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PHOTOS: Toby Keith at San Manuel Amphitheater

Whenever Toby Keith goes on a big summer tour, you can bet he will make a stop in Inland Southern California.

The popular country star returned to San Manuel Amphitheater on Friday, May 30, with some help from openers Colt Ford and daughter Krystal Keith.

Photographer David Bauman was on hand to capture some moments of the show. Check out photos of Toby Keith, Colt Ford and Krystal Keith and a red solo cup over at PE.com or click the photo below.

Toby Keith performs at San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore on May 30, 2014. (David Bauman, Staff Photographer)

Toby Keith performs at San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore on May 30, 2014. (David Bauman, Staff Photographer)

SAN BERNARDINO: See photos from A Day to Remember’s Self Help Festival

Rockers A Day to Remember celebrated the debut of the Self Help Festival at the National Orange Show in San Bernardino on Saturday, March 22.

Photographer Micah Escamilla was on hand to capture A Day to Remember, Bring Me the Horizon and others of the 16 performers.

Click on the photo below to visit the gallery of her photos.

A Day to Remember performs at the Self Help Festival in San Bernardino on Saturday, March 22. (MICAH ESCAMILLA/ FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER)

A Day to Remember performs at the Self Help Festival in San Bernardino on Saturday, March 22. (MICAH ESCAMILLA/ FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER)

I interviewed guitarist Kevin Skaff about the Self Help Festival and he said the band hoped it would turn into something more than just a one-off.

Did you go to the festival? What did you think?

PHOTOS: John Legend lights up Pechanga

Singer John Legend kicks off his tour with a performance at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, CA. Thursday, March 20, 2014. (Terry Pierson/Staff Photographer)

Singer John Legend kicks off his tour with a performance at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, CA. Thursday, March 20, 2014. (Terry Pierson/Staff Photographer)

John Legend kicked off his “All of Me” tour at Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula on Thursday, March 20.

After the concert, Legend posted “What a wonderful way to start the tour! Thanks to everybody who came to Temecula tonight!” on Twitter.

He released his latest album, “Love in the Future,” in September, and he’s been called upon to write with a number of other artists. One of his most recent collaborations is with Harry Styles of boy band One Direction.

View a photo gallery of John Legend at Pechanga.

The singer/songwriter will perform at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio Saturday night and tickets are $49, $69 and $89.

8 p.m., Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, 84-245 Indio Springs Parkway, Indio, 800-827-2946, www.fantasyspringsresort.com.

ONTARIO: See photos from Merry Meltdown with Korn, Stone Temple Pilots

Staff Photographer Kurt Miller was on hand Saturday, Dec. 14 at Ontario’s Citizens Business Bank Arena for X103.9’s Merry Meltdown and snapped some incredible photos from the show.

He put together two galleries from the concert with some great photos of the bands.

Click the photo below to visit the gallery with Localpalooza winner Assuming We Survive, Big B and Sick Puppies.

Adrian Estrella of Assuming We Survive gets close to the crowd at X103.9's Merry Meltdown on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013 at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario. (Kurt Miller/Staff Photographer)

Adrian Estrella of Assuming We Survive gets close to the crowd at X103.9’s Merry Meltdown on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013 at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario. (Kurt Miller/Staff Photographer)

The show also had to big name acts to close the night–Stone Temple Pilots (with new singer Chester Bennington) and Korn.

Click the photo below to view Kurt’s photos of Korn and Stone Temple Pilots at Merry Meltdown.

Chester Bennington sings with Stone Temple Pilots at X103.9's Merry Meltdown at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario on Dec. 14. (Kurt Miller/Staff Photographer)

Chester Bennington sings with Stone Temple Pilots at X103.9’s Merry Meltdown at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario on Dec. 14. (Kurt Miller/Staff Photographer)

PHOTOS: Inland bands battle at Localpalooza

Assuming We Survive singer Adrian Estrella revs up the crowd  at X103.9's Localpalooza competition at M15 in Corona on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013.(Rob Inderrieden/Freelance Photographer)

Assuming We Survive singer Adrian Estrella revs up the crowd at X103.9’s Localpalooza competition at M15 in Corona on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013.(Rob Inderrieden/Freelance Photographer)

If you missed it over the weekend, X103.9’s Localpalooza returned for a second year and was a big success with fans and bands at M15 in Corona on Saturday, Nov. 2.

Assuming We Survive won the battle, which featured 11 bands, and will go on to open the San Bernardino-based radio station’s Merry Meltdown concert with Korn and Stone Temple Pilots on Saturday, Dec. 14 at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario.

View the full gallery of Localpalooza photos featuring Assuming We Survive, As You Were, El Robo, Pandemic Unleashed, Slivir, Slowfall, Star Off Machine, T4P, The Action Potential, The Red Level and The Rebel Noise over at the iGuide.

TEMECULA: Photos of Andrew W.K. at The Vault

Andrew W.K. performs at The Vault in Temecula on Oct. 18, 2013 while his hype man Blakey Boy sprays the crowd with water during the finale "I Get Wet." (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)

Andrew W.K. performs at The Vault in Temecula on Oct. 18, 2013 while his hype man Blakey Boy sprays the crowd with water during the finale “I Get Wet.” (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)

One of the best parts of my job is that sometimes I get to take pictures in addition to spending my days listening to and writing about music.

