Posts Tagged ‘Red Rocks’
FEED THE ROCKS: Disco Biscuits, Shpongle, and RJD2 @ Red Rocks, April 27th
A week ago, a brand new website popped up at www.feedtherocks.com, promising an Earth Day Event at Red Rocks Amphitheater on April 27th. More info was just released and the all-day show will be headlined by The Disco Biscuits, Shpongle and RJD2. Tickets go on sale for the... more
VIDEO: Umphrey’s McGee to Release 2012 Colorado Run on Blu-Ray
Just last month, Umphrey's McGee played an epic two-night run in Colorado and recorded the whole thing for an eventual release. They moved quickly on the production and already have pre-order info up along with a nice HD sample of a raging 19-minute version of "Ocean Billy" from the 9/14... more
PHOTOS / RECAP : Big Gigantic, Dillon Francis, Macklemore, GRiZ, & Raw Russ @ Red Rocks 9/29
Big Huge Monstrously Gargantuan. That is how I will see Big Gigantic after Rowdytown on Saturday. Their quasi-festival Red Rocks headlining debut seems to mark the beginning of a new age for the Boulder-based duo filled with incredible production and rowdy die-hard fandom. As a close friend of mine put... more
SETLIST / VIDEO: My Morning Jacket @ Red Rocks 8/4/12
My Morning Jacket wrapped up their 2-night run at Red Rocks last night with another killer setlist and guest spots by Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, Band of Horses front man Ben Bridwell, and John Oates of Hall and Oates. An official recording from the show will be available soon... more
SETLIST: My Morning Jacket @ Red Rocks, CO 8/3/12
My Morning Jacket played the first of two nights at Red Rocks Amphitheatre last night and will play a no-repeats show tonight at the same venue and the show will be webcast on AXS TV. Band of Horses and Trombone Shorty opened the show that included a few rare covers... more
MMJ Shares Washed Out “Outta My System” Remix, Tour Kicks Off Tonight
In anticipation of the highly-anticipated Spontaneous Curation Series U.S. kickoff shows tonight in Salt Lake City and this weekend at Red Rocks (where the band is promising no repeats!), My Morning Jacket released Washed Out's remix of "Outta My System", replete with introspective interludes sounding a little bit like they... more
EPIC PREVIEW: Rowdytown lineup announcement! (Big Gigantic, Dillon Francis, GRiZ, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Raw Russ)
We have been biting our nails waiting for the lineup announcement for Rowdytown, Big Gigantic’s first ever headlining Red Rocks event, and yesterday, our patience was rewarded. Dillon Francis, GRiZ, Macklemore, and Raw Russ will be joining these big time Boulder natives for this concert of epic proportions, and now... more
News: Wilco Round-up | Live Downloads, Late Night TV & Tour Info
Wilco has been pretty busy the past few months. Friday, they headlined the 2012 Newport Folk Festival which you can now stream from NPR's archives. A few weeks ago they played the famous Red Rocks Amphitheater, then closed out a stellar run of shows in New York City... more
EPIC PREVIEW: Global Dance Festival 2012 @ Red Rocks
It’s about that time again! Colorado’s premier EDM festival event is hitting Red Rocks this weekend for its tenth anniversary and this years lineup is absolutely legendary. After the wildly successful Global Dub Festival a few months back, the Global Dance organizers have really stepped up their game since years... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: Foster the People (w/ Mayer Hawthorne / Kimbra) @ Red Rocks, 7/3/12
If you are the kind of person who goes to a lot of shows, as I am sure our readers surely are, you probably have been to a few where you just felt out of place. Either the genre isn’t quite your style or the crowd isn’t quite your scene... more
PHOTOS / VIDEO / SETLIST: String Cheese Incident @ Red Rocks 7/7/12
The big elephant-in-the-room word on everyone's mind in Colorado this summer has definitely been FIRE. They were burning all up and down the state causing many to lose homes and many more to evacuate theirs. I even saw flames from my front door just a couple weeks ago. Luckily they've... more
SETLIST / VIDEO: Wilco @ Red Rocks 6/22/12
Wilco began a two-night run at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO yesterday and they invited some awesome openers with them for the affair. Last night featured openers The Punch Brothers, and Wilco invited the full band out for a stirring rendition of "California Stars" as part of the... more
PHOTOS / VIDEO / SETLIST: STS9 @ Red Rocks Amphitheater 6/16/12
After Ghostland Observatory and Mimosa laid it down on Friday night, it was STS9's turn for a ragin' show at Red Rocks Amphitheater the following night. There's no better way to spend a Saturday in Colorado than at Red Rocks in Morrison. This beautiful venue continues to showcase what is... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: Ghostland Observatory, MiM0SA and ZION-I @ Red Rocks 6/15/12
Last Friday, Zion-I, MiM0SA, and Ghostland Observatory took the stage at Red Rocks, delivering a multi-genre musical experience that far exceed my expectations. Having seen all three artists play multiple times at festivals in the past few months (Snowball, Altitude Festival, Wakarusa, and Bonnaroo), I wasn't exactly sure how this... more
PHOTOS / RECAP: Bassnectar @ Red Rocks, CO 6/2/12
