Keith Urban

Music Fests Like Coachella Drive Concert Sales to New Heights

Sadie Such, What Are You Listening To?

Sadie SuchSuch is the owner/photographer/producer at Sadie Such Photography and Films. Learn more here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? I think I may have left it on the country station last time I was in the car -- 107.9-FM or 102.5- ... More >>

Grammy Awards 2013: Katy Clowns Bon Iver, Miguel Shows How It's Done, and Taylor Swift Dissed Her Ex

The Grammys are a huge night for music fans. While we tend to shake our head and wonder how some of these artists won (ie. "Album of the Year"), it's entertaining to watch the live performances and keep fingers crossed for our favorite artists. fun. won big last night, sweeping up the "Song of the Y ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows This Weekend

Curious about what's going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions where to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don't fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend.

John Hiatt @ Crescent Ballroom

Dinesh D'Souza's 2016: Obama's America: The Five Most Hilarious Lowlights

77: Lou and Lovey Borenstein

From now 'til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers -- Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you'll know; for others, it'll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you're here, check out our 100 Creat ... More >>

Incoming: Daughtry, The B-52's, The Expendables

​The all-American nearly-turned Fuel frontman American Idol star Chris Daughtry is bringing his band and his ever-prominent soul patch to the Southwest for a rock and roll romp at the Comerica Theatre in May.Daughtry's manly, modern rock howl has made him one of the few Idol contestants to move fr ... More >>

First Baseball, Now Basketball: Five Say It Ain't So Songs

​As if things couldn't get any worse for Valley sports fans. First the Diamondbacks run out of pixie dust, ending their season in gut wrenching fashion, and now NBA commish David Stern has canceled the first two weeks of the regular basketball season. Something about money, or whatever, is ke ... More >>

Arrowheart Aims for Disney Pop Hype in the Desert

Weezer, Black Label Society, Keith Urban, and More Cancel Phoenix Dates

"(If You're Wondering If Weezer Will Play Phoenix On November 2) They Won't."​Look, I've had my differences with Weezer. The band has done some things in the past decade that I have a hard time forgiving. But Hurley, the band's last record, wasn't that bad, and I was into seeing them at the State ... More >>

September 13 In Blogs: Russell Pearce, Mesa, Black Label Society, Cafe ZuZu, and Bomb Threats

​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Incoming: The Black Lips, Danzig, Gene Loves Jezebel, Keith Urban, Al Jarreau

Al Jarreau ca. 1983​There's lots of diversity in this week's just announced shows, with offerings from The Black Lips, Danzig, Keith Urban and KUPD's U-Fest. None of those artists, however, have won a Grammy in three -- count 'em, three -- different categories. Al Jarreau has. Hell, he joins Micha ... More >>

A Recap of the 2011 Grammy Awards: A Quick, Easy Guide to What Happened

Dan MacMedan, USA TodayNicki Minaj, doing what she does best: always trying to get attention.​The 2011 Grammy Awards kept things classy this year: There wasn't even a single mention of Ke$ha during the entire show!Good job, Grammy people! Thanks for taking out the trash this year. Aside from the l ... More >>

Lollapalooza Chile Announces Solid Lineup

​The lineup for the first annual Lollapalooza in Chile has been announced, according to Consequence of Sound.The Killers, Jane's Addiction, and Kanye West are among some of the top names on the artist roster. Other big names include The Flaming Lips, Ben Harper, The National, Cold War Kids, Devand ... More >>

Multiple Benefit Concerts Being Organized to Support Queensland Flood Relief

​Flooding in Queensland, Australia is bringing about plenty of benefit concerts, according to Spinner.While artists like Keith Urban and Mos Def are shuffling around some tour dates to work around the flood, other artists and promoters are putting a more positive spin on the disaster by organizing ... More >>

Junction 10 Singer Robert Perez Ain't Your Typical Singer

Jimmy Eat World

'American Idol' Live! at US Airways Center Last Night

Luke HolwerdaAmerican Idol Live​American Idol Live! August 12, 2010US Airways CenterFor Valley residents who always wanted to make it out to the American Idol studios but never did, last night at US Airways Center was their opportunity to see the top 10 contestants from 2010's season perform on th ... More >>

Josh Turner

Country Thunder

Kid Rock and Kevin Costner Headline Country Thunder 2010? Ugh.

​Last year Kid Rock headlined Tempe Music Fest. This year he's headlining Country Thunder. Is it just me or should the two festivals, which took place the same weekend last year, definitly not have this much in common?Country Thunder does bring us Willie Nelson on Saturday, but that's barely enoug ... More >>

In Search of Real Honky-Tonk at the Arizona State Fair

Q&A: The Wiggles' Murray Cook

The Wiggles in their big, red car.​ By Stefan Shepherd Talking with The Wiggles' Murray Cook -- AKA the Red Wiggle, the group's lead guitarist -- is akin to talking to one of the Beatles, and finding out that they're really down-to-earth blokes. Before meeting Anthony Field and Greg Page whil ... More >>

Keith Urban, & Sugarland

Josh Turner

Stop the Slaughter: Pundits pan Jordin Sparks' debut album, for all the wrong reasons

On Keeping Kidman

A star is married

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ten reasons to tune in country radio in 2006

Toby Keith

White Trash With Money
(Show Dog Nashville/Universal)

Foreign Roots

Emi-great!

Snap Shots

Contemporary sampler platter

New Times' top DVD picks for the week of September 27

Americana Pie

Grab a slice of 2004's best roots music while it's still hot.

Blue-blood Boil

Hank Williams III does his own thing. Nashville, beware.

He's Gone Country

Shunning ranch life for a music career, Tommy Shane Steiner has the meat and half the hump

Twelfth Night

Don't let the name fool you; the Earth Mother Mind Jam isn't just for hippies