The two bands that performed at the Sprint Center on Sunday night may have fanbases with a substantial overlap, but they are at diverging points in their careers. The Flaming Lips, who opened the show, are shedding a past that has rewarded them bountifully; the Black Keys are reaping their own rewards after preaching the same sound for more than a decade.
American Idol Live, June 30, Sprint Center. $33.50-$66
Strikingly different aspects of Gov’t Mule were displayed Tuesday at the Uptown Theater. After delivering a concise opening salvo, the band entertained an audience of about 1,000 with an eclectic second set of jazz, classic rock and heavy metal.
Four years after its last appearance in Kansas City, no one in Fleetwood Mac is younger than 63. Yes, the world is turning, and time makes you bolder and older, but Tuesday night at the Sprint Center the band showed that it somehow manages to keep its chain intact.
REO Speedwagon and Styx returned to Starlight Theater on Friday night for the fourth time in five years, and for a good reason. They always draws a big crowd. The bands aren’t who they used to be, but those details don’t matter when the live versions of the songs sound so much like the ways they were recorded.
Monday night's concert at the Midland featuring Brooklyn rapper Fabolous and opening act Pusha T has been canceled, promoters announced Sunday night. They offered no explanation but said ticket refunds would be available at the point of purchase.
