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Minneapolis: This Week (07/03/2022)

As you know, I post the W♥M Minneapolis preview calendar a month in advance. Things may have changed, and/or I just wanted to remind you about the shows that we will be covering this week.

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06/27 slenderbodies with Mokita at Fine Line Read More Slenderbodies UPDATE: Apparently Slenderbodies' entire tour was rescheduled. We write these previews months ago - so apologies for these last-min changes. The new Minneapolis date is now Jun 27th. …

06/27/2022 Monday

slenderbodies
with Mokita
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

Indie duo Slenderbodies (stylized as slenderbodies) was supposed to be in Minneapolis in Feb 2022, but “Slenderbodies' entire tour was rescheduled.”

The new Minneapolis date is now Jun 27th, which is coming up.

There’s also some updates about their new album Simple Shapes, set for June 10th, with preceding double-singles “Smilin” and “Miracle”.

Mokita to open.

Tour dates:

Jun 02 – Santa Barbara, CA @ SOhO Music Club
Jun 03 – San Diego, CA @ Music Box
Jun 04 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent
Jun 06 ­– Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn
Jun 07 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
Jun 09 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
Jun 10 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
Jun 11­ – Philadelphia, PA @ Foundry @ Fillmore
Jun 13 ­– Washington D.C. @ Union Stage
Jun 14 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Jun 15 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
Jun 17 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
Jun 18 – Montreal, ON @ Ritz
Jun 19 – Toronto, ON @ Adelaide Hall
Jun 21 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Thunderbird Music Hall
Jun 22 – Columbus, OH @ A&R Bar
Jun 25 – Rothberg, MI @ Electric Forest
Jun 26 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
Jun 27 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Café
Jun 30 ­– Denver, CO @ Gothic
Jul 01 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Hanger House
Jul 03 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
Jul 04 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore
Jul 05 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
Jul 07 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
Jul 08 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre

06/30 Liily with Catcher at 7th St Entry Read More Liily Los Angeles shoegaze band Liily (Dylan Nash, Sam De La Torre, Charlie Anastasis & Maxx Morando) will be touring in support of their debut record TV or Not TV. After being added to popular Spotify playlist, the band found themselves ....

06/30/2022 Thursday

Liily
with Catcher
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Los Angeles Liily is back in town! We just saw them about seven months ago, 7th Street Entry (2021-10-24) and wrote, “Liily is still a very new, but they they are very good and shows a lot of promise. Singer, Dylan Nash, reminds me of a stoic Ian Brown, while the band, guitarist Sam De La Torre, bassist Charlie Anastasis, and drummer Maxx Morando, plays post-punk, art-rock music. While the band didn’t mentioned their influences, I felt like they were inspired by a lot of UK-bands, as I hear sparks of The Fall and Gang of Four in their sound… which is a positive thing.”

Catcher to open.

Tour dates:

5/27-5/29 - Napa, CA - BottleRock Napa
6/1 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar #!
6/2 - Los Angeles, CA - Fonda Theatre #!
6/7 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios #!
6/8 - Vancouver, BC - The WISE Hall #!
6/9 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile #1
6/11 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater #
6/14 - Austin, TX - Come And Take It Live
6/15 - Houston, TX - The Secret Group
6/16 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada
6/17 - Memphis, TN - Carolina Watershed
6/18 - Indianapolis, IN - Hi-Fi
6/19 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop
6/21 - Allston, MA - Brighton Music Hall *^
6/22 - Washington DC - DC9 *^
6/23 - Pittsburgh, PA - Spirit Lodge *^
6/24 - Philadelphia, PA - Silk City *^
6/25 - Brooklyn, NY - Market Hotel ^
6/26 - Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz *^
6/27 - Toronto, CA - Baby G *^
6/29 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle ^
6/30 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry ^
7/1 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown ^
7/3 - Colorado Springs, CO - The Black Sheep ^
7/5 - Salt Lake City, UT - Hangar House ^

# Sunflower Bean
! Palehound
* with Model/Actriz
^ with Catcher

07/01 Steve Von Till (of Neurosis) with Helen Money at Turf Club Read More Neurosis 8/29/2019 Lexington - Los Angeles, CA ^ 8/31/2019 HOCO Fest - Tucson, AZ ^ * w/ Neurosis, Bell Witch ^ w/ Big|Brave …

07/01/2022 Friday

Steve Von Till (of Neurosis)
with Helen Money
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

The Neurosis frontman Steve Von Till is touring in support of his 2020 album No Wilderness Deep Enough.

Von Till explains, "’No Wilderness Deep Enough’ was new territory for me sonically, emotionally, and vocally, that I had been intently looking forward to the challenge of gathering a small group of musicians capable of interpreting it and putting myself out there in that uncomfortable but exciting realm of self-growth. It wasn't to be. Our live musical universe had been put on pause. Not wanting to lose the moment, I dreamt of having the set filmed professionally in a beautiful location with a nice piano and great sound. The answer came in the form of Roadburn Festival from Holland and their commitment to having a high quality online festival in 2021. I recruited Dave French on synthesizers, percussion, and guitar, Lori Goldston on cello, David Lutz on synthesizers, Eric Padget on french horn, and Oli Eshlemen on pedal steel.”

Helen Money to open.

Tour dates:

07/01: Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club
07/02: Milwaukee, WI - Back Room at Colectivo
07/03: Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
07/05: Detroit, MI - The Sanctuary
07/06: Columbus, OH - Rumba Cafe
07/07: Rochester, NY - Bug Jar
07/08: Boston, MA - Sinclair
07/09: Brooklyn, NY - TV Eye
07/11: Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
07/12: Washington, DC - DC9
07/13: Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
07/15: Atlanta, GA - The Earl
07/16: New Orleans, LA - Gasa Gasa
07/17: Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
07/18: Austin, TX - The Ballroom
07/20: Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre
07/22: Moran, WY - Fire in the Mountains
08/05: Spokane, WA - Lucky You Lounge
08/06: Seattle, WA - Neumos
08/07: Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
08/09: Oakland, CA - Starline Social Club
08/10: San Jose, CA - The Ritz
08/11: Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon
08/12: San Diego, CA - Casbah
08/13: Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
08/15: Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
08/16: Boise, ID - Neurolux

07/03 Puscifer with Moodie Black at Palace Theatre Read More Puscifer Maynard James Keenan of Tool and A Perfect Circle, is also the mainstay behind Puscifer, a band he considers to be his "creative subconscious" - and how creative it was when the band’s “Money $hot Heard Round the World Tour” …

07/03/2022 Sunday

Puscifer
with Moodie Black
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

American rock group formed Puscifer (led by Tool/A Perfect Circle’s Maynard James Keenan) is returning to the Twin Cities this July 3rd. The group latest release is called Existential Reckoning.

We saw Puscifer in Mar 2016 and wrote, “Lights then went dark, the wrestling ring moved back and musician platforms moved quickly into place as Puscifer took to the stage for their headlining set, after almost no downtime in-between. As the crew fine-tuned everything, a video warning from side stage monitors by one Major Douche (one of Keenan’s many personas) cautioned against any cameras or cellphone use, which was also reinforced by the tighter-than-normal security.”

Minneapolis noise rap duo Moodie Black to open. They are signed to renown indie hip-hop label, Fake Four Inc.

