Jason DeBord's Rock Subculture Journal

Wolf Alice at Ace of Spades | Sacramento, California | 3/17/2018 (Concert Review + Photos)

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“How we doing out there?” Ellie Rowsell with Wolf Alice at a rare appearance in Sacramento at Ace of Spades Saturday night, a few shows into their massive schedule taking them all over the world in 2018.  In addition to their own headlining shows, they are playing gigs in support of Queens of the Stone Age as well as shows across the festival circuit.  I’ve been following the band since 2015, and now with two studio albums under their belt (sophomore effort Visions of a Life came out late last year), they are better than ever, with a massive amount of killer songs to fill up their sets.  I’ve always seen them as a band made to play live, and they did not disappoint.  This concert will certainly rank among the top at the end of the year for me personally, so I can’t recommend enough getting out to one of their shows if they stop in at a city near you. [Read more…]

Wolf Alice Tours “Visions of a Life” Around the World Throughout 2018

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Wolf Alice, the alternative band from London, will be playing all over the U.S. in the next few months, in both headlining shows and in support of Queens of the Stone Age, as well as dates overseas, including shows with Foo Fighters and many festival appearances. The group’s sophomore album, Visions of a Life, was released late last year. [Read more…]

Final 2018 North American Tour Dates for Depeche Mode Announced, Including Golden 1 Center in Sacramento

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Today, Depeche Mode announced their final set of North American concerts as they complete their “Global Spirit Tour”, which began last year.  Live Nation announced that the band will be visiting nine cities in North America – Anaheim, Sacramento, San Antonino, Tulsa, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, and Toronto – in-between previously announced European dates and festivals.  Depeche Mode have been touring in support of their fourteenth studio album, Spirit.  Fans can register for a Ticketmaster Verified Fan pre-sale scheduled for Monday, February 12th.  Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, February 16th. [Read more…]

MØ & Cashmere Cat: The Meøw Tour Spans North America in January & February

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Following up on 2017’s new EP When I Was Young, MØ will be starting her co-headlining North American tour with Norwegian producer Cashmere Cat starting in Montreal on January 20th.  The pair will play 21 dates in January and February. [Read more…]

Bananarama “The Original Line-Up Tour” Coming to North America for First Time in February 2018

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The reunited British pop group Bananarama will be playing a four city North American tour next month, featuring all three founding members Siobhan Fahey, Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward.  They will be playing live dates in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and Toronto.  These shows will mark the first time all three original members will perform together in North America. [Read more…]

K.Flay Kicking Off World Tour This Month With “Every Where Is Some Where Tour”

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K.Flay will be starting her massive Every Where Is Some Where Tour in Santa Ana next week, which will cover much of North America, though she will tour Europe and England with Imagine Dragons the last two weeks of February and into the start of March before returning to her own headlining shows back in the U.S. and Canada. [Read more…]

Steve Miller Band & Peter Frampton at Ironstone Amphitheatre | Murphys, California | 8/13/2017 (Concert Review + Photos)

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“This is the 34th city on this tour.  And I woke up this morning with the cold from hell.  I made it through thirty three and a half days.  But however we do have a really great treat in store for you…  let’s get together and welcome Mr. Peter Frampton to the stage.  We’ve been having a really great Summer playing lots of different American blues tunes and we’re going to do three of them for you.  This very first one we do you already know, it’s called  “Mercury Blues” by K.C. Douglas”.  Steve Miller of Steve Miller Band on stage with co-headliner Peter Frampton playing to a sold out crowd at Ironstone Amphitheatre on Sunday night, bringing their popular tour to an end.  Both artists have made visits to Murphys in recent years, but it was nice to enjoy them on the same stage.  The crowd went wild for their performances both together and apart, as they had fans up on their feet much of the night. [Read more…]

Coldplay North American Leg of “A Head Full of Dreams” Tour Kicks off August 1st

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Yesterday, Coldplay kicked off the second North American leg of their “A Head Full of Dreams” tour at at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.  This is a follow-up to the first visit to North America in July, August and September of 2016.  The band’s seventh tour, it is a return to larger arenas and stadium and in total they will play over 100 shows across five continents.  Their latest EP, Kaleidoscope, came out last month. [Read more…]

Peter Hook & The Light’s “Substance – The Albums Of Joy Division & New Order” Tour Returning in 2018

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Peter Hook & The Light are bringing their incredible “Substance – The Albums Of Joy Division & New Order” back to the U.S. in 2018. Hooky and the band will be performing both the Joy Division and New Order albums Substance live, in their original track sequence and in their entirety.   Having reviewed the tour in 2016, Rock Subculture rated it the #3 show of all of 2016, so it is definitely expected to be one of the best tours in 2018. [Read more…]

Matchbox Twenty & Counting Crows at Ironstone Amphitheatre | Murphys, California | 7/24/2017 (Concert Review + Photos)

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“And now here we are…  What are we going to do with this night, that’s the question right?  It’s up to us, and it’s up to you guys… what are we going to do with this night?  It’s a Monday night…  I propose that we had a Monday last week, and we’ll have a Monday next week…  but this is our Monday tonight.  And if we don’t make the most out of it, we’re just wrong.  So the only question I have is, who’s with us?  Front to back, side to side, who’s with us?  Alright, let’s do this…”  Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty, bonding with the massive crowd at Ironstone Amphitheatre at Ironstone Vineyards.  Touring alongside Counting Crows on their “A Brief History of Everything Tour”, it’s all about giving the fans what they wanted, and it would seem that they delivered. [Read more…]