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It’s a Holiday (and shopping) week, so of course, the schedule is a bit less busy, though no less than three arena shows will help fill out your busy weekend.
Looking ahead to 2023, several more announcements hit this week- a 2nd stadium night for Taylor Swift (despite the TM outages and ridiculous aftermarket prices), Billy Joel/Stevie Nicks at Arrowhead in August, John Mellencamp playing two nights in April at The Midland, Toto returning next March, and Tyler Childers w Marcus King next June at Starlight.
Here’s what’s happening in the Kansas City/Lawrence, KS metro November 21st-27th
(Several artists are still requiring precautions for entry, so check with the venue and/or assume vaccination proof, might still be required)
Monday Nov 21
Tuesday Nov 22
Arrows in Action w Titus, Clearfight, The Rino,$18
Formed in Gainesville, FL in 2015 by drummer Jesse Frimmel, the three-piece (Frimmel, singer Victor Viramontes-Pattison, and guitarist Matthew Fowler) has become a band to watch within the pop-rock/alt scene with latest single, “Put You Through Me” and keeps pressing more vinyl copies of full-length Be More, as it keeps selling out.
Arrive early for the openers--
TITUS (aka Randolph Newman) is a NJ based songwriter/producer who released 3 mixtapes with his first group, Zoo Troop Gang, and released “Damned If I Do” via Soundcloud's artist division just weeks ago. Taking influences from Blink 182, Taking Back Sunday, Dipset and Lil Wayne, his EP showcases his ability to fuse the heyday of pop punk with the lyricism & swagger of hip-hop.
Clearfight is a local KC rock band with new EP, Don’t Look at Me feat. single, “Ripchord” out now.
Wednesday Nov 23
The Eagles, T-Mobile Center, $129-$429
The Eagles (current members Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit) along with Vince Gill and band continue on their Hotel California 2022 Tour featuring the classic album performed live in its entirety, accompanied by an orchestra and choir. After a short intermission, the band will perform a full set of their greatest hits.
Hotel California is the third best-selling U.S. album in history, certified 26x Platinum by the RIAA. Released in 1976, it topped the charts and won two GRAMMY Awards and several of the record’s songs from the album have never been performed live since the original tour.
Tickets have always been pricey ever since “hell froze over” in the mid 90’s and the band reunited, but we did catch Don Henley solo back in 2017, playing more than half his set of Eagles songs.
Danielle Nicole, Nov 23 and Nov 25, Knuckleheads,$35-$60
Danielle Nicole Schnebelen began singing publicly with her parent's bands as a youth and took ahold of her full time in her early 20s. As a founding member of the "Heavy Blues" sibling band Trampled Under Foot, they took top honors at the International Blues Challenge in the US, propelling them internationally and on several Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruises.
It wasn't until 2015, when Nicole set out on her own with her "distinctive, inventive bass work"—which resulted in her not only becoming the first woman to ever be nominated/awarded in the category of Instrumentalist ~ Bass in The Blues Foundation's 2012 Blues Music Awards. Other accolades include a 2019 Grammy Nomination for Contemporary Blues Album; 2 Blues Music Awards- Contemporary Female Artist and her second Instrumentalist ~ Bass, and 3 Independent Blue Music Awards. It’s her 6th Annual Thanksgiving appearance at the club, so come be part of the tradition.
Thursday Nov 24
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Friday Nov 25 (Black Friday!)
Kodak Black w Nardo Wick,GloRilla and Friends, T-Mobile Center, $69-$350
Two of hip hop’s top performers join forces for this massive arena tour-
Kodak Black gained initial recognition with his single "No Flockin", released in 2014 and his debut album, Painting Pictures (2017), which peaked at number three featuring the top 10 single "Tunnel Vision". Black's second album, Dying to Live (2018), hit number one on the Billboard 200 featuring single "Zeze" (feat.Travis Scott and Offset).
Nardo Wick is best known for his 2021 single "Who Want Smoke?", which has a remix which features fellow rappers G Herbo, Lil Durk, and 21 Savage that earned platinum certification by the RIAA. Wick released his debut studio album, Who Is Nardo Wick?, last year.
“Wheel of Fortune” Live! Feat. Clay Aiken, Kauffman Center. $39-$69
Wheel of Fortune LIVE! is traveling across North America and coming with a chance to take a spin to solve the puzzles in person! Guests can try out to go on-stage to win at every show with audience members will be randomly selected to win cash and prizes, all hosted by American Idol’s Clay Aiken, sure to bring the fun and excitement.
DJ Peekaboo,The Truman, $23.50-$55
Detroit native Matthew Lucas, aka PEEKABOO, has been one of the quickest rising acts in the electronic music scene in recent years with a string of massively successful EPs, singles, and remixes, fusing hip-hop beats with bass-end grooves and mind-bending sound design on tracks like “Maniac”, and “Babatunde”.
After massive tours and festivals, he wanted to find a way to embrace the core Boo Crew who has supported him from the beginning. From this, the “Hide and Seek Tour” was born. Small venues with minimal production, big sound, and a track list of music curated just for this tour, plans here are to connect on a more personal level.
Saturday Nov 26
For King + Country, T-Mobile Center. $24.99-$249.99
The GRAMMY® award-winning duo present A Drummer Boy Christmas Tour: The 2022 LIVE Experience. Brothers Joel and Luke will be bringing holiday cheer to audiences nationwide performing Christmas classics and brand-new songs such as their fan favorite “Little Drummer Boy” from A Drummer Boy Christmas, #1 hit single “For God Is with Us” from their recently released Billboard charting album, What Are We Waiting For? and many more.
Sunday Nov 27
The Rainmakers, Knuckleheads, $20
The classic KC original rock band, fronted by Bob Walkenhorst, which had a handful of radio of hits ("Let My People Go-Go", "Downstream", "Small Circles", more) in the late 1980s-90s in the US and Europe, especially Norway.
We caught them live back in June, in JoCo for their first show back from the pandemic and heard all the favorites that were all over Midwest rock radio. No word if bassist Rich Ruth will again make the trip from Nashville to play at this show, as he did in June. Either way, a perfect end to a weekend of shopping and turkey.
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