Review: All-American Rejects, Something Corporate, and more warm up fans during very chilly 97X Next Big Thing [PHOTOS]

Nothing lasts forever, but Tampa Bay has had what feels like a serious drought of festivals this year. Yes, we had another…

By Josh Bradley

Something Corporate plays BayCare Sound in Clearwater, Florida on Dec. 7, 2024.
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Photos: Fatboy Slim, covered in lasers, plays The Ritz in Ybor City

The funk soul brother was in Ybor City on Thursday night in the form of Norman Quentin Cook, aka Fatboy Slim. The…

By Ray Roa

Fatboy Slim plays The Ritz in Ybor City, Florida on Dec. 5, 2024.
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Photos: Bad Brains’ HR, The Raging Nathans, play Jannus Live in St. Pete

HR, the 68-year-old leader of Bad Brains, is finally feeling better after his 2023 Sunct Syndrome diagnosis. The punk-rock icon born Paul…

By Ray Roa

HR plays Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida on Dec. 4, 2024.
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Photos: Ben Folds gives Tampa all it can eat for 'Paper Airplane' tour stop at Straz Center

With just a few days before Thanksgiving, Ben Folds broke the seal on Christmas music in Tampa Bay last Saturday when he…

By Ray Roa

Image: Photos: Ben Folds gives Tampa all it can eat for 'Paper Airplane' tour stop at Straz Center
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Photos: Animals As Leaders stage triumphant return to St. Petersburg

Animals As Leaders performed its album The Joy Of Motion in full last night at St. Petersburg's Jannus Live in honor of…

By Josh Bradley

Image: Photos: Animals As Leaders stage triumphant return to St. Petersburg
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Photos: Fresh off four Grammy nominations, Tampa rapper Doechii returns to Blake High School

Last Friday, The Recording Academy rolled out its complete list of Grammy nominees and one Tampeña made a really big splash. Tampa…

By Ray Roa

Doechii at Blake High School in Tampa, Florida on Nov. 12, 2024.
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Review: In Tampa, Cyndi Lauper goes out big with powerful, hopeful, and fun farewell concert [PHOTOS]

“If I’m going out, I’m going out big!” pop singer Cyndi Lauper gleefully stated from the stage at Amalie Arena on Wednesday…

By Gabe Echazabal

Cyndi Lauper plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on Nov. 6, 2024.
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Photos: Buffalo hardcore band Better Lovers plays Election Night Tampa concert

Last month, Better Lovers released a new album featuring the single, "Love As An Act Of Rebellion." Last night, the Buffalo hardcore quintet…

By Ray Roa

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Photos: All the party people we saw throwing down at Tampa Pig Jig 2024

Who knew dentists made the best BBQ? Tampa Pig Jig found out last Sunday when Jackson Dental swept the competition at the…

By Ray Roa

Image: Photos: All the party people we saw throwing down at Tampa Pig Jig 2024
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Everything we saw at Goose's Halloween night concert in St. Pete

The hype behind the upcoming final season of Netflix's "Stranger Things" was real at the St. Pete Pier on Halloween night. A…

By Josh Bradley

Image: Everything we saw at Goose's Halloween night concert in St. Pete
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Photos: The demons came out for King Diamond’s forceful return to Tampa Bay

The Duke Energy Center at Mahaffey Theater transformed into Saint Lucifer's Hospital last Saturday when King Diamond staged a return to St.…

By Ray Roa

King Diamond plays Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on Oct. 26, 2024.
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Photos: Ricky Montgomery, and his perfect hair, wow St. Pete’s Jannus Live

Rick by Rick, Ricky Montgomery is building up a following. Last Saturday, the indie-pop songwriter, and his perfect hair, was at St.…

By Ray Roa

Ricky Montgomery plays Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida on Oct. 26, 2024.
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Photos: Mannequin Pussy brings slice of ‘Heaven’ to Tampa

Saturday marked the last show on the North American Leg of Mannequin Pussy’s I Got Heaven Tour, and it was heavenly indeed.…

By Suzanne Townsend

Mannequin Pussy who plays Orpheum in Tampa, Florida on Oct. 26, 2024.
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Review: A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie lights up Tampa's Yuengling Center [PHOTOS]

Tampa’s Yuengling Center was buzzing Wednesday night, as A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie hit the stage as part of the North American…

By Isaiah Stephens

A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie plays Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida on Oct. 23, 2024.
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Review: Taylor Swift’s stunning return to Florida is more than an 'Eras' tour victory lap [PHOTOS]

