Tag: concert review
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by Michael McCarthy Last night I saw The Carpenters Songbook performance at Nashua Center for the Arts in Nashua, New Hampshire. I’ve been a big fan of the Carpenters for years and they obviously aren’t around anymore, since Karen Carpenter sadly died decades ago, so seeing a good tribute is the closest you’re going to…
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by Michael McCarthy photos by Rob Loud; used with permission Last night on the 23rd of September, 2026, I finally caught a solo performance by Brandon Flowers of The Killers. The Killers are one of my favorite bands and I’ve seen them several times, but circumstances had prevented me from catching either of their two…
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by Michael McCarthy Please note: I could not find any videos from last night’s show on Youtube yet so I have included a few videos from Robyn’s recent European dates. Last night I attended Robyn’s show at Agganis Arena in Boston. I had previously seen Robyn live at the House of Blues in Boston in…
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by Michael McCarthy Last night I saw Matthew and Gunnar Nelson perform at City Winery in Boston, Massachusetts. I’ve seen Matthew and Gunnar Nelson perform quite a few times during recent years. They frequently play The Wolf Den, the free club venue at Mohegan Sun Casino, but the last three times I saw them there…
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by Michael McCarthy On Sunday, July 26th, 2026, I finally saw Bon Jovi live again for the first time since Richie Sambora parted ways with the band in 2013. Honestly, when Richie left the band, I just found it so frustrating and depressing that I just needed a break from Bon Jovi. For one thing,…
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by Michael McCarthy Photo Credit: All photos by Marcus Stevens // IG: https://www.instagram.com/marcus.stv (Note: these photos are from the NY stop of the tour.) On Tuesday, July 21st I finally saw alt/electro pop goddess Melanie Martinez live, catching her tour’s stop at Boston’s TD Garden. I’d been wanting to see her for years but, for whatever…
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by Michael McCarthy Last Friday I went to see Hugo: The Ultimate Journey Tribute. I should begin this by stating that I’m normally not a big fan of tribute bands. Previously, the only tribute bands I’ve seen were an Abba tribute and a tribute to Elvis and Chuck Berry where they had holograms for singers.…
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by Michael McCarthy [NOTE: I apologize for this review not having any photos from the show. My cellphone doesn’t have a very good camera so I didn’t take photos last night. Besides, I wanted to fully immerse myself in the show and if you spend half the time taking photos, you’re not enjoying it so…
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by Michael McCarthy Last Friday night I saw Vain at Taffeta in Lowell, Massachusetts. Vain is one of my favorite bands of the genre and has been since their debut No Respect came out way back in the day. When they basically vanished from releasing music in most of the world, I always bought their…
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review by Michael McCarthy photos by Mary Ouellette / @mythamareica Last Thursday night on 9/19/19, I was fortunate to catch Phantom Planet live at The Sinclair in Cambridge, Massachusetts, otherwise known as Boston’s sister city. The tour is Phantom Planet’s first in over 10 years, as the band recently reformed after a decade’s long hiatus;…
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review by Michael McCarthy photos by Joshua Bernard This past Wednesday night on 9/11/19 the extremely popular Japanese heavy metal band Babymetal returned to Boston at the House of Blues on Landsdowne Street and blew away the packed house with their ferocious jams. (Swedish heavy metal band Avatar opened the show with a killer performance…
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review by Michael McCarthy all photos by Khoi Ton, Mohegan Sun This past Saturday night on the 6th of October, 2018, Christina Aguilera brought her Liberation Tour to Mohegan Sun Arena, which is located inside Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. The time listed on the tickets was 8:00 PM and they started letting people into…
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by Michael McCarthy Last Saturday night on 5/12/18, I was fortunate enough to catch Stryper live for the third time in my life. It feels weird admitting that, that it was only my third time seeing them, because they’ve been one of my all-time favorite bands – easily in my top 5 – since I…
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by Michael McCarthy On June 9th at the Wolf Den in Mohegan Sun in Connecticut I was finally able to catch hair metal/classic rock legends Mr. Big live after wanting to see them in concert for roughly 25 years. Needless to say, I had high hopes. If they were great, I probably would’ve been slightly…
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review by Michael McCarthy all photos by Joshua Bernard Electronic producer/artist The Range – real name, James Hinton – opened the show, taking to the stage at 8:05 with “New Lots.” He delivered a high energy set of songs mostly taken from his recently released sophomore album Potential and its predescesor Nonfiction. Although he played…
