Tag: August Burns Red

April \m/etal show photos + reviews: Cradle of Filth, Arch Enemy, Meshuggah, and more!

Photo Galleries and Show Reviews by: Alan Ralph @ConcertGoingPro

Beginning the last weekend of March and into April, San Francisco (and Spinning Platters!) has gotten very \m/etal!  Just look at the list of 60+ band names on the left column (on mobile, look near the bottom of the page), this does not happen too often around here anymore…

Spinning Platters is going to attempt to attend, photograph, and review as many of these as possible, and throughout the month will report back here with our findings (photos and possibly a review) shortly after each show! \m/

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Show Review: August Burns Red 20th Anniversary in Las Vegas

Photos and review by: Alan Ralph @ConcertGoingPro

Every band has an actual start date that they can say is their official beginning.  Likewise, every album has an actual official release date.  Somewhere along the way, some band somewhere was probably in-between albums and decided that their anniversary would make a great reason to tour… and well, the idea caught on, and is still going strong.

No one appears to like anniversaries more than August Burns Red. They have had quite a few anniversary tours — there was the 10th anniversary of their album Messengers in 2016, the 10th anniversary of their album Constellations in 2019, and the 10th anniversary of their album Leveler in 2021. For each of these tours, the entire album was performed. Now in 2023, there is the current 20th anniversary tour… not of an album, but of the band itself! Continue reading “Show Review: August Burns Red 20th Anniversary in Las Vegas”