Top concerts in Phoenix in June 2023: Logic, Koe Wetzel, Angela Aguilar, Fall Out Boy

Janet Jackson returns to Phoenix for an outdoor concert at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in a month that also features Fall Out Boy and a ‘90s alt-rock package tour with Garbage and Noel Gallagher at that same venue.

Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale has For King & Country headlining a Christian music festival and neosoul sensation Erykah Badu while Arizona Financial Theatre in downtown Phoenix has an eclectic assortment of great performers coming through, from Melanie Martinez to Elvis Costello and Earth, Wind & Fire.

Here’s a look at those and other June 2023 highlights in Phoenix-area concerts, including smaller shows by must-see artists on the rise like Olivia Jean, the Dirty Nil and Alex Laheat.

You should also maybe bookmark our constantly updated list of the latest shows announced for metro Phoenix.

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Deadmau5

The EDM sensation's sense of showmanship goes well beyond the wearing of a mouse head, but you can't deny the power of the mouse head. Any reasonable person has to have that right up there up with Daft Punk on the short list of best stage looks by an EDM star. Fresh from Coachella, where he played the Yuma tent under his techno alias TESTPILOT, he returns to Arizona for a pool party at Talking Stick Resort.

Details: 1 p.m. Saturday, June 3. The Pool at Talking Stick Resort, Loop 101 and Pima Road, Salt River Reservation. $50. 480-850-7734, talkingstickresort.com.

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Al Di Meola

The acclaimed jazz guitarist rose to fame as a member of Chick Corea's Return to Forever, playing on "Where Have I Known You Before," "No Mystery" and "Romantic Warrior." He went on to do memorable work with Return to Forever bassist Stanley Clarke, Jan Hammer, Jean-Luc Ponty and John McLaughlin. He's playing four shows in two days at the intimate MIM Music Theatre.

Details: 5 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 3; 4:30 and 7 p.m. Sunday, June 4. Musical Instrument Museum, 4725 E. Mayo Blvd., Phoenix. $49.50-$69.50. 480-478-6000, mim.org.

Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs

From the early days of Mudcrutch through Tom Petty’s final show on the Heartbreakers' 40th Anniversary Tour, Mike Campbell was the greatest right-hand man a guy with Petty’s talents could’ve hoped to find, an amazingly tasteful guitarist who always seems to know exactly what it takes to make the best songs shine a little brighter. He's been working with the Dirty Knobs since Petty's death, keeping the Heartbreakers spirit alive as only Campbell can.

Details: 8 p.m. Sunday, June 4. The Van Buren, 401 W. Van Buren St., Phoenix. $35. 866-468-3399, thevanburenphx.com.

Cash Cash

These New Jersey-based electropop sensations went platinum with 2013’s breakthrough single “Take Me Home,” with Bebe Rexha and topped the Billboard Dance Club chart as featured guests on Pink’s “Can We Pretend.” Other dance hits include “Surrender,” “How to Love” and “Millionaire.” They’ve also remixed tracks for Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Icona Pop and Britney Spears.

Details: 12 p.m. Sunday, June 4. Maya Day & Nightclub, 7333 E. Indian Plaza, Scottsdale. $20-$25. 480-625-0528, tixr.com.

boygenius

Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus formed this thinking-person's supergroup in 2018 and topped the Vinyl Album chart in April with their much anticipated first full-length release, "The Record," effectively out-charting all their individual solo efforts in the process. The album also brought home perfect scores from several major publications, including NME and Rolling Stone, which said they "transcend any kind of 'supergroup' cliché."

Details: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 6. Arizona Financial Theatre, 400 W. Washington St., Phoenix. Resale ticket prices vary. 800-745-300, ticketmaster.com.

Stick Figure

Led by singer-guitarist Scott Woodruff, who launched the California reggae project as a one-man home-recording situation in 2006, Stick Figure evolved into a proper live band after the release of 2012's "Burial Ground," which topped the Billboard reggae charts. Last year's "Wisdom" was their fourth consecutive release to top the reggae charts. They're joined by Pepper and the Elovators.

Details: 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 6. Mesa Amphitheatre, 263 N. Center St. $64.50. 480-644-2560, mesaamp.com.

Bryson Tiller

It’s been nine years since he uploaded a song called “Don’t” to SoundCloud. That led to RCA snatching him up and re-releasing "Don't" as the lead single from the rapper’s triple-platinum debut, 2015’s “Trapsoul.” “Don’t" hit No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, going on to be certified seven-times-platinum. Tiller’s other hits include “Exchange” and “Sorry Not Sorry.”

