Halestorm and In This Moment announce new tour leg; Lzzy Hale performs with...
Halestorm and In This Moment’s co-headlining tour is proving to be such a success that a third North American leg has just been added for fall 2018.The trek, featuring three female-fronted bands,...
View ArticleIn Photos: Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson Scorch New Jersey’s PNC Bank Arts...
Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson brought their Twins of Evil: The Second Coming Tour to the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey, on Tuesday night (July 24th), each delivering a scorching set of...
View ArticleMetallica base setlists on Spotify data, says streaming company’s CEO
The next time you see Metallica play live, you may want to stream your favorite song by the legendary metal band over and over prior to the show. According to Spotify’s CEO, Daniel Ek, Metallica base...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Music Venues in 10 American Cities
People are hardwired to associate places with memorable moments. That’s why we all remember where we were when major events happened in our lives. However, for music fans, especially concertgoers, it...
View ArticleStubHub’s Cyber Monday discount should make concertgoers very happy
The year’s almost over and you didn’t see nearly as much live music as you wanted to. You’ll want to fix that next year, what with the scientifically proven benefits provided by live music, and StubHub...
View ArticleJimi Hendrix’s Top 10 Concerts
This feature originally ran in February 2016. We’re reposting it in celebration of Jimi Hendrix’s 76th birthday.It’s one of the odder contradictions about Jimi Hendrix: Despite being so enigmatic and...
View ArticleThe 100 Greatest Tours of All Time
This isn’t a list of the best live performers or performances of all time, though, in many cases, this article might not look all that different if it was. After all, it’s not difficult to imagine,...
View Article20 Essential SXSW Acts to Catch on Tour This Spring
This article is sponsored by StubHub We made it. SXSW 2019 is in the books, along with new chapters in the careers of the thousands of musicians that descended on Austin this month. Since self-cloning...
View ArticleReliving My Greatest Hits with Tom Petty
This column originally ran in 2015. It’s being reposted today in honor of Tom Petty.Music, Movies & Moods is a regular free-form column in which Matt Melis explores the cracks between where art and...
View ArticleTop Live Acts of 2019
Maybe Grimes is right. Maybe live music will soon be obsolete. That was what she so boldly predicted during a November appearance on the Mindscape podcast, a pronouncement that produced one of the...
View ArticleKorn Concerts Remain a Powerful Emotional Release
This article is sponsored by StubHub.Korn invented a new genre and then outgrew it. The boys from Bakersfield, CA, established the original commandments of nu metal: Thy guitar shall have seven...
View ArticleHarry Styles Has Weathered the Post-Boy Band Storm Better Than Most
This article is sponsored by StubHub. Click here for all the best available tickets to Harry Styles’ upcoming “Love On Tour”.A successful boy band is an exercise in planned obsolescence. A group of...
View ArticlePearl Jam’s 10 Greatest Concerts
Photo by David Brendan HallOur celebration of Pearl Jam 30 continues with a look back at our 2016 list of the band’s best shows ever. Also, take a moment to revisit our trio of Wrigley Field reviews...
View ArticlePearl Jam in Photos: A Live Review Retrospective
As Gigaton drops and March wanes, we wrap up our Pearl Jam 30 month with a look back at our favorite live band in their element. Previously, we ranked the band’s 10 best concerts of all time.Our...
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