Jimmy Eat World self-financed Bleed American after Capitol Records dropped them -- then the album's second single, "The Middle," hit No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the song AllMusic credits with launching mainstream emo-pop as a genre. It's sold 1.7 million copies since 2001 and remains the band's only Top 40 hit ... Read more
Read more »UB40 started as a group of unemployed friends in a Birmingham, England welfare line in 1978 -- the band's name is literally the UK government's unemployment benefit form number, and their first album, Signing Off, was a pun on leaving the dole. Their cover of Neil Diamond's "Red Red Wine" hit No. 1 in the ... Read more
Read more »Brass Tap's Wiregrass location runs $5 bingo every Monday -- first card $5, second card free, prizes every round plus a $50 gift-card blackout round.Good to know: 2000 Piazza Ave Unit 110, Wesley Chapel, FL 33543. Mondays, 7pm.
Read more »Art's Tap House North runs a weekly line dancing night with instructor Kate and music from DJ Sam, in an air-conditioned room rather than an outdoor patio.Good to know: 6935 Ridge Rd, Port Richey, FL 34668. Tuesdays.
Read more »Cash-prize trivia every Tuesday at The Social in downtown New Port Richey -- $30, $20, and $10 for the top three teams, no cover.Good to know: 5650 Main St, New Port Richey, FL 34652. Tuesdays, 7-9pm.
Read more »No cover for Tuesday karaoke at Brass Tap's Wiregrass location -- just show up and sing, 8pm to midnight.Good to know: 2000 Piazza Ave Unit 110, Wesley Chapel, FL 33543. Tuesdays, 8pm-midnight.
Read more »Free trivia at Brass Tap's Wiregrass location every Wednesday -- top three teams split $50, $25, and $15.Good to know: 2000 Piazza Ave Unit 110, Wesley Chapel, FL 33543. Wednesdays, 7:30pm.
Read more »One performer in 'Twas the Night Before spins by her hair roughly 100 times at top speed -- about seven rotations per second -- while another duo works a strap act 20 feet above the stage and a roller-skating pair hits 30 mph in tight circles. It's Cirque du Soleil's first holiday-themed production, built loosely ... Read more
Read more »Ordinance One in downtown New Port Richey hands its stage to local comics every Wednesday for a free open mic -- no cover, no ticket.Good to know: 5738 Main St, New Port Richey, FL 34652. Wednesdays. Free.
Read more »Side Splitters' Wesley Chapel location runs regular stand-up sets Thursday through Saturday inside The Grove's Theater #7 space -- Thursday is the lighter, earlier-start night of the three.Good to know: 6333 Wesley Grove Blvd, Theater #7, The Grove at Wesley Chapel, FL 33544. Thursdays, 7:30pm. (813) 723-2170.
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