W♥M: Metallica

01/12/2022

Minneapolis: February 1 to February 3

01/09/2022

Girls Girls Girls: Muna, The Warning, Chai, Gracie Abrams

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Muna

Muna (who was last seen in Rocktober 2016 with Grouplove), is back in Minnesota... this time rocking the Turf Club in St Paul. .…

Kacey Musgraves

Multiple Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter Kacey Musgraves has sold out her upcoming appearance at the Palace Theatre in St Paul. Kacey’s third studio album, Golden Hour is out now. .…

MUNA
whereismuna.com

Los Angeles-based trio Muna (stylized as MUNA) earlier this year signed with Saddest Factory and collaborated with Phoebe Bridgers on their single “Silk Chiffon.”

The all-girls band also recently announced their tour with Kacey Musgraves, tour dates listed below.

Tour dates:

1/19/22 - St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Center #
1/20/22 - Chicago, IL @ United Center #
1/21/22 - Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center #
1/23/22 - Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage#
1/24/22 - Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena #
1/26/22 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Arena #
1/27/22 - Boston, MA @ TD Garden #
1/28/22 - Harrisburg, PA @ The Englewood
1/29/22 - Burlington, VT @ Higherground Ballroom
1/31/22 - Montreal, QC @ L’Astral
2/1/22 - Northampton, MA @ Gateway City Arts
2/2/22 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes
2/3/22 - Washington, D.C. @ Capital One Arena #
2/5/22 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden #
2/7/22 - Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
2/8/22 - Charlotte, NC @ Underground
2/9/22 - Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena #
2/10/22 - Nashville, TN @ Basement East
2/11/22 - Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena #
2/14/22 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines #
2/16/22 - Denver, CO @ Ball Arena #
2/17/22 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
2/19/22 - Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena #
2/20/22 - Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center #

# w/ Kacey Musgraves

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Metallica

Metallica headlined the very first rock show at the new US Bank Stadium, in front of over 50,000 (most in black t-shirts) and brought along openers Volbeat and Avenged Sevenfold. …

THE WARNING
thewarningband.com

Hard rock trio The Warning (real life sisters Dany on guitar, lead vocals, Pau on drums, and Ale on bass) is on their first US headlining tour in 2022. They’ve already created a buzz with their cover of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” (from their EP Mayday) and sold out their upcoming appearances at the Troubadour.

The Warning 2022 US Tour Schedule

01/18 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
01/20 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
01/22 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
01/24 - Berkeley, CA - Cornerstone
01/26 - Seattle, WA - Barboza
01/27 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore
01/29 - Salt Lake City, UT - Complex
01/30 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theater
02/1 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line
02/2 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
02/4 - Flint, MI - The Machine Stop
02/5 - Pittsburg, PA - Jergels
02/6 - Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry
02/7 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
02/9 - NYC - Gramercy Theater
02/11 - Reading, PA - Reverb
02/12 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head
02/13 - Richmond, VA - Canal Club
02/15 - Atlanta, GA - Hell
02/16 - Tampa, FL - Orpheum
02/19 - Austin, TX - Come and Take It
02/20 - Dallas TX - The Studio at The Factory
02/21 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live Studio
02/25 - Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
02/26 - Santa Ana, CA- Constellation Room

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Mitski

If you’re one of the cool kids, you’ll be at this upcoming sold out Mitski show at First Avenue’s mainroom. It’s quite a difference, considering that it was only Nov 2015 that Mitski made her debut at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis. …

CHAI
chai-band.com

Japanese all-girls rock band Chai (stylized as CHAI) will be heading on tour in support of their new album Wink, on Sub Pop Records. We don’t normally get Japanese bands coming to our parts of the world, so check them out on tour if you get the chance.

After their headlining tour, they’ll meet up with Mitski on Feb 17, as her support band.

Tour dates:

Feb. 4 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
Feb. 5 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
Feb. 6 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
Feb. 9 - Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
Feb. 11 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
Feb. 12 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry
Feb. 13 - Washington, DC @ Union Stage
Feb. 15 - Brooklyn NY @ Elsewhere
Feb. 17 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel *
Feb. 18 - Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz *
Feb. 19 - Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern *
Feb. 21 - Birmingham, AL @ Iron City *
Feb. 22 - New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theatre *
Feb. 24 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall *
Feb. 25 - Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory *
Feb. 26 - Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Live *
Feb. 28 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren *
March 2 - Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Expo Hall *
March 3 - Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Expo Hall *
March 4 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater *
March 5 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater *
March 7 - Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall *
March 9 - Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre *
March 10 - Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre *
March 12 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
March 13 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
March 15 - San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club
March 17 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom

*= supporting Mitski

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Alix Page

19-year-old singer and songwriter Alix Page has shared the somber music video for her latest single “Radiohead” …

GRACIE ABRAMS
gracieabrams.com

Acclaimed songwriter Gracie Abrams released her new project This Is What It Feels Like on Interscope Records. Her upcoming tour (with Alix Page as support) is completely sold out – so there’s massive buzz for her after appearing on New Music Daily (Apple Music) and appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Tour dates:

