Bret Michaels

Big Boi, The Mountain Goats, Steely Dan, Twangfest 17 and More in This Week's Show Announcements

Here again: every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention, followed by embedded YouTube videos; there, you can check out some of the artists you may not be familiar with. Page two contains our complete listing of new sho ... More >>

The Top Ten Douchiest Guitar Players of All Time

By Nate Jackson Hey, we can all appreciate a quality guitar god. Anyone who considers themselves a fan of music knows the joy of watching their favorite axe man/woman go on a tear and destroy the crowd with their fast-fingered prowess, signature style and lush mane of flowing hair. It's the textboo ... More >>

Show Announcements: Week of September 23

The Prince of Darkness, the Godfather of Metal, the Man Who Chews through Living Creatures will terrorize Scottrade on December 10. ​ Blueberry Hill *Dave Barnes, November 4 *Devon Allman's Honeytribe, November 6 *Jaron and the Long Road to Love, October 14 The Firebird *Hawthorne Heights, ... More >>

Flamingo Bowl's Katie Gwaltney: Featured Bartender of the Week

Welcome to Girl Walks into a Bar, a weekly Gut Check feature that spotlights local bars and bartenders. This week Alissa Nelson profiles Flamingo Bowl bartender Katie Gwaltney. Below is a Q&A with Gwaltney, followed by a video of her mixing a Spiced Chocolate Martini. Alissa NelsonHow do you like y ... More >>

New Album Release Highlights: Tuesday, July 6

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Big Boi's highly anticipated new album, Sir Lucious Left Foot​*Big Boi, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty Big Boi's debut solo album has been ye ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: Friday, June 25 to Sunday, June 27

asarofamily.comTool will play the Family Arena this Saturday​ Friday, June 25 *Michael Bublé, Scottrade Center *Cage the Elephant/22-20s/AutoVaughn, The Pageant *New World Spirits/Gravity Kills/Soul Kiss/The Hunted, Roberts Orpheum Theater *A Cursive Memory, Fubar *Zane Lamprey/Marc Ryan/Stev ... More >>

Review Photos Setlist: Bret Michaels Defeats Death, Brings '80s Glam Metal to Rib America

Jon GitchoffBret Michaels at Rib America Festival, May 29, 2010. See an entire slideshow here.​Mortality and rock & roll usually don't mix. The whole point of rock music, especially at the retro-heavy Rib America Festival at Soldiers' Memorial this weekend, is to be forever young. But there wa ... More >>

Ten Things to Do for $10 This Memorial Day Weekend: May 28-31, 2010

Looking for something to do this Memorial Day weekend? Here's a list of ten events around town that will cost you $10 or less. ​Homecoming: Fluxus and Visual Poetry by Regional Natives (Opens Friday) This new art exhibition opens Friday. Writes Paul Friswold: "Some people will tell you that F ... More >>

Rib America Festival

5 p.m. Friday, noon Saturday and Sunday and 12:15 p.m. Monday, May 28-31. Soldiers Memorial, 1315 Chestnut Street.

Bret Michaels Is Still Apparently a Go for the Rib America Festival

​Bret Michaels -- who had a subarachnoid brain hemorrhage on April 21, nine days after he had to have an emergency appendectomy -- is still scheduled to play the 2010 Rib America Festival on May 29 in downtown St. Louis, a representative confirmed to A to Z yesterday. This echoes a People maga ... More >>

Top Five Music Festival-Inspired Flavors for Ben & Jerry's Consideration.

