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Tampa Bay’s first Record Store Day 2021 drop happens on Saturday
This year features two drop dates.
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Cheap Trick’s new album will probably sound just as good when the band finally plays Tampa’s Amalie Arena next year
‘In Another World’ is the band’s first new music since 2017, but the 2022 tour date feels a world away.
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Rick Wills joined Foreigner in Clearwater for an evening of greatest hits
Mind you, this isn’t your dad’s Foreigner.
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Iconic Tampa music venue and restaurant Skipper’s Smokehouse is reopening this summer
The menu, hours and smoking rules are revamped.
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This weekend you can eat Chipotle and help St. Pete’s Girls Rock Camp at the same time
From 4 p.m.-8 p.m., 33% of proceeds will go to the rock school.
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Darius Rucker will headline Tampa Pig Jig this October
Judah & the Lion and Brett Young are also on the bill at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park.
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St. Pete’s Daddy Kool record store is moving into The Factory
Daddy Kool started in Bradenton in 1985 but has been in Pinellas since 1999, most of the time spent at 666 Central Ave.
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Dead & Company with John Mayer are coming to Tampa this fall
What a long, strange while it’s been.
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Tampa Rep. Kathy Castor’s support of ‘Local Radio Freedom Act’ robs performers of royalties, says critics
In the 2020 cycle, iHeartRadio and the National Association of Broadcasters donated $10,000 each to Castor.
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Gasparilla Music Festival announces fall dates, kicking off a month of music fests in Tampa Bay
Clearwater Jazz holiday and Tampa Pig Jig are set for October, too.
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Members of Digital Underground are headed to Tampa for Shock G’s funeral on Saturday
A public wake and memorial service are set for Ybor City on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
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Legendary rapper Shock G found dead in Tampa
Born Gregory Jacobs, the 57-year-old’s death was confirmed by his father.
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Dave Mason cancels US tour, including Friday stop in Clearwater
Guess he’s not feelin’ alright.
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Ted Nugent tested positive for COVID days after performing at ‘anti-mask’ Florida grocery store
Meanwhile, Nugent says the ‘Chinese shit’ has really set him back.
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Jon Schaffer, of Tampa metal band Iced Earth, pleads guilty in wake of insurrection attempt
On brand for the guy who wrote a Civil War concept album.
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New York Times highlights Ybor City’s Crowbar in story about shuttered venue grant glitch
Owner Tom DeGeorge told CL he was unable to apply for the grant.
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Tampa’s Gasparilla Music Festival will trade weekend passes for gently used musical instruments
Its first Recycled Tunes pop-up of the 2021 season happens next weekend in Riverview.
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Joe Bonamassa drops jaws with super trio at Clearwater’s Ruth Eckerd Hall
If you ask JoeBo the purpose of one of his solos, you, my friend, are at the wrong concert.
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Electric Daisy Carnival returns to Orlando this November
The festival, like all major American music fests, had to be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.