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SUMMARY:Parkway Drive at Marquee Theatre
DESCRIPTION:In the kitchen of the Byron Bay home of Winston McCall stands a refrigerator\, adorned on one side by a quote from Tom Waits: “I want beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.” \nThis\, the Parkway Drive vocalist says\, is a pretty good summation of himself. It holds true\, too\, as one of the guiding principles behind Darker Still\, the seventh full-length album to be born of this picturesque and serene corner of north-eastern NSW\, Australia\, and the defining musical statement to date from one of modern metal’s most revered bands. \nDarker Still\, McCall says\, is the vision he and his bandmates – guitarists Jeff Ling and Luke Kilpatrick\, bassist Jia O’Connor and drummer Ben Gordon – have held in their mind’s eye since a misfit group of friends first convened in their parents’ basements and backyards in 2003. The journey to reach this moment has seen Parkway evolve from metal underdogs to festival-headlining behemoth\, off the back of close to 20 gruelling years\, six critically and commercially acclaimed studio albums (all of which achieving Gold status in their home nation)\, three documentaries\, one live album\, and many\, many thousands of shows. \n“When Parkway originally started out\, we all were trying to push ourselves to do more than we possibly could\,” is how McCall explains it. “The better we got at it\, the more comfortable we got\, to the point where it became all comfortable. That is when we chose to acknowledge that just being comfortable was not necessarily doing justice to the skills and the creativity that you have grown over the years. What you hear on Darker Still is the final fulfilment of our ability to learn and grow catching up with the imagination that we have always had. These are the kinds of sounds we always had in mind. This is the way we always dreamed.” \nTo understand that growth is to understand Darker Still\, both musically and thematically. Those who thought they had Parkway Drive figured out – the unrivalled energy\, the high-octane breakdowns\, McCall’s trademark bark – need reconsider everything they know about Australia’s masters of heavy. Not that anyone truly paying to their recent evolution should be surprised\, though. “This is a journey we began with Ire\, and which grew further still on Reverence\,” McCall says\, referencing the band’s preceding 2015 and 2018 works\, respectively. In that context\, it is easy to view Darker Still as the curtain-closer on a transformative trilogy that has seen Parkway reach new heights of creativity and success by eschewing the restrictive\, safe conventions of genre and abandoning their own self-imposed rules in favour of a wide-eyed appreciation of bold new horizons. “There are compositions and songs that we’d never attempted before – or\, to be more accurate\, which we have attempted in the past\, but not had the courage\, time or understanding to pull off\,” McCall reveals. \nThe vocalist would be the first to tell you that in order to grow\, you have to let go of the past; a mantra Parkway embraced tighter than ever before when it came to blueprinting Darker Still. McCall describes how “we wanted to make a record that stood alone from the records we hear at this point in time”; one that delivers on “a more expansive sound\, which allows a new weight to fall into the music.” Gordon\, meanwhile\, says it features “some of the heaviest moments we have ever created\, but it is a different kind of heavy: an emotional catharsis that you can feel in every cell in your body.” The drummer is brutally honest in his reflection that\, between “the ever-changing COVID lockdowns\, government mandates\, travels restrictions and tense personal relationships within the band”\, Darker Still was the most challenging moment of the band’s career. Ling offers agreement\, admitting that the three-year journey of writing and recording – which commenced as far back as April 2019 and would conclude in February 2022 following three months in the studio with producer and engineer pairing George and Dean Hadjichristou – “broke me by the end” as he juggled lockdown family life with the “daunting task of trying to stick everyone’s ideas together” in his downstairs home studio. \n“When writing songs\, we have a few questions that we ask ourselves that helps define our creative path\,” he explains of the gruelling process. “‘What will this song achieve?’ ‘Why does this song deserve to be on this album?’ ‘What emotional response will this song provoke in the listener?’ If all these points check out\, we know we are on the right path.” \n“We are very much a collaborative band when it comes to song writing\,” says Gordon. “Each song goes through several layers of scrutiny and refinements before the final version emerges. Some songs are completely unrecognisable from the first rendition to what ends up on the record.” \nAnd so while Darker Still remains irrefutably Parkway Drive\, it finds the band sonically standing shoulder to shoulder with rock and metal’s greats – Metallica\, Pantera\, Machine Head\, Guns N’ Roses – as much as it does their metalcore contemporaries. “I wanted a classic guitar tone for this record\,” explains Ling\, who credits much of his inspiration to the connection his riffs have with a crowd in a live setting. “I’ve always been drawn to early ‘90s metal\, so something along these lines with a modern edge was my jive. Creatively my goal was to write intricate and intriguing music that is also simple enough for everyone to understand and enjoy. We made a conscious decision to not go overboard with layering and soundscaping. This move would help reinforce our raw and classic album vision.” \n“Production wise\, we wanted to have a slight throwback to the ‘90s\, leaning into some more real and natural sounding tones\, which gives the record more character\,” nods Gordon\, whose work behind the kit on Darker Still – “Less about how much I could show off\, and more about what will best compliment the song\,” is his simple assessment – is emblematic of the record at large. “It took us a long time to learn about the importance of dynamics\,” he says. “We now pick our moments much more and let the song breathe when it needs to.” \nIt is a revivified sound that provides the backdrop for some of McCall’s most personal and introspective songs yet. Exploring the concept of the ‘dark night of the soul’ – “The idea of reaching a point in your life where you are faced with a reckoning of your structure of beliefs\, your sense of self and your place in the world\, to a point where it’s irreconcilable with the way that you are as a person\,” as McCall describes – Darker Still unfurls like the great rock concept albums\, from Pink Floyd to\, most comparably\, Nine Inch Nails’ The Downward Spiral. \nAmongst ruminations on society’s fear of death\, societal isolation and a loss of humanity\, its 11 tracks play out in a classic three-act structure. Ground Zero opens its ‘setup’; a “reckoning with your own internal monologue\, says McCall\, which ominously speaks to “the fights\, the falls\, the scars and broken bones” and how “beneath it all\, the cracks begin to show…” Its second act – its ‘confrontation’ – frames the album’s title track at its core: a classic rock epic about “love and time” that spans a near seven-minutes and which evokes Metallica’s Nothing Else Matters. The