More Than Me at Buffalo Iron Works | May 30, 2026
Here is the short version: a Buffalo band that once opened for Paul McCartney before 50,000 people in Hyde Park is playing their hometown on a Saturday night for $20. More Than Me headlines Buffalo Iron Works on May 30, and the undercard — Dirty Smile and Kevin Sampson & The Nightshift — makes it one of the stronger all-local bills the Buffalo / Western NY scene has put together this spring.
About More Than Me
More Than Me is a four-piece soul-pop-rock outfit from Buffalo — Ryan Jacob Doyle on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, his brother Todd Doyle on drums, Joey Nicastro on lead guitar, and Justin Rizzo on bass. They are road-tested in a way that matters: more than 500 live shows and 100,000 miles of national touring have turned this band into a live act that knows how to hold a room. Their single “Unconditional Truth” won the Rock category in the international SongOfTheYear songwriting competition, which benefits the VH1 Save the Music Foundation, and they have been voted Best Original Rock Band by the WNY People’s Choice Awards. The 2010 Hard Rock Calling Festival in Hyde Park — opening for Sir Paul McCartney in front of an estimated 50,000 people — is the kind of career moment that changes the scale of what a band believes is possible.
The Support
Dirty Smile brings rock-pop-soul and a résumé that includes finishing Top 3 out of 10,000 entrants in the Global Hard Rock Rising competition, an Edgefest opening slot for Weezer in 2014, and Artvoice’s Best Original Music Act from the 2016 Best of Buffalo Awards. Kevin Sampson & The Nightshift rounds out the bill with high-energy rock and punk that has been a consistent presence across the WNY circuit.
The Venue
Buffalo Iron Works occupies an 1902 warehouse in the Cobblestone District, and the bones of the building — exposed brick, original steel beams, an old pulley system still in place — give the 500-capacity room a character that newer venues spend a lot of money trying to fake. The crowd ends up right against the stage, which is exactly what a night like this calls for. Past headliners have included Billy Strings, Sabrina Carpenter, Rusted Root, and The Misfits.
Tickets & Details
Show time is 7:30 PM on Saturday, May 30. Tickets start at $20. Get your tickets here before this one fills up — Iron Works shows with a bill this good rarely have leftovers at the door.