Bilheimer Capitol Theatre
Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel
CLEARWATER — Duane Betts & Palmetto Motel will perform on Sunday, May 31, 8 p.m., at the Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, 405 Cleveland St., Clearwater.
Tickets start at $32.50. Visit www.rutheckerdhall.com or call 727-791-7400.
By the time Duane Betts began working on 2023’s “Wild & Precious Life” — his triumphant debut solo album — he’d already spent the better part of two decades creating his own version of guitar-slinging, story-driven American rock and roll.
“It felt like the right time to make something that was entirely my own vision,” he said. “This is a record that guitar players will love, but at its core, it’s really a song record. It’s an album about who I am, where I come from, and what I believe in.”
Duane had spent 10 years playing guitar alongside his father, legendary Allman Brother Dickey Betts. He’d release an EP, “Sketches of American Music” and co-found Allman Betts Band.
Even so, the need to create a full-length solo LP gnawed at him; one that nodded to his roots while simultaneously pushing ahead. Duane took up an offer from friends Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks to record at their Swamp Raga Studio in Jacksonville. The album was cut to 2-inch analog tape during a series of live studio performances in 2022.
In April, Duane released “Heartache,” poignant reflection on grief and loss. The track — which honors the two-year anniversary of the passing of his father — serves as the centerpiece of his highly anticipated new album, “Isle of Hope,” which will be released on June 12. This will be his first project in partnership with Sun Records.
“I felt like when we were recording ‘Heartache’ that I was lost in a dream,” producer Dave Cobb said. “The song felt bigger than us and it guided us to where it should be. Duane poured his heart out and left it all on tape.”
In addition to Betts and Cobb, the project also features Johnny Stachela (guitar), J.D. Simo (guitar), Brian Allen (bass), Philip Towns (keyboard) and Derrek Phillips (drums).
A dynamic live performer, Duane and his band Palmetto Motel will continue to tour in support of the new album through the fall.
Jannus Live
Wage War
ST. PETERSBURG — Metalcore outfit Wage War will perform on Sunday, May 31, 6:30 p.m., at Jannus Live, 200 First Ave. N., St. Petersburg.
Tickets start at $48.75. Visit www.jannuslive.com.
Founded in Ocala in 2010 under the name Empires, the band’s current lineup includes vocalist Briton Bond, lead guitarist Seth Blake, rhythm guitarist and clean vocalist Cody Quistad, bassist Chris Gaylord, and drummer Stephen Kluesener.
The band’s most recent album, “Sigma,” was released in 2024 through Fearless Records. Known for intense, heavy breakdowns with melodic choruses, Wage War tours extensively. Their high-energy live performances have earned them praise from fans.
Jannus Live
Dance Gavin Dance
ST. PETERSBURG — Dance Gavin Dance will perform on Tuesday, June 2, 5:30 p.m., at Jannus Live, 200 First Ave. N., St. Petersburg.
Also performing will be The Fall of Troy, Wolf & Bear, and Novelist. Tickets start at $63.49. Visit www.jannuslive.com.
Where most bands erroneously claim wholly distinct identities, Dance Gavin Dance truly defies categorization. The Sacramento, California, based outfit possess the kind of artistic compass shared with broadminded but heavy metal and hardcore-punk rooted iconoclasts like The Mars Volta and Coheed and Cambria, but use it to diverge wildly, charting a new course that incorporates the melodic screamo of Thursday or Taking Back Sunday, with a taste of the earnest pop melancholy of Death Cab For Cutie.
Current members include Will Swan on lead guitar, Matt Mingus on drums, Jon Mess on vocals, and Andrew Wells on guitar.
Ruth Eckerd Hall
‘Happy Together Tour’
CLEARWATER — This year marks the 17th year of the highly successful, hit-filled summer show “The Happy Together Tour.” The touring sensation will return to the Tampa Bay area for a performance on Friday, May 29, 7 p.m., at Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater.
Visit www.rutheckerdhall.com or call 727-791-7400.
“The Happy Together Tour” has crisscrossed the nation delighting audiences for over a decade and a half. Filled with chart-topping hits from the ’60s and ’70s, this year’s lineup features The Association, The Troggs, Chicago lead singer Jason Scheff, Gary Puckett, Ron Dante from The Archies and The Turtles, The Vogues and The Cowsills.
The Association enjoyed massive radio success in the ’60s with such No. 1 hits as “Cherish,” “Windy,” “Never My Love” and “Along Comes Mary.” This iconic vocal group was a staple on the radio airways in the 1960s.
