Hard Rock Live

From “We Didn’t Start the Fire” to “Uptown Girl” and dozens upon dozens of household hits in between, where do we even start with Billy Joel? Let’s go with the local hook: he’s playing an intimate show at Hard Rock Live come mid-January. 2025 will mark The Piano Man’s 61st year in the music biz, so beyond the big hits, he always delights with lesser-known nuggets from the decades.

This one is so much for the fans that it’s actually called the For My Fans Tour. As if we didn’t already love Mary J. enough, this tour promises to be a reflective love fest for the songstress. And indeed, she has quite a bit to reflect on: She was just inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has been churning out bangers for 35 years and released her latest LP, Gratitude, in November. Fellow R&B mainstays NE-YO and Mario round out the bill.

Those yearning for a little twang this season can get that itch scratched on February 23. Kelsea Ballerini, easily one of modern country music’s brightest stars, pops in at Hard Rock Live as part of her 2025 tour jaunt. In 2024, the Tennessee native gave us a new album, Patterns. Among our favorite of its chart-toppers is her collab with swooner and crooner Noah Kahan, dubbed “Cowboys Cry Too.”