Concerts
George Thorogood & The Destroyers with Marshall Tucker Band at Rose Music Center
GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS
WITH THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND
ROSE MUSIC CENTER AT THE HEIGHTS
FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2026
Tickets On Sale NOW at Ticketmaster.com
HUBER HEIGHTS, OH (1/20/2026) – For the past 5+ decades, over 8,000 live shows and more than 15 million albums sold, George Thorogood & The Destroyers have been “The All-American Rock & Roll Party Band” (Goldmine Magazine). In celebration of their 53rd year of “playing rock & roll hot enough to melt the polar icecaps and flood the world’s major population centers” (Rolling Stone), the group announced today a continuation of The Baddest Show On Earth Tour – a stage-shaking, roof-raising, guitar-snarling blast. The 2026 tour includes a long-awaited return to Huber Heights, OH for a performance at Rose Music Center at The Heights on Friday, May 22 with special guest, The Marshall Tucker Band.
Tickets on sale now at Ticketmaster.com and the Rose Music Center Box Office.
During 2025’s The Baddest Show on Earth Tour, they played nearly 90 explosive shows, were honored by The Recording Academy’s GRAMMY Museum, saw George’s famed Gibson ES-125TDC ‘Bad To The Bone’ guitar placed on permanent exhibit at The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, performed at halftime for the Las Vegas Raiders, were inducted into The Musicians Hall of Fame, delivered the top-rated PBS Special Recorded Live At Analog, and more.
But now it’s 2026. What could George Thorogood & The Destroyers possibly do for an encore?
“Encore?” bellows George with a good-natured laugh. “We’re just getting started!”
For an artist whose music honors the blues, rock and country legends of the past, Thorogood’s forward momentum is now stronger than ever. And along with longtime Destroyers Jeff Simon (drums), Bill Blough (bass), Jim Suhler (guitar) and Buddy Leach (saxophone), they continue “to slap a custom flame paint job onto those classic sounds” (Blues Blast Magazine) like never before. “There’s never been a master plan,” George says. “We’ll always be focused on playing music that makes all kinds of people happy. Because when the house lights go down, the downbeat hits and the audience erupts, there is no greater feeling in the world.”
George Thorogood & The Destroyers have always delivered on their promises. In 1976, they debuted as the most explosive indie breakthrough act of the decade. Throughout the ‘80s/’90s MTV era, Thorogood was the epitome of snakeskin & shades guitar-slinger cool. And with chart-topping hits like ‘One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer’, ‘Move It On Over’, ‘Who Do You Love?’, ‘I Drink Alone’, ‘Get A Haircut’ and the ultimate badass anthem ‘Bad To The Bone’, George & The Destroyers soon became undeniable cornerstones of Classic Rock. Meanwhile, their album catalog – which now includes
George’s acclaimed 2017 solo disc Party Of One, 2020’s epic George Thorogood & The Destroyers Live In Boston 1982: The Complete Concert, and 2022’s The Original George Thorogood – continues to dominate streaming charts worldwide. As live performers, they will always be untouchable: whether it’s been their legendary 50 States/50 Days Tour, landmark performances at Live Aid and on SNL, opening club dates for Muddy Waters or stadium shows for The Rolling Stones, and recent smash tours with John Fogerty, ZZ Top and Sammy Hagar, one of rock’s premier showmen and his band remain among the most reliable/formidable concert acts on the planet. “Over the past three years alone, we’ve played more than 200 shows in 20 countries throughout North America, Europe and Australia,” Thorogood says with pride. “Don’t let anyone tell you this gig won’t keep you energized. I defy bands half our age to put on a show like we do night after night.”
Offstage, George & The Destroyers also set a stellar example with their commitment to humanitarian causes that include a long-term relationship with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a current partnership with Musically Fed, their annual ‘Who Do You Love’ holiday charity initiative now celebrating its 10th record-setting year, and The Marla Thorogood Memorial Fund for Ovarian Cancer Research, created in memory of George’s wife who passed away in 2019. “My generation was raised on kindness and empathy,” Thorogood explains. “It doesn’t matter if you’re a rock star or the milkman. If you’ve been blessed with a successful career, you have an obligation to give back and help others. Wherever The Destroyers can spread love and make a difference, count us in.”
