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John Mayer performs at Capital One Arena, July 23, 2019. (Photo by Ari Strauss/ aristrauss.com)
Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter and guitarist John Mayer brought his much anticipated Summer Tour 2019 to DC recently, playing to a packed crowd in Chinatown’s Capital One Arena.
Three Days Grace performs at Capital One Arena on Feb. 21, 2019. (Photo by Paivi Salonen)
Canadian post-grunge band Three Days Grace opened Distrubed last week, and Paivi Salonen has the pictures to prove it.
Disturbed performs at Capital One Arena on Feb. 21, 2019. (Photo by Paivi Salonen)
Chicago hard rockers Disturbed played Capital One Arena recently on their Evolution World Tour, following the release of Evolution, the band’s seventh studio album. Paivi was there to capture the action!
Disturbed (Photo by Travis Shinn)
Heavy metal icons Disturbed play Capital One Arena on Thursday, Feb. 21, on the band’s Evolution World Tour, following the release of Evolution, its seventh studio album, in 2018.
Greta Van Fleet performs at 9:30 Club on July 20, 2018. Chris Smyth chose another photo from this show as one of his 10 Best of the Year. (Photo by Chris Smyth)
Editor’s Note: This year, we asked our bloggers to name their Top 10 shows of 2018 or choose their Top 10 photos of the year. We will run them over the course of mid-December as our Best of the Year posts.
When I was asked to write a piece about my 10 favorite photos from the past year, initially I was very excited to do it. It seemed like an enjoyable way to recap what has been an exciting year of concert coverage. I joined Parklife DC in March, but as of this writing, I have been fortunate to have covered 21 shows, and I produced a total of 28 reviews. This has been far more fun than I ever could have imagined.
J. Cole performs at Capital One Arena on Oct. 8, 2018. (Photo by Will Colbert)
Kids On Drugs. King Overdosed. Kill Our Demons. The words written in a crude scrawl hung over the stage prior to Jermaine Cole’s performance earlier this week at the Capital One Arena. The Fayetteville, North Carolina rapper, better known as J. Cole, gave a powerful performance that delved into weighty topics.
Conductor Ramin Djawadi discusses the Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience with the audience at Capital One Arena on Sept. 25, 2018. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)
Winter may be coming, as the House of Stark says, but at least it will be accompanied by delightful music! Conductor Ramin Djawadi took charge of a full orchestra that offered twists and turns worthy of the Game of Thrones for the namesake Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience at Capital One Arena recently.
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