album’s ‘resolution’\, meanwhile\, concludes with From The Heart Of Darkness: a brooding monster that opens with McCall’s contemplative searching (“There’s a war going on inside\, nobody’s safe from / You can run\, but you can’t hide / When it’s your soul you must confront”) before exploding with its mosh-call of “Fury be my victory!” \n“I wanted the end of the record to mirror my experience to a degree of what this journey has been like for me\,” McCall reveals. “I found that I was always afraid of showing defiance to be honest and true to myself\, even if that meant sacrificing who I was to become a better version of who I could be. That has to be ripped from the darkest part of you\, because the darkest part of you is what you are always afraid of in the first place. It’s the thing that you don’t want to shine the light on. It’s the element that you don’t want to show people\, which you shy away from\, which you’re too scared to embody.” \nIt is a closing statement that truly defines Darker Still. This is the Parkway Drive the band have been striving to be for two decades. Ling says it best: “I’m really proud of what we have achieved together\, and feel that as musicians\, we have really ascended to new realms of class and ability.” Emerging from the darkness of the past few years\, this is the true face of Parkway: redefined and resolute\, focused in mind and defiant in spirit. \n \n \nOver the course of their career\, Memphis May Fire have channeled a generation’s worth of angst\, frustration\, and pain\, with a focused blend of gigantic melodic hooks and crushing aggression. Even after topping Billboard’s Hard Music Albums chart\, having an album debut at No. 4 on the Billboard Top 200\, and breaking into radio’s Active Rock Top 20\, Memphis May Fire refuse to sacrifice who they are or the people who made them. \nA new season unfolds for the band\, and it’s filled with revitalization and renewal. Stripping things down to their core elements\, hearkening back to the days when they created the music their fans most cherish\, Memphis May Fire rekindled the spark within to build an inferno of riffs and inspirational words. They have returned to their roots with the seasoned polish earned through years of touring and making music together. “Blood & Water” is proof positive of this fact. \nMemphis May Fire have toured with a vast list of important rock and metal acts that include Killswitch Engage\, Sleeping With Sirens\, Black Veil Brides\, Sevendust\, and Atreyu. They’ve co-headlined with Yellowcard and The Devil Wears Prada\, regularly appeared on Warped Tour\, and at major rock festivals. The band’s previous six albums’ continued relevance is a testament to the energized connectivity between the band and their audience. Songs like “Miles Away\,” “No Ordinary Love\,” “Beneath the Skin\,” and “Carry On” account for 100 million views and millions of streams. \nExpect more anthems for the broken and beyond from Memphis May Fire in due course. \n \n \nCURRENTS is the new standard for death-infused metalcore. This is emotionally fraught and impossibly angry music soaked in cold\, depressive atmosphere. CURRENTS explore the forbidden realms of a tortured psyche\, searching for meaning amidst uncertain chaos and venom. \nHeartache\, physical abuse\, abandonment\, trauma – no dark emotion is spared examination. CURRENTS also turn their gaze outward\, offering no mercy to man-made catastrophes like climate change and animal abuse. An exploitative system that inflicts such harm upon humanity and the entire world will not be spared the wrath within this explosive\, weaponized bombast. \nImmediately upon the arrival of the first taste of the band’s second album\, the comments section lost its collective mind. Shockingly devoid of the genre’s penchant for hateful trolling\, the music video for “Poverty of Self” (a scathing indictment of the predatory industries taking advantage of the sick and broken) was met with an avalanche of praise. “These guys are breakdown scientists\,” declared one commenter. “That intro wastes no time to smash you right in the face\,” wrote another. \nThe best gem? “I would donate my organs to this band just to watch them live again.” \nThe Way It Ends\, the second full-length from the Connecticut bruisers\, is a thematic and spiritual successor to their dense\, bludgeoning\, and smartly constructed full-length debut\, The Place I Feel Safest (2017)\, and a direct follow-up to the blistering and diverse EP\, I Let The Devil In (2018). \nThose well-versed in Meshuggah\, Humanity’s Last Breath\, Vildhjarta\, and Architects have embraced CURRENTS with full-throated passion. A combination of their contemporaries and influences\, channeled through unique perspective and personal experience\, resulted in something revolutionary. It’s why they were handpicked for tours with August Burns Red\, As I Lay Dying\, We Came As Romans\, Fit For A King\, Born Of Osiris\, and the Impericon Never Say Die! Tour. \nCURRENTS is comprised of singer Brian Wille; guitarists Chris Wiseman and Ryan Castaldi; bassist Chris Pulgarin; and drummer Matt Young. A winding road through earlier incarnations culminated in a series of self-released EPs\, leading to the band’s partnership with SharpTone. \nKerrang! put “Silence” from The Place I Feel Safest on a list of the 15 Greatest Mosh-Calls in Heavy Music\, alongside bangers by genre leaders like Parkway Drive and Code Orange. Calling the song an “exploration of emotional torment\, all blunt force riffage\, wiry guitars\, and spat vocals\,” the rock mag summarized the track as “a narcotic blend of melodrama and madness.” \nAlbum number two was produced by ex-For Today guitarist Ryan Leitru (Sleeping Giant\, Your Memorial) and Wiseman\, generating the kind of expansive and expressive performances best captured by producer/engineers who are also passionate musicians. Mixing duties were handled by ex-Periphery multi-instrumentalist Adam “Nolly” Getgood (Devin Townsend\, Animals As Leaders). The Way It Ends was mastered by Kris Crummett (Dance Gavin Dance\, Issues). \nCURRENTS take special care to ensure each release serves a purpose\, with a cohesive journey from start to finish\, more in line with classic metal albums than today’s mere collections of songs. The lyrics are thoughtful yet accessible\, skipping easy t-shirt ready sloganeering for actual depth. Blast beats\, breakdowns\, and a driving onslaught of riffs are tempered by stripped back\, tranquil\, ambient moments. There’s post-hardcore\, punk rock dissonance\, and even black metal esotericism. \n“A Flag to Wave” is a CURRENTS anthem\, a mission statement kicking The Way It Ends off after a moody intro\, cascading with devilishly dynamic riffing and intense\, rapid fire rhythm. By contrast\, album tracks like “Kill the Ache\,” “Split” and “Origin” introduce slight electronic elements\, keys and synths\, that actively drive the songs forward. A significant portion of The Place I Feel Safest was about abandonment. Building to a crescendo\, “Let Me Leave” serves as a narrative mirror image\, from the opposite perspective\, a first-person account of the one who walks away. \nThe raw emotion on display in CURRENTS is the key to the deep connection the band has made with its ever-widening audience. They’ve proven themselves a consistent\, determined\, and reliable entity that will always challenge themselves and move forward\, without compromising their core.