If the true spirit of rock & roll can turn uncharted territory into a blow-out party, then George Thorogood & The Destroyers are among rock’s great conquerors. And in a career which has seen him recently receive such monumental tributes as The B.B. King Award from The Montreal International Jazz Festival, being made honorary members of The Bo Diddley Centennial Committee by Bo’s daughter and grandson, and being invited to perform at The Grand Ole Opry, are there any milestones left for Thorogood to achieve in the next 50 years? “It’s crazy to think that we’ve spent the last half century performing music we love for audiences who love what we do,” George says. “But when you’ve got the best job in the world, you can’t ever rest on your laurels. Accolades are nice, but connecting with people is what really matters. We not only work hard to bring our best, but to keep getting better. That’s the only mission. That’s rock & roll.”
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Demetri Martin at Hollywood Casino Columbus!
Demetri Martin brings his “The Quick Draw Tour” to Hollywood Casino Columbus on Saturday, May 30! Get ready to laugh out loud – because he keeps the punchline coming. A smart, sharp, award-winning night of comedy with Demetri Martin, the inventive mind behind hit specials and acclaimed internation festival honors.
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Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening at Mershon Auditorium
Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening
Friday, June 5 | Mershon Auditorium
Tickets on sale Friday, February 20 at 10am at Ticketmaster.com
(Columbus, OH) Tuesday, February 17, 2026 – Jason Bonham, the son of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, is set to bring his Led Zeppelin Evening to Mershon Auditorium Friday, June 5. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, February 20 at 10am.
Jason Bonham always finds himself at home behind the drumkit. From this spot, he has anchored the tempo for a myriad of the most legendary artists of all-time. It’s the place where he initially realized his destiny as a kid. It’s a tried-and-true safe harbor for the expression of his purest emotions. It’s a direct conduit to his late father and Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. Following stints with Airrace and Virginia Wolf, he handled drums on Jimmy Page’s gold-certified Outrider. During 1988, he notably accompanied Page, John Paul Jones, and Robert Plant behind the kit for Led Zeppelin at the Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary Celebration Concert.
Beyond helming solo projects such as Bonham and The Jason Bonham Band, he appeared in Rock Star with Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Anniston. Plus, he lent his talents to Foreigner, Little Steven, Joe Bonamassa, and Paul Rodgers. He held down the drums for Led Zeppelin’s 2007 reunion at the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert—which set the Guinness World Record® for “Highest Demand for Tickets for One Music Concert.” The evening spawned the Celebration Day concert film and multiplatinum album, debuting Top 10 on the Billboard 200, selling three million-plus copies, and garnering a GRAMMY®. Other notable projects have included Black Country Communion (Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes, and Derek Sherinian) and California Breed (Hughes and producer and guitarist Andrew Watt). He joined Sammy Hagar and the Circle with Van Halen’s Michael Anthony and Joe Satriani. In 2010, he introduced Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening (JBLZE), packing venues coast-to-coast and supporting everyone from Heart to Kid Rock. A spectacle of top-flight musicianship, arresting visuals, mind-blowing lighting, and emotionally charged storytelling, Rolling Stone hailed its “set of Led Zep gems that were strikingly faithful to the originals,” while Billy Joel handpicked JBLZE to open up a handful of dates. Ultimately, Jason remains forever at home on the drums.
BLACK CROWES & WHISKEY MYERS AT RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER!
