Glass Animals, which plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on June 19, 2025. Credit: Photo via Vevo
One of the reasons that 97X Next Big Thing has always been such a hit is because once in a while, a non-headlining act would actually go onto headline their own major shows, making the festival live up to its name (Thirty Seconds to Mars was an opener at the 2009 iteration).

A few weeks following its most recent NBT appearance, where the band served as opener for Twenty One Pilots, Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” blew up online, leading to over three billion Spotify streams and a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist (Olivia Rodrigo ended up taking it home).

Tickets to see Glass Animals play MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa on Thursday, June 19 are still available and start at $42.

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This article appears in Jun 12-18, 2025.

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...