Tour dates:

Jun 9 Las Vegas, NV, US Reynolds Hall
Jun 11 Phoenix, AZ, US Arizona Federal Theatre
Jun 12 Outdoor Los Angeles (LA), CA, US The Greek Theatre
Jun 14 Albuquerque, NM, US Kiva Auditorium
Jun 15 Austin, TX, US Bass Concert Hall
Jun 16 Dallas, TX, US McFarlin Auditorium, SMU
Jun 21 Atlanta, GA, US Coca-Cola Roxy
Jun 22 Durham, NC, US DPAC - Durham Performing Arts Center
Jun 24 Philadelphia, PA, US The Met Philadelphia
Jun 25 Brooklyn, NY, US Kings Theatre
Jun 26 Wallingford, CT, US Toyota Oakdale Theatre
Jun 28 Boston, MA, US House of Blues - Boston
Jun 29 Pittsburgh, PA, US Stage AE
Jul 1 Rochester Hills, MI, US Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
Jul 2 Chicago, IL, US The Chicago Theatre
Jul 3 St. Paul, MN, US Palace Theatre
Jul 5 Omaha, NE, US The Admiral-ne
Jul 6 Denver, CO, US Mission Ballroom
Jul 7 Salt Lake City, UT, US Eccles Theater
Jul 9 Portland, OR, US Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Jul 10 Seattle, WA, US McCaw Hall, Seattle Center

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Billy Howerdel at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (24 June 2022)

Billy Howerdel Setlist Beautiful Mistake The Same Again Ani Bring Honor Back Home Selfish Hearts Poison Flowers Drum solo by Greyson Nekrutman Follower Forever Can Be (Ashes Divide song) Free and Weightless EXP Stars Vowws Setlist The Season The Great Sun Losing Myself ESSEFF Stranger Symbol System One by One Read More Billy Howerdel Supergroup A Perfect Circle (featuring guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan) is back in 2017 for a rare tour and promotion of a pending forth studio album ... Vowws Opening the night was Vowws, a Los Angeles-based post-punk duo playing self-described “Australian death pop” who we last saw in 2017. Their newest full-length is 2018’s Under the World (on Anti-Language Records) ...

A Perfect Circle’s guitarist Billy Howerdel headlined the Fine Line Music Café on Friday, June 24th, 2022, in support to his debut solo album What Normal Was via Alchemy Recordings, Rise Records, and BMG.

Opening the show was Los Angeles’ Vowws (not to be confused with Vows). The duo featured Matt on guitars and Rizz (with skull makeup) on keys. They traded vocals depending on their song, playing a goth/industrial music to a backdrop of video imagery.

We first saw the duo in Feb 2017 and mentioned, “probably the only Australian/Iranian dark industrial experimental LA-based duo that you’ll ever encounter” and described their music as “the likes of Sisters of Mercy, Swans, newer Gary Numan, and anything goth on the same record label.”

The band worked extensively with Los Angeles artist Jesse Draxler, who collaborated with Poppy for the artwork for I Disagree, so somehow, Vowws was asked to support Poppy on that tour, which we caught in Feb 2020 and said, “The duo’s boy/girl vocals juxtapose like a beam of light amongst their throbbing industrial electro dark beats and songs that build like a sonic plague enveloping the wasteland and their sound is recommended to any fans of Vowws’ former label, Cleopatra Records.”

Vowws’ latest single, “One By One” (with B-Side “Shadow Man”) was the set closer.

Billy Howerdel joined the Tool live crew during their tour and recording of Ænima, and offered his services to any Maynard James Keenan’s future projects. That’s how Howerdel became a founding member of A Perfect Circle. Between A Perfect Circle’s breaks (which happens if Tool or Puscifer are on tour), Howerdel created his solo project called Ashes Divide in 2008.

In 2022, Howerdel announced that he was recording under his own name, and his debut solo album What Normal Was was set for June 10th, on Alchemy Recordings, Rise Records, and BMG. The first single, “Poison Flowers” was played in the middle of the set.

Howerdel’s live band featured Nylo on keyboards, Greyson Nekrutman on drums, Eliot on bass, and Danny Lohner (aka Renholdër from NIN) on guitars.

Musically, Howerdel sounded like he is going for a dark The Cure or UK bands.

He played one Ashes Divide song, “Forever Can Be” near the end of his set.

Remaining tour dates:

Jun 26 St Louis, MO, US Delmar Hall
Jun 28 Chicago, IL, US Metro
Jun 29 Columbus, OH, US Newport Music Hall
Jul 1 Rochester Hills, MI, US Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
Jul 5 Boston, MA, US Brighton Music Hall Presented By Citizens
Jul 6 New York (NYC), NY, US Gramercy Theatre
Jul 8 Philadelphia, PA, US Theatre of Living Arts (TLA)
Jul 9 Baltimore, MD, US Baltimore Soundstage
Jul 10 Charlotte, NC, US The Underground
Jul 12 Atlanta, GA, US The Masquerade
Jul 14 New Orleans, LA, US House of Blues - New Orleans
Jul 15 Houston, TX, US White Oak Music Hall - Downstairs
Jul 16 Dallas, TX, US The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
Jul 17 Austin, TX, US Emo's Austin
Jul 20 Phoenix, AZ, US Crescent Ballroom
Jul 22 Phoenix, AZ, US Crescent Ballroom

Vowws

Vowws

Billy Howerdel

Billy Howerdel

Billy Howerdel at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (24 June 2022)

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Minneapolis: This Week (06/26/2022)

As you know, I post the W♥M Minneapolis preview calendar a month in advance. Things may have changed, and/or I just wanted to remind you about the shows that we will be covering this week. I hope to see you at one of these shows.

Read more Minneapolis Music Guide

06/22 The Unlikely Candidates with White Line Darko at Turf Club Read More The Unlikely Candidates The non-local opener of the night was The Unlikely Candidates from Fort Worth, TX. Much like the set of Holy White Hounds, these guys were high energy. Within minutes, the crowd started moving ...

06/22/2022 Wednesday

Doors Open 7PM, Show Starts 8PM ($17/$20)

The Unlikely Candidates
with White Line Darko
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Texas-based Alt-Rock band The Unlikely Candidates is touring in support of their new album Panther Island.

Lead singer Kyle Morris described the album, “The record is a kaleidoscopic landscape of genre and style that changes from song to song, a greatest hits of the sonic worlds the band has inhabited over the years. Thematically it’s just as varied, shifting from songs about the chaos on the streets and loneliness behind the phone screens of America during the pandemic, to humorous tales of twenty-something malaise and the many ways the heart breaks; when love or loved ones are lost. At the heart of this album is the ethos of taking a bad situation and making something of it. It was written during the pandemic while the world was shut down, by a band who has hit enough roadblocks to delay a debut album nine years.”

White Line Darko to open. The new Minneapolis psychedelic rock outfit recently had a double single release show for “Turning Out!” at the Driftwood Char Bar in Minneapolis last June 10.

Tour Dates:

JUN 14 Rumba Cafe Columbus, OH
JUN 17 Sound of Music Festival Burlington, ON
JUN 19 Chop Shop Chicago, IL
JUN 21 High Noon Saloon Madison, WI
JUN 22 Turf Club West Saint Paul, MN
JUN 23 The Aquarium Fargo, ND
JUN 25 Harlo Music Project 2022 Harlowton, MT
JUN 26 Oil City Beer Company Casper, WY
JUN 28 Lincoln Theatre Cheyenne, WY
JUN 29 Meow Wolf Denver Denver, CO
JUN 30 Black Sheep Colorado Springs, CO
JUL 02 Ponyboy Oklahoma City, OK
AUG 27 Congress Avenue Bridge Austin, TX

06/23 Meghan Murphy with Monica West at The Woman's Club Read More The Woman’s Club The Woman’s Club was founded in 1907, and the building was created in 1928. This historic club rarely book music concerts, but when they do, it’s usually in support for women musicians. …

06/23/2022 Thursday

8pm ($40 / Balcony Seating $30)

Meghan Murphy
with Monica West
at The Woman's Club
womansclub.org

The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis is proud to present Meghan Murphy in the long-awaited Twin Cities debut of her performance of “The Big Red Show” on Thursday, June 23.

