07 New York, NY Theater at Madison Square Garden
Thu 03/15/07 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre

Freddie Ljungberg makes a triumphant return to the first team, as his goal two minutes into the second half of extra time took the wind out of Bolton’s sails following their 92nd minute equalizer. In all seriousness, Arsenal could have won this game by 4 or 5 goals. Emmanuel Adebayor converted his first chance after 13 minutes to give the Gunners an early lead.

This was a determined Arsenal side. Man of the match honors could go to any number of players - Hleb and Denilson both come to mind. However, two players who will probably want to forget this one are Gilberto and Baptista. Both Brazilians missed spot kicks, and badly. On top of that, Baptista missed at least three or four clear cut chances. He wasn’t the only one. Adebayor also missed at least one clear sitter before finally putting away the third Arsenal goal of the night, punching the Gunners’ ticket to the fifth round.

Speaking of the fifth round, it’s this weekend, so there’s no rest for weary. Arsenal face Blackburn at the Grove on Saturday morning. Kickoff is 7:30 AM ET, and the match will be broadcast live here in the US on Fox Soccer Channel.

In one of her first US appearances, Lily Allen captured the hearts of a very eclectic and exuberant Philadelphia crowd last night.

Coming on shortly after 9 PM, Lily opened with the ebullient “LDN” (my favorite of her songs off of her fantastic debut, “Alright, Still.”

The set continued to include pretty much every song from “Alright, Still.”, including the cheeky “Knock Em Out” and “Not Big”, the visceral “Friday Night”, and the touching “Littlest Things”.

She closed the show with UK #1, “Smile”. Her encore included a cover of The Specials “Blank Expression”, and new single, “Alfie”. Check out the video for “Alfie” below:

All in all, a great, if somewhat short show. With her catchy melodies and somewhat subversive lyrics, along with her cheek, Lily’s poised to be a big, big star.

Enjoy the vid as we work backstage. Hope to have everything back up & running shortly!

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