2/2/22 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
2/4/22 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
2/7/22 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
2/8/22 Chicago, IL Metro
2/10/22 Toronto, ON The Axis Club
2/11/22 Montreal, QC L’Astral
2/12/22 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair
2/14/22 New York, NY The Bowery Ballroom
2/15/22 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
2/17/22 Philadelphia, PA The Foundry
2/19/22 Washington, DC The Miracle Theatre
2/21/22 Nashville, TN The Basement East
2/25/22 Dallas, TX HOB Dallas Cambridge Room
2/26/22 Austin, TX The Parish
3/1/22 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar
3/4/22 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
3/5/22 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
3/7/22 San Francisco, CA August Hall
3/9/22 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
3/12/22 Vancouver, BC Fortune Sound Club
3/13/22 Seattle, WA Neumos

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Posted at 08:51 PM in Chai, Gracie Abrams, Kacey Musgraves, Metallica, Mitski, Muna, Phoebe Bridgers, The Warning | Permalink | Comments (0)

09/07/2017

Minneapolis: September 15 to September 17, 2017

Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from September 15 to September 17, 2017.

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Spoon

Daniel’s voice and guitar work moved from elegance to fierceness almost on a coin-flip, and the songs on Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga received the most enthusiastic response. ....

Twin Peaks

This is the Chicago Twin Peaks band... I wonder if they will get sued once Showtime start their David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks production in 2016? ...

SPOON
at Palace Theatre
Friday 09/15/2017 (7:30pm/$35/Sold Out)
Saturday 09/16/2017 (7:30pm/$35/Sold Out)
palacestpaul.com

Fans are Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga about Spoon coming back to town... The popular band sold out a double night at the Palace Theatre this upcoming week: September 15-16. Spoon's Hot Thoughts album came out in March on Matador Records.

Also worth noting is that Merge Records will be re-releasing a remastered Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga as a special double vinyl and album (with bonus CD & EP). The reissue will be in stores on October 20th... and if you get it from the Merge store, it comes bundled with a T-Shirt.

Chicago’s Twin Peaks (nothing to do with David Lynch weird television show) will open.

Spoon on tour:

Sep 10 Peoria, IL — Limelight
Sep 11 Omaha, NE — Sokol Auditorium %
Sep 13 Milwaukee, WI — Pabst Theatre %
Sep 14 Madison, WI — Orpheum Theatre
Sep 15 Saint Paul, MN — Palace Theater %
Sep 16 Saint Paul, MN — Palace Theater %
Sep 30 Berkeley, CA — Greek Theatre &
Oct 01 San Diego, CA — San Diego Open Air &
Oct 03 Phoenix, AZ — Comerica &
Oct 05 Morrison, CO — Red Rocks &
Oct 06 Austin, TX — ACL Festival
Oct 10 San Antonio, TX — Aztec Theater +
Oct 11 Tulsa, OK — Cain's Ballroom +
Oct 12 Dallas, TX — House of Blues +
Oct 13 Austin, TX — ACL Festival
Oct 15 Houston, TX — House of Blues +
Oct 17 New Orleans, LA — House of Blues +
Oct 20 Columbia, SC — Music Farm +
Oct 21 Jacksonville, FL — Mavericks +
Oct 22 Charlotte, NC — The Fillmore

^ w/ White Reaper
% w/ Twin Peaks
& w/ The Shins
+ w/ Mondo Cozmo

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Widowspeak

Widowspeak is touring in support of their fourth studio album, All Yours, which is set for release on September 4th, 2015. ...

WIDOWSPEAK
at 7th Street Entry
Friday 09/15/2017 (8pm/$12)
first-avenue.com

The first time I was meant to see Widowspeak, it was supposed to be in June 2012... but their van broke down driving from Chicago to Minneapolis. I eventually caught the Brooklyn band as headliner at the 7th Street in October of that year.

Widowspeak’s new album Expect the Best is out now and they are very proud of the new record... and they are very excited to play these new tracks on this 2017 tour (which starts tomorrow!)

Clearance and Madeline Kenney to open.

09/08 Boston, MA @ Great Scott
09/09 Burlington, VT @ ArtsRiot
09/11 Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
09/12 Detroit, MI @ El Club
09/13 Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle
09/15 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry
09/17 Des Moines, IA @ Des Moines Social Club
09/19 Denver, CO @ Hi Dive
09/20 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
09/21 Boise, ID @ Neurolux
09/22 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
09/23 Seattle, WA @ Barboza
09/24 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
09/26 San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American Hall
09/27 Visalia, CA @ The Cellar Door
09/28 Los Angeles, CA @ Pico Union Project
09/29 San Diego, CA @ Space Bar
09/30 Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge
10/01 Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
10/03 Austin, TX @ Sidewinder
10/04 New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa
10/05 Birmingham, AL @ Syndicate Lounge
10/06 Nashville, TN @ The High Watt
10/07 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
10/08 Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight
10/09 Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
10/10 Washington, DC @ DC9
10/11 Philadelphia, PA @ Boot and Saddle
10/12 Kingston, NY @ BSP Kingston
10/13 New York, NY @ Rough Trade NYC