This year will include the tour debut of The Troggs. They bring their signature English beat along with all of their solid gold hits. Their most famous songs include the U.S. chart-topper “Wild Thing,” “With a Girl Like You” and “Love Is All Around,” all of which sold over 1 million copies and were awarded gold discs.
Making his first appearance on “The Happy Together Tour” is Chicago lead singer — from 1985 through 2016 — Jason Scheff with such chart topping 1970s hits, such as “25 or 6 to 4,” “Just You and Me,” “If You Leave Me Now” and “Feeling Stronger Every Day.” In mid-1985, 23-year-old Scheff joined the multi-platinum band Chicago; his lead vocals were debuted on the 1986 single, “25 or 6 to 4,” a remake of their 1970 hit, then followed up with “Will You Still Love Me?” Jason remained Chicago’s lead singer for over three decades.
Gary Puckett returns to the tour with his trademark voice belting out his hits again. Fans will affectionately remember “Young Girl,” “Over You,” “Woman Woman,” “This Girl Is a Woman Now,” “Lady Willpower” and “Don’t Give in to Him.”
Ron Dante was the lead singer of The Archies, who were best known for the classic No. 1 hit of 1969, “Sugar, Sugar.” Other big Archie’s hit songs include “Bang-Shang-A-Lang” and “Jingle Jangle.” Ron Dante had another Top 10 hit in the summer of 1969 with “Tracy.” He also served as the lead singer of The Turtles from 2018 to 2025. He will continue to lead the audience and the rest of the artists on the tour with the signature finale of the tour’s theme song: “Happy Together.”
The Vogues are universally acknowledged for their harmony-driven soaring pop sound. They had numerous Top 10 hits with singles such as “Five O’clock World,” “You’re the One,” “My Special Angel” and “Turn Around Look at Me.”
Rounding out the show are The Cowsills, the harmonious singing family of two brothers and a sister that inspired the smash ’60s hit television show, “The Partridge Family.” Their best-known songs include “Hair,” “Indian Lake,” “The Rain The Park and Other Things (I Love the Flower Girl),” “Love American Style” and more.
Benchmark International Arena
Shinedown
TAMPA — Shinedown will perform on Saturday, May 30, 7 p.m., at Benchmark International Arena, 401 Channelside Drive, Tampa.
Tickets start at $65.45. Visit www.benchmarkintlarena.com.
Shinedown is touring in support of their new album “EI8HT.”
The multi-platinum band cemented their status as one of the most vital and forward-thinking powerhouses in music, embodying the kind of creative dynamism that transcends boundaries with over 8.3 billion global streams, 15 platinum and gold singles, platinum or gold certification for all of their albums, 10 million albums sold worldwide and major media acclaim. They are known for their timely and honest messages behind their chart-topping songs that resonate with not only their global audience and the rock community, but with our culture at large.
Shinedown is the No. 1 artist on Billboard’s Greatest Of All Time Mainstream Rock Artists Chart, after notching the most ever No. 1 hits (21 to date) in the history of the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs Chart.
This year they continued to dominate the airwaves as their song “Three Six Five” went No. 1 at Alternative Radio, Top 10 at Hot AC and AC, and Top 20 at Top 40 in addition to their No. 1 songs “Dance, Kid, Dance,” “Killing Fields” and “Searchlight” which made its performance debut at the Grand Ole Opry.
Hailed for their high-octane live shows, explosive rock n’ roll spirit, thought-provoking lyrics and melodic sensibility, Shinedown continues to engender diehard love from millions of global fans and has racked up countless sold-out tours and festival headlining slots propelled by the undeniable power of frontman Brent Smith’s voice. Shinedown is Brent Smith on vocals, Zach Myers on guitar, Eric Bass on bass, and Barry Kerch on drums.
Crowbar
Teen Suicide
TAMPA — Indie rockers Teen Suicide will perform on Wednesday, May 27, 7 p.m., at Crowbar, 1812 N. 17th St., Tampa.
Tickets start at $29.71. Visit www.crowbarybor.com.
Led by husband and wife Sam and Kitty Ray, Teen Suicide have experienced the strange success of many beloved cult bands where the influence of their pioneering blend of scrappy emotional punk, bombastic post-rock, and lofi charm has fully permeated the underground to such a degree that it’s even seeped into the mainstream. And not just Teen Suicide, but the entire constellation of musical projects between the two musicians — TS alter-ego American Pleasure Club, Starry Cat, The Pom-Poms, Kitty, Ricky Eat Acid, and more — can be heard throughout contemporary music, both as key figures in the enduring 2010s bedroom pop wave, and in farther reaches, like their music being sampled by rappers or their raw production techniques traveling the chain of influence to arrive in pop songs. Real crossover success sometimes eludes the innovators themselves, but if Nude descending staircase headless is any indication, Teen Suicide are determined to avoid that fate.
