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SUMMARY:Breaking Benjamin + Chevelle at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
DESCRIPTION:Breaking Benjamin are Pennsylvania-based metal-tinged alternative rockers with a radio-friendly approach that’s aggressive and forceful\, yet still melodic. Originally indebted to the minor-chord dirges of grunge rockers like Alice in Chains and the menacing darkness of nu-metal acts like Godsmack and Chevelle\, Breaking Benjamin became one of the most popular rock groups in the United States\, scoring a number one with the single “Breath” in 2007 and topping the Billboard 200 in 2015 with Dark Before Dawn. In addition\, three of their albums — 2004’s We Are Not Alone\, 2006’s Phobia\, and 2009’s Dear Agony — have been certified platinum in the U.S. \nIn late 2000\, after parting ways with the band Lifer\, founding guitarist Aaron Fink and bassist Mark Klepaski joined forces with singer Benjamin Burnley and drummer Jeremy Hummel to form Breaking Benjamin. When the quartet started playing around their hometown of Wilkes-Barre\, they favored a radio-friendly post-grunge approach that was informed by influences like Live\, Bush\, Pearl Jam\, Stone Temple Pilots\, and Nirvana. Later\, they would adopt the downtuned guitar sound of groups such as Korn and Tool. \nIn 2001\, Breaking Benjamin’s Wilkes-Barre gigs caught the attention of a local radio DJ named Freddie Fabbri\, who was an on-air personality at alt-rock station WBSX-FM. Fabbri put their song “Polyamorous” in rotation\, later financing the recording of their self-titled debut EP. That year\, they signed with Hollywood Records\, which connected the band with Ulrich Wild (Static-X\, Pantera\, Slipknot)\, who served as both producer and engineer on their debut full-length\, 2002’s Saturate. The David Bendeth-produced We Are Not Alone followed two years later\, complete with a few collaborations with Billy Corgan. The group landed a spot on tour with Evanescence in support of the effort\, as three of the album’s singles made their way onto the Billboard charts (“So Cold” and “Sooner or Later” both peaked at number two on the Mainstream Rock Songs list). \nBreaking Benjamin issued their third album\, Phobia\, in August 2006 before heading out on a nationwide headlining trek. The album featured new drummer Chad Szeliga and was spearheaded by the single “The Diary of Jane\,” which gained radio airplay and helped the album debut at number two on the Billboard charts. Phobia was reissued that fall with additional bonus tracks\, while the band continued touring alongside Godsmack. After the tour\, Breaking Benjamin dove back into the studio to begin work on their fourth full-length. The resulting Dear Agony\, fueled by first single “I Will Not Bow\,” arrived in the summer of 2009. More touring followed\, including legs with Three Days Grace and Nickelback\, before Burnley announced a hiatus due to persistent health issues. Ensuing legal disputes within the group led to Fink and Klepaski being fired just before a collection\, Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin\, was released in 2011. Szeliga exited the band in 2013. \nThe following year\, Burnley confirmed that Breaking Benjamin would continue as a quintet\, and in June of 2015 they returned with their first album of new material in six years\, Dark Before Dawn. The comeback effort featured the lineup of Burnley (who also produced)\, guitarists Jasen Rauch and Keith Wallen\, bassist Aaron Bruch\, and drummer Shaun Foist. The lead single\, “Failure\,” cracked the Billboard Hot 100 and hit number one on the Mainstream Rock Songs chart\, and the album became their first American chart-topper. While still touring behind Dark Before Dawn\, Breaking Benjamin recorded their sixth effort\, Ember\, which arrived in 2018. Debuting on the charts at number three\, the LP included the hit singles “Red Cold River\,” “Feed the Wolf\,” and “Blood.” Two years later\, Breaking Benjamin returned with Aurora\, a collection of reimagined versions of some of their best-known songs featuring a guest list that included Cold frontman Scooter Ward\, Saint Asonia vocalist Adam Gontier\, and Underøath‘s Spencer Chamberlain. Two years later\, the band hit number two on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart with the single “Waiting on the Sky to Change\,” a collaboration with Ohio rockers Starset. 