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We’ve barely had time to scratch the surface on rapper Kendrick Lamar‘s new album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, which just dropped today and already feels like another instant classic from one of hip hop’s most important figures, and he’s already graced us with some more huge news: a tour! Set to kick…

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Icons of ’90s alternative rock, responsible for some of the most influential and successful albums of all time, Chicago’s Smashing Pumpkins have hardly ever disappeared throughout their 34-year run (save for a six-year split at the start of the millennium), but it seems like every few years they recapture headlines, whether it’s for the…
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Fresh off a much buzz-about guest spot at Coachella with Harry Styles and pulling double duty as host and musical guest at Saturday Night Live, and ahead of her highly-anticipated new album, Special, due out July 15, beloved, mutli-talented pop/hip hop/r&b singer and rapper Lizzo has announced a huge fall tour, which returns her…

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We recently told you about Kacey Musgraves’ highly-anticipated fourth album, star-crossed, which is set to arrive this Friday, Sept. 10, along with an ambitious and stunningly-produced accompanying film of the same name, which will stream on Paramount+. A followup to critically lauded masterpiece Golden Hour, star-crossed serves as both a divorce album, chronicling the…

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Elton JohnBridgestone Arena; Nashville, TNOctober 28, 2019 Review by Philip Obenschain Almost a year to the day since he first graced Music City with his extended Farewell Yellow Brick Road final tour, musical legend Elton John returned earlier this week for an encore performance at Bridgestone Arena– a show we worried might not happen…
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Recently announced to make up for a rained out appearance at Franklin’s Pilgrimage Fest, resident local rocker Jack White is winding down his world tour in support of this year’s ambitious, experimental third solo effort, Boarding House Reach, with a final show (for now, at least) here in his adopted hometown, Nov. 20 at Bridgestone Arena. Tapped to support are…
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Out in support of their fantastic, nuanced, and essential recent fourth album, High as Hope, London’s Florence + the Machine are set to return to Music City for the first time in three years to play their biggest local headliner to date, Oct. 2 at Bridgestone Arena with buzzy, young electropop up and comer Billie Eilish. Now more than a decade in…
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Foo Fighters w/ The Struts Bridgestone Arena; Nashville, TN May 4, 2018 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Amber J. Davis. Though originally slated for last October, a last minute family emergency forced Foo Fighters to postpone a handful of tour dates, including a planned return to Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, to this spring. Still out with buzzy British up…
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A certifiable modern pop icon at barely 21, New Zealand’s Lorde has managed to turn personal, poetic, sad, and artsty indie pop into an arena-worthy musical sensation, boosted by last year’s masterpiece of a sophomore effort, Melodrama. It’s been four years since her last Nashville outing, but that finally changes April 15, when Lorde plays Bridgestone Area with beloved alt…
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Lana Del Reyw/ Kali UchisBridgestone Arena; Nashville, TNFebruary 6, 2018 Review by Philip Obenschain. Photos by John Russell, courtesy of the artist. Since erupting on the scene with breakout 2012 LP Born to Die, beloved, baroque, cinematic, and avant-garde indie pop singer Lana Del Rey has become something of a modern icon, renowned for his classic image…