When you tour as hard as the soulfully, raucous Irish-American rock band Flogging Molly does, down time is rare and brief. Suitcases never have long to collect dust in the closet. What would you expect from the seven-member band known for its marathon tours? Flogging Molly has played close to 100 shows a year since 2000. In between headline shows and supporting gigs, the band has been a headliner at such well-known festivals and on the popular stages at: Coachella, Vans Warped, SXSW, Lollapalooza, Bumbershoot and Austin City Limits, in the US; Wiesen in Austria, Roskildes Festival in Denm...
Lollapalooza, held in Chicago’s scenic Grant Park, promises to be amazing this year with over 130 performances from some huge names, including the likes of Eminem, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Muse, My Morning Jacket, Deadmau5, A Perfect Circle, Cee Lo Green, Damian Marley and Nas, The Cars, Ween, Bright Eyes, Arctic Monkeys, Explosions in the Sky and Death From About 1979. After more than two decades, this festival has had time to perfect the experience — and it has. Great for casual festival-goers, no camping is involved at Lollapalooza and headliners typically end their sets around midnight ...
Mike Ness is pushing 50 and Social Distortion is not even close to retiring. This year alone has the guys working in the studio on new record for a new label (Epitaph), touring through South America (their first), recruited two new drummers (Atom Willard left), and touring the U.S. (Lollapalooza included). In case that wasn’t exhausting just reading it, they just added new Social Distortion tour dates right on through the fall. Social Distortion with Lucero and Frank Turner will play the Cleveland House of Blues, Sunday October 24th, doors at 7pm, show at 8pm. The new record, Pain, D...