Murphy’s one-woman show, The Big Red Show, has left audiences laughing, crying, and rising to their feet at every performance. The Chicago Sun Times calls her, “A sparkling redhead with a dynamite voice.”

Opening for Meghan will be Monica West.

Ticketing information:

VIP tickets include premiere seating, parking, pre-concert Rooftop reception with appetizers, a signature cocktail, and a post-concert meet & greet with Big Red herself, Meghan Murphy - $75

Main Floor Seating - $40 general public / $35 for Club members

Balcony Seating - $30 general public / $25 for Club members

Tickets available starting on Thursday, May 19 at 10:00 am at etix.com

06/23 Eyelids with Muun Bato at 7th St Entry Read More Muun Bato It’s the new year, so let’s find out the best band of 2019… courtesy of First Avenue, The Current … Fruitpunchloverboy Green/Blue Loki’s Folly Mae Simpson Muun Bato . …

06/23/2022 Thursday

Doors 7:30PM, Show Starts 8:30PM ($13/$15)

Eyelids
with Muun Bato
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Portland band Eyelids is touring for their new album The Accidental Falls. The group recently added a new member, Victor Krummenacher (of Monks of Doom, Camper Van Beethoven).

Their secret origin of The Accidental Falls was when former Tim Buckley collaborator Larry Beckett first offered Chris Slusarenko and John Moen of Eyelids to write new lyrics for their next record, the band wasn’t sure how it would fit their brand of guitar-driven rock. But they trust it to work and as a result, the fourth album was created with R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, as record producer. How they got involved with R.E.M. is another story altogether… but let’s just say that the group is a big fan of R.E.M’s music, and it’s an honor for them to work with Peter Buck.

Muun Bato to open.

Tour dates:

Jun 10 Portland, OR, US Mississippi Studios
Jun 17 Milwaukee, WI, US Cactus Club
Jun 18 Evanston, IL, US SPACE
Jun 19 Windsor, ON, Canada Meteor
Jun 20 Toronto, ON, Canada Horseshoe Tavern
Jun 21 Cleveland, OH, US Beachland Ballroom
Jun 23 Minneapolis, MN, US First Avenue & 7th St Entry
Jun 24 Madison, WI Kiki’s

06/24 Billy Howerdel at Fine Line Read More A Perfect Circle Supergroup A Perfect Circle (featuring guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan) is back in 2017 for a rare tour and promotion of a pending forth studio album ...

06/24/2022 Friday

UPDATE: Now with VOWWS as support act.

Billy Howerdel of 'A Perfect Circle'
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

A Perfect Circle’s guitarist Billy Howerdel is headlining the Fine Line Music Café this June 24… just weeks shy of Maynard James Keenan’s Puscifer show on July 3, 2022.

Howerdel’s debut solo album What Normal Was, is set for release June 10 via Alchemy Recordings, Rise Records, and BMG.

Tour Dates:

Jun 11 Ventura, CA, US Ventura Music Hall
Jun 12 Outdoor Los Angeles (LA), CA, US The Greek Theatre
Jun 14 Solana Beach, CA, US Belly Up Tavern
Jun 15 San Francisco, CA, US The Independent
Jun 16 Roseville, CA, US Goldfield Trading Post - Roseville
Jun 18 Portland, OR, US Wonder Ballroom
Jun 19 Seattle, WA, US Neumos
Jun 22 Englewood, CO, US Gothic Theatre
Jun 24 Minneapolis, MN, US Fine Line
Jun 26 St Louis, MO, US Delmar Hall
Jun 28 Chicago, IL, US Metro
Jun 29 Columbus, OH, US Newport Music Hall
Jul 1 Rochester Hills, MI, US Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
Jul 5 Boston, MA, US Brighton Music Hall Presented By Citizens
Jul 6 New York (NYC), NY, US Gramercy Theatre
Jul 8 Philadelphia, PA, US Theatre of Living Arts (TLA)
Jul 9 Baltimore, MD, US Baltimore Soundstage
Jul 10 Charlotte, NC, US The Underground
Jul 12 Atlanta, GA, US The Masquerade
Jul 14 New Orleans, LA, US House of Blues - New Orleans
Jul 15 Houston, TX, US White Oak Music Hall - Downstairs
Jul 16 Dallas, TX, US The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
Jul 17 Austin, TX, US Emo's Austin
Jul 20 Phoenix, AZ, US Crescent Ballroom
Jul 22 Phoenix, AZ, US Crescent Ballroom

06/25 Violent Femmes with The Breeders at Palace Theatre Read More Violent Femmes Violent Femmes are back at it again. This time, it looks like they are going back to their typical setlist. The key differences from last night’s show and tonight was that Gordon Gano … The Breeders The Deal sisters (Kim & Kelly) and their band, the Breeders, is taking their last, last, really last splash with the 20th Anniversary Tour. Be on the lookout for the deluxe limited 7xLP …

06/25/2022 Saturday

Doors Open 6:30PM / Show Starts 8PM ($45)

Violent Femmes
with The Breeders
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

What a dream lineup! It’s Cult-favorite band Violent Femmes with The Breeders 2022 tour.

Violent Femmes’ recently celebrated the 30th Anniversary of Why Do Birds Sing? with a deluxe 2-CD reissue. The album was remastered with previous unreleased material (including alternative takes and outtakes), and a complete concert from 1991 (captured at the Boathouse in Norfolk, VA).

We last saw VF in Oct 2017 and wrote, “It basically boils down to the fact that fans probably haven’t seen VF for 16 years. That’s a long time, but, based on hearing almost every song sung back, word for word, these same fans clearly haven’t forgotten about the Violent Femmes. They saved two of their biggest singalong classics ‘Kiss Off’ and ‘Add It Up’ for the encore.”

Tour dates:

Jun 1 Portland, OR, US McMenamin's Crystal Ballroom
Jun 2 Bellingham, WA, US Mount Baker Theatre
Jun 3 Seattle, WA, US Moore Theatre
Jun 4 Seattle, WA, US Moore Theatre
Jun 6 San Francisco, CA, US The Fillmore
Jun 7 Berkeley, CA, US The UC Theatre
Jun 8 Reno, NV, US Virginia Street Brewhouse
Jun 10 West Valley City, UT, US Maverik Center
Jun 11 Outdoor Morrison, CO, US Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Jun 12 Aspen, CO, US Belly Up Aspen
Jun 25 St. Paul, MN, US Palace Theatre
Oct 1 Kansas City, MO, US Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

vu ([email protected]) ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ twitter.com

At the Fine Line (June 2022)

06/25 Helmet at Fine Line Read More Helmet If country is not your thing, Helmet will be playing Mill City Nights on March 11th. If you grew up in the 90s, you will recall their ever creepy music videos on MTV. For the 21st Anniversary of Betty, the band will be playing the entire album on this tour....

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06/25/2022 Saturday

Helmet
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

American alternative metal band Helmet is once again touring… the band is working on their 9th studio album.