Bassnectar came back to Morrison, CO last Saturday for the second night of his SOLD OUT two-night Red Rocks run. Between nights, there was a vicious wind storm that caused his insane lighting and sound setup to collapse. As a result all of the attendees were called or e-mailed and... more
PHOTOS: Global Dub Festival @ Red Rocks, CO 5/18/12
Photos by Patrick Hagan and Ben Giordano, words by Patrick Hagan Global Dub Festival returned to Red Rocks Amphitheatre to kick off the summer for its celebration of ear-splitting dubstep music. This year marked a landmark attraction of talent from across the Atlantic who filled Red Rocks to the top with... more
LMB CO: Red Rocks Summer 2012 Preview
Living in Colorado is great. You have access to world class skiing and snowboarding, 300 days of sunshine per year, and some of the best micro-brewed beer in the country, however you can't really say you've experienced the best of the Centennial state without a trip to Red Rocks Amphitheater.... more
Pretty Lights Announces Red Rocks Run
Very excited to see the news of Pretty Lights returning to Red Rocks for a two-night run this August 17-18, 2012; here's the info from his team... Derek Vincent Smith aka Pretty Lights is bringing his banging, soulful beats and mind blowing visual experience to Red Rocks Amphitheatre Friday, August 17... more
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Bassnectar @ Red Rocks Sells Out; 2nd Show Added [UPDATED]
As we all know Bassnectar is playing a show at Red Rocks on June 2nd. As we all expected, tickets would sell out fast. And they did. So, Bassnectar has just unofficially announced through Facebook that he will add another night at Red Rocks on June 1st. It's not... more
PHOTOS / SETLIST: Furthur @ Red Rocks, CO 10/2/11
Our friend Derek McCabe was at all three nights of Furthur at Red Rocks and we're psyched to be able to feature his amazing photo galleries from the shows. Here is the third and final set from the three night run... Furthur 2011-10-02 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, CO Set One 01 Samson and Delilah 02 Reuben... more
PHOTOS / SETLIST: Furthur @ Red Rocks, CO 10/1/11
Our friend Derek McCabe was at all three nights of Furthur at Red Rocks and we're psyched to be able to feature his amazing photo galleries from the shows. Read on for Derek's photos from night two... Furthur 2011-10-01 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, CO Set One 01. One More Saturday Night 02. Sitting on Top of... more
PHOTOS / SETLIST: Furthur @ Red Rocks, CO 9/30/11
Our friend Derek McCabe was at all three nights of Furthur at Red Rocks just a week and a half ago now, and his photo galleries from the show came out incredible. Musically the band was pulling out some of the stops that the venue's storied heritage absolutely demanded,... more
VIDEO: Furthur – “Help on the Way / Slipknot” (Live @ Red Rocks 10/2/11)
While I was in Golden Gate Park on Sunday watching Grateful Dead tribute band, Dark Star Orchestra, the boys in Furthur were laying a hurt on the fans in Denver with a three-night run at Red Rocks with a few bust-outs and a Chris Robinson sit-in on night one. ... more
Photos / Videos: Pretty Lights @ Red Rocks, Colorado 8/13/11
Our friend Greg Maximov (drummer for The Neurovoltaic Orchestra) recently flew out to Colorado to catch the Pretty Lights show at Red Rocks and took an amazing set of photos while him and his friends bopped along with Derek Vincent Smith's latest visual and aural assault on the famed amphitheater.... more
Video: Pretty Lights + Adam Deitch = Joy
I've been pretty inspired by Pretty Lights lately and I've been rocking his music ever since seeing his set at Outside Lands this year, but I'm bummed that we didn't get the new Pretty Lights with drummer extraordinaire Adam Deitch. He adds a whole element to the sound that... more
iClips Reruns: Primus @ Red Rocks, Trey @ the Pageant Now!
If you're just chilling at your computer you should absolutely be watching the iClips.net double-header re-broadcast of the Primus set from Red Rocks last month along with a re-broadcast of the Trey Anastasio live set that was recorded at The Pageant in St. Louis from this past February. Primus... more
Pretty Lights: New EP, New Drummer, Sell-Out at Red Rocks
Happy Monday, folks. I'm excitedly catching up on news today after an amazing weekend here in SF, and one of the first things I'm checking on is how the Wanderlust Festival went down in Squaw Valley here in Northern Cali. I wouldn't normally get too amped about that... more
Tour Dates: Red Rocks and Blue Lineup (UM, Galactic, & Wailers)
One of the other great events going down Fourth of July weekend will be taking place right about halfway between High Sierra and Nateva Festival at Red Rocks Ampitheatre. Umphrey's McGee and Galactic are teaming up to throwdown the day before Independence Day and it should be a rad... more
STS9 Announce Openers for Red Rocks Run
thievery : ghostland : more : red rocks [sts9.com] Following up an event like 2009’s sold out show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre is no easy feat. Well, we notched it. Joining STS9 at this years Red Rocks run will be THIEVERY CORPORATION (9/10), GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY (9/11), BIG GIGANTIC (9/11)... more
Video: Mock Show Poster Show @ Red Rocks
One of the best parts of the Phish @ Red Rocks 2009 run was the Mock Show poster exhibition on the third day of the four-night set of shows. Some nice fan put together a great video summary of the event: The Mock Show, Denver Colorado 08/01/2009 from Jeremy Sewell... more
