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SUMMARY:Hayley Williams at The Van Buren
DESCRIPTION:Ego Death At a Bachelorette Party puts Hayley Williams’ full range on display. “Mirtazapine” is a late-’90s alt-rock love letter to antidepressants\, while on “Glum\,” she subverts her own voice—using vocal presets to striking effect as the track meditates on loneliness. Other standouts include “Whim\,” an easy Americana earworm with a songwriting backbone that nods to her Nashville roots\, and “Ice in My OJ\,” a thoroughly modern track that pairs sharp production with some of Williams’ most biting and humorous lyrics to date. Long-time Paramore fans may quickly recognize the “Ice In My OJ” chorus\, as it was first sung by Williams in 2004 on “Jumping Inside” by the Mammoth City Messengers. But perhaps all of her talents converge most impactfully on the album’s only previously unreleased track\, “Parachute.” It’s a reminder of Williams ability to strike right at the heart\, with not only her confessional lyrics\, but her unmatched delivery. The album captures all the dynamism Williams has shown throughout her career and collaborations. At its core\, these songs are the work of a supremely gifted artist with a voracious\, genre-defying appetite for music and creative exploration. \nThese songs come as the third batch of work released from Williams as a solo artist. The COVID-era saw her release two extraordinary albums – 2020’s Petals For Armor and 2021’s Flowers for Vases. Both albums were gorgeous and stark meditations on loss and offered up a contrast to the high-energy and up-tempo muscle she displays in Paramore. “The record—epitomizing vulnerability and transformative growth—reveals a more mature and introspective side of Williams\,” said Pitchfork of Petals\, and went on to say of Flowers “her voice is undoubtedly the standout feature… husky and gentle\, dangerous yet warm\,” and explained that the minimal production “makes this a purposeful reset.” \nHayley Williams is a 3x GRAMMY winning singer\, songwriter and musician best known for her role as the frontperson of legendary rock band Paramore. With her incredible range and delivery\, Billboard ranked her at #13 on their list of 50 Greatest Rock Singers of All Times saying\, “when it comes to singers in contemporary rock\, Hayley Williams reigns supreme.” Frequently listed as a source of inspiration from contemporary performers as varied as Chappell Roan\, Doechii and Billie Eilish – she’s also appeared on a wide variety of albums and singles as a collaborator and guest vocalist including Turnstile’s latest “Seein’ Stars”\, Moses Sumney’s “I Like It I Like It\,” and Taylor Swift’s “Castles Crumbling.” Swift went on to have Paramore open the first ever The Eras Tour show that debuted in Arizona and later they went on to open all dates on the European leg of her world tour. \nAt just 16 she brought the band to the masses with the release of their album All We Know Is Falling which was certified Gold and just celebrated its 20 year anniversary last week. The band’s breakthrough came with 2007’s Riot!\, powered by the success of the 6X certified platinum single “Misery Business.” In 2009\, Brand New Eyes solidified their place in the rock landscape. Paramore’s self-titled 2013 album marked a commercial and critical peak\, with the platinum single “Ain’t It Fun” earning Paramore their first Grammy win for ‘Best Rock Song’ in 2015 and further nominations for ‘Best Rock Album.’ 2017’s After Laughter introduced a polished\, ‘pop-influenced sound that continued to attract acclaim with the breakout single “Hard Times.” After a long hiatus\, in 2023\, they returned with This Is Why\, a full grown\, alternative-leaning record that earned the band two Grammy wins for ‘Best Alternative Song’ and ‘Best Rock Album’ making Paramore the first female-fronted rock band to ever win the category in its 31-year history. \nHayley Williams bandmate Zac Farro also recently released his first solo-work under his own name. Zac Farro – Operator is out everywhere now via his own label\, Congrats Records. \n \n \nIt’s A Beautiful Place opens with zero-gravity instrumental ‘One Small Step’ – a fitting prelude for what is one giant leap for New York duo Water From Your Eyes. The album is a gleaming megalopolis\, a satellite view of eras and musical forms\, a reframing of the y2k songbook that is at once awe-struck and mindful of its place in the vastness. Short instrumental interludes serve as portals between towering\, muscular songs. “It ended up being about time\, dinosaurs and space\,” says Nate Amos . “We wanted to present a wide range of styles in a way that acknowledges everything’s just a tiny blip.” Throughout It’s A Beautiful Place is a clear sense of a band who have honed their curveballs into home runs. Looming and melancholy\, wide-eyed and petrified\, it’s Blade Runner with a touch of WALL-E\, it’s Kubrick and Asimov with a hint of Jay and Silent Bob. These are songs that look outward\, conscious of our smallness and questioning our place in the universe while admiring the surrounding beauty.
