Alice Cooper Still Shocking Fans In Akron

Vincent Furnier was nowhere to be found last night.  However his alter-ego, Alice Cooper was on full display at the Akron Civic Theater and the near capacity crowd loved every minute of the nearly two-hour set. Appearing center stage, dressed in a black cloak with sparks raining down from overhead, Cooper and his ...

George Thorogood at the Rocksino

Most of us have heard some good ole Delta Blues by masters such as Robert Johnson or Eric Clapton; maybe your introduction to the genre came way of some Chicago Blues by Buddy Guy or BB King. But geographically-speaking, whoulda thunk some damn fine blues could come from...Delaware? George Thorogood and the Destroye...

Air Supply at the Rocksino

Here at NEO Music Scene, we hope our readers have the ability to keep their minds open...musically, at least. We don't care who you plan on voting for in this upcoming make-it-or-break-it-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it presidential election, but we hope that you're here because we take an objective look at the notes, ...

For Today Bids Farewell to Cleveland

For Today demanded the command of the audience as well. You had no choice but to be caught up in their passion. The set and the music you were hearing was raw, honest, emotionally fueled, and brutal. Everything from the incredibly technical and complex guitar solos and breakdowns was moving.

Alice Cooper Coming To Akron Civic Theater

You are invited to "Spend The Night With Alice Cooper" at the Akron Civic Theater on Friday, September 23. Cooper is sure to play all of his hits including "I'm Eighteen," "No More Mr. Nice Guy," and "School's Out."  Even though Halloween is a little more than a month away, Cooper will be in his shock-rock glory to get ...

TobyMac has announced one of the most diverse line-ups on record for his 2017 Hits Deep Spring Tour. This year’s tour will include artists Mac Powell of Third Day, Mandisa, Capitol Kings, Matt Maher, Hollyn, with TobyMac and Diverse City headlining the run. The Hits Deep Tour, presented by K-Love and Air1 radio is set to ...

Editorial on The Newest, Most Up-to-the-Minute Trend in Concert Viewing

Last May, NextVR, a virtual reality tech company responsible for many early experiments of modern broadcasting methods, teamed up with a live-events music company to deliver live music concerts in said format. During its initial stages, the VR corporation streamed anything from sports events like boxing fight cards and the ...

The Babys Return To Akron Sept. 30

After a sold-out performance at The Tangier last fall, The Babys will return once again to the Akron landmark on Friday, September 30. Fans can expect to hear all of the hits including “Back on My Feet Again,” “Isn’t It Time” and “Everytime I Think Of You.” Led by original members Wally Stoker and Tony ...

Sia Headlines Star Studded Event At Wolstein Center

All Access Cleveland 2016 was an event that took place at the Wolstein Center on Saturday night.  All Access was a rally for abortion rights that took place in thirty different cities across the country. Cleveland was the featured city as it hosted the biggest names in entertainment.  It was more than a "pro-choice" ...

Bret Michaels And Friends Rock Goodyear Hall

Labor Day started a little bit early for some Sunday night at the Goodyear Hall.  The venue saw the return of four head banging acts from the ‘80s and early ‘90s as Firehouse, Warrant, Ratt and Bret Michaels invaded one of the newest concert venues in the area. The Elevation Group, a Beachwood based promoter, is ...

New Skillet Album Receives Unprecedented Success

Skillet's August 5th release of their album Unleashed has been greeted by unprecedented success. This album,  the band’s 9th their first release in 3 years, has caught both mainstream and Christian music's attention. It has received praise from publications such as People’s Magazine, Revolver Magazine, and Focus on ...

Peter Wolf Blows Down The House at the Music Box

The 2016 K-Love Awards Wrap Up

The 2016 K-Love Awards came to a close on Sunday evening after an explosive weekend packed with performances and events attended. The weekend kicked off with a star-studded concert at the Grand Ole Opry on Friday featuring Christian music favorites Crowder, Jeremy Camp, Big Daddy Weave, and Britt Nicole. Saturday morning the ...

