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  • Five Finger Death Punch Tour Coming to Jones Beach, Syracuse, Darien Lake

    Hard rock band Five Finger Death Punch released new single “AfterLife” and announced a summer and fall tour with stops in Jones Beach, Syracuse, and Darien Center.

    Five Finger Death Punch Tour Announced
    Five Finger Death Punch’s Afterlife tour will make three stops in New York. Credit: Travis Shinn.

    “Afterlife” is the first single and title track from Five Finger Death Punch’s upcoming studio album.

    On their tour Five Finger Death Punch will be joined by hard rock/metal legends Megadeth, Mongolian sensation The HU, and newcomers Fire From The Gods. The tour begins in Portland on Aug. 19. It will stop in New York on Sept. 12 at the Jones Beach Theater, Spet 20. St Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview, and on Sept. 27 at the Darien Lake Amphitheater.

    Five Finger Death Punch will also appear in the “The Retaliators” a horror movie set to be released this fall. The gave both an on screen performance and contributed to the movie’s soundtrack. Currently, the movie has a rare and notable 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

    Tickets will go on sale April 15 at 10 a.m.

    Five Finger Death Punch Tour Dates

    Fri Aug 19 – Portland, OR – RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater

    Sat Aug 20 – Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre

    Tue Aug 23 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre

    Wed Aug 24 – Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre

    Fri Aug 26 – Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion

    Sat Aug 27 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater

    Tue Aug 30 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion

    Thu Sep 1 – Del Valle, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater

    Fri Sep 2 – Houston, TX –The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman

    Tue Sep 6 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion

    Wed Sep 7 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

    Fri Sep 9 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach

    Sat Sep 10 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live

    Mon Sep 12 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater 

    Wed Sep 14 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center

    Thu Sep 15 – Camden, NJ – Waterfront Music Pavilion

    Sat Sep 17 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheater

    Sun Sep 18 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center

    Tue Sep 20 – Syracuse, NY – St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview

    Wed Sep 21 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake

    Fri Sep 23 – Scranton, PA – Pavilion at Montage Mountain

    Sat Sep 24 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium

    Tue Sep 27 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater

    Wed Sep 28 –Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center

    Fri Sep 30 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater

    Sat Oct 1 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center

    Tue Oct 4 – Cleveland, OH – Blossom Music Center

    Wed Oct 5 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre

    Fri Oct 7 – Milwaukee, WI – American Family Insurance Amphitheater – Summerfest Grounds

    Sat Oct 8 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater

    Mon Oct 10 – Atlanta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre

    Wed Oct 12 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP

    Fri Oct 14 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena

    Sat Oct 15 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre

  • Danielle Ponder wraps six shows in three nights at The McKittrick Hotel & Nubulu

    Singer-songwriter Danielle Ponder closed out Wednesday night at The McKittrick Hotel with a stunning performance after Sleep No More.

    Six shows in three nights ladies and gentlemen!” Danielle exclaimed, addressing the crowd in-between songs. “Amazing crowds, amazing people. This has just been really a great moment and it actually has been very surreal, but I’m going to get into these songs. Hope you enjoy them!

    Singer-songwriter Danielle Ponder singing at The McKittrick Hotel's Manderley Bar.
    Danielle Ponder at the McKittrick Hotel’s Manderley Bar

    The Rochester-based singer confidently radiated her powerful voice throughout The McKittrick Hotel’s moody Manderley Bar. This performance was the last of Ponder’s three-night run in New York City before joining St. Paul and the Broken Bones on tour later this month. Before exiting, Ponder concluded the set with an inspiring personal anecdote.

    I quit my successful job as an attorney to be a broke musician because I absolutely love you, and I absolutely love this stage. I completely live for it. I truly believe in following your purpose, I think that when God gives you a gift, a way you can show gratitude is committing to that thing. Amen, amen, amen! You all feel me? So a lot has happened in the past year that has really changed my life, even to be here with this audience in New York City listening has been so affirming for me and lets me know I made the right decision. I really feel like I’m a living testimony of that and that’s the only reason I’m telling you I’m 40! Because I want you to know my knees hurt, I’m old, but I’m here! So this next song is called “So Long.”

    “So Long” is Ponder’s latest single, released on March 11, an anthem about letting go of fear and being the best person you can possibly be.

    Singer-songwriter Danielle Ponder singing at The McKittrick Hotel's Manderley Bar.

