Rock On The Range 2012 Lineup Revealed Most events held at Crew Stadium in Columbus are trash. I say that because we all know that Ohio State Football is a joke. What is not a joke (minus a few bands) is the lineup for the 2012 Rock on the Range concert. To be held on May 18th and 19th, highlights of the line up include, The Darkness, Down, Megadeth, Mastodon and many more. Tickets are on sale Friday Feb 10th, 2012. A full line ... Read More

Mastodon, Opeth & Ghost Team Up For North American Tour Mastodon and Opeth have just released the dates for their monstrous “Heritage Hunter” North American Tour. The trek (which will feature Ghost performing the opening duties) will kick off April 4th in Portland, ME and wrap May 12th in Atlanta Georgia. Mastodon and Opeth will rotate the headliner spot depending on what market they are playing. Dates for the tour are listed below. Likewise if you do hit this show, don't miss Ghost. ... Read More

Nada Surf Bring Hi-Speed Soul to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon I remember back in the day when folks were impressed when Phil Collins performed at Live Aid events in London and Philadelphia on the same day. More impressive is Nada Surf who somehow managed to perform and sign autographs at Amoeba Music in Hollywood California only to fly back east and rock Late Night with Jimmy Fallon a few hours later. Apparently in addition to 15 year’s worth of great songs, Nada ... Read More

2012 Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival Artists Announced Now in its 5th year, the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival has just announced what bands will be performing for 2012. Slipknot and Slayer will headline the main stage this summer, and will be joined by a third mystery artist to be named on March 5th. The main stages fourth slot will rotate between As I Lay Dying, Asking Alexandria and The Devil Wears Prada. Thrash legends Anthrax will headline the festivals Jagermeister Side Stage. Also appearing ... Read More

GWAR Announces Spring Leg of the Return of the World Maggot Tour GWAR is about to awaken from their winter hibernation and return to the road for a spring leg of their Return of the World Maggot Tour. The trek will kick off with a special tribute for fallen guitarist Cory Smoot (AKA Flattus Maximus) at the National Theatre in Richmond, VA on March 16th. All proceeds from the Smoot Family Fund. From there, the tour will hit such exotic locations as Toledo ... Read More

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Announce North American Arena Tour With a new album entitled Wrecking Ball on March 6th, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have just announced dates for a North American Arena tour. The trek will kick off March 18th in Atlanta Georgia and is currently scheduled to wrap up on May 2nd in Newark, NJ. The tour includes multiple nights in Philadelphia and New York as well as a stop at the New Orleans Jazz Festival ... Read More

Wilco Pays Conan O'Brien a Visit We like Wilco. However Wilco does not like fans with cameras, something about ruining the experience. So it's rare that we go see the band live. Well that and the fact we are still not big enough to get a photo pass from Mr. Tweedy. Rev did write this back when Jay died. Anyways, let’s just get to the reason you came to this post, you want to watch Wilco rock the Warner Bros. lot in beautiful ... Read More

St. Vincent Spring 2012 US Tour Dates The beautiful and highly talented Annie Erin Clark (better known as St. Vincent) has announced spring tour dates in support of her 2011 effort Strange Mercy. The trek will kick off on April 14th at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and wrap May 24th at the National in Richmond Virginia. St. tUnE-yArDs will support St. Vincent on the west coast dates sandwiched by both weekends of Coachella. A full list of dates for St. ... Read More

Joseph Arthur Rocks The Late Show With David Letterman In the day and age of embedded video, it is rare I ever tune into late night Television to catch a musical artist. However the moment I heard that Concert Confessions favorite Joseph Arthur would be a guest of David Letterman, I made sure to sit my ass down on the couch around 12:15 am PST to catch one of the brightest artists to emerge over the past 25 years. Supporting his just released FREE ... Read More

Grouplove Pay Jimmy Kimmel Live A Visit We here at Concert Confessions have been trying to see Grouplove for a while. As you may recall, our founder Reverend Justito attempted to catch the band on the Pan Handle stage at the 2011 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. However with a massive crowd assembled at the solar powered stage, he couldn’t even get close enough to hear the band let alone see them. Then our youngest and quite possibly brightest contributor Jakob Ross caught ... Read More