Pierce The Veil To Play HOB; Jamie Preciado Interview

San Diego based, post-hardcore band Pierce The Veil just released their fourth studio album Misadventures on May 13th.  Their new single “Circles” already has over 1.2 million views on YouTube and is starting to climb on the charts. The band will be playing their new album in its entirety when they make a stop in ...

An Interview With Derek St. Holmes

Former Ted Nugent vocalist/guitarist Derek St. Holmes recently reunited with long time friend and Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford.  Their jam sessions eventually turned into a full collaboration and the duo is set to release their long-awaited followup to 1981’s Whitford/St. Holmes LP.  The new Whitford/St. Holmes ...

Paul Nelson Interview; Releases Badass Generation

Paul Nelson has been in the music business for many years as a guitarist and as a producer.  About ten years ago he hooked up with Johnny Winter and quickly became a part of his band.  That relationship eventually turned into a Grammy Award for their work on Johnny’s album Step Back in 2015.  Paul also appears on the ...

Alice Cooper Rocks Packard Music Hall

Cyndi Lauper Plans A Fun Show At Rocksino

DC Talk: The Intermission is Over

This morning watchful DC Talk fans were greeted with the news that many have been waiting 16 years to hear. The intermission is over. DC Talk has announced they will reunite on the JesusFreak Cruise. The only details that are known about the cruise is that it will take place on July 11-15 of 2017 and that it seems to ...

Hatebreed Set To Drop LP; Kick Off Tour In CLE

American metal band Hatebreed, is back with a vengeance with their latest release The Concrete Confessional which is set to be released on Friday, May 13th.  To coincide with their release, the band is kicking off the American leg of “The Concrete Confessional World Tour” at The Odeon on Friday night with special guests: ...

Alan Freed Celebration at Lakeview

Foreigner At Rocksino

Sandra Bernhard at Trinity Cathedral

The Darkness Shines In Cleveland

  British hard rock band, The Darkness made a triumphant return to Cleveland for a rockin’ good show at the House of Blues on April 24.  It has been 13 long years since these Brits graced the shores of Lake Erie with their brand of rock, style, wit and humor. artet is comprised of three original members: Dan ...

Foreigner To Play Hard Rock

Gordon Lightfoot Performs at Packard

Sandra Bernhard: A Well-Rounded Performer

Loretta Lynn: Country Royalty Graces the Hard Rock

Paul McCartney Returns To Cleveland after 14 Years.

Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Paul McCartney, has confirmed his first Cleveland concert appearance since 2002: On Wednesday, August 17th Paul’s brand new One On One tour will make a stop at Quicken Loans Arena. As with the launch of every new Paul McCartney tour, One On One promises to unveil a dazzling ...

Satriani Thrills Rocksino With Guitar Wizardry

  Guitar virtuoso, Joe Satriani brought his career retrospective Surfing to Shockwave tour to the Hard Rock Rocksino on April 10.  It’s amazing to think that Satriani has been recording for over 30 years.  This show was a treat for the senses; not only did he have tasteful lights and video, but the sound was ...

Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum at HOB

Loretta Lynn: Sixty-Plus Years Strong

Naughty By Nature at The Q

Belinda Carlisle at Trinity Cathedral

Pop goddess and lead singer of one of the most successful bands of the 1980s, female or otherwise, Belinda Carlisle, played a solo gig at Cleveland's Trinity Cathedral on Tuesday, April 5th. Trinity Cathedral, in its second season of rock and pop concerts, is quickly becoming the go-to venue in Northeast Ohio.  Their ...

The Darkness Returns To Cleveland

British hard rock band The Darkness will make their long-awaited return to Cleveland on April 24th at the House of Blues.  They have not been in Cleveland since the very successful “Permission to Land” tour in 2003.  This throwback/glam rock band are sure to bring big guitar riffs, swagger and even a bit of humor to ...

City RockFest Concert Review

The Cult Attracts Followers to Rocksino

Bringing a Theater Back To Life

Restoring the venue where Motorhead played "the loudest concert ever recorded." “We had to get the building.” Patrick Colvin, a board member of the Friends of the Historic Variety Theatre and the board president of Westown Community Development Corporation, talks with gusto about a pet project that he’s helped to spearhead for the better half of this century: the restoration of the historic ...

