Gwen Stefani and the boys from No Doubt will play the Peforming Arts Center at Darien Lake along with Paramore and Janelle Monae Friday, June 19, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $10-$80, and are available now through Live Nation, at participating...

The Club @ Water Street is always a cool hang. It's got its own vibe, but there always seems to be an air of anticipation, of expectation due to the fact you can walk in and hear just about anything. That's what I did the night of Wednesday,...

Although I love my job, it has fueled my short attention span. Often, in order to get the job done, I'll see a few songs from one band before I scurry off to dig another. I'm always moving and I'm never bored. But Ian McLagan and the Bump Band...

Several big shows coming to town in April:

[ POP/ROCK ]
Hinder w/Theory of a Deadman, Black Stone Cherry, The Veer Union Monday, April 20. Gordon Field House, RIT. 7 p.m. $28.50.
[ SOUL/FUNK ]
Soulive w/The Shady Horns, Nigel Hall Thursday,...

When they weren't teetering on the edge of the stage, L.A.'s The Aggrolites stomped around the Water Street stage Wednesday night like a bunch of 6-year-olds imitating Godzilla in the sandbox. The band was here opening for Flogging Molly....

The Big City Summer Fest/Highland Bowl Concert Series will feature the Tragically Hip at the Highland Bowl on Saturday, July 25. Show time TBD, tickets cost $35-$40 and can be purchased starting Friday, March 20, via Ticketmaster, or by phone at...

The summer concert season is definitely starting to shape up, as some big regional shows have been released.
On Wednesday, June 1, Coldplay is scheduled to play the Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center outside Buffalo. Ticket details aren't yet...

It was a celebratory crowd that nearly filled Blue Cross Arena for Fleetwood Mac Monday, March 16. And I think most of them had filled their bellies at the Dino prior to the concert. The rib-running-jam was so backed up that the hostess pleaded...

Paulie Rocco was guitarzan, a git-tar slingin' wildman from the jungles of upstate New York. He was the fire in the Firebird and played like no one I've ever heard. He was rock 'n' roll's banshee wail, but most of all he was my friend. We...

Sweatsuits! Cornrows! Metal! Korn is coming Monday, May 18, to the Main Street Armory, 900 East Main Street, $38.50, 232-1900, or ticketmaster.com.