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Following a sudden postponement of Saturday’s scheduled performance in Lexington, KY, alt rock icons Foo Fighters announced last night that they’d also be forced to reschedule their planned performance tonight, Oct. 23 at Bridgestone Arena, as well as tomorrow’s stop in Memphis, all for a reported family emergency. While Lexington and Memphis have both been given new dates…
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Set to return to Nashville for the first time in a couple of years, when The Avett Brothers announced their May 6 show at Bridgestone Arena back in December, we hoped that meant new music would be on the way as well. Thankfully, that is indeed the case, as the group gear up to release their highly-anticipated ninth album, True Sadness, this…
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Tool w/ Primus, 3Teeth Bridgestone Arena; Nashville, TN January 23, 2016 Review by Julian Ciany In the midst of one of the worst snowstorms that Nashville has ever seen was one of the greatest metal shows that the city will likely ever host. On Saturday, progressive metal legends Tool brought their tour with Primus…
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So here’s what we know… Living legend Prince and his backing band 3rdEyeGirl have announced a U.S. tour: the aptly named “Hit & Run Tour.” In the most Prince-like fashion (and following a similar approach to his 2014 UK run), cities and venues are being withheld until the last minute. In fact, only the starting point, March 14…
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Justin Timberlake Bridgestone Arena; Nashville, TN December 19, 2014 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain) & Mary-Beth Blankenship. Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. A mere 13 months after his last Music City outing, the reigning king of pop, Justin Timberlake returned to Bridgestone Arena for yet another sold out, breathtaking performance to help us finish out…
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The Black Keys w/ St. Vincent Bridgestone Arena; Nashville, TN December 8, 2014 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. While their most recent release, Turn Blue, failed to make quite the same cultural splash as its two most recent predecessors, El Camino and Brothers, blues rock duo The Black Keys have still remained a music…
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We already knew that Jack White‘s Jan. 28 performance at Bridgestone Arena would be special, but, now, with the surprise announcement of Loretta Lynn as the evening’s opener, it just got even more special. A country legend and longtime friend and collaborator of White’s, Lynn most recently played two sold out shows at The Ryman Auditorium. Loretta and Jack first teamed…
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Despite playing Foo Detective, and accurately predicting the location and date of Foo Fighters‘ Sonic Highways Nashville show at The Ryman, we, like the vast majority of you, didn’t manage to snag tickets. So, perhaps, you could chalk this post up to wishful thinking, and, certainly, we have a bit less of a pattern to follow than…
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Rock superstars in residence, The Black Keys’ latest album Turn Blue, which Rolling Stone considers possibly their best LP to date, has spent 13 consecutive weeks on the Billboard top-200 (peaking at number one), and it doesn’t appear the band has any plans of slowing down. Next month they start the US portion of their Turn…