URL:https://clicksfromthepit.com/event/parkway-drive-at-marquee-theatre/
LOCATION:Marquee Theatre\, 730 N Mill Ave\, Tempe\, AZ\, 85281\, United States
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SUMMARY:JINJER & POD at The Van Buren
DESCRIPTION:A versatile\, progressive groove metal unit based out of Ukraine\, Jinjer have found success both in their Eastern European homeland and abroad with their punitive blend of post-hardcore and death/progressive/nu-metal. Drawing from a wide array of influences\, including R&B\, soul\, hip-hop\, and the full spectrum of heavy metal\, the band formed in 2009 and features a lineup consisting of Tatiana Shmailyuk (vocals)\, Roman Ibramkhalilov (guitar)\, Eugene Abdiukhanov (bass)\, and Vladislav Ulasevich (drums). Jinjer issued a pair of EPs\, 2009’s OIMACTTA and 2012’s Inhale\, Do Not Breathe\, before breaking big at home with the release of a full-length version of the latter album in 2013. The group’s sophomore long-player\, 2014’s Cloud Factory\, caught the attention of heavy metal institution Napalm\, which signed Jinjer and released their third full-length effort\, King of Everything\, in 2016. The group toured heavily in support of the LP\, hitting the European festival circuit and making their presence known overseas as well. In early 2019\, the band returned with the Micro EP\, again on Napalm. By the end of the year\, its natural counterpoint\, Macro\, arrived. ~ James Christopher Monger\, Rovi \n \n \nSince 1992\, P.O.D. have globally rallied audiences around a hypnotic hybrid of hard rock\, hip-hop\, reggae\, and alternative punctuated by a message of unification and a powerful pledge to persevere. Sonny Sandoval [vocals]\, Marcos Curiel [guitar]\, Traa Daniels [bass]\, and Wuv Bernardo [drums]—rose up from a tough neighborhood just four exists north of the Mexican border into a three-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated multiplatinum mainstay. Moving 10 million-plus records\, selling out gigs on multiple continents\, logging four Top 10 debuts on the Billboard Top 200\, and collaborating with everyone from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® inductee Carlos Santana to Katy Perry\, the group continue to bring people together everywhere. \nAfter countless sweaty basement shows coast-to-coast\, the grind continued on 1999’s platinum The Fundamental Elements of Southtown. It set the stage for Satellite in 2001. Not only did Satellite bow at #6 on the Billboard Top 200 and go triple-platinum\, but it also yielded four signature singles “Alive\,” “Youth of the Nation\,” “Boom\,” and “Satellite” and the band garnered three GRAMMY® nods. Three top 10 albums followed with the gold Payable on Death\, Testify\, and When Angels & Serpents Dance. 2012’s Murdered Love logged a Top 20 debut. After 2015’s conceptual The Awakening\, Circles earmarked a new chapter in 2018. Billboard claimed\, “P.O.D. takes a leap forward with ‘Circles’\,” as “Listening For The Silence” and “Always Southern California” lit up DSPs.
URL:https://clicksfromthepit.com/event/jinjer-pod-at-the-van-buren/
LOCATION:Marquee Theatre\, 730 N Mill Ave\, Tempe\, AZ\, 85281\, United States
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SUMMARY:In This Moment + NOTHING MORE + Sleep Token & Cherry Bombs at House of Blues Las Vegas
DESCRIPTION:Initially conceived as a metalcore counterpart to Evanescence\, In This Moment moved into more melodic territory with its fantastical 2008 breakthrough album The Dream. Though capable of throat-scraping screams\, vocalist Maria Brink shone brightest on mature and atmospheric material\, putting In This Moment in the running as a promising goth rock band. The Los Angeles-based act also widened its exposure by touring with the like-minded Lacuna Coil as well as metal veterans Megadeth and Ozzy Osbourne. \nBorn of a chance meeting and the innate musical rapport established between vocalist Maria Brink and lead guitarist Chris Howorth\, In This Moment quickly grew from local cult favorites performing in Los Angeles clubs to a MySpace phenomenon before landing a deal with Century Media. Along the way\, the group was fleshed out by rhythm guitarist Blake Bunzel\, bassist Jesse Landry\, and drummer Jeff Fabb. In This Moment embarked on several U.S. tours with the likes of Diecast and 36 Crazyfists and gradually honed its melodic metalcore songwriting for their 2007 debut album\, Beautiful Tragedy. The band supported it on the Hot Chicks of Metal Tour\, featuring Lacuna Coil and Within Temptation\, among others. The Dream arrived in 2008 and became their breakthrough as well as their first on the album charts. It was followed by the Top 40 A Star-Crossed Wasteland in 2010. \nMultiple changes to the band’s original line-up took place in their earliest years\, with Landry leaving the band in 2009\, replaced by new bassist Kyle Konkiel. Konkiel only lasted a year before he too left the band and was replaced by Travis Johnson in 2010. One of the largest line-up shifts occurred when founding members Jeff Fabb and Blake Bunzel left in 2011. Their replacements — drummer Tom Hane and guitarist Randy Weitzel — stepped in to complete the recording of electro-charged fourth album Blood in 2012. The album was a Top 20 hit. \nThe group moved to a major label\, Atlantic\, for their fifth studio long-player\, 2014’s Black Widow\, and were rewarded with placement inside the Top 10. In 2016\, Hane left the band and former 3 by Design drummer Kent Diimmel took over. In June 2017\, the band dropped the single “Roots” in anticipation of the release of sixth full-length Ritual\, which arrived in July and hit number 23 on the chart. The following year\, recording for their seventh album coincided with a tour\, teasing the theme of “mother” in its stage show. The band pushed their sound into heavier territory\, including on the single “The In-Between” and the album Mother\, which appeared in March 2020. \n \n \nEmploying a powerful blend of twisty progressive rock\, explosive heavy metal\, and soaring\, radio-ready alt-rock\, hard-hitting\, forward-thinking San Antonio-based quartet Nothing More invokes names like System Of A Down\, Thirty Seconds To Mars\, Incubus\, The Mars Volta\, and Killswitch Engage. Formed around the talents of longtime friends Jonny Hawkins\, Daniel Oliver\, Mark Vollelunga\, and Ben Anderson\, the band spent years honing their sound and skills\, and sharpening their worldview on the road\, adopting a strict D.I.Y. ethic and issuing their music independently. In 2013 they inked a deal with the Eleven Seven Label Group\, the home of acts like Five Finger Death Punch\, Sixx:A.M..