Eric Jourgensen, Ed.D.@DrDarthGrader
Concert photography by Eric Jourgensen

From the
audience.

A concert journal in photographs.

44 photographs · 27 shows · 2016–2026

Teddy Swims October 23, 2026Dan + Shay October 17, 2026Journey October 16, 2026Tim McGraw September 26, 2026Wu-Tang Clan September 23, 2026Freaks on Parade August 20, 2026Papa Roach October 5, 2025Jason Aldean October 4, 2025Katy Perry August 23, 2025Shania Twain August 1, 2025Post Malone June 8, 2025Hootie & the Blowfish September 28, 2024Finger Eleven September 21, 2024Korn September 14, 2024Megadeth August 24, 2024Dan + Shay August 22, 2024Dave Matthews Band May 25, 2024Chris Stapleton May 9, 2024Ministry March 23, 2024Clay Walker February 24, 2024P!nk November 15, 2023Freaks on Parade August 27, 2023Jeff Goldblum & the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra July 20, 2023TobyMac February 22, 2019TobyMac February 18, 2017For KING & COUNTRY January 17, 2016Garth Brooks January 16, 2016

Teddy Swims

Amerant Bank Arena
Sunrise, Florida

Venue & date source

Teddy Swims singing from the motel balcony set.
Room with a voice.
Teddy Swims onstage between columns of flame.
A quiet night at the motel.

Dan + Shay

iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
West Palm Beach, Florida

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Dan + Shay performing against a red stage backdrop.
Two voices against a wall of red.
Dan + Shay and band together under purple stage lighting.
The stage gets smaller when everybody comes to the edge.
Josh Ross singing beside his guitarist, with his name on the bass drum.
Josh Ross, with his name on the drums and his shadow on the wall.

Journey

Amerant Bank Arena
Sunrise, Florida

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Journey members gathered at the front of a blue-lit stage, one wearing a red Florida Panthers jersey, with a red piano to the left and a large video screen above.
Journey. One Panther in the lineup.

Tim McGraw

iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
West Palm Beach, Florida

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Tim McGraw playing guitar with the band against a fiery orange video backdrop.
The flames stay on the screen this time.
Tim McGraw seated at a microphone under a single spotlight against a dark stage.
Tim McGraw leaves most of the frame to the dark.

Wu-Tang Clan

iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
West Palm Beach, Florida

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Wu-Tang Clan onstage beneath a red W-shaped screen.
Wu-Tang, signing the whole stage with one letter.

Freaks on Parade

iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
West Palm Beach, Florida

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Rob Zombie singing beside the drum riser against a multicolored backdrop.
Rob Zombie gives the drummer a pair of alien bodyguards.
Rob Zombie stage production with flames and a large face projected behind the band.
Rob Zombie. The monsters get the big screen.
Marilyn Manson silhouetted beneath red illuminated crosses.
Marilyn Manson keeps the color scheme simple.
The Hu performing under white spotlights with their name on the backdrop.
The Hu takes the stage from edge to edge.

Papa Roach

iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
West Palm Beach, Florida

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Papa Roach performing beneath white beams and an illuminated band-name backdrop, with raised audience hands in the foreground.
Papa Roach. The crowd supplies the foreground.

Jason Aldean

iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
West Palm Beach, Florida

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Jason Aldean and band on a stage designed as the illuminated front of a large truck.
The truck gets top billing.

Katy Perry

Kaseya Center
Miami, Florida

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Katy Perry singing on a suspended butterfly-shaped prop against purple light.
Katy Perry’s butterfly has an arena-sized wingspan.
Katy Perry singing on the curved runway beside the audience.
Katy Perry takes the long way through the frame.

Shania Twain

Hard Rock Live
Hollywood, Florida

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Shania Twain and her band beneath a large pink name backdrop and intersecting white stage beams.
Shania Twain and the fine print.

Post Malone

Hard Rock Stadium
Miami Gardens, Florida

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Post Malone’s stadium stage beneath falling gold sparks, flanked by red video screens.
Post Malone is down there. The sparks are less shy.

Hootie & the Blowfish

iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
West Palm Beach, Florida

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Darius Rucker singing and pointing toward the audience under green stage light.
Darius Rucker makes the front rows part of the picture.
Edwin McCain and his band performing beneath a circular backdrop bearing his name.
Edwin McCain. The name tag is hard to miss.

