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Toto’s Tour of Nostalgia Makes Charlotte Stop
I mean this with all due respect: If not for Weezer’s widely popular cover of the Toto song “Africa” back in 2018, I’m not so sure Toto would be touring large outdoor amphitheaters this summer. But for better or worse — and I’m leaning better — that’s where we are…
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Cypress Hill Leads Electrifying Hip-Hop Bill at The Amp Ballantyne
It’s safe to say that the average Charlottean doesn’t associate hip-hop music with the Ballantyne area, but that changed, if just for an evening, when the Dank Daze of Summer tour rolled through The Amp on Tuesday. The show brought Cypress Hill, Atmosphere, Lupe Fiasco and The Pharcyde to south…
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Neil Young Makes Long-Awaited Return to the Queen City
For just a few brief moments on Friday night, I was worried Neil Young’s voice wasn’t what it used to be. As he sang the opening words to his first song, “Ambulance Blues,” there was a raspiness, a shakiness, that made me pause. Thankfully, by the time Young got to…
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Volbeat and Halestorm Show Range in Co-Rocking PNC
On a cool Wednesday night at PNC Music Pavilion, two veteran heavy-rock bands brought thunderous beats and ripping riffs to their legions of fans. Headliner Volbeat, the Danish rock band that combines rock ‘n’ roll with heavy metal while mixing in a smattering of rockabilly vibes and plenty of grooves,…
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AJR Continues to Entertain at PNC Music Pavilion
It was only 16 months ago that AJR performed at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center, so maybe it wasn’t surprising that parts of Saturday night’s show at PNC Music Pavilion felt a little familiar. After the second song, singer Jack Met talked his bandmate brother, keyboardist Ryan Met, and how he always…
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Thomas Rhett Puts on More Than a Country Show at PNC
It seems a bit odd to place Thomas Rhett in the country category. Sure, many of his fans were wearing cowboy boots to his show at PNC Music Pavilion on Friday, but just a few songs into his set I started to wonder how he can be labeled in that…
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The Head and the Heart Keep the Momentum at Skyla Amp
A lot of bands save their best songs for last — usually the encore. Rarely do bands come out of the gate with a few of their biggest hits. The Head and the Heart is not like most bands. At Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre on Tuesday, the indie-folk outfit took…
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Ringo Starr Spreads Peace and Love at Ovens
It’s not every day that a Beatle performs in the Queen City. Actually, it’s not even every decade. It’s been 15 years since Paul McCartney performed in Charlotte. The last time Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band performed here was 1992. Starr and Co. made their long-awaited return on…
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Dispatch, John Butler & Friends Flood Skyla with Good Vibes
It’s likely that Dispatch isn’t a household name, or perhaps you can’t even name one of their songs. But the positive vibes that the band puts forth at every live show are infectious. The band performed at Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre on Friday, capping off a night full of music…
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Run the Jewels Keeps the Energy High in Ballantyne
While Raleigh Run the Jewels fans are hype to see the duo open for Wu-Tang Clan this Saturday, thousands of Queen City devotees got the jump on them when they got a chance to see RTJ perform a headlining set at The Amp Ballantyne on Thursday. The Charlotte stop was…
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Metallica Offers More Than Nostalgia in Uptown Charlotte
It’s hard to believe that Metallica was formed 44 years ago, or as singer-guitarist James Hetfield told the sold-out crowd at Bank of America Stadium on Saturday night, “… 140-something years” ago. The metal quartet’s M72 World Tour hit Charlotte on the heels of its latest album, 2023’s 72 Seasons.…
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Keith Urban Rocks Off His Country Roots
When did Keith Urban get labeled as a country artist and why? Sure, the 57-year-old singer/guitarist has lived in Nashville since the early ’90s and won countless awards in the country genre, but does he really deserve to be categorized as such? First off, he’s a ripping guitarist — not…
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Wilco Makes Anticipated Return to Charlotte
Save for a private concert last year, Thursday night was the first time since 2007 that Wilco held a proper public concert in the Charlotte area. Performing a 20-song set followed by a four-song encore, the Jeff Tweedy-fronted band thrilled fans for roughly two hours at The Amp Ballantyne on…
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Shakira Launches US Leg of World Tour in Charlotte
International pop star Shakira kicked off the US leg of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour in Charlotte on Tuesday night with a concert at Bank of America Stadium. Though the show’s start was delayed for nearly 40 minutes for unknown reasons, the weather held off as the…
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Rachel Platten Gets Personal at Neighborhood Theatre
While NYC-based singer/songwriter, children’s author and model Rachel Platten has been open with the media about her struggles with mental health, including postpartum depression and anxiety, for her performance at Neighborhood Theatre on Monday night, she brought the audience along for the ride. From motivational pop songs like her 2015…
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Future Islands Keeps It Moving at The Fillmore
Shuffling. Spinning. Jumping. Air punching. Twisting. Crouching. Kicking. Future Islands singer Samuel T. Herring rarely stops moving from the opening notes to the closing salvo of a show. In Charlotte on Thursday night at The Fillmore, Herring was a bundle of energy per usual. Part of it might have been…
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