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SUMMARY:98KUPD PRESENTS UFEST 2023
DESCRIPTION:Godsmack has more Top 10 Rock Songs than Foo Fighters or their hometown heroes\, Aerosmith. Stretching back to their four-times platinum self-titled debut\, initially recorded in 1996 for $2500\, the veteran band’s catalog of hits is enough to fill a marathon set without running out. Songs like “I Stand Alone\,” “Awake\,” and “Voodoo” are certified anthems deeply encoded into hard rock’s DNA. \nLike the antiheroes of a heist movie planning one last score\, the Lawrence\, Massachusetts-bred quartet takes a victory lap with Lighting Up the Sky\, dropping one more classic album as they ascend into the celebratory portion of their career. Sully Erna\, Robbie Merrill\, Tony Rombola\, and Shannon Larkin climbed the creative mountain over and over. They are consummate rock fans themselves\, so they refuse to finish as one of those bands where fans hit the beer line during “the new stuff”. \nLighting Up the Sky is undoubtedly a stunning swan song\, should it truly prove to be the final studio album of new music from Godsmack. “Surrender\,” the first new song in four years\, earned well over a half million streams on Spotify alone in its first two weeks of release. Songs like “What About Me” and “Soul On Fire” stand up to anything in the band’s rich multi-platinum catalog. “Lighting Up the Sky is packed with melodies”\, assures the frontman. The band’s body of work includes eight albums\, four Grammy nominations\, two iHeartRadio Music Awards noms\, and a Billboard Music Award. (more at Godsmack.com) \n \n \nPlatinum-certified and twice GRAMMY-nominated Michigan rock powerhouse I PREVAIL — Brian Burkheiser (vocals)\, Eric Vanlerberghe (vocals)\, Steve Menoian (guitars/bass)\, Dylan Bowman (guitars)\, and Gabe Helguera (drums) — are back with TRUE POWER\, their third full-length offering on Fearless Records. The much-anticipated album arrives on August 19. \n \n \nEmploying a powerful blend of twisty progressive rock\, explosive heavy metal\, and soaring\, radio-ready alt-rock\, hard-hitting\, forward-thinking San Antonio-based quartet Nothing More invokes names like System Of A Down\, Thirty Seconds To Mars\, Incubus\, The Mars Volta\, and Killswitch Engage. Formed around the talents of longtime friends Jonny Hawkins\, Daniel Oliver\, Mark Vollelunga\, and Ben Anderson\, the band spent years honing their sound and skills\, and sharpening their worldview on the road\, adopting a strict D.I.Y. ethic and issuing their music independently. In 2013 they inked a deal with the Eleven Seven Label Group\, the home of acts like Five Finger Death Punch\, Sixx:A.M..\, Papa Roach\, and HELLYEAH\, and released their eponymous debut for the label\, along with the fiery first single “This Is the Time (Ballast)\,” the following year. It proved to be a breakout release for the veteran band\, charting well and introducing them to a much wider audience. Led by the single “Go to War\,” Nothing More returned with their follow-up\, The Stories We Tell Ourselves\, in September 2017. \n \n \nSince the beginning\, Fozzy has been about hard work\, dedication and delivering great rock n roll to their devoted fans worldwide; reminding them that music is all about invoking dirty\, sweaty\, jubilation and doing it LOUDLY! However\, calling them just “entertainers” would be abridging their talent\, as Ward is one of the most versatile riffers in rock n roll and Jericho’s vocal range and passion for music makes him a worthy partner for The Duke. Throw in the powerhouse rock solid drumming of Frank Fontsere\, the blazing leads of Billy Grey and youthful virtuosity of Randy Drake and it’s no surprise that Fozzy has skyrocketed into becoming one of the hottest rock acts in years. \nBut as much success the band had enjoyed\, nothing compared to the juggernaut known as “JUDAS”. Released in May 2017\, the song spent 6 WEEKS at NUMBER ONE on the highly influential ‘Big Uns Countdown’ on Sirius/XM’s Octane channel\, amassed over 40 MILLION views for it’s video on YouTube and cracked the TOP 5 on the US Rock Radio Charts. With that giant hit in their arsenal\, Fozzy continued their winning partnership with songwriter & producer Johnny Andrews by entering the TOP 10 twice more with “Painless” & “Nowhere To Run”\, as well as gaining another TOP 20 with “Burn Me Out.” The band then embarked on their wildly successful Judas Rising Tour. \n \n \nThe Warning infuse rock music with a much-needed shot of adrenaline. The Monterrey\, Mexico trio of sisters—Daniela “Dany” [guitar\, lead vocals]\, Paulina “Pau” [drums\, vocals\, piano]\, and Alejandra “Ale” Villarreal [bass\, piano\, backing vocals]—charge forward with head-spinning riffs\, unpredictable rhythms\, stadium-size beats\, and skyscraping vocals. They stand out as the rare presence equally at home on network television and on stage at Heaven & Hell Festival. After exploding online with one viral moment after another\, The Warning parlayed this momentum into a series of independent releases\, including Escape the Mind EP [2015]\, XXI Century Blood [2017]\, and Queen of the Murder Scene [2019]. They graced a stacked bill at Mother of All Rock Festival as the only Mexican band and opened up two sold out Monterrey shows for The Killers and for Def Leppard in Mexico City and Guadalajara. After quietly amassing over 120 million YouTube views and 30 million+ streams\, they’ve already surged to the forefront of hard rock on their LAVA Records debut album ERROR with millions of streams! Catch them LIVE on their Fall Tour 2022 with Halestorm in the US and with Three Days Grace in Canada in November! \n \n \nChester Bennington possessed one of the most inimitable\, infectious\, and instantly identifiable voices in the history of rock music. The moment he screamed\, it felt like the heavens themselves burst apart into a torrent of often violent\, undeniably vibrant\, and always vital emotions. It’s why fans worldwide hung on to every single word he uttered—and ultimately sang along with him forever. His voice lives on in Grey Daze. What started as a pledge to Chester by friends and family has crystallized into an essential extension of his storied legacy. Grey Daze introduced him to the world during a crucial run from 1993 to 1998. It’s where he honed the vocals that ultimately defined Linkin Park. Prior to his passing\, he personally broke the news of the band’s return and intention to re-record\, re-invent\, and re-ignite music they’d started twenty years prior. \nIn late 2020\, Sean Dowdell and Co. turned their attention to the remaining tracks and what would become The Phoenix. They handpicked tracks from 1994 and 1997 and entered the studio with Amends producer Esjay Jones. This time around\, she exclusively produced the entire project. They immediately locked into a groove and rallied around Chester’s spirit. \n“The Phoenix embodies what Chester was\,” he continues. “His soul is rising through our world past his death. It’s his rebirth.” \n \n \nBorn in the Arizona desert and reared on stages across North America\, The Black Moods deliver a modern update of a timeless sound\, breathing fresh life into a familiar mix of electric guitars\, anthemic hooks\, and percussive stomp. The Black Moods’ three members — frontman/guitarist Josh Kennedy\, drummer Chico Diaz and bassist Jordan Hoffman — aren’t looking to reinvent the wheel. Instead\, they’re piling into a vehicle that’s existed for decades\, souping up the engine to suit their contemporary needs\, and steering those wheels toward their own rock & roll horizon. \nThe band formed in Tempe\, Arizona. Inspired by local heroes like the Gin Blossoms and Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers — both of whom have become champions of the Black Moods\, often tapping the group as a high-profile opening act — The Black Moods began building their audience the old-school way: by hitting the road. They toured heavily\, promoting albums like their 2012 self-titled debut and 2016’s Medicine with gigs across the country. By the time “Bella Donna” hit the radio airwaves during the summer of 2018\, The Black Moods’ fanbase had grown exponentially. The song became a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart\, paving the way for the band’s biggest shows to date. \nModern-day torchbearers of ageless rock & roll\, The Black Moods aren’t shy about nodding to their influences. “Bella Donna” was inspired by the Doors’ slinky strut\, while the chorus of “Bad News” points to rockers like the Foo Fighters.
