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Imagine Dragons at Fillmore, 3/23/13

IMAGINE DRAGONS @ FILLMORE | 3/23/13 Imagine Dragons' show at the Fillmore was all about the drums. Bass drums. Chemical drums. Kettledrums. And the drumming of fans stomping their feet. The beat of "Rocks" may have been one of the most fun songs because of the mad drums being played, though. When ... More >>

Win tickets to EOTO at the Fillmore

Tomorrow night at the Fillmore, EOTO is headlining the Euphonic Conceptions with Alex and Allyson Grey, NiT GRiT and VibeSquad. We've got our hands on a pair VIP tickets, plus two passes for a post-show meet and greet with the band. Would you and a guest like to be our guests? Yeah? Figured. All you ... More >>

Ten Best Concerts This Week: Sept. 24-28

It's officially fall now, according to the calendar -- and, well, the thermometer -- but that doesn't mean things have cooled down here in the Mile High City. While most of the shows have moved indoors, there's still plenty to choose from, including Rise Against at the Fillmore tonight and tomorrow ... More >>

The Killers at 1STBANK, the Wallflowers at the Ogden, Nas and NOFX at the Fillmore

If you thought last week's new show announcements were killer, brace yourself. This week's show is just as killer, er make that Killers. After being missing in action for the past couple of years, the Las Vegas quartet is making its triumphant return this November at the 1STBANK Center in support of ... More >>

Review: Snoop Dogg at the Fillmore, 3/2/12

SNOOP DOGG @ THE FILLMORE | 3/2/12Snoop Dogg is the coolest motherfucker on the planet. As the audience was roused by DJ Battlecat's operatic introduction of the giant, the Doggfather walked onto the stage flanked by three gorgeous dancers in Adidas jump suits to a packed house last night at the Fil ... More >>

Review: Korn at the Fillmore Auditorium, 2/28/12

KORN @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 2/28/12 The most distracting element of any modern Korn concert is not the spectacle. It's not Fieldy's glow-in-the-dark bass or Jonathan Davis' epileptic writhing or the fact that, completely confident and decked in all black, the nu metal foursome looks like a pack of ... More >>

Review: Widespread Panic at the Fillmore Auditorium, 2/10/2012

WIDESPREAD PANIC @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 2/10/12The Wood Tour -- named as a reference to the purely-acoustic setting of the shows -- has been an eleven-show way for Widespread Panic to reconnect with their fans on a much more intimate level at smaller venues before taking a break from touring in 201 ... More >>

Mastodon, Opeth and Ghost at Fillmore April 23

Aaron Thackeray​This should be pretty killer: In support of their latest albums, Heritage and The Hunter, Opeth and Mastodon -- two acts that recently headlined the Ogden Theatre and are certainly no strangers to the Mile High City -- are preparing to hit the road together on the aptly named H ... More >>

See Blackalicious at the Fillmore for just $10

You read that right. You can see Blackalicious at the Fillmore this Friday, January 27, for just $10 (well, plus the applicable service fees). Tickets are on-sale right now at LiveNation.com or you can pick them up directly at the Fillmore box office. Oh, we should also let you know that this is als ... More >>

Review: Ween at the Fillmore Auditorium, 12/31/11, Night Three, New Year's Eve

WEEN @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | NIGHT THREE | 12.31.11 See also, reviews of: 12/29/11 (night one) and 12/30/11 (night two) Just in case anyone in the capacity crowd packed into the Fillmore Auditorium on New Year's Eve wasn't paying attention, Dean Ween sketched out the theme of the night after the f ... More >>

Review: Savoy at the Fillmore Auditorium, 11/11/11

Chip KalbackMore photos: Savoy at the Fillmore​SAVOY at the FILLMORE | 11/11/11In front of an estimated crowd of 3,600, Savoy took the stage at exactly 11:11 p.m. on November 11, 2011. While this is only marvelous due to the nature of wishes, everyone in the Fillmore last night, from the sixte ... More >>

Savoy, DCarls, MRK1, See-I, House Revival, Pablo Roman and more this weekend

Savoy returns to Denver tonight to headline the Fillmore​Savoy's live electro stylings will light up the Fillmore Auditorium tonight; the New York-based (by-way-of-Denver) band returns to the Mile High City tonight for its first headlining show at the Fillmore. (7 p.m., all ages, $25 and up) ... More >>

