Avatar at The Van Buren
2025-11-05 19:30 - 23:30 (America/Phoenix) | The Van Buren, 401 W Van Buren St, Phoenix, AZ, 85003
The journeyed, eccentric, Gothenburg, Sweden-founded melodic death metal act formed in 2001 and enjoyed major home country success with their fourth and fifth albums, 2009’s Avatar and 2012’s Black Waltz. It was between these releases that Avatar debuted the look which ultimately defined them, with their lead vocalist Johannes Eckerström presenting himself as a cross between the Joker and a ringmaster leading a group of jesters. It was a distinct image and made Avatar well-known internationally. Eckerström maintained this look into the 2020s with the release of 2023’s Dance Devil Dance.
Formed by two kindred musical souls who realized that their previous band was holding them back, Avatar were born when drummer John Alfredsson and guitarist Jonas Jarlsby decided that their positions in Lost Soul were going nowhere, so they left and regrouped under their new moniker. Eventually, Alfredsson and Jarlsby would be introduced to Eckerström, and the core of Avatar would be in place. To round out their membership, bassist Henrik Sandelin and guitarist Simon Andersson joined the fold in 2003, just in time to record the band’s first demo, Personal Observations. While gigging to promote this, Avatar stepped back into the studio to record their debut EP, 2004’s 4 Reasons to Die. Following the EP’s release, Avatar were given the opportunity to tour outside Sweden for the first time. They next entered the studio to work on a debut full-length and scored a deal with Gain Records during the recording process. That album, Thoughts of No Tomorrow, was released in 2006 and followed by two European tours, one with Impaled Nazarene, the other with Evergrey. Their busy year was rounded out with two shows alongside original Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di’Anno.
Avatar had an equally busy 2007, starting off as the opening act for major metal band Stone Sour and finishing it with a new album. Schlacht, released in October of that year, was followed by a support slot on the 2008 Obituary tour. The group’s eponymous third studio album was released in 2009, and the next two years found Avatar hitting the tour circuit hard and embarking on their first-ever U.S. jaunt. Two nights before Halloween 2011 — in Helsingborg, Sweden — Eckerström stepped on-stage sporting his unhinged Joker look for the first time.
A couple of months later Andersson left the band and was replaced by the guitarist Tim Öhrström, who also provided backing vocals. Arriving in 2012, the well-received Black Waltz peaked at number 25 in their native Sweden, and 2014’s Hail the Apocalypse became the first Avatar outing to crack the Billboard 200. In 2016, the band issued its sixth studio long-player, Feathers & Flesh, a conceptual piece about an owl who declares war on the world. Their seventh effort, Avatar Country, arrived in early 2018. Produced by Jay Ruston (Stone Sour, Anthrax, Steel Panther), the album featured the singles “A Statue of the King” and “The King Wants You,” as well as Avatar’s spin on the Swedish royal anthem “Glory to Our King.” The following year, the band released their first live outing, The King Live in Paris. 2020 found them returning to the studio with Ruston to record their eighth album. The resulting Hunter Gatherer was issued toward the end of the year. In 2021, they founded their own label, Black Waltz Records, and it was on this imprint that they unveiled 2023’s Dance Devil Dance, featuring a duet with Lzzy Hale of Halestorm.

In the recent history of heavy metal, there have been few emerging bands that have shaken up the scene in the way Alien Weaponry has. Since releasing their acclaimed Napalm Records debut Tū in 2018, the New Zealand band’s kinetic presence and unique sound – combining thrash metal with lyrics in the native indigenous language, te reo Māori — has attracted throngs of fans and media supporters across the globe that have responded to the sheer ruthlessness, untempered passion, and unbelievable noise created by the three-piece.
Rising even higher with the release of their second acclaimed album, Tangaroa (2021), the band has amassed millions of streams, video views and success at SiriusXM Liquid Metal, was hailed the “future of metal” by Metal Hammer, and has performed with the likes of Guns N’ Roses, Gojira, Slayer and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Most recently, the band capped off 2024 with the release of a documentary film, Kua Tupu Te Ara, which premiered at the renowned Tribeca Film Festival.
New Zealand modern groove metal trio Alien Weaponry will release their heaviest, most powerful and mature offering to date, Te Rā, on March 28, 2025 via Napalm Records.

SpiritWorld is a heavy metal band from Las Vegas, formed in 2017 by vocalist Stu Folsom, known for its “death-western” style that blends thrash, death metal, and hardcore with outlaw country and horror themes. The band’s aesthetic combines elements of the Old West with supernatural horror, presented through high-energy, aggressive metal music. Folsom’s background, including growing up in a country-western environment, is a major inspiration for the band’s unique concept and imagery.