Tour Dates:

4 Jun Infinity Music Hall Hartford
5 Jun The Warehouse Fairfield
7 Jun Garcia's The Captiol Theater Port Chester
8 Jun XL Live Harrisburg
9 Jun Black Cat Washington, DC
10 Jun The Broadberry Richmond
11 Jun Outer Banks Brewing Station Kill Devil Hills
12 Jun The Norva Norfolk
14 Jun The Loud Huntington
16 Jun Taft Cincinnati
17 Jun The Basement Columbus
18 Jun The Vault Saginaw Saginaw
19 Jun Intersection Grand Rapids
21 Jun HiFi Annex Indianapolis
22 Jun Wildwood Smokehouse & Saloon Iowa City
23 Jun Delmar Hall St Louis
24 Jun The Waiting Room Omaha
25 Jun Fine Line Minneapolis
18 Aug Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Maryland Heights
20 Aug Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Tinley Park
21 Aug Pine Knob Music Theater Clarkston
23 Aug Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls
24 Aug Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center Noblesville
23 Sep Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center Louisville

06/24 Billy Howerdel at Fine Line Read More A Perfect Circle Supergroup A Perfect Circle (featuring guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan) is back in 2017 for a rare tour and promotion of a pending forth studio album ...

06/24/2022 Friday

Billy Howerdel of 'A Perfect Circle'
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

A Perfect Circle’s guitarist Billy Howerdel is headlining the Fine Line Music Café this June 24… just weeks shy of Maynard James Keenan’s Puscifer show on July 3, 2022.

Howerdel’s debut solo album What Normal Was, is set for release June 10 via Alchemy Recordings, Rise Records, and BMG.

Tour Dates:

Jun 11 Ventura, CA, US Ventura Music Hall
Jun 12 Outdoor Los Angeles (LA), CA, US The Greek Theatre
Jun 14 Solana Beach, CA, US Belly Up Tavern
Jun 15 San Francisco, CA, US The Independent
Jun 16 Roseville, CA, US Goldfield Trading Post - Roseville
Jun 18 Portland, OR, US Wonder Ballroom
Jun 19 Seattle, WA, US Neumos
Jun 22 Englewood, CO, US Gothic Theatre
Jun 24 Minneapolis, MN, US Fine Line
Jun 26 St Louis, MO, US Delmar Hall
Jun 28 Chicago, IL, US Metro
Jun 29 Columbus, OH, US Newport Music Hall
Jul 1 Rochester Hills, MI, US Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
Jul 5 Boston, MA, US Brighton Music Hall Presented By Citizens
Jul 6 New York (NYC), NY, US Gramercy Theatre
Jul 8 Philadelphia, PA, US Theatre of Living Arts (TLA)
Jul 9 Baltimore, MD, US Baltimore Soundstage
Jul 10 Charlotte, NC, US The Underground
Jul 12 Atlanta, GA, US The Masquerade
Jul 14 New Orleans, LA, US House of Blues - New Orleans
Jul 15 Houston, TX, US White Oak Music Hall - Downstairs
Jul 16 Dallas, TX, US The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
Jul 17 Austin, TX, US Emo's Austin
Jul 20 Phoenix, AZ, US Crescent Ballroom
Jul 22 Phoenix, AZ, US Crescent Ballroom

06/22 Municipal Waste with INTEGRITY and Bewitcher at Fine Line Read More Municipal Waste I'd recommend this as highly for people who are into things like Municipal Waste, Septic Death, Man is the Bastard, Nausea, XBRAINIAX, or Hummingbird of Death as I would for people who are just into …

06/22/2022 Wednesday

Municipal Waste
with INTEGRITY and Bewitcher
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

The Pit on 93X presents Municipal Waste at the Fine Line Music Café, as part of their Summer Atrocity 2022 tour.

INTEGRITY and Bewitcher to open.

Bewitcher will also be hopping on various other tours, including headlining side shows along their travels, in support of their new album Cursed Be Thy Kingdom: “That old dusty road is calling again. The first leg of the ‘Rebel Angels…Tour’ this spring was just the warm-up, and this summer, we’re turning up the heat! We are extremely stoked to be out there with our friends in Municipal Waste, Cloak, Goatwhore and all these other heavy hitters! We have some killer festival appearances and then end the summer with our first ever show in Mexico City. Total metal overkill! Basically, if you’re in the U.S. and have ever wanted to see Bewitcher live, the year 2022 is probably the best chance you’ve ever had. So don’t f**k up and miss out, we’ll see you out there!”

Summer Atrocity 2022 Tour

June 18 – Syracuse, NY – Sharkey’s w/Exodus
June 19 – Garwood, NJ – Crossroads
June 21 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
June 22 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Café

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

vu ([email protected]) ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ twitter.com

Minneapolis: July 1 to July 5

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07/02 Ty Segall & Freedom Band at First Avenue Read More Ty Segall Man, the last time I saw Ty Segall, we were on a boat and Redd Kross’ Steve Mcdonald was on bass! There was maybe about 100 people on the small boat, and it was pretty rad. You can read all about it here: NXNE 2011 (Saturday). …

07/02/2022 Saturday

Ty Segall & Freedom Band
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Did I tell you that I was once stuck on a boat with Ty Segall? Yes, it’s true. Now the man with the guitar is returning to Minneapolis with his new band, billed as Ty Segall & Freedom Band. Their new album is called Hello, Hi, available now on Drag City.

We last saw Ty as Ty Segall & the Muggers in Mar 2016 and wrote, “Before we talk about Ty’s exceptional musical output, we have talk about his all-star supergroup The Muggers. As we previously mentioned, his band consisted of King Tuff’s Kyle Thomas (dressed in an orange jumpsuit), singer/guitarist Mikal Cronin, Cairo Gang’s Emmett Kelly, and Wand’s Cory Hanson and Evan Burrows.”

Tour dates:

6/14/22 191 Toole Tuscon AZ*
6/15/22 Lowbrow Palace El Paso TX*
6/17/22 Granada Theater Dallas TX*
6/18/22 The Mohawk Austin TX*
6/19/22 1104 Decatur New Orleans LA&
6/20/22 Variety Playhouse Atlanta GA*
6/22/22 Orange Peel Asheville NC*
6/23/22 Ram's Head Live Baltimore MD*
6/24/22 Union Transfer Philadelphia PA*
6/25/22 Brooklyn Steel Brooklyn NY*
6/27/22 Royale Boston MA*
6/28/22 Danforth Music Hall Toronto ON Canada
6/30/22 Agora Theatre Cleveland OH
7/1/22 Thalia Hall Chicago IL#
7/2/22 First Avenue Minneapolis MN
7/3/22 Mission Ballroom Denver CO^
7/5/22 Metro Music Hall Salt Lake City UT^
7/6/22 Backstage Bar Las Vegas NV^
7/7/22 Teregram Ballroom Los Angeles CA^
8/11/22 Way Out West Festival Gothenburg Sweden
8/14/22 Palp Festival Martigny Switzerland
8/15/22 Mascotte Zurich Switzerland
8/17/22 Rapa Nui Zandvoort Netherlands
8/18/22 Le Cabaret Vert Charleville Mezieres France
8/19/22 Festival Paredes de Coura Paredes de Coura Portugal
8/20/22 La Route du Rock Festival Saint Malo France
8/21/22 Green Man Festival Brecon Beacons United Kingdom
8/24/22 Magic Mirrors Le Havre France
8/25/22 Square Dom Bedos Bordeaux France
8/26/22 Santana 27 Bilbao Spain
8/27/22 Canela Party Torremolinos Spain

*w/Shannon Lay
& w/ Shannon Lay, Silver Synthetic
^w/ William Tyler
#w/ Bill MacKay

07/02 Failure at Turf Club Read More Failure First album in 19 years from LA alternative band, Failure- The band returned from a 17-year hiatus in early 2014 with a single Los Angeles date planned. Led to a North American tour, including a run of dates with Tool …

07/02/2022 Saturday

Failure
at Turf Club
first-avenue.com

Los Angeles alternative rock band Failure will be headlining the Turf Club in St Paul on July 2nd. Their latest album Wild Type Droid is out now.