THE BLACK CROWES & WHISKEY MYERS
ANNOUNCE MASSIVE CO-HEADLINING
SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY TOUR
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RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER
JUNE 9, 2026
Tickets On Sale February 6 at 10AM
CINCINNATI, OH (1/28/26) – Genre-defying rock legends The Black Crowes today announce their massive co-headlining Southern Hospitality Tour with modern rock’s boundary-pushing powerhouse Whiskey Myers, along with opener Southall. Dominating rock careers forged via stage-shaking performances, this tour promises no bullshit — just a high-voltage rock-n-roll collision from the hardest-hitting bands in music today. Spanning more than 40+ cities, the tour will include a stop in Cincinnati, OH at Riverbend Music Center on Tuesday, June 9.
TICKETS: Tickets will be available starting with an artist presale on Tuesday, February 3 at 12PM, fans can sign up now HERE or HERE. Additional presales will follow including a Citi presale (details below) beginning on Tuesday, February 3 at 12PM. The general on sale begins on Friday, February 6 at 10AM at Ticketmaster.com and Riverbend.org.
Fans who sign up for the Artist Presale (powered by Seated) will unlock an exclusive new recording by The Black Crowes and Whiskey Myers, produced by GRAMMY winner Jay Joyce.
PRESALE PARTNERS
- Citi is the official card of the Southern Hospitality Tour. Citi cardmembers in the U.S. will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, February 3 at 12PM until Thursday, February 5 at 10PM through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit citientertainment.com.
Fresh off a career-spanning resurgence that included a 2025 GRAMMY nod for Best Rock Album (Happiness Bastards) and their first nomination into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the iconic band The Black Crowes will release their unfiltered, heart-pounding new album, A Pound of Feathers, March 13, before hitting the road, where they’ll continue to deliver the same lawless and swaggering sound that made them one of the most explosive live acts of our generation.
With fellow trailblazing renegades Whiskey Myers co-headlining the bill, the multi-Platinum independent band’s live show will showcase fan favorites from their robust catalog alongside their latest record, Whomp Whack Thunder. The critically acclaimed album further sharpens the lyrical focus and raw edge that have long defined the band, reinforcing their reputation as one of the most uncompromising bands in music today.
From thunderous drums, blistering guitar work, and lyrics that don’t flinch, fans can expect a roaring setlist stacked with classics, deep cuts, and the kind of onstage band chemistry and electrifying stage presence that can’t be replicated.
Career-defining anthems to crowd-roaring singalongs, every night promises to be a full-throttle reminder that rock-n-roll is alive and well and best served up loud, outrageous and a little dangerous.
ABOUT THE BLACK CROWES:
Founded by brothers Chris and Rich Robinson, The Black Crowes make music for the mavericks, playing rock ‘n’ roll that’s hip-swinging and heavy, dirty and debonaire, bluesy and ballsy, ecstatic and electrifying, and soulful and soaring. They don’t fall in line, and they never cared to either. Instead, they’re right at home with the outsiders, the drifters, the lost souls, the hustlers, and the hellraisers who inhabit timeless tunes like “She Talks To Angels,” “Hard To Handle,” “Wiser Time,” “Twice As Hard,” and “Black Moon Creeping.” No matter where culture went, the multiplatinum GRAMMY® Award-nominated group fearlessly charted their own course, taking flight with the 5x-Platinum Shake Your Money Maker and never coming back down. Their path twisted and turned from seminal records a la the 2x-Platinum Billboard 200 #1 LP The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion and Gold-certified follow-up Amorica to a once-in-a-lifetime jaunt with Jimmy Page and accompanying Gold-certified live record: Live at the Greek. The band’s lore expanded with the chart-shaking Warpaint and Before the Frost…Until the Freeze. Another generation fell under their spell as they launched their biggest headline tour yet to celebrate Shake Your Money Maker’s 30th birthday. They lit up the next chapter with 2024’s Happiness Bastards—which garnered a 2025 GRAMMY® Award nod for Best Rock Album. Between widespread critical praise, they even picked up a 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® nomination. Rather than rest on their laurels, Chris and Rich will embark on their Southern Hospitality Tour this summer, following the release of their tenth full-length offering, A Pound of Feathers, out March 13. Promising uncompromising, urgent, and undeniable rock ‘n’ roll, it’s the sound of unrepentant creative spirits in harmony. It’s the sound of The Black Crowes.