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Dan Croll

Show up early to check out UK solo artist Dan Croll. He’s currently in America to promote his new single ‘Swim’ (which premiered on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show). …

The Dig

Not to be confused with the 90s alternative band called Dig, this indie band is currently on tour in support of their new album, Midnight Flowers, which came …

DAN CROLL
at Turf Club
Saturday 09/16/2017 (8pm/$15)
turfclub.net

We caught Dan Croll in November 2016 and noted, “UK folktronic singer-songwriter Dan Croll (who is one to watch as well) opened the evening with a criminally short but enjoyable thirty-five minute set of songs from his 2014 full length Sweet Disarray (Deram Records/Universal) as well as some new music set to appear on his next album.”

That “next album” is called Emerging Adulthood and it’s out now on Communion Group Ltd. Croll is touring in support of the new album and will be stopping by the Turf Club in St Paul this Saturday.

Hey, also Brooklyn’s The Dig will open. The Dig’s new album Bloodshot Tokyo is out now.

Tour dates:

09/07/2017 Warsaw Brooklyn, NY
09/08/2017 Rock And Roll Hotel Washington, DC
09/09/2017 The Foundry Philadelphia, PA
09/11/2017 The Sinclair Cambridge, MA
09/12/2017 Bar le Ritz PDB Montreal, QC
09/13/2017 Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, ON
09/15/2017 Lincoln Hall Chicago, IL
09/16/2017 Turf Club Saint Paul, MN
09/19/2017 The Crocodile Seattle, WA
09/20/2017 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
09/22/2017 The Independent San Francisco, CA
09/23/2017 Teragram Ballroom Los Angeles, CA
09/24/2017 The Irenic San Diego, CA

All dates with The Dig.

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J Roddy Walston and the Business

The show started with an all-too-brief set from Tennessee rockers, J Roddy Walston and The Business, in promotion of their breakthrough, Essential Tremors (ATO Records). …

Sleepwalkers

Richmond's Sleepwalkers to open. Sleepwalkers' debut album Greenwood Shade is out now. .…

Thundercat

Thundercat Look, I love the ThunderCats cartoon (I own all the DVDs)... so I'm always hesitant when a band named themselves after something I love. To be fair, the Arctic Cat …

The Flaming Lips

I think this was my first time seeing The Flaming Lips, but I could be wrong. Seems odd that this was "a very special Early Evening performance", since the band's psychedelic/space rock seems to work better at night …

Other shows in the area:

09/15/2017 Check out Downtown Boys over at the Triple Rock on Friday, September 15th, with Kitten Forever and XOXO Tech. 7:30pm, $12

09/15/2017 One of the most passionate pianist/singer I’ve ever seen J Roddy Walston and the Business is headlining the 7th Street Entry this Friday. The band’s fourth album Destroyers of the Soft Life is coming out September 29 via ATO Records. Expect to hear preview of the album at this live show. Sleepwalkers to open. We haven’t seen Sleepwalkers since they opened up for the popular group The Lumineers in June 2016. 7:30pm, $12

09/15/2017 Los Angeles underground Sextile is touring in support of their new album Albeit Living (available on Felte Records). The trio will be stopping by the Icehouse in Minneapolis. Finesse, The Switch and DJ Sarah Sequoia to open. Please note: these Icehouse shows starts late (11pm) due to its day business. 10:30pm, $7

09/16/2017 Hamilton, Ontario-based folk/alt-country trio Elliott BROOD will be stopping by the 7th Street Entry on Saturday, playing tracks from their sixth studio album Ghost Gardens (set for release on September 15, 2017 via Paper Bag Records). Jake Allan will open. 8pm, $12

09/17/2017 Breakout vocalist, songwriter and producer Kali Uchis sold out the 7th Street Entry this Sunday. Uchis was last seen in town in Oct 2015. Phony Ppl to open. 6pm, $18/Sold Out

09/17/2017 Thundercat (aka Stephen Bruner, not the cartoon) is playing First Avenue in support of his latest Drunk (Brainfeeder). Saco and Uno to open. 7:30pm, $20

09/17/2017 The Flaming Lips and Mac DeMarco will play the Myth. 6pm, $39.50

09/17/2017 Finnish rockers Apocalyptica will be bringing their cellos to the Pantages Theatre in Minneapolis this September 17th. Expect them to cover some great Metallica tunes. 7pm, $30

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Posted at 09:13 PM in Apocalyptica, Dan Croll, Downtown Boys, J.Roddy Walston and the Business, Jake Allan, Kali Uchis, Kitten Forever, Mac DeMarco, Madeline Kenney, Matador Records, Merge Records, Metallica, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Music Guide, Phony Ppl, Saco, Sarah Sequoia, Sextile, Sleepwalkers, Spoon, The Dig, The Switch, Twin Peaks (Band), Vu, Widowspeak, XOXO Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