Death Cab For Cutie Announce Spring 2012 North American Tour Death Cab For Cutie are once again hitting the road to support 2011’s disappointment Keys and Codes. The trek will feature support from the San Francisco based group Magik*Magik Orchestra and kicks off in Denver Colorado on April 10th. After stops in such luxurious locations as Grand Rapids, Knoxville and Oakland, the tour will wrap in Seattle Washington on May 13th. A full list of dates for Death Cab For Cutie’s Spring North ... Read More

Girls Hit The Road In Support of Father, Son & Holy Ghost Who doesn’t love Girls? Fresh off their near capacity throw down last month at the Fonda in Hollywood, CA, the San Francisco based group is about to hit the road for a quick 2 ½ week US Tour. Sharing the stage with Girls on this trek will be Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Information on the brief trek can be found below. Girls will also take part in the Sold Out 2012 Coachella Music ... Read More

Blitzen Trapper March 2012 Tour Dates With their 2011 effort American Goldwing still fresh in our memories, Portland Oregon based Blitzen Trapper are about to head back out on the road for a quick west coast tour. The small club tour begins with a stop in Humboldt County on March 3rd and wraps 18 days later in the great state of Utah. Check out our review of Blitzen Trapper’s gig at the Music Box in Hollywood last fall and feel free to check ... Read More

The Decemberists Set To Release Live Concert Record The pride of Portland Oregon – The Decemberists are set to release their first live album. We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11) features songs from the groups entire career from twelve separate performances. Rolling Stone reports that some of the venues include the Ryman in Nashville, Stubb’s BBQ in Austin and McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheatre in Portland. The album will be released as a digital download, a 2 disc CD set and ... Read More

Sleigh Bells Map Out North American Trek In Support of Reign of Terror With their sophomore effort Reign of Terror hitting shelves later this year, the duo of Derek E. Miller and Alexis Krauss (better known as Sleigh Bells) have announced a brief tour of the United States/Canada. Half of the dates will be performed in Miller’s home state of Florida while the second half will hit major markets including New York, Los Angeles and Seattle. Check out some the review our pal thenaturalstoner ... Read More

Middle Class Rut To Support Chevelle On Winter US Tour It’s hard to believe that it has been almost two years since we saw Middle Class Rut open for Them Crooked Vultures in downtown Los Angeles. The hard working duo is ready to get back into the van and hit the road for more dates. This time the sons of Sacramento will be supporting Chevelle. Most dates for the trek are on sale now; check out the list of dates below to see ... Read More

They Might Be Giants Announce 2012 US Trek They Might Be Giants just released a nifty YouTube video announcing their plans for a winter trek across the United States. The tour kicks off January 27th in Santa Cruz, CA and includes stops in Tulsa, New Orleans and Atlanta before wrapping up March 10th in New York City. Jonathan Coulton will open for the group and tickets are on sale now. Check out the earlier mentioned video and all the dates below. But first, don't ... Read More

Coachella 2012 Lineup Announced Kasabian, Refused, At The Drive-In and Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg - oh my. The 2012 Coachella lineup is out and it's epic like elephant titties. Tickets go on sale Friday January 13th 2012 at 10 am PST via coachella.com We hope to see you in the desert in April. Update 01/13/12 1:00 PM PST Both weekends of Coachella 2012 sold out in less than three hours. Our man Reverend Justito has purchased tickets for the first weekend. If you are heading ... Read More

Hollywood's Beloved Music Box at Fonda Closing? UPDATE: Those swell friendly non-law breaking folks at Goldenvoice have issues a statement on the closing of the Music Box: For Immediate Release January 6th, 2012 At this time, it is our understanding that the closing of The Music Box is a short term closure, please be patient with us as we work out the details as they pertain to our previously scheduled shows. -------------------------------------------------------- It is a sad day here in the South Land. One of our favorite venues The Music Box at ... Read More

Triple Bordego Tackle "The Decline" at TRiP It was back in 2010 when we took our first trip to TRiP to check out Triple Bordego. While we don’t review every single show this up and coming Southern California punk group performs in our neighborhood, we do enjoy sharing some of their finer moments. Last week, the group returned to TRiP for a two set show. The highlight of the show was the group closing the first set with a cover of the longest ... Read More

King's X Announce "First Church of Rock & Roll" 2012 West Coast Tour If you were to ask our pal Reverend Justito who the most underrated band in the history of rock and roll is he would respond with King’s X. For over 30 years, the trio of Dug Pinnick, Ty Tabor and Jerry Gaskill have been cranking out their unique blend of highly melodic funkified bone crushing rock and roll. For the first time since 2009 (where we caught them at the ... Read More