Concerts and Tours

The Five Best EDM Shows in May

April has come and gone and spring time is officially here. For most of us in Orange County this means great summer weather, beach days, bikinis and world renowned electronic dance music artists making their way through our city week after week. Since most of us are gearing up for the 17th annual El ... More >>

Super Diamond

House of Blues

Coachella 2013 Lineup Announced

The moment we've all been waiting for has finally arrived! At around 8:30 tonight, the Coachella lineup was announced and as usual, it contains some interesting names. Headliners have a heavy dose of rock including The Stone Roses (!!!) and Blur Friday, Phoenix on Saturday, with the Sunday night he ... More >>

Emilie Autumn

Glass House

Hardcore Legends D.O.A. To Play The Observatory On Final Tour

Known as one of the most political and hard working punk bands since their inception back in 1978, punk rockers D.O.A. announced that they'll be calling it quits after their upcoming, final run of tour dates. One of those select shows lands them at The Observatory on Friday, Feb. 1. Beginning with ... More >>

CH3 Headlines Doll Hut's Final Holiday Benefit Show Tomorrow

Back in October, when we told you about the World Famous Doll Hut closing it's doors for good after the new year, we left you with a final thought:Get your ass out there as often as you can. Count every piece of chewed up gum you step on, every bit of stage feedback and decaying band sticker on th ... More >>

Groundation

Yost Theater

Slander: Two Former OC Frat Boys Help Take TrapStyle Worldwide

Derek Andersen and Scott Land meet as fraternity brothers at University of California Irvine. Their DJ careers started as half a joke and half destiny. Originally DJing parties for their fraternity because at the time everyone only played hip-hop, Andersen was passionate about bringing house music t ... More >>

BLOK to Headline an Extra-Spooky Edition of Plugged Into Local at Alex's Bar, Oct. 24

We don't give a fuck that it's happening a week before Halloween, Plugged Into Local can and will scare the shit out of you this month. October's installment of our lil' monthly concert series returns with three bands who trade in bone-cracking agression, blood-curdling screams, and three signature ... More >>

Sweet and Tender Hooligans

Alex's Bar

Misfit Sideshow Cabaret

Alex's Bar

Café Tacuba- The Observatory- 8/13/12 [w/VIDEO]

See Also: *Iron Maiden - The Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - 8/9/12* Leo Dan Brings Latin Baby-Makin' Music to West Coast Theater*Tri Tone FINALLY Gives Southern California a Latin Alternative Music FestivalCafé Tacuba The Observatory 8/13/12 To say that last night's Café Tacuba concert was one of ... More >>

Billy Kernkamp Headlines Plugged Into Local at Time Out Tavern Aug. 29

See Also:*Jack Grisham's New Band the Manic Low to Headline Plugged Into Local, a New OC Weekly Concert Series*[Slideshow] Plugged Into Local: The Manic Low at the Observatory-July 25*Tag,You're It: Billy Kernkamp Interviews Singer Steve Carson From Echo EchoAs we continue to enjoy the final slice o ... More >>

Milo Greene

Fingerprints

The Reverend Horton Heat Makes Out a Legacy at Hootenanny

The Reverend Horton Heat's memories of headlining the Hootenanny are getting pretty foggy--lost in a sweltering haze of hard living, hellfire and hillbilly guitar riffs. And considering he rarely seems to take a breath between touring and recording, it's only natural the Rev (born Jim Heath) would l ... More >>

Pioneers of Goth

Yost Theater

Def Leppard

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Tyga at The Observatory, March 29, 2012

​TygaThe ObservatoryMarch 28, 2012 Warning: This review contains explicit language, and your children should not read this--too bad you let them attend this concert.If you were at the Observatory to see Tyga perform at his sold-out show, you heard a lot--and I mean a lot--of  "Rack City," ... More >>

Abstract Workshop 14th Anniversary Party

Detroit Bar

Beach Boys To Play Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre On June 3

​By popular demand, the Beach Boys have added a show to the 50th Anniversary tour at Irvine's Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre on June 3. Previously, the only area show was at the Hollywood Bowl on June 2, and that's sold out.

Grandaddy to Reunite

​Consequence of Sound just announced that indie rock band Grandaddy has reunited. They've been broken up for six years, but will play a number of shows this year, beginning with a headlining spot at the UK's End of the Road Festival in September.

