Red Hot Chili Peppers, who last headlined the Pepsi Center in 2012, return to the venue on Thursday, March 2, with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue opening. Tickets go on sale on Friday, September 23 at 10 a.m. Ariana Grande brings here Dangerous Woman Tour to the Pepsi Center on Monday,…
For a moment, Chance the Rapper slowed down his exuberant set to perform a duet with an old friend. The 23-year-old hip-hop artist adjusted his red baseball cap and walked slowly to a piano, where he began to sing “Same Drugs” in a quiet, scruffy voice. Sitting beside him, filling…
The Colorado Symphony announced it will perform yet again with singer-songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov, at 7:30 p.m. on January 13, 2017. This will be the symphony and Isakov’s third collaborative performance and comes on the heels of the successful 2016 release of the album Gregory Alan Isakov with the Colorado Symphony…
When Gregg Allman launched his inaugural Laid Back Festival (named after his 1973 solo debut) last year at Nikon at Jones Beach Theater in New York, he hand-picked acts like the Doobie Brothers, Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band and other acts. Allman says his goal for the…
Rising country band the Cadillac Three is best known for bringing an element of redneck Southern rock to mainstream country. Authentically unapologetic, the trio isn’t into acts: What you see is what you get, and the ripped jeans, long hair, and thick drawls are real. The Cadillac Three, comprised of…
Orbit Service performs tonight, Tuesday, September 20, at the Marquis Theater as the opening act for the current Legendary Pink Dots tour. Many may know Randall Frazier, the songwriter for Orbit Service, for his long tenure as booking manager and sound engineer at the Walnut Room or for his current…
The eighth edition of the Titwrench music festival was like many festivals that happened in Denver this past year — seemingly more low-key than usual even if well-attended. That is not to say there was a lack of enthusiasm — there was plenty of that — even for acts that…
The Counting Crows and Rob Thomas co-headline Red Rocks tonight while Chance the Rapper, Echo & the Bunnymen, Pat Metheny and Donny McCaslin, the saxophonist who played on David Bowie’s Blackstar, will be in town on Tuesday. This week’s lineup also includes Florida Georgia Line, Tegan & Sara, the Legendary…
On Thursday, the local news outlet Denverite noticed that the building that houses the record store Twist & Shout has been listed for sale for $4 million dollars. The listing, represented by Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors, includes the 13,303-square-foot building occupied by Twist & Shout, Chipotle and New World Cheese…
At some point in the Garbage show Shirley Manson remembered that Garbage had played in the same building on the Version 2.0 tour and that it had a different name. Someone brought up Mammoth Gardens, the venue’s even older name, and Manson tried to recall where the stage was set…
Skylab descends on the National Western Complex on Saturday with a stellar lineup that includes Deorro, KSHMR, Markus Schulz, DJ Dan vs Donald Glaude, Bro Safari and more, while the Telluride Blues and Brews Festival kicks off today and features Joe Walsh, Gary Clark Jr., Jason Isbell, Mick Fleetwood Blues Band…
The aura of the free-love movement echoed throughout the Boulder Theater yesterday evening as psychedelic baby boomers gathered to watch as a band that has been playing music for over fifty years tore the house down. The Zombies — that’s right, the Zombies — were in Boulder last night. Although…
Shawn Mendes, who’s set to release his new album, Illuminate, on September 23, will be at the Pepsi Center on Monday, July 17; tickets go on sale Saturday, September 17, at 10 a.m. Channel 93.3’S Not So Silent Night 2016, featuring Empire of the Sun, Kaleo, the Strumbellas, JR JR and…
“This song is like if a Jimmy Eat World song had sex with a Taking Back Sunday song, and their kid joined the Promise Ring,” Mark Hoppus said last night while introducing the 2001 hit “Stay Together for the Kids.” He then directed those in the audience who still sported…
America’s love affair with British rock and roll is long and storied. From the moment the Beatles washed up on these shores, American fans began flocking to bands like the Rolling Stones, the Who and the Kinks, later discovering the colorful antics of the Sex Pistols and T. Rex, not…
The first time that Marisa Demarco and her bandmates played the Titwrench music festival, they decided to execute a crazy idea that had been stewing in the back of Demarco’s mind. They planned to build their set around a giant bird sculpture, a kind of parade puppet. At the end,…
Since forming 1993 and putting out a self-titled debut album in 1995, Garbage has not been a band to take the easy road. Famously composed of three guys known primarily for their production work prior to this band, it was Steve Marker who spotted Shirley Manson singing with Scottish alt-rockers…
English singer and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier can barely believe what’s going on in his life right now. In 2011, he was seventeen and making split-screen YouTube videos of himself playing a variety of different instruments while covering songs like Stevie Wonder’s “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing.” But the Internet’s…
Daryl Hall & John Oates headline Red Rocks tonight with Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings and Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue opening while Goo Goo Dolls is at the venue tomorrow. This week’s lineup also includes Blink-182 is at Pepsi Center, Bloc Party at the Ogden Theatre, Butch Walker at…
It’s the weekend and we all have “Get Weird” scrawled at the top of our to-do lists. But beyond the usual hijinks and bad bar-mitvah dancing you’re applying to dance floors all over Denver, here are three concerts this weekend that are truly strange. 1. On Saturday, September 10, there’s…
The fifth installment of Fantasia takes place at Rhinoceropolis this weekend, starting Friday, September 9, and running through Sunday, September 11. At its heart, Fantasia is an art show but one where the form of art isn’t cast in the traditional art gallery or exhibition mode. When the event launched,…
STS9 kicks off a two-night stand tonight at Red Rocks, and Luke Bryan starts his two-night stand at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. On Saturday, it’s the High Elevation Rock Festival, featuring Avenged Sevenfold, Volbeat, Chevelle, Pierce the Veil, Ministry, Killswitch Engage and more at Fiddler’s Green while Punching Mule Festival, featuring Ludacris, Galactic,…