Details: 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 6. The Van Buren, 401 W. Van Buren St., Phoenix. Resale ticket prices vary. 866-468-3399, thevanburenphx.com.

Olivia Jean

She rose to fame mixing goth and garage-rock as the leader of the Black Belles, whose raucous self-titled debut from 2011 was produced by future husband Jack White of the White Stripes. She's been making solo records since 2014's "Bathtub Love Killings." Her latest effort, "Raving Ghost," is as steeped in the spirit of classic garage-rock as her other solo work, from the surf beat that opens the album to the organ-rocking swagger of "Don't Leave."

Details: 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 6. Valley Bar, 130 N. Central Ave., Phoenix. $12.50. valleybarphx.com.

Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson is among the most successful artists of her generation with a string of massive pop hits, from "What Have You Done for Me Lately" to "Miss You Much," "That's the Way Love Goes" and "I Want You." In 1990, she became the only artist in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to land seven singles from one album ("Rhythm Nation 1814") in the Top 5. The Together Again Tour with special guest Ludacris is Jackson's first tour in four years.

Details: 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, June 7. Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre, 2121 N. 83rd Ave., Phoenix. $33 and up. 602-254-7200, livenation.com.

CNCO

This Miami-based boy band won a five-year recording contract with Sony Music Latin after coming out on top on the first season of “La Banda,” going on to tour with Ricky Martin. Their first two albums, 2016's "Primera Cita" and 2018's "CNCO," topped the U.S. Latin charts.

Details: 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 7. Celebrity Theatre, 440 N. 32nd St., Phoenix. Resale ticket prices vary. 602-267-1600, celebritytheatre.com.

The Driver Era

Brothers Ross and Rocky Lynch have been touring together for a while now, having launched their musical careers in a group called R5 with another brother, Riker. Atwood magazine hailed their first new music as the Driver Era, "X," as "a graduation from their early years in the mega pop group R5." They're joined by Colony House.

Details: 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 9.  Mesa Amphitheatre, 263 N. Center St. $69. 480-644-2560, mesaamp.com.

Carlos Rivera

This Mexican singer rose to fame in 2004 by winning the third season of “La Academia” after which he was declared "Huamantla's Favorite Son” by members of his hometown’s city council. He’s released four albums and participated in six theater productions.

Details: 8 p.m. Friday, June 9. Celebrity Theatre, 440 N. 32nd St., Phoenix. Resale ticket prices vary. 602-267-1600, celebritytheatre.com.

Beartooth

Caleb Shomo of Attack Attack! launched Beartooth in 2012 as a project to do on the side. A decade later, he's out with Trivium, Malevolence and Archetypes Collide in continued support of Beartooth's fourth release, "Below." Classic Rock magazine praised the album as "a fearsome riff storm of therapeutic venting" while Kerrang! wrote, "It’s a record influenced by Sabbath and Sleep, Power Trip and Pantera — and it shows through proudly."

Details: 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 9. Marquee Theatre, 730 N. Mill Ave., Tempe. $45. 480-829-0607, luckymanonline.com.

Zao

These metalcore heavyweights from Western Pennsylvania brought home raves for their 11th studio release, 2021’s “The Crimson Corridor,” a brutal show of force as cathartic and intense as such career-defining classics as “Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest” and “Liberate Te Ex Inferis.” Sputnikmusic praised it as "some of their best material in years, yet again setting the bar for newcomers to heights that not many will reach."

Details: 6 p.m. Friday, June 9. The Nile, 105 W. Main St., Mesa. $18. 480-559-5859, niletheater.com.

Waterparks

The Houston trio are touring the States in support of their fifth album, "Intellectual Property," which recently became their third consecutive release to crack the Top 10 on the Billboard rock and alternative album charts. Kerrang! called the album "another compelling addition to a discography that always succeeds in bringing something fresh to the table."

Details: 7 p.m. Saturday, June 10. The Van Buren, 401 W. Van Buren St., Phoenix. $35. 866-468-3399, thevanburenphx.com.

Garbage & Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Butch Vig produced Nirvana's "Nevermind" and Smashing Pumpkins' mainstream breakthrough "Siamese Dream" before rebranding himself as the drummer for Garbage, an edgy alternative pop group led by one of that entire decade's most commanding voices, Shirley Manson. By the time their breakthrough album started making waves in 1996, Noel Gallagher was on top of the world with the Britpop band most likely to succeed, Oasis. That makes this a huge event for anyone who felt at all connected to the alternative rock scene of the '90s. You know who you are.

