CHRIS BRADSHAW

The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, came as close as Tampa last weekend, in his only Florida show -- but what a show.

The cozy Fillmore Miami Beach was the homestretch of the national run for the Guns N' Roses "Up Close and Personal Tour," a brief string of dates in small theaters and clubs. The tour is an ingenious albeit contrasting endeavor ...

Zac Brown brought earthy fun and good music to a packed house at Germain Arena Friday night.

"Alright Florida, let's go to Hollywood!" Bob Seger yelled before launching into "Hollywood Nights," the second of four encore songs at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise Thursday night. The crowd roared back. By then, even those in the last row had ...

Thousands turned out to Germain Arena last Wednesday night for alt-rock station 99X's X-mas Ball. It was a four-and-a-half hour high decibel blast featuring glam rockers Black Veil Brides, the British metalcore Asking Alexandria, the unhinged area-favorites Hollywood Undead and ...

On the night before Thanksgiving, local alt-rock station 99X will host the ultimate hard rock party at Germain Arena, headlined by multi-platinum metal ambassadors, Avenged Sevenfold.

Josh Groban came to Sunrise to sing -- and to talk with fans who texted questions to him.

To a backdrop of a spiral infinity of guitars, legendary blues-rock musician Steve Miller liberated his masterful guitar licks and affecting lyrics at Germain Arena on Thursday night. From the opening “Jet Airliner” to the closing “The Joker,” Miller took ...

In September of 2007, four teenaged metalheads drove over from Miami to perform at Fort Myers’ Ricochet night club. Black Tide, already signed to Interscope Records and having recorded its debut record, was an unannounced opener for the hard-rocking, platinum-selling ...

Multi-platinum hard rock band Godsmack is co-headlining the Rockstar Mayhem Festival: a headbanger’s bliss featuring three stages and more than 10 heavy-hitting bands including Megadeath, Disturbed and Machine Head.The tour will be in Tampa on Aug. 13 and West Palm ...

Puddle of Mudd is all about rock and is now out to shock. With three studio albums under its belt since, the band has a new album of recorded classic rock cover songs titled “re:(disc)overed.” Puddle of Mudd will hit ...

On the largest stage in concert history, a band with one of the smallest names captivated an ecstatic Miami crowd in the massive Sun Life Stadium on Wednesday night. It was an experience most had waited more than a year ...

For his new tour that launched last week, country star Keith Urban, known for his exceptional live shows, got rid of the barriers. His stage is a departure from the norm: a rounded front edge with a ramped descent to ...

Cute ’n kooky pop songstress Katy Perry is out to satiate the summertime sweet tooth. She launched the North American leg of her California Dreams 2011 Tour in Atlanta last week, bringing it next to Florida for three shows in ...

The last time Miranda Lambert came to Southwest Florida, she played at a country bar in Fort Myers. Now she’s coming back — only at a much bigger venue, Germain Arena. Lambert is headline for her own tour this time ...

Live X ’11, a multi-band outdoor rock concert, rocked out on April 1 at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers. The annual event drew thousands rock fans to enjoy music, food and fun on April Fool's Day. This year’s ...

One homegrown rock band will open this year’s Live X ’11 concert and share the stage with four national recording artists.

An excerpt from from Ozzy Osbourne’s recent autobiography “I Am Ozzy” explains, “I’ve always been drawn to the dark side, me. But I ain’t the devil. I’m just John Osbourne: a working-class kid from Aston, who quit his job in ...

The iconic rock band that smoothly blends a country vibe and a dash of cool has been back together longer than they were apart.

“You like to fish? You like to drink? Well then you came to the right place!” proclaimed Brad Paisley on stage at 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre last Friday night.

Korn and Rob Zombie took center stage August 10, 2010 at the 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre in Tampa for the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival.

Back in 1983, I saw Aerosmith and it remains the worst concert of my life. Guitarists Joe Perry and Brad Whitford had ditched the group. Singer Steven Tyler was a mess. It was but one valley in the band’s decorated ...

Teen pop heartthrob and YouTube phenom Justin Bieber incited a shriek-fest at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise Thursday night. A capacity crowd of more than 16,000 tweens, teens and darling parents were the latest to succumb to Bieber fever: Primary symptoms ...

The Carnival of Madness tour, featuring five top bands, rocked Germain Arena ’til the building reverberated this past Wednesday. Of the estimated 4,500 concertgoers, the one looking forward to this show, perhaps more than anyone else there, was Army Specialist ...

Germain Arena will convert from ice rink to funhouse next Wednesday when rock powerhouse Shinedown returns as headliner of the “Carnival of Madness” tour. Also performing are four veteran bands who have rocked local stages; 10 Years, Puddle of Mudd, ...

‘It’s my biggest band ever” Sting told the adoring Tampa audience on Saturday, after the serene show opener “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You.” On his current “Symphonicity” tour, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra surrounds his main stage ...

Only three members from the early ’70s are in the touring edition of Earth, Wind & Fire — bassist Verdine White, vocalist and percussionist Philip Bailey and vocalist and percussionist Ralph Johnson. But stamp the band’s soul-funk legacy preserved. And ...

Summer felt like it arrived a month early at Tampa’s Ford Amphitheatre on Friday for Tim McGraw’s “Southern Voice” tour stop. The temperature was as hot as the capacity-crowd show.

Area rockers showed up at City of Palms Park in full force last Friday for 99X’s Live X concert. The annual event featured five bands including the first ever area performance by the legendary Alice in Chains. If you weren’t ...

Though they never really left, Alice in Chains is back. And they are coming to town. In April, when droves of cars with out-of-state license plates hit I-75 and head north, rock music fans await big-rig trucks and tour buses ...

The Energizer Bunny of Rock & Roll, Sir Paul McCartney, performed at Land Shark Stadium in Miami last Saturday — appropriately, Easter Eve, just the right night for a rabbit.

In a world with evil, lip-synching, pseudo-musician villains, Alicia Keys is a true heroine. The inspiring songstress and pianist extraordinaire brought her Freedom Tour to Florida this past weekend for two performances.