by Downtown Magazine | Apr 5, 2017 | Culture, Editor's Pick, Entertainment, Music
Thailand’s leading rock band Slot Machine kicked off its first full North American tour on Apr. 1. Hitting the road alongside Japan’s Miyavi and Korea’s Kiha & The Faces on Live Nation’s Asia On Tour — which hits Irving Plaza on Apr....
by Downtown Magazine | Dec 14, 2016 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
Matt Sorum holds the distinction of being the drummer in “one of the coolest rock bands out there” in three different decades. In the 1980s, Matt drummed for The Cult, which led him to joining Guns N’ Roses in the early 1990s. In the 2000s, Matt formed Velvet Revolver...
by Downtown Magazine | Dec 12, 2016 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
As a successful musician for decades, Steve Stevens has a lot of claims to fame. As Billy Idol’s long-time guitarist, he co-wrote most of the Idol anthems still regularly heard around the world. He won a Grammy for his work on the “Top Gun Anthem”...
by Downtown Magazine | Oct 20, 2016 | Culture, Events, Music
If you ask five people what they are doing on Halloween, you are likely to get five different sorts of answers. One person may be staying in give out candy to the local trick-or-treaters. Another person may be hosting or attending a costume party. Another person may...
by Downtown Magazine | Sep 15, 2016 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
Close to a decade after she earned a degree from London’s prestiguous university Royal Holloway, KT Tunstall finally hit it big with 2004’s Eye To The Telescope. KT’s debut album — which took off in the U.K. in 2005 and then in the U.S. in 2006...