January 24 - 28: The Rock Boat Cruise, Miami - Cozumel

Photo via The Rock Boat XV

The Rock Boat
Cruise with Concerts

January 24-28, 2015

Miami, FL to Cozumel

CLICK HERE FOR INFO
Complete line-up is here

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Show and List Preview:
Last year, Kris and band enjoyed the Live Loud Festival cruise - and you enjoyed watching their antics so much, it was the most popular post on this blog in 2014! This year, they are taking on a bigger, more high profile music cruise - the Rock Boat!

The Norwegian Pearl (photo via Norwegian Cruise Lines)

Kris and band and fans will set sail about the Norwegian Pearl (picture above) for a four-day adventure that will take them from the Port of Miami to the Mexican island of Cozumel, just off the Yucatan Peninsula. There will be a lot of fun, games and three, count them, three Kris shows! Plus they've got some friends and former touring companions on the cruise in Green River Ordinance and Andy Suzuki and the Method plus, how could I forget, the Barenaked Ladies are also on this cruise. We'll track it all and post updates as they come in this post.

Cruise Information:

• The Rock Boat website and Facebook page
• Awesome Facebook group for cruisers

Updated 3/10/15 with some new videos. You'll find setlists and tons of pictures and videos (and mp3s) after the break...

Festival: February 26 - March 2: Live Loud Festival at Sea

Festival/Cruise

Live Loud Festival at Sea
February 26 - March 2
Sailing from Miami to Great Stirrup Cay & Freeport, Bahamas

Other Acts: Saints of Valory, Ken and Drew of Sister Hazel, Yacht Rock Revue with Robbie DuPree and PLAYER (including original Ridge from Bold and the Beautiful!!! Not that I'm excited about that or anything), DJ Soulman, Chuck Cannon, Kristy Lee, Brian Collins, the Shadowboxers, Dugas, Scott Munns, Trailer Park Ninjas, Hey Monea! and Howl at the Moon


Festival, Cruise and List Preview:
Kris, his band, his fans and many other artists will be boarding the Norweigian Pearl on a musical cruise from Miami to the Bahamas. The list includes a few lucky cruisers found on Twitter and Facebook, plus a few regulars and the other acts. They may not be able to tweet while at sea. As we did last year for the Sophia's Heart Cruise, I'll use this post to update as we go along. The festival's website has a ton of information if you want to see what you're missing.


The Ship:

Photo  of the Norwegian Pearl by @sixthmanjan

• Insta-video from Cale of the band on the boat!

The Schedule: Many thanks to cruiser @Ang_716 for this!

Click here for the complete schedule.

Highlights include:

• Wednesday, 2/26: Kris performs in the ship's Stardust Theatre at 8:30 PM
• Thursday, 2/27: Ship will visit Great Stirrup Cay. 60s Formal Night!
• Friday 2/28: 70s Night! Kris performs in the ship's Stardust Theatre at 8:45 PM
• Saturday, 3/1: Docking in Freeport. I notice there's a toga party that night too. Before the party, Kris performs on the pool deck at 8:30 PM in the Stardust Theatre at 10 pm.
• Sunday, 3/2: Return to Miami

2/26: Kris performs at 8:30 PM 

Revised schedule for 2/28

The Cruise!

Along with all the performances above, the festival's website promises "there will also be great activities hosted by the bands! You can anticipate such experiences as Trivia, Flip Cup, Bingo and more."

I'll be posting images here during the cruise. Also check out Live Loud Festival's Shipstagram which finds all the tagged Instagram pics taken on the boat.

Pool Deck:

Photo by @Ang_716

Theatre (not Kris' show, but his was similarly full):

Photo by @David_B_Freeman

KAB Frolicking on the Beach:

Photo by @ksutton041

Photo by candikanev

KAB scooting around the Bahamas:                                

Photo by @bigdaddysays

Photo by @bigdaddysays

Photo at Headphone Disco by @csands75

The Shows!

Photo by @kt_cle

2/26 Set List:

1. Paul Simon
2. Better With You
3. Don't Set Me Free
4. Alright With Me
5. Leave You Alone
6. Everybody Just Wants to Dance/I Want You Back (Original/cover - Jackson 5ive)
7. In Time
8. Breakdown (Cover - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
9. Beautiful and Wild
10. Monster
11. Rooftops/Blurred Lines (Original/cover - Robin Thicke)
12. Live Like We're Dying
13. Shut That Door

2/28 Set List for 70s Night:

1. Alright With Me
2. Don't Set Me Free (Kris on electric guitar!) [Video - snippet]
3. Better With You/One Love (original/cover-Bob Marley)
   (Note: Kris has performed each separately but this is the premiere of this mash-up, so - PREMIERE) [Video of One Love] [mp3 of One Love]
4. Beautiful and Wild
5. Leave You Alone
6. In Time [Video]
7. It's Always You [Video]
8. Paul Simon
9. Monster (Kris on electric guitar!)
10. Everybody Just Wants to Dance/I Want You Back (original/cover - Jackson 5ive) [Video] [Video]
11. Live Like We're Dying [Video]

Photo by @Ang_716

Photo by @micchelleMYbell

Photo by @Ang_716

Photo by @Ang_716 - Apparently Kris did not stick to this photo

3/1 Set List: [Video with 11 minutes of snippets from 3/1 show]

1. Paul Simon
2. Better With You
3. Don't Set Me Free [Video]
4. Alright With Me
5. In Time
6. Everybody Just Wants to Dance/I Want You Back (original/cover - the Jackson 5ive) [Video of IWYB and some AWESOME dancing] [Video]
7. God Only Knows (cover - The Beach Boys) [Video] [mp3]
8. Beautiful and Wild
9. Rooftops
10. Live Like We're Dying
11. End of the Show

Late Night 3/1 Jammin' with Members of Trailer Park Ninjas and Yacht Rock Revue:

1. Come Together (cover - The Beatles)
2. Stand by Me (cover - Ben E. King)

Photo by @Ang_716

After the Cruise:

• DevRonn's blog (Yes, Ridge Forrester's blog and yes he did see Kris)
• kt_cle's photo album
• Seth Hoyle Photography's album
• PhotoFill's blog and photo album
• Angela Sasso Photography's album
• Something Beautiful Photography's album