{"id":33335,"date":"2025-11-04T21:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/33335\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T21:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:26:09","slug":"phil-collins-son-nic-brings-his-miami-band-to-tampa-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/33335\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Collins&#8217; son Nic brings his Miami band to Tampa this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"629\" data-attachment-id=\"346860\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/nic-collins-son-of-phil-better-strangers-band-tampa-concert\/attachment\/better-strangers-credit-andres-birnbaum\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Better-Strangers-Credit-Andres-Birnbaum-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C2065&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2065\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1749817855&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Better Strangers Credit Andres Birnbaum\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Better Strangers&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Better-Strangers-Credit-Andres-Birnbaum-scaled.jpeg?fit=300%2C242&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Better-Strangers-Credit-Andres-Birnbaum-scaled.jpeg?fit=780%2C629&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Better-Strangers-Credit-Andres-Birnbaum.jpeg\" alt=\"Three men sit on an antique four-poster bed and a chair in an ornate room, looking at the camera.\" class=\"wp-image-346860\"  \/>Better Strangers Credit: Andres Birnbaum \/ Clarion Call<\/p>\n<p>Nic Collins, son of drummer Phil Collins, brings his band Better Strangers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/tampa-bays-best-live-music-happening-from-june-23-29-15858960\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">back to Tampa<\/a> ,this time without former singer Luis Santiago and wielding a darker, denser, and more complex sound.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh off a four-track live EP recorded at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miaminewtimes.com\/music\/whats-next-for-classic-wynwood-venue-gramps-as-closing-nears-40492272\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">soon-to-close hometown haunt Gramps<\/a>, Collins\u2019 trio (which includes guitarist Joey Rodriguez and bassist Yang Waingarten) is supported by a triumvirate of local favorites.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to see Better Strangers play the music hall at New World Tampa on Sunday, Nov. 9 are still available for $19.99.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762291569_211_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa\/NewsletterSignup\/Page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/oct-30-nov-5-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oct. 30 \u2013 Nov. 5, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Better Strangers Credit: Andres Birnbaum \/ Clarion Call Nic Collins, son of drummer Phil Collins, brings his band&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[23389,1864,23390,135,1865,137,136],"class_list":["post-33335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-better-strangers","tag-live-music-in-tampa","tag-new-world-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-concerts","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}