\, Papa Roach\, and HELLYEAH\, and released their eponymous debut for the label\, along with the fiery first single “This Is the Time (Ballast)\,” the following year. It proved to be a breakout release for the veteran band\, charting well and introducing them to a much wider audience. Led by the single “Go to War\,” Nothing More returned with their follow-up\, The Stories We Tell Ourselves\, in September 2017. \n \n \nSleep Token are a masked\, anonymous collective of musicians; united by their worship of an ancient deity crudely dubbed “Sleep”\, since no modern tongue can properly express its name. \nThis being once held great power\, bestowing ancient civilizations with the gift of dreams\, and the curse of nightmares. \nEven today\, though faded from prominence\, ‘Sleep’ yet lurks in the subconscious minds of man\, woman\, and child alike. Fragments of beauty\, horror\, anguish\, pain\, happiness\, joy\, anger\, disgust\, and fear coalesce to create expansive\, emotionally textured music that simultaneously embodies the darkest\, and the brightest abstract thoughts. He has seen them. He has felt them. He is everywhere. \nSleep Token\, led by the perpetually tormented Vessel\, creates music that brings to the fore our most submerged thoughts and feelings\, coaxing them from the desolate\, terrifying caves of our subconscious mind. \n \n \nCherry Bombs bring an entire new way to experience rock and roll music – combining daredevil arts with feminine power\, fearless and dynamic performances feature dance\, fire\, aerial\, grinding\, stilt walking\, and so much more. \n\nCutting their teeth in the world of motorcycle rallies\, they soon climbed the ranks of live entertainment by being the first group of its kind to bag a national tour with Buckcherry and Black Stone Cherry in 2016. Since then\, Cherry Bombs have appeared in performances and tours nationally and internationally (Stone Sour/Steel Panther\, Corey Taylor\, KnotFest Mexico\, ForceFest Mexico\, KnotFest Colombia)\, on television (AEW)\, and in numerous music videos (Corey Taylor\, 21 Savage\, Fozzy\, Moonshine Bandits). \n\n2019 saw the premiere of the YouTube docu-series titled\, “Girl Gang”\, which pulled the curtain back to reveal what it takes to put on such a unique show. The series has been met with overwhelmingly positive reception for its raw storytelling and willingness of the performers to show vulnerability. Episodes focus on the inner-workings of Cherry Bombs\, including the adventures\, challenges\, and triumphs they experience. With four seasons of “Girl Gang” out\, fans anxiously await the next one with each passing year. \n\nLike many in the industry\, the pandemic of 2020 forced Cherry Bombs to cancel their tour. However\, they adapted quickly\, and filmed their headlining show\, “Macabarét” – a story of karma wrapped in temptation\, action\, and danger around every corner. This “eyegasm” of a movie was streamed worldwide and met with rave reviews\, cementing it to become an annual event every October. \n\nFor 2022\, Cherry Bombs will be hitting the road nationally\, and\, for the first time- reaching their fans across the pond as they travel to select cities in the UK. \n \n 
URL:https://clicksfromthepit.com/event/in-this-moment-nothing-more-sleep-token-cherry-bombs-at-house-of-blues-las-vegas/
LOCATION:House of Blues Las Vegas\, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd\, Las Vegas\, NV\, 89119\, United States
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SUMMARY:Bring Me The Horizon + Knocked Loose & grandson at Arizona Financial Theatre
DESCRIPTION:BRIT and Grammy-nominated\, multi-platinum-selling quintet Bring Me The Horizon is one of the most electrifying and successful rock bands to emerge from the UK. The group released their gold-certified sixth studio album\, amo\, in 2019\, which debuted at Number 1 in 17 markets and was named “one of the most anticipated albums of 2019” by Billboard\, with NME describing it as “bold\, brilliant and boundary-pushing.” amo garnered the band their second Grammy nomination for ‘Best Rock Album’ after the LP’s first single\, “MANTRA\,” earned them a nod for ‘Best Rock Song’ in 2018. The Sheffield 5-piece also received their first BRIT Award nomination for ‘Best Group’ this year. Bring Me The Horizon has sold over 4 million albums globally to date\, played sold-out shows in over 40 countries\, including two sold out nights at London’s O2 and one night at The Forum in Los Angeles\, wowed a traditionally non-rock crowd at Glastonbury Festival in 2016 and 2018\, and stole the show at high profile festivals across Europe all summer 2019. amo followed 2016’s critically acclaimed\, Platinum-certified That’s The Spirit\, which entered the UK charts and the US Billboard album chart at Number Two. They have now also amassed over 1 billion video views on YouTube.  Bring Me The Horizon are vocalist Oli Sykes\, guitarist Lee Malia\, bassist Matt Kean\, drummer Mat Nicholls\, and keyboardist Jordan Fish. \n \n \nFor A Tear in the Fabric of Life\, Knocked Loose wanted to do something different. Or they may have been forced to. With quarantine upending their extensive touring schedule — “we’ve kind of been consistently on the road since 2014\,” says vocalist Bryan Garris — the group found themselves in early 2020 sequestered near Louisville\, in Oldham County\, Ky.\, where they’re from. By June\, they were hunkered down in a cabin in Pigeon Forge\, Tenn.\, focused on writing a concept album. By the end of September they had finished recording. \nWhat they came up with is a six song-EP that expands on the narratives hinted at on A Different Shade of Blue\, their 2019 full length\, and grows beyond them sonically. It’s the band’s most dynamic and contained offering to date\, and a balancing act: a mid-length EP with grand ambitions and scope\, one full of new sonic elements and a cohesive aesthetic that hangs onto Knocked Loose’s trademark anthemic delivery. \n \n \nGrandson is the pseudonym of Canadian/American alternative artist Jordan Benjamin. He takes elements of his rock and roll\, hip hop and electronic music roots and combines them to tell stories of reclaiming power over one’s life\, confronting social issues facing his generation\, and opening up about struggles with addiction and mental health. Since releasing his Modern Tragedy EP series\, grandson has toured extensively across North America\, Russia\, and Europe\, accumulated hundreds of millions of streams online\, and received co-signs from the biggest names in rock and roll and progressive politics\, from Tom Morello to Bernie Sanders. Now\, grandson has released his debut album\, Death Of An Optimist. This body of work conflates personal anxieties with political realities. As the protagonist\, grandson simultaneously explores the dark underbelly of his unrelenting optimism for change\, by creating an antagonist\, X. An ambitious project\, grandson delivers a subtle A-side/B-side structure totaling twelve tracks\, following grandson and X’s dueling world views. Through DOAO\, grandson delivers an overwhelming urgency to do something\, “After the hardest year of our lives\, it’s time to confront the reflection staring back at you\, because only in doing so can you know who you truly are\,” he says. Showcasing a conflicted soul for intense scrutiny has the benefit of not dictating what is right or wrong. It just shows that we’re in this together.”
