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05/24/2022

Sunflower Bean at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (21 May 2022)

Sunflower Bean Setlist

Headful of Sugar
In Flight
Twentytwo
Otherside
Roll the Dice
Baby Don't Cry
Easier Said
Moment In The Sun
I Don't Have Control Sometimes
Post Love
Who Put You Up To This?
Beat the Odds
Feel Somebody

Jackie Hayes Setlist

Intro
Bite Me
omg
Dead of Winter
August
headache
Best of It
Focus
Material

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Sunflower Bean

In celebration of their debut album Human Ceremony (Fat Possum), Sunflower Bean (Jacob Faber, Julia Cumming, and Nick Kivlen) is currently on tour - headlining the 7th Street Entry this Tuesday, April 5th. ..…

New York trio Sunflower Bean (vocalist and bassist Julia Cumming, guitarist and vocalist Nick Kivlen, and drummer Olive Faber) headlined the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis on Saturday night in support of their upcoming new album Headful of Sugar.

Local musician Bobby Rethwish wasn’t originally listed on bill.

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05/21/2022 Saturday

Sunflower Bean
with Jackie Hayes
at Fine Line
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New York trio Sunflower Bean (vocalist and bassist Julia Cumming, guitarist and vocalist Nick Kivlen, and drummer Olive Faber) is touring in support of their upcoming new album Headful of Sugar.

We like the trio, having catch them on their first appearance in the area in Oct 2015 and wrote, “For the crowd catching the band, they were completely in love with the band, as evident by looking over their merch table and seeing them sell, sign, and pose for photos with their newfound fans.”

Jackie Hayes to open.

Tour Dates:

5/05 - Washington, DC - Union Stage +
5/06 - Asbury Park, NJ - Asbury Lanes +
5/12 - New York, NY - Webster Hall • +
5/14 - Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry +
5/19 - Detroit, MI - The Loving Touch #
5/20 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge #
5/21 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line #
5/22 - Madison, WI - High Noon #
5/24 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Pyramid Scheme #
5/25 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop #
5/26 - Toronto, ON - Lee’s Palace #
6/01 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar $ %
6/02 - Los Angeles, CA - Fonda Theatre $ %
6/04 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent $*
6/07 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios $%
6/08 - Vancouver, BC - Wise Hall $%
6/09 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile $%
6/11 - Denver,CO - Bluebird Theatre%

• Mannequin Pussy
$ Palehound
+ Hello Mary
# Jackie Hayes
% - Liily
* - Fake Fruit

Bobby Rethwish

Jackie Haynes Setlist

Jackie Haynes

Sunflower Bean Setlist

Sunflower Bean

Sunflower Bean at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (21 May 2022)

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05/23/2022

Curtis Stigers at Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis (21 May 2022)

Setlist

(What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love and Understanding (Nick Lowe cover)
You're All That Matters to Me
Keep Me From the Cold
Swingin' Down at 10th & Main
Never Saw a Miracle
Summertime
John The Revelator
This Life
Centerpiece
Don't Go Far
Tonight Will Be Fine (Leonard Cohen cover)
Lately I've Let Things Slide (Nick Lowe cover)
Things Have Changed (Bob Dylan cover)

-- Encore --
I Wonder Why

Tour Dates

May 24 Jazz Alley - Seattle, WA
May 25 Jazz Alley - Seattle, WA

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On Curtis Stigers's 2022 release, this multi platinum artist takes a look back with new versions of his international hits "I Wonder Why," "Never Saw A Miracle," and "You're All That Matters To Me," .…

On the second night at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis on Saturday night, American Jazz singer and songwriter Curtis Stigers promised he will not be talking about his beloved four dogs. Instead, he’ll be more focused, and will talk about the songs he’s chosen to re-record for his new album This Life, which features new renditions and interpretations of all his hit songs. As he explained it on stage, some of these songs are over 30 years old, and in all that time, he’s grown as a musician. He now plays in a Jazz Quartet (Matthew on piano, Cliff on on the upright bass, Paul on the drums, and John on the trumpets), he wants the song to also grow with him. He’s right, of course, these songs, such as “This Life” (aka the Sons of Anarky theme song), have a different life, when you hear them in his new arrangement.

If you saw Curtis on Friday night, you were treated to “Who’s That Writing” and The Beatles’ song “I Feel Fine”. For Saturday night, those songs were replaced by “Centerpiece” and Nick Lowe’s “Lately I've Let Things Slide”.

