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

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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

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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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Everyone we saw rocking New Port Richey for last weekend's Monufest

Another Monufest brought a full day of rock and roll to downtown New Port Richey over the weekend as nearly a dozen…

By Ray Roa, Dave Decker

Image: Everyone we saw rocking New Port Richey for last weekend's Monufest
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Photos: In Tampa, GloRilla’s Women's Final Four concert brings capacity crowd to Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park

It was a burtiful sight in downtown Tampa last Saturday night. After hosting 3,000 kids for a bounce down the Riverwalk in…

By Ray Roa, Dave Decker

GloRilla plays Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park in Tampa, Florida on April 5, 2025.
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Photos: Trey Anastasio brings sold-out acoustic tour to Clearwater

No one’s holding their breath for a Phish appearance in Tampa Bay. And while the band hasn’t played in our neck of…

By Ray Roa, Ryan Kern

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Photos: Tampa musicians and artists help raise more than $5,000 for beloved New World Brewery bartender

A beloved bartender’s battle against cancer got a little bump last Sunday night after artists and Tampa bands including Prescribed Fire, Moonthing,…

By Ray Roa

Moonthing plays New World Brewery in Tampa, Florida on March 23, 2025.
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Photos: Gary Clark Jr. shimmers his bright light at Tampa's Hard Rock Event Center

Backed by an uber-tight, 7-piece repertoire (featuring founding Tedeschi Trucks Band drummer J.J. Johnson), the soft-spoken, soulful-ass, blues guitar whiz finally brought…

By Josh Bradley

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Review: Ani DiFranco, with classic hits and 'Unprecedented Sh!t,' brings the goods to St. Pete's Jannus Live [PHOTOS]

You could call Ani DiFranco many names—an author, a poet, a painter, even a Grammy-winning songwriter and Broadway performer. But you couldn’t…

By June Bunch

Ani DiFranco plaus Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida on March 9, 2025.
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Photos: Dropkick Murphys, The Menzingers, more host pre-St. Paddy's Day party in downtown Clearwater

Some fans close to the stage at Dropkick Murphys' Clearwater debut last weekend either missed the memo that the northeast Celtic-punk outfit…

By Josh Bradley

Image: Photos: Dropkick Murphys, The Menzingers, more host pre-St. Paddy's Day party in downtown Clearwater
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Photos: The Driver Era stages long-awaited shindig at Tampa's Yuengling Center

Those who spent their days in Covid-19 lockdowns blaring Ross and Rocky Lynch's album X finally got the chance to see the…

By Josh Bradley

Image: Photos: The Driver Era stages long-awaited shindig at Tampa's Yuengling Center
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Photos: Role Model brings new folk-pop album to The Ritz Ybor

After a year of opening for Gracie Abrams and adding some folk music vibes into his material, L.A.-based singer-songwriter Role Model brought…

By Josh Bradley

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