HBIC Summer Music Festival

Summer and outdoor music festivals go hand-in-hand, it seems, but there are still lots of shows that roll through hockey arenas when the ice is out. Regardless of where you experience live music, the one constant that seems to happen when a band or musician visits a rink is that the local hockey team bestows a personalized jersey upon that artist. Let's break into the HBIC Summer Music Festival as we look at a pile of artists who have received hockey jerseys recently, and you can see the full list in the database of images!

The Backstreet Boys are, somehow, still touring to this day, and they've been to a number of arenas across North America on this tour where they've sported the local team's threads. Among those seen include the Winnipeg Jets' alternate jerseys, the Edmonton Oilers' alternate jerseys, and San Jose Sharks jerseys. With their tour still happening, there may be more images of the once-heartthrobs in hockey jerseys.

In what has to be the 1990s-est crossover ever, the Backstreet Boys and New Kids On The Block both were at the TD Garden, and both received their own sets of Boston Bruins jerseys. I can't imagine how many screaming women would have been at that concert, but I'm guessing it was a lot.

Seen at the Stanley Cup Final outside TD Garden for a public performance: Lil Nas X in a Boston Bruins jersey!

Blake Shelton got himself his own St. Louis Blues jersey while touring through the Gateway to the West.

Brendon Urie, lead singer from Panic! At The Disco, received his very own San Jose Sharks jersey.

It was a little strange seeing SJ Sharkie decked out in all his bling, but he was there repping the Sharks alongside California-born rapper E-40!

On his 24K tour, Bruno Mars made a stop in Washington, DC where he got his own Washington Capitals jersey. Yes, that is former First Lady Michelle Obama with her arm around him as well.

Dave Matthews, lead singer of the self-named Dave Matthews Band, stopped in DC shortly after the Stanley Cup victory in 2018. He received a Washington Capitals jersey for his appearance at Capital One Arena. Guitarist Tim Reynolds also got in on the act and got himself a jersey too!

Another musical act who stopped at the Capital One Center was Bon Jovi. Lead signer Jon Bon Jovi met Capitals and Wizards owner Ted Leonsis and got a Washington Capitals jersey!

Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins took in a Chicago Blackhawks game while wearing a Winter Classic Blackhawks jersey.

Chance the Rapper showed his colours when he was invited to shoot in a contest for the Chicago Blackhawks. He did receive a #5 jersey with "The Rapper" on the back for his efforts.

You can count Kevin Cronin, lead singer for REO Speedwagon, as a fan of the Chicago Blackhawks as he too did the celebrity shooting contest.

Mumford and Sons hit the Windy City for a show at the United Center recently, and they were the recipients of personalized Chicago Blackhawks jerseys.

Another band who received jerseys for stopping at the United Center? That would be Muse who got their own personalized Chicago Blackhawks jerseys.

In a photo from Y2K, Christina Aguilera was on tour and she happened to stop at Rogers Arena in Vancouver where she received her very own Vancouver Canucks jersey.

Since we led off with boy bands from the 1990s, here's another Y2K photo from Rogers Arena with 'NSYNC receiving their Vancouver Canucks jerseys. Justin Timberlake looks like he's 12 years-old in that photo.

I'm not sure when this photo was taken, but here is a younger Shawn Mendes showing off his support for the Vancouver Canucks.

In a very recent photo, Snoop Dogg made his way back to Vancouver and Rogers Arena where he took the stage in the new retro Vancouver Canucks jersey that the team will wear this season. Snoop Dogg looks good in those colours!

I don't believe that Tegan of the sister act known as Tegan and Sara is a hockey fan. She hasn't appeared in jerseys before, but Sara has. And Sara looked outstanding in a Vancouver Canucks throwback jersey at a game last season!

Air Canada Center has played home to many acts that have toured through Canada, and the recent trend is Toronto Raptors jerseys after they won the NBA Championship. However, Disturbed's visit to Air Canada Center saw them receive Toronto Maple Leafs jerseys.

The Glorious Sons are a Canadian band from Kingston, Ontario, so it should be no surprise that the band received Toronto Maple Leafs jerseys when they stopped for a show in Toronto.

His full name is Salvatore Paul Erna Jr., but he's better known as Sully Erna, lead singer for the heavy metal band Godsmack. During a music festival in Tampa Bay, Erna appealed to the crown by donning a Tampa Bay Lightning jersey.

I haven't heard of them, but Underoath is an American rock band that hails from Tampa, Florida. When they were invited to play a local show in their hometown, they all donned Tampa Bay Lightning alternate jerseys that were personalized for each member!

Gavin DeGraw, whose first album Chariot went platinum, is back on tour this summer. He did get a chance to stop by Bridgestone Arena in Nashville to do a little anthem singing, and he unfortunately took a spill after his rendition of the Sta-Spangled Banner! Nice personalized jersey, though!

I had no idea she was a hockey fan, but Bridgestone Arena seems to be the place to go if you have musical talent and want a jersey. I say this because Mary J. Blige was given a Nashville Predators jersey when she played that venue!

You may know Pentatonix from their Christmas music, and the acapella group did a massive world tour recently. The nice part? They too received personalized Nashville Predators jerseys when they played Bridgestone Arena.

KISS toured through North Carolina recently, and it seems that Hurricanes GM Don Waddell may be a fan as he posed for pictures with KISS and their personalized Carolina Hurricanes alternate jerseys.

Based on the treatment that KISS got, you'd think that maybe other touring bands would get the same from the Hurricanes, right? Apparently not as Mumford and Sons received their personalized jerseys and photo opportunity with Don Waddell in some sort of backstage corridor? Weird flex, Don.

Drake has visited a pile of places through his music tours and his love of the Toronto Raptors, so here is the rapper with his own Buffalo Sabres jersey, holding an autographed Mario Lemieux jersey, with his own Nashville Predatros jersey, and wearing a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey in honour of the curse that goes by his name! It should be noted that exactly none of those teams won the Stanley Cup in the past calendar year.

Lauren Alaina is a former American Idol contestant and has now moved into the music industry after growing up in Georgia. I'm not certain how big of a hockey fan she is, but it seems the Minnesota Wild want her as a fan as they gave her a jersey while in the Twin Cities.

Speaking of TV shows, Brynn Cartelli was the winner of Season 14 of The Voice. I have never watched the show nor can say anything about Cartelli's singing ability, but the 16 year-old was on tour recently with a stop in Boston, getting a Bruins jersey, and a stop in Nashville, receiving a Predators jersey.

We had Snoop Dogg in an Oilers alternate jersey before, but the photo was horrible. Here's a much better picture of Snoop Dogg with the personalization on the back.

Pat Monahan of Train has worn hockey jerseys at times before as he's shown support for the Lightning. Monahan was back in a jersey for another show, but this time he was wearing the colours of the other Floridian NHL team as he donned a Florida Panthers jersey!

The NCAA National Champion Wisconsin Badgers got a little musical support when country star Jordan Davis toured through Madison. Not only did he meet the team and hold the trophy, but he wore the Wisconsin Badgers jersey!

I joked about Ozzy Osbourne's old mugshot photo of him in a St. Louis Blues t-shirt that he'd never likely wear a Blues jersey. Well, the joke was on all of us this past June when Ozzy donned a Blues jersey in support the Blues in their Stanley Cup run!

There are another handful of musicians to take you through to the holiday Monday. While tastes in music will differ, it seems some musicians are just happy with a closet full of hockey sweaters. For that, HBIC salutes you, musicians, for you make these articles possible! And if you have a photo you want to submit, please send it here!

Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!