Epica has been spoiling their North American fans this year. They not only played the 70000 Tons of Metal festival earlier this year, but they also finished their two year touring schedule for 2014’s “The Quantum Enigma” album in early 2016. Epica normally only tours North America once every album cycle… but because they elected…
The show was billed as the Rock Hall Three For All… a massive summer tour with three Rock and Rock Hall of Fame inductees, including Cheap Trick (inducted 2016), Joan Jett (inducted 2015), and Heart (inducted 2013). The tour was scheduled for 30 dates across the United States… none of which were actually in Cleveland…
A Miranda Lambert concert is always a party. She is an energetic performer that delivers her unique brand of country rock with the same sweet, yet sassy attitude that permeates her albums and videos. She has a loyal following of millions of fans worldwide that flock to her shows to deliver the same energy back…
The Return of the Dreads Tour. It was the name given to the North American co-headlining tour for Korn and Rob Zombie. I just wasn’t sure where they were returning from, as neither act has been off the grid for any significant length of time. Both acts have been steadily touring and releasing albums, to…
The End. That has seemed to be a popular concert theme of late. Many bands from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and even the 90s calling it quits… and giving their fans one final grand tour to say goodbye. I, myself, attended both Motley Crue’s and Shania Twain’s “final” tours just last year. As many fans…
They said it would never happen, but apparently hell must have frozen over this spring, because the USA finally got to see Avantasia play on its shores! For those of you unfamiliar with this group, Avantasia started as a musical side project of Tobias Sammet (Edguy) back in 1999. It was designed to be a…
When Nightwish began touring their stunning new album “Endless Forms Most Beautiful” last year, North America was lucky enough to be early on their touring list and along with opening acts Delain and Sabaton, Nightwish gave us some incredible performances! Well, lightning struck twice for us on the west side of the Atlantic as it…
The Swedish “pop metal” sextet Amaranthe has certainly been showing a lot of love for North America lately. They are currently touring the world in support of their phenomenal third album, “Massive Addictive” that was released late last year. Their most recent tour, this October and November, marks their third tour of North America since…
As many times as I’ve seen Delain… and that number is now up in the double digits… the show never gets old. Every time I’ve seen them, Charlotte’s vocals have been stunning and the musical production has been great. It’s always an energetic and fun stage show as well. But being from North America, every…
The almost sold out crowd of classic rock fans at the Pier 6 Pavilion in Baltimore got a special treat this month… A co-headlining show from the musical powerhouses: Toto and Yes. It was a great night for me as well as I’m a huge fan of both bands… I’ve been following Toto since their…