Rock Show Critique

In Conversation
Chip Z’nuff
July 2025

We spoke with Enuff Z’nuff historian and frontman/bass player Chip Z’nuff ahead of the release of the band’s latest album. Xtra Cherries will drop July 25th and we talk about the songs and how the album came together.

Concert Review
Shania Twain
Andy Grammar
Saturday July 19, 2025
Darien Lake Amphitheater
Darien Center, NY
Review/Photos: Joseph Suto

Shania Twain holds so many distinctive records and recognitions it would take quite a while to list them all here. The first one that stands out the most is that she is the best-selling female artist in country music history. That alone says a lot and that she did it with just six studio releases makes it more amazing. Seven number one singles topping the Country charts and three diamond album certifications in the U.S. alone. Continue reading →

Concert Review
Styx
Kevin Cronin 
Don Felder
Monday July 14, 2025
Empower FCU Amphitheater
Syracuse, NY
Review: Thom Jennings
Photos: Joseph Suto

The Brotherhood of Rock tour made its stop at Syracuse’s Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater on July 14, 2025, delivering a power-packed evening filled with rock and roll nostalgia and high-caliber performances. Headlined by Styx, with support from the Kevin Cronin Band and opener Don Felder, the show celebrated the past while proving that rock’s legacy lives on in the present. Continue reading →

Concert Review
Creed
Daughtry
Mammoth
Friday July 11, 2025
Empower FCU Amphitheater at Lakeview
Syracuse, NY
Review/Photos: Joseph Suto

It was a hot sticky night out at Empower FCU Amp last night. There was not a ticket to be had. When the venue announces on their Facebook page, “If you do not have a ticket, do not come to the venue, you know a show is completely sold out. You couldn’t fit another person in with a shoehorn. The closer you were to the stage the hotter it seamed. Regardless Creed, Daughtry and Mammoth delivered a solid night of music that left the crowd begging for more. Continue reading →

Concert Review
Rick Springfield
John Waite
Wang Chung
Paul Young
Saturday July 5, 2025
Artpark Outdoor Amphitheater
Lewiston, NY
Review/Photos: Joseph Suto

The past few years Rick Springfield has dabbled into the tour package world with the theme that all the artists came into prominence at some point during the 1980s. This year he brought Paul Young who toured in the 2023 package, Wang Chung who have appeared in many 80’s package combos and the legendary John Waite. Waite not only had his solo career blossom in the 80s, but hit big with supergroup Bad English before the 80’s came to a close. Continue reading →

Concert Review
Todd Rundgren
An Evening With
Thursday July 3, 2025
Artpark Mainstage Theater
Lewiston, NY
Review/Photos: Joseph Suto

Todd Rundgren played his first ever show at the Artpark Mainstage Theater last night. He did however play the outdoor venue once as a member of Ringo Starr’s All-Star band back in 2014. The set mirrored his last appearance in North Tonawanda last spring almost to a tee. Without a new record out Rundgren felt this tour of deep cuts needed to be heard some more as this leg is dubbed the Still Me/Still We tour as a continuation of his Me/We tour of last year. Continue reading →