URL:https://globalazmedia.com/event/hayley-williams-at-the-van-buren/
LOCATION:The Van Buren\, 401 W. Van Buren St\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 85003\, United States
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SUMMARY:Florence + The Machine at Desert Diamond Arena
DESCRIPTION:South London’s Florence + the Machine blends Baroque pop\, pastoral folk\, and artful alternative rock to create a rousing sound which they debuted on 2009’s Lungs. Led by namesakes Florence Welch and Isabella “Machine” Summers\, the group broke into the mainstream on the strength of their platinum singles “Dog Days Are Over\,” “You’ve Got the Love\,” and “Shake It Out\,” which were elevated by Welch‘s powerhouse vocals. As their first three releases topped U.K. charts\, they made a steady climb in the U.S.\, hitting number six on the Billboard 200 with 2011’s Ceremonials. In 2015\, they secured their first Billboard number one with How Big\, How Blue\, How Beautiful\, which became a worldwide smash. That same year they headlined the Glastonbury Festival and returned to the Top Five of the global album charts with 2018’s High as Hope. Following non-album singles like 2019’s “Jenny of Oldstones” and 2020’s “Light of Love\,” Welch and company released 2022’s choreomania-influenced set Dance Fever. They returned in 2025 with Everybody Scream. \nFormed in 2007 by vocalist Welch and keyboardist Summers\, Florence + the Machine released their debut single\, “Kiss with a Fist\,” on the Moshi Moshi label in June 2008. Once a full band was recruited\, they signed with Island Records in November. Their critically acclaimed debut album\, Lungs\, followed in July 2009 and quickly became one of the year’s most popular releases in the U.K.\, where Florence charted four Top 40 singles in less than 12 months. The songs gathered steam in other parts of the world\, too\, particularly in America\, where the anthemic “Dog Days Are Over” peaked at number 21 and went platinum. Lungs was reissued the following year in a two-disc package entitled Between Two Lungs\, adding a bonus 12-track disc that featured live versions\, remixes by the Horrors and Yeasayer\, and Twilight soundtrack inclusion “Heavy in Your Arms.” \nIn 2010\, Florence + the Machine returned to the studio with producer Paul Epworth (Bloc Party\, Adele) to begin work on their second full-length outing. The resulting Ceremonials\, which successfully expanded on the group’s already huge sound\, arrived on Halloween in 2011. In addition to the lead single “Shake It Out\,” the chart-topping set also included “No Light\, No Light” and the Australian multi-platinum Top Three hit “Never Let Me Go.” \nThe following year saw the release of CD and DVD versions of MTV Unplugged\, an 11-track set filmed before a small studio audience that featured fan favorites along with a pair of covers\, including “Try a Little Tenderness” and the Johnny Cash/June Carter classic “Jackson\,” the latter of which featured guest vocals by Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme. That same year\, Welch announced an upcoming period of inactivity\, during which time the band crafted its next record and Welch scored a chart-topping dance hit\, “Sweet Nothing\,” with Scottish producer Calvin Harris. \nHer third studio long-player\, the Markus Dravs-produced How Big\, How Blue\, How Beautiful\, arrived in May 2015. Nominated for five Grammy Awards\, it was the band’s third consecutive number one U.K. album\, topping charts in Australia\, the U.S.\, and across Europe. A yearlong international tour and short film The Odyssey extended How Big‘s promotional cycle into 2016. \nTheir fourth effort\, High as Hope\, followed in 2018. Featuring production by Welch and Emile Haynie\, the album included the singles “Sky Full of Song\,” “Big God\,” and “Hunger.” Upon release\, it entered the Top Three across the globe. While on the road promoting the effort\, Welch issued the singles “Moderation” and “Jenny of Oldstones.” The latter track appeared on the final season of television series Game of Thrones and became a modest chart hit. \nAnother single\, “Light of Love\,” arrived in April 2020 as a charity song released in response to the COVID-19 pandemic\, with proceeds going to Britain’s Intensive Care Society. Welch also contributed the song “Call Me Cruella” to the soundtrack to Disney’s live-action 2021 film Cruella. \nThe Jack Antonoff co-produced “King” arrived in February 2022 as the first single released off the band’s fifth studio album\, Dance Fever. Antonoff joined Glass Animals‘ Dave Bayley and Kid Harpoon on production of the anthemic\, healing LP\, which also included the urgent hit singles “Free” and “My Love.” Released that May\, the album topped the U.K. Albums chart\, as well as Billboard’s Top Rock and Alternative charts\, and peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200. The