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House Of Blues “Hanging By A Moment” over the unplugged side of Lifehouse’s Jason Wade

Following a fairly steady streak from the early 2000s onward, alternative rockers Lifehouse went on hiatus at the turn of the 2020s, though at least there hasn’t been a [More…]

George Thorogood And The Destroyers bring House Of Blues “The Baddest Show On Earth”

Although there’s never any shortage of emerging artists populating the House Of Blues’ nearly nightly calendar, the lauded downtown club is just as committed to bringing [More…]

The electronic euphoria of ARIZONA takes a “Victory Lap” through a sold out House Of Blues

In ten years together, electronic pop band ARIZONA logged over a billion streams and several hundred shows split between headlining or supporting the superstar likes of [More…]

George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic hang at House Of Blues “Just For The Funk Of It!”

It goes without saying George Clinton laid the funky foundation for not only what became rap and hip-hop, but the modern day make-up of jam bands, which is why whenever he [More…]

Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey dives “Into The Gap,” Thomas Dolby blinds HOB with science

Two influential English artists from the 1980s who just so happen to share the same first name, Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey and Thomas Dolby, finally joined forces for an [More…]

House Of Blues becomes a “Barbie World” over the explosive Danish dance-pop of Aqua’s “Aquarium”

From the moment the “Aquarium” album released in 1997 and went 14 times platinum in a catalogue rapidly approaching sales of 40 million, American fans have patiently [More…]

The contagious electropop of ARIZONA has a sold out House Of Blues dancing and feeling

Perpetually building and buzzing electropop band ARIZONA has done its fair share of headlining, alongside massive support slots for Panic! At The Disco and Quinn XCII, but [More…]

House Of Blues “Meant To Live” for two decades of Switchfoot’s landmark “The Beautiful Letdown”

Every so often, an album enters the marketplace and manages to capture an entire generation, which was certainly the case two decades ago when Switchfoot released the [More…]

R&B A-lister Ari Lennox drops “Age/Sex/Location” on a super sold out House Of Blues

It didn’t take long for steaming superstar Ari Lennox to become the flagship female signing to J. Cole’s Dreamville label, and by the release of her 2022 sophomore [More…]

Marc Almond spreads four decades of Soft Cell’s irresistible “Tainted Love” around House Of Blues

The project that put English synth pop stars Soft Cell on the international map, “Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret,” just turned 40 and vocalist Marc Almond is marking the [More…]