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Pretty Sick at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (24 Oct 2022)

10/24 Pretty Sick at 7th St Entry Pretty Sick Setlist Warm Hands Heaven Come Down / Allen Street Yeah You Angel Landing Black Tar Self Control / Telephone Superstar Devil In Me PCP Human Condition Dumb Read More Pretty Sick London-based, New York City-rooted band Pretty Sick will be opening for Beabadoobee in the UK, starting with the Dublin, Ireland, date. The band will headline a North America tour, starting with Minneapolis’ .... Bugsy Bugsy and Early Eyes to open. Tour dates: 07/8 - Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center 07/10 - Rochester, NY @ The Bug Jar* 07/11 - Slingerlands, NY @ Sheeptown* 07/12 - Boston, MA @ O’Briens* ....

London-based, New York City-rooted band Pretty Sick (singer/bassist Sabrina Fuentes, drummer Ava Kaufman, and guitarist Orazio Argentero from South London experimental outfit Paddywak) is currently touring in support of their debut album Makes Me Sick Makes Me Smile (Dirty Hit), headlining the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis.

Opening the show was local band Dad Bod (not to be confused with Salt Lake City’s Dad Bod). The Minneapolis-based band normally has Grace Baldwin for bass, but for the October 24th show, she was out celebrating her birthday. Instead, Emily Schoonover from Bugsy stepped in at the last minute. The rest of the band comprised of singer Callie Marino, guitarist Wilson Zellar, guitarist Noah Topliff, and drummer Alex Gray.

Highlight of their set was a cover of Coldplay’s “Yellow”. The stage’s lights were then turned to a yellow color. Yes, “it was all yellow!”

They ended their 35-min set with their debut single, “Rot” (which I misheard as “Rat” so it has a different meaning to me now).

The band is currently writing and recording their debut album on No Sleep Records. Their latest single, “4/19” is out now.

First night of the USA tour and it’s been unreal, according to Pretty Sick’s singer Sabrina Fuentes. First night of the tour and sometime it can be amateur hour, as bands are still working out their equipment and sometime they fell out of practice. That wasn’t the case with Pretty Sick… it is probably because a few nights earlier they were ending their long UK tour with Beabadoobee, and was probably used to the travel and playing live.

Setlist

As you can see from the setlist, this is typical of a first tour for a debut album, the band played almost everything that they’ve written and recorded… which included songs from their 2016 self-released self-titled (including their first single “Warm Hands”) to 2020’s Deep Divine and 2021’s Come Down.

They ended their set with their second single, “Dumb”. Originally came out in 2018, it would later find itself re-released on Come Down.

Pretty Sick’s debut album is called Makes Me Sick Makes Me Smile and it’s out now on Dirty Hit.

Remaining Tour Dates

10/25 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern
10/26 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
10/28 - Denver, CO @ Lost Lake
10/29 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
10/31 - Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
11/1 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile - Madame Lou's
11/3 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of Th Hill
11/5 - Los Angeles, CA @ Moroccan Lounge
11/6 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
11/8 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
11/10 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk
11/11 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
11/12 - Denton, TX @ Andy's Bar & Grill
11/14 - Nashville, TN @ Third Man Records
11/15 - Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl
11/17 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
11/18 - Washington, DC @ DC9
11/19 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
11/20 - Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA
11/21 - New York, NY @ The Bowery Ballroom

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Pretty Sick at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (24 Oct 2022)

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Jordana at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (10 June 2022)

Setlist Pressure Point To the Ground Summer’s Over 📺 I Guess This Is Life Reason Jump the Turnstile 📺 I Mean That Sweet to Dream 📺 Better in the Dark 📺 Catch My Drift Hard to Explain (The Strokes cover) Why Sparks (Coldplay cover) 📺 Jordana & TV Girl Tour Dates 06-13 - Portland, OR - Holocene 06-14 - Seattle, WA - Barboza 06-16 - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop 06-17 - Los Angeles, CA - The Moroccan Lounge 06-18 - Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room 09-22 to 09-25 - Dover Heights, DE - Firefly 10-04 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel 10-06 - Nashville, TN - Brooklyn Bowl 10-07 - Richmond, VA - The National 10-09 - Boston, MA - Roadrunner 10/11 and 10/12 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 10-15 - Toronto, ON - Danforth 10-16 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Read More Jordana Twenty-one year old artist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Jordana is touring in support of her new album Face The Wall. She’ll tour with Wallows in May, then with New York’s …

Jordana Nye, or billed by her stagename Jordana, headlined the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis on Friday night, June 10th.

Opening the show was 22 year old New York-based, Chinese/Vietnamese-American singer Harrison Li, under his stagename Harry Teardrop. It’s his first time in Minneapolis, and he seemed to really dig the city.

Based on their live set, which heavy high energy with brief interludes of calmness. You can tell that they’re getting more into punk/pop of Blink-182, but emphasis on guitar-driven bands like The Strokes.

The band played several tracks from their debut EP 1000 Backyard Pools, like “Strawberry” and “Soft Serve”.

Harry Teardrop’s most recent single, $2 Bill, which was inspired by the “$2 Bill” concert that The Strokes played on MTV in 2002, featured double singles “Riley” and “Above Or Below”… both were played early in their set.

You did get the impression that Teardrop seemed to like it here and planned on coming back to the area. Word of advice, don’t come in the winter!