Tour dates:

Jun 2 San Diego, CA, US Music Box
Jun 3 Pioneertown, CA, US Pappy & Harriet's
Jun 4 Las Vegas, NV, US Backstage Bar & Billiards
Jun 5 Phoenix, AZ, US Crescent Ballroom
Jun 7 Albuquerque, NM, US Launchpad
Jun 8 Denver, CO, US Bluebird Theater
Jun 9 Omaha, NE, US The Waiting Room
Jun 10 Lawrence, KS, US Granada Theatre
Jun 11 St Louis, MO, US Pop's
Jun 12 Dallas, TX, US Trees
Jun 14 Austin, TX, US Mohawk - Indoor
Jun 15 San Antonio, TX, US Paper Tiger
Jun 16 New Orleans, LA, US Parish Room, House of Blues
Jun 17 Nashville, TN, US Exit In
Jun 18 Birmingham, AL, US Saturn
Jun 19 Atlanta, GA, US The Masquerade - Heaven
Jun 21 Carrboro, NC, US Cat's Cradle
Jun 22 Baltimore, MD, US Baltimore Soundstage
Jun 23 Philadelphia, PA, US Underground Arts
Jun 24 Brooklyn, NY, US Warsaw
Jun 24 Brooklyn, NY, US Warsaw
Jun 25 Cambridge, MA, US The Sinclair
Jun 26 Toronto, ON, Canada Velvet Underground
Jun 28 Pontiac, MI, US The Crofoot Ballroom
Jun 29 Pittsburgh, PA, US Mr Smalls Theater
Jun 30 Cleveland, OH, US Grog Shop
Jul 1 Chicago, IL, US Bottom Lounge
Jul 2 St. Paul, MN, US Turf Club
Jul 5 Seattle, WA, US Neumos
Jul 6 Portland, OR, US Hawthorne Theatre
Jul 7 San Francisco, CA, US Great American Music Hall
Jul 8 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US Regent Theater
Jul 13 Trutnov, Czech Republic Obscene Extreme

07/03 Puscifer with Moodie Black at Palace Theatre Read More Puscifer Maynard James Keenan of Tool and A Perfect Circle, is also the mainstay behind Puscifer, a band he considers to be his "creative subconscious" - and how creative it was when the band’s “Money $hot Heard Round the World Tour” …

07/03/2022 Sunday

Puscifer
with Moodie Black
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

American rock group formed Puscifer (led by Tool/A Perfect Circle’s Maynard James Keenan) is returning to the Twin Cities this July 3rd. The group latest release is called Existential Reckoning.

We saw Puscifer in Mar 2016 and wrote, “Lights then went dark, the wrestling ring moved back and musician platforms moved quickly into place as Puscifer took to the stage for their headlining set, after almost no downtime in-between. As the crew fine-tuned everything, a video warning from side stage monitors by one Major Douche (one of Keenan’s many personas) cautioned against any cameras or cellphone use, which was also reinforced by the tighter-than-normal security.”

Minneapolis noise rap duo Moodie Black to open. They are signed to renown indie hip-hop label, Fake Four Inc.

Tour dates:

Jun 9 Las Vegas, NV, US Reynolds Hall
Jun 11 Phoenix, AZ, US Arizona Federal Theatre
Jun 12 Outdoor Los Angeles (LA), CA, US The Greek Theatre
Jun 14 Albuquerque, NM, US Kiva Auditorium
Jun 15 Austin, TX, US Bass Concert Hall
Jun 16 Dallas, TX, US McFarlin Auditorium, SMU
Jun 21 Atlanta, GA, US Coca-Cola Roxy
Jun 22 Durham, NC, US DPAC - Durham Performing Arts Center
Jun 24 Philadelphia, PA, US The Met Philadelphia
Jun 25 Brooklyn, NY, US Kings Theatre
Jun 26 Wallingford, CT, US Toyota Oakdale Theatre
Jun 28 Boston, MA, US House of Blues - Boston
Jun 29 Pittsburgh, PA, US Stage AE
Jul 1 Rochester Hills, MI, US Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
Jul 2 Chicago, IL, US The Chicago Theatre
Jul 3 St. Paul, MN, US Palace Theatre
Jul 5 Omaha, NE, US The Admiral-ne
Jul 6 Denver, CO, US Mission Ballroom
Jul 7 Salt Lake City, UT, US Eccles Theater
Jul 9 Portland, OR, US Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Jul 10 Seattle, WA, US McCaw Hall, Seattle Center

07/05 The Zombies with Altameda at First Avenue Read More The Zombies The truth is, The Zombies needs no introduction, judging from the feedback on the Zombies' two most famous songs "She's Not There" and "Time of the Season". What people aren't aware ...

07/05/2022 Tuesday

The Zombies
with Altameda
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

English rock group The Zombies, famous for “She’s Not There” and “Time of the Season”, will be once again headlining First Avenue on July 5th, 2022. We saw the group in Apr 2017, and, yes, they play all the hits (they even played “She’s Not There” twice).

Toronto-based band alt-country duo Altameda to open. Their new album Born Losers is out on via Missing Piece/Pheromone Recordings.

Tour dates:

06/21 - Bellville, ON @ Empire Theatre*
06/22 - Mississauga, ON @ Hammerson Hall*
06/24 - Jim Thorpe, PA @ Penn’s Peak*
06/25 - Hammondsport, NY @ Point of the Bluff Vineyard*
06/26 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Homestead Music Hall*
06/28 - Kent, OH @ The Kent Stage*
06/30 - Cincinnati, OH @ Ludlow Garage*
07/01 - Chicago, IL @ Old Town School of Folk*
07/02 - Maquoketa, IA @ Codfish Hollow Barnstormers*
07/03 - Madison, WI @ Barrymore Theatre*
07/05 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue*
07/13 - Victoria, BC @ Alix Goolden Theatre*
07/14 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom*

* with support from Altameda

If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to [email protected] with a good lead time. Thank you.

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Minneapolis: November 10 to November 12, 2018

A Perfect Circle 2018 Tour Read More A Perfect Circle Supergroup A Perfect Circle (featuring guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan) is back in 2017 for a rare tour and promotion of a pending forth studio album ... Badflower Also on the bill is Badflower (not to be confused with Badfinger). The band is described as “one of L.A.’s most buzzed-about rock ‘n’ roll bands.” The band features Josh Katz … Night-Club L.A.'s "sinful synth-pop band" Night Club premiere a racy new video for "Control" via Buzzbands.LA. Night Club is the brainchild of DJ/Producer Mark Brooks, former guitarist Warlock Pinchers and vocalist Emily Kavanaugh. …

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from November 10 to November 12, 2018.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

A PERFECT CIRCLE
+ Badflower, Night Club
Armory
Sun 11/11/2018 (6pm/$60)
armorymn.com

A Perfect Circle is back in town. This time at the new Armory venue and in support of their new album Eat The Elephant (the band's first new album in fourteen years!).

We caught the band in November 2017 and wrote, “With a sheer curtain between the crowd and the band, A Perfect Circle began their hundred-minute set with 2003’s ‘The Package’, the curtain dropping mid-song as Keenan sang “give this to me!” to a roaring crowd. The set was, and remained mostly in darkness for the show, bassist McJunkins and guitarist Billy Howerdel prowled out front as Keenan, James Iha on rhythm guitar/keys and drummer Friedl were each perched on individual round platforms towards the back of the stage. Keenan stayed mostly in darkness throughout, though his flowing blonde wig was visible as he swayed and moved about in the fog and black.”

