BABYMETAL

BABYMETAL is the Japanese group that fused idol pop with heavy metal, pairing choreographed vocals with riffs and blast beats from a rotating cast of backing musicians. What started as a novelty crossover built a real metal fanbase worldwide, playing festivals like Download and Sonisphere alongside acts twice their weight class. The mix of cute and brutal shouldn't work, but it does.

They bring that sound to Colorado with a date at Ball Arena, a big room that matches their reach at this point. Worth catching if you want to see how far the joke turned into the real thing.