Also, wide-eyed and in Minneapolis for the first time was 21-year-old Jordana… who is also heavily influenced by the Strokes (but we’ll get to that a little later). Jordana’s been the music industry since she was 18, when she released Classical Notions of Happiness, which got her signed to record label Grand Jury. The label re-released the album in 2020. Since then, Jordana’s been busy working with TV Girl, and releasing her new single “Catch My Drift”… which eventually lead her to the latest album Face The Wall (which came out in May 2022).

Jordana is joined on stage by guitarist/sometime keys Hayden, guitarist Sagiv Rosenstock, and drummer Blake. Working the merch table, was Jordana’s aunt Barbie.

The band was plagued by technical difficulties early in the set, when Jordana’s distortion pedal pump was not working. They may have had to drop off a song off their set, I know that “F*** You” was not played.

Looking over her setlist, you can tell she’s heavily into her recent collaboration with TV Girl, playing four songs from their EP Summer’s Over.

The Strokes cover was “Hard to Explain”, followed by the last song on the Face The Wall album “Why”… with her good luck charm Gumby on the mic stand.

There was no encore, instead the band left Jordana, where she closed the show with a cover of Coldplay’s “Sparks”.

Jordana’s latest album Face The Wall is out now on Grand Jury.

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Jordana at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (10 June 2022)

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Blue For You

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Read More Jason Isbell Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit returned to play the Basilica again (having shared the bill with Wilco three years ago) playing the well-deserved headlining set of the evening- a stellar ninety-minutes culled from his half-dozen solo albums …

JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT
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Georgia Blue is the new benefit album from Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Jason Isbell and his band Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.

The record consists of new versions of thirteen songs with ties to the state, including tracks originally recorded by Georgia natives R.E.M., Drivn’ N’ Cryin’, James Brown, Cat Power, Precious Bryant, Otis Redding, The Black Crowes, Indigo Girls, Now It’s Overhead, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Allman Brothers Band and Vic Chesnutt.

The band is currently on tour:

10/20—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
10/22—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
10/23—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
10/24—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
11/19—Port Chester, NY—The Capitol Theatre
11/26—Durham, NC—Durham Performing Arts Center
11/27—Durham, NC—Durham Performing Arts Center
11/28—Greenville, SC—The Peace Center
11/30—St. Louis, MO—Stifel Theatre
12/1—Minneapolis, MN—The Armory
12/2—Milwaukee, WI—Riverside Theater
12/4—East Moline, IL—The Rust Belt
12/5—Owensboro, KY—Owensboro Sportscenter
12/7—Moon, PA—UPMC Events Center
12/8—Akron, OH—Akron Civic Theatre
12/10—Cincinnati, OH—Andrew J Brady
12/11—Cincinnati, OH—Andrew J Brady
12/12—Pikeville, KY—Appalachian Wireless Arena
12/16—Atlanta, GA—The Tabernacle
12/17—Atlanta, GA—The Tabernacle
12/18—Atlanta, GA—The Tabernacle
12/19—Atlanta, GA—The Tabernacle
01/8—Knoxville, TN—Tennessee Theatre
01/9—Knoxville, TN—Tennessee Theatre
01/11—Asheville, NC—Thomas Wolfe
01/12—Asheville, NC—Thomas Wolfe
01/14—Louisville, KY—Louisville Palace Theatre
01/15—Louisville, KY—Louisville Palace Theatre
01/16—Columbus, OH—Palace Theatre
01/19—Wilmington, NC—Wilson Center
01/21—Charlotte, NC—Ovens Auditorium
01/22—Charlotte, NC—Ovens Auditorium
01/23—Augusta, GA—Bell Auditorium
02/22—Los Angeles, CA—The Orpheum Theatre
02/24—San Francisco, CA—The Warfield Theatre
02/25—San Francisco, CA—The Warfield Theatre
02/26—Santa Barbara, CA—The Arlington Theatre
03/1—Vancouver, Canada—The Orpheum~
03/2—Seattle, WA—Paramount Theatre
03/3—Bellingham, WA—Mount Baker Theatre
03/4—Portland, OR—Keller Auditorium
03/6—Las Vegas, NV—The Theater
06/18—Williamsburg, VA—Williamsburg Live
08/26-08/28—Martha’s Vineyard, MA—Beach Road Weekend

Read More Lana Del Rey We’ve always like Lana Del Rey. With a #1 Billboard album Lust For Life (sold just over 107k copies in its opening week), expect a lot of happy fans attending this stadium show …

LANA DEL REY
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We’ve been writing about Lana Del Rey since Jan 2012 … The singer recently released a visual track for “Blue Banisters”… the title track off her highly anticipated eighth studio record Blue Banisters.

The record will be available October 22nd at all digital retailers. There are some exclusive vinyal variants on her website www.lanadelrey.com.

Blue Banister Track Listing:

1. Textbook
2. Blue Banisters
3. Arcadia
4. Interlude - The Trio
5. Black Bathing Suit
6. If You Lie Down With Me
7. Beautiful
8. Violets for Roses
9. Dealer
10. Thunder
11. Wildflower Wildfire
12. Nectar of the Gods
13. Living Legend
14. Cherry Blossom
15. Sweet Carolina

Read More Ellie Goulding We’ve always like Lana Del Rey. With a #1 Billboard album Lust For Life (sold just over 107k copies in its opening week), expect a lot of happy fans attending this stadium show …

ELLIE GOULDING
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Multiplatinum-selling singer/songwriter Ellie Goulding just wrapped up her tour for her album Brightest Blue… the album came out during the pandemic and is the follow-up to the popular Delirium album (at least popular in the U.S.A.)