With their new album, “Nude descending staircase headless,” Teen Suicide have created one of the most unique, dense, and impactful catalogs in modern indie rock. According to Run for Cover Records, the new album pulls off a kind of sonic magic trick, sounding at once like a hungry act on the verge of a massive breakthrough and a confident group of veteran artists who know exactly what they’re setting out to do.
“This isn’t a big swing to do something new and see if it works,” said Sam. “It’s just that so much has changed for us as a band and as people, and it makes this record kind of the start of a new thing.”
And thanks to the random viral TikTok success of some of their older songs, “Nude descending staircase headless” will be released into a world with more potential Teen Suicide listeners than ever before — an unexpected opportunity that the group doesn’t take lightly.
“When we played our first show in a long time it was wild to come back to a bigger audience,” he said, “but it also made us realize it would be a waste to not try and do something with that. Bands are making so much music that sounds like it could be generated by a computer now — think people want something different even if they don’t realize it.”
MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
Kid Rock
TAMPA — Kid Rock will bring his “Freedom 250 Tour” to the Tampa Bay area for a show on Saturday, May 30, 6:30 p.m., at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre at the Florida State Fairgrounds, 4802 U.S. 301 N., Tampa.
Other artists scheduled to perform at this concert include Big & Rich and Them Dirty Roses. Tickets start at $50. Call 813-740-2446 or visit www.livenation.com.
Kid Rock burst onto the music scene in 1998 with his “Devil Without a Cause” album and hasn’t looked back. From hit singles like “Bawitdaba” and “Cowboy” to “Picture” and “All Summer Long,” the recording artist has blazed his own trail in the music world, having sold over 26 million albums to date and continuing tour. Kid Rock holds the Michigan record for most tickets sold with 150,000 for a run of 10 consecutive sold-out shows, and recently set the Little Caesars Arena attendance record in his hometown of Detroit with 86,893 attendees in six sold-out shows. Kid Rock remains at the center of media attention.
MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
The Black Crowes
TAMPA — These genre-defying rock legends will perform on Sunday, May 31, 6:30 p.m., at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre at the Florida State Fairgrounds, 4802 U.S. 301 N., Tampa.
Also scheduled to perform is Whiskey Myers. Tickets start at $54.95. Call 813-740-2446 or visit www.livenation.com.
Founded by brothers Chris and Rich Robinson, The Black Crowes make music for the mavericks, playing rock ‘n’ roll that’s hip-swinging and heavy, dirty and debonaire, bluesy and ballsy, ecstatic and electrifying, and soulful and soaring. They don’t fall in line, and they never cared to either. Instead, they’re right at home with the outsiders, the drifters, the lost souls, the hustlers, and the hellraisers who inhabit timeless tunes like “She Talks To Angels,” “Hard To Handle,” “Wiser Time,” “Twice As Hard,” and “Black Moon Creeping.” No matter where culture went, the multiplatinum Grammy Award-nominated group fearlessly charted their own course, taking flight with the five-time platinum “Shake Your Money Maker” and never coming back down.
Their path twisted and turned from seminal records like “The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion” and follow-up “Amorica,” to a once-in-a-lifetime jaunt with Jimmy Page and accompanying gold-certified live record: “Live at the Greek.” The band’s lore expanded with the chart-shaking “Warpaint” and “Before the Frost…Until the Freeze.” Another generation fell under their spell as they launched their biggest headline tour yet to celebrate the 30th anniversary of “Shake Your Money Maker.”
They lit up the next chapter with 2024’s “Happiness Bastards” — which garnered a 2025 Grammy Award nod for Best Rock Album. Between widespread critical praise, they even picked up a 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination.
Yuengling Center
Young the Giant
TAMPA — Multi-platinum band Young the Giant will bring their “Victory Garden Tour” to the Tampa Bay area for a show on Tuesday, June 2, 6:30 p.m., at the Yuengling Center, 12499 USF Bull Run Drive, Tampa.
Tickets start at $54.70. Visit www.ticketmaster.com.
Support for the tour date will feature the Cold War Kids, as well as almost monday. Cold War Kids will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of their prolific debut record “Robbers & Cowards.”
Young the Giant’s “Victory Garden” is an ode to radical empathy. Over the past 15 years, the multi-platinum Southern California band has flourished through distinct sonic eras, progressively solidifying itself as one of the most consistent and influential rock bands of the 21st century. On their sixth full-length album and Fearless Records debut, “Victory Garden,” Young the Giant reconnects with the core experience of 100% band collaboration, writing and recording together as a unit in one room. Written largely during writing retreats in Idyllwild and Joshua Tree and produced by Brendan O’Brien at Henson Studios in Hollywood, “Victory Garden” is a cohesive album experience that both inspires and enthralls.
