Concerts
Don’t Miss Out: The Philadelphia Orchestra Is Holding a Bunch of Pop-Up Concerts Today
Musicians from the Philadelphia Orchestra are holding free pop-up concerts across the city today after they called a strike before last Friday’s traditional Opening Night Gala.
We Asked Guster: What’s It Like to Play the Philly Half-Marathon?
“Do you see a space blanket on me?” Guster’s Ryan Miller says to the crowd assembled in front of the stage on the Benjamin Franklin […]
Springsteen Played His Longest-Ever U.S. Show in Philly Last Night
Bruce Springsteen opened last night’s show with “New York City Serenade,” a track from 1973’s The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle. By […]
Barbra Streisand Review: What Her Philly Show Was Like from the $500 Seats
I grew up listening to Barbra Streisand with my parents. I watched her movies and sang her songs, always trying — and failing — to […]
Guns N’ Roses Sucked or Was Awesome, Depending On Who You Ask
I told my editor that I would go down to Lincoln Financial Field and write a Guns N’ Roses review. So last night, I sweated […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Margaret Glaspy at Johnny Brenda’s
Monday night at Johnny Brenda’s presented a true musical triple threat. I went to see one of my favorite artists to emerge in quite a […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Dixie Chicks at BB&T Pavilion
For the first time in a decade, the Dixie Chicks brought their stirring country rock through the Philadelphia area on Saturday, June 18th. Natalie Maines, […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Radio 104.5 9th Birthday Celebration at BB&T Pavilion
It took Radio 104.5’s 9th Birthday Celebration to finally get Florence + The Machine in the Philadelphia area in support of their 2015 LP How […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Beverly at Johnny Brenda’s
Brooklyn-based rockers Beverly played on Tuesday, June 14th, at Johnny Brenda’s in support of their new LP, The Blue Swell. Led by Drew Citron on […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Flight of the Conchords at the Mann
The comedy folk-rock duo of Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie brought the laughs to the Mann on Sunday, June 12th, as Flight of the Conchords. […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Escondido at World Cafe Live
It would not have been surprising to see Dale Cooper at World Cafe Live Upstairs on Friday, June 10th, enjoying headliners Escondido. The Nashville-based act […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Wilco at the Mann
It’s been more than six years since Wilco played Philadelphia proper. Sure, there were a few visits to Camden in the interim, but until last […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Make the World Better Benefit
On Friday, June 3rd, Union Transfer hosted the third-annual Make the World Better benefit concert. Raising $200,000 for parks in Philadelphia, the Connor Barwin-led foundation […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Alejandro Escovedo at Arden Gild Hall
The calm thunder of one of the foremost living musical forces played to a sold-out Arden Gild Hall on Saturday, May 28th — Alejandro Escovedo. […]
9 Concerts to See This Week
Bloc Party @ The Filmore | Wednesday, June 1st After a three-year hiatus and instrumentalist changeovers, the British indie-rock band returns with a new record, Hymns. Intermixing techno with […]