Music
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Franz Ferdinand Headlines Neighborhood Theatre Reopening with High-Energy Show
After two long months with the doors closed, Neighborhood Theatre reopened on Tuesday with a performance by Franz Ferdinand. The Scottish indie-rock band performed for nearly 90 minutes to a sold-out crowd, basking in the glow of new lighting and jumping around on a refinished stage as the crowd heard…
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Evanescence Ends Tour with Make-Up Show in Charlotte
On June 18, longtime symphonic rock/alt-metal group Evanescence was forced to cancel its tour stop in Charlotte due to weather, but they did not forget the Queen City. On Tuesday, the goth five-piece circled around and ended the North American leg of their tour at Truliant Amphitheatre, delivering a performance…
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Live Music Happening in Charlotte: August 5-August 18, 2026
Soundwave by Queen City Nerve The Soundwave is Queen City Nerve’s comprehensive guide to live music happening in Charlotte every night of the week. This list is pulled together by our editorial team every other week from combing through Charlotte music venue calendars and separated by genre. None of these…
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Tame Impala Impresses in Long-Delayed Spectrum Center Appearance
It’s crazy to think that we’re still waiting on any events that were by COVID-19, but that’s effectively what we got on Saturday night when Tame Impala finally made an appearance at Spectrum Center for the first time since the show originally scheduled for June 8, 2020, was canceled due…
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Hilary Duff Makes Emotional Return to Charlotte on Lucky Me Tour Stop
Tears filled Hilary Duff’s eyes and her voice cracked softly as she thanked fans for their years of support at Truliant Amphitheater on Saturday. The Lucky Me Tour stop in Charlotte was part of Duff’s first excursion in nearly two decades. “Seeing you respond the way that you have has…
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What My 13-Year-Old Thought of Monday’s Melanie Martinez Show
Pop singer Melanie Martinez brought her latest tour, Hades: The Sacrifice, to Charlotte’s Spectrum Center on Monday. Her fourth studio album, Hades, centers on corruption and capitalism within a mythological, fantasy framework that came to life on stage. Because my 13-year-old daughter is one of the strongest demographics within Martinez’s…
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Noah Kahan Came to Carolina. Here Are 5 Takeaways From His Raleigh Show
Amidst the US leg of his The Great Divide Tour, folk-pop singer Noah Kahan stopped by Raleigh’s Carter-Finley Stadium for a sold-out concert on Saturday. The performance featured 26 songs from the singer’s catalogue on a cool summer night, with opening sets by Gigi Perez and Annabelle Dinda, who followed…
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Qveen Herby Sails Into The Fillmore for First Charlotte Gig
From the bow of a cutout cruise ship to the seat of a mermaid throne, rapper/songstress Qveen Herby took a journey on Wednesday night. The cruise theme was in full effect for her Isle of Qveen Tour, as Qveen Herby’s performance for a sold-out crowd at The Fillmore Charlotte offered…
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Singer-Songwriter Ashlyn Uribe Branches Out with Autobiographical Film Project
It’s a still, muggy July night, but onstage at Starlight on 22nd, a storm is brewing. Accompanied on drums and keyboards by her producer and husband Michael Finster, singer-songwriter Ashlyn Uribe delivers a succession of her playful, seductive dance pop tunes in a warm, rangy mezzo-soprano. Midway through her set,…
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Lindsey Stirling Dances the Night Away at Skyla Amp
I’ll have whatever she’s having. Seriously. At 39 years old, violinist Lindsey Stirling was a whirlwind of energy on stage at Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre on Saturday for the Charlotte stop on her Duality Tour. From the first notes of her cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” through the final rounds…
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Stellar Awards Place Charlotte’s Gospel Scene in the Spotlight
Charlotte is one of nine American municipalities that has been dubbed the City of Churches. A 2015 Business Insider article ranked our city eighth in total number of religious institutions per capita while finding that 83% of local residents are religiously affiliated. With numbers like that, it’s a wonder the…
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Buffalo Traffic Jam Proves Its Popularity at The Underground
It’s interesting how a cover song can impact a set. At The Underground on Tuesday, for example, singer/songwriter Ava Hall’s performance of Tyler Childers’ “Whitehouse Road” undoubtedly won over new fans and served as one of her set’s highlights. For headliner Buffalo Traffic Jam, however, their cover of The Animals’…
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I Hate Dave Embraces Ferocious, Political Punk Rock in Latest EP
Screeching feedback, ricocheting drums and grinding guitars collide like a car crash on “Red Circus,” the ominous lead-off track from I Hate Dave’s latest three-song EP. Bearing the unambiguous, call-to-action title, Stop Loving Deviant Authoritarian Vampiric Eugenicists and Start Hating Them, the collection expands the sonic palette of Queen City…
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Group Therapy Grows Its Reach While Dressed to the Nines
There’s something special about wearing a dress shirt and tie onstage, insists Josiah Johnson, who fronts Rock Hill’s energetic, uplifting rock quintet Group Therapy. “When I put that tie on, I feel like a superhero,” Johnson maintains. “I genuinely feel like I’m suiting up and getting ready to save the…
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Jordyn Zaino Whips Up a Quiet Storm with Impassioned Ballads
“What were your musical inspirations growing up?” It’s the obligatory cliche question that all musical journalists ask — more of an icebreaker than an overly meaningful query. Yet when I ask local singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and raw rock frontwoman Jordyn Zaino, her first two answers provide a certain profundity and perspective that…
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Benjamin Burdon Breaks Five-Year Hiatus with Refreshed Name, New Single
When Benjamin Burdon first started working on his forthcoming project five years ago, he did so amidst a personal crisis. Living in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood during the pandemic, Burdon was grappling with compounded loss. A couple of long-term friendships were fizzling out, including a falling out with one of…
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