Minneapolis: December 6 to December 8, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from December 6 to December 8, 2016.

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STEVIE NICKS
at Xcel Energy Center
Tuesday, 12/06/16, 6pm ($49)
xcelenergycenter.com

The last time we talked about Rock Goddess Stevie Nicks, she was living it up on the cover of Rolling Stone in 2015 (she was also touring with Fleetwood Mac, stopping by Minneapolis in January 2015).

Now that the singer/songwriter has some time off to herself, she’s back on tour to promote her 2014 album 24 Karat Gold: Songs From the Vault.

Be sure to show up early to avoid the long security line to see The Pretenders in a semi-rare U.S. appearance. The last time I can remember hearing Chrissie Hynde, and company, in the area was in August 2009 (seven years ago) with Cat Power at the Minnesota Zoo.

The Pretenders is currently touring in support of their 11th studio album Alone, which you can read the review here.

We wrote: “On this stellar new album, Chrissie Hynde transitions easily from rockers to ballads as guitars ring out with reverb, keyboards hum and pedal steel sounds its lonely cry like a train passing in the distance.”

Tour dates:

12/05/16 Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, NE
12/06/16 Xcel Energy Center, St Paul, MN
12/09/16 Pepsi Live at Rogers Center, Vancouver
12/11/16 Key Arena, Seattle, WA
12/13/16 Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA
12/14/16 SAP Center, San Jose, CA
12/18/16 The Forum, Inglewood, CA

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DEAD HORSES
at Turf Club
Thursday, 12/08/16, 7pm ($10)
turfclub.net

Milwaukee-based trio Dead Horses will be headlining the Turf Club in St Paul in support of their latest album Cartoon Moon. Produced by Ken Coomer (Uncle Tupelo, Wilco), the record features vocalist and songwriter Sarah Vos and mandolin/guitar player Peter Raboin, with double bass/drummer Daniel Wolff.

J.E. Sunde to open. Jonathan Sunde normally plays in a band called The Daredevil Christopher Wright.

Tour dates:

12/08 Turf Club Saint Paul
12/09 Colectivo Coffee Milwaukee, WI
12/14 Schubas Chicago, IL
12/15 Law Office Pub & Music Hall Yorkville, IL
12/16 Paradigm CoffeeandMusic Sheboygan, WI
12/30 Bernard's Country Inn Stevens Point, WI
02/01 The Hi-Fi Indianapolis, IN
02/03 Majestic Madison Madison, WI
02/08 The Pub Station Billings, MT
02/09 The Bartlett Spokane, WA
02/09 The Bartlett Spokane, WA
02/10 Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA
02/11 Wonder Ballroom Portland, OR
02/12 WOW Hall Eugene, OR
02/15 Center for the Arts Grass Valley, CA
02/17 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA
02/18 Crystal Bay Casino Crystal Bay, NV
02/19 Knitting Factory Boise, ID
02/22 Fox Theatre Boulder, CO
02/23 WinterWonderGrass Festival
02/23 Hodi's Half Note Fort Collins, CO
02/24 Lost Lake Denver, CO

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Other shows in the area:

12/06/16 The Current's Holiday Show, featuring Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats and Bad Bad Hats, is at First Avenue. We think Nathaniel Rateliff is one of the most talented musician working today. He has a lot of range, fortunately his soul-filled singing duties as Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats is quite popular in the Minnesota area. The show is sold out.

12/07/16 Jake Jones, Buffalo Fuzz, Wild Age, and Nathan Walker will be playing a special pre-Christmas get-together show at the 7th Street Entry on December 7th. Tickets are only $5. We previously caught Jake Jones in May 2015 and wrote, “The band did a lot of songs from The Arrowhead EP, including "Jake - Mexico", "Serenity", and set closer "Cowboy Song" (which got a loud yip from a fan in the audience). The band also threw in a brand, brand new song called "Chasing Dream", on their 30-min set.”

12/08/16 Jeffrey Foucault will headline the Cedar Cultural Center. Foucault’s recent album Salt As Wolves is out now. We previously wrote, “The New York Times calls Jeffrey Foucault's recent album, Salt As Wolves (an album we previously mentioned in August 2015) as ‘immaculately tailored’ and the Boston Globe says it's a ‘marvelous record.’

12/08/16 Steel Panther with Wilson will be at the Myth.

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