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Everything we saw at Lord Huron’s night of cosmic country in Orlando

The Army, the Navy (the band) opened

by Ian Suarez and Matthew Moyer July 30, 2026July 30, 2026

Lord Huron and The Army, the Navy whipped up windswept canyons of otherworldly Americana at the Hard Rock Live on Wednesday night.

Lord Huron

This Little Underground

Lord Huron weave dusty vistas of spaghetti-western pop in Orlando

Rising dream folkies The Army, The Navy open.

by Bao Le-Huu July 23, 2026July 23, 2026

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Ashnikko welcomed Orlando to Smoochies World at Hard Rock Live

A MAGA-hat wearing guy got booed out of the building? Five stars!

by Matt Keller Lehman and Matthew Moyer May 6, 2026May 6, 2026

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Pop outlier Ashnikko wants you to escape to Smoochies World, if only for one night

One of only two Florida dates

by Matthew Moyer April 30, 2026April 30, 2026

Jessica Kirson

Comedian Jessica Kirson ready to show Orlando why ‘she’s the man’ this week

See this comic’s comic do her thing

by Matthew Moyer April 29, 2026April 29, 2026

David Lee Roth

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Former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth brings the razzle and the dazzle to Orlando

Mr. Show

by Matthew Moyer April 29, 2026April 29, 2026

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Canadian hard-rockers Triumph kick off comeback U.S. tour this week with Make a Wish benefit in Orlando

The Rock & Roll Machine is in high gear

by Matthew Moyer April 8, 2026April 8, 2026

The improv icons of ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’ perform at Hard Rock Live

‘Whose Live Anyway?’ may very well get weird

by Matthew Moyer March 18, 2026March 18, 2026

Comedian Michelle Buteau brings her ‘Buteau-ful Mind’ to Orlando

Show rescheduled from last year

by Mia Schaeperkoetter March 10, 2026March 10, 2026

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Power-pop innovators Cheap Trick are on the way back to Orlando

“We’ll keep going until we drop”

by Matthew Moyer March 10, 2026March 10, 2026

Sheng Wang

Comedian Sheng Wang headlines Hard Rock Live

‘Fresh Off the Boat’ and into Hard Rock Orlando

by Juanita Olarte January 29, 2026January 29, 2026

‘Drag Queen Christmas’ host Nina West discusses returning to Florida in festive and defiant fashion

DeSantis be damned

by Matthew Moyer December 17, 2025December 16, 2025

metal band Trivium

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Trivium’s Matt Heafy looks back and forward ahead of emotional Orlando homecoming show

“It’s going to be a true homecoming.”

by Emmy Bailey December 11, 2025December 10, 2025

‘National Freakin’ Treasure’ Randy Rainbow comes to Orlando this weekend

Note-perfect mix of Broadway and topical commentary

by Emmy Bailey October 24, 2025October 24, 2025

Music

Photos: AFI and TR/ST brought the darkness and the light to Orlando’s Hard Rock Live

One for the night owls

by Matt Keller Lehman and Matthew Moyer October 24, 2025October 24, 2025

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AFI play Orlando this week at a very thematically appropriate time of year

TR/ST, an occasion in themselves, open

by Matthew Moyer October 21, 2025October 22, 2025

Music

Garbage kicked off farewell tour in Orlando with renewed fire

“We are old, we are angry and tired”

by Jim Leatherman and Matthew Moyer September 5, 2025September 5, 2025

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Young country crossover star Jessie Murph brings ‘Hysteria’ to Hard Rock Live

Is it, in fact, ‘Worldwide Hysteria’?

by Emmy Bailey September 3, 2025September 3, 2025

Music

This is your last chance to see Garbage in Orlando when they play the Hard Rock Live

You’d be a ‘stupid girl’ and/or ‘boy’ to miss this

by Matthew Moyer September 3, 2025September 3, 2025

Music

Glammy rockers The Struts plot a British invasion of Orlando’s Hard Rock Live

Marking a decade of decadence and their debut album

by Matthew Moyer August 19, 2025September 1, 2025