For one night, the American Airlines Arena reeked of cigarettes. Walking to the arena from Biscayne Boulevard, concertgoers could see handlers milling about the balcony like eyeliner-clad gargoyles spilling smoke and ashes from their open mouths. The occasion for such a morbid gathering — Depeche Mode’s Miami stop on its Global Spirit tour…
The band you’ll hear at American Airlines Arena may not be the one you remember.
Kodak Black, XXXTentacion, and Ski Mask the Slump God feature in our look at the local rap scene.
Longtime promoter Aramis Lorie is used to hurricanes. He’s been through Andrew, Wilma, and Katrina. But Irma definitely threw him for a loop. He couldn’t leave his aging parents behind, and he was afraid of abandoning his bar, 1306, located in the quickly gentrifying but still somewhat industrial part of North Miami Avenue just north of the I-195 overpass.
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As the storm clouds of Hurricane Irma have receded, so have the clouds of mystery surrounding the status of Depeche Mode’s Miami performance: the show will go on. The seminal dark synthpop band announced on Twitter that the Miami date of their Global Spirit World Tour on Friday, September 15,…
Hurricane Irma has come and gone. You’ve spent a week worrying, preparing, stocking up on bottled water, and struggling with your hurricane shutters. Now that the storm has passed, it’s time to party. These are the best shows still coming to town this week, Irma be damned.
This weekend, the effects of Hurricane Irma stormed into South Florida, threatening coastal areas with a storm surge that blew refrigerators clear out into the road in the Keys and turned Brickell streets into Venetian canals. Also within the storm’s targets: the array of nightclubs that have made Miami famous…
Burglars steal a 46-inch flat-screen TV, two Pioneer controllers, the security cameras, and a Pioneer gold mixer from Coldharbour studio in Pembroke Pines
A fixture of South Beach and a hub for those who still chase their liquor with drags from their cigarette, Mac’s Club Deuce has long provided a makeshift home to the displaced, whether it be by natural disaster or by the doldrums of life.But as Hurricane Irma approaches and the prospect of a mandatory evacuation looms over Miami-Dade County, some patrons — and indeed the bar itself – aren’t looking to take the chances taken by their booze-inclined forebears.
In a city with a future lies that lies in the cone of uncertainty, there was at least one large room where Miami could forget the dread and anxieties on Wednesday night. For more than two hours at the Fillmore Miami Beach, Modest Mouse brought the goods. It wasn’t until 1 in…
There’s “Misery Business” and then there’s this.
With South Florida in complete pandemonium with the monster Hurricane Irma on the horizon, there is confusion and incertitude over what is open and what is closed. Ticket holders for events scheduled for the days before Irma approaches might be wondering if the show will go on. Ticketmaster has been…
Make it rain before Irma does.
Is your highly anticipated show still going on, or has it been canceled? Find out here.
There’s a white mansion off Alton Road in Miami Beach with a circular driveway, a balcony, and landscaping the neighborhood kid with a lawnmower wouldn’t dare mess with. A lot of millennials work at home, but this is something special.
Paramore has gone from being early aughts pop-punk rockers to a Talking Heads-inspired new wave outfit with its fifth album, After Laughter. If you’re missing the band’s “Misery Business” era, rest assured: Paramore will probably perform it alongside newer cuts like “Hard Time” and “Told You So” when the trio…
Tonight in Miami, Kendrick Lamar gave a performance that was, in a word, humbling. With its thrilling special effects, high-wire stunts, and the raw star power of the greatest living rapper, the final stop on the DAMN. Tour at American Airlines Arena was wilder and more grandiose than any show…
It’s time to step up donation efforts for Hurricane Harvey survivors, Miami. The deadly storm has submerged entire communities in southeast Texas, and people are still being rescued from inundated homes nearly a week after landfall. Harvey has triggered an outpouring of sympathy and support from Americans who wish to help victims in any way they can, but the people of Miami are especially eager to help.
It’s an exciting time to be a music fan in the 305. There was last week’s announcement of Off Weekend music festival. Then there are the new music venues that have recently debuted. And how about the wealth of talent emerging from our swamp?
Who needs a band these days when you have a loop pedal? Not Ed Sheeran, apparently. Playing to a crowd that spanned generations and genders but skewed heavily toward young women and girls, the English singer-songwriter made it clear at his sold-out Wednesday-night concert at the American Airlines Arena that he’s the world’s biggest one-man band.
