WORDS BY DAVID TAYLOR AND PHOTOS BY ROBERT A CHADWICK | Go Venue Magazine Earlier this year, Creed announced that they were reuniting to go out on tour to celebrate the Summer of 1999. Before July, a tour date for the Omaha metro area was not announced. Until a date opened up for their third show in the touring schedule that allowed them to come to Stir Cove at Harrah’s Casino in Council Bluffs, IA. By the week of the show, all tickets were sold out. Luckily, I was allowed to cover this special short-notice concert. It was a great night for live music. Canada ..read more

WORDS BY DAVID TAYLOR AND PHOTOS BY ROBERT A CHADWICK | Go Venue Magazine The blues were alive on Friday, July 19 at The Astro in La Vista as Slash‘s. Slash is taking a page from the Clapton playbook and started his own blues festival, titled S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival aka Solidarity, Engagement, Restore, Peace, Equality, N’, Tolerance. Not many can say that, but Slash has had a long career and this was the perfect time to do this in between GNR and Conspirators recording and touring. Jackie Venson from Austin, Texas opened up the festival. If you’re from Austin, and ..read more

POTTSVILLE, PA – Friday, July 19, 2024 — With Obsidian, Crobot’s upcoming new album set for a September 13 release (Megaforce Records), today, the band announces the release of “Obsidian,” the album’s title track single and music video.  “The ‘Obsidian’ music video is a performance piece that we shot in this dilapidated house that was built in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania in 1900,” vocalist/lyricist Brandon Yeagley explained. “The ceiling was coming down, paint was falling off the walls, there’s drywall everywhere that had fallen from the ceiling, the place was just like a ..read more

In May, Highly Suspect, the trailblazing rock outfit comprised of Johnny Stevens [vocals, guitar], Ryan Meyer [drums, vocals], Rich Meyer [bass, vocals], Matt Kofos [guitar], and Mark Schwartz [keyboards/guitars], announced their latest opus, LP As Above, So Below, due out July 19th via Roadrunner/300/Elektra. In just a few weeks, Highly Suspect will embark on a select series of sold out tour dates across the United States. Good news for those that missed out on tickets for the summer run – today, the group shares a brand-ne ..read more

With all three of its recent UK/European tours having completely sold out, and the band’s first-ever Australian headline concerts also going clean, today Dirty Honey announces the final North American leg of their “California Dreaming World Tour.” The dates begin on September 13 in Illinois, and will wrap on November 2 in Southern California. The complete itinerary is below. On most of these dates, the band – Marc LaBelle/vocals, John Notto/guitar, Justin Smolian/bass, and drummer Jaydon Bean – will welcome Special Guests, The Band Feel.  This tour announcement comes in tandem with Dirty ..read more

Two of the rock scene’s biggest acts of the past two decades — SEETHER and SKILLET — are headed out on the road together this fall. The tour kicks off on September 17 in Asheville, NC and runs through October 20 in Minneapolis, MN. All dates are below. Tickets go on sale on Friday, July 12, at 10am local time, with various pre-sales set to begin on Wednesday, July 10 at 10am local time. Get tickets here and here. “We’re really stoked about the upcoming tour — we’ve put together a killer package! It’s always nice to tour with bands that you’re a fan of and tha ..read more

Mark Smitty Neal | Go Venue Magazine On Saturday, June 15th Pixies and Modest Mouse Co-headlined the famous Forest Hills Stadium in the Forest Hills section of Queens, NY in front a near Sold Out crowd of 13,000 fans with main support from Cat Power aka Charlyn Marie “Chan” Marshall, who kicked things off with what would feel like at first to be a soulful set to me, would in fact just actually be very somber. Which the artist is kinda known for. The set did feature a melancholy cover of The Rolling Stones ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ and ‘It ..read more

PETER AMISANO | Go Venue Magazine June 15th at the Pinewood Bowl, in Lincoln, Nebraska was host to what started out to be an evening of rain and wind. The show was postponed by 45 minutes, at which time the clouds parted, the sun came out, and Night Ranger took the stage. Let me start with the fact that I am admittedly a Night Ranger fanboy. Starting with the release of Dawn Patrol in 1982, I’ve seen them live numerous times and been a fan for decades. So, to finally have the opportunity to photograph Night Ranger, I was ecstatic, and ..read more

Hot on the heels of the recent release of their first official live DVD/BluRay, Live in Los Angeles, Ukraine’s very own modern metal phenomenon JINJER have just announced what is poised to be one of heavy metal’s most in-demand tours of the year. The progressive metal giants have once again set their sights on North America for a massive headline tour produced by Live Nation, featuring support from fast-rising Japanese metalcore unit Hanabie. And progressive metalcore mainstays Born Of Osiris. As JINJER is currently in the studio recording their highly anticipated upcoming fifth studio album ..read more

Today, heavy metal titans Judas Priest have announced leg 2 of their Invincible Shield Tour with special guest Sabaton. The all-time greats will take over new markets in North America this fall with an additional 23 performances. All shows will feature music from their highly-anticipated album Invincible Shield. Produced by Live Nation, the tour kicks off on September 13 at Bell Centre in Montreal, QC and makes stops in Milwaukee, WI; Omaha, NE; Spokane, WA; Portland, OR; Los Angeles, CA; Phoenix, AZ and more before wrapping up with three shows in Texas on October 22 ..read more