BROUGHT TO YOU BY: ------Feature • Lacuna Coil------3 Rivers Co-op Natural Grocery & Deli...... 15 20 Past 4 and More...... 31 A-1 Limousine...... 31 Alley Sports Bar...... 20 all for One Productions/The Women of Lockerbie...... 27 American Legion Post 499...... 15 Returning to the Dark Side Beamer’s Sports Grill...... 10 C2G Music Hall...... 3, 6 By Ashley Motia air,” Scabbia said of being on stage. fans can feel it,” she said. “I think that’s great. The day that I won’t For Dark Adrenaline the frontwoman Calhoun Street Soups, Salads & Spirits...... 11 After wrapping up Gigantour with metal feel excited to be on stage and not a little bit says the band refocused their sound slightly Cirilla’s...... 18 greats Megadeth, Motorhead and Volbeat, afraid of the result, that will mean I’m not in terms of the guitar work. “We knew that CLASSIFIEDS...... 31 Italian rockers Lacuna Coil are making a interested in this thing anymore. I still love we wanted to have heavier guitars. We knew Columbia Street West...... 13 stop in Fort Wayne a part of that we wanted to have a dark- Digitracks Recording Studio...... 7, 14 their Dark Legacy tour. This er sound because of the lyrics Embassy Theatre/Down the Country Line...... 2 tour, the band’s only headliner and because of the moment we show in the United States for were living, so in that, yeah, Fort Wayne Cinema Center...... 25 2012, will feature more than it’s a completely different al- Fort Wayne Civic Theatre...... 27 two hours of music spanning bum.” Fort Wayne Dance Collective...... 27 the band’s entire discography, Inspiration for the new Fort Wayne Germanfest...... 20 including their new release, album came from a mix of Fort Wayne Musicians Association...... 27 Dark Adrenaline. listening to the band’s older Gin Mill Lounge...... 10 Dark Adrenaline was songs coupled with inspiration among Revolver Magazine’s from present-day life. “We’re Jilli’s Pub...... 13 “Top 15 Anticipated Albums always inspired by our lives, Latch String Bar & Grill...... 11 of 2012” and debuted in the and, of course, life is evolving, Locl.Net...... 30 No. 15 slot on the Billboard life is changing. New experi- NIGHTLIFE...... 10-15 Top 200 in January, selling ences are coming up, and most Northside Galleries...... 3 nearly 20,000 copies in the of them were not that positive, Pacific Coast Concerts...... 20 first week. Dark Adrenaline is you know, because that’s part Lacuna Coil’s highest ranking of life,” Scabbia admitted. PBS39/Splendor in the Glass...... 3 album debut to date, and it has The album name is loaded Peanuts Food & Spirits...... 15 been earning raves from across with meaning, just like the PERFORMER’S DIRECTORY...... 14 the country ever since. band’s lyrics. Piere’s Entertainment Center...... 32 The New Yorker praised “We liked the titled be- Rusty Spur Saloon...... 10 the band’s new effort, saying, cause with the word ‘dark,’ Shigs in Pit Barbeque...... 16 “Dark Adrenaline is packed it fit with how the album is with ear-whacking passages the most obscure we’ve ever Skully’s Boneyard...... 13 that belie solid pop hooks.” written,” Scabbia explained. Snickerz Comedy Bar...... 10 Spin challenges listeners to “We all went through particu- Summit City Comic Con...... 12, 14 “… try not to get sucked into Sweetwater Sound...... 5, 7, 9 Cristina Scabbia and Andrea Tobacco Stop...... 31 Ferro’s hurricane-force melo- LACUNA COIL & TRIVIUM WBYR 98.9 The Bear...... 20 dies.” Saturday, May 19 • 8 p.m. whatzup Dining Club...... 17 For seasoned fans, the reviews reflect a standard of Piere’s Entertainment Center whatzup Musician Finder...... 23 music that Lacuna Coil es- 5629 St. Joe Rd., Fort Wayne whatzup/Wooden Nickel Battle of the Bands 9...... 11 tablished back in their early Tix: $17 adv., $20 d.o.s. thru Ticketmaster WEB SIGHTS...... 30 days. Wooden Nickel Music Stores...... 8 “In 1994, I met Andrea or Piere’s box office, 260-486-1979 Wrigley Field Bar & Grill...... 11 [Ferro], the other singer in WXKE...... 23 Lacuna Coil, and Marco [Coti lar moments in our life that Zelati], the bass player, and weren’t exactly happy, and they had a local band,” re- this is, of course, reflected in called Scabbia, Lacuna Coil’s frontwoman. to death what I do.” your songwriting because what you write is “They wanted to produce a demo to find And it shows. Poor performers don’t get what you are – at least if you write honestly. whatzup out if they could get a record deal, and they invited to tour the globe on a constant basis “The ‘adrenaline’ represents the rush of Published weekly and distributed on Wednesdays and Thursdays by AD Media, Incorporated. asked if I could do some backing vocals for with greats like Megadeth, Hatebreed, Lamb energy that came up during the recording and 2305 E. Esterline Rd., Columbia City, IN 46725 them. 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