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Kathy Griffin talks Cher, Celine Dion and how straight women get laid

For the better part of three decades, Kathy Griffin has been performing standup -- but the two-time Emmy winner may be best known for her television domination. With more than a dozen comedy specials under her belt and multiple TV series with Griffin as the star, the comedian has found success in be ... More >>

Morrissey cancels Denver date along with the rest of the dates on his North American tour

Welp, it's a wrap. No Morrissey, Denver. That's the word. Whoever said they were just waiting for the word "postponed" to follow word of the new date to make up for his twice previously postponed Denver dates, you should start buying lottery tickets or something. Well, except that the date hasn't be ... More >>

Catch them if you can: The top five con men in pop-culture history

Americans love a good con-man story. They love hearing about attractive criminals -- the charmingly deceptive leading man or intoxicatingly distracting female -- getting away with it, and the loot that provides them with another kind fantasy in the land of the super-rich. After a brief delay becau ... More >>

Morrissey's new Denver date is April 26

It's all Morrissey all the time on Backbeat apparently. In what can only be explained as the universe being charter member of the Cult of Moz (or just seriously coincidental timing), we've just received word that the one and only Steven Patrick Morrissey has rescheduled his upcoming Denver date. Pos ... More >>

Morrissey show this Thursday night at the Buell Theatre postponed, new date to be announced

Ah, nuts. We had a sinking suspicion that this would be the case when last week's dates in Dallas and some other cities were pushed back. Turns out Morrissey will not be resuming his tour in Denver this coming Thursday night at the Buell Theatre as originally planned. The doctor treating Mozzer for ... More >>

Two-Faced, Take Two

New shows: Sigur Ros, Carrie Underwood, Bloc Party, Big Head Todd, Divine Fits and more

It's not Christmas yet, but you'd certainly be excused for thinking otherwise, what with the radio already playing round-the-clock holiday tunes and the new shows we've been gifted with. Looks like somebody's been on their best behavior (god knows, it wasn't us). Whatever the case, we're now being r ... More >>

New Morrissey Denver date: Moz now due at the Temple Buell Theatre on Thursday, February 21

Here's some news that ought to brighten your day -- assuming of course that you're suffering from a case of the Mondays like the rest of us and it needs brightening: A new date has been announced for Morrissey, whose previous date at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the beginning of November was po ... More >>

Dead Can Dance at Temple Buell, 8/19/12

DEAD CAN DANCE @ TEMPLE BUELL THEATRE | 8/19/12 See also: Dead Can Dance's Brendan Perry on the trance-inducing powers of making music in 6/8 time After a mesmerizing set, Dead Can Dance came back on stage for the first encore of the night to the sounds of an organic-industrial beat, azure backlig ... More >>

Verse Comes to Verse

China's Legend of the Sun shines on Denver this weekend

The China Nanning Art Theatre is bringing Legend of the Sun to the Buell Theatre this weekend -- for one of only three U.S. stops this tour. The show is an adaptation of a folk story told by the Zhuang people in the Chinese province of Guangxi. The tale of a mother's journey to the sun in search of ... More >>

Wicked Cool

Die Antwoord, Jack White and Five Finger Death Punch lead this week's new shows

Oh, man, just when you think the upcoming concert season couldn't get any more stacked there's even more new shows to look forward to. We've received word that Die Antwoord is finally making its way to Denver on Monday, August 6, along with dates with Jack White, Andrew Bird, Sublime with Rome, Five ... More >>

Wicked opens today with a lottery for discount tickets

Wicked opens today at the Buell Theatre, with a wickedly good deal: Two and a half hours before each performance, you can enter your name in a lottery at the Buell box office; thirty minutes later, names will be drawn for a limited number of orchestra seats at $25 each, cash only. Wicked runs throu ... More >>

Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

Here's what's hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, new shows featuring Aerosmith and Cheap Trick, Pretty Lights, Tenacious D, Umphrey's Mcgee and more were announced; Overcasters, Lumineers, Churchill and the Jekylls got spins on local radio; and recent albums from the Sh ... More >>

Dead Can Dance at Buell Theatre on 8/19

Dead Can Dance's Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard, who reunited last year for the first time since 2005 to start work on a new album, just announced a sixteen-date North American tour that stops at the Temple Buell Theatre on Sunday, August 19 and then wraps up on September 7 for an Austin City Limits ... More >>

Reader: Rodgers and Hammerstein would love American Idiot

American Idiot is in the middle of a very short run at the Buell Theatre, and after seeing the show opening night, Susan Froyd wondered what Rodgers and Hammerstein would make of the Green Day-penned musical.

