KNAC.COM: DEEP PURPLE, KANSAS, JEFFERSON STARSHIP Live in Mansfield, MA
DEEP PURPLE live performances and I have a troubled history. I first saw the British Prog Rock act in 2002. I wasn’t into Prog as much as I am today. Sure, I enjoyed “Smoke On The Water”, “Knocking On Your Back Door”, “Burn”, and other Rock radio hits by the group. In 2002 their openers…
KNAC.COM: TRIUMPH, APRIL WINE Live in Boston, MA
TRIUMPH foretold the success of this 2026 tour 45 years ago, but we didn’t know it at the time. It was delivered in the lyrics for their 1981 hit single “Magic Power”…
KNAC.COM: CLUTCH, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, J.D. PINKUS Live in Worcester, MA
If you’ve read any of my show reviews this year then it wouldn’t surprise you to learn that it has been 20 years since I have seen CLUTCH live. For some reason I like to wait a couple of decades before seeing a band more than once…
KNAC.COM: TESTAMENT, OVERKILL, DESTRUCTION Live in MA
It’s A Thrash Of The Titans At The Worcester Palladium On March 27th…
Live: FEMMES OF ROCK In Woonsocket, RI
It was a cold, cold night in the City of Woonsocket, Rhode Island on March 14, 2026. It was also the night the FEMMES OF ROCK returned to the Stadium Theatre for a night of fiery Rock and Roll dispensed through the most unexpected instruments in the string family…
KNAC.COM: OPETH & KATATONIA live in Boston, MA
Heading up to the Orpheum Theater to see OPETH and KATATONIA, I was trying to convince myself that it hadn’t actually been 22 years since I last saw OPETH. Come to find out it hadn’t actually been that long…it was 21 years and 11 months (but who’s counting?)…
KNAC.COM: DANGEROUS TOYS & ALL SINNERS live in RI
Musically, DANGEROUS TOYS was on fire with guitarists Scott Dalhover and Paul Lidel shredding their way through “Take Me Drunk”, “Ten Boots (Stompin’) and “Sugar, Leather & The Nail”, while both Watson and drummer Mark Geary provided the thumping foundation for everything else along the way…
KNAC.COM: GRAHAM BONNET BAND & CRYSTAL FOGG live in MA
After an 8-song set from openers CRYSTAL FOGG and a short intermission, Bonnet and his cohort ripped it up from the start with a strong focus on the RAINBOW material the singer recorded for the group’s 1979 album Down To Earth…
KNAC.COM: L.A. GUNS & ALL SINNERS live in MA
Saturday may be alright for fighting, but truth be told I would much rather skip the fisticuffs and check out some live music. And that’s just what fellow KNAC.COM scribe George Dionne and I did recently as the L.A. GUNS “Lucky MF’r” Tour made its sold out stop in New Bedford, MA.…
KNAC.COM: STYX, FOREIGNER, & JOHN WAITE – Live in MA
On a hot summer night at the Xfinity Center (which should always be rightfully known by its original name The Great Woods Center of the Performing Arts) in Mansfield, MA, the assembled concertgoers…
KNAC.COM: BLIND GUARDIAN & NIGHT DEMON live in MA
Time may indeed stand still at the Iron Hill, but for BLIND GUARDIAN’s roughly 1 hour and 45 minute set at the Worcester Palladium on Saturday May 11th, time seemed to pass by in the blink of an eye…
KNAC.COM: DANGEROUS TOYS, BAD MARRIAGE, & ALL SINNERS live in MA
The second night of a back-to-back weekend of concerts for me at The Vault in New Bedford, MA was billed as the “Hellacious Halloween Party” and featured a triple bill of bands…
KNAC.COM: YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN & GLENN HUGHES live in MA
Iconic Rock vocalist GLENN HUGHES and infamous Swedish guitar virtuoso YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN teamed up for a fantastic night of music and nostalgia at the Worcester Palladium…
RockIsGeorge.com 