Anberlin, which plays the BayCare Sound in Clearwater, Florida on July 6, 2024. Credit: anberlin/Facebook
The heat Tampa Bay’s been enduring this summer is far more bitter than the kind we faced at Warped Tour. Things change though, and Winter Haven’s own Anberlin (which played the dearly departed touring festival a handful of times) headlines its first Bay-area gig since a two-night stand in Ybor that served as a farewell for longtime frontman Stephen Christian who is focusing on his family these days.
Ex-Memphis May Fire vocalist Matty Mullins (who appears on two new tracks on a merger album of two previously-released EPs due out later this summer) is at the mic now, and a plethora of other emo outfits you may not have seen live since those glorious summer days at Vinoy Park during the Obama years open the “20 Years Of Tears Tour.”
Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa's resident live music freak. He started freelancing with the paper in 2020 at the age of 18, and has since covered, announced, and previewed numerous live shows in...
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