URL:https://clicksfromthepit.com/event/bring-me-the-horizon-knocked-loose-grandson-at-arizona-financial-theatre/
LOCATION:Arizona Financial Theatre\, 400 W Washington St\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 85004\, United States
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SUMMARY:Stevie Nicks + Vanessa Carlton at Ak-Chin Pavilion
DESCRIPTION:Famed for her mystical chanteuse image\, singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks enjoyed phenomenal success not only as a solo artist but also as a key member of Fleetwood Mac. Possessed of a raspy croon\, Nicks had a duo with Lindsey Buckingham in the early ’70s\, releasing an excellent folk-pop album as Buckingham Nicks before the pair were absorbed into veteran U.K. group Fleetwood Mac. Nicks’ and Buckingham‘s talents helped steer the band to superstardom with the enormous hit albums Fleetwood Mac and Rumours. In the ’80s\, Nicks ventured out on her own\, scoring numerous hit singles and ultimately leaving the band. In the late ’90s\, however\, she reunited with her Fleetwood friends\, who began performing and recording with renewed vigor. \nStephanie Lynn Nicks was born May 26\, 1948\, in Phoenix\, Arizona; the granddaughter of a frustrated country singer\, she began performing at the age of four\, and occasionally sang at the tavern owned by her parents. Nicks started writing songs in her midteens\, and joined her first group\, the Changing Times\, while attending high school in California. \nDuring her senior year\, Nicks met fellow student Lindsey Buckingham\, with whom she formed the band Fritz along with friends Javier Pacheco and Calvin Roper. Between 1968 and 1971\, the group became a popular attraction on the West Coast music scene\, opening for Jimi Hendrix\, Janis Joplin\, and Creedence Clearwater Revival. Ultimately\, tensions arose over the amount of attention paid by fans to Nicks’ pouty allure\, and after three years Fritz disbanded; Buckingham remained her partner\, however\, and they soon became a romantic couple. \nAfter moving to Los Angeles\, the duo recorded its 1973 debut LP\, Buckingham Nicks. Despite a cover that featured the couple nude\, the album flopped\, but it caught the attention of the members of Fleetwood Mac\, who invited Buckingham and Nicks to join their ranks in 1974. In quick time\, the revitalized group achieved unparalleled success: after the LP Fleetwood Mac topped the charts in 1975\, the band recorded 1977’s Rumours\, which sold over 17 million copies and stood for several years as the best-selling album of all time. \nMajor hit singles like “Dreams” and “Rhiannon” made Nicks a focal point of Fleetwood Mac\, and in 1981 she took time off from the group to record her solo debut\, Bella Donna\, which hit number one on the strength of the Top 20 hits “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” (a duet with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)\, “Leather and Lace” (a duet with Don Henley)\, and “Edge of Seventeen (Just Like the White Winged Dove).” After a return to Fleetwood Mac for the 1982 album Mirage (which featured her hit “Gypsy”)\, Nicks released her second solo effort\, The Wild Heart\, highlighted by the Top Five smash “Stand Back.” Rock a Little\, which featured the single “Talk to Me\,” followed in 1985. \nAfter a long hiatus (during which time Nicks was treated for a chemical dependency problem)\, Fleetwood Mac reunited for the album Tango in the Night; The Other Side of the Mirror\, Nicks’ first solo record in four years\, followed in 1989. After a series of lineup changes and dropping sales figures\, she left Fleetwood Mac in 1993 and issued Street Angel a year later. In 1997\, she rejoined the reunited Fleetwood Mac on tour and on the album The Dance. In 1998 Nicks\, along with her Fleetwood Mac bandmates\, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame\, the same year that her three-disc Enchanted box set landed in stores. \nNicks returned to the studio in 2001 with friends Macy Gray\, Sarah McLachlan\, Sheryl Crow\, and Dixie Chick Natalie Maines for the solo album Trouble in Shangri-La\, and again in 2003 for the Fleetwood Mac reunion album Say You Will. Reprise released the CD/DVD Crystal Visions: The Very Best of Stevie Nicks in 2007\, but it wasn’t until 2011 — almost a decade to the day after Trouble in Shangri-La’s release — that Nicks returned with a new solo album. Produced by Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard\, In Your Dreams found her singing a mix of Bob Dylan-inspired folk songs\, Italian love ballads\, and rock anthems. In Your Dreams debuted at six on Billboard’s Top 200 and generated an adult contemporary hit in “Secret Love.” Nicks rejoined Fleetwood Mac in 2013 for the Extended Play release and a reunion tour that eventually blossomed into a full reunion with Christine McVie. In 2014\, Nicks released 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault\, a collection of newly recorded versions of old songs; it debuted at seven on the Billboard charts. In 2015\, she continued to tour with the reunited Fleetwood Mac and the following year her first two albums\, Bella Donna and The Wild Heart\, were given deluxe reissues. \nIn 2016 and 2017\, Nicks toured with the Pretenders. As Fleetwood Mac was gearing up for a 50th Anniversary tour in 2018\, the group parted ways with Lindsey Buckingham\, replacing him with Neil Finn and Mike Campbell. Nicks was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo act in 2019\, making her the first woman to be inducted twice. To accompany her induction\, Rhino/WMG released the anthology Stand Back: 1981-2017. In October 2020\, she released the song “Show Them the Way\,” which featured contributions from Dave Grohl and Dave Stewart. ~ Jason Ankeny\, Rovi \n \n \n“Always building up\, falling apart. Love is an art\,” sings Vanessa Carlton on the title track of her sixth album\, Love Is An Art. Like the record itself\, the song is a meditation on the eternal seesaw that is human connection: the push\, the pull\, the balance\, the bottoming out. It’s that constantly evolving nature of love\, expectations and compassion that Carlton analyzes from all angles on Love Is An Art\, from romantic\, to parental\, to the friends that hold us up and the leaders that repeatedly let us down. And on tracks like the album’s opener\, “I Can’t Stay the Same\,” that also includes the relationship with the person staring back at us in the mirror\, each and every morning. \nProduced by Dave Fridmann (MGMT\, Flaming Lips)\, Love Is An Art finds Carlton reckoning with toxic relationships (the confessional “Miner’s Canary”)\, eternal partnership (“Companion Star”) and the children who fill the world with love and grace while politicians fill their pockets (the passionate “Die\, Dinosaur\,” written after the shootings in Parkland\, Florida). And true to Carlton’s skill as both a lyricist and an instrumentalist\, the arrangements on Love Is An Art tell these tales as vibrantly as the words themselves: piano parts that speak of rage and tenderness\, synths that burst and glow like dawn.
