Official Indie

Alienation Tour

Three Days Grace

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2026-03-09

It was a Monday, of all days, and Three Days Grace tore it down at the Allstate Arena. It was honestly a great way to start the week, especially after a long day at work! Three Days Grace is currently on tour celebrating their latest album, Alienation, which is the first album they have released with both Matt Walst and Adam Gontier sharing vocal duties for the group! So of course, this tour is monumental if you ask me!

The set opened with a melody of some of their greatest hits playing over the P.A. system before the band came on the stage and got us rocking with "It's All Over". It was an incredible way to start the show! Matt and Adam were awesome at sharing...
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By Alexandra Geshel

Come Get Your Girl Tour

Lights

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2026-03-07

There are certain artists who I will always want to see live. Their tours feature impressive stage shows combined with great vocals and of course favourite songs. I will always try to see Yungblud, Jessie Murph, and The Beaches every time they come on tour. But my all time favourite artist to see live will always be Lights. Whenever she even begins talking about a possible tour I have high hopes that she will announce Detroit as a regional stop. With the announcement of the "Come Get Your Girl Tour" supporting her latest album, A6, I was determined to make sure to she her one more time. As expected, Lights did not disappoint!

We were treated to 21 songs through her set, which brought us a compilation from her expanding music catalog. While heavily influenced from A6 and the A6Extended edition, the set included songs from all her albums and...
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By Ken Kohlmeier

Lovercore Tour

Artemas

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2026-03-05

From joining TikTok in 2022, to playing Lollapalooza last year, to now selling out his headlining tour, Artemas is an artist who needs to be on your radar. He's really been blowing up over the last year. Artemas' songs have been catching a ton of traction on TikTok with people using his music for little trends, which have been paying off big for Artemas. As mentioned, last year, Artemas played Lollapalooza, and he did an after show and from what I've heard it sold out pretty fast, so when I heard he was bringing his Lovercore tour to The Salt Shed, I knew it was going to sell out fast.

This tour is also to help promote his new album, Lovercore, which is a great album and I recommend checking it out. If you are already a fan of the Artemas or if you are into alternative sync dance music you'll love the album. During this show, Artemas does an intro song then...
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By Alexandra Geshel

Stars Align Tour

Freya Skye

2026-02-24

With the release of her latest album, stardust, Freya Skye has been receiving a great deal of comparison to Olivia Rodrigo. I hate that. Let Freya be her own person! Yes, fans of Olivia will absolutely love the album, and particularly the song "why'd you have to call", but Freya isn't trying to be someone else. She is proudly her own person, focusing on doing the things she wants to do. Either through her music, or her acting, Freya is following her own path and those of us who appreciate her simply being herself are enjoying the journey and feel lucky to have been invited to be a part of it.

Currently on her Stars Align Tour, Freya brought her show to the Fillmore in Detroit for another sold out stop. Like many of the cities Freya is visiting, her fans lined up hours before the doors opened in order to secure their best spot for the show. It was a great international experience. You had a UK artist playing in an U.S. border city which allowed a multitude of her Canadian fans to attend the show. The world is so much more fun when politics are taken out of the equation and people are allowed to simply enjoy themselves. This was a...
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By Ken Kohlmeier

North America Tour 2026

Badflower

2026-02-22

Badflower is currently on their North America Tour 2026 headlining tour after being direct support for 311 last summer. As a hardcore Badflower fan, I could not be more pleased or excited! For those unfamiliar with Badflower, the best way to describe them would be they are a very alternative rock bad, but with some edge. A lot of their songs can definitely make you feel different emotions like rage, love, and even sadness but in the best way possible because it can make you feel less alone when you are going through something. The thing love the most about Badflower is that they bring the same energy from their records to live venues, it's one reason that I keep seeing these guys play! Another great thing about this band is their fan base is so fun and the band loves interacting with them.

