Anybody looking forward to the April 20 Hinder/Theory of a Deadman show at RIT's Gordon Field House will need to be in two places at once. The bill has been split in half, and neither band will play at RIT. "Lips of an Angel" rockers Hinder will...

What's new, pussycat? I'll tell you what's new: bombastic Brit crooner Tom Jones is coming to the Auditorium Theatre Sunday, June 21, 7 p.m. Tickets cost $41.50-$67.50, and can be bought by calling 232-1900, or through Ticketmaster.

Will they still have "the right stuff"? Teen poster boys of yesteryear The New Kids on the Block will play Darien Lake Performing Art Center Sunday, June 14, 7 p.m. Tickets cost $16-$85 and go on sale on sale Saturday, April 4, via Live Nation or...

We all dream of basking in the limelight, getting that spotlight tan as the audience hangs on our every word, every note, every riff. We dream of flowers and love and fame and immortality. We take a bow -- and then we wake up. It's easy to...

Will he come and give without taking? Crooner Barry Manilow comes to the Blue Cross Arena Tuesday, July 7, 8 p.m., with tickets running $9.99-$119.99. Tickets go on sale Monday, April 13, 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster. Call 232-1900 for more...

The CMAC Performing Arts Center in Canandaigua has released its 2009 summer concert schedule. The roster ranges from rock (The Offspring, Judas Priest, Blondie) to alternative (David Byrne, Ani DiFranco) to R&B (John Legend, India.Arie) and more.

It surprises me that the hip-hop/blues highway paved by G Love doesn't go both ways. Love's music has brought countless hip-hop and pop fans to the blues. And we're not just talking the sweet-home-B.B.-Ray Vaughan-House Of Blues crap neither;...

I just love the smells of The Lilac Festival: funnel cakes, kettle corn, and lilacs. I also love the sounds. And this year, those sounds don't smell at all. It's a pretty cool line-up, and the majority of it won't cost you a dime. You can eat,...

As I snapped my fingers and nursed a chocolate milk, ex-Nighthawk Strat-slinger Danny Morris hung 10 off the Dinosaur stage last night. His reverb-soaked sound had him surfing on a BBQ pipeline. Morris picks pretty ("I Only Have Eyes For You")...

Country sensations Taylor Swift and Keith Urban will come to Blue Cross Arena Sunday, August 2, for the Escape the World Tour. Time TBD, but tickets start at $20, and go on sale on April 24 at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster, or at 800-745-3000.

The Big City Summer Fest's Highland Bowl Concert Series will return Sunday, July 12, with jamband icon Bob Weir and his current band, RatDog, with special guest Jackie Greene. The show starts at 5:30 p.m. and tickets will cost $35-$40. Visit the...

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra announced today a new concert series and a new, temporary venue to celebrate the City's 175th birthday. The First Niagara Center City Pavilion -- the same space as the Rochester International Jazz Festival's...

I'm forever fascinated by bands that sound good on paper in a way that doesn't always translate sonically. For example, words used to describe John Coltrane are similar to those used in describing the Grateful Dead, but the two sound completely...