The Hondo Rodeo Fest at Chase Field
2025-11-07 18:00 - 2025-11-09 23:30 | Chase Field, 401 E Jefferson St, Phoenix, AZ, 85003, United States
Join us for an unforgettable experience at the Hondo Rodeo Fest in Phoenix, AZ! Witness the incredible skills of professional rodeo athletes as they compete for the title & prize money! Don’t miss out on the thrilling rodeo and live concerts that will keep you entertained all day long. Grab your tickets now and be part of this exciting celebration of rodeo culture!

The Hondo Rodeo Fest today unveiled its star-studded 2025 lineup for its return to Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, in Phoenix, AZ on November 7-9th. This year’s headliners include some of the biggest artists in rock and country music today, including Nickelback, Cody Johnson and Jason Aldean, in addition to Treaty Oak Revival, Jon Pardi and Riley Green.
The Hondo Rodeo Fest launched in November of 2024 with a new three-day rodeo competition and nightly, full two-hour country music concert with top music acts. The Hondo Rodeo’s invite-only format featured world champion cowboys and cowgirls across eight categories, all competing for a $1 million prize purse. Adding to the unmatched intensity and star power to the arena, were Cord McCoy’s world-renowned roster of bucking bulls. During the day, fans could also experience a free Western culture fan festival with more music, food, shopping and innovative brand activations.
Approaching 2025 was no different, as The Hondo Rodeo Fest announced an incredible three night line-up.
Friday, November 7th – Nickelback & Treaty Oak Revival
Saturday, November 8th – Kid Rock & Jon Pardi
Sunday, November 9th – Jason Aldean & Riley Green
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Billie Eilish at Mortgage Matchup Center
2025-11-18 19:00 - 2025-11-19 23:30 | Mortgage Matchup Center, 201 E Jefferson St, Phoenix, AZ, 85004, United States
Billie Eilish remains one of the biggest stars to emerge in the 21st century. Her third studio album, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT features 10 tracks written and recorded in her hometown of Los Angeles, with her brother and producer FINNEAS. In 2019, her debut album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? debuted at No. 1 in 18 countries, and was the most streamed album of that year. In 2021, her sophomore album ‘Happier Than Ever’ debuted at #1 in 20 countries. Both albums were critically acclaimed worldwide and were written, produced, and recorded entirely by Billie Eilish and FINNEAS. 9-time GRAMMY® Award-winning Billie Eilish has made history as the youngest artist to receive nominations and win in all the major GRAMMY® categories, receiving an award for Best New Artist, Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Album, and is the youngest artist to write and record an official James Bond theme song, ‘No Time To Die,’ which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2022. In 2023, Eilish also wrote and released the critically acclaimed song “What Was I Made For?” for the Greta Gerwig-directed motion picture Barbie, which also won Academy and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, two GRAMMY® Awards for Song of the Year and Best Song Written For Visual Media, and has solidified Billie Eilish yet again in the history books as the youngest person ever to win two Academy Awards.

