Revered noise-rock duo Lightning Bolt is coming to Tampa Bay next month

Ear protection is highly recommended for this one.

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click to enlarge Lightning Bolt, which plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on April 7, 2023. - Photo by Nick Sayers
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Lightning Bolt, which plays Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida on April 7, 2023.
One of the 2000s' most beloved, noisiest, bands has plans to strike Tampa Bay next month.

Tickets to see Lightning Bolt play Crowbar in Ybor City on Friday, April 7 are on sale now for $20. An opening act has yet to be announced. The only other Florida dates on Lightning Bolt’s 2023 tour are in Orlando (April 8) and Jacksonville (April 9).

Lightning Bolt—made up of virtuosic bassist Brian Gibson and drummer Brian Chippendale—recently re-released albums from 2012 (Oblivion Hunter) and 2009 (Earthly Delights), and is known for playing on the ground in clubs, and even in kitchens and parking lots.

Born at an art school in Rhode Island, chaos is the order of the day for Lightning Bolt which still gets together more than 25 years after the release of its self-titled debut.

Its latest album is the band’s seventh, Sonic Citadel (released in 2019). It goes without saying that ear protection is highly recommended for this one.
Event Details

Lightning Bolt

Fri., April 7, 7 p.m.

Crowbar - Tampa 1812 17th Street North, Tampa Tampa

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Ray Roa

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The...
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