Every spring, when the music festivals are unveiling their line-ups, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream also reveals their new flavors. This year, the two have collided with Ben & Jerry's Bonnaroo BUZZ. Ian McCulloch: You know what would go great with that wine? Ice cream.​ The company's website descri ... More >>

Rod Blagojevich on Celebrity Apprentice: Week Four

Image source​Friends, for four weeks now, we've been watching Rod Blagojevich together on Celebrity Apprentice. It hasn't always been great -- actually, since every episode is now two hours, most of it is actually pretty damned boring, especially the parts where the celebrities meet the recipi ... More >>

St. Louis Show Announcements: Week of March 25

The Pageant*The New Pornographers/The Dodos June 28*Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros/Dawes, June 14 *Kevin Hart, April 30   ​Old Rock House*Gregory Alan Isakov, March 27*Honor Society, April 8*The Subdudes, June 26*Marcia Ball, June 20*The Nadas, May 6 *Tommy Castro Band, April 17 &n ... More >>

Rod Blagojevich on Celebrity Apprentice: Week Two

Image source​Two important revelations about former governor Rod Blagojevich from last night's episode of Celebrity Apprentice:1. Blago is still innocent.2. Blago has a thing for balloons.In this week's task, Donald Trump told the two teams to set up storefronts pimping Kodak's exciting new produc ... More >>

St. Louis Concert Announcements: Week Of February 2

The Dead Weather​Fox Theatre *Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Sunday, April 18 *Jeff Beck, Thursday, April 29 The Pageant *Story of the Year, Thursday, March 4 *HIM, Wednesday, April 7*The Dead Weather, Saturday, April 24 *Martin Sexton, Saturday, May 22 Scottrade Center *Michael Buble, Friday, June 25 ... More >>

Blago to Compete on Next Celebrity Apprentice

It's been years since "You're fired!", accompanied by a cobra-like flick of Donald Trump's right hand, became a national catchphrase, so long, in fact, that Trump has resorted to casting celebrities instead of regular old celebrity-whores on his reality show The Apprentice.But now we may have a reas ... More >>

Show Review Photos Setlists: Def Leppard, Poison and Cheap Trick at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Monday, July 20

Def Leppard, Poison and Cheap Trick played at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater last night for an appreciative, packed house. The show was overall satisfactory and fun -- although the sheer amount of Rock on a Monday night left me a little tired. So here are my random highlights/lowlights and truism ... More >>

St. Louis Food Blog Digest: 5.23-5.29

Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs.Off the Menu: Joe Bonwich visits Rib America and stalks Bret Michaels.Sugar, Spice & More Things Nice: Rach makes homemade baby food.The Cupcake Project: Stefani makes cupcake frosting out of Greek yogurt.St. Louis Eats & Drinks: The Po ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: May 22 to 25, Memorial Day Edition

Happy Memorial Day! Get off the Internet and go outside. Friday, May 22 *Arizona/Dive Poets/Old Lights/Big Heart Slide, Firebird *Rib America Fest, featuring Healing Sixes/Shooting Star/Night Ranger, Soldier's Memorial Plaza *Educated Guess/Northwoods/Dear Vincent/Goldbugs, Off Broadway *Hot Lixx, ... More >>

Def Leppard, Cheap Trick and Poison at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Monday, July 20

How much rock is too much rock? This triple bill just might answer this question: Def Leppard, Cheap Trick and Poison will all be playing together on Monday, July 20, at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. All three bands have been playing shed-tour-lineup Tetris over the past few years, but this con ... More >>

Rock of Love Bus Gets Lost In Missouri, No, Make That Illinois

By JASON HARPERKansas City PitchMany thanks to Mr. Kendall for pointing out this blog recap of the latest episode of popular television show Rock of Love Bus, wherein dolled-up '80s hair rock homunculus and his silicon-enhanced female entourage. Writes the recapper... Not surprisingly, however, non ... More >>

Tesla

7 p.m. Tuesday, October 7. Pop's, 1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois.

Bret Michaels (sort of) talks dirty to RFT

St. Louis Concert Calendar, February 5 through June

St. Louis Concert Calendar, January 29 through May

Vince Neil

7:30 p.m. Thursday, January 17. Bottleneck Blues Bar at the Ameristar Casino, 1260 South Main Street, St. Charles.

St. Louis Concert Calendar January 11, 2008 through May

That Lecture Is Poison

Who Wants Action?

Get some at the Stratford

Sounds Around Town

Week of October 8, 2003