Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Music News and Concert Announcements

Music and baseball fans… don’t forget ‘Extra Innings Festival’ February. 27th and 28th

If you still can't get enough music and baseball with Innings Festival, you're in luck good readers! On Friday...

Cactus League spring training is approaching… so is ‘Innings Fest 2026’

Well, good readers!  We're approaching that time of year again when the significantly popular Innings Festival returns to downtown Tempe on Fri....

Trans-Siberian Orchestra ‘2025 Winter Tour’ hits Phoenix a bit earlier this year

I have to say it's very odd hearing Christmas songs on the radio in November, especially when the stations commence playing them the first...

There’s no slowing down with guitar great Steve Hackett

It's really something seeing the extraordinary catalog that Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Steve Hackett has amassed over a roughly 55-year...

Shonen Knife bring four decades of pop-punk to Rebel Lounge this Monday October 13th

Although Japan's pop-punk trio Shonen Knife has been in existence with multiple lineups for over 40 years, it's fair to say they...

Symphony X returns to Valley @ Nile Theater

It has been a number of years since I saw Symphony X. I was on vacation and on the day of...

Veteran pop-rock quintet The Fixx peform at Tempe’s Marquee Theatre this Saturday

I remember vividly all of the talk about a "second" British Invasion in popular music in the early 1980s.  It was around the time...

New Video From Visions Of Atlantis Released – Hellfire

One of my favorite new bands is Visions of Atlantis (VOA). I have seen them live many times and loved each...

Al Jardine coming to MIM in July

I am totally bummed. I love seeing Al Jardine. And the MIM is one of the best places for an...

ASU’s Music Industry Career Conference returns to downtown Phoenix campus for a third year

It must be pretty satisfying for students at ASU to have its own Popular Music Program as part of the School of...

‘Innings Festival’ takes over downtown Tempe this weekend, with some ‘Extra Innings’ as an...

Thousands of loyal baseball fans (in some cases nationwide) will be flocking to various Cactus League spring training games all across the...

Mark that holiday calendar: Trans-Siberian Orchestra Dec. 1, Jose Feliciano Dec. 13

It looks like the 2024 holiday season is shaping up to be a pretty strong one for music fans of all ages here in...

Queensryche lead guitarist Michael Wilton recalls veteran quintet’s early years ahead of Phoenix stop

Let me think now... the year 1984.  What pops into my head first and foremost was how awesome it was to be a young...

‘Experience Hendrix’, a guitarist’s dream tour, is headed to Mesa Arts Center this Friday

I can't imagine what it must have been like being a young music fan in 1967 or 1968 and hearing The Jimi Hendrix Experience...