Concerts and Tour Dates

Jonas Brothers cancel Denver show

​While Jonas Brothers released a new world tour schedule today that includes additional shows in Latin American and Europe, the band also removed a number of American dates from the current routing, including including their September 11 show at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre. "The Jonas Brothers ... More >>

Rage against Zack de la Rocha's Arizona boycott

​Zack de la Rocha's never been prim about his political leanings. In fact, that's always been the whole point: Since Rage Against the Machine was named, well, Rage Against the Machine, up to the time De la Rocha left the band to devote more time to pursuing social justice in the Chiapas in Mex ... More >>

MGMT

Friday, June 11, Red Rocks, 303-830-8497.

The Skyline Park Free Summer Concert Series reveals lineup

​ Great news for those who got their groove on this past weekend at the Denver Day of Rock and are now jonesin' to hear more music downtown, particularly with the absence of the annual summer concert series at the Denver Pavilions. The Skyline Park Free Summer concert series, which just annou ... More >>

Rock Bottom rocks the 16th Street Mall

Shela Burgess​Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery 1001 16th Street 303-534-7616 rockbottom.com

Haiti Benefits: Here's what's coming up

During times of trouble like this, it's heartening to see the outpouring of support. After the jump, we've posted all the benefits we're aware of that have been organized by local artists and cultural organizations that are pitching in to help. And rest assured, we'll be adding even more as we hear ... More >>

Dusty Rhodes and the River Band

Saturday, January 30, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-837-0360.

Freeloader: Vaux opens the vaults

​Storied Denver band Vaux is no more, which means no more Vaux shows, which means the last time you saw them is literally the last time you saw them. That makes us sad, since Vaux were always one of the best, most visceral live bands going. But if we're not going to get any new memories of Vau ... More >>

Q&A with Eddie Maestas-Vigil of Mustangs & Madras

Starting in December 2002 with former members of Fourth Gear Blue, Mustangs and Madras may not have had the most illustrious of beginnings but after recruiting a new singer a few months later, Mustangs solidified a line-up that went on to write some of the most striking post-hardcore music of the la ... More >>

AEG launches Early Bird Ticket program today

AEG is offering a limited number of $20 seats to Spoon today as part of its Early Bird Ticket program​Today, AEG kicked off its Early Bird Ticket program where folks can save some bucks by buying the concert tickets the weekend they go on sale. The deals are being offered for select shows at the B ... More >>

Snoop Dogg is ready to embark on his Blazed and Confused tour, jacc

Audiofly at Beta

Okay, Denver, we need to talk.

I just received a press release from the Salt Lake City Arts Council (cue the Pace picante sauce dudes asking incredulously, "Salt Lake City?!") informing me of their Twilight Concert Series. Evidently, the concerts, which are free and take place every Thursday night at the Gallivan Center in downto ... More >>

Eclectic Concerts: More exciting than normal chamber music

The Intermezzo Faculty, who will be performing at Kirk of Bonnie Brae tomorrow night as part of the Eclectic Concerts series.Of classical music's many charms, vitality is hardly one of them; most of the big names are long-dead white guys. So Eclectic Concerts, a chamber music series now in its third ... More >>

Future Islands is what might've happened if Joy Division had been grounded in R&B and indie pop

Rene Marie moving on from "Black National Anthem" flap

Rene Marie. Today at 11 p.m. on KUVO/89.3 FM, a public-radio station that specializes in jazz and blues, singer Rene Marie will perform live for Denver Public Schools music students as part of a KUVO/DPS partnership program. However, the station's press release makes no mention of the reason many, ... More >>

2009 Westword Music Showcase headliners

Recognize the dudes pictured above? If you do, then you're probably pretty stoked right now. That's right -- Built to Spill will be headlining this year's Showcase. Hold on. There's more... you know we always have more than one act on the mainstage, right? Well, how about some Mudhoney? (No, we're n ... More >>

More non-musical influences

photo by Chad FahnestockPicking up a thread I started on Tuesday, in which I confessed to judging a band's performance based on elements that, honestly, had nothing to do with the music, I'd like to turn now to the flip side. Last weekend, I decided I liked an act before it even took the stage ... More >>

Denver Broncos on hunt for new talent. (No, this isn't a Jay Cutler joke.)

Are you a Broncos fan? Maybe your friends and family have been telling you how great you'd be singing the national anthem at Broncos home games. Or maybe your in a local rock or bluegrass band that thinks you have what it takes to entertain Broncos fans during the legendary pre-game tailgate parties ... More >>

Airborne Toxic Event show postponed

Due to illness, tonight's Airborne Toxic Event show at the Bluebird Theater will be postponed until Wednesday, April 15 at the Ogden Theatre. All tickets to the Bluebird show will be honored and refunds are available at point of purchase. Henry Clay People, who were supposed to open the show tonigh ... More >>

The Fray to preview new songs live at Snow Daze in Vail

This just in, the Fray, who, as previously reported, will be premiering its new single, "You Found Me," tomorrow night on its website, after parts of the track appear in a promo for Lost that will air during Grey's Anatomy, will be pulling back the curtain on its new album live for the very first ... More >>

Red Rocks Riot, 1971

Jethro Tull's 1971 show at Red Rocks was almost the last rock show ever held at the venue In 1971 at early rock show at Red Rocks featuring Jethro Tull, unruly fans turned the venue into a war zone. It started when fans who couldn't get get tickets for the sold-out show decided to climb the hills ... More >>

Larry Coryell is still a fleet-fingered jazz mastermind

Kanye West, N.E.R.D. and Wyclef Jean Reportedly Slated for DNC Events

Foo Openers Supergrass, Year Long Disaster Hit the Larimer Lounge

Foo Fighters' Red Rocks Dates Postponed

Meshuggah

Saturday, April 12, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-8497.

David Vandervelde and the Moonstation House Band

Sunday, July 8, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Kristeen Young

Wednesday, May 9, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-837-0360.

Priestbird

Monday, March 19, Marquis Theater, 303-292-0805.

Guns N' Rosa Parks

Climax Lounge

The Radiators

Thursday, December 15, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399; Friday, December 16, and Saturday, December 17, Quixote's True Blue, 303-297-1772.

The Rolling Stones

Thursday, November 24, Pepsi Center, 303-830-8497.

Rachel's

Saturday, November 12, Lion's Lair, 303-320-9200.

moe.

Friday, July 1, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497.

Best Use of Empty Air Time

On Stage

Retroactive

Queensrÿche

Westword Music Showcase 2004

Fifty bands. Ten stages. Five bucks. Be there.

Best Concert (Since March 2003)

The Mars Volta

Spin Cycle

Best Club Doorman

Larry Daniel

Club Scout

DJ Skot

Backwash

The City of Denver puts a cork in the outdoor-concert alcohol policy at the Botanic Gardens.

Backwash

Denver clubs face a fight for the ages.

Best Promoter of Jazz Weirdness

Alex Lemski

Best creative music promoter

Alex Lemski

Best success story

String Cheese Incident

Best new revelation about John Denver

His FBI file

Critic's Choice

Vic Chesnutt and Kristin Hersh

Thrills for the week