The biggest 2018 music news stories in Tampa Bay were about shows that didn’t happen.
Travis Scott’s since-rescheduled Amalie Arena show reigned supreme in our year-end look at Creative Loafing Tampa’s most-visited music stories, but a canceled show from Lauryn Hill was close behind.
Cheap tickets to Live Nation shows were of great interest to our readers, and so were festivals (Hulaween, Scott’s Astroworld festival in Houston) plus that Thanksgiving Day concert from YoungBoy NBA.
There was some hope for appreciation of the local scene, however, as our Music Issue highlighting the best young musicians in Tampa Bay also made the cut along with news of the end for long-running St. Petersburg venue Fubar.
Have a look at the Top 10 music posts of 2018 (plus five of the most-visited music photo galleries) below.
Top 10 Music Posts
- Tonight's sold-out Travis Scott concert at Tampa's Amalie Arena has been postponed
- Lauryn Hill cancels shows in St. Petersburg, Jacksonville, Charlotte, Raleigh and more
- Live Nation offering limited $20 tickets to big Tampa Bay concerts — but you'll have to wait to see the complete list
- Suwannee Hulaween's Paul Levine spills the beans on surprises for 2018
- Tampa Bay Thanksgiving live music with YoungBoy Never Broke Again
- John Lennon joined Elton John onstage in New York City on this day in 1974
- OJ Simpson tells St. Petersburg songwriter, "You have a beautiful voice"
- Meet 30 young Tampa Bay musicians who are (re)making a scene
- Tobias Forge of Ghost talks about bringing humanity to Clearwater's Ruth Eckerd Hall
- St. Petersburg music venue Fubar will close after New Year’s Eve
Top 5 Music Photo Galleries
- Fubar photographer Brian Mahar’s favorite shots from the St. Petersburg venue
- Photos of Ed Sheeran playing Tampa’s sold-out Raymond James Stadium
- One year later, see photos from slain rapper XXXtentacion’s canceled 2017 Ybor City concert
- Photos of Reality Asylum getting personal with Emerald Bar in St. Petersburg
- The best photos from Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival in Houston
This article appears in Dec 27, 2018 – Jan 3, 2019.