Badflower and Night Club (Goth-pop duo featuring flame-haired Emily Kavanaugh) will open.

Note: Tricky will not be appearing at the Minneapolis show.

Tour Dates:

11/01/2018 Bojangles' Coliseum Charlotte, NC
11/02/2018 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN
11/03/2018 Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
11/06/2018 Hulu Theater New York, NY
11/11/2018 Armory Minneapolis, MN
11/13/2018 U.S. Cellular Center Cedar Rapids, IA
11/17/2018 Honda Center Anaheim, CA
11/18/2018 The Chelsea Las Vegas, NV
11/20/2018 Comerica Theatre Phoenix, AZ
12/02/2018 O2 Academy Glasgow Glasgow
12/03/2018 Victoria Warehouse Manchester
12/05/2018 The SSE Arena, Wembley London
12/07/2018 Lotto Arena Merksem, Belgium
12/13/2018 Alsterdorfer Sporthalle Hamburg, Germany
12/15/2018 TAURON Arena Kraków Krakow, Poland
12/16/2018 Wiener Stadthalle Vienna, Austria
12/18/2018 Mediolanum Forum Assago, Italy
12/19/2018 PalaLottomatica Rome, Italy

Other shows in the area:

The Dodos at 7th Street LowRay at Hook & Ladder Caroline Rose at Turf Club The Orb at Turf Club Broken Arrow at Turf Club Read More The Dodos The first time I heard of The Dodos in 2010, we called them band of the show. I eventually caught them in 2011, when they toured with Bleeding Rainbow … Caroline Rose Opening up the show was Caroline Rose, a self-described Americana band, but I would throw them in the country category as well. They were actually more excited to be playing … And The Kids And The Kids was the group sandwiched between these two amazing groups and they were more than able to hold their own. This female trio had energy and feeling …

THE DODOS
+ Palehound, Juniper Douglas
7th Street Entry
Sat 11/10/2018 (8pm/$17)
first-avenue.com

It’s been a while since we saw The Dodos (in October 2015), no they’ve not gone instinct. The band will headlining the 7th Street Entry on November 10.

Palehound and Juniper Douglas to open.

The Dodos, guitarist Meric Long and percussionist Logan Kroeber, is back with their 7th studio album Certainty Waves, out on Polyvinyl Record Co.

Tour dates:

11/01 - Kingston, NY @ BSP Lounge
11/02 - Somerville, MA @ Thunder Road
11/03 - Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom
11/04 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz
11/05 - Ottawa, ON @ 27 Club
11/06 - Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
11/07 - Detroit, MI @ Third Man Records
11/08 - Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme
11/09 - Green Bay, WI @ Lyric Room
11/10 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
11/11 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
11/13 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern
11/14 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
11/15 - Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel
11/16 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

LOWRAY
Hook & Ladder
Sat 11/10/2018 (7:30pm/$10)
thehookmpls.com

Minneapolis-based Americana rock duo LowRay (singer/guitarist Daniel Fowlds and drummer James Irving) is releasing Friends and the Fakers on November 9th. Join them on Saturday, November 10th, at the Hook & Ladder as they celebrate the album release. You can purchase the new record on very limited edition banana yellow opaque vinyl at the show.

Our friends Little Man will be there, so will Porcupine and Ryan and Pony.

Friends and the Fakers Tracklisting:

1. Friends and the Fakers
2. Western Song
3. I'm Sorry
4. 8 Track Tapes
5. Palisade
6. Waiting For You
7. Lonely Tuesday Night
8. Let Me Be
9. Sooner or Later
10. There's A Place

CAROLINE ROSE
+ And the Kids
Turf Club
Sat 11/10/2018 (8pm/$16)
turfclub.net

Americana artist Caroline Rose is playing the Turf Club. She’s continuing touring for her album Loner (New West).

And the Kids will open. We saw them in April 2018 and said, “The Northampton, MA band describes their own sound as “unconscious, accessible, existential, indie, glitter, popsicle, crisis” music and that’s as good a description as any, as evidenced by latest full-length, Friends Share Lovers (Signature Sound Recordings) and more recent single, ‘2003’.”

Tour dates:

11/01 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
11/02 - Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom
11/03 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
11/06 - Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
11/07 - Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Touch
11/08 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
11/09 - Iowa City, IA @ The Mill
11/10 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
11/13 - Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar
11/14 - Columbus, OH @ Rumba Cafe
11/16 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
11/17 - Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel

THE ORB
Turf Club
Sun 11/11/2018 (7pm/$25)
turfclub.net

Legendary electronic band The Orb is bringing their “30th Anniversary” tour from the UK to the US this November. From my understanding, they are playing a “Greatest Hits” set.

Tour dates:

Nov 3 Brooklyn, NY Elsewhere
Nov 8 Denver, CO Marquis
Nov 10 Chicago, IL Metro
Nov 11 St Paul, MN Turf Club
Nov 13 Atlanta, GA Terminal West
Nov 15 San Francisco, CA The Independent
Nov 16 Portland, OR Star Theater
Nov 17 Seattle, WA Nectar's
Nov 20 Las Vegas, NV Brooklyn Bowl
Nov 21 Los Angeles, CA Teragram Ballroom

BROKEN ARROW
Turf Club
Mon 11/12/2018 (7pm/$10)
turfclub.net

Hey hey, my my, rock and roll can never die.

Since Lemuria canceled his show, you can head over to the Turf Club on Monday, November 12 to celebrate Neil Young’s Birthday Celebration with Broken Arrow (Neil Young cover band).

Additional details:

Neil Young’s Birthday Celebration
ft. BROKEN ARROW performing the music of Neil Young

NEIL YOUNG TRIBUTE BAND
featuring guitarists Rich Mattson and Jim Gruidl, drummer Glen Mattson, and bassist Dale Kallman.

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A Perfect Circle at Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul (25 Nov 2017)

A Perfect Circle Setlist The Package The Hollow The Noose Weak and Powerless Rose Imagine (John Lennon cover) By and Down Thomas People Are People (Depeche Mode cover) Magdalena Vanishing Passive Gravity 3 Libras (All Main Courses Mix) Hourglass Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums The Doomed The Outsider Feathers The Beta Machine Setlist Intruder Again & Again All This Time (Untitled New Song) The End Pictures Tour Dates 11/30/2017 Vancouver, BC P.N.E. Pacific Coliseum 12/01/2017 Seattle, WA KeyArena 12/02/2017 Portland, OR Veterans Memorial Coliseum 12/04/2017 Eugene, OR Matthew Knight Arena 06/05/2018 Stockholm, Sweden Fryshuset 06/06/2018 Oslo, Norway Spektrum 06/08/2018 Aarhus, Denmark "Northside Festival" 06/12/2018 Manchester, UK O2 Apollo Manchester 06/13/2018 London UK O2 Academy Brixton 06/17/2018 Berlin, Germany Zitadelle 06/20/2018 Zurich, Switzerland Halle 622 06/23/2018 Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg Rockhal 06/26/2018 Paris, France Olympia 06/29/2018 Barcelona, Be Prog! My Friend Festival 07/01/2018 Verona, Italy Rock the Castle Festival Read More A Perfect Circle Supergroup A Perfect Circle (featuring guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan) is back in 2017 for a rare tour and promotion of a pending forth studio album ... The Beta Machine Show up early to check out The Beta Machine. Please note that the band has a strict no photos policy at their shows. This is the camera policy ...

Dark and doomed never felt (and sounded) so good—

Led by the always-enigmatic Maynard James Keenan, A Perfect Circle re-acquainted almost 8,000 Twin Cities fans with their previous material, as well as played some new music from their upcoming first album in thirteen years, to a fiercely loyal crowd at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. 

