Tate McRae playing Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Aug. 29 | Did You Hear?
Nov 18, 2024
Singer-songwriter-dancer Tate McRae watched her 2023 sophomore album, “Think Later” — buoyed by the success of massive hit song “greedy” — launch her into pop superstar territory. Next up for the Canadian artist is a victory lap in the form of her “Miss Possessive Tour,” which includes a show on Aug. 29 at Cleveland’s Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Tickets go on sale at 11 a.m. Nov. 22.
Comic Shane Gillis will perform on April 11 at Cleveland’s Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. (Courtesy of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse)
Comedian Shane Gillis is riding high. Not only did his recently released and highly acclaimed Netflix special, “Beautiful Dogs,” reach the Netflix Top 10 in five countries but earlier this year he made nice with “Saturday Night Live” hosting the same show he was fired from five years ago. Next up for the tell-it-like-it-is funnyman is a 2025 stateside tour that includes a show on April 11 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
Disney Concerts’ “Descendants/Zombies: Worlds Collide Tour” on Aug. 13 will celebrate both franchises with a show at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland. (Courtesy of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse)
While perhaps not generating the same screaming hysteria as a Taylor Swift Cleveland concert announcement, Disney Concerts’ “Descendants/Zombies: Worlds Collide” Tour is coming to Northeast Ohio. The high-profile bill includes a show on Aug. 13 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Featuring Kylie Cantrall, Freya Skye, Malia Baker, Malachi Barton, Dara Reneé, Joshua Colley and Mekonnen Knife, the arena tour celebrates the high-energy music from Disney’s “Descendants” and “Zombies” franchises.
Jack White will perform on April 16 at the Agora Theatre in Cleveland. (David James Swanson)
Post The White Stripes, Jack White‘s solo material often has strayed into esoterica. However, the creative blues-based alt-rocker returned this summer with his most cohesive rock album to date, “No Name,” which recently received a Best Rock Album Grammy Award nomination. The Detroit native is touring with a Cleveland date added for April 16 at the Agora Theatre. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Nov. 22.
Exactly 30 years after Meshell Ndegeocello scored her biggest hit, the duet cover with John Mellencamp of Van Morrison’s “Wild Night,” the singer-songwriter is still going strong supporting her latest album “No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin” with a show Jan. 22 at the Agora Theatre.
After appearing at the House of Blues last year, rising country-folk artist Charles Wesley Godwin returns to the Rock Hall City for a show show on Feb. 6 at the Agora Theatre.
San Diego-based reggae act Tribal Seeds, touring in support of its fifth studio album, “Ancient Blood,” has booked a show on March 1 show at the Agora Theatre.
Surviving motherhood is hard. Just ask Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley, the co-hosts of the popular #IMOMSOHARD podcast. The Los Angeles-based comedians will be touring next year with a show on March 2 at the Agora Theatre.
Post-punk U.K. act Fontaines D.C. is hoping to parlay its homeland success to the states. The Grammy Award-nominated quintet, supporting new album “Romance,” comes through Cleveland for a show on May 8 at the Agora Theatre.
Japanese folk singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ichiko Aoba has announced a U.S. Tour that includes a show on May 10 at the Agora Theatre.
If you can’t get enough of a cappella group Straight No Chaser’s holiday shows, you’re in luck. The popular holiday group appears on Dec. 13 at the Akron Civic Theatre, followed by a Cleveland show on Dec. 21 at Playhouse Square.
Northeast Ohio’s own rock ’n’ roll visionary Neil Zaza announced his Mozart-meets-Hendrix Christmas show “One Silent Night” returns for a show Dec. 21 at the Goodyear Theater in Akron.
Canceled for harassment and mistreatment, Ryan Adams continues to make his way back into the good graces of society with yet another tour. “An Evening With Ryan Adams” is scheduled for June 25 at Akron’s Goodyear Theater.
Comedian-actor Eddie Griffin, who last appeared in 2023 feature film “All You Need is Blood,” announced another stand-up comedy tour that includes a show on Jan. 24 at MGM Northfield Park Center Stage.
Fans of “The Simpsons” know Grand Funk Railroad as “The wild shirtless lyrics of Mark Farner. The bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher. The competent drum work of Don Brewer.” These days the latter two are still going strong in the band known for ’70s hits “We’re an American Band,” “I’m Your Captain (Closer to Home),” “The Loco-motion,” “Shinin’ On” and “Some Kind of Wonderful.” The classic-rock act plays on March 1 at MGM Northfield Park Center Stage.
Can you hear Jimi? If so, you’ll want to check out the “Experience Hendrix 2025” Tour, featuring Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Eric Johnson, Devon Allman and more. The powerful bill rolls through Northeast Ohio for a show on March 14 at MGM Northfield Park Center Stage.
Fast approaching: State Champs, 7 p.m. Nov. 24, Agora Theatre, $35 to $65, and Welshly Arms, 7 p.m. Nov. 29, House of Blues, $39 to $119.