URL:https://clicksfromthepit.com/event/stevie-nicks-vanessa-carlton-at-ak-chin-pavilion/
LOCATION:Ak-Chin Pavilion\, 2121 N 83rd Ave\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 85035\, United States
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SUMMARY:Knotfest Roadshow at Ak-Chin Pavilion
DESCRIPTION:There was never a band like SLIPKNOT\, and there will never be another. Like a spore out of the Midwest\, they’ve quietly bloomed into the most uncompromising\, undeniable\, and unique presence on the planet whose influence transcends genres and generations. Since sowing the seeds for revolution in Iowa during 1999\, these musical outliers have captured a GRAMMY Award alongside 10 nominations\, scored 12 Platinum / 41 Gold album certifications around the world\, and logged over 8.5 billion global streams and 3.5 billion video views to date – unprecedented for a rock act in this generation or any other. Rolling Stone cited the seminal platinum-selling 2001 album Iowa among “The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time\,” while The Ringer attested\, “They’re the most important heavy band of their era.” In addition to marking the group’s third consecutive #1 debut on the Billboard Top 200\, their sixth full-length album\, WE ARE NOT YOUR KIND\, bowed at #1 in twelve countries worldwide in 2019. Selling out shows on multiple continents\, they deliver an irreplicable multi-sensory experience on tour and through their own festival KNOTFEST. With their seventh album THE END\, SO FAR\, SLIPKNOT are back\, and nothing will be the same again. \n \n \nLike the undead slashers celebrated in their songs\, Ice Nine Kills return with The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood\, a sequel of gruesome movie-sized proportion to The Silver Scream. The new album carves out a fresh\, bloody homage to the VHS celluloid classics that possessed singer Spencer Charnas at an early age\, with a devilish new twist. \nIce Nine Kills make music both timeless and timely\, mixing metal\, hardcore\, and punk\, with accessible power. New anthems like “Rainy Day” and “Hip To Be Scared” demonstrate Spencer’s fascination with fright\, pop culture obsession\, and his expertise with inescapably wicked melodic hooks and clever twists of phrase. Producer Drew Fulk returned for Welcome To Horrorwood which includes cameos from members of Papa Roach\, Cannibal Corpse\, Atreyu\, Fit For A King\, and Senses Fail. \nDecadent\, devious\, and fiercely insane\, Ice Nine Kills celebrate pop culture’s darkest edges\, mining a cinephile library’s worth of iconic horror on The Silver Scream and its sequel. The creative marriage made in hell of music and fiction began in earnest with the Every Trick In The Book\, which brought the previous three records’ themes to new levels. \nThe band’s synergy of music and lifestyle draws favorable comparisons to Slipknot and Rob Zombie. Visionary trailblazers and multimedia raconteurs\, INK built a thrilling world for a growing legion of devoted true believers\, with theatrical shows\, high-concept videos\, and inventive band-to-fan communion. \n \n \nA sweeping self-awareness and expansive creativity are at the heart of CROWN THE EMPIRE\, the modern post-metalcore anthem makers who embrace their dirty rock roots and stadium-ready melodies with bold courage. 
 What began as high-school pals posting clips on YouTube has grown to over 60 million views on the platform alone; endless streams of songs like “Machines\,” “Hologram\,” and “Voices”; and several Billboard 200 accomplishments\, including a Number 1 debut on the Top Rock Charts. Alternative Press anointed them as Best Breakthrough Band and with good reason. Praised enthusiastically as “thrilling\,” “progressive\,” and “dynamic\,” by tastemaker genre publications like Rock Sound\, Kerrang! and Outburn (who\, like AltPress\, put the band on their cover)\, Crown The Empire climbed to the top of an emergent style by jettisoning the scene’s most formulaic traits. 
 A cinematic sensibility permeates each chapter in the band’s story\, from the epic thematic darkness of their earlier work to the sci-fi dystopian ambience of new songs like “20/20.” Super-intense and high-energy songs will always remain a part of the Crown The Empire mission statement. It’s a journey that’s been marked by growth at every turn\, coalescing into the modern incarnation of Crown The Empire\, a band that’s built to last. \n \n 
URL:https://clicksfromthepit.com/event/knotfest-roadshow-at-ak-chin-pavilion/
LOCATION:Ak-Chin Pavilion\, 2121 N 83rd Ave\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 85035\, United States
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SUMMARY:Bad Bunny at Chase Field
DESCRIPTION:Bad Bunny is a young urban music singer\, rapper and producer originally from Puerto Rico. This talented artist has demonstrated his already overwhelming power\, influence and demand with completely sold-out concerts all over Europe\, Latin America and the U.S. 