The album started with an also dark opening set from The Beta Machine, an electric rock band formed by current APC members Matt McJunkins (Vocals/Bass/Keyboards) and Jeff Friedl (Drums/Percussion) joined by Claire Acey (Vocals/Keyboards), and Nicholas Perez (Guitars/Keyboards/Vocals). The band has been together almost a decade but has purposely taken its time with its music, self-releasing its first five-song EP, All This Time, earlier this Spring. 

“Thank you for coming earlier- you’re amazing!” McJunkins said, looking at a full floor as Acey’s brooding siren call sang the title track.  ‘The End’ ran sinister but fast tempo’d with an electronic drum beat keeping pace with the vocals with a sound that already seemed suited for a large hall.  “If you want to join us, stand the f##k up” McJunkins implored for the closing ‘Pictures’ anchored by a heartbeat bassline and foreboding melody. 

Known for his disdain of photography and cell use for all his bands’ concerts, Keenan and co. imposed a very strict No Photos, Videos, or Cell Phone Use Whatsoever Rule throughout the show, with the venue posting this everywhere- on doors, on each row of seats, along their digital scrolling signs, and via a repeated taped announcement.

Sixty fans were escorted out of a recent Reading, PA show and dozens more at the Mohegan Sun in CT, so the band was more than serious about enforcing this throughout the show, meaning no activity (not even checking the time on a lighted mobile) during the opener, the intermission, or the headline act, which made for more of a rapt attentive audience than probably otherwise. 

With a sheer curtain between the crowd and the band, A Perfect Circle began their hundred-minute set with 2003’s ‘The Package’, the curtain dropping mid-song as Keenan sang “give this to me!” to a roaring crowd.  The set was, and remained mostly in darkness for the show, bassist McJunkins and guitarist Billy Howerdel  prowled out  front as Keenan, James Iha on rhythm guitar/keys and drummer Friedl were each perched on individual round platforms towards the back of the stage.  Keenan stayed mostly in darkness throughout, though his flowing blonde wig was visible as he swayed and moved about in the fog and black. 

“Feels like we’re in Viking Country…” Keenan said four songs in, to shouts and cheers, “...which is kind of awkward to me… because being a Green Bay Packer fan, I feel like I’m going to get raped and pillaged” he joked with dry wit, “I’m from Michigan, what am I going to do, back the Lions?! … Ahh, enough about baseball…!”

“We are artists, our job is to observe, interpret, report- we are merchants of emotion” Keenan said, imploring the audience to start listening and talking to each other again, maybe also indirectly explaining the phone ban as well.

The pair of covers played were both turned on their goth heads, APC-style, as Keenan sang ‘Imagine’ and Howerdel took lead for Depeche Mode’s ‘People are People’. “Are those lighters?!” Keenan said as many went in the air (in place of phones) for the John Lennon cover, “…thank you, smokers”.

Musically, the band were solidly tight, having well shaken off any hiatus rust, with the versatile Iha switching instruments often as the song demanded, and in clear sync with Howerdel (no need to rush any Smashing Pumpkins reunion when he plays so well with this bald Billy, and with likely less drama).

The best was saved for the show’s second half as the audience was treated to three unreleased new songs, due on the upcoming 2018 release, ‘Hourglass’, new single ‘The Doomed’ and ‘Feathers’.  In between those, ‘Counting Bodies Like Sheep…’ slayed with its sharp lyrics and anthemic scope and 2004’s’The Outsider’ blazed with Howerdel’s guitars wrestling the song back and forth. 

After band introductions (and in place of any traditional stage exit for an encore), Iha killed a few minutes with a couple purposely bad jokes (“Where does a penguin keep his money? – in a snow bank” and “What can you wear that never goes out of style?- a smile”) before the band daringly closed with a brand new song. 

“Sadness like a pendulum pulls us round and to and fro” Keenan sang in the closing ‘Feathers’ and fans of A Perfect Circle not only entered, but lovingly embraced the envisioned dark world, entranced by its soundtrack but also seeing a bit of light at the end of the tunnel, “Tell them well, we'll make it through” Keenan sang, and everyone gladly walked that path with him.

(all photos courtesy of the artists, unless indicated otherwise)

Beta Machine

Beta Machine

A Perfect Circle: No Photos

A Perfect Circle courtesy YouTube

A Perfect Circle

A Perfect Circle at Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul (25 Nov 2017) photo courtesy of ejc666

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Minneapolis: November 25 to November 27, 2017

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from November 25 to November 27, 2017.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

Read More A Perfect Circle Just in time for Christmas, Three Sixty is the greatest hit collection from A Perfect Circle. The compilation is being released November 19th and will be available in standard ...

A PERFECT CIRCLE
+ The Beta Machine
Xcel Energy Center
Sat 11/25/2017 (7pm/$40)
xcelenergycenter.com

Supergroup A Perfect Circle (featuring guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan) is back in 2017 for a rare tour and promotion of a pending forth studio album (the new single ‘The Doomed’ was already released in October).

As with many supergroups, it’s hard to get everyone together, so currently, the band consists of Howerdel and Keenan, but with help from Smashing Pumpkins’ James Iha, Eagles of Death Metal’s Matt McJunkins and drummer Jeff Friedl.

Show up early to check out The Beta Machine.

Please note that the band has a strict no photos policy at their shows. This is the camera policy released for the upcoming show:

Cameras and video/audio recorders, including cell phones, are STRICTLY prohibited. No photos or videos are permitted, including photos and videos taken with cell phones. This includes ALL photo applications for cell phones. Violation of this policy will result in confiscation of photos/video and ejection from the building.

Please follow these guidelines to prevent being ejected from the venue. Patrons who are ejected will not be allowed to re-enter the venue.

Tour dates:

11/22/2017 DeltaPlex Arena Grand Rapids, MI
11/24/2017 UIC Pavilion Chicago, IL
11/25/2017 Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, MN
11/28/2017 Spokane Arena Spokane, WA
11/30/2017 P.N.E. Pacific Coliseum Vancouver, BC
12/01/2017 KeyArena At Seattle Center Seattle, WA
12/02/2017 Veterans Memorial Coliseum Portland, OR
12/04/2017 Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR
06/08/2018 Adalen @ Northside Festival Aarhus, Denmark
06/12/2018 O2 Apollo Manchester Manchester
06/13/2018 O2 Academy Brixton London

Read More Hippo Campus The crowd at the music stage began swelling very early on, as local favorites Hippo Campus played first, with a spirited 40 min. set that included new single, ‘South’ (EP out Oct 2 on Grand Jury Records) .… The Cactus Blossoms Opening up were Jack Torrey and Page Burkum of The Cactus Blossoms, their fifth show working for Rodriguez. They did The Cactus Blossoms songs, but stripped down … Cold Specks London-based gothic-gospel band, Cold Specks, played in Denver for the first time in promotion of their debut album, I Predict a Graceful Explosion, out on Mute Records. Marking their third week on tour with headliner, Jim James …

Other shows in the area:

HIPPO CAMPUS
+ The Happy Children, Trent Romens
Fine Line Music Cafe
Sat 11/25/2017 (7pm/$40/Sold Out)
finelinemusic.com

Hippo Campus is incredibly popular. The last time we saw the group, they had fans lining up and waiting for the band to sign their CDs. It was pretty amazing, especially for a local band… but it should surprise anyone that they are a big deal everywhere else too!

Not really sure why the band decided to play a small Fine Line Music Café venue for their homecoming show… as they previously sold out First Avenue’s mainroom (a much bigger venue). Of course, the Fine Line is sold out.

