Excision
Make your eardrums explode as Canada's "bass music boss," Excision brings his 2016 Paradox Tour to the 954. As the DJ warned New Times' readers prior to his 2013 Club Cinema debut: "Expect to leave exhausted." And possibly, a little deaf.
The Paradox 2016 Tour with Figure and Bear Grillz. Saturday, February 13, 8 p.m. Club Cinema, 3251 N. Federal Hwy., Lighthouse Point; 954-785-5225. Tickets cost $35 to $65 plus fees via ticketfly.com.
Robert Randolph & the Family Band
Get your dose of "American funk, blues/rock, and soul" as Jersey's Robert Randolph & the Family Band take over Culture Room this week. Named one of Rolling Stone's 100 greatest guitarists of all time, this will be your chance to witness Randolph's pedal steel six-string talent in action.
Saturday, February 13, 8 p.m. Culture Room, 3045 N. Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale; 954-564-1074; cultureroom.net. Tickets cost $25 plus fees via ticketmaster.com.
Andrea Bocelli
As a hopeless romantic, Valentine's Day is near and dear to Andrea Bocelli's heart. "It is a special day," the Italian tenor told New Times last year. "It is an opportunity to celebrate love, which is the engine of the world. I believe in the strength of anniversaries, provided that they are filled with meaning, that they are given their true value. On San Valentine's Day, everybody has the possibility to express their affection and gratitude." And lucky for us, South Florida will have two nights to see Bocelli unleash his inner casanova this V-Day weekend.
Saturday and Sunday, February 13 and 14, 8 p.m. Hard Rock Live, 1 Seminole Way, Hollywood; 954-797-5531; hardrocklivehollywoodfl.com. Tickets cost $205 to $555 plus fees via ticketmaster.com.
Alan Parsons Project
Alan Parsons, as pointed out by New Times, "may have built his later success on the foundation of the Alan Parsons Project, but [the artist] had a rewarding professional career well before he turned his attention to the ambitious ensemble that would later bear his name." But it was his collaboration with songwriter and keyboard player Eric Woolfson that Parsons was able to make the leap from assistant engineer at London's famed Abbey Road Studios — where he earned his first production credit for the Beatles' Abbey Road album — to performer.
With special guests the Orchestra, starring former members of Electric Light Orchestra and ELO Part Two. Sunday, February 14, 7:30 p.m. Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton; 561-544-8600; mizneramphitheater.com. Tickets cost $39.50 to $189.50 plus fees via axs.com.