Taylor Swift’s Eras tour has come a long way in the 552 days since it rolled out of Tampa after three record-breaking…

By Ray Roa

Taylor Swift plays Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on Oct. 18, 2024.
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Photos: Just ahead of Hurricane Helene, Chromeo struts for St. Pete's Jannus Live

Fans of Chromeo were heartbroken in 2023 when the Canadian electro-funk lord's Gasparilla Music Festival set was rained out. They all dodged another…

By Ray Roa

Chromeo plays Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida on Sept. 24, 2024.
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Photos: Big Sad stages epic release party at Tampa's Microgroove

Big Sad lives up to its name on its harsh new release Black Umbrellas. Dave Decker and friends put aside the adversities…

By Josh Bradley

Big Sad
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Photos: Balu Brigada opens for Twenty One Pilots at Orlando's Kia Center

Balu Brigada, a self-described "groove-pop" sibling duo bred in New Zealand, was tapped by Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun to open Twenty One…

By Josh Bradley

Image: Photos: Balu Brigada opens for Twenty One Pilots at Orlando's Kia Center
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Review: In Tampa, Maxwell flexes and reflects on 30 years of music in second ‘Serenade’ show [PHOTOS]

Fresh-faced and just 22 years old, Maxwell and his Urban Hang Suite ushered in the resurgence of R&B in the '90s. While…

By Ray Roa

Maxwell plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 15, 2024.
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Review: In Clearwater, Buddy Guy stages a triumphant farewell to touring [PHOTOS]

[image-1] At some point during his extensive “Damn Right Farewell Tour,” blues legend Buddy Guy told his friend Bobby Rush that the…

By Josh Bradley

Buddy Guy plays Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida on Sept. 14, 2024.
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Photos: Front 242 plays St. Petersburg's Jannus Live

There are great industrial music acts, and then there's Front 242. The Belgian trio is a god of the genre, with many…

By Ray Roa

Front 242 plays Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, Florida on Sept. 6, 2024.
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Photos: All the good ghouls we saw rocking with Powerwolf in St. Petersburg

Halloween came early over the weekend when German metal outfit Powerwolf brought its first ever U.S. tour to St. Petersburg's Jannus Live…

By Ray Roa

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Photos: Everyone we saw when Laura Jane Grace brought The Mississippi Medicals to St. Pete

One of the best parts of coming home is seeing your mom, and Laura Jane Grace got to do just that last…

By Ray Roa

Laura Jane Grace (L) and the Mississippi Medicals at Floridian Social in St. Petersburg, Florida on Sept. 7, 2024.
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Review: Donald Glover and 14,000 Tampa fans close the door on Childish Gambino [PHOTOS]

Donald Glover is an actor. He said as much to the New York Times over the summer as he shared plans to…

By Ray Roa

Childish Gambino plays Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 4, 2024.
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Tampa Bay's fall concert calendar includes these 12 must-see shows

The fall is famously packed with great concerts. Showtember and Rocktober don’t disappoint this year, and the winter doesn’t look too shabby…

By Ray Roa

Samara Joy
Saturday, Oct. 13 in Clearwater
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Photos: Incubus brings 'Morning View' anniversary tour to Tampa

Brandon Boyd recently told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay about his admiration for the late-Leonard Cohen's "effortless swagger." The 48-year-old Incubus frontman ain't…

By Ray Roa

Incubus plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 3, 2024.
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Photos: Everyone we saw shutting down Ybor City’s Ol’ Dirty Sundays at Crowbar

Nearly 14 years of community-building came to an end early Monday morning as a packed Crowbar patio watched DJ Casper play Caserta's…

By Ray Roa

Ol' Dirty Sundays at Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on Sept. 1, 2024.
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Review: In Tampa, Perry Farrell struggles, while the rest of Jane’s Addiction, Love and Rockets, shine [PHOTOS]

It seems like only yesterday that two of the biggest and most successful alternative rock bands were touring together and bringing their…

By Gabe Echazabal

Jane's Addiction plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 29, 2024.
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After 13 years, Crowbar's Ol' Dirty Sundays says goodbye to Ybor City this weekend

To call this weekend the end of an era at Crowbar doesn’t do the occasion justice. In fact, it’s hard to think…

By Ray Roa

The Aug. 29, 2024 cover of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
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Photos: Thirty Seconds to Mars brings 'Seasons' tour to Tampa

Jared Leto may not have climbed the bandshell at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre on Saturday night the way he did the Empire…

By Josh Bradley

Image: Photos: Thirty Seconds to Mars brings 'Seasons' tour to Tampa
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