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Concert Photography & Event Review: Jena Rose // The Observatory North Park 6.25.19
Here at the Observatory in North Park, San Diego, Jena Rose opened up for Aly & AJ on their two month long U.S. leg of the Sanctuary tour...
Madi Thiel
Jun 27, 20191 min read


Concert Photography & Event Review: RVBY MY DEAR // The Saint Asbury Park 6.19.19
Sometimes a young woman from Australia moves to Brooklyn, New York and decides to start an art-pop project which eventually gets booked...
Taylor Dietrich
Jun 27, 20191 min read


Concert Photography & Event Review: Frank Iero // Rocks Off Cruise 6.22.19
On June 22nd, a large group of people were enthusiastically lined up to board the boat at Pier 36. You might assume they were there to...
Angela Leung
Jun 27, 20191 min read


“I Bought Tickets For This Show Not Knowing How I’m Going To Get There” Part Four: All Time Low’s Su
All Time Low is one of those bands that occupies a strange and special place in my heart. Despite listening to them for years, I just...
Lexy Bouras
Jun 13, 20195 min read


The Time Mark Hoppus Guestlisted Me To An Enema Of The State Anniversary Show // I Bought Tickets To
A/N: The title is long, the title sounds misleading. It’s not. I figured I’d put this story in the “I Bought Tickets…” series despite...
Lexy Bouras
May 14, 20195 min read


10 Things That Happen When You Follow A Tour
Ever wanted to travel across the country to hear your favorite songs, support your favorite artists, and be right where the magic happens...
Lexy Bouras
Mar 18, 20192 min read


Concert Photography & Event Review: The Mowgli’s // Granada Theater 3.1.19
Though The Mowgli’s have an impressive indie pop discography, it takes seeing them live to fully get the appeal. These guys bring the...
Carly May
Mar 3, 20191 min read


Concert Photography: The Stolen // Asbury Lanes 12.1.18
Photos by Taylor Dietrich. The Stolen, seen here as support for The Wrecks' Panic Vertigo tour, are an alternative band from New Jersey,...
Taylor Dietrich
Dec 9, 20181 min read


Live Music Review! Twenty One Pilots: A Complete Diversion in Brixton
Are you a broke college student? Did you wish you could teleport across the Atlantic to attend “A Complete Diversion” in London last...
Mikayla Drab
Oct 25, 20183 min read


I Bought Tickets For This Show Not Knowing How I’m Going To Get There - Part Three: Z Berg and Frien
Z Berg has a vision that only a woman born and raised in the sometimes glamorous, always sunny Los Angeles, California could possibly...
Rhiannon Leigh
Oct 19, 20184 min read


Live Music Review: Hanging With Hoodie Allen On His 2018 Fall Tour
The first time I saw Hoodie Allen was three years ago. I was in San Diego, standing next to a Heineken stand, in line for Fall Out Boy...
Lexy Bouras
Sep 27, 20186 min read


“I Bought Tickets To This Show Not Knowing How I’m Going To Get There“ Part Two: Fall Out Boy at Wrigley Field
Sometimes you have to listen to fate. Like when you, a Californian, find yourself on twitter selling the Riot Fest ticket you bought...
Lexy Bouras
Sep 15, 20186 min read


“I Bought Tickets To This Show Not Knowing How I’m Going To Get There“ Part One: Brendon Urie in Kin
If you haven’t noticed by now, concerts are one of our absolute favorite things here at Us For Once. Not simply because they’re fantastic...
Lexy Bouras
Sep 5, 20185 min read


I was at the Ice Cube concert in Del Mar with the shooting. We need to talk about it.
I go to a lot of concerts. I also know the risk of doing so. I remember hearing the stories of Le Bataclan, Manchester or Las Vegas for...
Lexy Bouras
Sep 3, 20184 min read


Forever Warped: First And Last Timers Come Together To Remember The Rock Show
Warped Tour is the rock show. Literally, the one from that blink-182 song that we can’t wait to catch once summer rolls around. But it’s...
Lexy Bouras & Taylor Dietrich
Aug 21, 20185 min read


Taylor’s Guide To Weezer and Making It To A Concert Right After Your Shift
Going to concerts frequently is obviously the ideal way of living. But between tickets, merch, parking, and food, that money has to come...
Taylor Dietrich
Jul 26, 20183 min read


Live Music Double Feature: A Weekend At Mattress Firm Amphitheater (Part One- Paramore’s After Laugh
We usually don’t combine two live music experiences together to write one piece. However, sometimes when you go to two amazing shows in...
Lexy Bouras
Jul 24, 20185 min read


Live Music Double Feature: A Weekend At Mattress Firm Amphitheater (Part Two- 30 Seconds To Mars’ Mo
...We usually don’t combine two live music experiences together to write one piece. However, sometimes when you go to two amazing shows...
Lexy Bouras
Jul 24, 20186 min read


Live Music Review: Taking Back Sunday Lifts Spirits and Crowd Surfers alike
Adam Lazzara had the whole crowd clapping their hands in unison at that beautiful Philly venue on the Delaware River. "Feels good,...
Taylor Dietrich
Jul 19, 20185 min read


Live Music Review: The Homeless Gospel Choir at the Fillmore Philadelphia 6/5/18
When you think about the term “punk rock,” what comes to mind? Maybe a bunch of dudes with mohawks in leather jackets. Maybe screamed...
Taylor Dietrich
Jun 8, 20184 min read
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