April
21 George Clinton & P-Funk Jannus Landing
21 American Head Charge w/Blood Simple Boomerz Boiler Room
22 Arbouretum/Candybars/Nut Tank/Jarvic 7 New World Brewery
22 Club Empire's Tenth Anniversary Feat. Flavor Flav Club Empire
22 Abi Tapia & Friends Sacred Grounds Coffeehouse
22 Agnostic Front/Martyr AD/Love is Red/All Shall Perish State Theatre
22 Richard Thompson Tampa Theatre
22 Badfinger w/TBA Bourbon Street
22 Mindless Self Indulgence w/Crossbreed Masquerade
22 Assemblage 23 w/Backandtotheleft Masquerade Infinity Room
22-24 Largo Music Fest Feat. Don MacLean Largo Central Park
23 Mustard Plug/MU33's Dan Potthast/Over It/RudeSquad/Safety Orpheum
23 Pigface w/Nocturne Masquerade
23 A Flock of Seagulls Jannus Landing
23 Ravi & Anoushka Shankar Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
23 Angry Samoans w/Car Bomb Driver/Last Great Hope/Sharp Objects State Theatre
23 Rage Against Leukemia Pegasus Lounge
23 Vonda Shepard State Theatre
23 Reba McEntire w/Brad Paisley Ford Amphitheatre
23 Marshall Tucker Band Manatee Civic Center (Palmetto)
23 Ludacris USF Sun Dome
23 Spring Fest 2005 Feat. Further Seems Forever 688 Skatepark
24 The Rowan Brothers Unitarian Universalist Church of Tampa
24 Don Henley Germain Arena (Estero)
24 The Drowning Pool w/Candiria/Slunt Boomerz Boiler Room
25 Taking Back Sunday w/TBA Ford Amphitheatre Courtyard
25 Keith Fullerton Whitman/Greg Davis/Bird Show/My Winter At Sea/Keith Zak New World Brewery
25 Matt Bianco Feat. Basia Ruth Eckerd Hall
25 Scarface Club Heat (Bradenton)
26 Lisa Marie Presley Jannus Landing
26 The Codetalkers Feat. Col. Bruce Hampton w/The Rowan Brothers Skipper's Smokehouse
27 Hydra Feat. Mickey Hart Jannus Landing
28 Billy Idol Ruth Eckerd Hall
28 The Sound of More Tour Feat. Houston Calls/Self Against City/More Brass Mug
28 Rupee & The .Com Band/Deja Jannus Landing
29 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts St. Pete Times Forum
29 The Crystal Method Floyd's @ The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
29 3 Doors Down Germain Arena (Estero)
30 Strapping Young Lad w/Agony Scene/Misery Signals/Reflux/Left in Ashes Masquerade
30 98Rock Presents the B.F.D. Feat. 3 Doors Down/No Address Ford Amphitheatre
30 The Headlights Catherine A. Hickman Theatre
30 Blueground Undergrass Skipper's Smokehouse
30 SunBurst Music Festival Safety Harbor Marina
30-May 1 Jo Dee Messina Busch Gardens
May
1 Third World Jannus Landing
1 Link Wray Skipper's Smokehouse
1 Guyana Flood Relief Concert USF Special Events Center
1 The Weary Boys New World Brewery
2 Sum-41 w/Unwritten Law Jannus Landing
5 Kreator w/Vader Masquerade
5 Slightly Stoopid/Fishbone Jannus Landing
5-8 Emergenza Festival Semi-Finals Boomerz Boiler Room
6 Kenny Chesney w/Gretchen Wilson/Uncle Kracker St. Pete Times Forum
6 The Black Keys w/The Hentchmen/The Legendary JCs Skipper's Smokehouse
6 Pale Horse/Dreams You Die In/Roman Empire/Coldside/Anchors Away/A Horror Story 688 Skatepark
6-7 Donna the Buffalo Jannus Landing
7 VNV Nation w/Imperative Reaction/Soman Masquerade
7 Kelly Clarkson Ruth Eckerd Hall
7 The Planet Smashers/The Know How/Safety State Theatre
8 The Dirtbombs w/The Unrequited Loves/The Dead Popes Orpheum
9 Sarah McLachlan St. Pete Times Forum
11 Through The Eyes of the Dead/Imperial/Silence after Tragedy/This Will Be Remembered/Hell Within 688 Skatepark
12 Haste The Day/Extol/Dead to Fall/Embrace Today/Twelve Tribes/Fight Paris/LOSA Orpheum
13 Mice Parade/Boom Bip/The Mercury Program Orpheum
13 Underoath w/Chariot/These Arms Are Snakes/Fear Before the March of Flames Masquerade
13 & 14 Cornerstone Music Festival Central Florida Fairgrounds (Orlando)
14 WMNF Presents The 24th Annual Tropical Heatwave Festival Ybor City
14 TJ Curtis & The Silver Eagle Band Skipper's Smokehouse
15 Will Downing Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
20 Mastodon/Death By Stereo/Cult of Luna/Torche State Theatre
20 The Rising Stars Tour Feat. Red Cloud/Playdough/J Remy/MC WT 688 Skatepark
21 King Diamond/Nile/Black Dahlia Murder Masquerade
21 Jon Oliva's Pain w/Firstborn/Money Shot Bourbon Street
21 Bob Schneider Skipper's Smokehouse
21 The Rise Up Tour Feat. Disciple/Subseven 688 Skatepark (MAKEUP SHOW)
22 The Firebird Band/Liars Academy/In Passing/Gladstone/To Lay with Lions Orpheum
24 Velvet Revolver w/Hoobastank St. Pete Times Forum
24 The Ravonettes w/TBA State Theatre
25 Mommy & Daddy/Thunderbirds Are Now!/Kit! Orpheum
25 Murphy's Law w/TBA State Theatre
26 Machine Head w/The Haunted/Devildriver/It Dies Today Masquerade
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 Bill "The Sauce Boss" Wharton Skipper's Smokehouse
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
29 Snow Patrol w/Athlete State Theatre (MAKEUP SHOW)
29 Simple Plan w/Relient K Jannus Landing
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 USF Sun Dome
2 Melt Banana w/Daughters/Vaz/Orphan Orpheum
2 Blood Brothers w/Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower/Big Business State Theatre
4 Gipsy Kings Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
4 Rascal Flatts Ford Amphitheatre
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
9 Jazz Attack Feat. Rick Braun/Richard Elliot/Peter White/Jonathan Butler Ruth Eckerd Hall
This article appears in Apr 13-19, 2005.