    You can learn more about singer-songwriter Danielle Ponder on her website and listen to her Tiny Desk Contest submission, a recording of her song Poor Man’s Pain, here.

    St. Paul and the Broken Bones with Danielle Ponder Tour Dates

    April 23 – Dallas, Texas – The Granada Theater
    April 24 – Austin, Texas – Stubb’s
    April 26 – Tulsa, Okla. – Cain’s Ballroom
    April 28 – Denver, Colo. – Mission Ballroom
    April 29 – Aspen, Colo. – Belly Up
    April 30 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Commonwealth Room
    May 3 – Seattle, Wash. – The Neptune
    May 5 – Portland, Ore. – Crystal Ballroom
    May 6 – San Francisco, Calif./Oakland, Calif. – Fox Theater
    May 7 – San Diego, Calif. – Humphreys Concerts By The Bay
    May 10 – Los Angeles, Calif. – The Theatre at Ace Hotel
    May 11 – Pioneertown, Calif. – Pappy & Harriet’s
    May 12 – Phoenix, Ariz. – The Van Buren

  • Rising Star from East Village, Breaker, Releases “People Change”

    Rising Star from East Village, Breaker, releases an instant classic rock song and video titled “People Change.” From performing for strangers to charming his friends with his confidence and wit, Breaker has a magnetic personality that goes beyond his musical talents. 

    Growing up with six siblings in New York City, Breaker has been performing for his family and all around Manhattan since he was young. Nowadays, he plays shows across the country with his love of songwriting and creating music. Beyond his 21 years, Breaker has made a name for himself as an alternative/indie artist.

    Though written entirely in New York City, “People Change” and the upcoming EP were recorded in Virginia. While only taking a mere two days of studio time to record, the energy was buzzing from the first moment the small team entered the magical space. Escaping the East Village, he fled to a scenic farm for the birth of this upcoming album. With the help of his best friends and collaborators, Breaker had brought the vision of his new album to life.

    Rising Star from East Village, Breaker, Releases New Song

    Despite being a natural lead singer, what shines through most on the new song and Breaker’s upcoming EP is his ability to work with other creative minds. Thus, inspiring the people around him to make the best music and have the most fun possible.  This project has led to the formation of The Live Show, which is a team of solo artists consisting of Jacob Lourie, Chris Murphy, and Breaker. Breaker has the ability to get any room dancing.

    A second single, followed by Breaker’s upcoming debut EP, We’re Not Lovers Anymore, is coming later this Spring. Lookout for Breaker and The Live Show in and around NYC performing live now through the Summer. 

    To watch or listen to “People Change,” click the link here.

  • Phil Lesh and Friends announce Beak and Skiff Show, Summer 2022 Dates

    Phil Lesh and Friends will find themselves among the apple orchards of Beak and Skiff in Lafayette on July 8, their lone stop in New York this summer on a just announced 2022 Summer Tour.

    Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, will be rotating his lineup of friends during his East Coast shows, which includes an appearance at Levitate Music Festival in Marshville, Massachusetts on July 9. 

    phil and friends 2022

    On July 8, Lesh will be joined by guitarists Stu Allen and Grahame Lesh, along with multi-instrumentalists Jason Crosby and Amy Helm, and drummer Cody Dickinson. The same lineup will play Thompson’s Point in Portland, Maine on July 10.

    Doors are at 5pm with the show starting at 6:30pm. Tickets are $75 in advance and $80 day of show.

    Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 15 at 10 a.m. local venue times. Purchase Phil Lesh & Friends tickets via Ticketmaster, AXS.com and other outlets. Tickets & more info can be found here. For more information visit phillesh.net. 

  • Alice Cooper’s “Detroit Muscle” Tour Makes 3 Stops in NY this September

    Metal legend Alice Cooper will embark on a “Detroit Muscle” tour this fall, with stops in Buffalo, Binghamton, and Albany in September.

    alice cooper palace albany

    Alice Cooper pioneered a grandly theatrical brand of hard rock that was designed to shock.  Drawing equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock, the group created a stage show that featured electric chairs, guillotines, fake blood and boa constrictors. He continues to tour regularly, performing shows worldwide with the dark and horror-themed theatrics that he’s best known for.

    With a schedule that has included six months year in and year out on the road, Alice Cooper brings his own brand of rock psycho-drama to fans both old and new, enjoying it as much as the audience does. Known as the architect of shock-rock, Cooper has rattled the cages and undermined the authority of generations of guardians of the status quo, continuing to surprise fans and exude danger at every turn, like a great horror movie, even in an era where CNN can present real life shocking images.

