KeyArena – SMI (Seattle Music Insider)

Queens of the Stone Age loves Seattle
By Alex Crick on February 7, 2018
“We love this fucking city!” Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age shouted between songs as the crowd cheered them on. Alas, the...
80’s New Wave is Alive and Well with Depeche Mode
By Mocha Charlie on October 31, 2017
In 1980 Depeche Mode took the British new wave scene by storm, and although it took until 1984 for the band to make waves here in...
Fans Evolve With Imagine Dragons
By Mocha Charlie on October 20, 2017
Smaller shows for Imagine Dragons may be a thing of the past. We’ve watched this band grow over the span of a few short years,...
Radiohead Looks Seattle In the Eye
By Stephanie Dore on April 23, 2017
Did Thom Yorke just look me in the eye? Is the entire white population of Seattle in KeyArena right now? How tall is he? Does...
Blink-182: The Rulers of Pop Punk Return
By Stephanie Dore on September 18, 2016
This was a show fulfilling dreams, a show to make teenage selves cry. Blink-182 – arguably harbingers of the mopey, hopeful pop-punk genre – were...
The Future Now Tour: Demi Lovato & Nick Jonas
By Stephanie Dore on August 26, 2016
Is the future less flashy? Judging by the low-key production of the Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas “Future Now” tour, it just might be. That...
Ellie Goulding Rising
By Christine Mitchell on April 5, 2016
At one point during Ellie Goulding’s set at KeyArena last Saturday, she explained her special connection to the Pacific Northwest. When the Brit visited the...
Muse’s Drone Invasion
By Christine Mitchell on December 15, 2015
Fans of English band Muse were happily assaulted by drones at KeyArena last Saturday night – and for them, it was a very, very good...
Deck The Hall Ball rocks KeyArena
By Renae Koepke on December 15, 2015
The holiday season in Seattle is time for eggnog lattes, rain boots, and most notably 107.7 The End’s Deck The Hall Ball, held at KeyArena. The...
Florence and the Machine Fills KeyArena with Giant Sound
By Alicia Kamenick on October 31, 2015
Whirligig Florence Welch is rarely standing still on stage. She runs, she jumps, she spins, she dances. Barefoot, full of energy with an enormous voice,...
Alt-J Ends Tour in Seattle
By Christine Mitchell on October 25, 2015
Seattle has a lot of love for UK-based Alt-J, and the band responded in kind at the KeyArena last Sunday, telling fans how much they enjoy...
Bumbershoot Is Here!
By Christine Mitchell on September 2, 2015
Bumbershoot is back this Labor Day weekend in all of its sprawling majesty, its various tentacles still thriving and offering up various ways of ingesting...