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 Peoplewith 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.
British rock band The Darkness stopped by The Agora in Cleveland on Sunday 9/21. The Darkness will continue their “Dreams on Toast” tour across the sea in Europe but will be back for some US performances in November.
Opener Mark Daly gave a high-energy performance for an excited crowd. Headliners The Darkness put on an incredible performance highlighting hits both old and new and of course featured their monster hit “I believe in the thing called love.” Be on the lookout for The Darkness while they continue their world travels for their “Dreams on Toast” tour. Check out photos from the evening below.
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!
Alternative rock band 311 stopped in Cleveland last week on their Unity Tour alongside openers Sitting on Saturn and Badflower. 311 has been active in the music scene since 1988 with their latest full length album released in 2024: Full Bloom. The Unity Tour set list featured an incredible selection of their thirty plus years of music and of course featured crowd favorites “Amber,” “Beautiful Disaster,” and “All Mixed Up,” just to name a few. There are still plenty of upcoming dates for the tour so be on the lookout! Check out photos from the set below.
With only a handful of shows left on The Driver Era’s Obsession Tour, I’m happy to say that Ross and Rocky Lynch always bring the energy to every show they perform. And as they returned to Charlotte with their fierce opener VALÉ, it was pretty clear that myself and the rest of the audience were about to have an amazing time.
VALÉ captivated the audience with her beautiful yet fiery performance and mystical stage presence. During her set, I was taken back to the early 2000s as she performed a cover of Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani, prompting everyone, including myself, to sing along.
As The Driver Era’s set rolled in, I knew that my younger self was going to be excited based on clips of their past shows I had seen on my TikTok feed. You could have caught me dancing in the crowd step by step as Ross performed “Cruisin’ For A Bruisin’” from Teen Beach Movie. To close out the show, the song I had been waiting for all night began to play. “Get Off My Phone” was the cherry on top to an incredible night. As the show ended, the Lynch brothers walked towards the crowd to autograph fans’ signs and hats to everyone’s excitement.
Australian rock band Jet performed at the House of Blues in Cleveland Ohio on Friday the 13th alongside Band of Skulls. Jet delivered an outstanding high-energy performance, playing crowd favorites such as “Are You Gonna Be My Girl?” and “Cold Hard Bitch.” This performance was one of the last in North America on this run. Check out photos from the show below.
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