{"id":434464,"date":"2026-10-22T05:54:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T05:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/434464\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T05:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T05:54:26","slug":"st-pete-reggae-rock-band-the-hip-abduction-set-to-play-biggest-hometown-headline-show-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/434464\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete reggae-rock band The Hip Abduction set to play biggest hometown headline show to date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"494\" data-attachment-id=\"370526\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/st-pete-reggae-rock-band-the-hip-abduction-set-to-play-biggest-hometown-headline-show-to-date\/attachment\/2019-the-hip-abduction-ryan-noaker\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2019-The-Hip-Abduction-Ryan-Noaker.jpeg?fit=2500%2C1581&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2500,1581\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1563220423&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2019 The Hip Abduction Ryan Noaker\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Hip Abduction&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2019-The-Hip-Abduction-Ryan-Noaker.jpeg?fit=780%2C494&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2019-The-Hip-Abduction-Ryan-Noaker.jpeg\" alt=\"A promotional band portrait by Ryan Noaker showing the band The Hip Abduction. Captured in a centered eye-level shot, the five members of St. Petersburg world-pop band The Hip Abduction pose in front of a wide, weather-worn red garage roll-up door. The band members stand and sit in casual streetwear\u2014including dark t-shirts, jeans, and sunglasses\u2014arranged symmetrically across the paved threshold under balanced outdoor ambient lighting.\" class=\"wp-image-370526\"  \/>The Hip Abduction Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5b172159f407b43066134687\/1563381253353-9FCRH4ZK5F3O2XC6FD9G\/THA+2019+Press+2+credit+Ryan+Noaker.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Noaker<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since its inception 16 years ago, St. Petersburg reggae-rock band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehipabduction.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Hip Abduction<\/a> has carefully, and slowly grown into larger venues. This weekend at <a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/location\/the-baycare-sound-15704564\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/location\/the-baycare-sound-15704564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The BayCare Sound in Clearwater<\/a> it plays perhaps its biggest hometown headlining set to close a short run through the Southeast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the road with just a handful of bandmembers, don\u2019t be surprised if this set under the stars sees an expanded lineup fleshed out with musicians that\u2019ve helped the group cultivate a feel-good brand of beach-pop that\u2019s grown more expansive and introspective over the course of six LPs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rutheckerdhall.com\/events\/detail\/the-hip-abduction\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to see The Hip Abduction, Coyote Island, and Sensamotion at The BayCare Sound in Clearwater on Saturday, Oct. 24 are still available and start at $47.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792648466_774_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><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-15-21-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oct. 15 \u2013 21, 2026<\/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":"The Hip Abduction Credit: Ryan Noaker Since its inception 16 years ago, St. Petersburg reggae-rock band The Hip&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[81035,202,204,203,199,201,200,1865,27585,5726],"class_list":["post-434464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-live-music-in-clearwater","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa-bay-concerts","tag-the-baycare-sound","tag-the-hip-abduction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434464","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=434464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}