Review: Hollywood Undead and Asking Alexandria at the Fillmore, 11/4/11

Hollywood Undead. More photos.​HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD, ASKING ALEXANDRIA at the FILLMORE | 11/4/11What the Fillmore really means by "all-ages show" is this: At least one shirtless 17-year-old will approach you -- slowly, so as not to startle you -- and ask you "wazzup." If you are attending the Worl ... More >>

The Fillmore exterior gets a makeover

Update (10/10/11): So evidently, there's more to the new wrought-iron fencing at the Fillmore than meets the eye. It's not just an aesthetic enhancement. According to Live Nation Colorado and Rocky Mountain Region president Eric Pirritt, the liquor license has also been extended, meaning that your d ... More >>

Bring Me the Horizon show this Sunday night moved from the Fillmore to Summit Music Hall

Bring Me the Horizon's show this weekend, originally scheduled for the Fillmore Auditorium on Sunday, October 2, has been moved to the Summit Music Hall. Tickets for the all-ages show, which also features Parkway Drive, Architects (UK), Deez Nuts and On Broken Wings, are still available ($25) and ti ... More >>

Savoy to headline Fillmore on 11/11/11

​Dang! If you would've told us a decade ago that local acts would be playing shows at a place the size of the Fillmore on with stunning frequency -- read more than once a year or on a very special occasion, generally warming up the stage for a higher profile band from out of town -- we'd just ... More >>

Tech N9Ne to perform "Lost In The Dark Experiment" at Summit Music Hall on 11/11/11

Britt ChesterTech N9ne is due at the Summit the night before his Fillmore gig.​Tech N9Ne is no stranger to the Mile High City, and for the first time, the Strange Music MC will be blowing the roof off of two different Denver venues. In addition to his already announced date at the Fillmore on ... More >>

Win tickets to see Owl City at the Fillmore

​So Owl City is playing at the Fillmore tomorrow night with Mat Kearney and Unwed Sailor, and we've got a couple pairs of tickets up for grabs. Ready for a heavy dose of atmosphere? Would you and a guest like to be our guests? Hit us up below with your name and actual email address in the appr ... More >>

Tech N9ne fans get their freak on and other hot 4th of July slideshows (PHOTOS)

​Our Slut Walk Denver 2011 photo collection is only one of many new hotter-than-July galleries on display Check out Tech N9ne at the Fillmore, First Friday on Santa Fe, Umphrey's McGee at Red Rocks, 1 a.m. at the Shag Lounge and the best pics of June roundup on our bustling slideshow page.

Bright Eyes Boulder Theater show announced

​Anyone who missed Bright Eyes' show last night at the Fillmore, will get another chance to see Conor Oberst and company, as the Boulder Theater just announced a date with the band on Tuesday, August 9. Tickets ($30 in advance and $35 day of show) go on sale this Friday, June 9.

The Bright Eyes show at the Fillmore originally slated for Friday has been moved to Sunday

​Due an unspecified family emergency in the Bright Eyes camp, the Fillmore show originally slated for Friday has been moved to Sunday. Bummer news if you have to work that night or otherwise can't make it, but at least the show wasn't canceled. We just received official word from our friends a ... More >>

Sub.Mission's "Circus" moved from the Exdo Event Center to Fillmore to meet demand

When Sub.Mission decided to bring some of the most popular international dubstep stars, Flux Pavilion and Doctor P., to Denver, apparently, they didn't realize how high the demand is here for good bass music. Initially, the Sub.Mission folks booked the Exdo event center for the show. When the dema ... More >>

Inside Geek Bowl V

Kate Levy​It's hard to understand the magnitude of Geek Bowl unless you go. The numbers are readily available: 129 teams, 64 questions, $7,000 in prize money. But none of that gets you to what this thing is like. There's a temptation to imagine a boozier Knowledge Bowl, an almost standardized- ... More >>

Photos: STS9 at the Fillmore, 12/30/10

​Sound Tribe Sector 9 opened up the first of a three-night residency at the Fillmore Auditorium last night, selling out the venue. If you don't get tickets for tonight's show, you can't blame us! (New Year's Eve is sold-out.) Photographer Aaron Thackeray was at the Fillmore last night and brin ... More >>

Win a pair of tickets to see LCD Soundsystem and Hot Chip tomorrow night at the Fillmore

​This is happening. No, really! We're not kidding. It is. Somehow, we've managed to get our hands on a pair of tickets for LCD Sounsystem's sure-to-be-mesmerizing show with Hot Chip at the Fillmore. Got your dancing shoes on? Great. If you and a guest would like to be our guests tomorrow nig ... More >>