Being that I love to take pictures at shows, the one thing I hate is the paranoia that sets in ever since I blew not one, but two camera shutters over the three days at Stagecoach 2012. On Friday night, at the Andrew W.K. show at The Vault in Temecula, I almost had a breakdown when I got the dreaded “error 99” on a camera that had been working fine when I tested it before I went down to the show.

Luckily it was merely a busted battery and I was able to duck back into the pit to get a couple of shots of The Infamous They before the Temecula band wrapped up its set.  I also snapped some shots of fellow opening acts Midnight Satellites, The Coltranes and Strike Twelve. Sadly, the traffic was too gnarly for me to make it down to see the first band of the night, Ascension, but they’ve been getting rave reviews.

Thanks to The Vault, who is always super cool about letting us photograph the entire show, not just the first couple of songs.

Check out the pictures of Andrew W.K.’s show at The Vault in Temecula and read more about Andrew W.K.’s  Party Messiah show.

Andrew W.K. performs at The Vault in Temecula on Oct. 18, 2013. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)

Andrew W.K. performs at The Vault in Temecula on Oct. 18, 2013. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)

 

SAN BERNARDINO: More photos from Nocturnal Wonderland

Summer Mullins, of Simi Valley, shows off the bracelets she made for Nocturnal Wonderland. The colorful bracelets are known as kandi. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)

Summer Mullins, of Simi Valley, shows off a bracelet she made for Nocturnal Wonderland. The colorful bracelets are known as kandi. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)

On Saturday, Sept. 21 I ventured out to Nocturnal Wonderland at San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore.

One of the things that struck me was how many people wanted their picture taken. When I’m out and about people are usually ducking the camera. So for all of you nice people who kept asking for me to take your picture, here you go!

I have a full photo gallery of Nocturnal Wonderland posted over at PE.com, but I wanted to share some other images I captured that didn’t make the original gallery. These shots are from my iPhone, iPad and my DSLR.

 

RELATED: Scenes from Nocturnal Wonderland

SAN BERNARDINO: See photos from Nocturnal Wonderland

Nocturnal Wonderland celebrated a new home at San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore with tens of thousands of electronic music fans on Saturday, Sept. 21.

The festival included sets from Fedde le Grand, Porter Robinson, Sander Van Doorn and more.

Five stages pumped heavy beats, carnival rides whirred in the night and there was a pyrotechnics show that rivaled that of Disneyland.

Stay tuned for more notes from the fest, but take a look at our photo gallery from Nocturnal Wonderland or click the photo below to see it.

Concertgoers enter the Nocturnal Wonderland festival at the grounds of San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore on Sept. 21, 2013. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)

Concertgoers enter the Nocturnal Wonderland festival at the grounds of San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore on Sept. 21, 2013. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)

DEVORE: See photos of Overkill, Warbringer

The Battle of San Bernardino kicked off its full day of face-melting metal with a stage set up on the concourse at San Manuel Amphitheater on Friday, Sept. 13.

Up and coming band Warbringer opened the festivities and thrash elder statesmen Overkill also performed on the stage.

Click to see photos of Warbringer and Overkill at the Battle of San Bernardino or click the photo below.

Warbringer performs on the side stage during the Battle for San Bernardino at San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore on September 13, 2013. (Paul A. Hebert/Freelance Photographer)

Warbringer performs on the side stage during the Battle for San Bernardino at San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore on September 13, 2013. (Paul A. Hebert/Freelance Photographer)

Thanks to freelance photographer Paul A. Hebert for capturing such amazing images. See all of the galleries from below. Read a little bit more about The Battle of San Bernardino on the Audio File blog.

PHOTO GALLERY: Iron Maiden at San Manuel Amphitheater

PHOTO GALLERY: Megadeth at the Battle of San Bernardino

PHOTO GALLERY: Anthrax at the Battle of San Bernardino

PHOTO GALLERY: Testament and Sabaton at the Battle of San Bernardino

PHOTO GALLERY: Overkill and Warbringer at San Manuel Amphitheater

DEVORE: See photos of Testament, Sabaton at San Manuel Amphitheater

The first two acts to take the main stage at the Battle of San Bernardino at San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore on Sept. 13, 2013  were Sabaton and Testament.

Testament leader Chuck Billy told the crowd he had been looking forward to the show for the last 2-3 months.

Click to see the photo gallery of Sabaton and Testament at the Battle of San Bernardino or click the photo below.

Testament performs on stage during the Battle for San Bernardino at San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore on September 13, 2013. (Paul A. Hebert/Freelance Photographer)

Testament performs on stage during the Battle for San Bernardino at San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore on September 13, 2013. (Paul A. Hebert/Freelance Photographer)

Thanks to freelance photographer Paul A. Hebert for capturing such amazing images. See all of the galleries from below. Read a little bit more about The Battle of San Bernardino on the Audio File blog.

PHOTO GALLERY: Iron Maiden at San Manuel Amphitheater

PHOTO GALLERY: Megadeth at the Battle of San Bernardino

PHOTO GALLERY: Anthrax at the Battle of San Bernardino

PHOTO GALLERY: Testament and Sabaton at the Battle of San Bernardino

PHOTO GALLERY: Overkill and Warbringer at San Manuel Amphitheater