08/26/2016

Metallica at US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis (20 Aug 2016) (Updated)

Metallica Setlist

intro music: The Ecstasy of Gold (by Ennio Morricone)

Creeping Death
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Fuel
King Nothing
The Memory Remains
The Unforgiven
Leper Messiah > Kirk Hammett guitar solo
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Sad But True > Rob Trujillo bass solo
Wherever I May Roam
One
Master of Puppets
Battery > Kirk Hammett guitar solo
Fade to Black
Seek & Destroy

-- Encore --
Hardwired (first time played live)
Whiskey in the Jar (traditional cover)
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman > The Frayed Ends of Sanity jam outro

Avenged Sevenfold Setlist

Nightmare
Critical Acclaim
Beast and the Harlot
Hail to the King
Buried Alive
Almost Easy
Afterlife
God Hates Us
Bat Country
Unholy Confessions

Volbeat Setlist

The Devil's Bleeding Crown
The Mirror and the Ripper
Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash cover) > Sad Man's Tongue
Hallelujah Goat
Dead But Rising
The Gates of Babylon
Doc Holliday
Seal the Deal
Radio Girl
Still Counting

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Metallica

Legendary rock band Metallica is teaming up with Vans to produce four unique shoes, designed by each band members. The shoes hits store this month (February). You can buy direct at vans.com. .…

Avenged Sevenfold

As a special thank you to their fans, Avenged Sevenfold will be playing a free show for their fans at the Hollywood Palladium on August 26th. It's also in celebration .…

So, what kind of concert venue does $1.1 billion dollars buy? –

Turns out one with very mixed results, though the jury is still out and to be fair, it’s a football stadium first and foremost. But we did learn one thing- louder is definitely better.

Metallica headlined the very first rock show at the new US Bank Stadium, in front of over 50,000 (most in black t-shirts) and brought along openers Volbeat and Avenged Sevenfold.

Sonically, the stadium is boomy and echoes, like all large stadiums, but is a vast improvement over the Metrodome, especially closest to the floor and on the non-glass side of the ceiling, which has acoustic dampeners along the top trestles.

The sound mix of all three bands didn’t have a lot of subtlety, so all seemed to just turn things up and let it fly, to better results than the previous night’s Luke Bryan concert. Metallica, especially was loud and up front with their mix, leading residents over a mile away to post on social media that they could hear the show in their homes, over a mile away.

Danish hard rockers Volbeat got things started two hours after doors opening, with a 45min set of their unique mix of rock, metal and rockabilly, in support of sixth studio album, Seal the Deal & Let’s Boogie (on Republic/Universal), sealing the deal in the process, to be the first rock band to play in the mammoth structure.

While the swelling crowd on the floor had no problem seeing the band, the combination of early evening sunbeams shining in, and pumped-in dry ice fog, made the band hard to see from elsewhere in the stadium, for the majority of their set.

“Thank you for showing up early”, singer Michael Poulsen said before playing a verse from Johnny Cash’s ‘Ring of Fire’, which quickly morphed into the similar sounding ‘Sad Man’s Tongue’. “It’s been a honor- please, please stay, there’s gonna be two other bands”, Poulsen joked before their finale of “Still Counting’, a 2012 song that topped Billboard’s Rock Chart when released.

Avenged Sevenfold was already familiar to the 1,500 or so that managed to get into their free show at First Avenue two nights prior, properly warming up ex-Bad Religion drummer Brooks Wackerman, for the stadium-sized madness to come.

All the pyro they couldn’t use at that club gig, was on display for their hour-long set, with the landscape behind Wackerman ablaze and fireballs launching into the air, for much of their show.

The California band seemed returned to form, with singer M. Shadows stalking the stage from end to end, twin guitarists Zacky Vengeance and Synyster Gates (probably not their real names) playing effectively off each other, and Wackerman and bassist Johnny Christ holding down the bottom end.

Shadows wanted to re-title ‘Hail to the King’ to ‘Hail to the Vikings’ for the night, but didn’t realize there were probably more out-of-towners than locals in the crowd, who booed the notion down.

‘God Hates Us’ was played for the first time in four years, ‘Bat Country’ got even the most casual fan interested, and the set-closing ‘Unholy Confessions’ was preluded by Shadows screaming, “we got a little bit left for you!”.

In the most timelessly cool fashion, Metallica took to the stage after the intro music of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Immigrant Song’ (which the Vikings use constantly) and clip from The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly, scored by the great Ennio Morricone.

Opening with the 1984 classic ‘Creeping Death’, the foursome went immediately for the throat, with the towering backdrop becoming a large multi-panel digital screen, often showing each of the four members, teeth grit, scowling, and hard at work.

With such a large stage, singer James Hetfield had multiple vocal mics positioned in the middle, on each side, and a few more in front of the extended catwalk area that went partially into the crowd (or Snakepit as they call it).

