Keith Perks

PHOTOS: Rock’N Derby, Day 2 – Anthrax, Halestorm, Sebastian Bach, Chevy Metal, and more, 05/21/16

PHOTOS: Rock’N Derby, Day 2 – Anthrax, Halestorm, Sebastian Bach, Chevy Metal, and more, 05/21/16

New Jersey-based SLP Concerts and GameLoud, the organizers behind popular festival events like The Bamboozle, Skate and Surf Festival, and Food Truck & Rock Carnival, launched the inaugural Rock’N Derby festival at the Schaghticoke Fairgrounds in Schaghticoke, New York on May 20-22, delivering three days of top-notch heavy metal and hard rock, along with a […]

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PHOTOS: Rock’N Derby, Day 1 – Five Finger Death Punch, Scott Stapp, Lamb of God, Clutch, and more, 05/20/16

PHOTOS: Rock’N Derby, Day 1 – Five Finger Death Punch, Scott Stapp, Lamb of God, Clutch, and more, 05/20/16

New Jersey-based SLP Concerts and GameLoud, the organizers behind popular festival events like The Bamboozle, Skate and Surf Festival, and Food Truck & Rock Carnival, launched the inaugural Rock’N Derby festival at the Schaghticoke Fairgrounds in Schaghticoke, New York on May 20-22, delivering three days of top-notch heavy metal and hard rock, along with a […]

 Keith Perks

PHOTOS: 3 Doors Down and Candlebox at Sands Bethlehem Event Center, 05/19/16

PHOTOS: 3 Doors Down and Candlebox at Sands Bethlehem Event Center, 05/19/16

Multi-platinum-selling 3 Doors Down, known for No. 1 hits like “Kryptonite,” “Duck and Run,” “Loser,” “Be Like That,” “When I’m Gone,” and “Here Without You,” returned to the Sands Bethlehem Event Center in support of their latest album, “Us and the Night,” on Thursday, May 19. The Mississippi rockers were joined on this particular night […]

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PHOTOS: Ghost and The Shrine at Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, 04/14/16

PHOTOS: Ghost and The Shrine at Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, 04/14/16

They’re known simply as Ghost, but there is nothing simple about the elaborate presentation that the Swedish heavy metal band brings to every show, including the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg on April 14. This marked the 100th concert in their “Black to the Future” tour, which began last year and continues to darken North America […]

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PHOTOS: Ringo Deathstarr, Stargazer Lilies, Desert Mountain Tribe, and Down to Six in Wilkes-Barre, 04/09/16

PHOTOS: Ringo Deathstarr, Stargazer Lilies, Desert Mountain Tribe, and Down to Six in Wilkes-Barre, 04/09/16

Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band may be coming to Wilkes-Barre in June, but Texas rock band Ringo Deathstarr has already landed in the Diamond City, headlining another fantastic night of alternative indie rock at The Other Side on Saturday, April 9. Two Northeastern Pennsylvania acts, psych shoegaze band The Stargazer Lilies and alt […]

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PHOTOS: Pennsylvania Golden Gloves boxing at Mall at Steamtown in Scranton, 03/19/16

PHOTOS: Pennsylvania Golden Gloves boxing at Mall at Steamtown in Scranton, 03/19/16

Live boxing returned to the Electric City after many years on Saturday, March 19 in a very unconventional venue, breathing new life into a Scranton mall that many assumed had tapped out. The Pennsylvania Golden Gloves held its Central District quarterfinals in the food court of The Mall at Steamtown, drawing close to 1,000 excited […]

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PHOTOS: Scranton St. Patrick’s Parade, 03/12/16

PHOTOS: Scranton St. Patrick’s Parade, 03/12/16

There are three St. Patrick’s Day parades in Northeastern Pennsylvania, but the biggest continues to reign supreme. The Scranton St. Patrick’s Parade is the second largest in the country, with over 12,000 participants and about 100,000 spectators annually. From a rockin’ outdoor party at the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel with Nowhere Slow to fire breathing […]

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PHOTOS: Pittston City St. Patrick’s Parade, 03/05/16

PHOTOS: Pittston City St. Patrick’s Parade, 03/05/16

It may not be as long-running or as well-known as the Scranton and Wilkes-Barre parades, but there was just as much green attire and Irish spirit on display at the third annual Pittston City St. Patrick’s Parade on Saturday, March 5. After it disappeared for decades, the parade returned to downtown Pittston on March 8, […]

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PHOTOS: Rhett Miller and Salim Nourallah at the Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre, 02/20/16

PHOTOS: Rhett Miller and Salim Nourallah at the Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre, 02/20/16

Rhett Miller of the Old 97’s went solo on Saturday, Feb. 20 for a simple and intimate concert that was part of the F.M. Kirby Center’s ongoing “Live from the Chandelier Lobby” series. Supporting his latest album, “The Traveler,” Wilkes-Barre was just one of many stops on his seemingly never-ending tour, which included an opening […]

 Keith Perks

PHOTOS: The ClamStompers CD release party at Susquehanna Tavern in Exeter, 01/16/16

PHOTOS: The ClamStompers CD release party at Susquehanna Tavern in Exeter, 01/16/16

Wilkes-Barre duo Aaron McCurdy and Katie Kelly, now known as The ClamStompers, brought a foot-stomping good time to The Susquehanna Tavern in Exeter on Saturday, Jan. 16 when they released their debut EP, “Dwayne.” “Dwayne” is named after the fictional character that each song on the album is about, as Kelly explained in the exclusive […]