![]() ![]() On the Sand Stage for the Backstreet Lovers’ set, VIP and Platinum wristband holders had to wait their turn to access the premium area as it reached capacity on the side stage.įletcher at the Sea Hear Now Festival | Brittany NO FOMO Hallbergīoy George of Culture Club captivated the audience, joking early on that he knew that the crowd wasn’t there for the band but “fucking will be by the end of the set.” Hits like “I’ll Tumble 4 Ya,” “Miss Me Blind,” a slow version of “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” and “Karma Chameleon” dominated the performance. While this year’s crowd wasn’t as massive as the previous year when Pearl Jam headlined, VIP wristbands sold out. Clinch, born in Toms River, even gets in on the action performing at the Pony every year on the first night of the festival with his own group, Tangiers Blues Band. ![]() The Asbury Park scene was represented by local rising star Fletcher, Dentist and Dogs in a Pile entertaining on the Sand and Park stages, with “American Idol” alum Cole Hallman, a Manasquan resident who worked summers at the Stone Pony, supporting in the audience. Professional surfers participated in a “‘North Shore Rumble,” but the ocean was calm on Saturday and Sunday, with jet skiers deployed to create waves for the occasion. Stretched out over three stages, the festival gave fans the opportunity to race up and down the beach, boardwalk and a grassy park area to savor a lineup of acts that included Culture Club, Billy Strings, Wet Leg, My Morning Jacket, Gary Clark Jr., the Head and the Heart, Idles, Courtney Barnett, Tai Verdes, Skip Marley, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Cimafunk, Aly & AJ, Peach Pit, the Backstreet Lovers and more. ![]() The crowd at the Sea Hear Now Festival during Culture Club’s set Charles Reagan Hackleman A red crescent moon peeking through the overhead clouds added to the mystique on the final weekend of summer and beginning of the fall season, or as Nicks - in a nod to her fans donning witch hats and Stevie-attire on the sand - framed it: “it’s almost Halloween.” But the city has an ever-evolving musical scene, and the beachside setting was its own draw on a weekend of warm, beautiful days and picturesque nights, with an ocean breeze enveloping Nicks and her flowing scarves, creating an ambience - or as she described it, a “fairytale” - only Mother Nature can provide. Springsteen is certainly a part of the tapestry of the town, and was well-represented in photographer/festival organizer Danny Clinch’s art tent. “OK, we’re driving through, and there’s a street sign and I asked that same question and nobody really answered, at least like you guys just did.” “Is this the world of Bruce Springsteen?” she asked to enthusiastic cheers. Not long into her headlining set on the first day of the fourth annual Sea Hear Now festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Stevie Nicks had a question for the thousands stretched across the beach. ![]()
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