David Bowie to Release New Album, Tour Coming?
January 9, 2013
David Bowie fans celebrating the legendary artist’s 66th birthday yesterday got quite the surprise when he released his first new song in a decade, and also announced that a new album will follow. The news comes after it was fairly widely assumed that Bowie
Album Review: Alicia Keys ‘Girl on Fire’
January 6, 2013
It seems like Alicia Keys can almost do no wrong at this stage in her career. She has established herself, earning respect to such a degree that listeners are willing to give her a chance no matter what she does. This affords her the
Album Review: Kid Rock ‘Rebel Soul’
January 5, 2013
Kid Rock had a strangely structured rise in rock music, starting off somewhere between genres and making the most of it with enormous sales to match his ego and image. In recent years though it feels like he has come to a plateau, and

Jam Bands: A Primer to the Best of the Breed
January 1, 2013
It takes a special reputation to earn the status of a jam band, even as some foolishly brush them aside as little more than showcases of virtuosity. Musical improvisation can be daunting to some, especially to listeners that prefer familiarity and repetition. It’s simply
Album Review: Neil Young and Crazy Horse ‘Psychedelic Pill’
January 1, 2013
Neil Young and Crazy Horse have been busy. After an almost ten year stretch of silence left fans in a state of withdrawal, the band has pushed out a pair of new concoctions in just one year, with the latest fix coming in the
Album Review: Soundgarden ‘King Animal’
December 31, 2012
Of all the bands to come out of the pacific northwest in the grunge era, Soundgarden never truly fit in. They still don’t, and their music is still different from what is popular today, but it’s not dated. They haven’t put together a studio
Best Concert Photos of 2012
December 27, 2012
[slideshow gallery_id=”1″] Over the course of 2012, we have covered a ton of shows at ConcertTour.org. Don’t believe me, checkout our past concert reviews. We braved the 100+ degree heat at summer festivals, logged countless miles of asphalt and seen some pretty bizarre things
Album Review: One Direction ‘Take Me Home’
December 23, 2012
It really doesn’t matter if this album is any good. Millions of people are going to buy it without reading a review or hearing more than one song, and an equal number of people are going to passionately denounce it with about the same
Album Review: Green Day ‘¡Dos!’
December 22, 2012
When I wrote my review for the first of Green Day’s three-part album release, ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tre!, I said that parts two and three would have to differentiate themselves in some way or the whole collection might be just about irrelevant. Putting out
Dream Tours We’d Love to See in 2013
December 22, 2012
It always seems to happen. You find a band to get excited about, only to realize they disbanded several years ago and haven’t toured together since. Here are some artists that fans desperately want to see live in 2013. Some are certainly more far-fetched