Concerts and Tours

Anuhea

The Constellation Room

Coachella "Leaks," Confirmations and Rumors

It's almost crunch time and Coachella line-up announcements should come about at the end of the month. Yet, this still leaves a couple of weeks of fake-line up posters, rumors, speculation and "leaks" to go around the internet and spread like wildfire. Remember when we could buy tickets at the door ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in OC This Week

Tuesday, December 18Stevie TombstoneThe Prospector Stevie Tombstone's sweet, soulful country croon juxtaposes delightfully with his hard craggy face. Rocking some hard-luck chic, his songs feature mentions of the undertaker and give thanks for the little things in life--such as not being in jail ... More >>

Wild Child

House of Blues

New Found Glory

Glass House

Minaya & Vikus' Blockbuster DJ Double Team

[Locals Only] The selectors are the EDM equivalent of a buddy-cop movie

Cerebral Bore's Paul McGuire Says His Band is Worthy of a Death Metal Reality Show

See Also:*Cannibal Corpse Take One Last Bite Out of Festival Season*Heretic to Film Live DVD in Santa Ana This Weekend*Everything You Wanted to Know About Metal But Were Afraid to AskGetting a hold of Paul McGuire, founder and guitarist of death metallers Cerebral Bore, proved to be a bit of an ... More >>

Singularity Highlights the M in EDM

[Locals Only] The OC-bred beat-maker keeps his style unapologetically ecletcic

Jack Grisham's New Band the Manic Low to Headline Plugged Into Local, a New OC Weekly Concert Series

There's something about summertime that puts the folks over here at Heard Mentality in a really giving mood. And since few things go together like warm weather and free music, we're offering OC Weekly readers a brand new loud, local concert series called Plugged Into Local-- filled with the best ban ... More >>

Project Moss

Detroit Bar

Queen Latifah Is Headlining Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Festival

File under "How Did We Miss This?": Queen Latifah will headline the Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Festival May 19. This will be Latifah's first appearance at a gay pride festival. The Long Beach event, which began in 1984, is one of the country's biggest celebrations. In previous years, Jennifer ... More >>

Vans Warped Tour's Kevin Lyman: "I think the brand new bands like Matt Toka, Hyro Da Hero, Tomorrows Bad Seeds, and this great little band Cherry Bomb are the ones to look out for"

At the Vans Warped Tour official kick-off party and press conference at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles last week, creator Kevin Lyman marveled, "It's really cool--18 years and people still care!" Back in 1995, Lyman started the Warped Tour and showcased bands like No Doubt and Sublime. Today the ... More >>

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros at the Observatory, March 14, 2012

​ Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros March 14, 2012 The Observatory I was really excited to hear that Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros were playing locally at The Observatory since I missed them a couple of years back when they played The Grove in Anaheim. They've toured since, but so ... More >>

Flogging Molly

City National Grove of Anaheim

Madonna Announces World Tour While the Register Picks Apart Her Plastic Surgery Work

​The last time I saw Madonna, it was 2006 and I paid $352 for a floor ticket. Madonna, fresh off the success of her Super Bowl halftime show, is going on a  World Tour beginning May 29 in Tel Aviv, Israel. While we have no idea how much tickets will be going for, we do know she'll stop at&nbs ... More >>

Van Halen Announce Tour Dates: Staples Center on June 1, Honda Center June 12

​Van Halen finally announced their tour dates today, and it is massive. The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inductees announced the dates at an intimate performance in New York's Café Wha?. The tour will begin on Feb. 18., with Kool & The Gang joining Van Halen for select tour dates. And as the ... More >>

Insomniac Introduces New White Wonderland Festival at Anaheim Convention Center

​Insomniac is kicking off 2012 by inviting fans to attend an all-new 21 music festival called White Wonderland. The two-day fest will take place at the Anaheim Convention Center on Dec. 31, 2011 and Jan. 1, 2012. Joining headliner no. 1 Kaskade on New Years Eve will be Benny Benassi, Paul Va ... More >>

Black Lips

Galaxy Theater

Austra

Detroit Bar

Guns N' Roses Touring for the First Time in Five Years

​For some reason, Guns N' Roses announcing they are going to tour isn't irritating at all. For their first major U.S. tour in five years, the group, which really is only Axl Rose and an all-new band, will play more than 30 concerts starting Oct. 28.

The Sad Saga of the Playground Festival

[Mental Notes] Plenty of finger-pointing about the epic fail of "OC's Coachella."

Rebecca Black, the Gift That Keeps on Giving

[Mental Notes] Plus, Young the Giant deal with fame

[UPDATED With LA Show] Caifanes Announce New Tour Dates!

