Live Music News & Review - The First Word on The Scene

Newport Jazz Festival Day 3

Paul Bloomfield - August 13, 2026

Toto at Leader Bank Pavillion

Stevo Rood - August 8, 2026

Three Bands. Three Decades. One Incredible Night at Mohegan Sun

Joel Shover - August 5, 2026

The Tame Impala Experience at TD Garden, Boston

Paul Bloomfield - August 4, 2026

Phish Phenway N1

Stevo Rood - August 1, 2026

NEWS

DANIELLE NICOLE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM ‘FIREFLIES’ and Extensive Tour...

LMNR - June 2, 2026

Danielle Nicole is excited to announce the release of her new album Fireflies, arriving August 28 via...

Concert Preview: Futurebirds Bring Their ‘Far Out Country’ to...

May 27, 2026

Samantha Fish Announces New Fall Tour Dates with UK...

May 20, 2026

The Revivalists Release New Single and Announce Tour Dates;...

May 19, 2026

Acclaimed alt-folk songwriter & RascalZ RecordZ recording artist WHITNEY...

April 24, 2026

SHOW REVIEWS

Dave Matthews Band at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion July 10,...

Ryan O'Malley - July 14, 2026

When summer arrives, it could usually guarantee a few things: hot weather, endless grilling, and the Dave...

Tim McGraw at Bethel Woods Center July 9, 2026

July 13, 2026

Joe Jackson at The State Theatre in New Brunswick,...

July 10, 2026

Third Eye Blind Brings Three Decades of Alternative Rock...

July 9, 2026

The Guess Who

July 8, 2026

EDITORS PICKS

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5 Seconds of Summer Shine Bright on the Everyone’s A Star! World Tour

Show Reviews Joel Shover - June 2, 2026

On Friday May 29th 2026, nearly fifteen years after four teenagers from Sydney...

52 Sumner Springfield MA

News Eric Sutter - April 3, 2025

VENUE SPOTLIGHT by Eric Sutter52 Sumner is a new Springfield music venue in...

FESTIVAL PREVIEWS

PHILLY MUSIC FEST CELEBRATES TEN YEARS OF PHILLY BANDS AND RAISING MONEY FOR KIDS

LMNR - May 20, 2026

SQUEEZE Storm North America with Adam Ant, Haircut 100, & Leon Tilbrook

May 15, 2026

The Town and the City Festival

April 13, 2026

14 Bluegrass and Old Time Acts to Perform at Club Passim’s 14th Annual Down Home Up Here Bluegrass Festival on Patriot’s Day Weekend

April 10, 2026

Sublime Announces “SUBLIME ME GUSTA” MUSIC FESTIVAL – A Multi-City Celebration of Reggae, Punk Rock, Hip-Hop, and The Spirit of Sublime

December 8, 2025

VENUE SPOTLIGHT

GARCIA’S CHICAGO SHARES ECLECTIC MENU AND BEVERAGE PROGRAM INSPIRED BY JERRY GARCIA’S PERSONAL TASTES, HERITAGE, AND MUSIC

LMNR - May 1, 2025

Sk8bar: Skating, Music, Freedom

May 8, 2023

Fritzel’s New Orleans

January 6, 2023

Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia Venue Spotlight

February 2, 2022

The Range Rocks Again

June 11, 2021

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Joe Samba Little East Coast Tour Starts Jan 29

Dave Hoffenberg - January 28, 2026

She Wants Revenge on this Cruel World

May 16, 2025

MUSICAL MEMORIES

How an Era Ended: Knebworth Park, the Last Live Performance of Freddie Mercury With Queen

LMNR - June 29, 2021

by Popular Demand

Concert Memory: The Who and the Grateful Dead

Robert E ODonnell - April 28, 2020

By Robert E O'DonnellOn March 28th, 1981, I was there at The RockPalast in Essen, Germany, in the fifth row for The Who & The Grateful Dead. I actually snuck into the show...

John Mayer Returns to Mohegan Sun Arena for a Historic 30th...

July 8, 2026

Chicago LIVE at Fred Kavli Theatre

February 25, 2022

John Mayer Sob Rock Tour Opener

February 10, 2022

Katey Sagal and The Forest Rangers

December 2, 2019

FROM THE ARCHIVES

VICTORIA’S 16TH ANNUAL SKA & REGGAE FESTIVAL

May 7, 2015

Apple Jam

May 8, 2015

Dropping Julia Brings a Warm Jazz-Pop Show to Clementine Café

March 3, 2026

Michael Franti – Camera On The Run 6-8-13 Mountain Jam, Hunter...

July 2, 2013

EVEN MORE NEWS

Toto, Christopher Cross, The Romantics

July 22, 2026

Solid Sound 2026

July 7, 2026

Paul Simon Bethel Woods July 3, 2026

July 7, 2026