    As he finally heads back out on the concert trail in 2021, Alice insists he’s still motivated to continue touring and recording albums, as well as making time for other projects, including most recently, Alice’s widely praised 2018 performance as King Herod in NBC-TV’s live production of “Jesus Chris Superstar” on Easter Sunday.

    Released in February, 2021, his latest album Detroit Stories, (produced by Bob Ezrin) is inspired by the garage rock music of Detroit in the late Sixties, including several classic covers of Detroit hits from that era, recorded in Detroit with all Detroit musicians.

    As if that wasn’t enough, “Nights With Alice Cooper,” Alice’s nightly radio show, continues to air in nearly 100 cities in the USA, Canada, Australia, and the UK. The five hour long show features his favorite classic rock songs along with his insider anecdotes about many of the artists.  

    Tickets go on sale Friday, April 15 at 10AM at ticketmaster.com.

    Alice Cooper ‘Detroit Muscle’ 2022 U.S. Tour Dates

    Sept. 07 — Bethlehem, Pa. @ Wind Creek Event Center
    Sept. 09 — Alton, Va. @ Blue Ridge Rock Festival
    Sept. 11 — Windsor, Ontario @ The Colosseum @ Caesar’s
    Sept. 13 — Buffalo, N.Y. @ Shea’s Buffalo
    Sept. 14 — Binghamton, N.Y. @ Visions Arena
    Sept. 16 — Albany, N.Y. @ The Palace Theater
    Sept. 17 — Atlantic City, N.J. @ Tropicana Casino & Resort
    Sept. 18 — Wallingford, Ct. @ Toyota Oakdale Theatre
    Sept. 20 — Muncie, Ind. @ Emens Auditorium
    Sept. 21 — Grand Rapids, Mich. @ DeVos Hall
    Sept. 22 — Hammond, Ind. @ The Venue @ Horseshoe Casino
    Sept. 24 — Louisville, Ky. @ Louder than Life Festival
    Sept. 25 — Chattanooga, Tenn. @ Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
    Sept. 27 — Memphis, Tenn. @ Orpheum Theater
    Sept. 28 — St.Louis, Mo. @ Stifel Theatre
    Sept. 30 — Cedar Rapids, Iowa @ Paramount Theater
    Oct. 01 — Springfield, Ill. @ Bank of Springfield Center
    Oct. 04 — Loveland, Colo. @ Budweiser Event Center
    Oct. 06 — Prescott Valley, Ariz. @ Findlay Toyota Center
    Oct. 08 — Las Vegas, Nev. @ TBA

  • Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds to play CMAC in July

    Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds have announced a show on July 17, 2022 in Canandaigua at Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center (CMAC).

    Dave Matthews Tim Reynolds CMAC

    The longtime friends and collaborators will be on the road this summer with Dave Matthews Band, but have set aside the evening of Sunday, July 17 for an intimate, acoustic evening.

    Members of The Warehouse may request tickets through Monday, April 18th at noon ET. Visit warehouse.davematthewsband.com/ to join the Warehouse. The general public sale for tickets through Ticketmaster begins at 10AM ET on Friday, April 22nd. For complete presale details visit citientertainment.com.

  • In Focus: Twiddle and Andy Frasco & the U.N. at Town Ballroom in Buffalo

    Twiddle and Andy Frasco and the U.N. came to The Town Ballroom in Buffalo on April 7. You can tell both bands on tour are having a ton of fun because all three sets featured various members and friends sitting in, giving a vibe that you were seeing a collective of friends and musicians versus two seperate bands doing their thing.

    Twiddle and Andy Frasco

    The show started with a set by Mihali and a few friends which was a mellow open to get the night started. Andy Frasco & The U.N. was next. Half show and half house party on stage, Andy Frasco and his band ramped up the energy, whether swigging from a bottle of Jim Beam, jumping on the piano or pulling various friends and musicians onstage, Andy Frasco is all about having a good time onstage and the Buffalo crowd ate it up.

    Twiddle rode the energy from Andy Frasco and the U.N. and kept the crowd dancing all night. An encore of Baba O’Riley brought all of the musicians throughout the night back together onstage for a finale that left the crowd walking out with smiles.

