Credit: Courtesy of the Rock Hall
Before the band had even issued its first album, the UK rock group the Struts [pictured] opened for the Rolling Stones in front of a crowd of 80,000 in Paris. Mötley Crüe also hand-picked the guys to serve as support on its recent farewell tour.

Now, in the wake of the release of its full-length debut, Everybody Wants, the band will perform as part of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Sonic Sessions concert series
 with special guests Dorothy. The concert takes place at 8 p.m. on
 Saturday, July 23. Tickets are $5.50


The Rock Hall also just announced that New York-based the London Souls, a band that draws inspiration from classic rock acts such as Cream and Led Zeppelin, will perform with special guests Thaddeus Anna Greene
at 8 p.m. Friday, July 29. That concert is also part of the Sonic Sessions concert series. Tickets are also $5.50.

All Sonic Sessions events are general admission, standing room only. Tickets also include admission into the Rock Hall’s Ahmet Ertegun Main Exhibition Hall.

This article appears in Apr 13-19, 2016.

Jeff has been covering the Cleveland music scene for more than 25 years now. On a regular basis, he tries to talk to whatever big acts are coming through town. And if you're in a local band that he needs to hear, email him at jniesel@clevescene.com.