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Live review: All Time Low returned to Tsongas Center for ‘Future Hearts Tour’

Jen Desrosiers Connector Editor Even if you’re not a fan, it’s still fairly easy to see why Baltimore-based pop-punk band All Time Low has made quite a big name for themselves since their arrival on the scene in 2005. Over the years, the band had gone from playing at small, no-name venues to large scale

All Time Low returns to Tsongas Center April 15 for ‘Future Hearts Tour’

Jen Desrosiers Connector Editor This year has been a busy one for American pop-punk band All Time Low between the release of their newest single, “Something’s Gotta Give,” and the announcement of their sixth studio album, Future Hearts, set to be released on Tues. April 7 through Hopeless Records. In honor of the release of

Show review: Pierce the Veil and Sleeping with Sirens bring their ‘World Tour’ to the Tsongas

Jen Desrosiers Connector Editor Last Friday, the Tsongas Center was a scene of shrieking fans as headlining bands Sleeping with Sirens and Pierce the Veil took over the arena for the Massachusetts stop of their world tour. Also on this tour were supporting acts Mallory Knox, based out of the U.K. and Lowell natives PVRIS

Mill No. 5: A hipster amusment park

Jen Desrosiers Connector Editor Built in 1873 and owned by The Appleton Manufacturing Company for which it served as a textile mill until the early 20th century, Mill No. 5’s original purpose was to be a weaving and spinning mill that was entirely powered by steam. Today, the old mill building has been transformed into