2024 saw Breaking Benjamin ink a deal with BMG and release “Awaken\,” the first single from their forthcoming seventh long-player. “Something Wicked” surfaced in 2026. \n \n \nIn a dizzying display of evolutionary action\, Chevelle have gone from being moody\, Steve Albini-produced indie rockers to platinum-selling\, Ozzfest-playing rock stars. Their blend of alternative\, nu metal\, and post-grunge endeared them to the masses\, and on their first couple of albums\, a Christian lyrical slant piqued the interest of the faithful as well. While Chevelle eventually dropped the Christian-oriented themes\, they continued building on their success\, becoming one of the most high-profile active rock outfits of the 2000s. The band spent the 2010s and 2020s crystallizing their radio-friendly but punishing blend of alternative metal\, post-grunge\, and hard rock on anthemic\, commercial-grade outings like Hats Off to the Bull (2011)\, Niratias (2021)\, and Bright as Blasphemy (2025). \nFormed in 1995 and comprising brothers Sam (drums)\, Pete (vocals\, guitar)\, and Joe Loeffler (bass)\, the band began playing parties and outdoor events\, which quickly led to bookings at Chicago clubs when youngest member Joe was just 14 years old. In 1999\, Chevelle released their Steve Albini-produced debut album\, Point #1\, on Squint Entertainment. Three years later\, following tours with groups like Filter\, Sevendust\, Powerman 5000\, and Machine Head\, the band inked a deal with Epic and issued Wonder What’s Next\, released in August 2002. The album went platinum by the following summer\, propelled in part by its second single\, “Send the Pain Below\,” which became a number one hit on modern rock and mainstream radio. Main-stage dates with the annual Ozzfest tour followed that summer\, and 2003 brought a concert album\, Live from the Road. \nChevelle returned in the fall of 2004 with their third full-length effort\, This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)\, and with it came another hit song\, “Vitamin R (Leading Us Along).” Joe parted ways with his brothers in July 2005\, and though he was replaced on bass a month later by Dean Bernardini\, Chevelle remained a family affair\, since Bernardini was the siblings’ brother-in-law. With the new member came a newfound energy and optimism that replaced the internal bickering of the past\, and the guys carried that spirit into the recording of their next two albums\, 2007’s Vena Sera and 2009’s Sci-Fi Crimes. The following year\, the band celebrated their ten-year anniversary in the music business with a pair of live shows in Chicago\, later released on the concert film Any Last Words. \nIn 2011\, Chevelle announced that they were taking a break from touring to head into the studio\, eventually releasing their sixth album\, Hats Off to the Bull\, in the winter of that year. Following the touring cycle for that album\, they went back into the studio with Joe Barresi (Kyuss\, Tool\, Queens of the Stone Age)\, utilizing the producer’s vast collection of percussion instruments to subtly reinvent their sound once again. Arriving in early 2014\, their next release was the groovy\, aggressive single “Take Out the Gunman\,” from their seventh album\, La Gárgola\, which followed in April of that year. \nTwo years later\, the band released their eighth album\, North Corridor. The heavier effort — again produced by Joe Barresi — was showcased by lead single “Joyride (Omens).” In 2018\, Chevelle issued 12 Bloody Spies\, a compilation LP featuring B-sides\, covers\, rarities\, and remixes. Longtime bassist Dean Bernardini departed the following year\, leaving brothers Sam and Pete as the band’s core. Early 2021 saw the arrival of the single “Self Destructor\,” which appeared on the group’s long-awaited ninth full-length effort\, the sci-fi-inspired Niratias\, which arrived later that March. Early 2025 saw the release of the singles “Rabbit Hole (Cowards\, Pt. 1)” and “Jim Jones (Cowards\, Pt. 2)\,” both of which focused narratively on internet-era anxiety\, specifically doomscrolling. Later that August\, both cuts appeared on the group’s tenth full-length effort\, Bright as