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As you are little doubt conscious (given the sheer quantity of hype), pop famous person Taylor Swift is kicking off her wildly profitable Eras Tour with live shows Friday and Saturday nights in Glendale, which has been quickly renamed Swift Metropolis for the event .

The live shows are arguably the largest live shows of the weekend (if not your complete 12 months), however they don’t seem to be the one notable live shows going down within the Phoenix metro space over the subsequent 72 hours. There are two outside festivals this weekend (Boots within the Park and Chandler Ostrich Fest), a profit for a member of the native music scene who has handed away, and a efficiency by masked EDM duo ATLiens and Australian-born indie pop artist Vance Pleasure.

Learn on for extra particulars on every present and different nice live shows within the Valley this weekend. You too can hit up Phoenix New Occasions entries for extra stay music from Friday seventeenth March to Sunday nineteenth March.

Earthlings of the Valley, you are about to have a detailed encounter with a pair of bass freaks. The otherworldly dance music beings often called ATLiens will descend from the heavens and invade downtown Phoenix at Van Buren this weekend. The masked duo will not be bringing messages of peace and intergalactic unity, however quite sonic onslaughts of mind-exploring dubstep and entice bass music that may induce copious quantities of headbanking, fist-pumping and different frenzied physique actions. Think about familiarizing your self with their colonization processes by listening to the varied EPs they’ve launched through the years (together with 2018 Invasion and of 2019 Ghost planet) or verify your SoundCloud or Spotify accounts to organize for his or her imminent arrival. With HOL!, JKL & HYDE, Darkish Mark and Nightglider. 9 p.m., $25 by way of livenation.com. Benjamin Leatherman

“Classical increase” is a style of music the place artists mix classical and hip-hop. And for those who’ve by no means skilled the musical combine, now’s your likelihood. On Sunday, Black Violin, one of many creators of the classical explosion, will play and bow to deep bass, quick rap lyrics, R&B, funk and rock harmonies contained in the Ikeda Theater on the Mesa Arts Heart. Black Violin consists of classically educated duo Wil B. on viola and Kev Marcus on violin. Drummer Nat Stokes and DJ SPS on the turntables present backup. Whereas the group performs most of their unique tracks from varied albums, together with Classically Skilled, Stereotypes, Take the Stairs and Give Thanks, a few of their units are based mostly on covers of common songs. There’s additionally a “jam session”, the place they play distinctive and improvised materials utterly off the cuff. 8 p.m., $42-$68 by way of mesaartscenter.com. Mike Madriaga

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Taylor Mania is working wild within the valley this weekend.

Jim Luvo

Are you aware Taylor Swift? That is proper, the artist presently has just a few completely different songs on Promoting signal Sizzling 100. Effectively, Eras kicks off her Valley tour later this month with a pair of reveals at State Farm Stadium in Glendale. Paramore and GAYLE are scheduled to be the supporting acts. And what’s going to he play? Swift has reportedly said that the tour shall be a journey by all my musical eras, which Billboard speculates will embrace hits from her 10 earlier studio albums. In case you’re planning to hitch T-Swizzle on this profession journey, it’ll be an costly one. Tickets within the nosebleed sections for every live performance presently price $300 to $500, whereas flooring seats are $1,000 or extra. 6:30 p.m. Jennifer Goldberg and Benjamin Leatherman

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Rock-pop hitmakers Practice.

Brooke Clarke

In case you missed the primary day of this 12 months’s Chandler Ostrich Competition, do not feel too previous concerning the chicken’s thoughts. The annual occasion runs till Sunday, and you’ll nonetheless take part in its varied video games, rides and points of interest, or catch any of its nightly live shows headlined by well-known artists. This 12 months’s lineup will embrace performances by radio-friendly rockers Practice at 9.45pm on Friday, iconic soul/funk band The Commodores at 9.30pm on Saturday night time and ska-punk act Elegant With Rome at 8.45pm on Sunday . . Native bands and musicians can even be performing all through the day on the pageant (click on right here for the total schedule). $35-$175 by way of tixr.com. Benjamin Leatherman

