Cher (Photo courtesy Warner Bros. Records)
What can we say about Cher that already hasn’t been said? Well, we first should mention that she’s begun her local residency in a production called “Classic Cher” at MGM National Harbor, where she will play Thursday, March 23, Saturday, March 25, and Sunday, March 26, before returning for six more dates at the end of summer.
Clean Bandit (Photo by Rita Zimmermann)
UK trio Clean Bandit have been taking the English charts by storm as they ready their second album via Atlantic Records, and they are about to launch a major US tour with a stop at 9:30 Club on Wednesday, April 19. You can win tickets to go!
Beach Slang (Photo by Charlie Lowe)
The new and improved Beach Slang returned to the United States last night, and they are making a beeline to DC to open for Minus the Bear at Black Cat on Friday, March 24. The show is sold out, but make sure to arrive early for Beach Slang if you’re already going!
Baroness (Photo by Jimmy Hubbard)
Heavy metal quartet Baroness continue to tour on the strength of their fourth studio album, Purple, released in 2015 via Abraxan Hymns. The band is preparing to tour Europe, but they will perform a select few US dates before they go, including a stop at 9:30 Club on Wednesday, April 12.
The Regrettes (Photo by Jen Rosenstein)
Fresh from SXSW, Los Angeles punk quartet The Regrettes are hitting Black Cat on Wednesday, March 22.
Raúl Midón (Photo by Blair Allen)
Guitarist Raúl Midón is releasing his ninth studio album, Bad Ass and Blind, on March 24 via Mack Ave/Artistry Music World-Wide, and he follows that up with a local show at CenterStage in Reston, Virginia, on Wednesday, March 29.
The Menzingers (Photo courtesy Epitaph Records)
The Menzingers released their fifth full-length album After the Party on Feb. 3 via Epitaph Records, and they are visiting Rock and Roll Hotel on Wednesday, March 29 on tour. The show is sold out!
Blondie (Photo by Alexander Thompson)
At age 71, Debbie Harry is still rocking out with the best of them, and indeed she will soon release an 11th studio album with Blondie — Pollinator on May 5 via BMG.
To celebrate, Blondie have teamed up with Garbage for a summer tour, the Rage and Rapture Tour, which lands at Wolf Trap on Thursday, Aug. 3.
Nouvelle Vague (Photo courtesy The Howard Theatre)
In Paris circa 2003, Olivier Libaux and Marc Collin formed Nouvelle Vague, a cover band that took its inspiration from a translation of “new wave.” Bossa nova also translates as “new wave” from the Portuguese. Inspired by this, Nouvelle Vague covered “New Wave” songs often in bossa nova style for four albums before taking a break in 2010.
Amorphis performs at the Howard Theatre on March 8, 2017. (Photo by Paivi)
Last week, a heavy metal stampede ran through the Howard Theatre as headlining heavy metal band Overkill brought along some friends to play a big show. (Check out our pix of Overkill at the Howard Theatre.)
One of those friend was Finnish progressive metal band Amorphis, six men from Finland who released their most recent album, Under the Red Cloud, in 2015 via Nuclear Blast.
