It is no secret that I love to see people succeed. I especially love it when women succeed by chasing their dreams, their passions and never give up on what makes them independently happy! San Diego native, multi-award winning, singer/songwriter, Kathryn Cloward is one of those women! A woman, that had a young girl’s dream, […]
Bash Fest is an event that began when NAMM kicked off and continued on through January 20th, where the Bonzo Bash was about to happen. It all takes place at the old-school Yost Theatre in downtown Santa Ana. What’s Bonzo Bash you ask? Well…it’s only a tribute to one of the world’s best drummers, Led […]
Music history will be made when Deep Purple and Alice Cooper, joined by special guest, The Edgar Winter Band, visit 19 cities across America this summer on an epic rock tour, announced today. Produced by Live Nation, the tour will also serve as the Long Goodbye Tour for Deep Purple, and begins Saturday, August 12 in Las […]
Have You Ever Heard of BASH FEST? I’ve never heard of it before, but nearly everyone who was at the Yost Theatre in Santa Ana on the 18th of January seemed to. It was previously called the California Music Festival, but BASH FEST sounds much cooler! (I think so) First thing, the Yost Theatre, where […]
INTERVIEWS DURING NAMM WEEK 1 – Steve Smyth (One Machine) Randy Scoles & Larry Hart (The Greg Golden Band) Roni Lee (Roni Lee Band) 2 – Shari Puorto (Shari Puorto Band) Mike Lull (Mike Lull Custom Basses) Joe Viwatkurkul & John Ebola (Music Freelancer) Michael Hernandez (Aerial) 3 – Gil Vasquez & Brian Devereaux (TonePros) […]
The stars came out in droves and Backstage360 was proud to have covered the first awards ceremony for the history of heavy metal. CEO / Founder Pat Gesualdo brimmed with enthusiasm as he expounded the virtues of this (his) new organization and it was rousing to hear. Pat is doing a great thing for Metal […]
It was a night to remember Killer guitarist, Ronnie Montrose and those in attendance certainly did. As the evening unfolded, I found myself out on the red carpet talking to some of the who’s-who of the rock world as they showed up to, not only remember the man, but PLAY and pay tribute to him […]
In recognition to their fans for 20 years down, Third Eye Blind will, for the first time in their storied history, play their debut album, considered one of the great rock records of all time, in its entirety, as part of a night of music including their latest, We Are Drugs. The 31-show amphitheater tour […]
“I Want To Know What Love Is.” “Cold As Ice.” “Hot Blooded.” “Juke Box Hero.” FOREIGNER, the band behind these classic and iconic songs, is turning 40 this year and they’re bringing their friends along for the year-long celebration. First up is a mammoth worldwide tour, set to launch in Syracuse, NY on July 11th. […]
First off, we want to thank Mr. Brian Tichy for putting this amazing show together and for inviting Backstage360 to cover this event. Let’s start out with the amazing house band that Brian puts together every year. It is comprised of Dewey Bragg on vocals, Rudy Sarzo on Bass, Steve Fariazzo on Keys, Phil Soussan, […]