James Gabriel Keogh did not all the time have his coronary heart set on musical success. Earlier than taking up the mantle of Vance Pleasure and bursting onto the Australian music scene, Keogh was dedicated to all issues footy. As a footballer, he competed with a number of Australian guidelines groups earlier than deciding to step into a brand new sort of aim. Again in 2013, Riptide’s observe, from his debut EP God loves you if you dance, blew up around the globe. Its candy ambiance, insistent acoustic riffing and folky melodies made it stand out in an period the place bands around the globe have been adopting a thump-and-clap Mumfordcore sound. Central to Pleasure’s enchantment is the heat of his vocals. He sings with an open-hearted honesty, his voice plaintive and longing with out slipping into turmoil. With three albums up to now, Pleasure’s has developed a relaxed but passionate sound. He sings with the intimacy of a detailed pal sharing his innermost ideas, crooning over a mattress of strings, sparse pianos and drums that hit as arduous as his previous bandmates the Joys. 8 p.m., $49.50-$173.50 by way of livenation.com. Ashley Naftule

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The late David Denogean.

Chris Chappell

On Nov. 25, David Denogean, a observe coach and trainer at Camelback Excessive College in addition to a longtime safety guard on the Insurgent Lounge, was shot and killed. Denogean, 30, was strolling his canine, Evie, close to the parking zone of Feeney’s Restaurant & Bar close to twelfth Avenue and Maryland Avenue when he was gunned down by the assailant. Whereas his household seeks justice, others who knew Denogean, particularly his cohorts within the native music scene, are in search of to honor his reminiscence with a tribute Saturday night time that includes Sundressed, Troubled Minds, Collide and Bee Jennings. (Learn extra concerning the present right here.) 5pm, $10-$100 by way of seetickets.us. Chris Coplan

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Nation music star Chris Younger.

John Shearer

I have been unfortunate sufficient to be in the course of some heavy pageant climate in the intervening time, and Boots within the Park promoters plan to benefit from the state of affairs. This weekend, they will host the second version of the one-day nation music occasion, which is able to characteristic units from famend recording artists from the style. This 12 months’s lineup will embrace Chris Younger (Tennessee-born singer-songwriter and season 4 winner of Nashville Star), Hint Adkins (the hitmaker behind such chart-topping singles as (This Ain’t) No Thinkin’ Factor and Women Love Nation Boys.) Different artists scheduled to seem embrace Dylan Scott, Frank Ray, Ella Langley and Joe Peters. Midday, $99-$179 by way of bootsinthepark.com. Benjamin Leatherman

I have been residing by your aspect child now for a very long time Collectively Pangeas William Keegan sings One Means or One other from the band’s album 2021 Paint. Pulling weeds within the tall tall grass, making an attempt to make this place mine. The will for neighborhood is over Paint, as Keegan sings about love and alienation, whether or not it is the superstition tearing folks aside in Rapture or reflecting on the connections you can also make on the highway in Alabama. All of that is delivered with garage-tinged rock and an influence pop hook. Collectively Pangea carried out on the identical Burger Data stage in California that produced fellow storage rock firebrands The Black Lips, Ty Segall, Mikal Cronin and Wavves. They share the identical knack for writing catchy bubblegum tunes as many different Burger bands, however eschew the harsher manufacturing you’d hear on one thing like Segalls Melted for a brighter, sweeter sound. Collectively Pangea will rock your socks off however not make your ears bleed. With Extremely Q and Diva Bleach. 8:30 p.m., $18/$22 by way of eventbrite.com. Ashley Naftule

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Noel Paul Stookey, left, and Peter Yarrow.

Dwelling Nation

About six a long time in the past, the music charts have been largely full of smooth ballads and clean soul covers from acts like Shelley Fabares and Ray Charles. This was the impetus for the anti-war music motion that started with songwriters placing pen to paper and ended with protest songs topping the nationwide radio charts. The civil rights motion occurring in America additionally impressed songs by progressive music artists. None can be as prolific as Peter, Paul, and Mary, a lay trio who, in the event that they could not cease the conflicts, actually tried to heal the individuals who have been going by them. Fashioned in 1961, the band consisted of Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers. Travers died in 2009, however Yarrow and Stookey nonetheless tour the nation collectively beneath their very own names. The singers will carry out on the Mesa Arts Heart on Saturday night time. (Learn extra concerning the present right here.) 7 p.m., $50-$70 by way of mesaartscenter.com. Timothy Rawls