KIWR 89.7 The River’s Summer Concert Series Bad Wolves, Starset, Shonedown, Five Finger Death Punch May 11th, 2018 Westfair Amphitheater Council Bluffs, Iowa Rule #1 for seeing a concert at Westfair Amphitheater? Leave early. Traffic can be vulgar. What rule did I not follow? Almost an hour and a half
Category: Concert Reviews
Lights Out America: 3TEETH, Ho99o9, Street Sects, Razorwire Halo 04/21/18
3TEETH, Ho99o9, Street Sects, Razorwire Halo Lights Out America April 21st, 2018 The Riot Room Kansas City, Missouri Not even a three hour drive would prevent us from catching 3Teeth’s Lights Out America tour. It was no surprise that the tour bypassed Omaha, given that the band’s following was greater
AmeriKKKant North American Tour 04/05/2018
AmeriKKKant North American Tour Ministry Chelsea Wolfe The God Bombs April 5th, 2018 Bourbon Theater Lincoln, Nebraska Here’s a funny story before I break into the show review. While we were standing in line, several of us noticed Burton C. Ward, Fear Factory founder and current auxiliary member of Ministry,
BONES, Plack Blague; March 28th, 2018
Bones Plack Blague The Rye Room/The Bourbon Theater Lincoln, Nebraska March 28th, 2018 It’s ok if you’ve never heard of BONES before. Though they’ve been around for a few years, having started off in England, they just recently made their mark in the U.S. after a run with Highly Suspect.
The Graveyard Shift Tour 03/15/2018
The Graveyard Shift Tour March 15th, 2018 Bourbon Theater Lincoln, Nebraska Motionless In White Every Time I Die Ice Nine Kills Likes Moths to Flames As the Graveyard Shift Tour passed through Lincoln, Nebraska, the Bourbon Theater was anything but dead on a chilly March evening. The heaviest tour
Unstoppable Screams Tour 03/09/2018
Unstoppable Screams Red, Lacey Sturm, Righteous Vendetta, Messer March 9th, 2018 Bourbon Theater Lincoln, Nebraska With RED and Lacey Sturm each having such an intense fanbase, expectations were running high for the Lincoln, Nebraska stop of the Unstoppable Screams tour. It was no surprise that the line had already wrapped
Immersion: Part 1; Starset, Palisades, Grabbitz, Year of the Locust 02/20/2018
Starset, Palisades, Grabbitz, Year of the Locust Immersion: Part 1 February 20th, 2018 The Bourbon Theater Lincoln, Nebraska Starset’s current headlining tour, appropriately titled Immersion: Part 1, truly is an all-encompassing experience. Along for the duration of the tour are Palisades, Grabbitz, and Year of the Locust. Starset’s VIP Experience
Mac Sabbath 02/12/2018
Mac Sabbath The Waiting Room Lounge Omaha, Nebraska February 12th, 2018 Setlist: Killer Klowns (Intro to “Killer Klowns” featured at the end of a scary clown news coverage intro) Black Sandwich Organic Funeral Chicken for the Slaves GMO Blind (live premier) Supersize In Dreams (The band danced as Ronald Osbourne
Breaking Benjamin, Bullet For My Valentine, Avenged Sevenfold 02/08/2018
Bullet For My Valentine, Breaking Benjamin, Avenged Sevenfold February 8th, 2018 Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, Nebraska The Stage Tour 2018 Breaking Benjamin has had such an incredible impact on my life. It’s often easy to forget how much of an inspiration Ben Burnley is to me and so many other
Evanescence: Synthesis Live 12/11/2017
Evanescence Synthesis Live 2017 Kansas City Music Hall Kansas City, Missouri December 11th, 2017 It had been just over 5 years since the last time I’d seen Evanescence in concert, and so much had changed. Tonight’s show would be part of the Synthesis Live tour, a performance unlike any that