Photos: Joe Perry brings star-studded solo project to Tampa’s Hard Rock Event Center

We probably won’t see another Aerosmith show in Tampa Bay, but co-founder Joe Perry says that his performing days are far from…

By Josh Bradley, Ryan Kern

Joe Perry plays Hard Rock Event Center in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 13, 2025.
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Photos: In Tampa, a snarky David Lee Roth skips the solo cuts, salutes Van Halen

Some sources have said that the former Van Halen frontman is in Axl Rose and Vince Neil territory—aka a shell of the…

By Josh Bradley, Ryan Kern

Image: Photos: In Tampa, a snarky David Lee Roth skips the solo cuts, salutes Van Halen
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26 Tampa Bay restaurants with cult followings

Tampa Bay residents are serious about their restaurants, whether it takes standing in a line out the door for "the best breakfast…

By Marleigh Brown, Jani Burden

Mise en Place 442 W Grand Central Ave., Tampa There is a rhythm to every service in the Mise en Place dining room, and the ritual has happened pretty much nightly since Maryann Ferenc and Chef Marty Blitz first opened the staple Tampa restaurant in 1986. On any given evening, the bar is packed with regulars. Some make it to tables, joining business diners and others who recognize the spot as as destination. There are staples, like the rack of lamb, on Blitz's menu, but the best bet is to follow the lead of the staff who've curated a top-notch cocktail and wine program to compliment the offerings from one of the most celebrated chefs in Bay area history.
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Review: In Clearwater, Counting Crows deliver seasoned, sun-drenched set [PHOTOS]

During their 19-song set at Baycare Sound last Sunday, Counting Crows played five from a new album, Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!.…

By Eric Snider, Dave Decker

Counting Crows play BayCare Sound in Clearwater, Florida
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St. Pete's supercharged, empowering Girls Rock concert is back at Jannus Live this weekend

You don’t have to be a young person to experience the joy that is Girls Rock St. Pete (GRSP). The nonprofit organization…

By Ray Roa

The Girls Rock St. Pete 2024 concert at Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Interview: Adam Duritz dives deep on six things you might not know about Counting Crows’ signature hit

“Round Here” is the first song on the first album by Counting Crows. “Round Here” was the first song the band performed…

By Eric Snider

Counting Crows plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 9, 2023.
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Review: In St. Pete, Elvis Costello and the Imposters look back on a strong career beginning [PHOTOS]

There’s always a portion of an Elvis Costello and the Imposters gig where the band goes acoustic for a few songs. But…

By Josh Bradley, Dave Decker

Elvis Costello & the Imposters play Duke Energy Center for the Arts at Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on July 9, 2025.
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Review: Stick Figure, Stephen Marley, The Hip Abduction—and Cocoa—unite Tampa with the spirit of reggae [PHOTOS]

MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, at its base, is just concrete and steel—a blank canvas awaiting color, sound, and spirit—waiting silently for life…

By Isaiah Stephens

The Hip Abduction
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Photos: Ybor City's Hot Dog Party crowns a three-peat champion

The Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls, and the New York Yankees. Add Christian Restrepo to that list of legends who've reached the mountain…

By Ray Roa, Dave Decker

(L-R), Tom DeGeorge, Christian Restrepo and Matt E Lee at Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on July 3, 2025.
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Review: In Clearwater, Ringo Starr and his all-Starr Band did their best without Colin Hay in the lineup [PHOTOS]

[image-19] Just after opening his third Clearwater show this decade with Carl Perkins’ “Honey Don’t” (a song that hasn’t been on his…

By Josh Bradley

Image: Review: In Clearwater, Ringo Starr and his all-Starr Band made the best of being a bandmate down [PHOTOS]
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Review: Fridayy brings tenderness and tension to Tampa’s Yuengling Center [PHOTOS]

Fridayy’s name might not be plastered across every dorm room wall in America just yet, but at the University of South Florida’s…

By Isaiah Stephens, Tre 'Junior' Butler

Fridayy plays Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida on June 21, 2025.
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Photos: Everyone we saw loving on each other when Rainbow Kitten Surprise played Clearwater's BayCare Sound

It's no surprise, but a whole heck of a lot of people love Rainbow Kitten Surprise. The North Carolina rock outfit sold…

By Ray Roa, Yvonne Gougelet

Rainbow Kitten Surprise fans at BayCare Sound in Clearwater, Florida on June 18, 2025.
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Photos: Peter Hook & The Light play Jannus Live in St. Pete

Peter Hook & The Light capped off their Jannus Live setlist with "Love Will Tear Us Apart," but it was a love…

By Dave Decker, Selene San Felice

Image: Photos: Peter Hook &The Light Jannus Live in St. Pete
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Photos: Modest Mouse plays sold-out St. Pete concert at Jannus Live

Modest Mouse kicked off a massive U.S. tour in Florida this week and found itself at Jannus Live in St. Petersburg last…

