Lupe Fiasco, who dropped his new song “Killers” last week, headlines the Fillmore Auditorium on Thursday, December 15 while the Brian Setzer Orchestra brings its holiday show to the Paramount Theatre on Tuesday, December 13. This week’s lineup also includes Mushroomhead, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Red Fang and Joe Russo’s…
Five tenants who were living in DIY space Rhiniceropolis were displaced Thursday night after Denver Fire Department inspections uncovered numerous fire code violations. The inspection and resulting evictions shook the local DIY community, which has been mourning deaths of 36 DIYers in California after a space there, Ghost Ship, burned December…
A class action lawsuit has been filed in federal district court alleging that Red Rocks Amphitheatre, which is owned and operated by the City of Denver, discriminates against wheelchair users by denying them the same access and services as able-bodied patrons. The lawsuit, filed December 2, lists six plaintiffs that…
Lola Black’s XXXmas and video premiere tonight, December 9, at the Gothic Theatre also features In the Whale, Against Himself, LaRissa Vienna & the Strange and 21 Taras while Papadosio is town for two nights at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom tonight and at the Fillmore Auditorium tomorrow. This weekend’s lineup also…
The oldest Denver DIY space Rhinoceropolis has been shut down by the Denver Fire Department, deemed “unsafe building.” Prompted by the Oakland Ghostship DIY Venue fire this past week, Denver Police made the call to have the DIY venue in RiNo inspected on the evening of December 8, 2016.
Dead & Company, which features Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, returns to CU Boulder’s Folsom Field on Friday, June 9, and Saturday, June 10. John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti are also part of the group. Tickets ($49.95-$139.50) on sale on Friday, December 16. Neil…
Instead of listening to “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Santa Baby” on repeat on the radio, check out these holiday concerts in Denver this month.
Kristin Hersh recently released Wyatt at the Coyote Palace, a book of essays and lyrics that includes two albums. Hersh has written two critically acclaimed memoirs: 2015’s Don’t Suck, Don’t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt was about her friendship with the late, great musician Vic Chesnutt, and 2010’s Rat Girl…
Denver’s soaring real-estate prices haven’t just affected renters and home buyers. For musicians and artists, affordable spaces to hone their craft are quickly disappearing.
After a series of strange performances, the Summer’s Over Tour continues, hitting Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium on December 6 without its opener, Jeremih.
Since Guns N’ Roses frontman Alx Rose reunited with original guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagen at Coachella in April, the band has gone on to to hit the road with Not In This Lifetime Tour, which stops in at Sports Authority Field on Wednesday, August 2, 2017. The tour sold…
Believe it, Beliebers: As part of his first-ever stadium tour across North America, Justin Bieber will perform in Denver on August 17, 2017, at the Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Bieber has kept a relatively low profile in 2016 (read: limited scandals), all the while collecting the most American…
PARTYNEXTDOOR and Jeremih are at the Fillmore tomorrow night, while Alice in Winterland, featuring Fitz & the Tantrums and Gavin DeGraw, is at the venue on Thursday. Producer Illenium (aka Nick Miller) takes over the Ogden Theatre for two nights. This week’s lineup also includes Rooney, the Revivalists and Kristin…
On Wednesday, November 30, an angel from New Jersey graced the Tattered Cover. Bruce Springsteen stopped by the Colfax Avenue outpost to promote his new book, Born to Run. Tickets to the pictures-only event (no autographs or performances), were hard to come by. But for those lucky ticket-holders, it was…
Ever Saturday starting December 3, Neil Michael Hagerty & the Howling Hex will preform a “Denver brunch” from 4 to 6 p.m. at La Cour Bistro, 1643 South Broadway. What’s a Denver brunch, and why does this particular one start so late? The event encourages attendees to “wake, bake” and stop…
The lineup for this year’s channel 93.3’s Not So Silent Night includes Empire of the Sun, Kaleo, the Strumbellas, JR JR and 888 while Drive-By Truckers’ Mike Cooley is at Larimer Lounge for a two-night performance and Mike Watt & the Secondmen hit Lion’s Lair for two nights. My Morning Jacket’s…
Colorado is host to many unique nonprofits supporting music and making a positive impact in our communities, so with Colorado Gives Day coming up, we’ve compiled a list featuring some of the standouts.
Elton John brings his eleven-city tour in support of his latest album, Wonderful Crazy Night, to the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs on Thursday, March 16. The show will also include classic album tracks from his five-decade-long career. Tickets go on sale on Friday, December 9, at 10 a.m…
At any concert you attend, have you thought that maybe, whilst surrounded by like-minded individuals, you had the opportunity to make a difference? Set up at entrances to festivals like Vertex or Electric Forest and other shows like String Cheese Incident and Sound Tribe Sector 9 across the nation is a booth from Conscious Alliance, a national hunger relief and youth empowered organization.
In a dimly lit studio, Denver artist Jon Shockness is searching among tables full of recording equipment, laptops and headphones. “Where did that palo santo go?” he asks. He finds it, and after burning the fragrant stick in the recording room and making a few adjustments to his headphones, Shockness…
Haley Bonar has not one but two ways of deflecting questions about the seemingly personal nature of “Hometown,” the first song on her excellent new album Impossible Dream. “All grown up, saving up for my exit,” she sings in a breathy echo. “Let it burn in the rearview mirror.” And later: “The further that I get, the deeper my regrets. Hometown goes wherever you go.”
On November 17, electronic duo BoomBox made a major announcement on Facebook, and suddenly its upcoming New Year’s Eve shows at the Gothic Theatre on December 29, 30 and 31 became that much more significant. “To all of our friends, family and supporters, BoomBox and Russ Randolph will be parting ways,” the announcement read. “The amicable separation is in no way a dissolution but rather the opening of a new chapter for BoomBox moving forward. Russ Randolph’s last show with BoomBox will be in Denver, Colorado at The Gothic Theatre on December 31st, 2016.”
