Five For Fighting, which plays Bilheimer Capitol Theatre in Clearwater, Florida on May 22, 2024. Credit: Photo by Mike Donahue via 37 Media
John Ondrasik’s 27-year-old musical project Five For Fighting features one of the heaviest seasoned backing bands in live music.

he three-piece consists of musicians that have backed up the likes of Ringo Starr, John Mayer, and Chris Cornell, just to name a few, and their appearance with Ondrasik—his first in Clearwater since 2022—may see them break into “OK,” a single the 59-year-old released in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.

Tickets to see Five For Fighting play Bilheimer Capitol Theatre in Clearwater on Wednesday, May 22 are still available and start at $39.50.

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This article appears in May 9-15, 2024.

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's calendar editor. He started as a freelance music writer in 2020 at the age of 18, and after spending years covering, announcing, and previewing concerts in...