Heartless Bastards

Heartless Bastards at Beachland Ballroom

Twenty years later, the songs still have teeth. Heartless Bastards are bringing them back to where they belong: a live stage.

The band's All This Time 20th-anniversary celebration reaches Beachland Ballroom on December 4. Erika Wennerstrom's unmistakable voice and the group's rough-edged rock sound made the album an enduring part of their story. The anniversary gives longtime listeners a reason to reconnect with that era, while the band's broader catalog shows how much feeling can sit inside a gritty guitar song.

There's something different about hearing a record that marked a chapter of your life performed years later. The music hasn't changed, but you have—and the room is full of other people bringing their own memories to it. Wennerstrom's vocals can move from bruised vulnerability to full-throated force, making the songs feel immediate rather than preserved behind glass. Beachland Ballroom is a natural place for that exchange, with enough intimacy to hear the details and enough energy to let the choruses fly.

Celebrate the album that stuck around—and hear why it still matters. Find Heartless Bastards tickets for Beachland Ballroom.