Details: 7 p.m. Sunday, June 11. Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre, 2121 N. 83rd Ave., Phoenix. $29.50 and up. 602-254-7200, livenation.com.

Family Life Radio Fest

For King & Country, a brother act that topped the Christian album charts in 2022 with their fifth album, "What Are We Waiting For?" are set to headline the inaugural Family Life Radio Fest, a Christian music festival and worship event, with gospel legend CeCe Winans, Pat Barrett, Andrew Ripp, Jonathan Traylor and Central Live.

Details: 4 p.m. Sunday, June 11. Desert Diamond Arena, 9400 W. Maryland Ave., Glendale. $20 and up. 623-772-3800, desertdiamondarena.com.

Melanie Martinez

NBC's “The Voice” is an unlikely platform to have introduced the world to an artist as provocative as Melanie Martinez, who went on to make a concept album using childhood themes to paint a dark, unsettling portrait of deeply dysfunctional family life in the 21st century. The Portals Tour features Martinez performing as an otherworldly creature that's essentially a rebirth of the alter ego she premiered on her first album, “Cry Baby.”

Details: 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 12. Arizona Financial Theatre, 400 W. Washington St., Phoenix. Sold out. 800-745-300, ticketmaster.com.

Erykah Badu

She may be best remembered in the mainstream for her Grammy-winning triple-platinum debut, 1997's "Baduizm." But Badu has more than made good on the promise of that soulful breakthrough, kicking off the century with "Mama's Gun" and returning from five years of silence with a two-part masterpiece — "New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)" in 2008 and "New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)" in 2010. She's joined by Yasiin Bey.

Details: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 13. Desert Diamond Arena, 9400 W. Maryland Ave., Glendale. $39.95 and up. 623-772-3800, desertdiamondarena.com.

Mary Chapin Carpenter

Pitchfork hailed this five-time Grammy winner as “one of country music’s most reliable and empathetic songwriters." That's high praise from an unlikely source. In reviewing "The Dirt and the Stars," her latest album, PopMatters raved, "Carpenter has been so consistent that calling 'Between the Dirt and the Stars' her best album in however many years isn't particularly meaningful. Let's call it her best album since her last one."

Details: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 13. Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E. Second St. $60-$85. 480-499-8587, scottsdaleperformingarts.org.

Seven Lions

The famed EDM DJ/producer is touring the States in support of this first studio release, "Beyond the Veil." The album features guest appearances by Lights, Vancouver Sleep Clinic and JT Roach, pushing the envelope on the melodic bass and dubstep sound he did so much to pioneer while also delving into dance pop, downtempo, ambient, house and cross-genre territory.

Details: 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 14. Arizona Financial Theatre, 400 W. Washington St., Phoenix. $29.50 and up. 800-745-300, ticketmaster.com.

Blink-182

Tom DeLonge has rejoined Travis Barker and Mark Hoppus for a Blink-182 reunion tour. When DeLonge left Blink-182 in 2015, his bandmates recruited Matt Skiba and carried on, releasing two albums, 2016’s "California" and 2019’s "Nine." This is the first tour in nearly 10 years with the classic Blink lineup. They celebrated their reunion with a single titled "Edging" that spent 13 weeks at the top of Billboard's Alternative Airplay chart.

Details: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 14. Footprint Center, 201 E. Jefferson St., Phoenix. Resale ticket prices vary. 602-379-7800, ticketmaster.com.

Fenne Lily

The U.K.-based indie-folk singer is playing Phoenix in support of this year's excellent "Big Picture" with Christian Lee Hutson, a kindred spirit from L.A. whose two latest albums, "Beginners" and "Quitters," were produced by Phoebe Bridgers. Hutson also guests on Lily's new release, a breathtaking gem that seems likely to prove the reviewer at musicOMH.com right for saying it "provides a cathartic experience that few other albums will match this year."

Details: 8 p.m. Thursday, June 15. Rebel Lounge, 2303 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix. $20. 602-296-7013, therebellounge.com.

Slothrust

Leah Wellbaum and her bandmates are touring the States in continued support of an album called "Parallel Universe" that finds them easing up a bit on the explosive tendencies on their earlier, grungier work to reveal a more refined approach, from the brooding indie-pop of "Cranium" to the country-flavored title track, without necessarily losing their edge.