Blasphemy\, their first outing on Alchemy Recordings. \n \n \nThe stylistically ambitious Starset are a Columbus\, Ohio rock band who describe their sound as “cinematic rock” and emerged in the mid-2010s with a thoroughly developed thematic narrative already in place. With sweeping science fiction concept albums like 2017’s Vessels and 2019’s Divisions\, the band built a devoted audience and enjoyed chart success in the process. Starset’s fourth LP\, Horizons\, appeared in October 2021 and they landed a hit single a year later with the Breaking Benjamin collaboration “Waiting on the Sky to Change.” \nLed by former Downplay frontman Dustin Bates\, Starset have constructed an elaborate mythos surrounding themselves (as detailed on their website and shared through their social media posts)\, in which they insist they were recruited by one Dr. Aston Wise of the Starset Society to spread awareness of scientific phenomena that have been ignored or hidden from public view\, most notably transmissions believed to be of human origin that have been broadcast from the constellation Ophiuchus. However\, Bates and his bandmates first came together in July 2013\, when their debut single\, “Carnivore\,” was released online. A second track\, “My Demons\,” appeared in August 2013\, after which the band made its live debut in Salem\, Ohio on November 27\, 2013. \nStarset laid down their conceptual premise with 2014’s Transmissions\, their full-length debut. Released by Razor & Tie\, it cracked the Top 50 and was followed in 2017 with by their second studio effort\, Vessels. A breakout success for the band\, Vessels hit number 11 on the Billboard 200 and yielded a hit in the single “Monster.” Capitalizing on their momentum\, Starset released a deluxe version of the LP (Vessels 2.0) in 2018 featuring reimagined\, acoustic\, and remixed versions of its songs. During this period\, Bates also debuted his electronic side project\, MNQN\, after which Starset returned to work\, releasing their third proper full-length\, Divisions\, in September 2019. The set debuted at number 37 on the Billboard 200 and further expanded the band’s ongoing narrative about a dystopian future world. It was also their first release for the Fearless label\, which also issued Starset’s fourth album\, Horizons\, in October of 2021. In August 2022\, the band collaborated with Breaking Benjamin on the single “Waiting on the Sky to Change\,” a song previously recorded by Bates‘ old band Downplay. It made a Top 20 showing on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart. A flurry of singles\, including the blazing hard rock hit “Brave New World\, ” appeared in 2024\, heralding the arrival of the band’s forthcoming fifth full-length effort slated to appear in 2025. \n \n \nWith her mix of edgy alt rock and bratty pop\, Kami Kehoe brings a sense of personality to songs which have resonated with audiences\, especially on social media. The Las Vegas native began releasing music in the early 2020s and found breakout success with tracks like 2023’s “Loaded Gun” and “SLEEP WHEN IM DEAD.” Following her debut album\, Drama Queen\, Kehoe issued the 2024 follow-up REVIVED\, then collaborated with Colorblind and Ekoh on the 2025 single “Safehouse.” \nKami Kehoe grew up in a musical Las Vegas family\, playing drums in a band with her sisters at the age of six. Over time\, she began writing her own songs on keyboards\, inspired by artists like Amy Winehouse and Lana Del Rey. She was in her late teens when she released her debut single\, “SLOW.” More songs followed throughout 2022 as she explored a mix of pop\, punk\, R&B\, and alt-rock. After signing with Oxide Records\, Kehoe released her debut album\, 2023’s Drama Queen. A follow-up single\, “SLEEP WHEN IM DEAD\,” found viral success on social media platforms and was included alongside other popular tracks like “KAMELEON” and “LA LA LAND” on her sophomore album\, REVIVED\, in October 2024. Her first song of 2025 was “Safehouse\,” a collaboration with labelmates Colorblind and Ekoh.
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LOCATION:Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre\, 2121 N 83rd Ave\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 85035\, United States
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