June
2 Melt Banana w/Daughters/Vaz/Orphan Orpheum
2 Blood Brothers w/The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower/Big Business State Theatre
3 Molly Hatchet State Theatre
3 The Roots w/TBA Jannus Landing
3 Solace for Now w/Core/Harry Dash Bourbon Street
4 Gipsy Kings Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
4 Local H w/TBA State Theatre
4 Anberlin/Saosin/Acceptence/Codeseven/Terminal Orpheum
4 Rascal Flatts Ford Amphitheatre
4 Sugar Ray & The Bluetones w/Beautiful Bobby Blackmon Skipper's Smokehouse
4 Norman Brown's Summer Storm Feat. Norman Brown/Peabo Bryson/Brenda Russell/Everette Harp Jannus Landing
6 The Flower Kings Boomerz Boiler Room
6 David Wilcox Skipper's Smokehouse
7 Lovehatehero/Still Life Projector/The Forecast Orpheum
7 Jonathan Richman Skipper's Smokehouse
8 Aleuchatistas w/Coma Girl/Red Room Cinema New World Brewery
8 Seether Jannus Landing
8 Six Feet Under w/TBA Boomerz Boiler Room
8 The Strange Days Festival Feat. The Doors of the 21st Century/Vanilla Fudge/Yardbirds/Pat Travers Ford Amphitheatre
9 Jazz Attack Feat. Rick Braun/Richard Elliot/Peter White/Jonathan Butler Ruth Eckerd Hall
9 Six Feet Under w/TBA State Theatre
10 Tom Petty/The Black Crowes Ford Amphitheatre
10 Jimmy LaFave & Night Tribe w/Cigar Store Indians Skipper's Smokehouse
10 Kevin James Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
10 Bedlight for Blue Eyes/My Epiphany/The Highter/Secret Lives of the Freemasons Orpheum
11 Tampa Bay Caribbean Carnival Feat. Los Lobos Venue TBA
12 Black Eyed Peas USF Sun Dome
12 Johnny Sketch & The Dirty Notes w/Freight Train Annie Skipper's Smokehouse
14 Def Leppard w/Tesla St. Pete Times Forum
14 Keane w/Regina Spektor Hard Rock Live (Orlando)
15 Decahedron/Chariots/Animal Hospital/Guiltmaker Orpheum
15 Adema w/TBA State Theatre
15 M.O.D./Jackknife/Crisis/Society's End Boomerz Boiler Room
15 Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo Ruth Eckerd Hall
15 Tesla Silver Spurs Arena (Kissimmee)
16 John Fogerty Ruth Eckerd Hall
16 Montrose State Theatre
17 Mary Timony/Medications Orpheum
18 Rev. Billy C. Wirtz Skipper's Smokehouse
18 Lower Class Brats w/TBA State Theatre
19 Al Jarreau/Boney James/Cassandra Wilson Ruth Eckerd Hall
19 Lucero/The Honorary Title/Corey Branan Orpheum
20 Aquabats w/TBA State Theatre
22 Judas Priest/Queensryche Ford Amphitheatre
23 Action Action w/Spitalfield State Theatre
23 Corrosion of Conformity w/Crowbar/Alabama Thunderpussy Masquerade
23 Travis Morrison/Doris Henson/Mants Masquerade Infinity Room
24 The Six Parts Seven New World Brewery
24 Gym Class Heroes/I Am The Avalanche/Firescape/Whole Wheat Bread Orpheum
24 Dead Kennedys w/TBA State Theatre
25 Asylum Street Spankers w/TBA Bourbon Street
25 The Zooma Tour Feat. Trey Anastasio/Ben Harper/Toots & The Maytals/Gomez/Xavier Rudd/More Ford Amphitheatre
25 Smokin' Joe Kubek Feat. Bnoisking w/Sandy Atkinson & The Moderns Skipper's Smokehouse
25 Alanis Morissette Ruth Eckerd Hall
28 Darkest Hour/Since by Man/The Autumn Offering/Haram/Bloodjinn/The
Absence Orpheum
29 The Graham Colton Band State Theatre
30 Luciano/Dean Frazier & The Jah Messenger Band Jannus Landing
July
1 Say Anything/Emanuel/Circa Survive State Theatre
1 Hot Tuna (Acoustic) Skipper's Smokehouse
2 The Rev. Horton Heat w/The Legendary Shack Shakers State Theatre
2 Oteil & The Peacemakers w/The Ralph Roddenberry Band Skipper's Smokehouse
3 Digable Planets The Tamiami & Jannus Landing
4 Significant Records Showcase Feat. Take These Eyes/Dreams You Die In/Anchors Away/Murder Crew 688 Skatepark
5 From A Second Story Window/Ion Dissonance/Reflux/Silence After Tragedy/Eugene 688 Skatepark
7 Alkaline Trio w/Rise Against Jannus Landing
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
9 Victor Wooten Jannus Landing
11 Genghis Tron w/Byam Klavor Orpheum
12 Between The Buried & Me/Siuai Beach/The Acacia Strain/From a Second Story Window State Theatre
14 Dave Matthews Band Ford Amphitheatre
16 Disco Inferno Feat. The Trammps/Peaches & Herb/The Sugar Hill Gang/Thelma Houston Lakeland Center
19 The Bravery State Theatre
22 DJ Hive Masquerade Infinity Room
22 Michael Buble Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
23 Ronan Tynan Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
23 Bogus Pomp Skipper's Smokehouse
23 Hate Eternal w/Krisium/Into Eternity/Incantation/All Shall Perish Masquerade
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
5 The Vans Warped Tour Vinoy Park
6 O.A.R. Ruth Eckerd Hall
13 Earth Wind & Fire/Chicago Ford Amphitheatre
20 Avil Lavigne w/Butch Walker/Gavin DeGraw Ford Amphitheatre
25 Friendly Bears w/TBA New World Brewery
31 Planes Mistaken for Stars/Smoke or Fire/Glass & Ashes Orpheum
September
17 Paul McCartney St. Pete Times Forum
October
19 The Rolling Stones St. Pete Times Forum
20 Neil Diamond St. Pete Times Forum
This article appears in May 25-31, 2005.