If you don’t have the Collective Soul hit “December” in your head for three weeks after one listen, are you even human? I have a theory that ‘90s radio alt-rock is going to be for Gen Zs what yacht rock is for the millennials and Generation X-ers. You start out playing it as a joke at parties, and the next thing you know you’re hooked. Plus it’s all the stuff your cool parents won’t listen to, so get a headstart on the not-so ironic comeback, kids, when the band plays Ruth Eckerd, where temperatures and taken and masks are required along with the you-must-buy-tickets-in-pairs mandate.
Collective Soul, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 7:30 p.m. $62.75-$82.75. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater. rutheckerdhall.com
See a list of Tampa Bay’s “Safe & Sound” live music venues here.
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This article appears in Dec 17-23, 2020.