Belinda Carlisle: Still Got the Beat

The early '80s music scene seemed to be peppered with a healthy dose of New Wave and Punk outifts that often surprised us with their longevity.  Once in a blue moon a band would crash onto the scene and help change the way the public perceived a certain genre. Late seventies' SoCal offered up an all-girl band, The Go-Gos, ...

Joe Satriani Bringing Guitar Wizardry To Hard Rock

Guitarist Joe Satriani will bring his “Surfing to Shockwave” retrospective tour to the Hard Rock Rocksino on April, 10.  This tour will be celebrating “30 years of mind-bending guitar dare-deviling.”  From his 1986 release “Surfing with the Alien” to his 15th album “Shockwave Supernova” which was ...

Naughty By Nature Playing at The Q

JD & the Straight Shot release "Ballyhoo!"

Americana band, JD & the Straight Shot have recently released their 5th album Ballyhoo!  There is even a Cleveland connection to this band as lead singer/guitarist JD is none other than Jim Dolan, nephew of Cleveland Indians owner Larry Dolan.  Other members of the band include Marc Copley (guitars/vocals) and Bryan ...

Lita Ford at the Odeon

Ex-Runaway Lita Ford played a fourteen tune gig at the Odeon Concert Club prior to heading to Toledo for a big metal bash Saturday night.  The Friday, March 18th performance saw an intimate crowd braving the post-St. Patrick's Day hangover, and a seasonably chilly night, to listen to Ms. Ford rumble through classic '80s ...

Ian Anderson Interview; playing Akron Civic

Ian Anderson, the legendary voice of Jethro Tull, will bring the “Jethro Tull” concert to the Akron Civic Theater on April 11th.  This new show “re-imagines the English Agricultural inventor Jethro Tull, with a narrative set in the near future.”  The show includes classic Tull songs as well as some new materia...

Operation: Mindcrime at HOB

Me Like Bees Interview

Me Like Bees, an Indie Rock band out of Joplin, Missouri are set to release a new EP on April 8th.  The band recently wrapped up a tour with Never Shout Never.  Lead singer Luke Sheafer spoke to NEO Music Scene about the anticipated release of their EP “There will be Time” and life on the road. Me Like Bees Interview

Hard Rock Adds Four Great Shows!

The Hard Rock Rocksino announced the addition of four great concerts to their venue! First, country music superstar Loretta Lynn will be playing the Rocksino on April 17th.  She will be out supporting her latest album "Full Circle" that was just released on March 4th.  Come see a country music legend at one of the ...

Jorma Kaukonen at Music Box Supper Club

Operation: Mindcrime Playing House of Blues

Chicago Astounds Packard Music Hall

Newly-minted 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Chicago played to a sold-out Packard Music Hall audience on Sunday, February 28th.  After playing a Springsteen-esque two-and-a-half hours, many fans in attendance were left wondering: what took the Hall of Fame so long to induct these guys? I guess good things ...

Dropkick Murphys 20th at HOB

Dropkick Murphys is one of those bands that you just can't help loving. Their brand of blue collar, Celtic punk that exemplifies the working man in a way not seen since early Springsteen, blew through the House of Blues for a two-night stint last week.  As they have in past years the band, celebrating its 20th annivers...

Bernie Sanders Stop at Baldwin Wallace

We're not too much into politics here at NEO Music Scene, but when something akin to a revolution comes to your hometown then, by god, you'd better send a photographer.  So when the opportunity to attend a Bernie Sanders rally came across our desk you can betcha we took the bait.  Is this coverage tangential to our ...

Tric-C JazzFest: Wanna Play at the Festival?

Cleveland's prestigious Tri-C JazzFest is looking for submissions to play at this year's fest.  If you would like to be considered please read through this release provided to us by John Horton, the fest's media relations manager, by March 23rd. ___________________________________________________________________________...

Hall of Famer Jorma Kaukonen at Music Box

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Jorma Kaukonen will bring his solo acoustic show to the Music Box Supper Club on Thursday, March 3rd.  Jorma was inducted into the Rock Hall along with his first band; Jefferson Airplane in 1996. In 1969, Kaukonen and Jefferson Airplane bassist and high school friend, Jack Cassidy ...