The funny thing about Nick Lowe is that for years Stigers thought “(What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love and Understanding” was an Elvis Costello song. When he found out it was actually written by Lowe, he became a massive fan. That song on The Bodyguard soundtrack went on to sell over 45 million copies … giving Lowe a lot of money from royalties. So, yeah, Lowe loves Stigers.

Here is the thing about a Curtis Stigers show, it is part comedy/storytelling, and part jazz/pop live music. Every song has a story, and Stigers is more than happy to tell you all about it, giving us insights on why and how these songs were important to him.

My favorite story of the night was how the song “Swingin’ Down at Tenth and Main” came about. It’s a beautiful story about how jazz pianist Gene Harris had retired and donated his grand piano to the Idanha Hotel, in Boise, Idaho. A young Stigers would hang out at the hotel lobby to watch Harris jam with local musicians. The underage Stigers would, if you’ll pardon the pun, drum up enough courage to bring his clarinet (and later his saxophone) and play in these jam sessions.

Doing his best Harris impression, Stigers yelled out, “Yeah, Baby! You sounded great! You keep practicing!!!”

A few years after Harris passed away, Stigers, flying on a local airline, was reminded of this amazing time, when he saw an article about the jazz festival that Harris created. He had the song in his head, and he wrote “Swingin’ Down at Tenth and Main” on the plane.

“I miss you, old friend,” Stigers concluded, “Thirty years later, I wanted Gene to be part of my new album.”

Like I said, all these songs appearing This Life, available on Pandemic Poodle Records, has deep meaning to Curtis.

Curtis Stigers at Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis (21 May 2022)

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Minneapolis: June 15 to June 17

05/22/2022

George Perez Memorial Service at MegaCon Orlando (2022-05-22)

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George Perez

As you know, we’re big George Perez fans, so it’s with a sad note that I pass along George’s statement about his retirement. After this 2019 convention…

It was with heavy heart but great admiration to be present for the George Pérez memorial service hosted at MegaCon Orlando inside the sprawling Orange County Convention Center.

The service was the last event of the four-day convention, that brought well over 100,000 to the biggest comics and pop culture event in the Southeast. Living in nearby Sanford, FL, Pérez had been a longtime friend of the show and built up many personal and professional relationships from his regular appearances there.

During the four-day show, a table was set up adorned with a large floral bouquet and a recent tribute art piece done by fellow artist and fan Bill Sienkiewicz with two guestbooks that the public could use to enter their well wishes and thoughts.

A Friday fan-centric Remembering George Pérez panel also allowed fans to reminisce, share, and let everyone know what an impact his art, legacy, and good character, left on them.

As the crowd filed in, acoustic Beatles music played and a slideshow featuring George, his friends and family, and his recent trip to DC headquarters in Burbank, was shown.

The memorial service began with words from Constance Eza, a longtime friend of George and wife Carol, as well as a medical professional and comics event promoter.

George’s brother, David (barely over a year younger) and his ninety-five year-old mother, Luz Maria Izquierdo took to the stage to each tell stories and thank the fans for all their support over the years. George’s father unfortunately was not in enough good health to attend.

Growing up in the South Bronx, David told tales of the brothers riding red tricycles together, and both drawing at an early age, even coming up with their own heroes, one being the Kleptomaniac Kid, who could make items teleport right into his hand. Both brothers were also proud of their Puerto Rican heritage as well as assimilating as first-generation Nuyorican immigrants.

DC ex-publisher Dan Didio and a surprise guest, current DC Publisher and Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee each remembered George in their own ways. Lee recalled being starstruck and tongue-tied not only the first time they met at a convention, but for the second time as well. In particular, Lee was amazed at the details with which George drew Avengers Mansion in 1977’s issue 162.

Didio felt it had only been recently to sink in with him that George was really gone. He also remarked that he previously hired Marv Wolfman for an animation project in hopes of also potentially meeting George, and that the first time he had really wished he could be back in the DC offices since his departure, was in January when he heard Wolfman and Pérez would be visiting in Burbank.

Another longtime family friend, Shannon Lower spoke of George taking her to her first comic convention when she was nineteen, and altering the course of her life, as a result. She spoke of times and the kindness that George and wife Carol provided, both to she and her family, as well as the comic community, specifically his efforts with Hero Initiative.

Eza spoke briefly near the end, and the ceremony would finish with words and a quick story or two from George himself, courtesy of clips from a previous appearance at Amazing Con and also a segment filmed for a documentary.

