Photos: Fitz & The Tantrums at Firefly Music Festival
The Woodlands, Dover, DE, 7.22.2012 – Fitz and the Tantrums have spent the last 12 months on fire, and their appearance at Firefly Music Festival last weekend continued this. The set made you feel at times that they were alone in the world with the banter between band members not caring about who was watching, […]
Photos: Walk the Moon at Firefly Music Festival
The Woodlands, Dover, DE, 7.20.2012 – I’m not sure Walk the Moon or most of the fans knew what to expect when they showed up for their set on day 1 of Firefly Music Festival this past weekend, but I think both got a pleasant surprise. I spent some time with Walk the Moon leading […]
Photos: Neon Trees played Webster Hall
Webster Hall, NYC, 7.10.2012 – Neon Trees, who in the last year have garnered respect from everyone from the Alt Rock to Pop to gay community, sold out Webster Hall last week in New York City. With their typical high energy, crowd pleasing set, they played a mid-summer set in a packed venue with no air conditioning […]
Photos: Metallica at Orion Music + More Day 2
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ, 6.24.2012 – Metallica headlined their Orion Music + More festival and on night 2 played the Black Album in its entirety. Check out my pics from Metallica by clicking the link below.
Photos: Young the Giant at Central Park Summer Stage
Central Park Summer Stage, NYC, 7.16.2012 – Young the Giant continued the amazing season at Central Park Summer Stage with another sold out New York City show. Check out my pics from the night by clicking through the link.
Photos: Gary Clark Jr. at Orion Music + More
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ 6.24.2012 – When Gary Clark Jr. took the stage to play his first note at Orion Festival, it wasn’t at the beginning of his set. Gary Clark Jr. sound checks himself. So if you were waiting at his stage early enough, you got an extra dose of Gary Clark Jr. at […]
Photos: Ghost at Orion Music + More
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ, 6.24.2012 – Ghost was a band I heard about, but until they stepped on stage at Metallica’s Orion Music + More festival I couldn’t really grasp what I was about to experience. Ghost creeped me out. And like a dad explaining a scary part of a movie to his young […]
Photos: Volbeat at Orion Music + More
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ, 6.24.2012 – Volbeat played a mid-day set at Metallica’s Orion Music + More festival that featured the band’s heavy metal sound along with a cover of both Johnny Cash and Dusty Springfield. Check out my pics of Volbeat at Orion festival by clicking through the link.
Photos: Roger Waters played The Wall at Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY, 6.06.2012 – Roger Waters brought the Pink Floyd classic “The Wall” to Yankee Stadium for a 2 night, sold out run. The Wall is a huge production, probably one of the biggest concert stage productions of all time. Roger Waters is back on tour doing stadiums in the US just 2 […]
Photos: The Sword at Orion Music + More
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ, 6.23.2012 – The Sword was introduced by Rob Trujillo and was one of the few bands to draw the attention of 2 members of Metallica at the Orion Music + More festival when James Hetfield was seen standing stage right to watch the show. Check out my pics from their mid-day set […]
Photos: The Gaslight Anthem at Orion Festival
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ, 6.23.2012 – The Gaslight Anthem packed up the van and headed south 50 miles to Atlantic City to the Orion Music + More festival. No matter how far the drive, if it’s in New Jersey it always feels like a hometown show. Check out my pics from The Gaslight Anthem’s […]
Photos: Jim Breuer’s Heavy Metal Comedy Tour at Orion
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ 6.23.2012 – Jim Breuer was invited to Orion Music + More festival for one part comedy and a second part heavy metal mockery/tribute. And while most gathered around teh stage for a laugh what they actually found out that Jim Breuer has a great voice and could probably have led […]
Photos: Metallica at Orion Music + More – Day 1
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ 6.23.2012 – Metallica, headlining their inaugural Orion Music + More festival at Atlantic City’s Bader Field, headlined day 1 with Ride the Lightning in its entirety. Click through the check out the pics from their nearly 2 1/2 hour closing set.
Photos: Arctic Monkeys at Orion Music Festival
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ 6.23.2012 – The Arctic Monkeys headlined the 2nd stage at Metallica’s inaugural Orion Music + More festival at Bader Field and obviously won over some heavy metal fans in the process. They put on a great set and the only hiccup was that people were eager to head over to the main stage to […]
Photos: Baroness at Orion Music + More
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ, 6.23.12 – Baroness opened the main stage at Orion Music + More festival with a roar. Check out my pics from this Georgia based metal band by clicking through the break.
Photos: Cage the Elephant at Orion Festival
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ, 6.23.2012 – When Metallica announced the line-up for Orion Music + More Festival at Bader Field in Atlantic City, some were surprised at their choice in line-up. People assumed that Metallica’s inaugural festival would be all metal bands. When the announcement had bands like Cage the Elephant, Arctic Monkeys, The […]
Photos: Letlive at Orion Music + More Festival
Bader Field, Atlantic City, NJ, 6.23.12 – Before heading out to Orion Music + More Festival I went over the line-up with my editor at Rolling Stone to see what bands they wanted coverage of. Orion did a great job with trying to not overlap sets too much but at festivals this always happens. So […]