 Some of his most recognized singles include “Soy Peor\,” “Diles\,” “Tu No Metes Cabra\,” “Chambea” and Mia thats out with Drake. Bad Bunny has had a short but stunning career with colossal amounts of success \n \n \nAlesso\, a DJ and dance music producer from Stockholm\, Sweden\, has achieved cross-genre success\, blending progressive house with pop and scoring worldwide hits in collaboration with a wide range of artists. His earliest pop hits included 2012’s “Calling (Lose My Mind)” (with Sebastian Ingrosso and Ryan Tedder) and 2013’s “Under Control” (with Calvin Harris and Hurts)\, the latter of which reached number one in the U.K. He opened for Madonna during several British and Russian dates on her 2012 MDNA Tour\, and performed at major festivals such as Coachella\, Creamfields\, and Electric Daisy Carnival. “Heroes (We Could Be)\,” a 2014 single featuring Tove Lo\, became his first U.S. Top 40 hit\, preceding his 2015 debut full-length\, Forever. His next major international hit\, 2017’s “Let Me Go\,” was a collaboration with actress Hailee Steinfeld and country duo Florida Georgia Line. He also released two mixtapes\, Progresso\, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. \nAlessandro Lindblad\, more commonly known as Alesso\, is a DJ and dance music producer from Stockholm. His career quickly gained mainstream recognition for his remixes of Tiësto\, Swedish House Mafia\, and Avicii\, as well as his own productions. His first major achievement came in 2011\, when his remix of Nadia Ali‘s track “Pressure” was one of the most successful EDM efforts of the year. Later in 2011\, he placed in DJ Mag’s Top 100 list\, debuting at number 70. Early 2012 started well for him when he was named an MTV “one to watch\,” made his first BBC Radio 1 essential mix\, and earned the Track of the Year award on Zane Lowe‘s prime-time Radio 1 slot for the single “Calling (Lose My Mind).” Alesso also managed to move up many notches in DJ Mag’s DJ of the Year listings to number 20. He leaped to major success when he had a U.K. chart number one with his collaborative single “Under Control” alongside Calvin Harris and Hurts. \nIn 2014\, Alesso inked a deal with Def Jam Recordings\, and in 2015 he issued his debut album\, Forever\, which included the singles “Tear the Roof Up\,” “Cool\,” and “Heroes (We Could Be)\,” the latter of which featured Swedish pop star Tove Lo. The following year\, he released a pair of collaborations with prominent Asian pop stars. A version of “I Wanna Know” featuring Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai on vocals was promoted in Ibiza and Shanghai\, while “Years” received a K-pop revamp with EXO‘s Chen. In 2017\, Alesso scored a modest hit on the all-star collaboration “Let Me Go\,” which featured Hailee Steinfeld\, Andrew Watt\, and Florida Georgia Line. The track hit the Top 40 across the globe\, rising to number six on the Billboard Dance/Electronic chart. After closing out that year with the Anitta collaboration “Is That for Me\,” he returned in 2018 with the solo singles “Remedy” and “Tilted Towers.” \nIn early 2019\, Alesso released the mixtape Progresso\, Vol. 1. Several non-album tracks arrived in 2020\, including “In the Middle” with Sumr Camp\, “Midnight” featuring Liam Payne\, and “The End” featuring Charlotte Lawrence. Progresso\, Vol. 2 arrived in June 2021 and was followed by more non-album tracks\, including “Leave a Little Love” with Armin van Buuren\, “Going Dumb” with Corsak and Stray Kids\, and “Chasing Stars” with Marshmello and James Bay. ~ James Pearce\, Rovi \n \n 
URL:https://clicksfromthepit.com/event/bad-bunny-at-chase-field/
LOCATION:Chase Field\, 401 E Jefferson St\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 85003\, United States
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SUMMARY:SABATON at Arizona Financial Theatre
DESCRIPTION:In over two decades since their launch\, Swedish metallers Sabaton have carved out a reputation as one of the hardest working bands in the business – gaining a legion of loyal fans across the globe\, delivering ten highly-rated studio albums (including two certified platinum-sellers)\, and scoring multiple industry award wins and nominations… not to mention launching their own annual festival and cruise. \nCombining soaring power riffs with vocalist Joakim Brodén’s instantly-recognisable gruff baritone\, the band refuses to be simply slotted into a genre. Fans need only know them as Sabaton: the heavy metal band that sings of real life wars and the people who played a part in them – of gruelling campaigns and dazzling acts of bravery\, of magnificent victories and touching personal struggles – true stories more fantastic than any fiction. \nSabaton are perhaps best known for their electrifying live shows\, combining accomplished musical performances and a finely-crafted stage show – including their full-sized tank drum-riser – with energy and laughter. The band has headlined as far afield as North America\, Australia and Japan\, and regularly fills arenas and takes top-billed slots at festivals across Europe. They are also a favourite support act for metal titans Iron Maiden and Scorpions. Sabaton’s live show has won top industry accolades in Germany (Metal Hammer Award)\, Sweden (Bandit Rock Award)\, as well as being nominated for two Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards in the UK. \n \n \nFormed by composer Mark Jansen after leaving @AfterForever back in 2002\, Epica quickly gained attention outside their home country\, taking big steps towards becoming the leading symphonic metal superpower they have long proven to be. On their past seven records so far\, they soared from gothic undertones to a broad\, epic and triumphant amalgamation of all things monolithic\, establishing their unique brand of Simone Simons’ unparalleled vocal excellence with a band both ready to tear down venues around the globe while at the same time installing orchestral splendour\, progressive elegance\, oriental enchantment\, cinematic soundscapes and colossal fury into their trailblazing bombshell sound. \nFor the first time in years\, they congregated in a villa in the pastoral beauty of rural Holland\, setting up their temporary studio in several rooms. Thus\, “Omega” is an album of unity\, of friendship\, of the close bond the members share. And in the middle of a world in turmoil\, of a cataclysmic change in society\, Epica somehow managed to create their most spectacular album yet. An album that is seamlessly bringing together metal and orchestra\, choir and oriental instruments to a perfect storm constantly emitting goose bumps. Add to that specifically written suites for orchestra and choir\, a wide range of ethnic instruments recorded around the world by some of the best native musicians out there and you get something like the ultimate Epica album you never dared dream of.
