Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

Sounds of Madness with Shinedown and Nothing More

Shinedown made its first stop on its 2015 U.S. Summer Tour at the Mahaffey Theater in downtown Saint Petersburg on Thursday, July 9, 2015, with guest, Nothing More. The Summer Tour is in anticipation of Shinedown’s fifth release, which is due out next month.   It’s been a couple of years since Shinedown has been in […]

Lets Do The Warped Tour Again

  The annual 2015 Vans Warped Tour arrived in Vinoy Park in Saint Petersburg just in time to kick off the 4th of July festivities and brought with it its own version of fireworks. With an eclectic variety of stages and bands, The Vans Warped Tour always provides the attendees with sounds to satisfy all […]

Dashboard Confessional and Third Eye Blind Live At The HOB

  “Hey guys…um, so…” A girl in a black shirt stood on the stage at the House of Blues addressing the crowd, “Augustana won’t be playing tonight. Sorry!” She nervously shifted back as forth after her comment provoked a sigh among the audience. “So, uhh, we’ll be starting an hour later.” Now the real boos […]

Rush ‘n’ Roll

  Rush – R40. Amalie Arena – Tampa, FL May 24th 2015. Celebrating 40 years of Rush I want to start off by apologizing for the lack of great pictures from this show. I wasn’t there on any official business. I had pretty decent seats (section 215) for seeing a great concert but the arena […]

Partying with Sammy And The Circle

  Sammy Hagar and the Circle played Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater on Wednesday to a sold out crowd who were treated to a party and a night of nonstop hits. Not only hits from Sammy Hagar’s solo material and his catalogue from Van Halen, but from another member of “The Circle.” Everyone knows Sammy […]

Listen to THEM!

  A few weeks ago I was doing my best to fall asleep; insomnia had me for the second straight night and nothing was helping me get any shut eye.  Normally at night I shut my phone off or put it on vibrate, but this night I forgot and when it chimed around midnight I […]

Rockville Recovers on Day 2

On Day 2 of the 2015 Monster Energy Welcome To Rockville festival fans would be given a gift from Mother Nature. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky throughout the day and promoters, along with the city of Jacksonville, did a great job to get Metropolitan Park ready for the second day of festivities. They […]

A Manic Kind of Monster-Welcome to Rockville Day 1

  The 2015 Monster Energy Welcome To Rockville Festival was truly an unforgettable experience. You can probably say this about a lot of music festivals that you have attended due to the bands’ performances, but this year’s Rockville at Metropolitan Park was an extreme case of Ying and Yang. Highlights from the day include a […]

The Fifth Wheel (Even Without Wings)

  What are you doing today? Well cancel whatever plans you have, sit down and play this album… I don’t care if you have a job interview, a child’s birth or a funeral to go to, they can all wait for you or do without you until you have completed these 10 songs.  Even Without […]

Fall To June 2015 Tour Kickoff in Jacksonville, Florida at the Rock4Kids Benefit

    Rock 4 Kids, a benefit to prevent Child Abuse was held on April 4, 2015 at 1904 Music Hall in downtown Jacksonville, Florida. The event featured a silent auction and performances from bands from as far away as North Carolina and New York, along with a number of area bands. Sitting down for […]