What made the intimate “Brightest Blue UK Tour”, so special is that it’s part of Ellie’s effort to “greening” the live music industry…. After all, the singer is a UN environment ambassador and official COP26 advocate, so she’s scaling down to levels compatible with the Paris Treaty.

“My young fans in particular are very worried about the climate crisis and this about me stepping up for them and their collective future,” says Ellie Goulding, “Backstage my team has worked tirelessly to address all our impacts and I hope others will follow. There’s such an opportunity to move my industry towards net zero because we touch on so many different areas. We should be doing every damned thing to transition to a clean, green industry and we have to do it right now when we have a tiny window to keep 1.5 degrees (of global temperature rise) alive.”

We need musicians like Goulding and Coldplay, trying to keep their footprint to net zero.

Read More Joni Mitchel Our Love Songs: Joni Mitchel - A Case of You The National - Slow Show Morrissey - Jack the Ripper The Cure - Love Song ...

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In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Joni Mitchell’s Blue and Carole King’s Tapestry, local Minneapolis/St Paul musicians will be putting on “A Tribute to the 50th Anniversaries of Joni Mitchell's 'Blue' and Carole King's 'Tapestry'” show at the Turf Club on November 7th.

We saw the Carol King Musical a few years ago and can vouch that the song “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” (taken from Tapestry) is such an incredibly powerful song for women across the country.

More details on first-avenue.com.

Bands on the bill:

Mary Bue

Sarah Morris

Katy Vernon

Mother Banjo

Leslie Vincent

Mare Lennon

Her Crooked Heart

Jennifer Eckes

Catherine Pineiro

Katrina Schleisman

Colleen Somerville

Nicole Wilder

BLUE HERON facebook/blueheronabq New Mexico’s Blue Heron is releasing Black Blood of the Earth / A Sunken Place on limited edition 7-inch vinyl (and digital) on December 3rd. The song may appear on their forthcoming debut album, Ephemeral. The band also recently recorded a song for Magnetic Eye Records’ Best of AC/DC [Redux].

SU'LAN instagram/officialsulan Oakland rap duo Su’Lan, a combination of the two rappers Saunsu and Emahalani, released their first new single of 2021 called “Blue Cheese”. Su shares, “We here to give a voice to the voiceless, and to empower all of our women and show them how to get this ‘Blue Cheese’ in the process!”

SLACK TIMES slacktimes.bandcamp At the Blue Melon Rendezvouz is the new EP from Birmingham, AL’s Slack Times. If you were wondering about the title, it’s in reference to an art gallery in downtown Water Valley.

PADÉ pademusic.com Dharma Worldwide is releasing Padé’s Blue Tales EP. The debut EP is out now and features some upbeat songs, set to enjoy the end of summer.

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The Scientists

Read More We Are Scientists We Are Scientists took the stage quite late into the night, and Chris Cain and Keith Murray chatted with the audience frequently between songs. They had a booming rapport that reminded me …

WE ARE SCIENTISTS
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We love New York’s We Are Scientists and was happy to see that they are back with a new single called, “I Cut My Own Hair” (watch the video on YouTube). This is the first official release since their 2018 album Megaplex.

Obviously, with the lockdown, the band wrote a song about attempting to cut their own hair, a skill that guitarist/singer Keith Murray would explain: “I’ve been cutting my own hair for years now, so one silver lining of this cloudy life in quarantine is that this behavior, which others used to consider a sign of some flaw in my character, has now become an enviable skill. When I wrote the song last year, I was self-identifying as an outsider. Now, I guess, it’s become more an anthem of unification; everybody is cutting their own hair, like it or not. In a way, it’s pretty nice that the rest of the world — the formerly-professionally-hairdressed majority — has gotten a little closer to knowing the essential, questionably-coiffed Keith Murray.”

We Are Scientists’ new single “I Cut My Own Hair” came out May 22, 2020, via 100% Records.

We Are Scientists at First Ave (08 May 2019)

P.S. We caught We Are Scientists in May 2019 and wrote, “Their set seemed shorter than usual, but that’s probably done on purpose. Since it’s their last night of the tour, they spent a few minutes thanking Snow Patrol for bringing them on tour. Often their banters were incoherent (something about “baby be damned”??), but the gist of it is, if the band asks you to support them on tour, “take that opportunity!”. They sure seem to have had a lot of fun on this tour.”

MARIAH THE SCIENTIST
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Atlanta R&B singer/songwriter Mariah the Scientist released her first 2020 single called “RIP” via RCA Records. The song is a slow-drip ballad about finding a way to end the pain and is the first new music from Mariah since the release of her critically acclaimed debut album, Master (thanks to its 10M streams).

The Master album will be celebrating its one-year anniversary this August 2020, which hopefully, if the COVID situation is over, Mariah is planning on returning to the road to celebrate the anniversary.

In the meantime, “RIP” came out May 22, 2020, on RCA Records.

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Filipino actress, model, and general internet celebrity, Ellen Adarna semi-recently showcased her piano skills, as she covered Coldplay’s “The Scientist. The Instagram video got over one million views with over a thousand comments.

The 32-year-old actress said she’s taking a long break from acting, after giving birth to her song, Elias, in 2018. In an interview, she said, “I want to be with my son in his formative years. I'm a very hands-on mom.”