Details: 8 p.m. Friday, June 16. Crescent Ballroom, 308 N. Second Ave., Phoenix. $20-$30. 602-716-2222, crescentphx.com.

Koe Wetzel

In an interview with American Songwriter, this country singer summed up what he does as "'90s country meets early 2000s punk rock with early ’90s grunge and hip-hop music in the background." That sounds about right. Wetzel arrives in support of "Hell Paso," which hit the country charts at No. 3 last year. He's here with Pecos & Rooftops and Dylan Wheeler.

Details: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 17.  Mesa Amphitheatre, 263 N. Center St. $45-$50. 480-644-2560, mesaamp.com.

Roberto Tapia

This regional Mexican music veteran topped the Billboard Latin album charts in 2012 with “El Muchacho.” He was one of three coaches on the first two seasons of “La Voz Kids,” a Spanish-language version of “The Voice” for Spanish-speaking American children on the Telemundo network.

Details: 7 p.m. Saturday, June 17. Celebrity Theatre, 440 N. 32nd St., Phoenix. Resale ticket prices vary. 602-267-1600, celebritytheatre.com.

Elvis Costello & the Imposters

Elvis Costello & the Imposters — with guest guitarist Charlie Sexton — are joined by special guest Nick Lowe performing with Los Straitjackets on the We're All Going On A Summer Holiday Tour, which takes its name from the opening line of a song on the headliner's iconic "This Year's Model" album. Lowe produced an awe-inspiring run of albums that continue to define Costello's legacy and wrote "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding" in addition to releasing several classic albums of his own.

Details: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 18. Arizona Financial Theatre, 400 W. Washington St., Phoenix. $59.50. 800-745-300, ticketmaster.com.

Zedd

This Grammy-winning EDM star sent two multiplatinum singles up the pop charts from his debut, "Clarity" — the title track, which featured Foxes, and “Stay the Night,” which featured Hayley Williams. His second album spawned another big hit in “I Want You to Know,” with Selena Gomez on guest vocals, which spent four weeks at the top of Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart. Other hits include "Stay" (with Alessia Cara) and "The Middle."

Details: 1 p.m. Sunday, June 18. The Pool at Talking Stick Resort, Loop 101 and Pima Road, Salt River Reservation. $50. 480-850-7734, talkingstickresort.com.

Earth, Wind & Fire

Earth, Wind & Fire took funk to the masses with such consistency and soul that "The Rolling Stone Album Guide" suggests, "It could be argued that 'The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire' portrays the best singles band of the '70s." They went Top 40 14 times that decade and began the '80s with one of their most enduring hits, "Let's Groove." Their greatest hits include "September," "Shining Star" and "After the Love Has Gone."

Details: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 20. Arizona Financial Theatre, 400 W. Washington St., Phoenix. $39.50 and up. 800-745-300, ticketmaster.com.

Alex Lahey

This Australian rocker is touring the States in support of "The Answer Is Always Yes," an effervescent hit parade of instantly engaging pop hooks of the sort that made her previous release, "The Best of Luck Club," such a welcome throwback to the golden age of power pop. What makes it that much more contagious is the sharpness of her lyrics and the personality with which she puts them out there.

Details: 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 20. Rebel Lounge, 2303 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix. $20. 602-296-7013, therebellounge.com.

Graham Nash

This beloved British singer-songwriter has been inducted twice to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, as a founding member of the Hollies and with Crosby, Stills & Nash. Fans can expect a playlist of Nash’s most popular songs with both groups as well as highlights of his solo years, as he told The Arizona Republic in a recent interview. But he's also just released one of the year's best albums by a veteran of the Woodstock era, aptly titled "Now."

Details: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 21. Celebrity Theatre, 440 N. 32nd St., Phoenix. Resale ticket prices vary. 602-267-1600, celebritytheatre.com.

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Yob

The Oregon doom-metal trio are headed our way in continued support of "Our Raw Heart," whose title and lyrical themes reflect singer-guitarist Mike Scheidt's near-fatal bout of diverticulitis and a subsequent staph infection. Rolling Stone called it "a riveting document of Scheidt's year," adding, "A gauntlet of sickness and health, clarity and confusion, the record wrestles with mortality and ultimately perseveres." It's as heavy emotionally as it is musically.

Details: 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 21. The Nile, 105 W. Main St., Mesa. $26. 480-559-5859, niletheater.com.