Singer and songwriter Lucy Dacus’ rich, buttery voice commands both her thoughtful indie rock tunes and more intimate confessionals. Emerging from Richmond, Virginia’s indie scene in the mid-2010s, she broke through the blogosphere and onto major indie outlets with lead single “I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore” from her 2016 debut album, No Burden. It showcased the songwriter’s playful and also heartrendingly candid way with words. The critical success of the more dramatic follow-up, Historian, in 2018 was followed the same year by membership in Boygenius, a trio with similarly lauded contemporaries Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers. Dacus’ more tender and more autobiographical third solo album, Home Video, arrived in 2021 and landed just outside the top half of the Billboard 200. As Boygenius‘ popularity surged, Dacus’ first appearance in the Top Five came in 2023 with her trio’s Grammy- and Brit Award-winning full-length debut, The Record. Her Boygenius bandmates, Hozier, and album co-producer Blake Mills were among the guests on Dacus’ adult-relationship-themed fourth solo outing, 2025’s Forever Is a Feeling, her major-label debut. A companion set subtitled The Archives arrived later in year and featured new material along with alternate versions.
Born and raised in Mechanicsville just outside of Richmond, Dacus grew up singing; her mother was a music teacher. She began writing regularly in her journal in the sixth grade and attended concerts and connected with the Richmond music scene throughout high school. After graduating, she tried studying film at Virginia Commonwealth University with a plan to make music on the side, but soon dropped out to concentrate on writing songs.
Dacus’ debut was put together relatively last-minute when a friend who worked at Starstruck Studio in Nashville let her know they had an open day. She had assembled a band from area musicians in guitarist Jacob Blizard, bass player Christine Moad, and drummer Hayden Cotcher, and the songs, which had been written solo, were arranged for the quartet in the week leading up to a ten-hour recording session. The friend at the studio, Collin Pastore, engineered and mixed the album, which was co-produced by Dacus, Pastore, and Blizard. Richmond label Egghunt Records took interest in the results, including late 2015’s “I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore,” and released No Burden in early 2016.
The album quickly received buzz in the indie music press, and the band did an Audiotree Live session in March that was released as a digital EP. That June, the 21-year-old Dacus signed with Matador Records, which reissued No Burden in September 2016. She then toured with acts including the Decemberists, Sylvan Esso, and Car Seat Headrest before returning to the studio with the same team to record her second album. Featuring a similar demeanor but fleshier arrangements, Historian saw release in March 2018 and reached number five on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart. Later that year, Dacus formed the collaborative indie supergroup Boygenius with fellow singer/songwriters Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers, releasing a self-titled EP in October and then embarking on a three-way co-headlining tour.
On Valentine’s Day 2019, Dacus released a cover of Édith Piaf‘s “La Vie en Rose,” the first in a series of holiday-themed original songs and covers that coincided with select occasions throughout the year. They were collected on the EP 2019, issued by Matador that November. During 2020, Dacus started writing and recording her third album, which looked back at her coming-of-age experiences for lyrical inspiration. The resulting Home Video was released in June 2021 and accompanied by opening slots for Bright Eyes and Shakey Graves as well as a headlining tour. The critically acclaimed LP appeared on several charts both at home and abroad, peaking at 104 on the Billboard 200. The tongue-in-cheek “Kissing Lessons,” which was recorded during the sessions for Home Video, appeared on Valentine’s Day the following year.
Dacus rejoined Boygenius in the studio for their full-length debut. Written both separately and together, it showcased a unified front, with the three songwriter’s voices meshing to create a hefty, hooky, and slightly bittersweet album. Titled The Record, it was released on Interscope in March 2023 and went as high as number four on the Billboard 200 while charting internationally, including topping the charts in the Netherlands, the U.K., and Ireland. The album went on to win Best Alternative Music Album at the Grammys, while their song “Not Strong Enough” took home the trophies for Best Rock Song and Rock Performance; the band collected the Brit Award for best international group. They followed it up with a folkier four-song EP, the rest, that October. In the meantime, the group’s escalating popularity was reflected in a tour that included a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden.
Over the course of Boygenius‘ rise, Dacus contributed to some of her bandmates’ solo work, including Bridgers‘ Punisher (2020) and Baker‘s Little Oblivion (2021), and Dacus’ next solo LP included appearances from both of them in addition to a feature spot by Hozier and contributions from Blake Mills, Bartees Strange, Madison Cunningham, and Jay Som‘s Melina Duterte, among others. Turning her focus from her youth to navigating complex contemporary relationships, the resulting Forever Is a Feeling was co-produced by Mills and released on Geffen Records in March 2025. After her performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon earlier in the year, the single “Ankles” marked her debut in the Top Ten of the Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay chart and the rock airplay Top 40. Later that year, Dacus compiled various demos, alternate versions, and new songs like “Bus Back to Richmond” into the companion album Forever Is a Feeling: The Archives.

Lily Rose at The Van Buren
2025-11-22 19:30 - 23:30 | The Van Buren, 401 W Van Buren St, Phoenix, AZ, 85003
Atlanta, Georgia native Lily Rose burst onto the scene with her viral hit “Villain,” instantly propelling her into the national spotlight almost overnight. Lily toured with country’s hottest stars as she hungrily chased down her dreams and married her wife Daira in 2023. Amidst the whirlwind of success, Lily felt a tug to reassess her priorities and find balance between her career aspirations and personal fulfillment. Out of that period of reflection comes the long-awaited EP and Lily’s first batch of new music since 2022, Runnin’ Outta Time, out May 10. A co-writer on each track, it’s Lily at her most personal and honest, bundling her beliefs and contradictions into six new songs that explain who she is, where she came from and where she’s heading. It’s the perfect soundtrack for the intense push and pull in Lily’s life and a potent reminder of how important it is to take a breath and focus on the things that matter most. Lily has been on multiple tours with Sam Hunt and opened shows for Shania Twain, and even experienced her own global pop moment when she sang on Diplo’s “Sad in the Summer” as she introduced herself to a whole new group of fans through performances on NBC’s The Voice and ABC’s Good Morning America. She’s already been nominated for ACM New Female Artist of the Year and took home GLAAD’s Outstanding Breakthrough Artist Award in 2022, and now, she emerges with a crisp, edgy new sound and a renewed understanding of what matters most to her.