If you want to hear more “The Scientist” covers, head over to The Scientist.

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Coldplay w/ Alunageorge, Izzy Bizu at US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis (12 Aug 2017)

Coldplay Setlist      intro music: O mio babbino caro (Maria Callas song) A Head Full of Dreams extended intro w Charlie Chaplin speech Yellow Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall The Scientist with snippet of Prince's Raspberry Beret God Put a Smile Upon Your Face Paradise with Tiësto Remix outro --- B-Stage --- Always in My Head Magic Everglow (single version) --- A-Stage --- Clocks Midnight (partial) Charlie Brown Hymn for the Weekend Fix You with "Midnight" intro excerpt Viva la Vida Adventure of a Lifetime --- C-Stage --- Kaleidoscope (extended) In My Place (acoustic) Don't Panic (acoustic; Will Champion on vocals) Us Against the World (audience request) --- A-Stage --- Something Just Like This (The Chainsmokers w Coldplay song) A Sky Full of Stars Up&Up Alunageorge Setlist Mediator Your Drums, Your Love Best Be Believing Not Above Love Mean What I Mean I Remember Heartbreak Horizon I'm in Control Turn Up the Love You Know You Like It Tour Dates 08/19/2017 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans 08/21/2017 Toronto, ON Rogers Centre 08/22/2017 Toronto, ON Rogers Centre 08/25/2017 Houston, TX NRG Stadium 08/28/2017 Miami Gardens, FL Hard Rock Stadium 09/22/2017 Las Vegas, NV T-Mobile Arena 09/23/2017 Seattle, WA CenturyLink Field 09/26/2017 Edmonton, AB Rogers Place 09/27/2017 Edmonton, AB Rogers Place 09/29/2017 Vancouver, BC BC Place 10/02/2017 Portland, OR Moda Center 10/04/2017 Santa Clara, CA Levi's Stadium 10/06/2017 Pasadena, CA Rose Bowl 10/08/2017 San Diego, CA Qualcomm Stadium Read More Coldplay Popular Coldplay is touring in the USA this Summer. The band released The Kaleidoscope EP today (August 4th). The EP was produced by long-term collaborators Rik Simpson ... Alunageorge Show up early to check out London duo AlunaGeorge (Aluna Francis and George Reid), fresh off of touring with Sia. The duo’s sophomore album I Remember is out now. ... Izzy Bizu Also Southwest London’s Izzy Bizu is on the bill. The 22-year-old singer songwriter was a 2016 Brits Critics Choice finalist, and widely considered one of the fresh new voice of 2016 ...

In these ever- contentious times, the chance to have a couple hours of escapist joy has become more important, and this one literally gave us all both love and light –

UK quartet Coldplay brought the ninety-fifth show of its Head Full of Dreams Tour to a sold-out US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, its first stadium show in the area and filled their set with a visual spectrum of lights and effects that made it the musical version of The Color Run. 

Those that arrived early enough and managed their way through the stadium’s security lines, were rewarded with a couple of opening sets, including the beginning one from buzzing London singer-songwriter Izzy Bizu, in support of her debut full-length, A Moment of Madness (Epic Records). 

“Such an honor to be in this stadium, it’s gorgeous!” she beamed, happy to see the people that had made it in were all at least giving her a chance, probably having not heard of her previous.  Songs like ‘Lost Paradise’, ‘What Makes You Happy’, and ‘Someone That Loves You’ (a collaboration with HONNE) were all as cool as the other side of the pillow, Bizu’s smooth vocals starting the night like a chill evening breeze to set the stage for the rest of the show. 

Next up was another London-based act, the duo known as Alunageorge (singer-songwriter Aluna Francis and producer George Reid) in support of last fall’s I Remember (Island Records) and who have released a handful of non-album singles this year, along with having guested on a recent single from Avicii. Like Bizu, Francis seemed completely comfortable on the massive stage, moving left to right in a memorable candy cane red and whited striped outfit. 

“Turning up on a stage like this is unbelievable!” Francis said, her voice echoing throughout, noting all the acts have gotten to know each and are supporting of one another, then going into the catchy ‘Best Be Believing’. ‘Mean What I Mean’ was a song about making consent sexy, ‘Heartbreak Horizon’ turned things up in a Beyonce way, and Francis skipped down the runway with a red balloon for ‘Turn Up the Love’.

After break, the lights again dimmed to crowd cheers.. . and the sound of opera?!  A Maria Callas song gave way to an extended soundbite from the classic film, The Great Dictator, and taped fan intros introducing Coldplay for their two-hour headlining set.  The stage was filled with colorful flowers and accoutrements, a center runway, huge screens on right and left, as well as a center screen. 

In addition to their seventh full-length A Head Full of Dreams (Parlaphone/Atlantic Records) the band has released a companion EP, Kaleidoscope and opened with the album’s title track before giving way to their 2000 breakthrough ‘Yellow’, with the complicated stage lights all turning that color. 

The quartet has remained the same four (Guy Berryman; Jonny Buckland; Will Champion; Chris Martin) since we first saw them in the area, at First Avenue in 2002; and most impressively, it was just the four on stage and not another dozen side players, like so many stadium-size acts employ.  Martin remains the humblest of first-tier performers, sincerely grateful saying early, “This is the ninety-fifth show of our tour. As far as we’re concerned, that’s ninety-four rehearsals for Minnesota”.