    Setlist: Collective Pulse > Be There, Play, The FRENDS Theme, Apples > White Light > Apples > Lost in the Cold, Milk*, Juggernaut
    Encore: Baba O’Riley^

    * with Mike Gantzer
    ^ with Andy Frasco & The U.N., Mike Gantzer, and Scott Hannay

    Twiddle and Andy Frasco
    Twiddle and Andy Frasco
    Twiddle and Andy Frasco
    Twiddle and Andy Frasco
    Twiddle and Andy Frasco
    Twiddle and Andy Frasco
    Twiddle and Andy Frasco
    Twiddle and Andy Frasco
    Twiddle and Andy Frasco
    Twiddle and Andy Frasco
    Twiddle and Andy Frasco

  • Heartbeat Opera’s QUANDO premieres at The McKittrick Hotel

    Heartbeat Opera’s QUANDO brought a one-of-a-kind film and theatrical performance at The McKittrick Hotel, home of Sleep No More, April 7-9.

    Presented by The McKittrick Hotel, QUANDO is Directed and Edited by Tee Vaden, produced and conceptualized by Associate Artistic Director, Derrell Acon, with Photography Direction by Kathryn Boyd-Batstone and Production Design by Yuki Izumihara.

    Mx. Oww and Jessie Cox live performance alongside the film, QUANDO.
    Mx. Oww and Jessie Cox live performance alongside the film, QUANDO.

    The film stars Lauren Michelle, Brian Vu, and Shelley Washington. Musical director Daniel Schlosberg arranged the film score for a mix of instruments and electronics. The live performance features Mx. Oww and Jessie Cox.

    The 75-minute experience took place in the McKittrick’s upstairs theater, the Club Car. The evening kicked off with the short film, challenging viewers with “…issues of representation, inequity, and self-serving actions that plague so many industries and movements, not by simply calling out the problem but by showing what is possible, while asking viewers to interrogate themselves and their motivations, which is one of my favorite sorts of call to action,” said Director & Editor, Tee Vaden. After the screening, the film played once more with a theatrical performance by Mx. Oww and Jessie Cox actively disrupting the music throughout, creating a mesmerizing experience for the audience.

    QUANDO team taking the stage after the performance concluded.
    QUANDO team taking the stage after the performance concluded.

    QUANDO is the latest production by Heartbeat Opera whose mission is to create “incisive adaptations and revelatory arrangements of classics, reimagining them for the here and now.” Previous productions by Heartbeat Opera include FIDELIO, which toured earlier this year including performances at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and The Broad Stage in California, and Messy Messiah, Heartbeat Opera’s 7th annual Drag Extravaganza, at Roulette in Brooklyn. Learn more about QUANDO by viewing the trailer and visiting Heartbeat Opera’s website. You can also visit The McKittrick Hotel to experience Sleep No More and Speakeasy Magick at 530 West 27th Street in Manhattan. Special thank you to Stephanie Geyer and the McKittrick Hotel staff for welcoming NYS Music to their beautiful venue.

    Mx. Oww singing along to QUANDO
    Jessie Cox approaching Mx. Oww during QUANDO
    Mx. Oww and Jessie Cox during QUANDO
    Mx. Oww and Jessie Cox during QUANDO
    QUANDO team addressing the audience after the performance.

  • The Orchestra Now to Present New Voices From The 1930s at Carnegie Hall

    The Orchestra Now (TŌN) will soon host their final performance in their Carnegie Hall season on Thursday, May 12. This musical night will include the renowned director of this orchestra, Leon Botstein, along with pianists Gilles Vonsattel and Frank Corliss. This night will also present mezzo-soprano Deborah Nansteel.

    Orchestra Now

    Corliss is the director of the Bard College Conservatory of Music, while Vonsattel is a Swiss soloist and Bard Conservatory faculty member. Furthermore, being apart of The Metropolitan Opera as a mezzo-soprano, Nansteel has landed the role of Alisa in Lucia di Lammermoor for this season. 

    New Voices From the 1930s will take place in the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage of Carnegie Hall. Corliss will perform William Grant Still’s Dismal Swamp, which is a portrayal of captive peoples seeking freedom. Nansteel will perform, Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s Symphony No. 1, Essay for a Requiem, regarding conditions under the Nazi regime. Lastly, Vonsattel’s performance is based on Mexican Symphonic Orchestra music director and composer, Carlos Chávez’s virtuosic Piano Concerto.

    Tickets for this event are available on the Carnegie Hall website. It is essential for ticket holders to adhere to the venue’s safety protocols.

