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DISTURBED With Breaking Benjamin and Jinjer Xfinity Center Mansfield, Massachusetts August 18, 2023 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche MANSFIELD, Mass. – On a sizzling and rain soaked day, the Xfinity Center in Mansfield was set ablaze by an explosive rock concert that will undoubtedly linger in the memory of every attendee. Headlined by the powerhouse act Disturbed and supported by Breaking Benjamin and Jinjer, this event was a mesmerizing showcase of rock music’s diverse energy. As the sun dipped below the horizon, Jinjer took the stage with an electrifying opening act that set the tone for the evening. Hailing from Ukraine, their fusion ofRead More →

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GHOST Re-Imperatour Xfinity Center Mansfield, Massachusetts August 19, 2023 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc MANSFIELD, Mass. – The final days of summer 2023 were slowly fading away. As the end of summer concert season crept upon us, there was time for the parishioners of the church of Ghost to gather upon the outdoor amphitheater on a beautiful Saturday night. Walking into the show, you would have seen many die-hard Ghost fans dressed in various Cardinal Copia and Papa Emeritus garb, face paint and masks, along with mass amounts of Ghost tour shirts. There were license plates in the parking lot showing the distance thatRead More →

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AMON AMARTH Xfinity Center Mansfield, Massachusetts August 19, 2023 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc MANSFIELD, Mass. – Ghost was in town on their Re-Imperatour, at the forefront of the night was Amon Amarth to get the fire started. Amon Amarth as been around since 1992, with twelve studio albums to their name. The latest album release is The Great Heathen Army, from 2022. Amon Amarth is guitarist Johan Hegg (vocals) Olavi Mikkonen (guitar), Ted Lundstrom (bass), Johan Soderberg (guitar) and Jocke Wallgren on drums. They took the stage amongst a roaring crowd, with “Ravens Flight,” “Shield Wall” and “Heidrun.” This would start off theRead More →

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SNOOP DOGG & WIZ KHALIFA High School Reunion Tour With DJ Drama, Berner, Warren G and Too Short Xfinity Center Mansfield, Massachusetts July 28, 2023 MANSFIELD, Mass. – Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa took their High School Reunion Tour to a sold out, capacity crowd at Mansfield. This traveling party brought some of the best names from the old school 90s rap era originals Warren G, Too Short and Snoop Dogg along with twenty-first century rappers Berner and Wiz Khalifa. Wiz Khalifa kicked off his set with “Black & Yellow” leading off into a high energy hour long set. Snoop Dogg made his entrance toRead More →

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BOY GEORGE & CULTURE CLUB The Letting It Go Show Featuring Howard Jones & Berlin Xfinity Center Mansfield, Massachusetts July 25, 2023 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc MANSFIELD, Mass. – Despite the heavy rains leading up to the show, it was still a great night of music of 80s re-visited. A night that was a momentary escape from reality with a rewind to simpler times to spend a few hours with three musical pioneers of the early 80s MTV era, Berlin, Howard Jones and Boy George & Culture Club. Three veteran musical acts that have maintained the longevity in their music to span forty-plusRead More →

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Hot Summer Nights Tour TLC | Shaggy with Special Guests En Vogue Plus Sean Kingston Xfinity Center Mansfield, Massachusetts June 11, 2023 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc MANSFIELD, Mass. – It was a perfect kind for a concert, a warm spring night outdoors at the Xfinity Center for the Hot Summer Nights Tour.  The audience was prepared for a trip back in time thorough the music, with live performances from a few of the biggest names to dominate radio and record sales during the 90s and 2000s and onward. This night would feature the sounds of the ladies of En Vogue, TLC and Shaggy.Read More →

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ALICE IN CHAINS with Plush, Bush and Breaking Benjamin Xfinity Center Mansfield, Massachusetts October 8, 2022 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche MANSFIELD, Mass. – It was a cold Saturday night for the final show of the season at the outdoor amphitheater, the Xfinity Center in Mansfield. Still, the crowd did not seem to care as they rocked out to all the hits provided by some of the most popular and influential bands of the last 30 years. The bill was a great variety of rock genres that would please almost any music fan Saturday, with newcomers Plush starting the event off. Plush is frontedRead More →

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KORN & EVANESCENCE Xfinity Center Mansfield, Massachusetts August 26, 2022 Photos & Review by Michael LaFleche MANSFIELD, Mass. – Friday night in late August is what concert season is all about at the Xfinity Center. A delayed start with thunderstorm-soaked, nu-metal fans did not douse the energy that had been building during the tailgating festivities. The atmosphere was electric in the sky as well as on the stage with KoRn & Evanescence, bands that have steered an entire generation of metal fans and formed the foundation of what is popular today in metal. The opening acts were cut short during the chaos that occurs onRead More →

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ROD STEWART  With Cheap Trick Xfinity Center Mansfield, Massachusetts August 12, 2022 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc MANSFIELD, Mass. – For southern New England rock fans, the night was finally here, with a lineup of two iconic rock acts that have been making music and filling concert halls for nearly six decades. It was a perfect weather night for the outdoor performance at the Xfinity Center. First up were the guys from Rockford, Illinois who came to raise hell, Cheap Trick. They started off with “Dream Police” and “Big Eyes.” Robin Zander lead the festivities at center stage, with Tom Petersson to his leftRead More →

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SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE With George Thorogood & The Destroyers Crazy Times! Tour Xfinity Center Mansfield, Massachusetts June 13, 2022 Photos & Review by Dan Wenc MANSFIELD, Mass. – “Summer Nights”, the Hagar era Van Halen song, best described a night like this, an outdoor party on a comfortable eighty-something degree evening, under a full moon at the Xfinity Center in mid-June. It was a Monday night, the Celtics were playing game 5 in the NBA finals this night, but that didn’t stop a few thousand music fans from showing up to this party in Mansfield. The venue, weather, music and the overall atmosphereRead More →