Gallery: Dope Lemon hypnotizes Phoenix on Golden Wolf Tour stop
Phoenicians looking for a brief respite from the oncoming summer heat took refuge at The Van Buren last week for a dose of a different kind of sunshine. Dope Lemon’s Golden Wolf Tour took a trippy turn right into Arizona and drew an audience of devoted fans for a laidback evening. The Palms opened the […]
Show Review: Stray Kids dominATE Oracle Park with high octane performance
Stray Kids are indeed everywhere all around the world- and this week that meant California, with the second stop of the DominATE World Tour landing in San Francisco. The icy chill of the Bay breeze couldn’t dampen the crowd’s enthusiasm and the group put even more energy into their performance to keep everyone jumping and […]
Show Review: Lights fans come alive for sold out Phoenix tour stop
Crescent Ballroom came alive on Wednesday night when Lights brought her aptly-named (A)live Again Tour to Arizona. The sold out show was joined by King Mala for an evening of reminiscing that led beautifully into the journey to come. King Mala’s self-described slightly psychotic pop was somehow the perfect start to the evening. Her latest […]
Gallery: Khruangbin mesmerizes full house at Arizona Financial Theatre
The ethereal mystique of Khruangbin’s A La Sala Tour visited Arizona Financial Theatre on Tuesday. The Texas trio floated into the desert heat, bringing warmth of their own and joined by composer and instrumentalist John Carroll Kirby. The room was already filling up when John Carroll Kirby and his band walked onstage to begin an […]
Show Review: ONE OK ROCK raises the standard on their 2025 Detox North American Tour
The line to enter Bill Graham Civic Auditorium wrapped around the building and down the street on Friday and the cause? One Ok Rock’s 2025 Detox North American Tour was in town and the Japanese rock band packed the place with diehard fans who have been not-so-patiently waiting for their return to the States. Aussie […]
Show Review: Tennis begins final tour with intimate Las Vegas farewell
Tennis kicked off The Farewell Tour in Las Vegas on Saturday night as a capacity crowd gathered at Swan Dive in the city’s Arts District. The Denver-based band, whose engine consists of wife-and-husband duo Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, grooved through its hour-long set, and the crowd was there to dance and sway along with […]
Show Review: Turnover marks a decade of ‘Peripheral Vision’ with full album performance in Arizona
Turnover’s seminal album Peripheral Vision celebrates a decade of influence this year and the band’s anniversary tour sold out The Van Buren in Phoenix last week. The fans came prepared to experience the range of emotions housed within this record- and enjoyed the perfect fit of the rest of the lineup as well. Shoegaze indie […]
Show Review: ONEWE is showered with love at long-awaited Arizona tour stop
The historic Nile Theater in downtown Mesa was taken over by fans armed with freebies and photocards and dressed to the nines for the arrival of Korean rock band ONEWE at the beginning of May. The five-piece band lit up the room with multicolored lights and charmed the already excited audience for their long-awaited O! […]
Show Review: Fans welcome 8TURN to Arizona for energetic first North American tour
Arizona TURNINGS mingled at The Van Buren back in April for 8Turn’s 1st World Tour [8TURNRISE]. The eight member K-pop group finally had the chance to journey to North America as part of their very first world tour and Phoenix was one of the lucky stops along the way. Myungho, Jaeyun, Minho, Yoonsung, Haemin, Kyungmin, […]
Show Review: ONEW’s The Live: Connection tour brings sunshine to excited Los Angeles fans
It’s been a spring stacked with K-pop tours but it’s moments like ONEW’s The Live: Connection tour where fans immediately knew they were in for a special evening. The Shinee leader completed his solo North American run with a sold out stop at The Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles last week and truly took the […]