LOCAL CONCERT ALERT (Tarnished), Halloween Party #15 Details, And Pop Evil/Buckcherry Videos!!

Before we dive into this weekend's concert previews, a surprise mid-week SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERT has led me to get an early start in this regard, along with preliminary details on an annual concert staple, plus lots of videos from a recent major concert. Here's what you should know!

New Sault Michigan hard rock band Tarnished will play a special outdoor concert TODAY at the Sault Ste. Marie Farmers' Market at 111 East Portage Avenue! Apologies for the short notice, this show was only announced via the band's Facebook page on Monday. Adding to the Banned successors' slate of unconventional acoustic gigs around the E.U.P. and abroad, the prospect of live music at the Farmers' Market isn't all that strange if you regularly attend this event at the corner of Portage and Ashmun, as live unplugged music has been a standard sight on these Wednesdays and Saturdays this summer. Hopefully Alex and Josh deliver another fun set of hard rocking covers TODAY at 4:00 PM! This is absolutely an all ages event with no cover charge, though visit the above links for more details on the Farmers' Market proper. While we're in the concert preview business, let's tackle Tarnished's Biggby Coffee matinee TOMORROW MORNING as well!

As promoted via this Facebook event page, Tarnished's "every Thursday" run at the Ashmun Street coffee shop marches on, so look for more hard rocking tunes for tips and coffee there tomorrow! As usual for this run of shows, this is a special 10:30 AM show with no age limits or cover charges. Visit the above links for more details, here's Tarnished live, and stay tuned for our preview of The Sugar Island Music Festival (and Ashmun Alive?!)

Next up, J.D. Pearce's fifteenth annual Halloween party concert will take place in Sault Ontario on Friday, November 1st, and while there's a lot to say, there are a lot of unknowns as well! Unusually taking place after Halloween this year (presumably as the October 24th weekend was considered to be too early), the event has returned to a one night format for unannounced reasons, after running for two nights in each of the last two years. We're not calling this as a full concert on the site yet, as a venue has not been publicized, but the party has been hosted on one/both floors of The Algonquin Hotel in all but one year since 2012, though note that last year's was briefly advertised to take place at Soo Blaster in it's early promotion. For a fifth straight year, the Halloween Party will feature a lineup devoted to locally-formed tribute bands, specifically tackling the music of Rob (and White) Zombie, The Foo Fighters, and Volbeat. Identities have not been revealed yet, but past history may give some hints.

Remember that Cherry Crush members formed the short-term side project The Soo Fighters for this event in 2017, Stegadeth members used to cover Volbeat frequently in the fittingly named T-Rex Manning side project Pools of Booze, and J.D. (of Jack Spades fame) traditionally fronts at least one band each year. Could these be close to the mark, or will we be thrown a curveball? Expect a costume contest at this 19+ event just after Halloween, which will have $10 tickets that go on sale soon, and a 9:00 PM start time is likely. It's great to see the party back for year #15, so visit the official Facebook event page for continuing updates as they roll in!

Finally, here's a bunch of videos from the Pop Evil/Buckcherry concert outside of the Sault Michigan Kewadin Casino this past weekend, courtesy of Christopher Paci's great YouTube channel once again! Chris got 17 videos this past Saturday, though he did not film openers Joyous Wolf, who were indeed moved over to this concert following the Drowning Pool postponement. Starting with the headlining Muskegon hard rock quintet, Chris shot a whopping eleven videos of Pop Evil on the outdoor stage, including renditions of "Boss's Daughter", "Deal With The Devil", "Torn To Pieces", "Be Legendary",  "Monster You Made", "When We Were Young", "A Crime To Remember", "Footsteps", "Waking Lions", "Trenches", and as embedded below, "100 in a 55." Solid quality on these videos, and Pop Evil sound as good as ever from their past local stops, though nightfall means that the outside setting isn't as obvious. Give these a look above & below!



To close, Chris did shoot six videos of Anaheim hard rock quintet Buckcherry on this night, though the sun hadn't set yet, so you get a good look at the stage setup here! His videos include surprise covers of Nine Inch Nails' "Head Like A Hole" and Kenny Loggins' "Footloose", plus the originals "Bent", "Lit Up", "Sorry", and as embedded below, the set-closing "Crazy Bitch", as extended thanks to solos, jamming, and crediting the band members. I'm not a huge Buckcherry fan, but they sound good compared to the studio versions, and fans will enjoy these renditions as seen above & below!



That's all for today, but stay tuned for weekend concert previews on the site tomorrow! Thanks everyone!