May
12 Haste The Day/Extol/Dead to Fall/Embrace Today/Twelve Tribes/Fight Paris/LOSA Orpheum
12 Jackyl w/TBA State Theatre
12 Peter Murphy House of Blues (Lake Buena Vista)
13 Underoath w/Chariot/These Arms Are Snakes/Fear Before the March of Flames Masquerade
13 & 14 Cornerstone Music Festival Central Florida Fairgrounds (Orlando)
13-15 Uphonia Spanish Moss Farm (Quincy)
14 WMNF Presents The 24th Annual Tropical Heatwave Festival Ybor City
14 TJ Curtis & The Silver Eagle Band Skipper's Smokehouse
14 Lightning Bolt/Bug Sized Mind/The Band of the Name/The Windshield Death Threat Procedure Masquerade Infinity Room
14 Crossfade Spa Beach Park
14 SkaFest 2005 Feat. Can't Do It/More TBA Java Junction
15 Will Downing w/Najee Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
15 The Outlaws w/The Headlights State Theatre
15 The Psalters w/Glenn Clark Family Band Solid Rock Christian Recovery Center
15 Nonpoint w/Contrast/Azalea Masquerade
16 LoveDrug w/TBA State Theatre
18 Audible Campaign w/The Fontaine/Lobrado/The Semis Orpheum
19 Lit w/TBA State Theatre
20 Everclear w/TBA Jannus Landing
20 Tishamingo Skipper's Smokehouse
20 Mastodon/Death By Stereo/Cult of Luna/Torche State Theatre
21 King Diamond/Nile/Black Dahlia Murder Masquerade
21 Jon Oliva's Pain w/Firstborn/Money Shot Bourbon Street
21 Allman Brothers Band/Lynuyrd Skynyrd Ford Amphitheatre
21 Paulina Rubio Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
21 Bob Schneider Skipper's Smokehouse
21 Morgan Heritage Jannus Landing
21 The Speaking Canaries/The Human Echo New World Brewery
21 The Rise Up Tour Feat. Disciple/Subseven Real Life Church
22 The Firebird Band/Liars Academy/In Passing/Gladstone/To Lay with Lions Orpheum
22 REO Speedwagon The Lakeland Center (Lakeland)
22 The Rising Stars Tour Feat. Red Cloud/Playdough/J Remy/MC WT 688 Skatepark
24 Velvet Revolver w/Hoobastank St. Pete Times Forum
24 Rare Earth Largo Cultural Center
24 Machine Head w/Devildriver/It Dies Today Masquerade
24 The Ravonettes w/AutoLux/The Peels State Theatre
25 Mommy & Daddy/Thunderbirds Are Now!/Kit! Orpheum
25 Murphy's Law w/TBA State Theatre
25 Jesse McCartney Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
26 Chubby Checker & The Wildcats Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
27 Emmylou Harris Tampa Theatre
27 All American Rejects w/Over It/Hello Goodbye Boomerz Boiler Room
27 Bo Diddley State Theatre
28 Acoustic Alchemy Tampa Theatre
28 Sun, Sand & Symphony Feat. Jon Secada/Joe Daniels Treasure Island Beach
28 Bill "The Sauce Boss" Wharton Skipper's Smokehouse
28 Kelly Richey Bourbon Street
28 The Utterpunk.com Tour Feat. Day at the Fair/Stimulus/The Big Screen 688 Skatepark
28 Marky Ramone Presents A Tribute to The Ramones w/Against All Authority State Theatre
28 The Scribble Jam Tour Masquerade
29 Snow Patrol w/Athlete State Theatre (MAKEUP SHOW)
29 Simple Plan w/Relient K Jannus Landing
29 Bob Dylan & Willie Nelson Bright House Networks Field
29 Beres Hammond/Marcia Griffiths/Jimmy Cozier/Jahfari Jannus Landing
30 Santana w/Los Lonely Boys Ford Amphitheatre
June
1 Bright Eyes w/The Faint/Airborne Audio USF Sun Dome
1 From First to Last/Halifax/Emanuel/He Is Legend State Theatre
1 Rupee & The .Com Band Jannus Landing
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 Solace for Now w/Core/Harry Dash Bourbon Street
4 Gipsy Kings Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
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
8 Aleuchatistas w/Coma Girl New World Brewery
8 Seether w/Crossfade Jannus Landing
9 Jazz Attack Feat. Rick Braun/Richard Elliot/Peter White/Jonathan Butler Ruth Eckerd Hall
10 Tom Petty/The Black Crowes Ford Amphitheatre
10 Cigar Store Indians Skipper's Smokehouse
10 Kevin James Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
10 Lovehatehero/Clarity Process/The Higher/Secret Lives of The Freemasons Orpheum
12 Black Eyed Peas USF Sun Dome
14 Def Leppard St. Pete Times Forum
14 Keane w/Regina Spektor Hard Rock Live (Orlando)
15 Decahedron/Chariots/Animal Hospital/Guiltmaker Orpheum
15 Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo Ruth Eckerd Hall
19 Al Jarreau/Boney James/Cassandra Wilson Ruth Eckerd Hall
19 Lucero/The Honorary Title/Corey Branan Orpheum
22 Judas Priest/Queensryche Ford Amphitheatre
23 Action Action w/Spitalfield State Theatre
25 Asylum Street Spankers w/TBA Bourbon Street
25 Smokin' Joe Kubek Feat. Bnoisking w/Sandy Atkinson & The Moderns Skipper's Smokehouse
25 Alanis Morissette Ruth Eckerd Hall
30 Luciano/Dean Frazier & The Jah Messenger Band Jannus Landing
July
2 The Rev. Horton Heat w/The Legendary Shack Shakers State Theatre
2 Oteil & The Peacemakers w/The Ralph Roddenberry Band Skipper's Smokehouse
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
14 Dave Matthews Band Ford Amphitheatre
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
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
September
17 Paul McCartney St. Pete Times Forum
This article appears in May 4-10, 2005.