Depeche Mode’s Friday Concert at AAA Will Go On as Planned

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,…

The Best Concerts in Miami This Week, September 13-17

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.

Miami Bars and Nightclubs Open After Irma

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…

Mac’s Club Deuce Will Stay Open as Long “as It Is Legal”

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.

Modest Mouse Concert at Fillmore Will Go on Tonight

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…

The Best Concerts in Miami This Week, September 4-10

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…

Kendrick Lamar Gave the Concert of the Year at AAA

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…

Wynwood Yard Hosts Hurricane Harvey Benefit Concert on Labor Day

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.

Miami’s Five Most Unlikely Music Venues

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?

Ed Sheeran Is the World’s Biggest One-Man Band

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.

Iggy Pop Finds American Valhalla in Miami at Film’s O Cinema Premiere

Director Andreas Neumann’s latest documentary, American Valhalla, chronicles the secret collaboration between Iggy Pop and Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age on the 2016 album Post Pop Depression. Wednesday night, Iggy and Sweat Records founder Lauren “Lolo” Reskin found a common mission at the film’s Miami premiere at O Cinema Miami Beach.

Kip Moore Is One Country Star Who’s Not Down With Racism

If you had to take a stab at what side of the political line Kip Moore falls on, you might guess the one that wears red trucker hats with “Make America Great Again” stitched on them. After all, this is the singer and co-writer of Top 10 country songs with titles like “Somethin’ ‘Bout a Truck,” “Beer Money,” and “Hey Pretty Girl.”

Coldplay’s “A Head Full of Dreams” Tour Lit Up Hard Rock Stadium

Chris Martin is a ham. Fans have long known this. Like his fellow Brit, the knighted bassist of history’s most famous and fab band, Martin is a crowd pleaser. He asks the road crew to turn the house lights up to “get a good look” at everyone in the crowd, has the cameramen pan to every single section of Hard Rock Stadium, and repeatedly thanks the audience for braving rain, traffic, and the impending buzzkill of a Tuesday morning to come out to his band’s concert.