August 2024 Tampa Area Concerts Preview

If you love 80s music, August is going to be a busy month for you. Several Tampa area concerts will get you on your feet... from dance club legends to Rock Hall of Famers.

The month starts with an annual Q105 tradition - Freestyle Explosion Throwback Jam. This year's show once again happens at Amalie Arena in Tampa. On Saturday, August 10 almost a dozen dance club icons will take the stage. As always Stevie B headlines performing his hits like Spring Love, Party Your Body, I Wanna Be The One and Because I Love You. Also on this year's lineup are local favorite George LaMond, TKA, Lisa Lisa, Sweet Sensation and Expose. This is one of those rare concerts you can get in for under $50 this year. Plus it's the only one on this list that's air conditioned!

Up next on August 16, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Chicago teams up with Earth, Wind & Fire for a show at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa. It'll be a night of huge Q105 hits from Chicago like You're the Inspiration, Hard To Say I'm Sorry, Saturday in the Park, Will You Still Love Me, and If You Leave Me Now. And Earth Wind & Fire will get you dancing with Q105 Saturday Night Dance Party classics like September, Let's Groove, Boogie Wonderland and Shining Star.

On August 20, you get greats hits from the 80s and 90s when REO Speedwagon comes to Tampa with Train. The Summer Road Trip 2024 tour stops at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa. REO Speedwagon has so many Q105 classics like Can't Fight This Feeling, Keep On Loving You, Take It On the Run and Time For Me To Fly. Train topped the charts in the 90s and early 2000s with hits like Hey Soul Sister, Drops of Jupiter and Drive By.

For more Tampa area concerts coming for the rest of 2024 and 2025, visit the Q105 Concerts page.

Def Leppard and Journey put on quite a show at Camping World Stadium in Orlando last week. The Summer Stadium featured a local favorite opening the show, Cheap Trick. Seeing Journey and Def Leppard in concert in a stadium setting really brought back that 80s vibe. The Orlando concert was the only Florida stop on The Journey and Def Leppard Summer Stadium 2024 tour.

It was a much different lineup than the last Stadium Tour stop for Def Leppard at Camping World Stadium in Orlando. A couple years ago, Poison and Motley Crue shared the stage with Joe Elliott.

There were a lot of special moments throughout the night. Robin Zander of Cheap Trick let his son take the spotlight for a bit. Journey played all of their classic Q105 hits, 18 in all. The setlist included "Faithfully," "Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'," "Open Arms," "Lights," "Separate Ways," "Be Good to Yourself," "Any Way You Want It," and of course you knew they were going to end their set with the classic "Don't Stop Believin'."

Journey also debuted a new song for the tour, "Dead or Alive." It's a song from their 1981 album Escape. It was the first song on side 2 of the album... if you remember the vinyl days! Longtime Journey fans certainly miss Steve Perry, but Arnel Pineda delivers for the full Journey concert experience.

Def Leppard also performed 18 songs on their set. opening with "Rock Rock (Til You Drop)." Other Q105 favorites they included in the Orlando set: "Armageddon It," "Love Bites," "Foolin'," "Rock of Ages," "Photograph," "Hysteria," and of course the set ended with the big crowd favorite, "Pour Some Sugar On Me."

Check out these great shots from the tour snapped from the front row from The Summer Stadium 2024 tour. For more upcoming live performances from your favorite Q105 bands, check out our concerts page.