Orianthi at Talking Stick Resort
2025-11-22 20:00 - 23:30 | Talking Stick Resort, 9800 E. Talking Stick Way, Scottsdale, AZ, 85256, United States
Australian-born guitarist and singer Orianthi Panagaris, aka Orianthi, is a virtuoso performer whose sound is steeped in hard rock traditions. She first began wowing audiences in her teens, opening for Steve Vai and jamming with Carlos Santana. After issuing her debut long-player Violet Journey in 2005, Orianthi relocated to Los Angeles where she performed on national television with Carrie Underwood and was part of Michael Jackson‘s planned This Is It tour. She broke through to a wider audience with 2009’s Believe, netting the international hit single “According to You.” Along with her own albums, like 2013’s Heaven in This Hell, she has continued to earn respect from veteran rock icons, including forming the group RSO with Richie Sambora, with whom she released Radio Free America in 2018. Through it all, Orianthi’s searing fretboard skills and passion for anthemic rock remain her focus, as evidenced by 2020’s O and 2022’s Rock Candy.
Born in 1985 in Adelaide, Australia, Orianthi Panagaris was only six when she fell in love with the electric guitar, thanks to her dad’s record collection. Legendary names like Clapton, Hendrix, and Santana influenced decision to take lessons. She spent five years learning the acoustic guitar before switching to the electric at the age 11. Playing in bands since she was 14, she performed in her first stage show for Steve Vai at the age 15. Subsequently, she left school, turned her focus to songwriting, and began her professional career. Three years later, at 18, while working as a studio and utility player, Orianthi met and jammed with Carlos Santana in Adelaide. He invited her on-stage to play during his soundcheck and was so impressed he asked her to perform with him that night. The single-song guest spot evolved into a 30-minute jam. With Santana‘s enthusiastic endorsement, she went on to share stages with Prince, ZZ Top, and others. In 2006 she independently released her debut album Violet Journey. Not only did it receive enthusiastic press response, it won her a record deal with Geffen. The album was reissued a year later by Universal, while she played as an opener for guitarist Steve Vai on a world tour.
Upon her return, Orianthi emigrated to Los Angeles. While working on her sophomore album she played extensively as a session and touring musician. Her abilities were noted by millions of television viewers when she joined Carrie Underwood‘s band for a 2009 Grammy Awards performance. That same year, an email invitation arrived asking her to audition for Michael Jackson, who was assembling a band for a 50-date residency at London’s O2 Arena. One blistering rendition of the “Beat It” solo was enough to land the gig, but the King of Pop unexpectedly passed in June of that same year. Orianthi sang at the memorial service, and rehearsal footage of the guitarist backing Jackson was featured in the popular film Michael Jackson’s This Is It.
Her second long-player, Believe, arrived several days before the movie’s release, featuring the Top 20 single “According to You.” It was re-released in 2010 as Believe (II) with four different songs, including a cover of John Waite‘s “Missing You.” It also featured a guest spot from Vai on the tune “Highly Strung.” The set charted inside the top half of the Top 200. The following year, Orianthi released the digital EP Fire featuring production from the Eurythmics‘ Dave Stewart. In 2013, Orianthi returned with her third full-length album, Heaven in This Hell. Also produced by Stewart, it contained all five tracks from the EP and centered on modern country and blues. It charted inside the Top 40 on the Independent Albums chart. Orianthi also appeared during the Top Seven week on season 12 of American Idol to play guitar for each of the performances.
While working with Cooper in 2013, she met former Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora who was vacationing in Hawaii. Cooper, who was playing a benefit for the Maui Food Bank, invited Sambora on-stage. He and Orianthi played Hendrix‘s “Voodoo Child” and Montrose‘s “Rock Candy” (the latter was sung by its original vocalist Sammy Hagar). The pair hit it off professionally and personally. A month later, Sambora invited Orianthi to join him for a tour of Europe and Australia. By the time it ended, they were a romantic couple. After fulfilling her remaining commitments to Cooper (while fending off numerous invites from Prince to join his band), Orianthi and Sambora built a home studio while making plans for a recorded musical collaboration. It took two years, but by 2015, the pair’s band, called RSO (after their respective initials) enlisted Bob Rock as producer and began tracking some of the 70-plus songs they had penned together. In 2017 they released the five-track EP Rise and followed it a year later with the album Radio Free America. In May of 2018, they performed during the 11th season of the PBS performance series Soundstage. Though they eventually split as a couple, RSO remained a going concern.
In November of 2020, Orianthi released her fourth solo album, O, produced by Marti Frederiksen on Frontiers Records. It was followed two years later by Live from Hollywood, a concert album recorded at L.A.’s Bourbon Room. On the heels of that release, she delivered her fifth studio album, 2022’s Jacob Bunton-produced Rock Candy. ~ Matt Collar & Thom Jurek, Rovi
