Tis the season… for live music. The area’s concert calendar is quickly filling up for the end of this year and a number of shows already scheduled for early next year. Some amazing shows have recently been announced for both small clubs and big venues. Although not all of these are Rawk shows, if you are a fan of music, you will find one or a couple of these upcoming shows to your liking.
The leader of the pack for quantity and quality of live events is by far Mohegan Sun. Check out the following shows already announced for the arena at Mohegan Sun: December show include James Taylor, Slipknot, Bob Seger, Justin Timberlake and Kenny Rogers. If that isn’t enough look at these shows already announced for 2015: Extreme, Linkin Park, Fleetwood Mac, Aaron Lewis, Florida Georgia Line, Neil Diamond, Ariana Grande, The Who and Nickelback(lined up for an August show). Go to www.mohegansun.com for more information on show dates and ticket information.
The Webster Theater has a number of Rawk shows that are worth checking out. December shows consist of Crowbar, Asking Alexandria and a headlining show from local boys Within the Ruins on the 18th. Coming to the Theater in the new year are Black Label Society, Vanna and Black Veil Brides. Check out www.webstertheater.com and www.ticketfly.com for more information.
Another smaller venue, The Palladium in Worcester, has some serious live shows lined up over the next few months. Look at these shows they have coming up between now and the end of the year: Black Veil Brides, Slayer, Halestorm with New Medicine, Say Anything, Devin Townsend Project, Nonpoint with Hed PE, We Came As Romans, Opeth and Battlecross. Then hold on for more great shows in the new year including: Mae, Vanna, Napalm Death, Silverstein, Taking Back Sunday, Nightwish, Sixx A.M.(Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx’s band) and Kamelot. www.thepalladium.net has all you information on show dates and tickets.
Another local band All That Remains just announced their Annual Hometown Throwdown in conjunction with Lazer 99.3 for a holiday show at Pearl Street in Northampton on December 19. Tickets are only $19.93 and on sale now. Just recently announced, Dweezil Zappa brings his Zappa Plays Zappa One Size Fits All 40th Anniversary tour to The Calvin Theater on April 6. Zappa is also providing a master guitar class earlier in the day at the Calvin for a mere $75 a person. Calvin also has booked shows by John Butler Trio, O.A.R., Dark Star Orchestra, Foreigner, Gaelic Storm and Pink Floyd tribute band The Machine. Go to www.iheg.com for tickets and dates.
Some other cool shows of note in the area has Gwar going to Toad’s Place in New Haven on December 12. Bush and Theory of a Deadman rawk the Dome at Oakdale on February 20. Seether and Papa Roach play Foxwoods on January 15 and then the House of Blues in Boston on January 18.
Perhaps the biggest concert announcement of the year came from country superstar Garth Brooks and his three nights stand at the TD Garden in Boston. Tickets are on sale this Friday through Ticketmaster for his shows on January 22, 23 and 24. Tickets are priced at a very reasonable $66.00.
This is just a small sampling of concerts that are coming to the area for the rest of this year and beyond. I hope this stirs some thoughts about what to get your loved ones for Christmas… Rawk On!
Mike Augusti’s Rawk Report provides live music reviews of local concerts in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Check out the Rawk Report on Facebook for more information. Feel free to reach out at [email protected].
