Photos: Ringo Starr plays downtown Clearwater's The Sound

Ringo Starr is no stranger to Clearwater, but he got to do something new in the city tonight when he brought the…

By Ray Roa

Ringo Starr plays The Sound in Clearwater, Florida on Sept. 26, 2023.
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Photos: Everything we saw when Jawbreaker played Orlando’s House of Blues

Thirty-three years ago, a then fledgling punk band, Jawbreaker, played a set at north Tampa’s since-shuttered Volley Club (there’s a Walmart there…

By Ray Roa

Jawbreaker plays House of Blues in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on Sept. 25, 2023.
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Review: In Tampa debut, Lana Del Rey takes a subtle, yet exhilarating honeymoon with sold-out crowd [PHOTOS]

Following a rendition of country standard “Stand by Your Man,” Lana Del Rey’s sold-out, Monday night crowd at Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre…

By Josh Bradley

Review: In Tampa debut, Lana Del Rey takes a subtle, yet exhilarating honeymoon with sold-out crowd [PHOTOS]
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Photos: Wu-Tang Clan and Nas rocked the Tampa Hard Rock pool last weekend

Tampa was in a New York State of Mind last Sunday when giants of the hip-hop scene—Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, and surviving members…

By Ray Roa

Photos: Wu-Tang Clan and Nas rocked the Tampa Hard Rock pool last weekend
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Review: At sold-out Tampa show, SZA brings healing, and happiness, to Amalie Arena [PHOTOS]

Tampa is different. Sza said as much on Friday night following the encore of her 33-song set at a sold-out Amalie Arena.…

By Ray Roa

SZA plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 22, 230
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Photos: All the weird, wonderful and sweaty people Fidlar brought to Tampa Orpheum

After eight years away, California punk band Fidlar is back on tour in Florida, and last night, the trio played Tampa Orpheum…

By Ray Roa

Photos: All the weird, wonderful and sweaty people Fidlar brought to Tampa Orpheum
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Photos: Igorrr brought Melt-Banana to Tampa Orpheum

The U.N. of off-the-wall rock and roll was in Tampa last Friday when French artist Gautier Serre, aka Igorrr, played Tampa Orpheum alongside Japanese…

By Ray Roa

Igorrr plays Orpheum in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 15, 2023.
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Review: Lil Baby levels up at Tampa’s Amalie Arena [PHOTOS]

Last Friday, multi-platinum, and Grammy award winning recording artist Lil Baby brought his “It’s Only Us” Tour to Tampa’s Amalie Arena, for…

By Isaiah Stephens

Lil Baby plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 15, 2023.
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Photos: Matt and Kim, Babehaven bring joyful noise to St. Pete's Jannus Live

By now, Matt and Kim's live show is the stuff of legend, and last Friday night a legion of fans packed into…

By Ray Roa

Matt and Kim plays Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida on Sept. 15, 2023
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Everyone we saw when Movements and Mannequin Pussy played The Ritz Ybor last weekend

Last month Mannequin Pussy told fans "I Got Heaven," and last Saturday, the Philadelphia punk-rock favorite brought a slice of it to…

By Ray Roa

Photos: Everyone we saw when Movements and Mannequin Pussy played The Ritz Ybor last weekend
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Photos: Avenged Sevenfold rocks for 17,000 Tampa fans at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre

About 17,000 people are waking up with sore necks this morning after headbanging along with Avenged Sevenfold last Sunday night at Tampa's…

By Ray Roa

Kim Dragon plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 17, 2023.
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Photos: Black Veil Bride brings emo-rock classics to St. Pete's Jannus Live

St. Pete showed up and showed out for an excellent night of emo rock on Tuesday at Jannus Live, all in the…

By Jack Cymbryla

Black Veil Brides
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Photos: Odesza brings EDM spectacle Tampa’s MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre

EDM duo Odesza has enhanced its live show to theatrical levels, and it brought the spectacle to Tampa last Friday for a…

By Ray Roa

Odesza
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Godsmack is done making albums, but still looked awesome in Tampa on Saturday

Godsmack isn't breaking up, but the hard-rock favorite is done making albums. The Massachusetts band was in Tampa last Saturday to smack…

By Ray Roa

Godsmack plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 9, 2023.
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Photos: Loud On 7th’s ‘Smoke In Da City’ takes over Club Skye in Ybor City

Ybor City’s Loud On 7th has always been one of the historic district’s most robust festivals, and its week-long march continued on…

By Ray Roa

Pusha Preme (R) plays Club Skye in Ybor City, Florida on Sept. 6, 2023.
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Photos: Everyone we say on day two of Ybor City’s Loud On 7th Music and Arts Festival

