Queens of the Stone Age, who will re-release an expanded and remastered edition of its self-titled debut, visits the Ogden Theatre on Friday, April 8, as part of short tour that only includes fourteen North American dates. On this tour, Josh Homme and company will be playing the entire first…
Known as Big Sal in the professional wrestling community, Salmineo Martin built a pretty good reputation with Juggalo Championship Wrestling and Primo’s Hardcore Wrestling. He even went on tour with the Insane Clown Posse…
Sometimes all it takes to catch our eye is a nice big landscape on a flier. Even if we can’t quite make out what cities are being mashed together here, this one still manages to peak our interest in the show and the material based solely on our passing interest…
London-based singer Adele, touring North America this May in support of her forthcoming sophomore release, 21, which hits stores February 22, is slated to stop by the Ogden Theatre on Saturday, May 28. Tickets ($27.50-$30) go on sale this Saturday, February 12 at 10 a.m…
First Friday is usually a day reserved for people who like art wander around the city and stare at pretty pictures and talk to each other about how they have no money, but if they did, boy, they’d totally buy that painting. However, as this week’s flier shows us, it…
Country superstars George Strait and Reba McEntire have sold close to 125 million records. combined. In his career, which spans more than three decades, Strait has had more number-one singles than Elvis, and his latest effort, Twang, debuted at the number-one slot on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. Reba, meanwhile,…
As you might have heard, Kool Herc (aka Clive Campbell), father of the breakbeat and master hip-hop visionary, was hospitalized over the weekend. Since news of his illness and subsequent trouble covering medical costs first dropped on DJ Premier’s blog, there has been an outpouring of support from the hip-hop…
Flier design doesn’t have many proven rules, but there is one that is nearly irrefutable: cartoon demon babes are always a good idea. Toss in some fire effects, and it’s next to impossible to resist the urge to stare longingly at our pick this week, which combines some simple lines…
Old school metal fans across the country are no doubt peeing themselves right now over The Big 4 (we certainly are). In case you happened to miss the big announcement on Facebook earlier today, four of the metal’s venerable titans are going to be together on the same stage for…
By now you’ve seen the monstrosity that’s been constructed at Civic Center Park. Turns out it wasn’t a mini-skyscraper skyscraper after all. It’s a ramp, as you can see here in the photo taken just a bit ago from the top of structure by our always intrepid scribe and resident…
Les Paul has been a long-time inspiration for Jeff Beck, and last summer, Beck paid tribute to the legendary guitarist on what would have been Paul’s 95th birthday. Beck’s two performances at New York’s Iridium Jazz Club, where Paul performed for fourteen years until his death of August 2009, will…
This was the scene outside of the Rockstar Lounge this morning. In case you haven’t heard, over the weekend, a parking valet died a short time after getting struck in a hit-and-run incident outside of the Rockstar Lounge at 940 Lincoln Street. The victim, Jose Medina, 21, was struck by…
This just in: B.B. King’s sold-out show tonight at the Boulder Theater has been postponed due to inclement weather in the mountains. From the promoters: “The date will be rescheduled as soon as possible for a to-be-determined date later to be announced.” This won’t tide you over ’til then, but…
According to Duncan Goodman, one of the owners at Cervantes’, the old ballroom just wasn’t cutting it. That’s why they decided to tackle the problem head-on and completely flip the script on the once run-down venue…
Quick: What type of glasses do you usually see at a Gamits show? If you guessed aviators, horn-rimmed or browline, you win a substantial amount of geek points for knowing the names of the three nerdiest types of glasses. Also, you should probably get down to the Gamits show this…
Robert Plant visits the Fillmore Auditorium on Wednesday, April 27, as part of the third leg of his tour supporting his Grammy-nomimated Band of Joy. He’ll be bringing the same band that’s on the recording, including Patty Griffin, Darrell Scott, Bryon House, Marco Giovino and Buddy Miller…
The Deadbeat Club has been revived. But this new Deadbeat Club is not the iconic venue that Regas Christou ran at 4040 East Evans Avenue in the ’90s. After he gave up the venue in the early 2000s, it went through several owners and incarnations. When Steve Lyons and his…
The majority of the fliers we see are deadly serious affairs, but thankfully, the crew over at Bocumast knows how to make light of a situation while still retaining the essentials of a well put together flier. The fact this one has Neil Armstrong on it just seals the deal…
Janet Jackson visits the Wells Fargo Theatre on Wednesday, April 6, as part of her Number Ones, Up Close and Personal Tour, during which she’ll be performing music exclusively from her album, Number Ones. Jackson’s new book on self-esteem, dieting and exercise,True You, hits stores February 8. Reserved tickets ($64.50-$149.50)…
Wow! It’s our first flier of the new year with the year 2011 inscribed on it. Looks kind of weird. Who knew the future would come so quickly? Anyway, this In Better Senses flier keeps things simple but still manages to be a nice combination of the psychedelic and the…
After playing shows at the Bluebird Theater, Oriental Theater and Quixote’s in the last few years, Akron/Family returns to Denver again. This time around, the outfit is playing at the Marquis Theater with Delicate Steve on Tuesday, March 29. Tickets ($15) are on sale now…
The folks at Z2 Entertainment, who operate the Fox Theatre and Boulder Theater, are selling VIP laminates that are good for two tickets to every Z2 show for the coming year. Five of the ten laminates, which run $2,500 and are non-transferable, will have the person’s photos on the passes…