Caifanes2011.orgFestival Vive Latino Soundcheck ​ UPDATE, JULY 1, 9:45 A.M.: Two more October show dates have been added to the Caifanes reunion tour. Locally, the band will perform as part of Reventon Super Estrella at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on October 14th. Translation: fans will have ... More >>

Adele Announces Rescheduled North American Tour Dates

​Hurrah! Hurrah! Today Adele announced her rescheduled North American tour dates on her website. A few days ago she posted a note to her fans saying the decision to cancel the tour "was a devastating decision to make, but i really had no choice. i had to give my voice 2 weeks rest or risk permane ... More >>

Rob Zombie Directs Woolite Commercial

​Zombies! Are wrinkly and stiff clothing keeping you up at night? Well, fear no more! Announcing Woolite as the official fabric softener for the sensitive skinned zombie! No, but seriously, the horror movie and metal mastermind himself, Rob Zombie, recently directed the latest commercial for Wooli ... More >>

Rock the Bells 2011: Lauryn Hill, Nas, Cypress Hill and Black Star Performing Whole Albums

​This year's hip-hop festival Rock the Bells pushes something Pitchfork and ATP has tried before to the hilt: Nine of its headlining acts will perform their groundbreaking albums in full. The one everyone will be frothing at the mouth to hear? The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Ms. Lauryn herself. ... More >>

Resistant Culture Headlines Benefit Show for OC Dream Team

Lalo AlcarazImagine they are mohawks​ The DREAM Act is back in the news and a show this Friday in Fullerton featuring Resistant Culture will benefit the local efforts of the Orange County Dream Team. The federal legislation providing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrant youth who at ... More >>

Young the Giant

House of Blues

Call for Entries: the West Coast Rockabilly Showdown at the OC Market Place

Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyYour band could share a bill with the Dropkick Murphys at Hootenanny 2011 this year​Calling all unsigned rockabilly bands: The 2nd Annual West Coast Rockabilly Showdown is looking for contestants. The showdown, which features four competition rounds to be held Satur ... More >>

Bob Dylan Opens OC Fair

[Mental Notes] Also: The winners of two OCMA awards, Amateur Chemist is on hiatus

Glassjaw

Glass House

Angry Samoans

The Doll Hut

Sic Waiting

DiPiazza's

DJ Shadow

House of Blues

Reel Big Fish to Tour with Goldfinger and Aquabats!

​ The press release called the event an "all-out bash of the ska punk titans," and we'd have to agree. In a previous interview with OC Weekly, Reel Big Fish front man Aaron Barrett said they'd performed in Brazil with Goldfinger earlier this year; it was so much fun they decided to set out and do ... More >>

TGIF: ¡Aparato!, Exodus, the Mildreds, the Mormons and the D-Strutters Plus the Last Acrobatics Everyday This Summer

Little Teeth perform at Acrobatics Everyday​What's going on this weekend, you ask? There's jarocho rock courtesy of ¡Aparato!, '80s thrash metal care of Exodus (Kirk Hammett's old band), the Mildreds in Long Beach and the last Acrobatics Everyday set of the summer in Irvine, with Little Teet ... More >>

Were You There? The Long Beach Buskerfest

Mary Bell/OC WeeklyDelta Spirit headlined Buskerfest​Over the weekend at Long Beach's Summer and Music finale, BuskerFest, the East Village Arts District was home to five stages, hosting an extensive lineup of local bands. Delta Spirit and Crystal Antlers headlined the free event; 60 Watt Kid, Jay ... More >>

Get Paid to Listen to Indie Bands

Webceleb is the brain child of Scott Fetters (left), Alex Rolek and Justen Palmer​Scott Fetters and his partners at Webceleb.com want to pay you to listen to undiscovered bands. But don't look at it as bribery, he says. Consider it an investment in the future of indie rock. "The system was designe ... More >>

Joan Jett and Cherie Currie

Pacific Amphitheatre

Soulstice Lovefest

Will Reid Scout Camp

No U2 Means No Interpol: Interpol Tour Built Around U2 Dates Postponed

Lilledeshan Bose​[Via Consequence of Sound]Since U2 canceled their North American tour due to Bono's back injury, Interpol also had to postpone a few headlining shows originally scheduled around the band's opening dates for U2.

Avi Buffalo to Join My Morning Jacket on Tour

Andrew YoussefAvi Buffalo performing at an in-store at Fingerprints on 4/27. ​Between signing to Sub Pop, and, more recently, being picked by Wilco to play their first festival ever, Long Beach's Avi Buffalo has had a really, really, really great year. And it just got better.One of our favorite ba ... More >>

Second Annual Longhair Illuminati Art & Music Festival

The Glass House

The Colourist; As Tall As Lions

Detroit Bar

Aerosmith; ZZ Top

Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

No Doubt w/ Paramore, The Sounds

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Smokey Robinson

Pacific Amphitheater

The Pretenders

Venus Infers

Venus Infers

Torta, Torta, Torta!