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Bon Jovi gives local bands a chance to open 2022 tour, including Tampa stop
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Review: Josh Groban salutes teachers, skips most of his own catalog at Florida Orchestra gala event in St. Pete
If only there hadn’t been a curfew.
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Review: A chatty Dwight Yoakam barrels through swinging St. Pete show, lauds Florida for ‘getting back to living’ and live music
A superb four-piece band helped him play a barrage of hits and well-chosen cover songs, too.
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Review: Michael Bolton’s luxurious locks didn’t last forever, but his Clearwater concert proved that his voice carries on
Michael Bolton leans on covers and crowd conversations during short set at the Cap.
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Thelma and the Sleaze brings Nashville charm and powerhouse live show to Tampa next week
L.G. and the girlz are at Hooch and Hive Feb. 8.
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After 20 years in Ybor City, Tampa’s iconic venue The Orpheum is moving out
It’s unclear where Orpheum is headed.
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Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s most read music stories of 2021
You still love Clapton.
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In Tampa, Weezer, Twenty One Pilots, AJR, and more celebrate belated 20th anniversary of 97X’s Next Big Thing
And we’ve got predictions for next year’s lineup.
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Prince Midnight’s Lars Ulrich toilet is now up for auction, starting at $5,000
Technically, it’s a ‘Fountaine de Lars.’
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Tampa’s Gasparilla Music Festival announces 2022 dates for three-day festival
Tickets go on sale Nov. 19.
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Rosanne Cash postpones Clearwater concert over Florida’s ‘impossible’ COVID-19 rules
She was supposed to play the Capitol Theatre.
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Ybor City music venue Crowbar gets five-year lease extension
‘Our 20-year anniversary is in 2026, and I really want to get there.’
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St. Pete music venue Hideaway Cafe is closing, but its owner is determined to find a new location and keep it alive
The days are numbered at 1756 Central Ave.
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Alice Cooper and Ace Frehley give Tampa fans an early Halloween treat
Ace’s old friends in Kiss were just in Tampa this weekend.
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Kiss bids fiery, explosive adieu to Tampa… again
Kiss has now said farewell to Tampa Bay twice (thrice if you count the 2000 farewell tour with Ted Nugent and Skid Row).
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Eric Clapton was, um, wonderful during short Tampa set on Saturday
Jimmie Vaughan opened Slowhand’s first Tampa performance since 2008.
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The Black Keys play loose and dangerous during St. Pete stop of the band’s ‘World Tour of America’
Can we call the band The Florida Keys from now on?
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Gasparilla Music Festival will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test
The announcement comes after Live Nation made a similar policy change the upcoming Harry Styles’ show on Oct. 10 at Amalie Arena.
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Alanis Morissette is more than an angry ‘90s singer, and she proved it during rare Tampa concert
Garbage and Cat Power both rocked it, too.
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Green Day, Fall Out Boy, and Weezer celebrate the return of live music at Jacksonville ‘Hella Mega’ concert
Weezer was good, as was Fall Out Boy. But Green Day wins this round.