Prince was given due respect early in the set also, as Martin segued into a verse of ‘Raspberry Beret’ as the outro of a touching ‘The Scientist’ and ad-libbed “I wanna play in the place where Prince was born” as well as a nod to the Vikings in ‘God Put a Smile Upon Your Face’. 

The Color Run is a charity 5k run where runners are showered with bright colored powder at several stations and the show at times, felt like a musical equivalent of this, filled with confetti, color burst cannons, a balloon drop, pyro, and even indoor fireworks.  Additionally, each person entering was given a “Love” metal pin and “Light”-a Xyloband to wear- an RFID activated light up bracelet, that made everyone a willing participant simply by holding their hand in the air as they flickered in synchronicity- something they’ve used since 2012, but still impressive to watch 45,000 colored lights in sync with the music.

Not only was there a smaller B-Stage at the end of the long stage runway, but also an even smaller C-stage at the far end of the arena, making the experience more intimate than the spanning building might first suggest.  In terms of sound, from the lower level, the mix was (surprisingly) clean and clear, minimizing most of the over-boominess present in any stadium. 

Before piano soloing on ‘Everglow’(which would end with a Muhammad Ali soundbite), Martin thanked the crowd for going through “all the shenanigans” to be there, calling out each section of the arena to say formally say hello, as well as touched on recent events and urged the audience to send their love out, to those that need it most. 

‘Clocks’ brought out their impressive laser lights and ‘Charlie Brown’ was stopped just as it began, in order for Martin to get the crowd to ask the crowd to put away their phones and to cheer louder, before re-starting the song.  ‘Vida la Vida’ remains an impressive anthem, marked by drummer Champion ringing the bell with fervor, and ‘Adventure of a Lifetime’ had Martin walking like a monkey (a la the video) while Buckland’s underrated guitar work carried the song. 

Another acoustic mini-set found the band on the smaller C-stage late in the set, which included an impressive ‘Don’t Panic’ with drummer Champion providing the vocals instead of Martin, and the band taking a video request to play ‘Us Against the World’ ,before the show culminated back on the main stage. ‘Something Just Like This’, the band’s biggest hit this decade, and ‘A Sky Full of Stars’ were crowd sing-a-longs before the band closed with ‘Up&Up’ and its hopeful lyric to leave us with, “I know we're gonna get it, get it together somehow”.

With light bands still blinking and love buttons adorning their collars, the crowd filtered out orderly, happy to have seen Coldplay in concert, taking the love and light with them out into the night, with yes, a head full of dreams.

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Coldplay at US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis (12 Aug 2017)

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Minneapolis: August 10 to August 13, 2017

Here are some concerts taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from August 10 to August 13, 2017.

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Read More Every Time I Die Every Time I Die is an extremely popular metalcore band from Buffalo, NY. They got their huge break after their song "The New Black" was featured on Guitar Hero 2 …

TAKING BACK SUNDAY
at First Avenue
Thursday 08/10/17 (6:30pm/$27.50)
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Taking Back Sunday will be taking back First Avenue (they previously performed at First Avenue in 2012) this Thursday (too bad it’s not a Sunday!), touring in support of their seventh studio album Tidal Wave (Hopeless Records).

Taking Back Sunday is Adam Lazzara (vocals), John Nolan (guitar, vocals), Eddie Reyes (guitar), Shaun Cooper (bass), and Mark O’Connell (drums).

Every Time I Die and All Get Out to open. The former, we previously saw in December 2015, and noted, “Every Time I Die is an extremely popular metalcore band from Buffalo, NY. They got their huge break after their song "The New Black" was featured on Guitar Hero 2 but have had a huge base of fans ever since they started in 1998. I have seen ETID over a dozen times live and it's all about their live shows. The amount of energy these guys have is unreal.”

Tour Dates:

Aug 04 Showbox Seattle, WA
Aug 06 Knitting Factory Boise, ID
Aug 07 The Complex Salt Lake City, UT
Aug 08 The Summit Music Hall Denver, CO
Aug 09 Bourbon Theatre Lincoln, NE
Aug 10 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
Aug 12 Intersection Grand Rapids, MI
Aug 13 Crofoot Ballroom Pontiac, MI
Aug 14 Bogart’s Cincinnati, OH
Aug 15 House of Blues Cleveland, OH
Aug 16 Stage AE Pittsburgh, PA
Aug 18 Saranac Brewery Utica, NY
Aug 19 Waiting Room Buffalo, NY
Apr 09 When We Were Young Santa Ana, CA
May 05 Beale Street Music Festival Memphis, TN
May 07 Carolina Rebellion Charlotte, NC
May 20 Rock On The Range Columbus, OH
May 27 River City Rockfest San Antonio, TX
Jul 13 Great South Bay Music Festival Patchogue, NY

Read More Coldplay I see there are quite a few bands announcing fall/winter tour dates, except for that "it's all yellow" band, Coldplay. They're giving away a nine-track live...

COLDPLAY
at U.S. Bank Stadium
Saturday 08/12/17 (5pm/$27.50)
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Popular Coldplay is touring in the USA this Summer. The band released The Kaleidoscope EP today (August 4th). The EP was produced by long-term collaborators Rik Simpson and Daniel Green, together with Bill Rahko, and features a new live version of Coldplay's hit single with The Chainsmokers, Something Just Like This, recorded in Tokyo in April.