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LOCATION:Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre\, 2121 N 83rd Ave\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 85035\, United States
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SUMMARY:AVATAR Dance Devil Dance Tour at The Van Buren
DESCRIPTION:The journeyed\, eccentric\, Gothenburg\, Sweden-founded melodic death metal act formed in 2001 and enjoyed major home country success with their fourth and fifth albums\, 2009’s Avatar and 2012’s Black Waltz. It was between these releases that Avatar debuted the look which ultimately defined them\, with their lead vocalist Johannes Eckerström presenting himself as a cross between the Joker and a ringmaster leading a group of jesters. It was a distinct image and made Avatar well-known internationally. Eckerström maintained this look into the 2020s with the release of 2023’s Dance Devil Dance. \nFormed by two kindred musical souls who realized that their previous band was holding them back\, Avatar were born when drummer John Alfredsson and guitarist Jonas Jarlsby decided that their positions in Lost Soul were going nowhere\, so they left and regrouped under their new moniker. Eventually\, Alfredsson and Jarlsby would be introduced to Eckerström\, and the core of Avatar would be in place. To round out their membership\, bassist Henrik Sandelin and guitarist Simon Andersson joined the fold in 2003\, just in time to record the band’s first demo\, Personal Observations. While gigging to promote this\, Avatar stepped back into the studio to record their debut EP\, 2004’s 4 Reasons to Die. Following the EP’s release\, Avatar were given the opportunity to tour outside Sweden for the first time. They next entered the studio to work on a debut full-length and scored a deal with Gain Records during the recording process. That album\, Thoughts of No Tomorrow\, was released in 2006 and followed by two European tours\, one with Impaled Nazarene\, the other with Evergrey. Their busy year was rounded out with two shows alongside original Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di’Anno. \nAvatar had an equally busy 2007\, starting off as the opening act for major metal band Stone Sour and finishing it with a new album. Schlacht\, released in October of that year\, was followed by a support slot on the 2008 Obituary tour. The group’s eponymous third studio album was released in 2009\, and the next two years found Avatar hitting the tour circuit hard and embarking on their first-ever U.S. jaunt. Two nights before Halloween 2011 — in Helsingborg\, Sweden — Eckerström stepped on-stage sporting his unhinged Joker look for the first time. \nA couple of months later Andersson left the band and was replaced by the guitarist Tim Öhrström\, who also provided backing vocals. Arriving in 2012\, the well-received Black Waltz peaked at number 25 in their native Sweden\, and 2014’s Hail the Apocalypse became the first Avatar outing to crack the Billboard 200. In 2016\, the band issued its sixth studio long-player\, Feathers & Flesh\, a conceptual piece about an owl who declares war on the world. Their seventh effort\, Avatar Country\, arrived in early 2018. Produced by Jay Ruston (Stone Sour\, Anthrax\, Steel Panther)\, the album featured the singles “A Statue of the King” and “The King Wants You\,” as well as Avatar’s spin on the Swedish royal anthem “Glory to Our King.” The following year\, the band released their first live outing\, The King Live in Paris. 2020 found them returning to the studio with Ruston to record their eighth album. The resulting Hunter Gatherer was issued toward the end of the year. In 2021\, they founded their own label\, Black Waltz Records\, and it was on this imprint that they unveiled 2023’s Dance Devil Dance\, featuring a duet with Lzzy Hale of Halestorm. \n \n \nUnderneath a maelstrom of polyrhythmic guitars\, sweeping vocals\, and shuddering beats\, Veil of Maya encode a ponderous narrative at the core of their sixth full-length album\, False Idol [Sumerian Records]. This time around\, a captivating concept drives the quartet—Marc Okubo\, Sam Applebaum\, Danny Hauser\, and Lukas Magyar. \nThe first single “Overthrow” revs up from a crushing tidal wave of riffing into a soaring and striking clean refrain. It taps into the expansive energy of signature fan favorites\, while elevating the group to a new level. \nWhether it’s the pulverizing power of “Lull” or knockout send-off of “Tyrant” and “Livestream\,” False Idol exorcises an unforgettable narrative in the landscape of Veil of Maya’s most definitive work to date. \n \n \nORBIT CULTURE burst out of the underground scene with the release of 2020’s Nija album\, which garnered worldwide critical acclaim from