band toured the album through 2023. In 2024\, Welch was joined by Jules Buckley and his Orchestra for the BBC Proms series\, performing Lungs in its entirety. \nFlorence + the Machine’s next era kicked off in 2025 with the single “Everybody Scream” from the album of the same name. That set\, their sixth studio effort\, featured input from Idles guitarist Mark Bowen\, Mitski\, and the National‘s Aaron Dessner. \n \n \nMannequin Pussy’s music feels like a resilient and galvanizing shout that demands to be heard. Across four albums\, the Philadelphia rock band that consists of Colins “Bear” Regisford (bass\, vocals)\, Kaleen Reading (drums\, percussion)\, Maxine Steen (guitar\, synths)\, and Marisa Dabice (guitar\, vocals) has made cathartic tunes about despairing times. “There’s just so much constantly going on that feels intentionally evil that trying to make something beautiful feels like a radical act \,” says Dabice. “The ethos of this band has always been to bring people together.” Their latest I Got Heaven\, which is out March 1 via Epitaph Records\, is the band’s most fully realized LP yet. Over 10 ambitious tracks which abruptly turn from searing punk to inviting pop\, the album is deeply concerned with desire\, the power in being alone\, and how to live in an unfeeling and unkind world. It’s a document of a band doubling down on their unshakable bond to make something furious\, thrilling\, and wholly alive. \nFollowing the 2019 release of their critically acclaimed third album Patience\, Mannequin Pussy returned in 2021 for their EP Perfect. They toured that release relentlessly and added guitarist Maxine Steen to the band’s official lineup. Where the band members’ personal lives were in transition with breakups\, changing living situations\, and periods of self-reevaluation\, their time together on the road was a grounding and clarifying force.
URL:https://globalazmedia.com/event/florence-the-machine-at-desert-diamond-arena/
LOCATION:Desert Diamond Arena\, 9400 W Maryland Ave\, Glendale\, AZ\, 85305\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poison The Well and Converge at Nile Theater
DESCRIPTION:In the space of barely a breath\, Poison The Well pacify fits of jarring brutality with moments of fragile beauty. Their unmistakable melodic hardcore gently dilutes the residue of pain\, betrayal\, depression\, and loss with hard-won wisdom and diligently earned self-acceptance. For as much force as they commit to the riffs and the breakdowns\, there’s an equal amount of naked emotion encoded in their hooks. Poison The Well’s 1999 debut\, The Opposite of December… A Season of Separation has claimed spots on Brooklyn Vegan’s “15 ‘90s Metalcore Albums That Still Resonate Today\,” KERRANG!’s “21 Best U.S. Metalcore Albums of All Time\,” Loudwire’s “25 Best Metalcore Albums of All Time\,” and Revolver’s “10 Most Influential Metalcore Albums of All Time.” Stereogum put it best\, “The Opposite of December… influenced a whole generation of metalcore bands.” Meanwhile\, 2003’s You Come Before You remains regarded among Metal Hammer’s “100 Greatest Metal Albums of the 21st Century” and Rock Sound’s “250 Greatest Albums of Our Lifetime.” \nAfter touring in 2015 and 2021\, they’ve commemorated birthdays of both You Come Before You and The Opposite of December with in-demand headline jaunts. Once again\, the members—Jeff Moreira [vocals]\, Ryan Primack [guitar]\, and Chris Hornbrook [drums]—felt an intense need to create as a unit. Rallying together\, the guys channeled the spirit of their most celebrated material through a prism of new experience on their sixth full-length offering\, Peace In Place. \n \n \nYou feel it before you hear it. When you hear it\, you can’t un-hear it. A low\, persistent noise throbbing in the background. Scientists say it registers between 30 and 40 hertz. It’s been heard in Ipswich\, Massachusetts. Auckland\, New Zealand. Windsor\, Ontario. It’s been haunting the population of Taos\, New Mexico\, for decades. It’s been linked to suicides in the UK.  Not everyone can hear it. No one knows where it’s coming from. They call it The Hum. \nConverge have taken this mysterious real-world phenomenon and re-imagined it as a physical manifestation of human suffering.  “What if the Hum is the culmination of all the pain in the world creating an audible hum across the universe?” vocalist and lyricist Jacob Bannon posits. “Something noticeable to others operating on a similar frequency.” \nHum of Hurt  follows Love Is Not Enough as Converge’s second full-length release of 2026. Like its predecessor\, the album presents a bleak but empathetic assessment of the human condition and its ongoing deterioration. Unlike Love Is Not Enough\, the songs are rawer and more exposed. “When we got together to write\, we ended up with a lot of material\,” Bannon says. “We realized it was two separate albums.”