Program Interior

Program back

George’s brother and mother

Constance Eza

Shannon Lower

Dan Didio

Jim Lee

Dan Didio and Jim Lee at George Perez Memorial Service, MegaCon Orlando (2022-05-22)

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Foy Vance, Lee Rogers and Gareth Dunlop at the Cedar Cultural Center (5/20/22)

Tour Dates

May 21, 2022 - Chicago, IL - Athenaeum Theatre
May 26, 2022 - Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre
May 27, 2022 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
May 31, 2022 - Los Angeles, CA - The Regent Theater

With special guests Lee Rogers and Gareth Dunlop

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Foy Vance

Award-winning Northern Irish singer/songwriter Foy Vance has sold out the upcoming Cedar Cultural Center appearance on May 20th. We’ve seen Vance a few times, the last time at the Skyway Theatre …

Lee Rogers

The two opening bands came highly recommended: Lee Rogers is an award winning tattoo artist, a former MMA trainer and martial arts enthusiast, and beloved singer with his hit song “Love, Love, Love.” …

Gareth Dunlop

While Gareth Dunlop, tipped as “one to watch” by the BBC. His music can be heard on shows like Nashville, Lucifer, This Is Us, Bones, etc. …

“We’re here to have fun. What are you here for?” A question Foy Vance posed to the crowd before he launched into a song that broke two of his strings on his acoustic guitar. Vance, an energetic performer, looked to have as much fun as those in the sold out crowd that came to see him and two fellow Northern Irish musicians, Lee Rogers and Gareth Dunlop.

The video for Rogers “Life and Lies” takes place in a pub and the concert at the Cedar had the feel of being such a place. Thirty songs over three hours that started with Vance hanging out before the show, taking selfies and mixing with the crowd before the lights began to dim. Then after a brief introduction, Dunlop unassumingly took the stage with a five song-set.

Dunlop jokingly said that he had been called a lot of things over the years but never “Gareth Reynolds” which was how he was incorrectly introduced.

Dunlop used his acoustic guitar as a percussive instrument with a pizzicato style with “My Kind of Paradise” and a ticking clock with “Can’t Stand Myself.” He probably didn’t want to overshadow what is a rather quiet, comforting voice, the kind of soothing voice an understanding father might have when he says everything is going to be alright even though you crashed his vintage Ford Thunderbird.

Dunlop and his reassuring voice have been featured in many movies, commercials and TV and he sang “Devil Like You” which aptly found its way in the TV show Lucifer.

For his last song “Look Back Smiling” Dunlop switched to the keyboard. He stated that during the pandemic he worked on quitting cigarettes and learned how to play the piano which he said he was now “certified as below average.”

After a brief intermission, Rogers sauntered onto stage and surprised the crowd with a brief “Hello!” and off he went with “Rest of My Life.”

Where Dunlop may have the voice of a caring parent, Rogers’ voice has a full-throated, deep reservoir like a man who has seen quite a bit over the years and is lucky to survive it. And he is funny, saying that his song “Ada” has never been on a TV show.

Even though Rogers looks like a guy who would work on your vintage Ford Thunderbird, there is a more reflective, thoughtful presence behind the gruff veneer with lyrics like “I fell in the water. I drown in your eyes.” (Life and Lies) And “The road to heaven runs through hell.” (Silent Song)

Foy Vance then took the stage at first by himself. He said that his debut album Hope was now fifteen years old and he started off the set from a song from that album “Treading Water.”

Then Vance went on and on with a 21 song set with an energy that seemed to increase with more and more energy as the evening went on.

Vance’s dad was a preacher and uprooted his family from their Northern Ireland home to work the Southern Black churches in America when Vance was all of four years old. It was there that he fell in love with the musical traditions of gospel, blues and soul.

“A showman of the first order, he is a generous mentor, championing the works of his opening acts…”

Vance doesn’t have much love for traditional religion, but those formative years in America had instilled in him a revival sprit. A showman of the first order, he is a generous mentor, championing the works of his opening acts, his influence filtering through Dunlop and Rogers.

Vance highlighted songs from his six studio albums, moving from the guitar to drums to the piano, back to the drums and guitar, letting individual band mates takes center stage, even inviting his daughter onto stage to sing.

The set ended with a stirring rendition of “It Ain’t Over” from his latest album Signs of Life. But as quickly as he and the band left, he was back on stage with six more songs that included “Indiscriminate Acts of Kindness” and “Shed a Little Light” from Hope.

