Janet Jackson
Friday 8 p.m., PNC Music Pavilion, 707 Pavilion Blvd., $26.71 Lawn (only seats left available other than resale seats), www.livenation.com
Friday 8 p.m., PNC Music Pavilion, 707 Pavilion Blvd., $26.71 Lawn (only seats left available other than resale seats), www.livenation.com
With a new album, “Unbreakable,” set for Oct. 2, the most
successful remaining Jackson sibling isn’t skimping on hits and production for
her current comeback tour. She returns for a whopping 32-song, career spanning
set. The hot ticket means only lawn seats are available at regular prices.
Johnnyswim
Disco queen Donna Summer’s daughter Amanda Sudano (a former
backup singer for her mom) and husband Abner Ramirez bring their feel good,
foot-stomping, soul-steeped roots music to NoDa for the first time since the
birth of their first child in February (they played here in December during
their Christmas tour).
Skinny Lister
With firm footing in traditional, accordion-guided pub songs and
sea shanties, this blatantly British sextet give the Celtic rock and pub punk
of Americanized bands like Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys a folkier
makeover with shuffling singalongs and
roots music camaraderie fit for a modern day Pogues.
Pokey LaFarge
Evoking an era that’s not yet oversaturated popular music, the witty
St. Louis singer-songwriter taps be-bopping jazz, ragtime, speakeasy blues, and
Western swing with an almost time machine sense of authenticity in look and
instrumentation from his Brylcreem and cuffed jeans to his hip-shaking, finger
wagging dance tunes.
Motorhead
When Motorhead cancelled its 2014 Carolina Rebellion appearance due
its 69-year-old singer’s health, it looked like we might’ve seen the last of
the legendary trio. Recent cancellations still have fans worried, but Lemmy and co. are back for now with a biting new album,
“Bad Magic” and a stacked lineup featuring psychedelic hard rock buzz band
Crobot and fellow metal legends Anthrax. Keep your fingers crossed.
Cherub
On 2014’s “Year of the Caprese,” the smooth Nashville electronic
duo responsible for last year’s earworm “Doses & Mimosas” spikes its
polished take on R&B, hip-hop, and pop tropes with a sense of humor and
self-awareness of the sandbox its playing in (not to mention food references).
Luke Bryan
Since sweeping the American Country Awards in 2012, the reigning
ACMA and CMA’s Entertainer of the Year and recent stadium sell-out has become
arguably the biggest artist in country music. In August his latest album “Kill
the Lights” marked his third release week No. 1, coming in third to Kendrick
Lamar and Drake in 2015 first week sales.
Sham 69
A forerunner of UK punk along with the Sex Pistols, the old
school act most notable for the classic `70s punk call to arms “If the Kids are
United,” is divided into two touring camps (much like the Temptations and
Queensryche). This one is piloted by founding guitarist Neil Harris and
features vocalist Tim V and longtime drummer Ian Whitewood.
Jamey Johnson
Probably the most well-known of the current crop of Nashville
outlaws, the Grammy nominated, Alabaman singer-songwriter headlines SiriusXM’s
Outlaw Country sponsored tour. With his 2012 tribute to Hank Cochran as his
last official release, he’s promised more new music this year.
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