Cleveland Hearts Rick Springfield

I spent the majority of my Valentine's Day with Rick Springfield.  I know that many of my friends, single soccer moms who grew up listening to "Jessie's Girl" on their Walkmans, would have died to be breathing the same air as the Aussie pop god and I gotta admit, it wasn't a half-bad way to spend Singles Awareness ...

Eric Burdon Rocks The Kent Stage

  Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Eric Burdon and The Animals made a return performance to the Kent Stage on February 13th. Ranked #57 on Rolling Stone’s list of the "Top 100 Singers Of All Time," Burdon’s deep baritone was in fine form as he belted out classics from The Animals, War and even a few blues cover ...

Chicago

The band originally known as Chicago Transit Authority, which was shortened to just Chicago after their first album, are finally being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April. After forming in 1967, the band has gone on to sell over 100 million albums world-wide including five #1 albums and 21 top-ten singles. ...

Rock World Loses Yet Another Artist

Founding member of Earth, Wind and Fire, Maurice White has died after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease, he was 74. Family members stated that Maurice passed away in his sleep yesterday morning, February 3rd. Maurice founded Earth, Wind and Fire in 1969 and the band went on to sell over 100 million records. They ...

Tri-C Rock Off Session Four

The fourth session of the 20th Annual Tri-C Rock Off took place at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Saturday night.  This session, hosting two out-of-state bands, showcased a lot of young talent from Northeast Ohio as well as Rhode Island (!) and St. Louis.  That's quite a distance for these young rockers to ...

Interview with Monster Jam Driver George Balhan about his upcoming performance at the Quicken Loans Arena

NEO Music Scene Editor Jimmy Davis got to chat with Monster Jam Driver George Balhan about his truck Mohawk Warrior, His favorite music and much more! Q: What can Fans Expect coming to Monster Jam at the Quicken Loans Arena? A: You know what – it really is controlled Chaos, it gets all of your senses going crazy, the ...

Billy Duffy from The Cult Interview; Playing Hard Rock Live

The Cult is a platinum-selling band that got their start in the '80s. They are looking for that magic once again with their newest release, Hidden City, which is set to drop February 5th. The band will be out on tour this spring to support their new album and are scheduled to play The Hard Rock Rocksino on March 29th. Fo...

Monster Jam to Host Blanket Drive for Local Vets

Monster Jam is revving up for a weekend of intense demolition and high-flying fun February 13th –14th at Quicken Loans Arena, but before drivers start their engines, they want to give back to the community and are asking Cleveland fans to help by donating a new, unused blanket to a veteran in need! Quicken Loans Arena ...

Miranda Lambert Hits Blossom Music Center on her Keeper of the Flame Tour

Reigning six-time consecutive CMA and ACM Female Vocalist of the Year, Miranda Lambert is gearing up for a very busy 2016. She is heading out on the road for her headlining tour with special guest, multi-platinum singer/songwriter Kip Moore and the CMA and ACM nominated duo, Brothers Osborne. In addition to Miranda’s own ...

Gill Landry at the Rock Hall

Gill Landry, best known for his stint with Old Crow Medicine Show, played to an enthusiastic crowd at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum last Thursday evening.  Part of the museum's popular "Sonic Sessions," visitors got to view a large part of the hall's attractions prior to seeing Landry's band take the stage....

Tanya Tucker Interview; playing Rocksino

Country music super-star, Tanya Tucker has had a long and storied career. She had her first top ten hit with "Delta Dawn" at the age of 13, was on the cover of Rolling Stone at the age of 15, has been nominated for 9 Grammy awards and has gone on to have 15 number one hits throughout her forty-four years in the music ...

Nils Lofgren impresses at the Rocksino

Nils Lofgren’s many talents were on display at the Hard Rock Rocksino on Friday, July 10th for an intimate solo performance. Both Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen made a wise choice to hand pick this talented artist to play and tour with; The Boss asked Nils to become a full fledged member of the E Street Band over 30 ...