Lyrically, the album is rooted in radical empathy, capturing the band’s songwriting instincts at its most immediate and heartfelt. Musically, “Victory Garden” showcases the seasoned artists’ collective performances at their intuitive height. The result is a prolific record that beckons a new season of creative fertility for the band and presents Young the Giant as confident, refined and fully inhabiting its voice.
The Orpheum
Death Angel
TAMPA — Thrash metal band Death Angel, Saturday, May 30, 6:30 p.m., at the Orpheum, 14802 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa.
Tickets start at $37.60. Visit www.theorpheum.com.
Considered pioneers of thrash metal, Death Angel formed originally in the San Francisco Bay area in 1982, led by cousins Rob Cavestany, Dennis Pepa, Gus Pepa, and Andy Galeon. The band’s first demo, “Heavy Metal Insanity,” arrived in 1983 at a time when the thrash movement was just beginning.
Over the years, Death Angel has released nine studio albums while going through sporadic lineup changes. Cavestany has remained the only constant member. In addition to Cavestany, the band’s current lineup includes vocalist Mark Osegueda, guitarist Ted Aguilar, drummer Will Carroll, and bassist Damien Sisson. Their most recent studio album, “Humanicide,” was released in 2019.
The Ritz
Kream
TAMPA — Norwegian DJ and record producer duo Kream will perform on Friday, May 29, 10 p.m., at the Ritz Ybor, 1503 E. Seventh Ave., Tampa.
Tickets start at $26.48. Visit www.theritzybor.com.
Kream consists of brothers Daniel and Markus Slettebakken. The duo signed with Atlantic Records in 2017, releasing the song “Taped Up Heart” which features vocals from Clara Mae. The song reached No. 22 on Billboard’s Hot/Dance Electronic Songs chart. Since then, Kream has gained worldwide attention for their unique take on melodic tech house.
The Ritz
Riot Ten
TAMPA — DJ and record producer Riot Ten will take the stage on Saturday, May 30, 10 p.m., at the Ritz Ybor, 1503 E. Seventh Ave., Tampa.
Tickets start at $15.57. Visit www.theritzybor.com.
Born Christopher Wilson, Riot Ten is best known for his dubstep and hardtrap production. He is signed to Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak, with additional music out on Excision’s Rotten Recordings, Never Say Die Records, Disciple Records, and Firepower, as well as remixes on Atlantic Records, Interscope Records, and RCA Records.
In 2025, Riot Ten dropped the 15-track album “Requiem for a Riot.”
Firehouse Cultural Center
ARConnection
RUSKIN — ARConnection, widely known as one of Tampa Bay’s hottest jazz ensembles, will return by popular demand to perform on Saturday, May 30, 7:30 p.m., at the Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 First Ave. NE, Ruskin.
Tickets are available online at https://firehouseculturalcenter.org/events/arconnection-2/.
Led by pianist Pablo Arencibia and drummer Dave Rudolph, the unique sound of ARConnection can be described as modern post-bop charged with elements of fusion, electric, and Latin jazz. The group was awarded the prestigious 2026 Palladium Creative Fellowship.
Arencibia is an award winning pianist whose journey began as a concert pianist at the age of 4, showcasing his talent in countries including Venezuela, Spain, USA, France, Greece, Romania, and Colombia. He currently serves on the faculty of the University of South Florida, instructing in both Jazz and Classical Piano.
Drummer Dave Rudolph has appeared in shows at the Straz Center and works with bands including The Valerie Gillespie Ensemble, La Lucha, LaRue Nickelson, James Suggs, and his own group, The Dave Rudolph Quintet. In 2019, Rudolph released an album entitled Resonance featuring original post-bop compositions. Rudolph is currently the Professor of Jazz/Contemporary Percussion at the University of South Florida and Hillsborough College.
Bassist Mauricio Rodriguez, founder of MJR Latin Jazz Project, is a composer, producer, educator, and former member of the Fervet Opus jazz quartet. His music has been performed worldwide, and he has received two Latin Grammy nominations for his work on two of Renesito Avich’s albums. As a member of the University of South Florida jazz faculty, he directs USF’s newest ensemble, the Latin Jazztet.
In addition to piano, Arencibia will also perform on the keytar, a keyboard instrument that is supported by a strap around the neck and shoulders, similar to the way a guitar is held, made popular by Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock among others.
For more information, visit arconnectionjazz.com.