URL:https://globalazmedia.com/event/poison-the-well-and-converge-at-nile-theater/
LOCATION:The Nile Theater\, 105 West Main Street\, Mesa\, 85201\, United States
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SUMMARY:Yungblud at Arizona Financial Theatre
DESCRIPTION:English musician Yungblud twists genres and societal conventions\, incorporating rock\, punk\, and hip-hop into a rebellious mix that has endeared him to the outcast masses around the globe. Blending punk spirit with pop savvy\, he made a steady climb in the late 2010s before scoring a trio of hits with Halsey\, Machine Gun Kelly\, Dan Reynolds\, and frequent collaborator Travis Barker. While his full-length debut\, 21st Century Liability\, landed in 2018\, he made his mainstream breakthrough a year later with the EP The Underrated Youth. That burgeoning success helped push his 2020 sophomore LP\, Weird!\, to the top of the U.K. albums chart. In 2022\, he rode the contemporary pop-punk revivalist wave with his third set\, Yungblud\, followed by a clutch of singles in 2023. Ambitious fourth album Idols appeared in 2025. \nBorn Dominic Harrison in Yorkshire\, the singer/songwriter was raised in a musical family. His father was a vintage guitar dealer and his grandfather played with T. Rex. Influenced by Bob Dylan\, the Clash\, and the Beatles\, he played guitar and sang from a young age. In 2017\, when he was 19\, he issued his debut single\, “King Charles\,” a genre-blending protest song that fell somewhere between early Arctic Monkeys\, Jamie T\, and Rat Boy. He followed with the song “I Love You\, Will You Marry Me\,” which incorporated some dub and grime elements. A major-label deal with Geffen yielded Yungblud’s first collection\, an eponymous 2018 EP that included his first two singles alongside three new tracks. His debut full-length\, 21st Century Liability\, appeared in May of that year and made a solid chart showing in Australia and Belgium. \nYungblud returned in early 2019 with “Parents\,” “Loner\,” and “11 Minutes\,” the latter of which was a collaboration with Halsey and Travis Barker. Later that year\, another track with Barker helped push Yungblud higher up the U.S. rock chart\, this time with rapper Machine Gun Kelly on the raucous “I Think I’m Okay.” Primed by these chart placements\, he scored his first spot on the Billboard 200 at the end of the year with his third EP\, The Underrated Youth\, which included his third Top Ten single on the Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart\, “Original Me\,” featuring Imagine Dragons‘ Dan Reynolds. Rounding out 2019\, Yungblud teamed with Marshmello and Blackbear on “Tongue Tied.” \nAt the start of the next decade\, he began a fresh blitz with the ecstatic pop of “Weird!” He later issued collaborations with rapper Denzel Curry (“Lemonade”) and fellow Englishmen Bring Me the Horizon (“Obey”). Yungblud closed 2020 with the release of his official sophomore effort\, Weird!\, which topped the U.K. albums chart. He returned in 2021 with a stirring live cover of David Bowie‘s “Life on Mars\,” which was used as the soundtrack to NASA’s livestream following the Perseverance Mars rover’s touchdown. Yungblud started off 2022 with the fiery pop-punk single “The Funeral\,” following it with “Memories\,” a collaboration with fellow pop-punk revivalist Willow. His eponymously titled third album arrived later that year. Yungblud included those singles\, as well as “Don’t Feel Like Feeling Sad Today.” He returned to his alt-rock roots in 2023 with the anthemic\, inward-looking single “Lowlife\,” followed by the brash “Hated” and “Happier” featuring Oli Sykes. Another collaboration\, “When We