Skylab fest's 16th anniversary puts electro fans in orbit for our weekly photo-slideshow roundup

​Westword photographers captured a lot of revelry over the weekend. First up is Skylab, the electronic-music festival celebrating its sixteenth anniversary; shutterbug Aaron Thackeray was there. Check out his shots plus images from Tech N9ne at the Fillmore and Strung Out at the Ogden on our ... More >>

Reflecting on the rise and fall of Five Iron Frenzy

By the time Five Iron Frenzy played its final show on November 22, 2003 at the Fillmore, it was, at the time, one of Denver's most successful acts. From the time it formed in 1995 until the time it folded nearly a decade later, the band built a rabid fanbase the old fashioned way, winner over one ... More >>

Win tickets to see George Thorogood at the Fillmore this Saturday

​George Thorogood and the Destroyers are playing at the Fillmore this weekend. We've got a pair of tickets up for grabs. How would you and a guest like to be our guests (wouldn't want you to have to drink alone)? Shoot us an email with your full name (the one that appears on your drivers licen ... More >>

Win tickets to see Chemical Brothers Wednesday night at the Fillmore Auditorium

Update: Tickets have been spoken for. We've picked and notified three winners, who will each receive a pair of tickets for tomorrow night's show. Thanks for all the comments and even more for reading Backbeat! Keep your eyes peeled for more giveaways. So we got our hands on some more great ticket ... More >>

Win a pair of tickets to see 30 Seconds to Mars tonight at the Fillmore

​So we just scored a choice pair of tickets to the 30 Seconds To Mars show tonight at the Fillmore in our box. What do you say, how would you and a guest like to be our guest this evening? Oh and there's a parking pass, too. Interested? Drop us a line. We'll pick a winner within the next hour. ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Fun on the 'Fax

​Another busy weekend in your favorite little cow town. Here's where we were: • At Brand New's sold-out Fillmore show. • At Rock Bar, where the sweaty hipsters happily roam. (Above photo by Aaron Thackeray.) • At the SIA Show, where everything new in skiing and snowboarding was on disp ... More >>

Dusty Rhodes and the River Band

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

The 10 most popular concert slideshows of 2009

​It's about damn time this year ended. But before it does, we're taking a look back at your favorite stories of 2009. Here, the ten most popular concert slideshows.

Last Night: Hollywood Undead at the Fillmore

​The Sleeping, Escape the Fate, Atreyu and Hollywood Undead played the Fillmore on Tuesday, and photographer Aaron Thackeray was there. See his photos on the slideshow page.

Buy tickets to 3OH!3's Fillmore show from Nat Motte... at the Fillmore this Sunday!

Nat Motte (left) is the ticket master.​Planning on going to the 3OH!3 show next month at the Fillmore? Have you picked up your tickets yet? No? Slackers. Lucky for you, they're still available. Even better, this Sunday afternoon from noon to 2 p.m. at the Fillmore box office, you can purchase your ... More >>

Over the weekend: Dethklok at the Fillmore

Dethklok (Aaron Thackeray)​Dethklok, Mastodon, Converge and High on Fire Saturday, October 10, 2009 Fillmore Auditorium Better than: Seeing the Archies, Alvin and the Chipmunks or any other cartoon rock band "There sure are a lot of nerds here for a heavy metal show," said a friend while overlook ... More >>

Motorhead show canceled/Regina Spektor, STS9, Tech N9ne shows announced

​Motorhead's Saturday, September show at the Fillmore Auditorium with Reverend Horton Heat and Nashville Pussy has been canceled. Refunds are available at point of purchase, but if you bought tickets at Fiddler's Green they will be refunded at the Fillmore box office. Other recent cancellations in ... More >>

My Bloody Valentine show announced

It was a hell of a big deal when My Bloody Valentine reunited last year after a sixteen-year hiatus for gigs in London, Europe, Japan and America, including the Coachella festival in Indio, California, and the All Tommorow's Parties festival in New York. In addition to playing Coachella again, the s ... More >>

DNC Dance Card Is Filling Up

Over the Weekend...Mars Volta @ the Fillmore

Hello, Dolls

The Mile High Club takes on Duke City.

Last Night: Rufus Wainwright and Sean Lennon @ the Fillmore

Clowning Around

ICP makes sure the Juggalos get their Fillmore.

Backbeat Lounge

Leggo my Leto.

Lotus

Saturday, February 4, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

Best Concert (Since March 2004)

The Killers
April 20, 2004

Critic's Choice

Atmosphere

Setting Son

The Wallflowers wither in the hype.

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