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Oysterhead, Trey Anastasio’s supergroup, is reuniting for two shows — both in Colorado

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Oysterhead, the jam-band supergroup of guitarist Trey Anastasio (Phish), bassist Les Claypool (Primus) and drummer Stewart Copeland (The Police), will return for a pair of shows from Broomfield early next year. The band announced the Feb. 14-15 concerts at the FirstBank Center on Tuesday as part of its Freestyle Sessions Gathering. More dates have to
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Review: Tame Impala ripped a hole in the space-time continuum at Mission Ballroom on Monday

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More than once during Monday night’s packed Tame Impala show at Denver’s Mission Ballroom, frontman Kevin Parker asked for the lights to come up so he could get a look at the audience. “Hey, I’m just gonna speak honestly right now… right now, I’m feeling like Red Rocks is great and everything, but I feel
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Photos: Billy Joel plays Coors Field

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On Thursday night, American music legend Billy Joel played a summertime concert in Coors Field in downtown Denver. The “Piano Man” is playing a limited series of stadium shows that summer and fall, together with his next series in New York’s Madison Square Garden on Aug. 28. This morning, Joel Tweeted a photo of him
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With Mission Ballroom, Denver finally has the concert venue it deserves

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About an hour to the show at Mission Ballroom, The Lumineers’ Wesley Shultz shared with a poignant anecdote. It was about a decade ago that he and drummer Jeremiah Schultz were fine-tuning their first tunes before the bar in the Meadowlark’s open mic nights, a clinic that he likened to listening through others’ ears. On
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Coors Field warns of long waits, special rules for upcoming Billy Joel, Zac Brown Band concerts

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Heads up, Billy Joel and Zac Brown Band fans: The upcoming Coors Field concerts by those musicians on Aug. 8 and 9, respectively, will have some different policies than are normally in place at Rockies matches, according to a press release in the group. No bags will be allowed except bags and equipment, and these
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PHOTOS: Peter Frampton’s farewell tour sells out Red Rocks

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Rock legend Peter Frampton said goodbye to Red Rocks Amphitheatre last night through his farewell tour, capping a 53-year career by playing another sold-out venue. However, before he can make his last stand, the weather needed to chime into show its dismay at his retiring. As Jason Bonham was going to take the stage to
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Take a look inside Mission Ballroom, Denver’s newest venue built just for live music

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Don Strasburg recalls the time, about five years back, when he was driving to a concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, a place that his company books more shows at any other promoter. “I visit a building on both sides of Highway 6 using this large sign that states, ‘For Lease. Contact Tyler,’ and I did
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Flaural is one of Colorado’s best bands, even if it’s hardly ever here

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If there’s anything as laidback professionalism, Flaural has it. Seated across a wooden table at the RiNo pub Pon Pon last week, the members of the Denver rock band — all of fashionably scruffy dudes inside their mid-to-late 20s — sounded relaxed but strategic, sipping on hair-of-the-dog beers and sparkling water below a hot, bright
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Diana Ross solidified her diva status at Red Rocks — despite a slow start

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There were three strikes against Diana Ross until she even came on stage in Red Rocks Monday night. Her people didn’t allow any media to photograph the show — a pity, really, because Ross’ 75th birthday bash at the prestigious place was a historic moment that had been documented much better than with fuzzy iPhone
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Post Malone and Swae Lee will play Denver’s Pepsi Center this fall

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Post Malone Plays Throughout the 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 21, 2018 in Indio, California. Even the Texas rapper performs Denver’s Pepsi Center this fall. (Frazer Harrison, Getty Images for Coachella) The founders of among 2018’therefore (and early 2019’s) most well-known songs are coming into the
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