Category: Concert Photography

The day was cold but that did not stop fans from going to All Time Low’s final U.S show of the Everyone’s Talking Tour. The latter half of the tour consisted of consisted of supporting acts Mayday Parade, Four Year Strong, and The Paradox. When All Time Low took the stage, the crowd sang along to all the songs. Some songs included in the set were “Weightless,” “Hate This Song,” and “Dear Maria, Count Me In.” Each of the bands had so much energy on stage as they give it their all while performing. All Time Low has a run of dates next year outside the U.S. with Mayday Parade, Four Year Strong, and The Paradox. If you have been deciding on getting tickets to see All Time Low, this is a must-see show.

Atlanta native Faye Webster teamed with the Magik*Magik Orchestra to bring an unforgettable performance to the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California. Oakland was the last stop of three on her “An Evening with Faye Webster” tour, performing with a new orchestra at each stop. Webster was accompanied by the LA Phil in Los Angeles and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Atlanta.

On arrival at the venue, fans were handed a white pamphlet giving credit to each of the orchestras assisting her at each stop, as well as the musicians who helped bring this performance to life. Webster performed on a platform with the rest of the orchestra behind her. The live orchestra provided an ethereal sound that sounded extremely authentic.

Webster began her set around 8 pm to a sold-out, 3000-seat venue, and opened with hits, including “Kind of” and “Right Side of My Neck”. After a couple of songs, the backdrop changed to a curtain with hanging lights that bears a resemblance to the stars. Her set was around an hour and thirty minutes long, finishing with her most popular songs “Kingston” and “I Know You”, gaining over 730 million streams on Spotify combined. Webster thanked the audience after finishing her performance and walked off the stage with a bouquet of roses in her hand.

This year, spooky season was best spent going to Modern Alibi’s show at Snug Harbor with Charlotte’s own Te’Jani. Along with playing their sold out show at the venue, the band surprised fans the night before when they opened for the All American Rejects at VBGB’s. 

The venue was filled with fans in awesome Halloween costumes, but the band’s dynamic energy was what caught my attention the most. If there is one thing that I’ve noticed about Modern Alibi, it’s that they always give it their all, including when they’re dressed as flesh-eating zombies. Whether it was Christian Sturt going all out on the drums, bassist Josh King and guitarist Carter Ritz jamming together, or lead singer Holden Scott getting up on top of the bar singing a cover of “Sympathy for The Devil,” it was a Halloweekend worth remembering. 

If you missed both opportunities to see Modern Alibi live, fear not. They will be performing along the east coast in December with Nashville-based rock band, The Band Light. 

American Rock band Cage the Elephant performed a sold out show at the Agora in Cleveland Ohio on 10/22. The venue was packed with fans as Cage The Elephant took the stage. The incredibly lively performance featured songs from across their catalog of music and had fans screaming along throughout the set. Notable and personal favorites included “Spiderhead,”Social Cues,” and “Halo,” featured alongside mega hits “Come a Little Closer” and “Cigarette Daydreams.”

As this tour winds down, tickets are running low. You do not want to miss this incredible performance. Check out photos from the set below. 

Chancelor Bennett, professionally known as Chance The Rapper, returned to the Bay Area after a nearly decade-long hiatus. Chance The Rapper is 32-year-old sing-songwriter, poet, activist, and producer from Chicago. Fans set the tone high early in his set, getting loud and singing every song word for word. The set included projected visuals on a backdrop, light bars on the center of the stage, and bright lights that beamed on each side of the stage, casting shadows on the venue’s walls.

Chance The Rapper began his set with “Star Side Intro” off of his newest album STAR LINE. A scene that was being projected finished up, and the stage went dark, building anticipation for his appearance on stage. After a brief moment of silence, Bennett stomped out on stage with energy. Notable songs included in the setlist for his San Francisco stop are “Same Drugs” off of Coloring Book, “Ultralight Beam” off of Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo, and “Cocoa Butter Kisses” off of Bennett’s 2013 album Acid Rap.