Vance ended the evening with “Guiding Light” from Joy of Nothing, a song that Ed Sheeran would sing to close his set when he and Vance were on tour together. Vance said that a lot of people misinterpreted the song as having a religious tone. He said that his guiding light was not God but you. He then pointed to the audience and jumped into the crowd encouraging them to sing along.

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05/21/2022

The Mountain Goats at First Avenue, Minneapolis (20 May 2022)

Mountain Goats Setlist

Aulon Raid
Minnesota
Choked Out
Younger
Pez Dorado
Cotton
Tidal Wave

John Darnielle Solo

There Will Be No Divorce

Song for My Stepfather

Mourn Not The Dead (Ralph Chaplin cover)

Wolf Count
The Diaz Brothers
Shelved
Rain in Soho
Southwood Plantation Road
Broom People
Getting Into Knives
Heel Turn 2

-- Encore --
Let Me Bathe in Demonic Light
The Mess Inside
Palmcorder Yajna
This Year
No Children

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It is well known that John Darnielle, the force behind the Mountain Goats, likes heavy metal music. It comes up in interviews often, and hearing him speak …

Beloved The Mountain Goats (John Darnielle, Jon Wurster, Peter Hughes and Matt Douglas) headlined First Avenue’s mainroom on Friday night.

Will Sheff opened the show… He is the singer/songwriter of Okkervil River, who we saw in Nov 2013. Obviously comparing Sheff’s full band vs his solo live show is unfair, but, yes, Sheff’s solo shows is a little quieter. Still, Sheff managed to play Okkervil River using pre-recorded backing tracks and his guitar, and to good effect.

We did previously described Okkervil River’s songs as “depressing”: “Their songs, based on their lyrics and banter on stage, is quite depressing. We're talking mostly death (shooting someone in the head), and hanging (suicide). With all this dark subject, it's easy to see why they've chosen to cover Lou Reed's "Satellite of Love", a nice tribute to the musician who recently passed away. I suspect the song only made it into the set since last Sunday, but it sure sounded well-rehearsed.”

Another ‘depressing’ song made it onto his setlist, “Famous Tracheotomies.” This song, as Sheff described it, was when he was young, he almost died during this surgery. Obviously, he didn’t die, but would go on to write a song about other celebrities who had underwent tracheostomy operations.

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The Mountain Goats
with Will Sheff
at First Avenue
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The Mountain Goats (John Darnielle, Jon Wurster, Peter Hughes and Matt Douglas) will be returning to First Avenue this May 20th. Since the pandemic, the Mountain Goats have released three albums, so they are excited to play those songs live for us… plus, of course, all their classic hits from before the pandemic.

We saw the Goats in at Fletcher Opera Theater, Raleigh in Sept 2012 and said, “The Mountain Goats played two sets to a hushed crowd at the Fletcher Opera Theater on Friday, the second night of the Hopscotch Music Festival. The first set was a showcase of heavy metal songs, Darnielle solo in the spotlight on a large piano.”

Will Sheff to open.

Tour Dates:

Apr 30, 2022 The Observatory Santa Ana, CA
May 2, 2022 Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, CA
May 3, 2022 Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ
May 5, 2022 The Warfield Theatre San Francisco, CA
May 6, 2022 Fremont Theater San Luis Obispo, CA
May 8, 2022 The Showbox Seattle, WA
May 9, 2022 Aladdin Theater Portland, OR
May 10, 2022 Aladdin Theater Portland, OR
May 11, 2022 Aladdin Theater Portland, OR
May 12, 2022 Midtown Ballroom Bend, OR
May 14, 2022 The Depot Salt Lake City, UT
May 15, 2022 Washington's Fort Collins, CO
May 17, 2022 Thalia Hall Chicago, IL
May 18, 2022 Thalia Hall Chicago, IL
May 19, 2022 Thalia Hall Chicago, IL
May 20, 2022 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
May 21, 2022 The Sylvee Madison, WI
Jun 25, 2022 That Music Fest Durham, NC
Jul 9, 2022 Music Farm Charleston, SC
Jul 10, 2022 Intuition Ale Works Jacksonville, FL
Jul 11, 2022 Palladium Theater St. Petersburg, FL
Jul 12, 2022 The Moon Tallahassee, FL
Jul 14, 2022 Minglewood Hall Memphis, TN
Jul 15, 2022 Off Broadway St. Louis, MO
Jul 16, 2022 Wooly's Des Moines, IA
Jul 17, 2022 Wave Wichita, KS
Nov 10, 2022 WUK Foyer (WUK) Vienna, Austria
Nov 11, 2022 Columbia Theater Berlin, Germany
Nov 12, 2022 Paradiso Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nov 14, 2022 De Roma Antwerp, Belgium
Nov 16, 2022 Roundhouse London
Nov 17, 2022 Manchester Cathedral Manchester
Nov 18, 2022 Vicar Street Dublin, Ireland

