Articles By: Travis Failey

Fire and Ice on Day 2 of Chicago Open Air

All Photos By and Copyrighted By Travis Failey Saturday, July 15:  Saturday’ weather was a little hotter than Friday’s, mostly due to full sun, but luckily, a nice breeze again made things tolerable.  Saturday’s diverse lineup seemed to have something for everybody and hopefully everyone had their walking shoes on as it was a back […]

Ozzy Flies High Again at Chicago Open Air

  All Photos By and Copyrighted By Travis Failey Sunday, July 16:   There wasn’t any rest for the weary on Sunday as some of the heaviest bands of the weekend played on day three of the second annual Chicago Open Air Festival at Toyota Park.  Headlining Sunday’s lineup was Ozzy Osbourne with Zakk Wylde, thrash […]

Metallica Crushes Camping World Stadium

All Photos By Travis Failey The Fourth of July Holiday was extended an additional day in Orlando as Metallica brought their own fireworks to Camping World Stadium on Wednesday night.  Out on the road in support of its platinum release, Hardwired ….to Self Destruct, Metallica, with support from Volbeat and Avenged Sevenfold, set the bar […]

L.A. Guns Reload at the State Theatre

All Photos by Travis Failey When the rejuvenated and reunited Phil Lewis and Tracii Guns hit the stage at the State Theatre, all seemed right again in the world of rock n roll, at least on this Saturday night in St. Petersburg. Say what you want about L.A. Guns, but they know how to get […]

Fort Rock Continues to Shine on Sunday

Day two of the 2017 Monster Energy Fort Rock provided the crowd with a more diverse lineup compared to day one, and thankfully it was partly cloudy because the temperatures were in the 90’s.  The crowd was rearing to go after Gooodbye June and Dinosaur Pile-Up finished their sets and I Prevail took the stage […]

Fort Rock Reigns at Jet Blue Park

Were you ready to rock? Because tens of thousands of fans got their rock on at this year’s 5th Annual Fort Rock music festival on April 29th and 30th, at JetBlue Park.  The event was produced by Danny Wimmer Presents and AEG Live, and is part of the World’s Loudest Month Festival Series.  This year’s […]

Rays Walk Off a Wild One at the Trop

Rays were 3-0 coming into Wednesday’s nights ball game against the Tigers when Chris Archer has taken the mound this year. They won a paltry 10 out of 33 that he started in 2016 while the Rays offense was matched up against right-hander Jordan Zimmerman. Zimmerman was making his 200th start of his career with […]

Meta Maya in Mexico

METAL MAYA: ALL-INCLUSIVE HEAVY METAL DEST-FEST VACATION DEBUTS OCTOBER 29-NOVEMBER 2 AT NOW SAPPHIRE RIVIERA CANCUN RESORT IN MEXICO’S YUCATAN PENINSULA TICKETS ON SALE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12 AT 1:00 PM ET ASK4 Entertainment–the creator and producer of ShipRocked–announces the first annual Metal Maya, a 4-day all-inclusive heavy metal destination festival vacation from October 29 – […]

Rowdies atop USL at 3-0

St. Petersburg, Fla. — The Rowdies moved to 3-0 with a win at Al Lang Stadium in Downtown Saint Petersburg against the Ottawa Fury FC.  The Rowdies got off to a strong start once again with crisp passing and a dominant offensive performance for the first 25 minutes of the first half before Ottawa finally […]

Monster Energy’s Fort Rock Shall Soon Rise Again

Get ready to rock: Fort Rock that is!  The festival is back for its 5th year, 2nd as a two-day event.  It’s produced by Danny Wimmer Presents and AEG Live, and is part of the World’s Loudest Month festival series.  Fort Rock is South Florida’s Biggest Rock Festival and will take place on April 29th […]