Die (Can We Still Get High?)” with rapper Lil Yachty\, appeared in January 2024. Full-length Idols arrived in 2025\, drawing inspiration from Brit-pop and artists including David Bowie\, Oasis\, and My Chemical Romance\, and was expanded as Idols [Complete] the following year\, with help from the Smashing Pumpkins. \n \n \nA familial Mexican hard rock band that blends savvy riffage\, fist-pumping beats\, and stadium-ready choruses\, the Warning have evolved from viral sensations to festival faves with the release of their 2017 debut album\, XXI Century Blood. Comprised of sisters Daniela (guitar\, lead vocals)\, Paulina (drums\, vocals\, piano)\, and Alejandra Villarreal (bass\, piano\, backing vocals)\, the trio inked a deal with Universal imprint Lava Records in 2021 and issued the full-length ERROR in 2022. The group spent much of 2023 touring before ramping up for their fourth album\, 2024’s Keep Me Fed. \nThe Villarreal sisters began posting videos online around 2014 and soon attracted attention due to the teen siblings’ instrumental precocity as well as a repertory made up of heavy metal covers by Metallica\, Guns N’ Roses\, and AC/DC. Signed by Victoria Records\, the Warning issued their first EP\, Escape the Mind\, in 2015. The group’s debut album\, XXI Century Blood\, appeared in 2017\, and before long the trio were sharing the stage with the likes of Def Leppard and the Killers. They released their sophomore full-length effort\, Queen of the Murder Scene\, in 2019\, and caught the attention of Lava Records\, which quickly added the band to its roster. “Choke\,” the Warning’s debut single for the major label\, arrived in 2021\, and appeared on the 2022 long-player ERROR. Throughout 2023\, they toured heavily\, opening for Muse and Gun N’ Roses and visiting Europe for the first time. A string of 2024 singles like “S!CK” and “Burnout” preceded the release of the Warning’s fourth album\, Keep Me Fed.
URL:https://globalazmedia.com/event/yungblud-at-arizona-financial-theatre/
LOCATION:Arizona Financial Theatre\, 400 W Washington St\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 85003\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Cab at Nile Theater
DESCRIPTION:The Cab is a pop-rock band from Las Vegas\, Nevada\, known for their emotionally rich songwriting\, genre-blending sound\, and sharp musicality. Since forming in 2005\, the band has carved out a lasting place in the alternative music scene—fusing sleek pop production with rock instrumentation\, R&B influences\, and lyrical depth. \nThe Cab gained early momentum with their breakout debut album\, Whisper War (2008). In 2011\, they made a bold creative leap with Symphony Soldier—a self-funded\, independently released album that elevated their sound to cinematic levels and featured fan favorite “Angel with a Shotgun.” “Angel with a Shotgun” has surpassed 260M+ streams and\, despite its pre-tiktok release\, found massive success on shortform\, reaching 400M+ views across 300K+ TikTok creates. \nAfter an extended hiatus\, The Cab officially returned in 2025\, announcing their first new music in over a decade alongside live touring dates. Their new material dives deeper into themes of growth\, reinvention\, and emotional clarity—filtered through the lens of lived experience and creative maturity—while still delivering the cinematic energy and relatable themes that made them fan favorites over 10 years ago. \nOn Sept 26\, 2025\, the band marked their return with the release of a new EP\, Road To Reign: A Prelude. \nThe lineup features returning members Alex DeLeon (vocals)\, Alex Marshall (guitar\, keys)\, Dave Briggs (drums)\, and Joey Thunder (bass).
