Posts by Marc Lacatell

Fans of the outspoken, opinionated, and controversial royal rock and roll icon, Roger Waters, descended upon the TD Garden in Boston this past Tuesday, July 12. The close-to-sold-out show proved Waters can still draw quite a crowd despite a pandemic-maligned delay for his “This Is Not A Drill Tour”. It didn’t matter that there wasn’t […]

Paul McCartney and his band graced the jewel of Boston, Fenway Park, for two nights this week. On the second night, Wednesday, June 8, Kenmore Square was more alive than any Red Sox homestand. McCartney, the living legend from Liverpool, who will be turning 80 years young in just over a week, commanded another sold-out […]

Ultimately three years in the making, the Boston Calling Music Festival once again took center stage at the Harvard Athletic Complex in Allston, Massachusetts this past Friday, May 27th through Sunday the 29th with another eclectic mix of local and national acts. The bill featured close to 50 artists, a plethora of food vendors as […]

Ultimately three years in the making, the Boston Calling Music Festival once again took center stage at the Harvard Athletic Complex in Allston, Massachusetts this past Friday, May 27 through Sunday, May 29th with another eclectic mix of local and national acts. Yes, the legendary industrial act Nine Inch Nails was at the top of […]

Boston Calling is back and in all its musical glory. The renowned three-day musical festival is currently set to welcome the masses into Harvard University’s athletic complex this coming Memorial Day Weekend, May 27-29. GRAMMY Award winner Nine Inch Nails will close out the first night of the festival on Friday, followed by alternative rockers […]

Yes, my friends, The Darkness survived the unrelenting pandemic, released a killer new record, hit the road, and proved once again that they can still bring it. And on Sunday night (4/24), the band wrapped its tour across the US in support of their latest offering, Motorheart, which may rival their debut, Permission to Land, […]

For Mike Campbell and crew, “Breakdown” took on a whole new meaning on March 20th, as the band’s tour bus had a mechanical failure which had the potential to sideline the Knobs’ second show of the weekend at Boston’s legendary gem, Brighton Music Hall (formerly Harper’s Ferry). The band had played the night before, where […]

If you were one of the lucky attendees at the intimate Chevalier Theater in Medford, Massachusetts on November 5th, you can say that you witnessed a dynamic double bill featuring living blues legend Buddy Guy and legend in the making, Samantha Fish. At 85 years old, Buddy Guy has lived it just as he’s talked […]

It’s been just over two years since Black Label Society visited the Bay State and the chill in the air certainly didn’t keep the band’s Massachusetts Chapter from reuniting once again for an evening that proved to be an unforgiving and glorious assault on the senses at Worcester’s Palladium on 11/4/21.  The band (Zakk Wylde/guitar/piano/vocals, John DeServio/bass, Jeff Fabb/drums and Dario Lorina/guitar) is currently doom trooping across the US ahead of the release of their new […]

West coast rock and rollers, Rival Sons, hit the east coast this past Sunday the 24th at Boston’s House of Blues on one of the band’s many stops to both commemorate and celebrate the tenth anniversary of their breakthrough record, Pressure and Time. Back in 2011, the band found themselves playing venues of all sizes in North America and Europe to promote and share their brilliant […]

Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real brought their brand of countrified-roots rock to Boston’s Royale Night Club on 10/15/21. The Boston gathering sported an early evening set chock full of fan favorites and fresh tunes from the band’s most recent release, A Few Stars Apart. The audience bathed in the rockin’ sounds of […]

IDLES prove their worth as one of the top live bands out there with their propulsive rhythms, shouted protest lyrics, and sludgy guitar. After releasing one of 2020’s best with Ultra Mono, the British five-piece will be releasing their fourth album Crawler on November 12, 2021. The band kept it ferocious at Boston’s House of […]

This past Tuesday, a glorious day in Beantown, fans of the legendary shock rocker Alice Cooper flocked to Leader Bank Pavilion to hear his greatest hits and choice selections from his recent album Detroit Stories that was released earlier this year. Not one to play it down, the theatrical extravaganza that Cooper has consistently offered […]

From the looks and sounds of it, the brothers Robinson have put aside their public differences and are now crisscrossing America celebrating the 30th anniversary of The Black Crowes’ debut album Shake Your Money Maker, which set the rock and roll world afire with such hits as “Twice As Hard”, the infectious “Jealous Again”, the […]

Despite the heat and humidity, it was nothing short of a glorious summer day on Boston Harbor on August 26th at Leader Bank Pavillion for The Spirit of The South Tour. Amidst the slight breeze and smell of salt in the air, fans of Blackberry Smoke, The Allman Betts Band and The Wild Feathers gathered […]

Akron, Ohio’s own, Chrissie Hynde, is back with the Pretender’s 11th studio album, Hate for Sale – a tasty, ten-track nugget that rocks, rolls and everything else in between. In just over forty years, Hynde has fronted the aforementioned rock and roll outfit with various members, and now she’s returned with a smashing new record – featuring the […]

Satch is back! Just when you thought that Joe Satriani might actually be relaxing and taking a break, it shouldn’t be a surprise anyone that the celebrated six-string virtuoso is currently busy prepping a new world tour in support of his amazing, new, record – Shapeshifting. He enlisted an eclectic, all-star cast of collaborators, that […]

Just one week out from Halloween, there was already a sense of ghoulish energy brewing at Somerville’s ONCE Ballroom on October 24th. Starcrawler, Los Angeles’ latest rock and roll sensation, literally hit the stage from all four sides and proceeded to mesmerize the audience with a feverish and enchanting set that included work from their […]

Hours before a daunting Nor’easter was set to hit New England, Northern Ireland’s Foy Vance and his crew set up shop at the historic Somerville Theatre outside Boston on Wednesday, October 16th. Foy (vocals/piano/guitar) and Paul Hamilton (drums/vocals) – delivered a moving and industrious set that was chock full of emotion and verve! It had […]

Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society and Boston’s BLS chapter were once again reunited for an explosive evening that proved to be an unforgiving assault on the senses. Black Label Society (Zakk Wylde/guitar/piano/vocals, John DeServio/bass, Jeff Fabb/drums and Dario Lorina/guitar, are currently touring behind the exceptional Grimmest Hits and celebrating the twentieth anniversary of their flagship […]