Photos: The Gaslight Anthem at House of Blues
House of Blues, Atlantic City, NJ, 6.22.2012 – The night before The Gaslight Anthem and Cage the Elephant were scheduled to play Orion Music + More festival, they co-headlined a show at the House of Blues in the Showboat Hotel in Atlantic City. I optimistically covered this show the night before I had a […]
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: 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: 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: 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 […]
