Rising star Niko Moon showed a sold out House of Blues at Downtown Disney in Orlando, Florida a good time on November 10, 2023. Moon is quickly building a reputation as a dynamic entertainer, who keeps his fans smiling throughout the night.

Niko Moon has been riding high behind his debut album “Good Time”, after years of success as a songwriter for others. His most successful songs were performed by the Zac Brown Band, and they recently collaborated on the single “Heaven Has A Bar”.

Niko is constantly roaming the stage, yellow solo cup in hand, interacting with every adoring fan. The House of Blues was extremely sold out on this night, with fans packed in upstairs, downstairs and all around the sides. They were singing and dancing along, soaking in every fun-filled minute of the performance.

Despite the overall happy vibe, which is his brand, the most touching moment of the night was when Niko performed a song solo on acoustic guitar. He first explained that he writes all of his songs with his wife, Anna Moon. Then he went on to perform “I Can’t Wait To Love You”, which they wrote and performed together in anticipation of their first child’s arrival. See video below for a taste of how emotional the song is.

Check out everything Niko Moon, including tour dates, new music, the Good Timers club and holiday merch at https://nikomoon.com/.

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Guitar virtuoso Nita Strauss provided direct support for Wolfgang Van Halen and his band Mammoth WVH inside the House of Blues at Downtown Disney in Orlando, Florida on November 22, 2023. Strauss featured songs from her new album, “The Call of the Void”.

Nita Strauss has been performing with Alice Cooper for the past decade, while maintaining a solo career as well. Her 2018 album “Controlled Chaos” contained all full band instrumentals. Her latest effort features several guest vocalists, including Alissa White-Gluz, Lzzy Hale, Dorothy, Lilith Czar, Chris Motionless, David Draiman, Anders Friden and Alice Cooper.

The show opened with 5 blistering instrumental numbers, culminating in a drum solo by Nita’s drummer and fiance Josh Villalta. Bassist Christopher Dean, guitarist Johnny Young and keyboardist Katt Scarlett combined to provide a driving wave of metal sounds, which Strauss surfed with precision and joy. Her signature Ibanez guitar sang, cried and screamed at every movement of her magical fingers.

The second half of the set featured songs from “The Call of the Wild”. Deadlands vocalist Kasey Karlsen stepped in to deliver the vocals recorded by some of the icons listed above. She did an incredible job on all of the songs, elevating the overall show.

Nita took advantage of the venue being located at Disney Springs, and took the stage wearing Minnie Mouse ears. That is a very common sight in Orlando, but not as often seen on a rock and roll stage. Her choice and her sly smile immediately set the tone for an engaging performance.

Check out everything Nita Strauss, including tour dates and holiday merch at https://www.nitastrauss.com/.

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Brent Smith and Zach Myers played the WJRR’s Acoustic New Year w/ Smith & Myers at the House of Blues Orlando on December 31, 2021.

The boys from Shinedown played the final show of their very successful acoustic side project, promoting their albums “Volume 1” and “Volume 2”, which feature acoustic cover songs and originals.

Check out info on merch and music at https://www.smithandmyersmusic.com/

The show was opened by JR Moore and Zack Mack, who also joined them as backup for most of the set.

The show was life-affirming and almost spiritual, as fans and family came together to ring in the new year. Zach’s wife even joined him onstage to perform together.

The show kept on rocking as they played for 2-1/2 hours, giving us all a chance to share emotions in community, sing along in catharsis, and leave full of hope and joy for 2022.

Smith & Myers Set List December 31, 2021 – January 1, 2022 Orlando, Florida

Rebel Yell
Coast To Coast
Bad Guy
Never Tear Us Apart
Don’t Look Back In Anger
I’ll Follow You Down
State Of My Head
Misfits
Dracula song from Forgetting Sarah Marshall
NYE Countdown
Auld Lang Syne (Zack Mack)
Valerie
Losing My Religion
Not Mad Enough
How Did You Love?
Sound of Madness
Zach Myers solo set:
All Too Well (Zach)
Forever And Ever Amen (Zach with Bethany Myers)
Night Moves (Zach)
Bad At Love
New School Shiver
Simple Man
Second Chance
Unchained Melody
In The Air Tonight

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