URL:https://clicksfromthepit.com/event/sabaton-at-arizona-financial-theatre/
LOCATION:Arizona Financial Theatre\, 400 W Washington St\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 85004\, United States
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SUMMARY:CHVRCHES at Marquee Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Crafting songs with big synths and bigger melodies\, Chvrches combine their indie roots with their love of chart-friendly pop. The mix of Lauren Mayberry’s crystalline\, emotive vocals and the sweeping synths of Iain Cook and Martin Doherty on 2013’s bittersweet yet anthemic debut album The Bones of What You Believe bridged the gap between the classic synth pop of Depeche Mode and New Order and the brash\, EDM-influenced sounds of the early 2010s\, influencing countless contemporaries along the way. Later\, Chvrches brought an extra sheen to their music without sacrificing any of its depth. They went all in on their pop leanings on 2018’s Love Is Dead\, where their collaborators ranged from pop producer Greg Kurstin to the National‘s Matt Berninger. On 2021’s Screen Violence\, Chvrches sharpened the edges and hooks of their songs as they reaffirmed their place as synth pop standard-bearers. \nBefore Chvrches formed\, keyboardist/vocalist Iain Cook and keyboardist/vocalist Martin Doherty became friends in 2003 while studying at Glasgow’s University of Strathclyde. The pair forged their musical partnership when Doherty asked Cook to produce his band Julia Thirteen. Though little came of the sessions\, they continued to work together\, and became members of the band Aereogramme. By 2007\, they had left that group\, with Doherty joining the Twilight Sad as a touring member and Cook becoming a composer for film and television. Seeking a change from alternative rock\, they founded their own experimental synth project. In September 2011\, the pair invited vocalist Lauren Mayberry\, who’d previously played with the band Blue Sky Archives and holds a law degree as well as a Master’s degree in journalism\, to sing on some demos. The sessions went so well that the trio christened itself Chvrches — spelling it with a “v” instead of a “u” to differentiate themselves in internet searches — and began writing songs inspired by Prince\, Depeche Mode\, and Kate Bush. \nIn May 2012\, Chvrches posted their first song “Lies” online. It quickly became a viral hit and received airplay on BBC Radio 1. The band’s official debut single\, “The Mother We Share\,” appeared in November 2012 and was also an online hit. Late that year\, Chvrches were among the acts selected for the BBC’s Sound of 2013\, ultimately finishing fifth. In January 2013\, the band signed with Glassnote and soon embarked on an international tour that included a performance at that year’s South by Southwest Festival in Austin\, Texas. That March saw the release of the Recover EP\, and Chvrches’ debut album The Bones of What You Believe appeared that September. Recorded in Glasgow’s Alucard Studio with a handful synths including a Minimoog Voyager\, the album debuted at number nine on the U.K. albums chart and was later certified gold in the U.K. It also entered the Top 20 on the charts in Canada\, Australia\, and the United States\, among other countries. “The Mother We Share” also charted in the U.S.\, Japan\, Belgium\, and the U.K.\, where it was a Top 40 hit; in July 2014\, the song was featured in the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Later in the year\, the band contributed the track “Get Away” to the re-scored soundtrack to Nicolas Winding Refn’s influential 2011 film Drive\, and covered Bauhaus‘ “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” for the movie Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters. \nIn January 2015\, Chvrches began working on new material at Alucard Studios\, which they were able to upgrade thanks to the success of The Bones of What You Believe. Taking inspiration from Quincy Jones‘ lean yet massive-sounding production style\, their second album\, Every Open Eye\, appeared in September 2015. The album debuted at number four in the U.K.\, reached number eight on the Billboard 200 Albums chart in the U.S.\, and also became a Top Ten hit in Australia\, Ireland\, Scotland\, and New Zealand. Every Open Eye’s singles included a version of “Bury It” that featured Paramore‘s Hayley Williams. \nIn 2016\, Chvrches performed at Royal Albert Hall for the first time and collaborated with Solar Fields on “Warning Call\,” which appeared in the video game Mirror’s Edge Catalyst. The following year\, the band contributed a cover of Tegan and Sara‘s “Call It Off” to the tenth anniversary edition of the duo’s album The Con\, and went into the studio with producer Greg Kurstin and collaborator Dave Stewart to work on their third album. Boasting a bigger\, more straightforward sound than their previous releases\, 2018’s Love Is Dead included the singles “Get Out” and “My Enemy\,” a duet with the National‘s Matt Berninger. The album debuted at number seven in the U.K. and topped Billboard’s Top Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts in the States. Late that year\, Chvrches released the Hansa Session EP. Named after the Berlin studio where it was recorded (and which also hosted David Bowie and Nick Cave\, among other artists)\, it featured acoustic and string-driven arrangements of several of Love Is Dead songs. In 2019\, the band performed with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra to commemorate the launch of the BBC Scotland television channel; they appeared on Marshmello‘s “Here with Me” and contributed the single “Death Stranding” to the album Death Stranding: Timefall\, a set of songs inspired by the action video game of the same name. Early in 2020\, Chvrches started recording album number four\, with Doherty and Mayberry in Los Angeles and Cook in Glasgow. Featuring a darker sound as well as a collaboration with the Cure‘s Robert Smith\, Screen Violence appeared in August 2021
URL:https://clicksfromthepit.com/event/chvrches-at-marquee-theatre/
LOCATION:Marquee Theatre\, 730 N Mill Ave\, Tempe\, AZ\, 85281\, United States
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SUMMARY:Damage Inc at Marquee Theatre
DESCRIPTION:For over fifteen years\, international Metallica tribute band\, Damage Inc Southern California’s Tribute to Metallica\, has performed for thousands of fans across the US\, Canada and Mexico. \nSelected by Metallica to perform at …And Tributes for All concert in San Francisco as part of Metallica’s San Francisco Weekend Takeover 2021. \nFeatured on AXS.tv’s WORLD’S GREATEST TRIBUTE BANDS – Season 1 \nFeatured on AXS.tv’s WORLD’S GREATEST TRIBUTE BANDS – Season 8 \nNamed one of LA Weekly’s top 20 tribute bands (2015)
URL:https://clicksfromthepit.com/event/damage-inc-at-marquee-theatre/
LOCATION:Marquee Theatre\, 730 N Mill Ave\, Tempe\, AZ\, 85281\, United States
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SUMMARY:Twenty One Pilots at Footprint Center
DESCRIPTION:Twenty One Pilots shook the world with the release of their 2015 LP BLURRYFACE\, an album that would go on to sell over 7 million copies worldwide and earn the band their first ever GRAMMY® Award as they shattered longstanding chart records\, and captivated audiences worldwide on sold-out arena runs and at international festivals. Now three years later\, the duo of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun have returned to write the next chapter of their story with TRENCH\, the band’s highly anticipated new studio album. TRENCH finds Twenty One Pilots fearlessly reimagining the possibilities of their music through the same candid expression and genuine identity that helped to cement their place as one of the largest bands in the world.
URL:https://clicksfromthepit.com/event/twenty-one-pilots-at-footprint-center/
LOCATION:Mortgage Matchup Center\, 201 E Jefferson St\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 85004\, United States
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