Tour dates:

11/25/2017: Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music
1/16/2018: Bozeman, MT @ Rialto Theatre
1/18/2018: Vancouver, BC @ The Imperial
1/19/2018: Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
1/20/2018: Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
1/22/2018: Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
1/23/2018: San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore
1/25/2018: San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
1/26/2018: Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda
1/27/2018: Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren
1/29/2018: Salt Lake City, UT @ Complex
1/31/2018: Denver, CO @ Gothic
2/1/2018: Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
2/2/2018: Columbia, MO @ Blue Note
2/6/2018: Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme
2/7/2018: Cincinnati, OH @ 20th Century Theater
2/9/2018: Uncasville, CT @ Wolf's Den
2/10/2018: Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
2/11/2018: Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall
2/13/2018: Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Ballroom
2/14/2018: Albany, NY @ Lucky Strike Social
2/16/2018: Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
2/17/2018: St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theater

THE CACTUS BLOSSOMS
+ Kacy & Clayton
First Avenue
Sat 11/25/2017 (8pm/$20)
first-avenue.com

Popular country & western band The Cactus Blossoms is headlining First Avenue. The local group was a choice band for the new Twin Peaks: The Return show.

Kacy & Clayton (duo Kacy Anderson and Clayton Linthicum) will be opening. Their latest The Siren’s Song album is available now on New West Records. The 9-song album was produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and recorded by Tom Schick at Wilco’s The Loft in Chicago, IL.

MELISSA MANCHESTER
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant
Sun 11/26/2017 (6pm/8pm/$35)
Mon 11/27/2017 (7pm/$35)
dakotacooks.com

Melissa Manchester will be playing at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis on Sunday and Monday. There will be an early show (5pm) and late show (8pm) for Sunday and 7pm only show for Monday. Her new single ‘Love is Just Around the Corner’ is taken from her new album The Fellas (Long Run Entertainment, LLC).

Tour dates:

11/25 – Phoenix, AZ @ Musical Instrument Museum
11/26 – Minneapolis, MN @ Dakota Jazz Club (6 and 8 shows)
11/27 – Minneapolis, MN @ Dakota Jazz Club (7 pm show)
12/3 – Denham Springs, LA @ Forest Grove Plantation
12/24 – Boca Raton, FL @ Wick Theatre
12/25 – Boca Raton, FL @ Wick Theatre
2/17 – Brookville, NY @ Tilles Center

COLD SPECKS
+ LA Timpa
The Cedar Cultural Center
Mon 11/27/2017 (7pm/$12)
thecedar.org

Cold Specks (aka Ladan Hussein) is back in town at the Cedar Cultural Center this Monday. Her latest record Fool’s Paradise is out now via Arts & Crafts.

Tour dates:

11/22: Calgary, CA @ Commonwealth Bar
11/23: Edmonton, CA @ The Needle Vinyl
11/24: Regina, CA @ The Exchange
11/25: Winnipeg, CA @ The Good Will
11/27: Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
11/28: Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
11/29: Detroit, MI @ Marble Bar
11/30: Toronto, CA @ Mod Club
12/1: Montreal, CA @ Phi Center
12/2: Ottawa, CA @ The 27 Club
12/6: Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Art Space
12/7: Brooklyn, NY @ Baby's All Right

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Three of a Kind

Read More The Devil Makes Three I see a lot of shows, and one of the stand-out performances was seeing Devil Makes Three at the Triple Rock last year. They blew me away with their sold-out bluegrass/punk/country show …

DEVIL MAKES THREE
thedevilmakesthree.com

Rootsy acoustic threesome The Devil Makes Three will be bringing their spirited brand of folk and bluegrass to First Avenue next month! Dropping October 30th will be the band’s fourth full length album I’m a Stranger Here, which saw the trio working with Nashville producer and singer/songwriter Buddy Miller (Solomon Burke, Patty Griffin).

The group consists of singer/guitarist Pete Bernhard, guitarist Cooper McBean and Lucia Turino playing the coolest instrument of all: upright bass! After a warm reception at two notable festivals this year (American Music Festival in Nashville and San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass) TDM3 will be kicking off a fall tour in Colorado Springs on Halloween night.

Autumn is the absolute perfect time for this band to hit the road; their lively finger-picking-heavy melodies will serve as an excellent soundtrack to crisper temperatures and the brightly changing landscape. There’s also a haunted, nostalgic quality to the songs, especially lyrically. Themes like heartbreak and lonely nights spent with the bottle generously pepper the music. It’s some real dark night of the soul stuff, ragtime style.

The Devil Makes Three will be in Minneapolis Thursday November 7th. C’mon out and see what all the fuss is about!

Tour dates:

10/30 - Boulder, CO @ E Town Hall 10/31 - Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep 11/01 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre 11/02 - Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen 11/05 - Columbia, MO @ Blue Note 11/06 - Iowa City, IA @ Blue Moose Tap House 11/07 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue 11/08 - Chicago, IL @ Metro 11/09 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew's Hall 11/10 - Bloomington, IN @ Bluebird Nightclub 11/12 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall 11/13 - Morgantown, WV @ Metropolitan Theatre

11/14 - Millvale, PA @ Mr. Small's Theatre 11/15 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club 11/16 - Phila, PA @ Theatre of the Living Arts 11/17 - Charlottesvile, VA @ Jefferson Theatre 11/19 - Baltimore, MD @ 8 x 10 Club 11/21 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall 11/22 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues 11/23 - Portland, ME @ State Theatre 11/24 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground 12/27 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore 12/28 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore 12/30 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst 12/31 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst

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THREE DAYS GRACE
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I saw Three Days Grace on their co-headlining tour with Shrinedown, and I have to say that bar-none, Three Days Grace was the superior of the two bands based on their stage presence, their live show setup (fireballs!!) and tight set.

The Canadian rockers are enjoying eleven #1 singles on the Active Rock Radio, according to Mediabase, with their latest third single "Misery Loves My Company", from their successful chart debuting album Transit of Venus, current #1. This puts the band on par with other similar chart-topper acts: Linkin Park, Seether, Disturbed, and, of course, Godsmack.

Here's their scheduled tour dates:

12/06/13 Barrie, ON The Ranch
12/11/13 Montreal, QC Metropolis
12/14/13 Sound Academy Toronto, ON Canada
01/26/14 Miami, FL Shiprocked
01/27/14 Miami, FL Shiprocked
01/28/14 Miami, FL Shiprocked
01/29/14 Miami, FL Shiprocked
01/30/14 Miami, FL Shiprocked

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A PEFECT CIRCLE
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Just in time for Christmas, Three Sixty is the greatest hit collection from A Perfect Circle. The compilation is being released November 19th and will be available in standard (single disc) and deluxe edition (two-disc set), via Virgin (Universal). To help drive sales, there is a brand new A Perfect Circle song "By and Down" (their first new song in a decade), which is available on the new release. This is exciting news to any Perfect Circle fan, but in addition there is a live box set called A Perfect Circle Live: Featuring Stone And Echo from August 2011 Red Rock's concert coming out November 26th.

Three Sixty track listing:

Standard Edition

1. The Hollow
2. Judith
3. Orestes
4. 3 Libras
5. Weak And Powerless
6. The Noose
7. The Outsider
8. Blue
9. When The Levee Breaks
10. Imagine
11. Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of The War Drums
12. Passive
13. By And Down

Deluxe Edition

Disc 1 The Hollow Rose Judith Orestes 3 Libras The Package Weak And Powerless The Noose The Outsider Blue

Disc 2 Imagine Passive People Are People (live) Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of The War Drums When The Levee Breaks By And Down 3 Libras (live) Gravity (live) Fiddle and The Drum (live)

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