June
30 Luciano/Dean Frazier & The Jah Messenger Band Jannus Landing
July
1 Digable Planets The Tamiami @ Jannus Landing
1 Afroman w/TBA Boomerz Boiler Room
1 Say Anything/Emanuel/Circa Survive State Theatre
1 Hot Tuna Skipper's Smokehouse
2 The Rev. Horton Heat w/The Legendary Shack Shakers State Theatre
2 Frankie J & Baby Bash Jannus Landing
2 Oteil & The Peacemakers w/The Ralph Roddenberry Band Skipper's Smokehouse
3 Drag The River/The Enablers/Watson/Nessie Uptown Bar
3 Pink Lincolns w/Car Bomb Driver/The No Loves/Reno Divorce/DJ Skidmark Emerald Bar
3 Freedom Fest II Java Junction
3 Origin/Malevolent Creation/Animosity/Continue The Fall/Byam Klavor State Theatre
4 Significant Records Showcase Feat. Take These Eyes/Dreams You Die In/Anchors Away/Murder Crew 688 Skatepark
4 Scum of the Earth w/TBA Boomerz Boiler Room
5 From A Second Story Window/Ion Dissonance/Reflux/Silence After Tragedy/Eugene 688 Skatepark
7 Alkaline Trio w/Rise Against/Death by Stereo Jannus Landing
7 The Fixx Khrome (Sarasota)
7 Dinosaur Jr. House of Blues (Lake Buena Vista)
8 The Rock Never Stops Tour Feat. Cinderella/Ratt/Quiet Riot/Firehouse St. Pete Times Forum
8 The English Beat/Dramarama/The Cohorts State Theatre
8 The Itals Skipper's Smokehouse
8 Keith Sweat's Summer Sweat Tour Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
9 Victor Wooten Jannus Landing
11 Genghis Tron w/Bodies in the Gears of the Apparatus/Yip Yip/Byam Klavor Orpheum
11 Static X/American Head Charge/Bloodsimple State Theatre
12 Between The Buried & Me/Siuai Beach/The Acacia Strain/From a Second Story Window State Theatre
13 Himsa/The Agony Scene/Esoteric/Full Blown Chaos State Theatre
13 American Idols Live St. Pete Times Forum
13 Cruiserweight/The Letters Organize/My Epiphany/Blackout Pact Masquerade
13 Stevie Nicks Ford Amphitheatre
14 Dave Matthews Band Ford Amphitheatre
14 Reel Big Fish/American Hi-Fi/El-Pus/Punchline/Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer Jannus Landing
16 Disco Inferno Feat. The Trammps/Peaches & Herb/The Sugar Hill Gang/Thelma Houston Lakeland Center
16 The Dirty Dozen Brass Band State Theatre
16 Destiny's Child St. Pete Times Forum
19 The Bravery State Theatre
20 Vertical Horizon w/Pat McGee Jannus Landing
21 The Prescription Trio State Theatre
22 DJ Hive Masquerade Infinity Room
22 Michael Buble Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
22 MC Chris/Silence After Tragedy/Special Guest State Theatre
23 Ronan Tynan Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
23 Bogus Pomp Skipper's Smokehouse
23 Backstreet Boys Ford Amphitheatre
23 The Adolescents w/The Briggs State Theatre
23 Hate Eternal w/Krisium/Into Eternity/Incantation/All Shall Perish Masquerade
24 Evergreen Terrace w/TBA State Theatre
27 Will Johnson/Bobby Bare Jr./Nessie New World Brewery
27 GBH w/TBA State Theatre
27 Better Than Ezra Jannus Landing
27 In The Face of War/A Fall Affair/Deathbed December/Remember Thy Death/Alive at Last 688 Skatepark
28 John Hiatt w/North Mississippi Allstars Jannus Landing
28 Kottonmouth Kings State Theatre
29 W.A.S.P./L.A. Guns/Stephen Pearcy Jannus Landing
30 Lyle Lovett & His Large Band The Lakeland Center
August
1 Anger Management Tour 3 Feat. Eminem/50 Cent/Lil Jon/D12/G Unit/Obie
Trice/Stat Quo Ford Amphitheatre
1 Michael Smith Unitarian Universalist Church of Tampa
5 The Vans Warped Tour Vinoy Park
5 Guitars & Saxes 2004 Ruth Eckerd Hall
6 O.A.R. Ruth Eckerd Hall
8 Gigantour Feat. Megadeth/Dream Theatre/More St. Pete Times Forum
9 Chevelle w/Taproot Jannus Landing
11 Tori Amos Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
12 Haste The Day/Stretch Armstrong State Theatre
13 Earth Wind & Fire/Chicago Ford Amphitheatre
19 Soilent Green w/Watch Them Die/TBA Brass Mug
20 Avil Lavigne w/Butch Walker/Gavin DeGraw Ford Amphitheatre
20 Michael McDonald Ruth Eckerd Hall
20 Twisted Sister Jannus Landing
21 Flickerstick State Theatre
21 The Killers USF Sun Dome
25 Friendly Bears w/Auto! Automatic!!/The Band of the Name New World Brewery
27 The Virtual Frequency Tour Feat. Mars Ill/DJ Maj/Liquid Beats/More 688 Skatepark
31 Planes Mistaken for Stars/Smoke or Fire/Glass & Ashes Orpheum
September
5 Rock & Roll Worship Service 688 Skatepark
12 Meat Loaf Ruth Eckerd Hall
14 Coldplay w/Rilo Kiley Ford Amphitheatre
17 Paul McCartney St. Pete Times Forum
17 Journey Ford Amphitheatre
17 Obituary/Napalm Death/Dead to Fall Jannus Landing
17 WMNF 26th Birthday Party Feat. Los Amigos Invisibles Coliseum
October
2 Hawk Nelson/Thousand Foot Crutch/More 688 Skatepark
8 Ron White Ruth Eckerd Hall
19 The Rolling Stones St. Pete Times Forum
20 Neil Diamond St. Pete Times Forum
24 Jethro Tull Ruth Eckerd Hall
28 Rodney Crowell State Theatre
This article appears in Jun 22-28, 2005.