The second day of Ybor City’s Loud On 7th Music and Arts Festival is a wrap. The event still has five more…

By Ray Roa

Barak Amen
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Photos: Everyone we saw on day one of Ybor City’s Loud On 7th music and arts festival

Loud On 7th kicked off on Labor Day, as organizers readied their weeklong takeover of select venues on and around 7th Avenue…

By Ray Roa

Photos: Everyone we saw on day one of Ybor City’s Loud On 7th music and arts festival
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Photos: All the soaking-wet people we saw at Flo Rida’s Tampa pool party at the Hard Rock

Turns out, people do not wear Apple Bottom Jeans in the pool. Just look at these photos from Tampa’s Seminole Hard Rock…

By Ray Roa

Flo Rida plays Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 27, 2023.
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'There is healing, and there is hope': Tampa rock duo Hovercar lets listeners into its ‘Killing Jar’

Nikki Raven wasn’t going to wear a bulletproof vest to Hovercar’s Sarasota Pride show last summer because, as she explained with a…

By Ray Roa

(L-R) Hovercar's Nikki Raven and Alton Plemmons at Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Aug. 4, 2023.
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Review: The Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan honors late father in Tampa, brings wrestlers, too

“I mean the humidity out there is oppressive, I mean it’s hot out there, baking with all those gators snapping at you”…

By Dave Decker

Smashing Pumpkins plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 20, 2023.
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Photos: 50 Cent brings ‘Final Lap’ tour, Busta Rhymes, to Tampa

50 Cent says he’s about finished, so the legendary, multi-hyphenate rapper is on a world tour he’s dubbed the “Final Lap.” Last…

By Ray Roa

50 Cent plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 18, 2023.
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Photos: There was something in the air when Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa hotboxed Tampa

There was something in the air last Saturday night at Tampa's MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, and we think it was nostalgia. To…

By Ray Roa

Snoop Dogg plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 12, 2023.
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Photos: 97X taps Pierce The Veil, Tampa Bay’s own Summer Hoop for intimate show at Floridian Social

Last time Pierce The Veil headlined 687 Central Ave., the St. Petersburg venue was called State Theatre. Last Friday—at Floridian Social for…

By Ray Roa

Pierce The Veil plays Floridian Social in St. Petersburg, Florida on Aug. 11, 2023.
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Photos: In Tampa, All-American Rejects, New Found Glory, kickoff Wet Hot Summer tour

Fans waited a decade to see All-American Rejects headline a tour. But folks who got to Tampa's MidFlorida Credit Union early last…

By Ray Roa

All-American Rejects plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 11, 2023.
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Review: In Tampa, Counting Crows plays naked, celebratory, set and honors Robbie Robertson, too [PHOTOS]

Adam Duritz doesn't mince words. “Thank you so much, seriously,” he told Tampa fans last Wednesday night after Counting Crows’ set-closer. “See…

By Ray Roa

Counting Crows plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 9, 2023.
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Photos: Thomas Nicholas from ‘American Pie’ plays Chris Kamrada’s Emo Social party in Ybor City

A certain generation might know Thomas Ian Nicholas as the lovable Kevin from “American Pie,” but the 43-year-old is also a songwriter…

By Ray Roa

Chris Kamrada (L) and Thomas Ian Nicholas at Crownar in Ybor City, Florida on Aug. 9, 2023
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Photos: Everyone we saw when Underoath opened its hot and heavy two-night hometown stand at The Ritz in Ybor City

Planet earth just experienced the hottest month ever recorded, and it was even warmer inside The Ritz in Ybor City on Thursday…

By Ray Roa

Underoath plays The Ritz in Ybor City, Florida on Aug. 3, 2023.
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At sold-out Tampa show, Post Malone showcases sweat, heart, and a mixtape of influences [PHOTOS]

Post Malone might be an enigma to some, but he wears his identity on his tattooed sleeves. Yes, the 28-year-old born on…

By Ray Roa

Post Malone plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheater in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 1, 2023.
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Everyone we saw when Tampa rock band Discord Theory released its new album at Crowbar

According to its new album, Discord Theory is Eight Ways From Dire Straits, and last Saturday the Tampa rock band took to…

By Ray Roa

Discord Theory plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on July 29, 2023.
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Photos: Between The Buried and Me plays Jannus Live in St. Pete

Without its guitarist Dustie Waring, Raleigh metal band Between The Buried and Me played Jannus Live in St. Petersburg last Friday. Rivers…

By Ray Roa

Between The Buried and Me plays Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida on July 28, 2023.
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