December
30 The B.B. King Music Fest Feat. B.B. King/Dr. John/Shemekia Copeland/The Muddy Waters Blues Band USF Sun Dome (MAKEUP SHOW)
30 Against All Authority/The Know-How/RudeSquad State Theatre
30 Brennen Leigh w/John Hancock & Eddie Parshall Jimmy Mac's
31 Donna The Buffalo Coliseum
31 Dave Matthews Cover Band Jannus Landing
31 Barenaked Ladies St. Pete Times Forum
January
1 The Classic Struggle/Council of the Fallen/ Unholy Ghost/Left in Ashes Pegasus Lounge
2 Frank Sinatra Jr. Floyd's @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
5 In The Raw Series 3 Kickoff State Theatre
7 Marcia Ball w/Bruce Katz Skipper's Smokehouse
8 VNV Nation/Code R-23 (Feat. Members of Front 242) Masquerade
8 The Calm/The Absence/Stalling Dawn/Simplekill/ Beauty in Chaos State Theatre
8 Kenny Drew Jr. Palladium Theater
8 Michael Burks Skipper's Smokehouse
8 Endwell/My Hero Is Me/Stratia/Something to Die for/The Rogue Set 688 Skatepark
9 Ann Rabson w/Liz Pennock & Dr. Blues Unitarian Universalist Church of Tampa
9 Bobby Vinton Ruth Eckerd Hall
9 Jimmy Eat World w/Elefant/Reuben's Accomplice Masquerade
10 Genghis Tron w/Byam Klavor Orpheum
12 Strung Out w/Evergreen Terrace/The Explosion State Theatre
13 The Radiators State Theatre
14 The Vital Tour Feat. A Day To Remember/Words Now Heard 688 Skatepark
14 Lucky Peterson Skipper's Smokehouse
15 Tonic Headliners
15 Garaj Mahal Skipper's Smokehouse
15 Galactic & North Mississippi All Stars (Instrumental) Jannus Landing
16 Hot Tuna Skipper's Smokehouse
17 Joe Cocker & Dave Mason Ruth Eckerd Hall
17 The Kirby/Please Mr. Gravedigger (ex-As I Lay Dying)/Anamcara 688 Skatepark
18 Navah Perlman & The Prague Orchestra Ruth Eckerd Hall
20 Party People/Discover America/Mi Capitan/ Ellason Grace Orpheum
21 An Albatross/The Cinema Eye/Aqui/Yip Yip/The Windshield Death Threat Procedure Orpheum
21 Tommy Castro Skipper's Smokehouse
22 Against Me!/Soviettes/Jericho/Grabass Charlestons Masquerade
22 Mad Agnes Octagon Arts Center
22 Atlanta Rhythm Section Largo Cultural Center
23 CEX/Aloha/Weather/Candybars/Limeade Orpheum
23 Leon Redbone Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
23 Eighteen Visions w/TBA State Theatre
25 Camper Van Beethoven w/The Hackensaw Boys Skipper's Smokehouse
27 Bernadette Peters Ruth Eckerd Hall
27 Steve Earle & The Dukes Tampa Theatre
27 George Clinton Jannus Landing (MAKEUP SHOW)
28 Bill Gaither & Friends St. Pete Times Forum
28 Gin Blossoms Jannus Landing
28 Vis Veres w/TBA 688 Skatepark
29 Mofro w/Hobex Skipper's Smokehouse
29 Keith Urban Ruth Eckerd Hall
29 Hank Williams Jr./Big & Rich Ford Amphitheatre
30 Bob Schneider Skipper's Smokehouse
February
1 Snoop Dogg Jannus Landing
1 Walls of Jericho/Bury Your Dead/TBA Orpheum
4 Bright Eyes w/Tilly & The Wall Tampa Theatre
4 Li'l Ed & The Blues Imperials/Tim Tim Dorsey Book Signing Skipper's Smokehouse
5 Screw Music Forever Presents Come The Freak On New World Brewery
5 Sister Hazel Masquerade
5 Herman's Hermits Ruth Eckerd Hall
7 Allison Krauss & Union Station Ruth Eckerd Hall
9 Yonder Mountain String Band/The Del McCoury Band Jannus Landing
11 Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers w/Roger "Hurricane" Wilson Skipper's Smokehouse
11 The Go-Gos Jannus Landing
12 Duran Duran St. Pete Times Forum
16 Pepper w/TBA State Theatre
16 Wilco Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
17 Hoobastank (MAKEUP SHOW)
18 Motley Crue St. Pete Times Forum
18 Delbert McClinton Tampa Theatre
18 Pat Green Jannus Landing
19 WMNF Presents The 2nd Annual Rockabilly Ruckus Skipper's Smokehouse
24 Beep Beep w/TBA Orpheum
22 Streetlight Manifesto/MU330 State Theatre
26 Tony Bennett Ruth Eckerd Hall
26 The Forecast/The Kirby/Thumbscrew 688 Skatepark
26 Dave Alvin & Guilty Men w/The Iguanas Skipper's Smokehouse
26 Centro-Matic w/The Diviners/TBA New World Brewery
26 Yanni St. Pete Times Forum
This article appears in Dec 22-28, 2004.