Gabrielle McClinton of American Idiot, the Musical: "I really feel like we're rock stars"

Gabrielle McClinton had to dismiss a good deal of formal training in preparing for role in the touring production of Green Day's American Idiot. McClinton, a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, plays the character of Whatsername in the touring production of the Broadway musical tha ... More >>

Lottery deals for Denver's American Idiot, Book of Mormon (in NYC)

Want to see The Book of Mormon? The touring show's Denver dates in August are officially sold out, with tickets going for astronomical amounts on the web. At this point, your best bet might be to fly to New York (Jet Blue has a one-day sale today), then get in line outside the Eugene O'Neill Theatre ... More >>

The World According to Green Day

Tradition with a Side of Politics

Review: Lenny Kravitz at Temple Buell, 2/10/12

LENNY KRAVITZ @ TEMPLE BUELL THEATRE | 2/10/12 If you're lucky enough to be sitting in the first few rows of the Buell Theatre right now, you are no doubt losing your shit. Based on your tickets, you probably figured you'd have some pretty good seats tonight, but holy hell, this is ridiculous! You' ... More >>

Weekend's best live bets: Lenny Kravitz, Widespread Panic and more

Ah, yes, we've reached the end of another glorious week in the Rockies, which can only mean another dope weekend of music in the Mile High City. Lenny Kravitz kicks things off tonight with a show at the Buell Theatre, Widespread Panic pulls into the Fillmore for a three-night stand, TaunTaun returns ... More >>

Review: Ryan Adams at Temple Buell, 2/4/12

RYAN ADAMS @ TEMPLE BUELL THEATRE | 2/4/12 Show just ended a little over an hour ago. We'll have a full review for you in the morning, along with an illustration from the illustrious Mr. Noah Van Sciver. Be sure to check back in then. In the meantime, page down for the full setlist from the show. ... More >>

Strings of Hope, a tribute for Noel Cunningham, at the Denver Performing Arts Complex tonight

​Celebrate the life of beloved restaurateur Noel Cunningham, founder of Strings, a champion of good works and good food, tonight at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. There will be a free public celebration from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Buell Theatre, followed by a VIP reception ($150 and up) in ... More >>

Bring It On: The Musical saved me from watching the Broncos game, and crying

As a feminist, I believe no woman should have to defend her journeys into girl culture. As a realist, I offer the following defense as to why I took my friend Katie's free ticket offer and went with her and two friends to Bring It On: The Musical on Saturday at the Buell Theatre instead of watching ... More >>

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Lenny Kravitz at Buell Theatre February 10

​After selling out stadiums and arenas in South America and Europe over the last few months, Lenny Kravitz will kick off his first American tour in five years in January that includes a stop at the Buell Theatre on Friday, February 10. Kravitz, who has been making appearances on a number of TV ... More >>

Long, Beautiful Hair

Johnny Cash, Oz, & Cousin It: Denver Center Attractions' New Season

"Wicked" returns!​What do Walt Whitman and Broadway theater have in common? Both contain multitudes. Bad jokes aside, Denver Center Attractions' 2012 lineup is filled with contrariety. It kicks off this January with a production of Bring It On: The Musical, a high-octane comedy about cheerle ... More >>

Headbanger’s Ball

Now Playing

Ballet Up To the Barre

Dancing Queens, Redux

John Mellencamp, Rose Hill Drive, Tech N9ne shows announced

​Touring in support of his latest effort, No Better Than This, John Mellencamp comes to the Temple Buell Theatre on Wednesday, April 6. Tickets range from $44.50 to $130 and go on sale this Friday, October 29 at 10 a.m. -- and include a digital download of the T Bone Burnett-produced album, wh ... More >>

Broadway’s Best

A Monster of a Show

The Old Song and Dance

Make Anthony Bourdain eat his words!

​Anthony Bourdain wasn't impressed with Denver when he came through town in 2002, touting A Cook's Tour. He'll be back for a talk at the Buell Theatre on November 18, and we've got a pair of tickets that we're giving to the reader who comes up with the best three-stop culinary itinerary for Bo ... More >>

The Wizard and I

Food mouthpiece Tony Bourdain lectures in Denver on November 18

​Tony Bourdain, culinary superhero, book author, brazen, beer drinking badass, global wanderer, Food Network bully and host of the Travel Channel's No Reservations, is lecturing his way across America, regaling sold-out audiences with stories of how he once ate the rectum of a warthog. Presumably ... More >>

Girl Talks

Sit still and travel the world with Christiane Amanpour.

Swing Time

The Cirque is back in town.

Fine China

A Spectacular way to celebrate the new year!

Oldie but Goodie

Sein of the Times

Jerry Seinfeld needs your laughter.

Greatest Hits

Take a chance on MAMMA MIA!

A Different Time

Irving Berlin's White Christmas tells a classic tale.

Spanglish Pentameter

Pomp and Stomp