The 140 min. set was mostly hit-filled, which was more than all right with the now-rabid audience and ideal for a one-off show such as this one. ‘For Whom the Bells Toll’ kept momentum at breakneck, then ‘Fuel’ threw the throttle even higher. “We are here to break this place in properly, with some volume not only up here, but out there", Hetfield said—truer words were never spoken.

‘Leper Messiah’, a fan-selected song for the setlist sounded fresh, despite being thirty years old, and led into the first of two short solos (amusingly called “doodles” on the setlist) from guitarist Kirk Hammett. Hetfield would forget some of the song’s lyrics, but eventually catch himself seven songs later (“it’s never too late”), and sang the missing words to make up for it.

‘One’ remains an eight-minute epic, taken to a different level when stadium-sized, with lasers firing in all directions amid an animated wartime intro for the song. After asking how many in attendance had seen them at First Avenue in 1985, a blistering ‘Seek and Destroy’ closed the main set, with Hetfield ad-libbing the opening line as “We're scanning the scene in Minneapolis tonight”.

The faithful were rewarded with a four-song encore that began with the first live performance of new thrashy single, ‘Hardwired’, from their tenth studio album Hardwired… to Self-Destruct, due out Nov. 18 on the band’s own Blackened Recordings, as screens flashed macabre facial expressions overlaid on each of the band members.

‘Whiskey in the Jar’ reminded Hetfield of late bassist Cliff Burton, saying “I know he’d be bouncing out there, if he was with you” and finale ‘Enter Sandman’ brought hundreds of black, logo-emblazoned beach balls raining down on the crowd, followed by an impressive array of indoor fireworks to end the show.

A fitting end to a very loud evening, but loud is what Metallica does best, being perhaps the best there is at it.

Volbeat	Volbeat	Avenged Sevenfold	Avenged Sevenfold	Avenged Sevenfold
Setlist	Metallica	Metallica: James Hetfield	Metallica: Kirk Hammett	Metallica: Robert Trujillo and James Hetfield
Metallica: Kirk Hammett	Metallica: James Hetfield	Metallica: James Hetfield	Metallica: James Hetfield	Metallica: Robert Trujillo w/ James Hetfield

Metallica at US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis (20 Aug 2016)

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03/20/2016

Metallica and McCartney: Mega Minneapolis music announcements

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Metallica

Legendary rock band Metallica is teaming up with Vans to produce four unique shoes, designed by each band members. The shoes hits store this month (February). You can buy direct at vans.com. .…

Paul McCartney

Members of Nirvana, Dave Grohl, Krist Noveselic and Pat Smear, reunited for the first time in 18 years after Kurt Cobain's death with Sir Paul McCartney …

It was an eye-opening Wednesday morning as after the largest indoor and largest outdoor concert venue in Minneapolis, the Target Center and the yet-to-open US Bank Stadium, had followed through on their teases the day before, to announce big shows coming to town.

Metallica announced that they will be headlining the first rock concert at Minneapolis' US Bank Stadium, the new home of the Minnesota Vikings, on Saturday, August 20th as part of the opening weekend festivities. Avenged Sevenfold and Danish band Volbeat are show support acts.

Tickets for this one-of-a-kind concert will go on sale this Friday, March 25th at 10:00AM Local Time, with all bands’ fan clubs providing early presales earlier in the week.

"We had such an amazing time playing in our hometown stadium the night before the Super Bowl that when asked we couldn't say 'no' to another chance to be part of a very special weekend," said Metallica's Lars Ulrich.

The Minneapolis date remains the only 2016 tour date anywhere for the band, so many out of area fans are expected to fly in for the show.

Meanwhile, down the street, the Target Center plays host to not one but two sure-to-sell-out dates on Sir Paul McCartney’s One on One Tour coming May 4th and 5th.

Called the One on One Tour because it is more intimate in scope (arenas instead of stadiums, which is cozy by Paul’s standards),the show will debut a brand new production, utilizing state of the art audio and video technology employing massive screens, lasers, fireworks, and, of course, a bevy of the best known songs ever.

He dazzled everyone last time here at Target Field, playing three hours worth of Beatles, Wings and solo classics and Paul's solid band of the last 10+ years – Paul "Wix" Wickens (keyboards), Brian Ray (bass/guitar), Rusty Anderson (guitar) and Abe Laboriel Jr (drums) – remains unchanged.

Tickets for Sir Paul go on sale to the general public on Monday March 21 at 10am CST.

PAUL MCCARTNEY TOUR DATES

04/13/16 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
04/15/16 Portland, OR Moda Center
04/17/16 Seattle, WA KeyArena At Seattle Center
04/19/16 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
04/20/16 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
04/30/16 North Little Rock, AR Verizon Arena
05/02/16 Sioux Falls, SD Denny Sanford Premier Center
05/04/16 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
05/28/16 Dusseldorf, Germany ESPRIT arena
05/30/16 Paris, France AccorHotels Arena
06/02/16 Madrid, Spain Estadio Vicente Calderon
06/10/16 Munich, Germany Olympic Stadium
06/12/16 PinkPop Landgraaf, Netherlands
06/14/16 Berlin, Germany Waldbühne Berlin
06/30/16 Rock Werchter Festival Werchter, Belgium

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09/24/2013

Metallica: Through The Never

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Metallica

Legendary rock band Metallica is teaming up with Vans to produce four unique shoes, designed by each band members. The shoes hits store this month (February). You can buy direct at vans.com. .…

I just saw the preview for Metallica: Through The Never, a concert film starring Metallica, written and directed by Nimród Antal.

