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August 13, 2009
Friday (Aug. 14), 10pm, Hard Rock Cafe, Lahaina
Last year, Matt Costa played for a sold-out Maui audience, and promoters are expecting another jammed turnout this Friday night (so learn a lesson from gigs past, get your tix in advance and avoid Maui-stylin' it by trying to get in day-of). The aforementioned Art Night coincides with the Hard Rock hosting this hip rocker; this being Costa's only Maui show, sandwiched between five other concerts statewide, both scenes are likely to see some cross-action event spillover. On Oahu, he's opening for No Doubt (irrelevant for our hypa-local purposes, but interesting to those of you who, like me, saw No Doubt at the MACC way back when). As his longtime manager Chris Fenn told MTW, this reunion-of-sorts is "extra special…They have a deeper relationship. Tom Dumont, the drummer for No Doubt, and Matt are good friends; [Tom] produced Matt's albums." In Friday's solo acoustic performance, audiences can expect to see some new tracks off his latest Brushfire Records release, Unfamiliar Faces. Wear your "Save Honolua" T-shirt to the show, and the Save Honolua Coalition will enter you into a special drawing to win two airline tickets on go! airlines and a $100 gift certificate to Hard Rock. $25.