URL:https://globalazmedia.com/event/the-cab-at-nile-theater/
LOCATION:The Nile Theater\, 105 West Main Street\, Mesa\, 85201\, United States
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SUMMARY:The HU + Apocalyptica at The Van Buren
DESCRIPTION:The Hu are a Mongolian band whose fusion of heavy metal\, throat singing\, and traditional Mongolian instrumentation brought them global attention and commercial success at the end of the 2010s. Their single “Wolf Totem” enjoyed a surprising run in the U.S.\, topping two Billboard charts\, making them the first band from their country to do so. Following the breakout success of their 2019 debut\, The Gereg\, the Hu toured heavily\, took part in a 2020 Metallica tribute album\, and in 2022 began teasing singles from their follow-up LP\, Rumble of Thunder. \nFormed in 2016 in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar by Gala (morin khuur\, vocals)\, Jaya (tumur khuur\, tsuur\, vocals)\, Enkush (morin khuur\, vocals)\, and Temka (tovshuur\, backing vocals)\, the quartet take their name from the ancient Mongolian empire known as the Hunna\, which in Western culture is referred to as the Huns. Utilizing the distinctive\, multi-octave droning technique known as throat singing as well as the traditional string and wind instruments of their homeland\, the Hu and their producer\, Dashka\, married this sound with electric guitars\, bass\, and heavy metal drums to great success. Their first two singles\, “Yuve Yuve Yu” and “Wolf Totem\,” appeared in 2018 and went viral\, notching millions of streams worldwide; the latter song hit number one on Billboard’s Hard Rock Digital Sales chart as well as the World Music chart. Both tracks appeared the following year on the Hu’s debut album\, The Gereg\, which saw international release from Eleven Seven Records. \nThe end of 2019 proved to be a fruitful period\, with the group’s first North American tour and the release of collaborative mixes of “Yuve Yuve Yu” and “Wolf Totem\,” featuring American singers Danny Case (From Ashes to New) and Jacoby Shaddix (Papa Roach)\, respectively. The band also landed a song on the soundtrack to the popular Star Wars video game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. The collaborations continued into 2020 with another Hu track\, “Song of Women\,” featuring Halestorm vocalist Lzzy Hale. That same year\, they contributed a cover of Metallica‘s “Sad But True” to the Metallica Blacklist tribute album. In May 2022\, the Hu delivered “This Is Mongol\,” the lead single from their second album\, Rumble of Thunder. A second song\, “Black Thunder\,” arrived two months later. \n \n \nA listen to Apocalyptica’s Apocalyptica brings with it the nagging urge to figure out where\, exactly\, the music fits. Certain moments — entire tracks\, even — are given over to classical formality\, and it is in those moments\, steeped as they are in traditional loveliness\, that a listener can come dangerously close to thinking he is hearing something lofty and important. He is not. Apocalyptica\, the genre-splicing Finnish instrumental band that changed headbangers’ perception of the cello\, is not pretentious exactly\, but its effect is the same as that of a rock band whose lead singer is audibly British: it sounds smart. Too smart\, for instance\, to issue from the headphones of a kid just discovering Black Sabbath or lining up for Slipknot tickets. Where Apocalyptica might fit\, then\, is not with heavy rock scenesters but with aging metal heads. It is not hard to envision tracks like “Fatal Error” and “Fisheye” booming from the speakers of a splashy convertible with a bald guy at the wheel. Elaborate fantasy-concocting gamers — Dungeons & Dragons players and their descendants — also stand a better chance than most of finding relatable rock bliss here. \n \n \nThe album Weirdo (2025) is The Rasmus’ 11th full-length outing\, produced and co-written by Desmond Child and Marti Fredriksen. The band was formed in 1994 while the members were still in high school. Their debut\, Peep\, rapidly went gold in Finland\, making them rock stars at the age of 16. The follow-up\, Playboys\, also went gold and earned the group an Emma\, Finland’s version of a Grammy. Their third album\, Hell of a Tester\, included “Liquid\,” a track voted Best Single of the Year by Finnish music critics. 2001’s Into went double platinum\, with its debut single\, “F-F-F-Falling\,” topping the charts. An international audience started to build\, and the band toured Europe. Their fifth album\, Dead Letters (2003)\, became their breakthrough\, due in large part to the single “In the Shadows.” 2005’s Hide from the Sun went platinum in Finland. Their fourth Finnish chart-topper\, Black Roses\, was released in 2008\, also produced by Desmond Child. After the Best of The Rasmus: 2001–2009 compilation\, they released their self-titled eighth album in 2012. The band returned in 2017 with Dark Matters. In January 2022\, they announced the departure of founding guitarist Pauli Rantasalmi and introduced new guitarist Emilia ‘Emppu’ Suhonen. The album Rise was released the same year\, including “Jezebel\,” Finland’s entry in the Eurovision competition. The Rasmus are vocalist Lauri Ylönen\, bassist Eero Heinonen\, guitarist Emppu Suhonen\, and drummer Aki Hakala.
URL:https://globalazmedia.com/event/the-hu-apocalyptica-at-the-van-buren/
LOCATION:The Van Buren\, 401 W. Van Buren St\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 85003\, United States
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