Will Sheff

The Mountain Goats

The Mountain Goats at First Avenue, Minneapolis (20 May 2022)

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Minneapolis: June 12 to June 14

06/12 Sara Kays with Hayd at 7th St Entry

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Sara Kays

Arrive early for Nashville singer-songwriter Sara Kays who has a new single. “When You Look At Me” out via Atlantic Records, the demo of which quickly became very popular on TikTok. ....

05/20/2022

Tiffany at Turf Club, St Paul (19 May 2022)

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I remember in 1987, there were two princess of pop ruling the radio airwaves: Debbie Gibson and Tiffany. Tiffany was known for her cover songs, the first was Tommy James and the Shondells’ “I Think We're Alone Now” ....

Amy sent in her report at the iconic 80s pop singer Tiffany, in a “weird” appearance at the Turf Club in St Paul on Thursday night.

She said the band came in late, and barely did a soundcheck. They had some problems with their keyboard player, so he didn’t show up at the show. The set felt it was cut short, Amy said it was only about 40 minutes with no encore.

They covered The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven” and closed out their set with Tommy James and the Shondells’ “I Think We’re Alone Now”.

Remaining Tour Dates:

06/03/22 Station 4 Dallas, TX
06/05/22 EKU Center for the Arts Richmond, KY
06/10/22 Riverside, MO
07/02/22 Eastridge Mall Gastonia, NC
08/05/22 Opera House Laconia, NH
08/13/22 New Market Chesterfield, MO
08/19/22 Centennial Center Park Centennial, CO
08/20/22 Queen Mary Long Beach, CA
08/27/22 Charles County Fair La Plata, MD
09/10/22 Suquamish Clearwater Casino, WA
09/11/22 Colony, TX
09/23/22 Events Park Broken Arrow, OK
09/24, 2022 Tempe Beach Park Tempe, AZ
09/30/22 Houston, TX
10/01/22 Arlington Music Hall Arlington, TX
10/16/22 Memphis, TN
10/17/22 San Antonio, TX

Tiffany at Turf Club, St Paul (19 May 2022)

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Adult. at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (18 May 2022)

Adult. Setlist

Second Nature
Violent Shakes
Have I Started At The End
Our Bodies Weren't Wrong
Why Always Why
Idle (Second Thoughts)
This Behavior
Today
Total Total Damage
I Am Nothing

-- Encore --
Glue Your Eyelids Together
122 Hours of Fear (The Screamers cover)

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Detroit’s Adult. has been pretty inactive since we last wrote about them in February 2007. Since Why Bother? in 2007, the band came back in 2013 with The Way Things Fall, and most recently, Detroit House Guests, released last year. ....

05/18/2022 Wednesday

ADULT.
with Kontravoid and Spike Hellis
at 7th St Entry
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Detroit synth-punk duo Adult. (Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller) is returning to Minneapolis this May 18th. Their new album Becoming Undone is out now via Dais Records.

Kontravoid and Spike Hellis to open.

Tour Dates:

04/30: Dallas, TX - Ruins ~
05/02: Albuquerque, NM - Sister ~
05/03: Phoenix, AZ - The Rebel Lounge ~
05/05: San Diego, CA - Casbah ~
05/06: Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room ~
05/07: San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop ~
05/10: Seattle, WA - Madame Lou’s ~
05/11: Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre ~
05/12: Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge ~
05/14: Denver, CO - Hi-Dive ~
05/17: Omaha, NE - Reverb Lounge ~
05/18: Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry ~
05/19: Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club ~
05/20: Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle ~
05/21: Detroit, MI - City Club ~

~ w/ Kontravoid and Spike Hellis

UK/EU LIVE DATES:

