Innings Festival 2023: Eddie Vedder closes out another amazing year in Arizona
Saturday was a nice spring treat but the temperatures dropped back into frigid territory for Innings Festival day two. With a lineup that included the iconic Eddie Vedder, The Revivalists, Marcus Mumford and more, fans turned out in lower numbers but with the same level of excitement for another day with their favorite artists. As […]
Innings Festival 2023: Green Day, Weezer, more rock out at Tempe Beach Park
When that springtime sunshine peeks through the gloomy winter clouds, it’s officially both music and baseball season in Arizona. Innings Festival brings these two American pastimes together each year for two days of music, food and sports and this year was bigger and better than ever. Day one boasted Green Day as the epic headliner, […]
Show Review: P1Harmony closes out massive U.S. tour in Dallas
The last night of any tour can be both bittersweet and enormously special- and in the case of P1Hrmony, it was a little bit of both as their P1ustage H: P1oneer Tour closed out in Dallas last week. The six-member K-pop group packed the Music Hall at Fair Park with emotional fans and delivered a […]
Show Review: YG’s Red Cup Tour gets Arizona turned up on a Monday
It’s not always easy to get the club rocking on a Monday night, but YG’s Red Cup Tour rolled up and blew the doors off Arizona Financial Theatre this week. Joined by a host of homies, the packed venue partied all night with their favorite hip hop stars. Five acts on the bill can sometimes […]
Show Review: ONEUS levels up on Reach for Us Tour
The line started in the early hours of the morning and stretched down the street in front of Tempe’ Marquee Theatre as hundreds of fans turned out for the return of ONEUS. The KPOP group brought their most recent tour to Arizona last week, nearly a year after their first run at the same venue- […]
Show Review: Kamp Fest beautifully celebrates the life and legacy of Andy J. Chaves
On a sunny, unseasonably warm afternoon this past weekend, thousands of Arizonans and fans from out of state gathered for a beautiful celebration of life in the form of Katastro’s first ever Kamp Fest. After the loss of singer Andy J. Chaves, the remaining members of the band called up their closest friends for a […]
Show Review: Parkway Drive makes a powerful touring comeback with AZ headliner
After the touring world got put on hold, Aussie heavyweights Parkway Drive had their road time put on indefinite hold. Now it’s four years later and the boys are back with a monumental new tour, selling out Marquee Theatre this week. Things opened up with Currents, bringing their metal-tinged rock to an already packed out […]
Show Review: Corey Harper takes Phoenix into the Future Tense with Valley Bar stop
“You’re on the Future Tense tour!” Corey Harper exclaimed in disbelief to the crowd, who gathered at downtown Phoenix’s Valley Bar on Tuesday night. Harper, who’s on his first headlining tour to support last year’s debut — the aforementioned Future Tense — is amazed that he‘s been stopping in “random cities” and people keep showing […]
Show Review: Ari Lennox’s Age/Sex/Location Tour is R&B perfection in Phoenix
Looking for artists that sound just as good as- if not better than- their albums need only attend an Ari Lennox show. The R&B queen sold out an ecstatic performance at The Van Buren in Phoenix last week and had fans hanging over the barricade in any attempt to get as close as possible. Lennox […]
Show Review: Fitz and the Tantrums turn the ballroom into the dance floor in AZ
It takes nothing short of magic to breathe life into a hotel ballroom, usually the space for conferences, speeches, and other, well, very dry events. But at Fitz and the Tantrums’ show on Saturday night, the fans were on their feet and more engaged than any crowd this reviewer has seen in months. Beach boy […]