What Antal tried to do with Metallica: Through The Never is to show us a concert film in an exciting experience - by introducing story elements into the concert footage. It is interesting to follow the skateboard kid (we don't actually hear his name mentioned) as he goes across the city, across the underworld, to find this bag to bring back to Metallica. Storywise, it didn't make a whole lot of sense, although I did appreciate that Antal is trying something new in the typical concert film.

As for the live concert, Metallica never looked better in 3-D and in IMAX. The sound was also really good, I would imagine the soundtrack, which is released today (September 24th) via Blackened Recordings, would contain the mastered audio (and not movie dialogue/edited into their live concert). The 2-disc release will also feature additional songs not used in the movie, so you'll get to hear the soundboard recording of their two shows from Rexall Place in Edmonton and Rogers Arena in Vancouver.

If you love Metallica, you definitely need to catch Metallica: Through The Never, which is hitting theaters this Friday, September 27th, in over 300 IMAX 3D Theatres across North America. Metallica: Through The Never (Music from the Motion Picture) is available now.

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) ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ throughthenevermovie.com ♥ metallica.com

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02/11/2013

Shoe-geezer

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The Velvet Underground pop icon is walking on the wild side, teaming up with Metallica to produce an upcoming album called Lulu. .…

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METALLICA
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Legendary rock band Metallica is teaming up with Vans to produce four unique shoes, designed by each band members. The shoes hits store this month (February). You can buy direct at vans.com.

Looking over the shoes, you can tell that black is the color of choice.

James Hetfield Inspired by his favorite black boots, James added hex-bolt eyelets and a personal take on the skull and cross-bones, illustrated by Hetfield himself, to "Metallicize" this Vans Sk8-Hi Deconstruct.		Robert Trujillo Robert grew up wearing Vans as a young skater in Venice Beach, California. For his shoe, he took Aztec calendar artwork, designed by his wife Chloe, which is carved in one of his bass guitars and placed it in blue, on the side of this Escuela.
Lars Ulrich Putting a twist on one of Vans' original Classics, Lars updated the Era Laceless with brushed twill materials and a print taken from the diamond plate pattern on his snare drum. He finished his shoe with a Dirty Donny character on the inside heel.		Kirk Hammett Tying back to a love of surfing and nature, Kirk chose an all-natural upper made of hemp for his collapsible Slip-On. The inside heel is accented with a guitar pick inspired by his Ouija guitar and designed by one of Metallica's favorite artists, Dirty Donny.

That's not all, folks. Check it out, next month, in March, Metallica and Vans will introduce their "Kill 'Em All" theme shoes. The shoes will celebrate Metallica's 30th anniversary of their debut album.

So, Metallica fans… er, get 'em all.

CESARIA EVORA
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Cesária Évora, nicknamed "Barefoot Diva" for performing without shoes, passed away in 2011, but she left a treasure trove of unreleased songs - which will be compiled on an upcoming album called Mãe Carinhosa ("Mother Affection") by producer and longtime champion Jose da Silva.

At the time of her death, da Silva recalled how he would continue to honor Evora's music:

"People suggested we do cover albums, fancy tributes, that kind of thing. I decided we should keep it simple, and give the world a new album of songs that, for various reasons, had never made it onto an album before."

Mãe Carinhosa is coming out March 15th.

SELENA GOMEZ
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Selena Gomez has been designing her own shoes with the label "Neo" under Adidas. She recently (February 6th) unveiled her shoe line for the 2013 Fashion Week in New York City.

I did take a look at adidas.com and as I suspected: not a whole lot of menswear.

I was drawn to the brighter-color shoes, like the BBNEO Raleigh, but I can't ever see myself wearing these. They're meant for young people, and that's a barrier to entry.

What-what? An article on Gomez without mentioning her dumping Justin Bieber?

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11/21/2012

RESCUE ME FROM THIS HOLLYWOOD LIFE!

Let's give thanks to friends and family. When you see them for Thanksgiving, be sure to really enjoy their company, because you never know when they're gone for good. I really miss Melinda. She would have been 42 this year.

"The London Suede" in California

Below is Melinda's article on Suede at their second show in San Francisco, from her fanzine Stupid Shiny Black Shoes. As she wrote, the events are true (I can attest to it because I was there!) The fanzine had a tiny print run and was meant only for her close friends. I don't think she would mind me reprinting it for you. It's quite funny, and it could only happen to our little group.

