Chris Cornell, the 52-year-old frontman of Soundgarden and AudioSlave, died the evening of Wednesday, May 17, hours after performing at Detroit’s Fox Theatre, reported multiple outlets Thursday. Soundgarden was slated to play Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium on Monday, May 22.
Katy Perry just announced her new album The Witness is coming out on June 9, and to celebrate, she is headed on the road for a world arena tour. Lucky for us, this will include a Denver stop on November 26.
Spouses can develop special bonds, but there may be no couple who took that bond more seriously than performance artists Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Lady Jaye P-Orridge. The couple underwent surgeries to become mirror images of each other, turning into “the Pandrogyne,” an all-gender-inclusive spiritual entity of their own creation.
The epic pop rock band Imagine Dragons is headed for Denver, Saturday, October 14, as part of a world tour celebrating the release of the act’s third album, Evolve, which will be released on June 23.
The newest Alamo Drafthouse opens on Thursday, May 11, on West Colfax, in Sloan’s Lake neighborhood. It will have all the amenities of the Littleton location…and more.
Youth on Record is like a teaching hospital for music producers, says Jamie Duffy about the Denver-based music-education program she runs.
Mother’s Day has come again, and no matter how you feel about greeting-card commercialism, you know you love your mother. So write her a sweet note and send her some flowers…or if you’re lucky enough to live near your mother, take her out for a nice day in Denver. Here…
Tyler Clementi was eighteen years old when he jumped off the George Washington Bridge. His roommate had videotaped him having sexual relations with another man and broadcast the video on the internet. Clementi became a symbol of the perils of online bullying – and an inspiration behind Tyler’s Suite, a nine-piece choral movement that will be performed by Harmony: A Colorado Chorale.
The dance rock band the Slants have been shifting their sound from heavier punk toward indie-pop, but that’s hardly the story that’s been making headlines. Around 2009, the group applied to trademark its name with the U.S. government. Application denied.
Westword photographer Brandon Marshall says he has never seen anybody punch so many people at one concert as a man trying to sneak into the Chance the Rapper show at Red Rocks did last night, Tuesday, May 2.
Carrie Fisher’s death makes this a particularly notable May the Fourth Star Wars Day, and around Denver people are hitting the streets to celebrate the Force and the dark side alike.
Stumble around Mile High alleys with a bottle of Kentucky Deluxe long enough on May 6, Kentucky Derby Day, and you’ll see backyard parties where chipper crowds gather and celebrate the big race.
Janet Jackson just announced her 56-city State of the World global tour, starting September 7, and she’s going to be making a stop in Denver.
For the seventh consecutive year in a row, DJ collective Thievery Corporation will be playing Red Rocks – this time with Colorado great, DeVotchKa.
Roseanna Frechette, a poet and spoken-word artist, has lived in Denver since 1976, most of that time considering the city a choice, affordable place to work. In recent years, the city’s art scene has exploded, a phenomenon she says she welcomes. Alongside the creative communities’ recent boom development has also exploded, cranes litter the skyline and Denver is growing. Now, says Frechette, artists – who have long depended on the city’s affordability – and their homes and studios are endangered.
Superfly has selected the Overland Golf Course as the ideal Denver metro site for a massive music festival.
When thousands of protesters, including prominent scientists and politicians, hit the streets of Denver as part of the national March for Science on April 22, some demonstrators took note of which groups were there and which were missing. One institution that was notably absent: the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
Last summer, Isaac Slade of the Fray dined at the Governor’s Mansion. He was seated between two of the richest people in Colorado: Democratic powerhouse Pat Stryker and Libby Anschutz, the conservative daughter of billionaire Republican heavyweight Phil Anschutz.
We’re excited Kings of Leon has announced yet another Colorado show – this one at Red Rocks. But here’s our question: Will the royal rockers actually play?
Kendrick Lamar, a rapper who has already secured a spot in the canon of hip-hop greats, announced his summer jaunt, the Damn.Tour, on Monday, April 25, in support of his album, The Damn.
A year ago, A Tribe Called Quest was another legendary hip-hop act with a retro feel. But 2016 saw big things things for the band – both tragic and joyful.
Sondra Blanchard, the artistic director of the Public Works Theatre Company was visiting the Montreal Biodome, when she met a friendly puffin. That encounter served as the inspiration for her new play, Flight of Fancy, a gentle conversation starter about ecological collapse and mass extinction.