critics and metal fans alike. Their latest release\, Shaman\, sees them further expand upon their dynamic sound\, developing a propulsive blend of metallic brilliance. While rooted in the classic Swedish metal genre paved by greats such as At The Gates\, In Flames\, and Meshuggah\, they creatively expand upon it to create a more evolved\, modernized sound that is simply undeniable. Shaman delivers on all fronts and showcases the band’s seamless efforts to effectively blend aggression\, melody\, and technicality. \nThe band states: “When it comes to the music\, Shaman has a bit more flow to be executed more in a live setting\, which was one of the goals creating it. We have some songs on Nija that we’d like to play live\, but some of them just don’t quite translate as well as we want them to when we play them. We want to be a band able to run around the stage and invite people to the show and connect that way\, rather than standing in one place and sweating over weird guitar patterns and whatnot. We think that’s the major difference between Nija to Shaman. We want people to be blown away live and the songs on this EP are constructed for that. Of course\, you’ll get what you expect from us\, heavy and fast guitars combined with low-tuned drops followed up by sing-along choruses with an exotic twist.” \n \n 
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LOCATION:The Van Buren\, 401 W. Van Buren St\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 85003\, United States
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SUMMARY:Placebo at Marquee Theatre
DESCRIPTION:With their androgynous aesthetic and raw attack\, Placebo caused a stir upon their debut in the 1990s\, when Brit-pop ruled the charts and grunge was on its way out. Once described as a glam version of Nirvana\, the multinational band delivered a potent blend of dark alt-rock with goth and electronic undertones\, creating a sound more aligned with Smashing Pumpkins\, Depeche Mode\, Muse\, and Silversun Pickups. Crashing onto the British scene\, the then-trio raised eyebrows with their first hit\, “Nancy Boy” from 1997’s Placebo\, providing a stark alternative to Brit-pop’s lad culture. While they continued to expand their European base\, the band had a brief moment in the sun in the United States\, scoring modest radio hits with “Pure Morning” from 1998’s Without You I’m Nothing\, “Special K” from 2000’s Black Market Music\, and “Infra-Red” from 2006’s Meds. Although their output slowed into the 2010s — they released just one official album that decade\, 2013’s Loud Like Love — they maintained a strong grip on their core audience\, issuing an MTV Unplugged set in 2015 and a series of retrospective B-sides collections from every one of their albums to date. In 2022\, nearly a decade after their previous LP was issued\, Placebo made a comeback with eighth album Never Let Me Go. \nAn early incarnation of the band was formed by singer/guitarist Brian Molko (part Scottish and American descent\, but raised in England) and Swedish bassist Stefan Olsdal. Both members had previously attended the same school in Luxembourg\, but they didn’t cross paths properly until 1994 in London. Briefly called Ashtray Heart and influenced by the likes of Sonic Youth\, Pixies\, the Smashing Pumpkins\, and Nirvana\, they began filling the vacant drum spot with percussionists like Robert Schultzberg and Steve Hewitt (the latter being the group’s only member of English origin). Although Molko and Olsdal preferred Hewitt as their main man (it was this lineup that recorded several early demos)\, Hewitt opted to return to his other band at the time\, Breed. With Schultzberg back on board instead\, Placebo signed a recording contract with Caroline Records and released their self-titled debut in 1996. Placebo was a surprise hit in the U.K.\, where singles like “Nancy Boy” and “Teenage Angst” became Top 40 hits. Meanwhile\, the bandmates themselves became the toast of the British music weeklies and supported their debut by opening for such outfits as the reunited Sex Pistols\, U2\, and Weezer. \nDespite the group’s early success\, Schultzberg wasn’t seeing eye to eye with the other bandmembers\, who by this point were able to convince Hewitt to rejoin the lineup\, prompting Schultzberg’s exit from the band in September 1996. One of Hewitt’s first performances with Placebo upon returning proved to be a big one\, as David Bowie — a fan of the band\, not to mention an influence on their sound — personally invited the trio to play his 50th birthday bash at New York’s Madison Square Garden in 1997. The following year\, Placebo switched over to the major-label division of Caroline\, Virgin Records\, and issued Without You I’m Nothing in November. The album was another big seller in England and initially appeared to be the group’s breakthrough in the U.S.