By Ray Roa, Ryan Kern

Modest Mouse plays Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida on June 10, 2025.
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Photos: Wu-Tang plays its final show in Tampa

Wu-Tang is forever, but the Clan has played its last live show in Tampa. The "Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber" tour took…

By Dave Decker

Image: Photos: Wu-Tang plays its final show in Tampa
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Photos: Emo Night Tampa kicks off 10th anniversary weekend at the American Legion Seminole Post 111

Emo Night Tampa wrapped its 10th anniversary weekend last night with a rager at Crowbar in Ybor City, but the beloved celebration…

By Ray Roa, Dave Decker

Hovercar plays American Legion Seminole Post 111 in Tampa, Florida on June 6, 2025.
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Photos: Dance Gavin Dance plays sold-out St. Petersburg concert

Dance Gavin Dance owned the night last Saturday when the Sacramento screamo favorite sold-out St. Petersburg’s Jannus Live. The band—whose current lineup…

By Ray Roa, Matt Vaughn

Dance Gavin Dance plays Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida on June 7, 2025.
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Photos: Everyone we saw moshing into Heaven’s Gate in St. Pete

Florida. If you don’t love it, why haven’t you left it? While the state of things is overwhelming and scary, there’s still…

By Ray Roa, Dave Decker

Heaven's Gate plays Good Intentions in St. Petersburg, Florida on May 30, 2025.
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Photos: Pierce The Veil tears up Tampa's Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre

Forty-four sleepless nights after the show was first announced, San Diego hardcore band Pierce the Veil took to the old Gary amphitheatre—still…

By Josh Bradley, Matt Vaughn

Image: Photos: Pierce The Veil tears up Tampa's Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
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A new book celebrates Tampa’s Trip Magazeen, which captured rave culture of the early-’90s

Tampa Bay’s music landscape is home to many niche scenes that foster community and build for the future. But not all of…

By Ray Roa

DJ Three, Harthouse Records' Heinz Roth, and Peter Wohelski at the 1993 Winter Music Conference in Miami, Florida.
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Photos: The Damned take on St. Petersburg’s Jannus Live

It can be hard to make it out for a midweek show, especially when you’re catching a band from your bouncier days.…

By Ray Roa, Todd Fixler

The Damned plays Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida on May 15, 2025.
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Photos: The miracle of Five Eight, and a movie about the band, stormed into Ybor City

Athens, Georgia power pop heavyweight Five Eight is approaching its 40th anniversary as a band, but the round has not been easy. Lead…

By Ray Roa

Five Eight plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on May 9, 2025.
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Photos: Billy Idol plays Tampa’s MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre

Last Saturday night proved to be an evening with plenty of hits and misses at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre. The hits…

By Gabe Echazabal

Image: Photos: Billy Idol plays Tampa’s MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
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Photos: Amigo The Devil brings night of haunted folk to Tampa Orpheum

Miami-born songwriter Danny Kiranos was back in his home state this week and stopped into Tampa to play his haunted, painful Americana at…

By Ray Roa

Amigo the Devil plays Orpheum in Tampa, Florida on May 1, 2025.
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Photos: St. Petersburg gets a private evening with Wilco

Tampa Bay loves WIlco. And fans got the Chicago indie-rock god all to themselves last Sunday when Jeff Tweedy & co. brought…

By Ray Roa, Ryan Kern

Image: Photos: St. Petersburg gets a private evening with Wilco
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Third Eye Blind goes deep inside Busch Gardens Tampa Bay this weekend

There might be a time at Busch Gardens this weekend when there’s churrasco beef deep inside of you. You’ll have the perfect…

By Ray Roa, Phil DeSimone

Third Eye Blind plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on July 25, 2024.
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Photos: St. Pete gives Mayday Parade three cheers for 20 years of pop-punk

Mayday Parade celebrated two decades of playing pop-punk at a sold-out Jannus Live last Tuesday, kicking off the band's "Three Cheers for…

By Dave Decker, Selene San Felice

Mayday Parade performs its sold-out "Cheers for 20 Years" show at Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida on April 22, 2025.
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Photos: Khruangbin turns Clearwater’s BayCare Sound into a 7,000-person living room concert

In its much-awaited Tampa Bay headlining debut, Khruangbin turned the BayCare Sound into a living room big enough for just over 7,000 people.…

By Ray Roa, Yvonne Gougelet

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Photos: Swedish metal giant Meshuggah rewrites the rules of reality at Tampa’s Yuengling Center

Meshuggah’s Tampa set last Saturday felt less like a metal show and more like a physics experiment gone wrong in the best…

By Randy Ojeda, Matt Vaughn

Meshuggah plays Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida on April 19, 2025
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Slothrust performs magic tricks, rocks Crowbar show in Ybor City [PHOTOS]

Boston alt-rock band Slothrust played Crowbar last night to celebrate the 11-year anniversary of its breakout album, Of Course You Do. Fans…

By Dave Decker

Slothrust playing Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on April 17, 2025.
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