Mesa Town hardcore quartet Authority Zero returned to the island for a moshpit-inducing Canadian tour kickoff at Victoria’s Upstairs Cabaret. The 16-song set included spanned the band’s five-album discography, with tunes like “Liberateducation,” “No Regrets,” “Brick in the Wave” and “One More Minute” riling up the latenight Van Isle crowd.
After five years, Lzzy Hale and the boys in Halestorm returned to Vancouver for a ear-piercing night of hard rock-borderline-heavy metal at the Commodore Ballroom. The Pennsylvania fourpiece’s 20-song set featured noteworthy classics like “It’s Not You,” “Freak Like Me,” “I Get Off, “I Miss the Misery” and a mesmerizing cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Gold Dust Woman.”
Jesse Lacey pushed his vocal chords during Brand New’s raucous midday set at Bumbershoot in Seattle, rounding out a summer on the U.S. festival circuit. The Long Island band’s Bumbershoot set included numerous crowd faves such as “Seventy Times 7,” “You Won’t Know” and “Okay I Believe You, but My Tommy gun Don’t.”
This is what it’s like to be front row for 5 Seconds of Summer. The Aussie pop-rock stars blew the roof off Rogers Arena on their Rock Out With Your Socks Out world tour, performing some of their catchiest radio anthems like “Don’t Stop,” “Amnesia,” “She Looks So Perfect,” “She’s Kinda Hot” and “Good Girls.”
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Prog rock triumvirate RUSH rolled through Rogers Arena on Friday night, as part of the legendary band’s R40 Live tour. The power trio delivered a stellar 27-song set that spanned their four-decade career, showcasing hits like "YYZ" and "Tom Sawyer," as well as rarities.
A sold out Commodore Ballroom hosted the tour ender for Los Angeles punk legends Bad Religion. The band performed an eye-popping 28-song set filled with some of their classic anthems, including “American Jesus,” “Stranger Than Fiction,” “Infected” and “You.”
NEWTON — Josh Jauncey didn’t really get to prepare for either of his opponents in the lightweight contender tournament at GLORY 22, held earlier this month in Lille, France.
“I had 24 hours to prepare for him, so I watched a few of his fights,” said Jauncey, 22. “We knew to watch out for his right hook, and his kicks were pretty good.
“I stayed relaxed and just picked him off for the rest of the fight. He wasn’t blocking low kicks very good, so I just smashed his legs.”
Jauncey won by TKO after knocking down Coulibaly twice in the last round and advanced to the final to face Sittichai Sitsongpeenong, an experienced Thai southpaw who manhandled ex-lightweight champ Davit Kiria earlier that night.
While Jauncey entered the final 4-0 in the promotion, his undefeated streak was in jeopardy as he fended off attacks from Sitsongpeenong. Within two minutes of the first round, he endured a cut near his right eye, but maintained a strong defense throughout the entire bout.
Ultimately, he received his first loss in GLORY by unanimous decision, with judges scoring all three rounds 30-27 in favour of his opponent.
“After the fight, I thought it went really badly,” said Jauncey. “I was really upset, I thought I got smashed.”
“Josh never looked in trouble with him,” said his father, Vincent, a former British, Hong Kong and Macau kickboxing champion. “It used to be a few years ago, most of the westerners didn’t last the distance with the Thai fighters. Josh did very well with him.”
Jauncey held his own, but he didn’t see it that way in the heat of the moment. He took to Facebook hours after the fight to voice his frustrations, writing:
I don’t believe in being proud about losing or in having fun while losing. Losing is not fun and it is nothing to be proud about. You should always win. Today I didn't do enough to win both fights, but I could’ve. So next time I will.
“I was a bit emotional when I wrote it, but I stand by it,” he said. “If you’re not angry about losing, then you can’t be that happy about winning either. If you’re OK with losing, you haven’t got the fighter’s heart.”
Despite the loss, Josh moved up in GLORY’s lightweight rankings to fourth, establishing himself as a serious challenger for the strap. He’s looking ahead to his next fight, and while he may not appear at GLORY 23 in Las Vegas in August, he said he wants to continue fighting for the promotion.
“I think I impressed quite a few people with my last two fights, so maybe I’ll be getting more calls,” he said.
Bella Nova and Tracy Cake put their own spin on Sulley and Mike from Disney and Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. at the Northwest Fan Fest on Saturday. The second annual convention for all things nerdy took over New Westminster’s Anvil Centre for three days, attracting fans of comic books, anime, video games, cartoons and everything in between.
Jimbo Wallace turned his upright bass on its side during Reverend Horton Heat’s set on Friday night. Hundreds of fans freaked out for psychobilly as the Texas trio put on a raucous show at the Rickshaw Theatre.
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