MetraPark concerts canceled, rescheduled
Due to the destruction of MetraPark’s Rimrock Auto Arena by tornado, two of the largest shows the booked for…
Russian Circles find absolution in new album
Instrumental rock/metal band Russian Circles, from Chicago, is performing the Railyard on July 6.
Comedian Lewis Black to appear at ABT
On his “In God We Rust” tour, comedian Lewis Black will no doubly offend everyone at the Alberta Bair Theater on Thursday.
MetraPark roof ‘decimated’
A brief tornado in the Billings Heights touched ground and tore off the roof of the Rimrock Auto Arena. Marketing director Sandra Hawke released this information late Sunday:
On Different Notes: A different direction
Sorely lacking proper amounts of vitamin D, my heart still somewhere in Seattle, the long road home a soon-to-be distant memory, I sometimes wonder why I call this place home.
Sasquatch reviewed
My Morning Jacket’s lead singer Jim James is not strange for the purpose of being strange. He is truly weird,…
Henry Rollins runneth over
A self-described “spastiqué” who lives in a “utilitarian hovel” in L.A., Henry Rollins ventured west and spent nearly three…
The Forecast, Strike Anywhere return to Billings
Two bands are returning to Billings in the coming week: Peoria, Illinois’s The Forecast and Strike Anywhere, of Richmond, Virginia. In their third appearance in Billings since 2007, The Forecast takes the stage Saturday, May 29, and Strike Anywhere performs an all ages show Tuesday, June 1, both at the Railyard.
Josiah Wolf of WHY? performs solo in Billings
Swing through town solo, Josiah Wolf is performing at the Railyard on Monday, May 24. The drummer for the avant-garde folk rock band WHY? (and brother of the band’s founder Yoni Wolf), Josiah is touring in support of the brand new “Jet Lag.”
Magic City Blues lineup announced
The Magic City Blues music festival lineup for 2010 has been announced, featuring the husband and wife duo Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi as the headliners on Friday evening and the rock/reggae/funk fusion band Michael Franti & Spearhead capping the festival on Saturday.