upcoming concerts
April
28 Billy Idol Ruth Eckerd Hall
28 Authority Zero University of South Florida
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 Kreator w/TBA Masquerade
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 Meneguar/Gospel/Shed for You Skatepark of Tampa
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 Heritage OP Octagon Arts Center
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
12 Jackyl w/TBA State Theatre
12 Peter Murphy House of Blues (Lake Buena Vista)
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)
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
15 Will Downing Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
15 The Outlaws State Theatre
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
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 Paulina Rubio Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
21 Bob Schneider Skipper's Smokehouse
21 The Speaking Canaries New World Brewery
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
22 REO Speedwagon The Lakeland Center (Lakeland)
24 Velvet Revolver w/Hoobastank St. Pete Times Forum
24 Machine Head w/The Haunted/Devildriver/It Dies Today Masquerade
24 The Ravonettes w/TBA State Theatre
25 Mommy & Daddy/Thunderbirds Are Now!/Kit! Orpheum
25 Murphy's Law w/TBA State Theatre
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 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 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
2 Melt Banana w/Daughters/Vaz/Orphan Orpheum
2 Blood Brothers w/Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower/Big Business State Theatre
3 Molly Hatchet State Theatre
4 Gipsy Kings Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
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
This article appears in Apr 20-26, 2005.