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Country star Martina McBride makes Hard Rock Tampa debut on Thursday
It’s outrageous that of all 14 times that country singer-songwriter Martina McBride has been nominated for a Grammy, not one little gramophone has made it onto her mantle.
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Bon Jovi finally lands back in Tampa on Friday
Why go to a fancy dinner when Mr. “Bed Of Roses” is in town? Five years ago, Bon Jovi famously (locally speaking) played to a packed Valentine’s Day crowd at Tampa's Amalie Arena, and he's back in...
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Former Eagles guitarist Don Felder plays Clearwater this weekend
If you caught the Eagles’ return to Tampa in late February, you may have noticed that the guy holding the double-neck guitar on “Hotel California” was not Don Felder, who originally dueled Joe Walsh...
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Appeals court rules against Florida bars' lawsuit over COVID-19 shutdown damages
An appeals court has rejected arguments that bars should receive money from the state and Orange County because they were forced to shut down or significantly scale back early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dylan devotee Evan French plays free St. Petersburg concert on Friday
A veteran of No Vacancy Media, Tampa Bay “music troubadour” Evan French just released his debut album, Back To Square One, in the summer of 2020, right after Florida came out of its very brief...
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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill to bolster child foster care
Saying that foster children in Florida “deserve an opportunity,” Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed a bill that will increase payments to caregivers and provide foster parents with money for...
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Reggae-rock favorite Mike Love plays outdoor St. Pete concert this weekend
The Hawaiian-born singer who unfortunately shares a name with one of rock and roll’s biggest douchebags is actually a reggae artist—and he's headed to St. Pete's Jannus Live on Friday.
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Shamarr Allen warms up for New Orleans Jazz Festival with Friday Tampa concert
Can’t make it to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival this year? Don’t sweat it, we can’t either, but before it goes down in the coming weeks, a piece of the festival will come to Tampa's...
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'Femuline' pop star Todrick Hall plays Tampa Theater on Friday
Todrick Hall finally concluded his “Haus Party” trilogy of EPs last February, and only months later, he unveiled his first full-length studio album since 2018.
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Gold-beaked EDM DJ and producer Claptone plays Ybor City this weekend
Eternally masked German DJ Claptone is one of the club scene’s most enigmatic figures.
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New rock band Push Button Rocket plays Skipper's Smokehouse debut on Saturday
In January, Tampa Bay’s newest rock and roll four-piece, Push Button Rocket was supposed to make its debut at Skipper’s Smokehouse.
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Australian metalcore band The Amity Affliction plays Ybor City this weekend
Months ago, members of Aussie metalcore band The Amity Affliction released “Death Is All Around” while feeling completely hopeless about the future of live music.
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Psych-rock and indie-pop reign over St. Petersburg at free Wednesday concert
Nearly two months fresh off a hot, sun-baked set at Gasparilla Music Festival, extraterrestrial psych-rock outfit The Venus heads indoors this week for a free gig where one of Tampa Bay’s brightest...
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17 live music concerts and events happening in Tampa Bay this weekend
Thursday, April 14 Boston Manor w/Trash Boat/Higher Power/Anxious (Orpheum, Ybor City)
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Florida's average cost of gas drops to $4.06 per gallon
The average cost of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Florida dropped to $4.06 on Tuesday, as motorists get some relief from lower crude-oil prices, according to the AAA auto club.
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Before she was Tampa's police chief, Mary O'Connor oversaw two...
Tampa Police Department Chief Mary O'Connor was sworn into office last month, but years before her appointment she oversaw two controversial programs that disproportionately harmed Black renters and...
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'That is not inflation. That is price gouging': Florida Dems slam DeSantis...
Democratic gubernatorial candidates latched on to rising housing costs this week to draw a contrast with Gov. Ron DeSantis, who they say has focused on blaming President Joe Biden for inflation while...
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Ahead of Friday concert, Tampa Bay songwriter Blake Daniels shares new video...
Last summer, Tampa Bay songwriter Blake Daniels started to tease his new album, Break the Cycle before finally releasing it last fall. This week, he let local folk and Americana fans into the heart of...
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After a recent 'Bar Rescue,' Ybor City's Cerealholic is now 'The Loft...
Jon Taffer, the "Bar Rescue" host who loves to fix bars by screaming "shut it down" and adding "not one, but two two-touch POS systems, " apparently did just that to one Ybor City restaurant, which...
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Florida Senate Republicans quickly get on board with DeSantis' redistricting...
A Republican-favorable congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office released Wednesday landed quick support from the leader of the Senate’s reapportionment efforts.
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