Their “A Head Full Of Dreams Tour” continues to North America... with more than 4.6 million tickets have now been sold for the tour so far!

Show up early to check out London duo AlunaGeorge (Aluna Francis and George Reid), fresh off of touring with Sia. The duo’s sophomore album I Remember is out now.

Also Southwest London’s Izzy Bizu is on the bill. The 22-year-old singer songwriter was a 2016 Brits Critics Choice finalist, and widely considered one of the fresh new voice of 2016 (The BBC’s Introducing Artist of the Year and support from 1Xtra and BBC Radio 1).

Tour Dates:

08/01 Met Life Stadium, NY
08/04 Gillette Stadium, Boston
08/06 Fed Ex Field, Washington
08/08 Bell Centre, Montreal
08/09 Bell Centre, Montreal
08/12 US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis
08/14 Century Link Centre, Omaha
08/15 Sprint Centre, Kanssas City
08/17 Soldier Field, Chicago
08/19 Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland
08/21 Rogers Centre, Toronto
08/22 Rogers Centre, Toronto
08/25 NRG Staudium, Houston
08/28 Hard Rock Staudium, Miami
09/23 - Seattle, WA - CenturyLink Field
09/26 - Edmonton, AB - Rogers Place
09/29 - Vancouver, BC - BC Place
10/02 – Portland, OR - Moda Center
10/04 - San Francisco, CA - Levi's Stadium
10/08 - San Diego, CA - Qualcomm Stadium

Read More Irish Fair The annual Irish Fair of Minnesota is taking place next weekend at Lilydale-Harriet Island Regional Park... typically these events are free and open to the public, however .... .… Summer Set Music Festival Summer Set Music Festival, not to be confused with the band The Summer Set, is wrapping itself up over the weekend (August 15-17), in, where else?, Somerset, Wisconsin. … Sweet Spirit Austin locals Sweet Spirit (members of A Giant Dog) will be headlining the 7th Street Entry this Sunday in support of their sophomore record St. Mojo (out April 7 via Nine Mile Records). … The Rocket Summer The Rocket Summer (the solo-project of Bryce Avary) is currently on tour in support of his sixth studio album, Zoetic (Aviate Records). The record is “without a doubt, this is the most ambitious ...

Other shows in the area:

08/11-08/13/2017 The annual Irish Fair Minnesota is taking place this weekend on Harriet Island. This event is free and open to the public. For the full schedule, head over to irishfair.com The year’s bands includes Screaming Orphans, Screaming Orphans, and Eileen Ivers. 3pm, free.

08/11-08/13/2017 Over in Somerset, Wisconsin, is the annual Summer Set Music & Camping Festival. Lots of dance DJ/electronica bands on the bill, but honestly, I haven’t heard of many of them. 1pm, $75-$500.

08/11/2017 Austin’s Sweet Spirit will be headlining the 7th Street Entry this Friday. We previously saw the fun band in April 2017, and they played an amazing version of Pulp’s ‘Common People’, thanks to special guest Har Mar Superstar. Local “All the way from Uptown, Minnesota” Pornonono (Amy Hager and Jacob Mullis from Fort Wilson Riot) to open. 8pm, $12.

08/12/2017 The popular annual Pizza Luce Block Party is this Saturday. This year’s lineup is one of the best I’ve seen in years: Haley Bonar, Craig Finn, Allan Kingdom, Sophia Eris, etc. 12pm, Free.

08/12/2017 Esso Afrojam Funkbeat will be headlining the Turf Club in Saint Paul this Saturday. Alma Andina, DJ Don Cuco, and DJ Miguel Vargas will open. 8pm, $12.

08/13/2017 The Rocket Summer (led by Bryce Avary) is playing The Cabooze. The band is celebrating the 10th anniversary of their 2007 album Do You Feel with a full US tour. We previously saw the band in April 2016 and said, “The Rocket Summer is a one-man band. Bryce Avary does everything when it comes to recording. When he goes on tour, he brings a guitarist and drummer but still seems to do majority of the work. It was amazing to watch him move effortlessly between guitar, bass, piano, vocals, drums, hell, he even beatboxed at one point.” 888 to open. 7pm, $20.

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W♥M228: Christmas Will Be Magic

Read More Kate Bush British singer Kate Bush is at the start of her Before the Dawn residency at Hammersmith Apollo in London. This is her first live performance since her The Tour of Life in 1979, so it's no surprise that within minutes of the announcement .…

This is the Christmas Edition with John and Vu.

News:

Band Aid 30 has the #1 Christmas single in the UK for their remake of "Do They Know It's Christmas?", featuring One Direction, Ellie Goulding, Ed Sheeran, Bono, Sam Smith, Rita Ora, Emeli Sande, Paloma Faith, Sinead O’Connor, Chris Martin and Seal (with Bono being the only singer from the original to take part).

U2 (minus Bono) celebrated World AIDS Day 2014 with a full concert with Chris Martin and Bruce Springsteen.

Christmas time:

Ella Fitzgerald's Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas (1960).

Phil Spector's A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector (1963), featuring Darlene Love, The Ronettes, The Crystals, etc.

Song of the show is Kate Bush's "December Will Be Magic Again", is a one-off single released in the U.K. in November 1980.

BONUS:

Original Christmas songs, in recent memory, Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" (as recently covered by Fifth Harmony) and Wham!'s "Last Christmas" (as covered by Ariana Grande).

T.Rex's "Christmas Bop" is still a favorite.

