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 NEPA Scene Staff

Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Beth Hart rock the blues at Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Aug. 2

Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Beth Hart rock the blues at Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Aug. 2

From a press release: It was announced today that the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band and the Beth Hart Band are coming to the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre for a collaborative evening of blues rock on Thursday, Aug. 2 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, which are $34.75, $39.75, $49.75, $59.75, and $74.75, plus fees, go on […]

 Rich Howells

Tickets for final Vans Warped Tour at Montage Mountain in Scranton are on sale now

Tickets for final Vans Warped Tour at Montage Mountain in Scranton are on sale now

Following the Vans Warped Tour’s major announcement back in November that the annual traveling punk rock festival will be coming to an end in 2018 after 24 years, Early Bird tickets for its last stop at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton on Thursday, July 26 went on sale today. The tickets, which are […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

John Popper of Blues Traveler is first act announced at RiverJazz Festival in Bethlehem on May 2

John Popper of Blues Traveler is first act announced at RiverJazz Festival in Bethlehem on May 2

From a press release: After Grammy Award-winning psychedelic blues rock band Blues Traveler takes their 30th Anniversary Tour to Wilkes-Barre, frontman John Popper will kick off the popular RiverJazz Festival at the ArtsQuest Center’s Musikfest Café in Bethlehem on Wednesday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, which are $36-$49, go on sale this Tuesday, Feb. […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

12 local singers compete in NEPA Sings! fundraising competition in Kingston on April 12

12 local singers compete in NEPA Sings! fundraising competition in Kingston on April 12

From a press release: After holding auditions last month, the Wilkes-Barre nonprofit organization Court Appointed Special Advocates of Luzerne County will host its NEPA Sings! competition on Thursday, April 12 at 5:30 p.m. 12 local performers were selected to compete in the finals, which will take place at the Kirby Center for the Creative Arts […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

After 21 years, Metallica returns to Bryce Jordan Center in State College on Oct. 20

After 21 years, Metallica returns to Bryce Jordan Center in State College on Oct. 20

From a press release: They dropped a few hints this past weekend and now it is official – Metallica’s WorldWired Tour returns to North America this fall. Following last summer’s 25-date sold-out stadium run, this year Metallica is bringing the in-the-round production currently being seen in European arenas to the United States and Canada, kicking […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

Influential metalcore band Underoath takes No Fix Tour to Sands Bethlehem Event Center on May 6

Influential metalcore band Underoath takes No Fix Tour to Sands Bethlehem Event Center on May 6

From a press release: After disbanding in 2013 and reuniting in 2015, Underøath are officially back with a new album next month, and the Florida metalcore band will take their national No Fix Tour with Dance Gavin Dance, Veil of Maya, and Limbs to the Sands Bethlehem Event Center on Sunday, May 6 at 7 […]

 Rich Howells

STREAMING: Wilkes-Barre’s Breaking Benjamin sheds ‘Blood’ in heavy new track

STREAMING: Wilkes-Barre’s Breaking Benjamin sheds ‘Blood’ in heavy new track

Multi-platinum rock band Breaking Benjamin is less than two months away from releasing their next album, “Ember,” and the Wilkes-Barre group been putting out singles since January in anticipation of their sixth full-length through Hollywood Records. The third new song, “Blood,” was made public today, another heavy track from what the band has promised will […]

 Rich Howells

Strength for a Reason plays entire debut album at NEPA hardcore show in Wilkes-Barre on April 21

Strength for a Reason plays entire debut album at NEPA hardcore show in Wilkes-Barre on April 21

Many popular bands are rewarding longtime fans by performing their first or seminal albums live in their entirety so, after years of requests, Nanticoke hardcore band Strength for a Reason will play their entire debut album, “Show and Prove,” at a hardcore showcase at The Other Side in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday, April 21 at 5:30 […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

Glam metal band Warrant plays Rock 107 Birthday Bash at The Woodlands in Wilkes-Barre on April 4

Glam metal band Warrant plays Rock 107 Birthday Bash at The Woodlands in Wilkes-Barre on April 4

From a press release: Scranton classic rock radio station Rock 107 has announced that Los Angeles glam metal band Warrant will headline its annual Birthday Bash at The Woodlands Inn in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday, April 4. In addition to door prizes, giveaways, drinks, and a birthday cake (maybe even a “Cherry Pie”), opening the 38th […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

Multi-platinum rock band REO Speedwagon plays at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on Sept. 21

Multi-platinum rock band REO Speedwagon plays at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on Sept. 21

From a press release: It was announced today that chart-topping, multi-platinum classic rock band REO Speedwagon is rolling into Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on Friday, Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. Tickets, which are $53 for regular reserved seating or $58 for the pit (standing room only), go on sale next Friday, March 2 at […]