Hope you have your dancing shoes. You’re going to need them for this pair of back-to-back shows at Red Rocks this summer. Fresh off their stint at this year’s edition of the SnowBall Music Festival, former Westword Music Showcase headliner, Ghostland Observatory and MiM0Sa are coming to Red Rocks Amphitheatre…
Although Jane’s Addiction has played New Year’s stints at Belly Up in Aspen over the last few years, it’s been close to three years since the band was in Denver (with Nine Inch Nails). Live Nation just announced that Jane’s will hit the Fillmore Auditorium on Tuesday, May 29, in…
The legendary B.B. King teams up with the Tedeschi Trucks Band for a night of blues at Red Rocks on Thursday, August 30. The 86-year-old King averages 125 concerts a year and has logged in more than 15,000 gigs over his six-decade long career. Meanwhile, the Tedeschi Trucks Band just…
Hold on to your hats: We’ve just received word that Jeff Mangum, the iconic mastermind of Neutral Milk Hotel, is coming to the Ogden Theatre on Thursday, April 26. Couple important things to note about this show, which we imagine sell out rather quickly: All tickets will be will-call only…
On the heels of her recent half-time spectacle at the Super Bowl comes word that nearly four years after her pair of back-to-back shows at the Pepsi Center in 2008, Madonna is returning to the Mile High City for another show on Thursday, October 18, at the Pepsi Center. Tickets…
On the heels of its Winter Carnival at 1STBANK Center this time last year, String Cheese Incident will be returning to Red Rocks this summer for a three night stand that kicks off on Thursday, July 5 and runs through Sunday, July 7. Presale tickets are on-sale through the band’s…
Next weekend, a highly unique paranormal party is slated to take over the infamously spooky Stanley Hotel, which, of course, provided the inspiration for Stephen King’s The Shining. Part paranormal investigation and part dance extravaganza, Feel the Energy, as its been dubbed is a party that exists in an entirely…
Another show going on sale this week that you should know about: Das Racist, no strangers to the Front Range, its making its way back to the Centennial state for a gig at the Fox Theatre in Boulder on Saturday, April 21. While it’s been a minute since we kicked…
While the Denver Botanic Gardens summer concert series schedule hasn’t been released yet, the folks at Swallow Hill, who help present the shows, have announced that the B-52s, who are celebrating their 35th anniversary this year, and Squeeze will be at the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield on Wednesday, July…
Sleigh Bells are coming the Ogden Theatre on Friday, April 13. On the heels of a new album that just dropped and a Saturday night Live stint that got everybody worked up, Sleigh Bells is making its way back to the Mile High City to no doubt assault and completely…
Bon Iver and Fiest at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on May 31: Go ahead and file this one under yet another show that undoubtedly rises to the level of must-see status. In what’s already shaping up to be one of the better concert seasons in recent memory with impending shows from…
Counting Crows evidently have a new record coming out on Tuesday, April 10, called Underwater Sunshine. To commemorate the occasion, Adam Duritz and company are hitting the road and will make their way to the Mile High City a little more than a week after the platter drops, on Thursday,…
The VICE crew is bringing its Project X Party Legends College Tour to Boulder tonight for an exclusive screening of Project X, a new flick from the producers of The Hangover at the Century Boulder (1700 29th Street), followed by an after-party at Catacombs (2115 13th Street) with Jesse Marco…
Bonnie Raitt is set to release Slipstream, her first album in seven years, on April 10 on her new Redwing Records imprint. Afterward, the singer/guitarist is slated to hit the road in support of the record, a tour that includes a stop at Red Rocks on Sunday, August 26. Reserved…
New country fans must be beside themselves with glee right now. So far, this summer is shaping up to be quite a memorable one. In addition to looking forward to Denver stop of Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney’s upcoming Brothers In the Sun tour at Sports Authority in July, the…
For the past three decades, the space at 2265 West 84th Avenue has held various incarnations of Babe’s: Babe’s on the Hill, Babe’s Country, House of Babes and, most recently, Babe’s Restaurant and Lounge. But the Babe’s brand was finally put to rest on February 1, when longtime manager Glen…
This year, 4/20 is going to be even doper than usual. The folks at AEG have teamed up with Elm & Oak to present the second edition of Levitate Festival at the 1STBANK Center with DJ Shadow, Rusko, Paper Diamond and Pictureplane…
Earth, Wind & Fire singer Philip Bailey, who was born at Denver Health in 1951 and an East High School graduate, returns to his hometown with the band for Denver Health Foundation’s NightShine Gala on Saturday, April 28 at the National Western Events Center. Tickets and table sales to the…
The folks behind Beauty Bar and Derbyville roller-skate shop have teamed up for Down & Derby Roller Disco: Hair Metal Edition at Exdo Event Center (1399 35th Street). The skating party that brings back the glory days of ’70s roller disco is held on the third Friday of every month;…
You know how that “dubstep” thing has been steadily gaining popularity for the past few years here in Denver? Well, not to blame anyone or point fingers, but Sub.mission Dubstep crew can pretty much take full responsibility for it, and with a fifth anniversary coming up in April, you can…
Never trust a big butt and a smile. Ah, yes, these sage words of Bell Biv Devoe have served us well into adulthood. Those few nuggets of wisdom undoubtedly saved us from a world of heartache and subsequent therapy. And don’t even get us started on Teddy Riley of Blackstreet…
Here’s what’s hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, new shows featuring the Avett Brothers, James Taylor, Blues Traveler and Gogol Bordello were announced; Gauntlet Hair, Hindershot and Fierce Bad Rabbit got spins on local radio; and recent albums from Van Halen, Dr…