Oh, I should explain I helped conduct the Mat Osman interview and it was my own fault for asking if he liked his other indie Britpop bands at the time (Sleeper, Salad), so that's why he went on about f**** Salad. Those were great times, she perfectly captured the moment. Thank you, Mel.

From this Unhappy Planet,
Vu

PS, Mel and I eventually saw Suede again at the El Rey in Los Angeles (05/22/1997) and Fillmore in San Francisco (05/23/1997). It would make sense, seeing as how perfect it was for the both of us to celebrate Morrissey's birthday (5/22) by seeing Suede.

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written by Melinda for Stupid Shiny Black Shoes

photos by Vu, layout by Melinda

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Incidentally, in Suede news, singer Brett Anderson will be releasing his second album, Wilderness, on July 7th at his concert that costs Â£30. â€¦

This is the true story of the cheesiest, starf***er rock event I've ever witness -- Suede at the San Francisco Fillmore (05 March 1995). I had a nice chat with bassist Mat Osman before soundcheck. I found out some interesting things about Mat and other members of the band. Mat claims to dig on Snoop Doggy Snoopy Doggsh*** whatever. He also told us that Suede has jammed with Metallica and that they are good friends.

Then we played a game where we rapidly tossed out names of contemporary pop music artists and he would give his candid opinion. I was surprised at the kind of music Osman professed to like. Suede have got this reputation as an "alternative" band. So I incredulously threw out labelmate, "Mariah Carey?" Mat said, "Well, she's better than f***king Salad." I informed him that we couldn't broadcast this interview if he was going to go on using such language. So he amended his former pronouncement, "She's better than bothering Salad." Dear boy!

I asked Mat Osman what Brett Anderson's favorite drug was. Mat first answered that it was caffeine. Then he said that no, it has to be liquor. Osman said that Anderson was a hopeless alcoholic. Later on when Mat wasn't around, I had to ask Brett Anderson himself what his favorite drug was. He unhesitatingly responded, "Coffee." I believe it from the way he was writhing and generally spastically freakin' out on stage. At the time when I asked the question he was drinking beer. Mat also said that Brett had a fetish for pliers and medieval torture devices. So, they fancied the line in Pulp Fiction about "getting' medieval on yo' ass."

Mat also told us about his favorite scene from the Doors film and the Alex Cox film "Sid and Nancy," especially the one where Johnny Rotten derides the idiotic journalist on the bus-- "stupid c***." He had a wicked sense of humor. He also joked that Smiths fans were the saddest and worst types. He winked and said that he could spot them miles away. The newest member of the band, Little Dick, supposedly has a cat named Morrissey.

At the soundcheck I met two types of parasitic hanger-ons in rock 'n roll. The worst aspect of them had to be their obviously fake British accents. One was a nice woman who failed at modeling and so turned to a dubious career in music journalism. The other was a guy, Simon's Pimp (SP) dripping with drama. Had had a hilarious t-shirt that said something like, "Scream Monster Fag." He claimed to be really tight with the drummer, Simon. SP whooped it up, cheering loudly after a very moving rendition of "The Wild Ones" during soundcheck. Most of the time, Brett would sing the first couple of verses and then move off to the side of the stage and navel gaze. They even performed a Doors song for soundcheck, that "Love Me Time Times" song!

After the soundcheck, we picked up the complimentary pair of tickets and two aftershow party passes. Unfortunately, this left Shawn outâ€¦ so far. We went to a smelly and none-too-clean KFC right down the street from the Fillmore. Shawn and Vu played magic cards. I saw two Latino transvestites ordering 27 pieces of chicken and some side dishes. I marked the student paper until 10pm. Then we went to the Fillmore, but we still couldn't avoid hearing the last songs of the opening act.

We joined up with Nicole, Natasha, and Phil. At the same time everyone was trying to avoid personal enemies and scum who were also at this concert. Then it turned out that SP, the guy I met at soundcheck, knew members of our party. He said he was in charge of procuring some good lays for Simon. SP bragged that he had 10 aftershow passes. He gave our friend Shawn the once over and asked, "How would you like to go backstage? Are you straight?" Shawn looked up and answered. My eyes must have bulged when he denied being straight. Then I smiled. After he managed to score the pass, we all gathered round and Shawn sheepishly explained that it happened so fast that he thought SP was asking if he were gay, to which he replied no. Then SP came up to Shawn and said, "Oooh, you're Simon's type." We ribbed Shawn about it, but then he became rather irritable. It was really nothing.

As Wesley Willis would have said, "The show was great. The rock and roll was perfect. The rock and roll was excellent. The concert was a jam. It was goin' on!" It was more bare and stripped down than the show last year at the Warfield, but it was also more energetic. Brett was twisting and grinding while the others, especially Richard Oakes, were rocking out and madly flipping their long hair. No more fey mystic dances learned from precious old men in the third world! No more annoying stage lighting (the light shining into the audience during "Pantomime Horse" at the Warfield was unforgivable). I thought they would be exhausted by their last U.S. show, but they were in tight and top form.

