Tony Cottrell Photography/Relentless Beats Show from p 39 get jabbed twice if you want to attend his concert at 8 p.m. on Saturday, September 18, at Gila River Arena, 9400 West Mary- land Avenue in Glendale, since Parker’s re- quiring all attendees be fully vaccinated (or show a negative test from the previous 48 hours) to attend. No joke. Tickets are $47.75 to $77.75. TYLER HICKS Boots in the Park at Tempe Beach Park Yes, there will be a couple of music festivals happening in September, including this one-day country music shindig on Satur- day, September 18, at Tempe Beach Park, 80 West Rio Salado Parkway, headlined by Capitol Nashville artist Jon Pardi. L.A.- based promoter Activated Events – the folks behind the Valley’s annual Wet Elec- tric festival – is putting on the event. Jame- son Rodgers, Drew Green, and Michael Austin will also perform. Gates open at 2 p.m. Tickets are $59 to $149. BENJAMIN LEATHERMAN The Black Dahlia Murder at The Nile Theatre Detroit’s Black Dahlia Murder first burst onto the metal world’s radar in 2001 with their attention-grabbing demo, What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse, followed by a four-track EP, A Cold-Blooded Epitaph, a year later. In 2003, the melodic death- metal band released a hell of a full-length debut with Unhallowed, and its blend of death-metal speed and crunch with black- metal screeching was unnervingly power- ful. Since then, Black Dahlia’s put out eight different LPs, including 2020’s Verminous, its ninth studio album. They’re also a kick- ass live act and are currently touring along- side progressive metal group After the Burial. Both bands are set to invade The Nile Theater, 105 West Main Street in Mesa, on Wednesday, September 22, along with Carnifex, Rivers of Nihil, and Un- death. Tickets for the 6 p.m. show are $25. PHIL FREEMAN 40 Goldrush Music Festival 2021 at Rawhide Western Town A herd of local electronic dance music fans will likely descend upon Rawhide Western Town, 5700 West North Loop Road, in Chandler during the last weekend in Sep- Attendees of a previous Goldrush (above) and Jason Aldean (below). Jim Wright tember when the Goldrush Music Festival returns to the venue for its 2021 edition, which will take place from Friday, Septem- ber 24, to Sunday, September 26. The Wild West-themed event previously occurred in 2018 and 2019 at the venue, but took last year off because of the COVID-19 pan- demic. This year’s event is expected to be the biggest outdoor concert to be staged since the pandemic. The lineup is EDM- heavy, with headliners including Diplo, Il- lenium, Jauz, Zedd, Autograf, Kill the Noise, Zeds Dead, Griz, NGHTMRE, Above & Beyond, and dozens more. Gates open at 5 p.m. each night. General admis- sion is $99 to $299; VIP admission starts at $169. BENJAMIN LEATHERMAN Jason Aldean at Ak-Chin Pavilion As one of country’s biggest voices, Jason Aldean stretches the genre in unexpected directions. Atop typical country music trappings – meat and potatoes lyrics, emo- tive guitar, accented vocals – Aldean adds threads of soul, alternative rock, R&B, hip- hop, and world music. Power ballads meet clever fusion in Aldean’s tunes, which seem engineered for big, euphoric stadium performances. Aldean might flirt with comparatively radical ideas in his arrange- ments, but his music never fails to feel gen- uinely part of country music’s rich and storied tradition. He swings through Ak- Chin Pavilion, 2121 North 83rd Avenue, on Thursday, September 30, with opening sets by Lainey Wilson and Hardy. The concert is at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $40.50 to $125.50. JONATHAN PATRICK SEPT 9TH – SEPT 15TH, 2021 PHOENIX NEW TIMES | MUSIC | CAFE | FILM | CULTURE | NIGHT+DAY | FEATURE | NEWS | OPINION | FEEDBACK | CONTENTS | phoenixnewtimes.com