Morrissey has a bad reputation for canceling shows.

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World AIDS Day 2014

Q Read More U2 With yesterday's announcement of Apple Watch and iPhone 6, Irish band U2 made a surprise concert appearance to close out Apple's event. They also made it known that U2's latest album Songs of Innocence …

Just a quick note to let you know that you can watch U2, Bruce Springsteen, Chris Martin (Coldplay), Carrie Underwood and Kanye West rock out at Time Square on YouTube.com. Although the show is now over, you can watch it on YouTube. I don't know how long they will keep it online, but it's available now so you might want to make the most of it.

This concert event was meant to raise awareness for World AIDS Day, which is taking place today, December 1st.

Details below:

Watch a live World AIDS Day performance for (RED), presented by (BANK OF AMERICA)RED. Learn more at bankofamerica.com/red.

Performance starts at 7.30pmET on December 1st 2014.

Donate at: red.org/thankyou
(RED) on Twitter: @RED
Bank of America on Twitter: @bofa_community

Since U2 is behind this, you would think the video is already in your iPhone, right? You're welcome.

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It was all yellow!

"Look at the stars, look how they shine for you and everything you do. Yeah, they were all yellow." - Coldplay

Read more Going for Gold.

Read More Yellow Ostrich Yellow Ostrich just premiered their video for "Ghost" on Stereogum. You can also download the free MP3 of "Ghost" at yellowostrich.com. "Ghost" is the title track from the band's recent 6-track EP. …

YELLOW OSTRICH
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New York's Yellow Ostrich will be heading out on tour this March in support of their latest album, Cosmos (due out Feb. 25 on Barsuk Records).

As a special preview, the band will be playing a private show in New York tomorrow, which W♥M will be covering, so stay tuned for a writeup and some photos.

Yellow Ostrich's tour dates:

02/27 Allston MA - Great Scott
03/03 Washington DC - DC9
03/04 Raleigh NC - Kings
03/05 Atlanta GA - The Earl
03/06 Nashville TN - The High Watt
03/07 Birmingham AL - The Bottletree
03/08 New Orleans LA - Circle Bar
03/09 Houston TX - Fitzgerald's
03/15 Scottsdale AZ - Pub Rock Live
03/16 San Diego CA - Casbah
03/18 Los Angeles CA - The Echo
03/19 San Francisco CA - Bottom of The Hill
03/21 Portland OR - Doug Fir Lounge
03/22 Seattle WA - Barboza
03/23 Vancouver BC - Media Club
03/25 Salt Lake City UT - Urban Lounge
03/26 Denver CO - Hi Dive
03/28 St. Paul MN - Turf Club
03/29 Madison WI - High Noon Saloon
03/30 Milwaukee WI - Turner Hall
03/31 Chicago IL - Schubas
04/01 Indianapolis IN - Do317 Lounge
04/03 Philadelphia PA - Boot & Saddle
04/04 New York NY - Bowery Ballroom

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (40th Anniversary) Universal/Island Read More Blu-Ray Pure Audio The Hurting never sounded so good. In the latest round of audiophile products, the Blu-Ray Pure Audio disc has surfaced as the new dominant format, with Tears for Fears seminal debut album, The Hurting, being part of …

ELTON JOHN
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Elton John's breakthrough album, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, will be getting a special re-issue this March 25th, 2014. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road spent eight weeks at No.1 and went platinum seven times over in the U.S., thanks to the Marilyn Monroe song, "Candle in the Wind", dynamite "Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting", and the c-c-c-catchy "Bennie and the Jets".

I already own the 30th Anniversary Edition of this record on Double CD + DVD set, and I thought that was the ultimate collection... but clearly I am wrong because this upcoming release is really the grandmaster ultimate edition.

The upcoming 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road will be available in a variety of formats - including that new so-called "HD Pure Audio Blu-Ray", which we just previously reviewed the new format.

It sounds really expensive, so I may have to sit out on this new box set of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (even though that 100-page book sounds so cool).

Collectors! Here is a complete list of formats for Goodbye Yellow Brick Road:

1. 1-CD set: 2014 CD remaster of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering from the original analogue tapes. Digital equivalent editions: Remaster, Mastered For iTunes, HD Edition
2. 2-CD set: 2014 CD remaster of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road as above, 9 cover versions, best of Live At Hammersmith CD Digital equivalent editions: Remaster, Mastered For iTunes
3. Five Disc CD/DVD box set: containing standard album, 9 cover version disc, single B-sides and bonus tracks, complete “Live At Hammersmith” CD, DVD of Bryan Forbes’ 1973 film Elton John And Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye To Norma Jean and Other Things, and 100-page illustrated hardback book packed with rare photos, memorabilia and a new essay containing interviews with Elton John and Bernie Taupin). Digital editions for audio: Remaster, Mastered For iTunes
4. Standard 12” vinyl album. Mastered for vinyl by Doug Sax and Robert Hadley at The Mastering Lab, California. 180-gram audiophile quality vinyl with download card
5. Limited edition yellow vinyl available from store.eltonjohn.com
6. HD Pure Audio Blu-Ray album

Elton John is doing a ton of concert dates, but the one that I noticed right away is a long residency in Las Vegas at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace from 03/29/14 to 04/26/14. Don't live in Las Vegas, but still want to see the Rocket Man live? No problem! For two nights only in the U.S. on March 18 and March 26, 2014, CinemaLive.com, in association with Rocket Music Entertainment Group, Yamaha Entertainment Group of America and Universal Music Group will release a full concert in over 1,200 cinemas worldwide in over 40 countries.