    In addition to TŌN’s show at Carnegie Hall, on May 7 and 8 this same program will be performed at the Fisher Center at Bard. To accommodate viewers this event will be live streamed for free on both dates; those attending must RSVP to attend the concert.

    Towards the end of May on the 22, TŌN will provide a free concert performance at the Peter Norton Symphony Space, called Liszt & Bartók. Led by TŌN resident conductor Zachary Schwartzman, Hungarian composers Franz Liszt, Béla Bartók, Emmerich Kálmán, and Zoltán Kodály will have the spotlight during this event. Advance RSVP is suggested and those in attendance must comply with the venue’s health and safety requirements.

  • Khruangbin Add Brooklyn and Lewiston Dates To National Tour

    Three-piece band Khruangbin from Houston, Texas, has added Brooklyn and Lewiston dates to their Space Walk Tour 2022, with supports including Toro Y Moi, Men I Trust, Vieux Farka Touré, Genesis Owusu, Pachyman.

    Khruangbin Space Walk Tour poster.

    Khruangbin was formed in 2009 with Laura Lee on bass, Mark Speer on guitar, and Donald Johnson on drums. They take their influence from 1960s Thai funk with their name translating to “Engine Fly” in Thai. The group has toured across the world, with praise from the NY Times, Billboard, and more. The trio recently joined Leon Bridges to create the EP Texas Moon, which landed in the Top 25 of the Billboard Top 200, as well as the Top 5 on Billboard’s Album Sales, Vinyl, Alternative Albums, and Rock Albums charts.

    The Space Walk Tour with Khruangbin is touring now, with a newly added Brooklyn date. Tickets are on sale now.

    KHRUANGBIN 2022 TOUR DATES:

    **notes newly added 

    Fri April 29th – Cincinnati, OH – Andrew J Brady Music Center w/ Toro y Moi

    Sat April 30th – Asheville, NC – ExploreAsheville.com Arena (fka Asheville Civic Center) w/ Toro y Moi

    Tue May 3rd – Charlotte, NC – Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheater w/ Toro y Moi

    Wed May 4th – Richmond, VA – Virginia Credit Union LIVE! w/ Toro y Moi

    Thur May 5th – North Charleston, SC – Firefly Distillery w/ Toro y Moi

    Sat May 7th – Miami Beach, FL – Fillmore Miami Beach At Jackie Gleason Theater w/ Toro y Moi

    Sun May 8th – Miami Beach, FL – Fillmore Miami Beach At Jackie Gleason Theater w/ Toro y Moi

    Wed May 11th – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall w/ Toro y Moi

    Thurs July 7th – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater w/ Men I Trust

    Fri July 8th – Vancouver, BC – PNE Amphitheater w/ Men I Trust

    Sat July 9th – Troutdale, OR – McMenamins Edgefield w/ Men I Trust

    Sun July 10th – Redmond, WA – Marymoor Park Concerts w/ Men I Trust

    Tues July 12th – Bonner, MT – Kettlehouse Amphitheater w/ Men I Trust

    Wed July 13th – Boise, ID – Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden w/ Men I Trust

    Sat July 16th – Berkeley, CA – The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley w/ Men I Trust

    Sun July 17th – Berkeley, CA – The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley w/ Men I Trust

    Sat July 30th – Montreal, QC – Osheaga Festival

    Sun July 31st – Detroit, MI – Mo Pop Festival

    **Mon August 1st – Lewiston, NY – Artpark Amphitheater w/ Men I Trust

    **Tues August 2nd – Toronto, ON – RBC Echo Beach w/ Men I Trust

    **Thurs August 4th – Brooklyn, NY – BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! at Prospect Park w/ Vieux Farka Touré

    **Fri August 5th – Portland, ME – Thompson’s Point w/ Men I Trust

    **Sat August 6th – New Haven, CT – Westville Music Bowl w/ Men I Trust

    August 26th-August 28th – Vineyard Haven, MA – Beach Road Weekend

    August 26th-August 28th – Bridgeview, IL – Sacred Rose

    Sat September 17th – Los Angeles, CA – Primavera Sound LA

    **Thurs September 29th – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl w/ Genesis Owusu

    **Sat October 1st – Mesa, AZ – Mesa Amphitheater w/ Genesis Owusu

    **Sun October 2nd – Santa Fe, NM – Santa Fe Opera w/ Genesis Owusu

    **Fri October 28th – Mexico City, MX – Pepsi Center WTC w/ Pachyman

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