Tag: Concert Review
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Plush Makes Great First Impression
We stumbled into a nice surprise on our way to Disturbed’s set in Orlando early this week. As is our typical M.O., we were scrambling to get to our seats in time to catch the opener, Plush. We entered at the wrong side of the newly named Kia Arena (nee Amway Center) and had to…
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Dropkick Murphy’s Sham’Rock Nashville
Dropkick Murphy’s with Pennywise and The Scratch Saint Patrick’s Day came early for Nashville this year as the Dropkick Murphy’s, Pennywise and a young, up and coming band known as The Scratch strolled into Marathon Music Works. On a personal note, the last time that I saw the Dropkick Murphy’s with Pennywise ,was in the…
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Best Bands of Festival – Welcome to Rockville 2024
I’m just coming down off the cloud that was the 2024 Welcome To Rockville Festival in Daytona. It’s one of the premiere hard rock celebrations on the planet, and a mainstay in Eastern Florida for the last decade. With well over 100 bands in the lineup, I try to balance my days with a mixture…
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Paul McCartney Delivers Amazing Set in Orlando
Camping World StadiumMay, 2022 36 songs. 22 Beatles classics. Half a dozen interesting stories. 5 musical instruments. One soon to be 80 year-old legend. 2 hours and 40 minutes of rock ‘n roll majesty, without a break, or as far as we could see a sip of water. Maybe, I’m amazed… Paul McCartney visited Orlando…
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Concert Review: Rolling Stones Still Bring It in Nashville
Nissan Stadium, NashvilleOctober 2021 Been Around a Long, Long Year… The last time I saw the Stones was at Atlantic City Convention Hall in late 1989. At the time, I figured it would be my final show from the legendary rockers as they were all quickly approaching 50. Silly me. Little did I know, they’d…
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Concert Review: Clapton is Good in Hollywood
September 2021Hard Rock Hollywood We caught the last night of Clapton’s US Tour in Hollywood, Florida. The legendary guitarist has been creating iconic rock ‘n roll for six decades and has an immense and diverse catalog. When Clapton hits the stage, it’s not a thoughtless greatest hits extravaganza. Instead, he puts together a creative setlist…
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Concert Review: BLACK KEYS PLAY ORLANDO
Amway CenterNovember 2019 Over the past decade, The Black Keys have firmly established themselves as one of the premier bands in the rock universe. The Akron, Ohio duo have toiled on the independent rock scene since 2000 and finally broke through commercially with 2010’s Grammy winning album Brothers. Since then, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney…
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Concert Review: REO Speedwagon in Orlando
Universal Studios, Orlando March, 2020 It’s hard to believe but these Midwestern rockers have been playing together for about 50 years, and as we witnessed at Universal Orlando, they are still delivering memorable performances. REO Speedwagon is touring this year, as they celebrate the 40th Anniversary of their legendary 1980 release, Hi Infidelity. The rare…
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