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Today, eight-time GRAMMY®-nominated diamond-certified icon Avril Lavigne announced her 2024 headline tour across North America, Avril Lavigne: The Greatest Hits. Produced by Live Nation, the 27-date tour will see Avril perform her biggest songs to-date including the RIAA 3x platinum-certified “Complicated,” the 2x platinum-certified “Sk8er Boi,” the 2x platinum-certified “Girlfriend,” the platinum-certified “Here’s To Never Growing Up,” and many more from her record-smashing catalog. The Avril Lavigne: The Greatest Hits tour kicks off on Wednesday, Read more
Gear up for an explosive celebration because industrial/metal/glam outfit ORGY is back and they're unleashing sheer sonic mayhem to mark the 25th anniversary of their badass album Candyass! Yeah, you heard it right. It's been a wild quarter-century since ORGY burst onto the scene and shook the industrial rock world to its core. And now, they're hitting the road on an electrifying co-headline US tour with the incredible COLD, with Read more
"Dive into the enchanting world of Celtic Metal Goddess LEAH with her latest single 'Archangel,' featuring Timo Somers & Sander Zoer. Pre-order the crowdfunded album 'The Glory and the Fallen,' exploring classic LEAH sounds with a touch of new territory. Embrace the evolution of her music, blending Celtic and symphonic metal. Discover the 'metal Enya' and explore LEAH's captivating discography. Album drops on February 16th!" Read more
Third Eye Blind is excited to announce the fourth edition of the Summer Gods Tour. Produced by Live Nation, the tour will begin June 8 in Spokane through August 3 in Houston, with special guests Yellowcard and A R I Z O N A. Read more
Building on the positive reception garnered by their full-length album "Timegate Anathema," released through Rockshots Records in 2020, ETERNAL SILENCE has now unveiled their latest digital EP titled "3." About The '3' EP The EP serves as a conceptual exploration, drawing inspiration from the Norse legend of the Norns, divine beings entrusted with shaping the trajectories of human destinies. These eternal and formidable entities, wielding the power to script the Read more
When We Were Young will return for a third year to the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on October 19, 2024 with headliners My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy leading the massive lineup. In 2024, over 50 bands will each perform an album front-to-back with highlights. Read more
Three dynamic bands would take the stage this evening, bringing the desert night to life with powerful metal riffs and the pulsating rhythms from these unique bands: The HU, Blind Channel, and NERV. The HU is renowned for blending Mongolian tradition and metal, transporting the audience to far off horizons. Finnish Nu Metal band Blind Channel ignited the stage with incredibly kinetic music, and the hybrid genre band NERV left Read more
PHOENIX — On a mild mid-October evening, with the first signs of fall evident throughout town – as seen in the changing colors of license plates, and the exchange of the brutal dry heat for a slightly less intense dry warmth – a crowd assembled at Arizona Financial Theatre in downtown Phoenix. Next to fine examples of how architecture should not look (brutalist architecture is the unsalted saltine cracker of Read more
Jump to Photo Galleries Tempe, AZ — The Darkness returned to Arizona for a triumphant show as they celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album Permission to Land, and the special reissue collection that was released the day prior to the show: Permission to Land...Again. They last graced the Marquee Theatre stage in March of 2022 on their "Motorheart" tour. This October 2023 show was the 4th date of Read more
Ben Folds’ concert at Mesa Arts Center, opened by Tall Heights, was a night of storytelling, audience participation, impromptu jams, and so many memorable moments. Read more
PHOENIX – The "Get Rollin' Tour" made a tour stop in Arizona last Wednesday night, featuring Nickelback, Brantley Gilbert, and Josh Ross. The music was a mix of country and rock, and fans of all ages came ready to party. Read more
Shaggy, TLC, En Vogue, & Sean Kingston brought scorching performances, bumping up the heat index a notch or two in already 3-digit temperatures, for a hot pot of a crowd in the desert-based venue Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre. Read more
Just announced! TOOL return to the road this Fall, expanding on their recently announced festival appearances (Power Trip, Aftershock and Louder Than Life) with an additional six weeks of performances, including the band’s first Canadian dates since 2019. Read more
Versatile Drummer/DJ DRMAGDN returns with a soaring homage remix of The Beatles' classic “Something" featuring The Voice singer Michelle Ray. Read more
Multigenerational global powerhouses Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin, and Pitbull who are known for their incredible blends and versatility of musical genres, have announced that they are joining forces with a one-of-a-kind arena run across North America this fall. For the first time ever, they will share the stage for The Trilogy Tour featuring three unique headlining sets from each artist. Read more
This fall, the classic season for dark and romantic music, BLACK VEIL BRIDES and VV (VILLE VALO) will co-headline a massive tour in select cities across North America. Read more
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