Finger Eleven

iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
West Palm Beach, Florida

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Finger Eleven performing in daylight beneath their name, with the audience along the front of the stage.
Finger Eleven gets to work before the lights take over.

Korn

iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
West Palm Beach, Florida

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Jonathan Davis singing in a red tracksuit against green light, with Korn’s drummer behind him.
Jonathan Davis found the one color the lights weren’t using.
Korn silhouetted beneath intersecting white stage beams and monochrome video screens.
Korn draws the room in white light.
Gojira performing in silhouette below two fans of flame jets.
Gojira brings its own weather.

Megadeth

iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
West Palm Beach, Florida

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Dave Mustaine playing a black V-shaped guitar under blue and green stage lights, with raised audience hands making horn gestures in the foreground.
Dave Mustaine. The audience handles the horns.

Dan + Shay

iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
West Palm Beach, Florida

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Dan + Shay performing between tall video screens showing enlarged views of both singers under blue light.
Dan + Shay, in person and several sizes larger.

Dave Matthews Band

iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
West Palm Beach, Florida

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Dave Matthews Band spread across a blue-lit stage beneath fans of white light, with audience silhouettes below.
Dave Matthews Band, with the blues turned all the way up.

Chris Stapleton

iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
West Palm Beach, Florida

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Chris Stapleton singing and playing guitar under a warm spotlight against a deep blue stage, with his band beside him.
Chris Stapleton. The hat catches the light first.
Chris Stapleton and band framed by red curtains and a large video close-up above the stage.
The hat gets the big screen, too.

Ministry

Hard Rock Live
Orlando, Florida

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Al Jourgensen holding a microphone stand overhead in red stage haze.
My brother Al. Yes, this counts as a family photo.
Ministry performing under red and green light beside a sculptural microphone stand.
My brother’s band, with a microphone stand that deserves its own credit.

Clay Walker

MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Event Center
Port St. Lucie, Florida

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Clay Walker in a red shirt and white cowboy hat, playing guitar before a red, orange, and blue spiral backdrop, with audience silhouettes in front.
Clay Walker’s shirt has competition.

P!nk

Amerant Bank Arena
Sunrise, Florida

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P!nk with arms raised between two dancers on a confetti-covered stage.
The confetti has landed. P!nk hasn’t lowered her arms.
P!nk on the arena screen beneath a red lips-shaped stage structure.
That grin needs its own screen.

Freaks on Parade

iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
West Palm Beach, Florida

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Rob Zombie performing on a stage with a giant monster prop and flame effects.
Rob Zombie brings the whole haunted house.

Jeff Goldblum & the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra

Balboa Theatre
San Diego, California

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Jeff Goldblum playing a Steinway grand piano beside a guitarist.
Goldblum at the Steinway. The dinosaurs can wait.
Jeff Goldblum smiling with a handheld microphone beside the piano.
The microphone suits him, too.

TobyMac

BB&T Center
Sunrise, Florida

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TobyMac leaning forward with a microphone near the audience, wearing camouflage and bright green shoes against red panels and crossing white spotlights.
TobyMac’s camouflage has a footwear problem.
TobyMac and his guitarist performing close to the audience beneath falling white confetti and a bright overhead spotlight.
TobyMac and his guitarist, briefly outnumbered by confetti.

TobyMac

BB&T Center
Sunrise, Florida

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TobyMac wearing a black hat and tinted glasses, holding a microphone and raising one index finger against the dark arena, with audience faces below.
TobyMac. One is plenty.

For KING & COUNTRY

BB&T Center
Sunrise, Florida

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For KING & COUNTRY performing beneath a suspended stack of rectangular video screens, with blue and white stage beams, band crests on side banners, and audience silhouettes below.
For KING & COUNTRY, under a very elaborate lampshade.

Garth Brooks

BB&T Center
Sunrise, Florida

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Garth Brooks smiling with an acoustic guitar in front of a spherical drum enclosure illuminated in green and blue, with audience seating behind the stage.
Garth Brooks. The drummer gets his own planet.
A wide view of Garth Brooks and his band on an arena stage surrounded by the audience, with confetti falling around a purple spherical drum enclosure.
Garth Brooks, somewhere under all that confetti.

Photographs © Eric Jourgensen.