\, where MTV and rock radio embraced the album’s lead-off single\, “Pure Morning.” Subsequent singles failed to match the success of that first song\, but Without You I’m Nothing remained popular in England\, where it eventually went platinum. Around the same time\, Placebo recorded a cover of T. Rex‘s “20th Century Boy” for Velvet Goldmine\, a movie in which the trio also appeared. \nThe relationship between Placebo and Bowie continued to blossom. Bowie made a special on-stage appearance with the band during a tour stop in New York\, and both parties united for a re-recording of the title track from Without You I’m Nothing\, which was issued as a single in 1999. Placebo’s third release\, Black Market Music\, added hip-hop and disco elements to the group’s tense rock sound. The album was released in Europe in 2000\, followed several months later by a resequenced American version whose track list featured several additions\, including the Bowie version of “Without You I’m Nothing” and the band’s cover of Depeche Mode‘s “I Feel You.” The recording spawned additional U.K. hits such as “Taste in Men” and “Slave to the Wage.” \nIn spring 2003\, Placebo showcased a harder edge with the release of their fourth effort\, Sleeping with Ghosts. The album cracked the Top Ten in the U.K. and sold over a million copies worldwide. Placebo’s singles collection Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996-2004 was released before the year’s end. The 19-song compilation included their biggest U.K. hits and the new track “Twenty Years.” Frenchman Dimitri Tikovoi (Goldfrapp\, the Cranes)\, who had mixed selected songs on Once More with Feeling\, also signed on to produce Placebo’s fifth effort\, 2006’s Meds. Topping charts in multiple countries\, the album generated a handful of hit singles\, including “Infra-Red\,” the band’s second charting track in the U.S. The next year\, a cover of Kate Bush‘s “Running up That Hill” from their 2003 Covers compilation became a surprise hit in the U.K.\, Australia\, and the U.S. (where it appeared on the hit teen drama The O.C.)\, and the group capitalized on the exposure by joining Linkin Park‘s Projekt Revolution tour alongside My Chemical Romance. As a primer for new fans\, Virgin released the Extended Play ’07 EP as a simple introduction to Placebo’s past decade of music. \nSteven Hewitt departed the band in the fall of 2007\, and Placebo left their longtime home of EMI/Virgin one year later. With new drummer Steve Forrest now on board\, the group recorded Battle for the Sun and released it during the summer of 2009. Produced by David Bottrill (Silverchair\, Muse)\, the effort featured the European hit “For What It’s Worth” and “Ashtray Heart\,” a winking nod to their original moniker. A box set of the band’s work for EMI\, The Hut Recordings\, was released the same day\, and an extensive tour kept them busy for another year. For fans who couldn’t make the shows\, Placebo also issued a live mini-album\, Live at La Cigale\, whose songs were taken from a 2006 performance in Paris. \nIn 2010 Molko and Olsdal announced they had been working on new material\, which culminated in the release of the mini-album B3 EP two years later. In 2013 Placebo delivered their seventh studio album\, the Adam Noble-produced Loud Like Love\, home to “Too Many Friends” and “A Million Little Pieces.” \nFor their 20th anniversary\, Placebo announced a grand two-year retrospective blitz that included the vinyl re-release of their first five albums and respective B-sides collections for each\, as well as a recording of MTV Unplugged. Recorded in front of a live audience in London\, it featured drastic reworkings of past hits and deep cuts (including the first-ever live performance of “Bosco”)\, as well as guest appearances by Majke Voss Romme (Broken Twin) and Joan as Police Woman. Forrest departed in 2015\, and the following year Placebo released a 36-track retrospective\, A Place for Us to Dream\, which featured a new single\, “Jesus’ Son.” 2017 brought an extensive tour that took in Mexico\, Australia\, and Europe\, and in 2018 they performed at the Robert Smith-curated Meltdown Festival in London. \nIn mid-2019\, the band began work on what would ultimately become their eighth album\, the much-delayed 2022 release Never Let Me Go. It was the first full-length that Placebo had recorded as a duo\, and featured the singles “Beautiful James\,” “Surrounded by Spies\,” and “Try Better Next Time.” ~ Greg Prato & Neil Z. Yeung
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LOCATION:Marquee Theatre\, 730 N Mill Ave\, Tempe\, 85281\, United States
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