If you are a long time Badflower fan like me, you'll definitely want to see them on this tour! The show was so much fun and the setlist was packed with both deep cuts and new stuff from their recent "No Place Like Home" album! Josh Katz, vocals/guitar, is still his fun goofy self and crowds surfs towards the end of the set which, if you ask me, is...
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By Alexandra Geshel

No Hard Feeling Wolrdwide Tour

The Beaches

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2025-11-09

What do you do when one of your favourite bands comes on tour, but you can't make it to the local show? Well, I waited a month for them to come back around to "the area" and made sure that I was able to get to that show. Sure, "the area" was two hours away instead of the 15 minutes my local show would have been, and then the weather that night added an extra hour driving time to the show and an extra 90 minutes coming back afterwards, but this concert was definitely worth the extra travel time that day and the extended wait for the show.

Having seen The Beaches multiple times, and never once being disappointed, it's hard to explain how much better this performance was compared to their other tours, especially since I've thoroughly enjoyed each and every one of their shows. But this tour is just on an entirely different level. Seeing the band grow from playing small venues that could...
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By Ken kohlmeier

Gold Star Baby World Tour

The Aces

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2025-11-08

It's been a minute since I last saw The Aces on tour. When I noticed they had a new album, Gold Star Baby, I had high hopes that a tour would soon follow. I kept checking my local venues, but I couldn't find any mention of them. I finally did what I should have done originally and checked out their website. Yes! The Aces are on tour! I noticed they are forgoing larger venues to play smaller clubs which add to the vibe of their latest album. For me, that meant driving to a small venue over an hour away in Ann Arbor instead of the usual Detroit venues about 15 minutes away. The Aces always put on a great show that makes it worth the extra effort to see them.

Their set began with music playing over the speaker system followed by the opening track from Gold Star Baby...
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By Ken kohlmeier

In Real Life Worldwide Tour 2025

Big Time Rush

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2025-08-10

Would you look at that, Big Time Rush is currently doing their In Real Life Worldwide Tour, but with 2 twists, the first being they are performing EVERY SINGLE SONG FROM THE SHOW! From "Big Time Rush" to "Giant Turd" to "Windows Down"! Well, every song aside from their Christmas songs as we are not in that season yet. The second twist is the openers on the tour are none other than Stephen Kramer Glickman, who was Gustavo, and then Katelyn Tarver, who played Jo Taylor on the show! I absolutely loved it and loved seeing them bring their old co-stars to join them during this tour!

I don't want to give away to much during this review but they are also picking...
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By Alexandra Geshel

Lollapalooza Aftershow

Gigi Perez

2025-07-31

Gigi Perez took a break from her current tour, opening for Hozier, to play this year's Lollapalooza - Chicago. I was lucky enough to catch her sold-out Hollister supported aftershow at Bottom Lounge. It was memorable! Gigi is so talented and this is the second time that I've been lucky enough to cover her.

I first caught wind of Gigi around 3 years on Tik Tok when her "Sailor Song" went viral. Hearing her singing it was just so unique. I would describe her musical style as "Alt-Folk", it's very mellow/chill and features beautiful lyrics. When I decided to cover her again, I know I'd have zero regrets because Gigi just sounds so good live. Her performance suits her sound, she doesn't move around on stage a lot, which is fine because her fans know her songs and sing them to her with giant smiles on their faces or holding signs saying how much they love her. It shows that you don't need flashy outfits or a huge stage show to get the fans excited. You really can just play on a stage with...
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By Alexandra Geshel

Lollapalooza Aftershow

Barry Can't Swim

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2025-07-30

If you are a fan of EDM than you likely already know and love Barry Can't Swim. I don't usually attend a lot of EDM shows, so I truly wasn't sure what to expect. All I knew was there would probably be a lot of lasers, massive amounts of dancing, and what seemed like a truck load of confetti. He had the whole Salt Shed moving, bouncing, and having fun!

Barry had three keyboards to himself, i wasn't expecting him to also have a drummer and another keyboardist. It really impressed me! The lighting was incredible bright on the crowd, but unfortunately the stage wasn't lit very well. Barry was hard to see, but it really brought the focus too the music over the musicians. I feel like it brings you...
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By Alexandra Geshel