Emilie Autumn

Glass House

Red Hot Chili Peppers Reschedule Tour Due to Foot Injuries

​Red Hot Chili Peppers postponed their upcoming U.S. tour supporting their Grammy-nominated snoozefest, I'm With You, due to multiple foot injuries sustained by lead singer Anthony Kiedis. According to a statement, "Kiedis recently underwent surgery to remove a crushed sesamoid bone and correct a ... More >>

Reel Big Fish

Fox Pomona

Warpaint, TRMRS and Tijuana Panthers Play a Badass Benefit

The bands raise money for late fan Haley Butcher

Lady Gaga's Monster Ball Tour Live from NYC

Art Theatre

Funeral Party

Glass House

Mac Miller: Five Ways to Pre-Game Before His Show

​Mac Miller's affinity for Chuck Taylors and alumni status with Taylor Alderdice's Pittsburgh high school might have you believe that he's a part Wiz Khalifa's Taylor Gang crew, the truth is Miller and Khalifa couldn't be further apart. Although they both launched their careers with Pittsburgh-bas ... More >>

High on Fire

Galaxy

Five Things to Takeaway From a Cuban Hip-Hop Cultural Exchange

Vincent Ferrane​ Magia López Cabrera (Magia MC) and Alexey Rodríguez Mola (...el tipo este...) took to the stage last Sunday at the Juke Joint in Anaheim to deliver a scintillating 50-minute set of Cuban hip-hop music. The husband-and-wife duo known as Obsesión were on hand to perform their fin ... More >>

Leon Russell

The Coach House

It's Pink Floyd Week on Jimmy Fallon

​More than any other reissue of collectors' box sets and unreleased music, Pink Floyd's campaign with EMI, Why Pink Floyd? is being presented with the most hoopla. The campaign launches tomorrow, also with unreleased music from the archives and complete studio recordings remastered. How is EMI cel ... More >>

No to Free Helmets, Yes to a Free Helmet Show!

[Mental Notes] Reeve Carney is the newest Jeff Buckley, Young the Giant go big time

Young the Giant Performing at the VMAs

​Young the Giant are the home boys that sneakily made good--Morrissey loves them, they've played the Weenie Roast, are opening for Incubus on tour this year...and today MTV announced that Young the Giant will make their VMA performance debut at the 2011 Video Music Awards. The lineup for VMA perf ... More >>

Free Ticket TuesdayMonday: Jack's Mannequin at the Roxy

John Gilhooley/OC Weekly​Here's a treat: We're doing a free ticket giveaway today instead of our usual Tuesday extravaganza because Jack's Mannequin is headlining! OC native, frontman Andrew McMahon, will be at the Roxy in LA on Wednesday to kick off 7-Eleven's 4-concert series (all tickets are on ... More >>

Coachella 2011: Hits and Misses

[Mental Notes] Kanye kills it, Duran Duran's '80s dance party and more

Sharon Van Etten's 'Epic' Win

Her intimate rootsy-shoegaze sound has led to some not-so-intimate gigs

Heard Mentality Presents Exene Cervenka (of X); Charity Show Benefits Sweet Relief

www.exenecervenka.net​On Friday, March 11, Exene Cervenka--writer, artist, formerly of punk rock prototype X--is performing at a benefit show hosted by yours truly at Big's Grill in Fullerton. It will be an intimate hometown show; mostly, it will be Exene and her guitar, playing some crowd fa ... More >>

Social Distortion

House of Blues

Bitter End

Chain Reaction

Volume 1: The First Halloween

The Grove of Anaheim

Classical Vibrations

Curtis Theater

Robyn and Kelis at the Music Box Over the Weekend

Fierce headliner, bad dresser: Robyn​Robyn and KelisJuly 23, 2010Henry Fonda Music Box Theater When Swedish electro-popster Robyn and R&B singer Kelis announced a joint U.S. tour, a quiver of delight went through their fans. Both one-named celebrities have new albums, but their similarities do ... More >>

The Union Line Tour With Local Natives

​So we just heard that The Union Line will be touring with their buddies Local Natives this fall. The Local Natives are really blowing up, performing in festivals around the world this summer.  This is also the third time the Union Line is going on the road, and the difference is that mos ... More >>

No Service Fees For Live Nation Shows

www.myspace.com/kingsofleon​Live Nation's eliminating service fees this June for all the tickets sold at all their amphitheaters throughout the country. I don't know if that's such a good idea; some of those service fees jack up the cost of a ticket by almost double sometimes. By eliminating them ... More >>

Margaret Cho

Brea Improv

Elton John and Billy Joel

Honda Center

Gothic Savior

Anti X-Mas

Love You Moon at Chain Reaction

O Canada

Tokyo Police Club