Police in St Petersburg are baffled after finding a human head on the side of the road.
They have not released any identification or what happened to the victim.
#stpetepd investigating human head found on the side of the road on 38th Av S between 31st and 34th St. South. Anyone with info call 727-893-7780 pic.twitter.com/zoICcaYvpI
Chicago photographers are selling their prints and donating all proceeds to the Chicago food depository. So far, they have raised over 20K! WOW! Head to printsforhunger.org
This awesome family has been playing music and dancing to try to cheer up their neighbors during quarantine.
And they’ve been going for 105 days straight!
Today is the 104th straight Kenwood evening music session held by Jean Paul Coffy and Yakini Ajanaku. A daylong finale and celebration is tomorrow from 1-6.
They’re playing a special request for next door neighbor Dora, who is leaving home shortly for boarding school. pic.twitter.com/ZBaS9mfq7Q
Florida never fails to bring the entertainment! Which is why I am petitioning to have to include at least one Florida resident interview on every show.
Back in 2012, San Diego had four barges worth of fireworks lined up and ready to celebrate Independence Day with an epic computer-timed display to last 18 minutes.
Instead, it went only 30 seconds.
A glitch and a well-placed camera captured one of the biggest fireworks debacles known to the Internet, which you can relive below (and before you ask, no — there were no major injuries reported from this). In fact — if you are curious to read more about how this celebration went up in smoke (LITERALLY), you can flip through this oral history compiled by Thrillist.
Here’s hoping you end the Fourth of July with the same amount of fingers/toes that you started with. — [eric]
The phrase ‘when this all over…’ has popped up on our collective feeds recently as we continue to endure the COVID-19 pandemic. So when we get the green light and the good news to have fun together in big groups, alternative music lovers will flock to the shows to see our beloved bands again. The post-pandemic party will be one for the ages. Here are 5 bands I am most excited to see when it’s safe to see bands with a lot of people again.
Now my list may be different from your list, so hit me up on social media and share YOUR picks you are patiently waiting to see again.
Life long Pepper fanatics rejoiced a few months back when we learned that visionary guitarist John Frusciante was rejoining RHCP for the second time, ushering in new music with a central force in the band on their classic albums ‘Californication’, ‘Stadium Arcadium’ and ‘Blood Surgar Sex Magik’. Now imagine seeing Frusciante back in the fold on stage with this Lollapalooza headlining act.
HELLA MEGA TOUR: GREEN DAY, WEEZER, FALL OUT BOY
This may be cheating cramming three excessively awesome bands into one slot but August 2020 for me was going to be all about this magical day at Wrigley Field seeing the rock music equivalent of seeing the Avengers assemble. This White Sox fan was pumped to go to Wrigley, ok?! That’s where I was heading into this summer which has been postponed to August 15,2021.
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
With the civil unrest in the world, one of the loudest politically-influenced bands in alternative music needed to return to raise the ruckus. That’s what it felt like with the news of Zach De La Rocha getting back together with Tom Morello and company in one of the biggest music news stories of the year. The United Center shows sold out in minutes, the demand to see this band now was through the roof in an election year. That atmosphere alone would be worth a lot, so of course they added a second show too. They are both delayed to next July.
THE KILLERS
The sweetest sons of Nevada have always held onto me with their Bruce Springsteen for millennial vibes and undeniably catchy yet meaningful songs. Their latest album ‘Imploding the Mirage’ was due to come out at the end of May but like almost everything in music this year, it’s been delayed. Hearing ‘Mr. Brightside’ with thousands of people roaring to the Madhouse on Madison, our collective voices shaking the foundation of the UC, I fantasized about that a lot.
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE at RIOT FEST 2021
Since 2013, emo kids have grown to emo adults but they waited patiently for the Black Parade to come back, and it did in a big way in late 2019 to build anticipation for a world-conquering reunion tour that would bring the influential band to Riot Fest. And with 2020 being very 2020, we have it delayed until 2021 with many great bands joining MCR in the first wave of announced acts. They are a special group whose lasting stories of heartache in character-driven lyrics and Queen meets punk grandeur have found a whole new generation of fans who never got to see them live in their previous run. Hopefully we can belt out “I AM OK NOW!” together in Douglas Park next fall and really mean it.
Consequence of Sound reported this week on a big game-changer in our pandemic times, as the Virgin Money Unity Arena, the first socially distant music venue is set to be opened in Newcastle later this summer. It resembles a drive-in without cars. The venue design looks to be open air with isolated viewing areas on elevated platforms with significant space. You can pre-order food and drink.
The venue is not open just yet, but lineups featuring “household names” are set to be announced on July 7th.
It will be interesting if other music hot spots around the world like say a certain city in the Midwest that is really missing Piqniq, Lolla, and Riot Fest was to open similar venues.
Virgin Money Unity Arena
With regulations with COVID-19 and recent surges in cases across the United States, it will be a long time before we have a normal concert experience. Here is a look at the first concert held in the United States in Arkansas at Temple Live and how the venue ran the show.