About Whiskey Myers:
Genre-bending band Whiskey Myers have played nearly 3,000 live shows to ever-increasing crowd sizes since their emergence in 2007. In addition to headlining their own sold-out shows from coast to coast at iconic venues such as Red Rocks Amphitheatre and Ryman Auditorium, plus performing at marquee festivals Bonnaroo, Stagecoach, Download and more, the six-piece was also personally selected to open The Rolling Stones’ Chicago stadium show. Lauded by Rolling Stone as “their most supercharged album yet” that “sounds on the whole like an invigorated, freewheeling rock band in its prime,” Whomp Whack Thunder is available now via the band’s own Wiggy Thump Records. As lead single “Time Bomb” climbs the Active Rock radio charts, Forbes opines, “Whiskey Myers has a track record of turning out cutting edge albums, with each one consistently better than the last. Whomp Whack Thunder is their latest best example,” also noting, “every song is worth the journey.” Their previous project, Tornillo, featured the No. 17 most-played Americana song of 2022, “John Wayne,” and followed breakthrough album Whiskey Myers, which debuted at No. 1 on both the Country and Americana/Folk sales charts, at No. 2 on the Rock chart and No. 6 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart (No. 3 among new releases). In total, Whiskey Myers have sold more than 2.7 million albums and amassed over 4.1 billion streams while earning nine RIAA Gold, Platinum and multi-Platinum certifications as an independent band. Known for their high-energy live show and unique sound, the band praised by Esquire as “the real damn deal” has also earned sync success with features in Paramount’s hit shows “Yellowstone” (including an on-screen performance) and “Landman,” plus Netflix series “What/If,” Angelina Jolie film “Those Who Wish Me Dead” and CBS series “SEAL Team,” among others. USA Today describes their sound as “a riff-heavy blend of Southern rock and gritty country that has earned comparisons to the Allman Brothers Band and Led Zeppelin,” with Rolling Stone noting “it’s the seminal combination of twang and crunchy rock & roll guitars that hits a perfect sweet spot.”
David Lee Roth at Rose Music Center at The Heights!
ROCK LEGEND DAVID LEE ROTH ANNOUNCES
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR IN 2026
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ROSE MUSIC CENTER AT THE HEIGHTS
JUNE 9, 2026
Tickets On Sale Friday, January 9 at 10am at Ticketmaster.com
HUBER HEIGHTS, OH (1/05/26) – Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and iconic frontman David Lee Roth has announced his return to the stage with a major 2026 North American tour, A Night With David Lee Roth. The multi-city run launches in April and is bringing his legendary stage presence and catalog of era-defining hits to fans in 30 cities. The tour will make a stop in Huber Heights, OH at Rose Music Center on Tuesday, June 9.
As the voice of Van Halen, Roth helped define a generation of rock music. His unmistakable style and swagger powered the band’s rise to global success, producing timeless anthems including “Jump,” “Panama” and “Runnin’ with the Devil.” Van Halen sold more than 80 million records worldwide and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
Tickets for all dates go on sale to the general public beginning at 10AM on Friday, January 9 at Ticketmaster.com and RoseMusicCenter.com.
About David Lee Roth
Rock and roll icon David Lee Roth, the voice of Van Halen, has left an indelible mark on rock music. As the frontman of the legendary band, Roth helped define an era with anthems like “Jump,” “Panama,” “Hot for Teacher,” and “Runnin’ with the Devil.” His high-energy performances and unique vocal style quickly made Van Halen one of the biggest rock bands of the 80s. With over 80 million records sold worldwide, the band’s impact on rock music remains unrivaled. Roth’s contributions were a pivotal part of Van Halen’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Beyond Van Halen, Roth’s solo career showcased his unparalleled style and boundless energy, with hits that further solidified his place in rock history. Known for his larger-than-life presence and unforgettable vocals, Roth continues to captivate audiences and prove why he remains a true rock and roll legend.
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