Banda Cuisillos

Formed in 1987 by a teenage clarinetist named Arturo Macías, Banda Cuisillos are a Mexican banda group from Tala, Jalisco. They're well-known for wearing Indigenous costumes in their stage show and their album art in tribute to their heritage. Unlike most brass bandas, they incorporate piano and electric guitar into some of their songs.

Details: 8 p.m. Friday, June 23. Celebrity Theatre, 440 N. 32nd St., Phoenix. Resale ticket prices vary. 602-267-1600, celebritytheatre.com.

Pedro the Lion

David Bazan and his bandmates will be playing every song from 1998's "It's Hard to Find a Friend," Bazan's first album as Pedro the Lion, and 2002's "Control," an existential critique of American capitalism couched in the heartbreaking tale of a businessman having an affair who's ultimately murdered by his wife. Like all his finest work, these albums thrive on both his vivid storytelling and the sense of empathy with which he brings these songs to life.

Details: 7 p.m. Friday, June 23. Crescent Ballroom, 308 N. Second Ave., Phoenix. $25-$35. 602-716-2222, crescentphx.com.

Angela Aguilar

A four-time Latin Grammy nominee, the Princess of Mexican Music is bringing her Piensa En Mi Tour to downtown Phoenix. Aguilar has been touring since the age of 4 alongside her legendary father Pepe Aguilar. Her first solo studio album, "Primero Soy Mexicana," met with widespread critical acclaim and commercial success.

Details: 8 p.m. Saturday, June 24. Arizona Financial Theatre, 400 W. Washington St., Phoenix. $42.50 and up. 800-745-300, ticketmaster.com.

The Dirty Nil

The trouble with most power-pop is that it tends to go light on the power. The Dirty Nil have never had that problem, rocking the hooks with a punkish intensity while singer-guitarist Luke Bentham shouts the more explosive hooks like he was raised on the chorus of Superdrag's "Sucked Out." They're on tour in support of the just-released "Free Rein to Passions," whose title nicely sums up Bentham's favored M.O.

Details: 7 p.m. Saturday, June 24. Valley Bar, 130 N. Central Ave., Phoenix. $12.50. valleybarphx.com.

Fall Out Boy

They haven't been through Phoenix since 2017 when the Mania Tour played what we now call Footprint Center. They're touring the States in support of an album called "So Much (for) Stardust," which more than one reviewer praised as a return to form that manages to sound like classic Fall Out Boy while still allowing for occasional surprises. Recent setlists have been loaded with the early hits that made them heroes of the pop-punk world.

Details: 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 30. Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre, 2121 N. 83rd Ave., Phoenix. $49.50 and up. 602-254-7200, livenation.com.

Logic

Logic brings his College Park Tour to downtown Phoenix with special guest Juicy J and opening sets by C Dot Castro and Travis Stacey. The rapper earned two Grammy nominations for the four-times-platinum “1-800-273-8255," a song whose title is the number for the American National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. His other hits include the double-platinum "Sucker for Pain" and the Eminem-assisted "Homicide."

Details: 8 p.m. Friday, June 30. Arizona Financial Theatre, 400 W. Washington St., Phoenix. $39.50 and up. 800-745-300, ticketmaster.com.

Liturgy

Having occupied the more experimental fringe of the black metal spectrum going back at least as far as 2019’s “H.A.Q.Q.,” they arrive in support of another speaker-shredding triumph that offsets the intensity with moments of ethereal symphonic beauty, “93696." Weighing in at nearly 80 minutes, it's a sprawling testament to the enduring purity of their artistic vision produced by a true master of sonic destruction, Steve Albini.

Details: 7 p.m. Friday, June 30. The Nile Underground, 105 W. Main St., Mesa. $15. 480-559-5859, niletheater.com.

Wavves

These San Diego rockers earned raves in 2010 for an album called "King of the Beach," the title of which did a brilliant job of capturing the essence of their charm. Thirteen years later, they're still going strong, as evidenced by the infectious songcraft at the heart of "Hideaway," a 2021 release produced by TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek, which DIY Magazine praised as "their most varied collection so far."

Details: 8 p.m. Friday, June 30. Crescent Ballroom, 308 N. Second Ave., Phoenix. $25. 602-716-2222, crescentphx.com.

Reach the reporter at ed.masley@arizonarepublic.com or 602-444-4495. Follow him on Twitter @EdMasley.

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