Pumping up the crowd before Chance The Rapper’s set was Bay Area native, LaRussell. Before LaRussell started his opening set, he told the crowd that he had been hyping up the Bay Area every stop of the way.

Rapper Taylor Bennett was another opener for the show and is also Chance The Rapper’s brother.

St. Louis’s Delmar Hall came to a roar last night as Deafheaven took the stage with its brand of blackgaze metal.   The San Francisco band powered through 11 songs supporting their new album, Lonely People with Power, along with metalcore bands Harm’s Way and I Promised the World.   

The youthful crowd pulsed with the music and threw themselves around the floor, slam dancing in a mosh pit as the night rolled on, enticed by George Clarke’s antics and drawn into the layers of music, literally feeling it at times.   

Pop-punk band Cartel kicked off their first night of their Chroma 20th Anniversary Tour in Charlotte, NC, bringing the energy of their beloved debut album Chroma to The Underground’s stage. In addition to Cartel’s energetic stage presence and playing a sold out show, indie-pop singer Landon Conrath joined the band for the first part of the tour. Throughout his set, he showed his passion for music through his songs “Cool Guy” and “Mezzanine.” He expressed his love of performing music showed immense gratitude towards Cartel for bringing him on tour. 

“I found the band Cartel a little late!” he confessed. 

“Welcome!” shouted an audience member while the rest of the fans, as well as Conrath and his band, all burst out into laughter. 

Jake Scott’s show at The Underground in Charlotte was not only a memorable night for everyone in attendance, but also almost poignant – it was like a love letter. 

Opening for Scott on his heartfelt night in Charlotte was MaRynn Taylor. Although there were many technical difficulties, Taylor was able to prevail. Sharing her music was a love letter in itself: her single “Pretty Much” speaks to the young girls who feel the weight of the world on their shoulders of being a certain standard on how they look. As she sang her new single, I couldn’t help but tear up on how honest and vulnerable Taylor was. It was almost as if she was speaking to a 12 year old me.

As Scott took the stage, he proclaimed, “Man, I love y’all.” Throughout the night, he not only expressed his love and admiration for the city, but he also continuously shared stories of growing up, moving away from his hometown, and marrying the love of his life. In every song that Scott sang and every story that he told, he got up close and personal with the audience. For instance, the story behind his single, “Venezia,” was a memorable one – it was about being whisked away on a trip to Venice with his wife and getting the opportunity to eat spaghetti for breakfast while being captivated by the beauty that the city had to offer. 

The night was overall a love letter to Scott’s wife, and I couldn’t be more happy to be a part of it and to become more excited for what Scott has to come in future projects.

It was a heat index of 104 degrees on Wednesday night when doors opened at Hollywood Casino Amphitheater, but that didn’t stop fans from coming early to grab a spot on the lawn to watch The Lumineers.

Hippo Campus warmed up an already sweating crowd and didn’t seem to mind the temperature themselves as they performed a 45 minute set with a great mix of songs across their discography.

Thankfully, as the sun went down and a breeze moved in, the night became more comfortable and the crowd was ready to get on their feet as The Lumineers took the stage. They opened with the lead track off of Automatic, “Same Old Song,” to the cheers of nearly twenty thousand voices – the biggest show they’ve played so far in St. Louis.

After playing “Ho Hey,” the song that brought them to fame, Wesley Schultz told the audience about how they’ve had a lot of couples tell them that this song was their first dance song at their wedding. Schultz informed us that “Ho Hey” is a breakup song, which made the crowd laugh, before The Lumineers continued into a song Schultz said is a better song for a first dance: “Dead Sea.”

The Lumineers played several songs off of their latest album, Automatic, and filled in the rest of their time with an assortment of songs from their previous albums, ensuring that everyone heard one of their favorites. You can still catch them on one of their tour dates throughout the US and Toronto until mid-October!