Simon, the drummer, showed up at the aftershow party and graciously chatted with Shawn. He was not the gross, drooling sex maniac Shawn feared that he might be. Simon seemed to be like a really nice and jolly version of Johnny Rotten. He had reddish hair poking out in all directions and was maniacally good-natured. SP simpered up to join the nice tÃªte-Ã -tÃªte they were having and leeringly said of Shawn, "He's one of my boys." All of Suede were there except for Mat, because he was feeling ill. They were bombarded by people wanting to have them sign things and pose for photographs.

Brett Anderson was sitting in the corner talking to one of the members of Metallica, Kirk Hammett. Only one person out of the roomful of about 60 Suede fans asked for Kirk's autograph. I was surprised that anyone there knew who he was. Brett was really sunken and barely seemed to be able to raise his wrist to scrawl his sig over an album cover. He seemed like a bored and tired old git. I could have just caught him at the low moment; he looked really out of it. Too many downers probably.

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03/10/2009

News: Watchmen, BMG Club Goes Away, and Guitar Hero Metallica

Loituma - Ievan Polkka

There will be no podcast this week because I'm sick. If you're wondering, my next song of choice is the Finnish song "Ievan Polkka" by Loituma... but that's going to have to wait until next week now.

So I'm at home right now with a lack of voice, upset stomach, tireness, violent coughs, uncontrollable running nose, all the wonderful things you get with a flu. I know there is a scientific explanation for these random mucas, but I have always wondered why it happens and why our body can't just, you know, stop the mucas from just coming out.

So picture this: tissues plugging my noses - sexy, huh?

Watchmen Movie Poster

WATCHMEN
(It is 11am).

Anyway, I'll be taking it easy today, maybe re-read The Watchmen as I just saw the movie in theater over the weekend and was really impressed. As an old comic book fan (especially when it comes to the genius of Alan Moore), I loved it - but I am not so sure about the general population that is interested in a 'popcorn' flick, you know? The movie is dialogue-heavy, but Zack Snyder balanced it extended action sequences.

Rorschach is awesome in the movie. Anytime he's on screen and speaking his lines, he's just mesmerizing.

None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked up in here with ME!

There were a few things that was left out, which is understandable as you need to keep the movie to a decent time. The murder of the original Nite Owl, the throwing of the Nostalgia perfume bottle, the back story of the cops investigating the new Nite Owl, as well as the origin of the ink-shifting fabric were left out. Understandably that these are minor details, and I can understand the omissions. Still.... it's amazing what they were able to squeeze in, just the title sequence of the original Minutemen handled a lot of the back stories of the original heroes in the 40s.

So, if you like comics, this movie was made for you. For the rest of you - the movie might not be compelling enough to get to you into the theaters.

BMG Music Service is being discontinued as of June 30, 2009‎

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Remember, you can still shop online at bmgmusic.com and take advantage of our great selection and...

BMG MUSIC CLUB COMES TO AN END
(It is now 1am, been laying in bed for the rest of the day, can't rest anymore. May drive to walmart to pick up some Tylenol Flu and food as I haven't eaten all day.)

Despite my previous efforts in telling you that BMG Music Club is a great way for people to discover new music - I was just informed that as of June 30, 2009, that BMG will cease to exist. They are switching their efforts over to yourmusic.com.

I did went to the new website to check it out.

PROS:

All CDs for $6.99, with free shipping & handling.
Music discovery by using their band suggestions

CONS

You must "buy" a CD every month (if you don't have anything in your queue, it will automatically still charge you $6.99). It looks like it will be like a Netflix queue, where you add albums you want and every month they charge you and ship you the CD.
Selections is limited to standard albums, so very few "Deluxe Edition" in their catalogs (multi-discs costs $13.98 vs standard $6.99)

Guitar Hero Metallica‎

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GUITAR HERO METALLICA COMING SOON

(It is now Tuesday, also did not venture out to Wal-Mart...)

Guitar Hero Hub

03/10/2009 10:21:04 ♥ vu () ♥weheartmusic.com♥podcast.weheartmusic.com♥news.weheartmusic.com

Posted at 10:25 AM in Alan Moore, BMG, Comic Books, Guitar Hero, Loituma, Metallica, News, Watchmen, Weekend Gamer | Permalink | Comments (0)

News: Watchmen, BMG Club Goes Away, and Guitar Hero Metallica

Loituma - Ievan Polkka

Watchmen Movie Poster

None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked up in here with ME!

BMG Music Service is being discontinued as of June 30, 2009‎

http://sites.goog...

Remember, you can still shop online at bmgmusic.com and take advantage of our great selection and...

All CDs for $6.99, with free shipping & handling.
Music discovery by using their band suggestions

CONS

You must "buy" a CD every month (if you don't have anything in your queue, it will automatically still charge you $6.99). It looks like it will be like a Netflix queue, where you add albums you want and every month they charge you and ship you the CD.
Selections is limited to standard albums, so very few "Deluxe Edition" in their catalogs (multi-discs costs $13.98 vs standard $6.99)