07/03/2022 UK Bristol - Thekla
08/03/2022 UK Glasgow - Slay
09/03/2022 UK Manchester - White Hotel
10/03/2022 UK London - Electrowerkz
11/03/2022 FRA Lille - Black Lab
12/03/2022 BE Brussels - Magasin 4
14/03/2022 DE Hamburg - Hafenklang
15/03/2022 SWE Malmo - Plan B
16/03/2022 SWE Gothenburg - Musikens Hus
17/03/2022 SWE Stockholm - HUS 7
18/03/2022 DK Copenhagen - Stengade
19/03/2022 DE Berlin - Urban Spree
22/03/2022 PL Lodz - DOM
23/03/2022 PL Wroclaw - Akademia
24/03/2022 AT Linz - KAPU
25/03/2022 AT Wien - Chelsea
26/03/2022 HUN Budapest - Dürer Kert
27/03/2022 CZ Prague - Chapeau Rouge
28/03/2022 DE Munich - Rote Sonne
30/03/2022 CH Yverdon-les-Bains - L'Amalgame
31/03/2022 FRA Lyon - Sonic
01/04/2022 FRA Paris - La Boule Noire
02/04/2022 NL - Nijmegen Merleyn

All UK/EU Dates w/ Plack Blague

Spike Hellis

Kontravoid

Adult.

Adult. at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (18 May 2022)

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Oh Wonder at First Avenue, Minneapolis (18 May 2022)

Oh Wonder Setlist

Better Now
Without You
I Wish I Never Met You
Heavy
Rollercoaster Baby
Happy
Magnificent
Body Gold / White Blood / Shark / Plans
Livewire
Technicolour Beat
F**k It I Love You
Ultralife
Landslide
22 Break
Dinner
Lose It

-- Encore --
All We Do
Drive
Hallelujah

Tour Dates

May 20 2022 // Ogden Theatre // Denver, CO
May 21 2022 // The Depot // Salt Lake City, UT
May 23 2022 // Showbox Sodo // Seattle, WA
May 24 2022 // Vogue Theater // Vancouver, BC
May 25 2022 // Roseland Theater // Portland, OR
May 28 2022 // Fox Theater // Oakland, CA
May 29 2022 // House Of Blues // Anaheim, CA
May 31 2022 // The Wiltern // Los Angeles, CA

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London-based alt-pop Oh Wonder is headlining First Avenue’s mainroom next Friday, June 3rd. The duo (Josephine Vander Gucht and Anthony West) has already sold out ....

London duo Oh Wonder (Josephine Vander Gucht and Anthony West) is currently tour in support of their forthcoming album, 22 Make (set for release on July 22nd on Republic Records), stopping by First Avenue on Wednesday, May 18th.

Swedish singer/songwriter Winona Oak opened the show. The singer kicked off her career with a collaboration with What So Not for “Beautiful” in early 2018. The song is highly praised and won them Best Independent Dance/Electronica/Club single at the AIR Independent Music Awards a year later. Her next big hit came another collaboration, this time with The Chainsmokers for “Hope”. Oak was riding high, until the pandemic hit the world.

After a few years, it would seem that Winona Oak is ready to take the music world again with her forthcoming debut album Island of the Sun, set for release in June 2022 on Atlantic Records.

We got a sneak preview of the album, hearing some of these new songs for the first time, including “Jojo” to “Piano in the Sky”… which sounds like a great electronic pop song.

Before Winona played “Jojo”, she told us, “This is a song I wrote for myself.” To better understand what she meant, Jojo is actually Winona’s nickname… so she literally wrote a song for herself.

Of course, she did play “Hope”, which is, perhaps her best-known song.

She ended her brief set with “He Don’t Love Me”, which is one of her earliest single… but reworked a little for Island of the Sun. The song is a bit depressing, it’s about falling in love with someone, but they clearly don’t love her back… it’s set to thumping beats.

Winona Oak’s debut album, Island of the Sun, will be out on June 10, 2022, via Atlantic Records.

We last saw Oh Wonder in June 2016, and we have to say, it’s good to see the familiar giant “OW” custom backlight. Even their setup is very familiar, with Anthony West playing guitars and keys on stage left, while Josephine Vander Gucht wanders around or behind the keyboard.

The album, and the tour, for 22 Break, told the story of how lonely and sad they were, and wanted to break up… only to come back stronger, as evident in their not-radio-friendly song “F*** It, I Love You”.

Despite some sad, lonely songs, their set was full of love and hope. You can hear it in their songs, you can see it in their performance.

22 Break will be out July 22, 2022, via Republic Records.

The band continues their US tour.