One Thousand Italians Perform "Learn To Fly" By The Foo Fighters

Music is a pretty wonderful thing. It's amazing how it can bring people from all walks of life together, and perhaps there's no better of example of that than in this video. One thousand people spent about a year practicing the Foo Fighters' "Learn to Fly" to convince Dave Grohl and his band to come play in Cesena, Italy. If you don't get goosebumps watching this...well, I just don't know what to tell you.

For his part, Grohl loved the video, and even created a video response in Italian, saying (roughly): "Hi, Cesena! I am David, hello. I’m sorry, I don’t speak Italian. Only a little, a little. That video — but how beautiful! Very beautiful. Thank you very much [literally: a thousand thanks]. We are arriving [coming], I promise. We’ll see each other soon. Thank you very much. I love you. Bye."

Just amazing. Side note: I re-watched the original "Learn to Fly" music video this morning, and it is simply incredible, even though Grohl's long locks and facial hair are quite absent.

Conan O'Brien Visits Taco Bell, Wreaks Havoc

Once again, another place where Conan has been banned for life. The late night host takes his IT producer Chris Hayes, a big Taco Bell fan, to the place where all the magic happens. Seeing the excitement on Hayes' face is fantastic, and Conan of course brings the funny. Enjoy.

Blue Chair Bay Rum Launches 25-City Spring into Summer Sampling Tour

Blue Chair Bay Rum recently announced the ‘Nowhere to Be But Here Tour,’ visiting over 25 US cities from April through August.  Starting in Texas, Blue Chair Bay is offering consumers of legal drinking age prime opportunities to experience the rums that multi-platinum singer-songwriter Kenny Chesney created to celebrate the anywhere, anytime spirit of the islands. 

 

Blue Chair Bay’s three premium rum flavors – White, Coconut and Coconut Spice – are all 100% beach made, mellowed in casks at one of the oldest, most storied distilleries in the Caribbean, located literally one hundred yards from the beach.  Blue Chair Bay White Rum recently earned one of the industry’s highest honors: a four-star, Highly Recommended rating from leading spirits arbiter F. Paul Pacult.  

 

“This tour is part ‘thank you’ to our great fans who made Blue Chair Bay Rum the fastest growing new company launch in the history of wine and spirits, and part ‘welcome’ to those ready to discover what made it so,” said Mark Montgomery, CEO of Fishbowl Sprits, parent company of Blue Chair Bay Rum.  “With spring heating up and summer on the horizon, it’s about time to give people that toes-in-the-sand feeling our rums have a way of bringing on,” said Montgomery.

 

After visiting Dallas last week, the tour continues throughout the country. Fans can check out the Rum Locator to find out...well, where the rum will be. Dates are below, and are subject to change:

April 29-30               San Antonio/Austin, TX

May 1-3                  Houston, TX

May 7-8                  Tampa, FL

May 9-10                Orlando, FL

May 14                   Destin/Panama City, FL

May15-16                Pensacola, FL

May 16-17               Gulf Shores, FL

June 4-7                  Nashville, TN

June 10-11              Champaign, IL

June 13-14              Chicago, IL

June 17-18              Angola/Ft. Wayne, IN

June 20-21              Indianapolis, IN

June 24-45              Buffalo/Rochester, NY

June 27                   Syracuse, NY

June 28                   Albany, NY

July 1-2                   Boston, MA

July 3-5                   Cape Cod, MA

July 8-9                   Hoboken/Point Pleasant, NJ

July 11-12                Wildwood, NJ

July 15-16                Annapolis/Baltimore, MD

July 18-19                Ocean City, MD

August 5-7               Sacramento, CA

August 8-9               San Francisco, CA (at Outside Lands Festival)

August 12-13           Fresno, CA

August 15-17           San Diego, CA (at Tiki Fest) 

 

Fans visiting sampling tour stops can enter for a chance to win a flyway trip to the first show on Chesney’s next tour along with picking up a variety of exclusive BCB swag. And I'm all about swag. Fans not in a tour town can enter the promotion through the Blue Chair Bay Rum Facebook page starting today. 

Win Tickets to See The Rolling Stones in Concert

The Rolling Stones have been around for 50 years, and they're going on tour to commemorate that first performance. While tickets are sold out, if you're interested in seeing the legendary rockers, Wines That Rock is offering a pair of tickets to check out the Stones live at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on December 8.

The Stones won't be around forever, so to jump on the opportunity, visit the Wines That Rock Facebook page by November 30 and enter for a chance to win two tickets. The winner will be notified on December 1.

Want more chances to win? For every additional person that you share this contest with that enters, Wines That Rock will enter your name again for an additional chance to win. If and when that happens, grab a few bottles of Rolling Stones Forty Lick Merlot for celebratory purposes.

Click here for complete rules and regulations. And to all those who do enter, good luck!