YOUNG YELLER
youngyeller.com

Young Yeller (former Chrome Sparks keyboardist, Jesse Brickel) is from Brooklyn, and he has just released his self-titled debut album today (February 11th).

Young Yeller has been releasing music since 2011 with Make Me EP and steadily been working on his debut album. Expect him to play a few shows in support of the new release.

Track Listing:

01. War
02. 1st Love
03. Drive Me Wild
04. 4 Tonight
05. Wait
06. Ol' Gibbous
07. Cut Me Open
08. U Would Go
09. It's Ok, It's Ok
10. If I Only Knew
11. 2nd Sun
12. I Walked

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W♥M185: What's in a Name?

W♥M185 (52 mins) Read More Sinead O'Connor I love Sinead O'Connor. Probably not as much as she loves Bob Dylan, but I have been obsessed with her songs for a long time now. A few years ago, she released How About I Be Me (and You Be You) .…

The legendary Ryan is back on W♥M Radio! We recorded a special "tech-talk" section, but I will have to save it for a future non-music podcast.

Up for topics:

What's in a name? (courtesy of www.nme.com)

Fleet Foxes was first called Pineapple, but they had to change the name since there was another local band going by Pineapple.

Elastica originally called themselves Onk and Vaseline (but they had to change it when The Vaselines threatened them legally). So in 1993, they became Elastica.

Radiohead was called On A Friday in 1995 because that's when they met to rehearse.

Oasis originally named themselves after a Beatles song called "The Rain", so the band name was Rain.

Blur was called Seymour

Coldplay originally started as Pectoralz, and then changed their name to Starfish.

Pink Floyd had several names: Sigma 6, The Meggadeaths, The (Screaming) Abdabs (or Architectural Abdabs), Leonard's Lodgers, The Spectrum Five and The Tea Set.

The Detour became The Who in February 1964... then that summer they changed their name to The High Numbers. When that didn't take off, they changed their name back to The Who.

Bjork was in several bands before going solo: Spit and Snot, Sugarcubes, and Gling-Gló,

SINEAD O'CONNOR
O'Connor will be in America to do a series of residency dates in November 2013. Originally the tour was to take place in 2011, but that was quietly canceled due to various personal reasons. See complete tour dates on our previous article.

FATHER JOHN MISTY
Ryan's last gig was for Father John Misty (you can read more about him here). Seems like FJM will be returning to life on the road later this year:

08/24/13 Monterey, CA Monterey Co. Fairgrounds
10/06/13 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre
10/07/13 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater
10/08/13 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
10/11/13 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
10/12/13 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
10/13/13 Madison, WI Capitol Theater
10/14/13 Pontiac, MI Crofoot Ballroom
10/18/13 New York, NY Town Hall
10/22/13 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
10/23/13 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
10/24/13 Richmond, VA The National
10/25/13 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
10/26/13 Athens, GA Georgia Theatre
10/28/13 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
10/29/13 Austin, TX Emo's
10/31/13 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom
11/01/13 San Diego, CA House Of Blues
11/02/13 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern

BELLE & SEBASTIAN AND GOD HELP THE GIRL
We love B&S and GHTP, it's only too bad they're only playing big festivals at the moment.

08/17/13 "Paredes De Coura"
08/30/13 "Zurich Open Air"
09/01/13 "End Of The Road Festival"

Ryan is gutted that he could not attend the London premier of the GHTP Musical Film, but we have an article on the Los Angeles premier. Apparently Stuart Murdoch's wife is preggers, according to the report.

Jennifer writes that the film was "Stuart’s story of the forming of Belle and Sebastian", so if you love B&S, it's definitely worth looking into.

As for the rest of God Help the Girl:
Asya who appeared on GHTP is currently in Chaos Chaos, but previously in Smoosh.

Neil Hannon (aka Divine Comedy) who appeared on the GHTP album is in a project called The Duckworth Lewis Method. Their new album Sticky Wickets came out last month, July 2013.

T.A.T.U.
Ryan tries to forget t.A.T.u. rather unsuccessfully. No idea what the two Russian girls are up to these days, but Vu is still in love with Julia Volkova.

Apparently there was a t.A.T.u. reunion four or five years ago. Then as recently as in last year, in various interviews Julia and her t.A.T.u. partner Lena Katina does not keep in contact. That's is untrue, apparently the two will team-up once more to play Kiev (Ukraine) on September 27th, while Lena is playing Hangar 110 in Sao Paulo on November and Cologne in Germany October 5-6th.

Julia recently appeared in a few singles in 2012: Lyubov Suka/Back to her Future and Любовь-Сука (feat Dilma Bilan). She also appeared in a film called "Zombie Fever". Lena will be releasing a new solo album in 2013.

CLOUD
The impossible to find Cloud band has an album called Comfort Songs that Ryan really loves. The album came out last week (August 5th) via Audio Antihero Records.

Song of the show is "Stomach Pit" from the album, which you can find more information on their bandcamp.

Bonus: XBONE or PS4? Cherie Currie from the Runaways is a 'cherry bomb'. Red Hot Chili Peppers could have been called Tony Flow And The Miraculously Majestic Masters Of Mayhem, or as Ryan would have it as TFATMMMoM.

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