ANTWERP – “The atmosphere during a concert in a theater hall is very different from that at a festival or in an arena.” Tourist LeMC told a journalist at the start of his Onrust tour. That is precisely why the renowned Flemish hip-hop-folk artist eschewed his usual venues and built this 23-show tour around more […]

MANCHESTER, TN – Even for the most seasoned Roo Vets, this year’s version of the iconic Bonnaroo festival was hot, really hot! Temperatures during the three-day event were consistently in the 90s, sometimes reaching 100, with plenty of humidity and one thunderstorm thrown in. These conditions made the covered This and That Tents welcomed places […]

Malmö, Sweden – On December 14th, Eurovision unveiled the theme art for the 2024 edition of its iconic song contest. Called “Eurovision Lights,” the design is based on simple, linear gradients inspired by the vertical lines found on auroras and sound equalizers. The 163-million television viewers who tuned into the Eurovision Song Contest this May […]

A lot can happen over two-and-a-half years, especially when you’re an award-winning band that has become a national icon. Following the pandemic, mellow rock masters Racoon embarked on an extensive tour of The Netherlands in support of their album. Being the kind of band that thrives on audience interaction, the quartet performed at a very […]

There are times, and there are times! Anyone who’s been around for any length of time knows the difference. We’re referring to those special periods in history when society experiences a seismic shift, ushering in a new way of experiencing things. The early 1990s was such a time, especially as far as popular music was […]

Beartooth’s recently concluded 40-city North American tour included many iconic venues, from the Palladium in Times Square to the Wiltern in Los Angeles, but none of them held more than 3,000 people. Still, fans who packed houses for the band’s 75-minute performance, could have sworn they were watching an arena show. That was just the […]

Spanning across 250 feet and rising 65 feet in the air, this year’s bassPOD stage was massive by any measure, but the most stunning feature of the metallic structure designed by Stufish Studios can be seen in the myriad shapes and forms that extend in every direction on multiple levels, creating endless visual paths for […]

Mirror Mirror on the Wall…. So said the Wicked Queen in the Brothers Grimm classic. But Ed Warren has another place where he prefers to hang mirrors – over the stage or dancefloor. The well-known designer whose client list reads like a Who’s Who of rock and EDM artists has famously included the familiar mirror […]

Every song tells a story, but in the case of Disturbed, this “story” is more than just a narrative. Instead, it is more like a journey, one that takes fans through a fierce, primal storm of emotions that, as one critic put it “draws us into a realm where light and darkness collide.” Contributing to […]

If touring with one legend is a dream come true. What do you call lighting two? For Susan Rose, the term “doubly blessed” might do. The talented Tennessee LD spent 19 years touring with Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band, something that qualifies as a career highlight in any book, especially when you throw in […]

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – The promoters of Arizona Bike week billed their event as a “five-day celebration of motorcycles and music.” This year for the 27th edition of the annual festival, they could have added another feature to their list: mind-bending light and video show! It’s all but impossible to imagine that any of the half-million […]

Art is always evolving, but at pivotal times in its history something more profound happens. It is at these moments, such as during the Renaissance, when science revolutionized painting and sculpture, that art transcends its traditional boundaries and reaches into new realms of knowledge to infuse itself with more powerful, game-changing ways to touch the […]