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Minneapolis: December 5, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on December 5, 2016.

Other shows in the area:

12/05/16 The annual KDWB Jingle Ball is happening at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul. This year’s acts includes: Backstreet Boys, Fifth Harmony, G-Eazy, Diplo, Lukas Graham, Alessia Cara, Tove Lo, Hailee Steinfeld, and Gnash.

12/05/16 The King Khan & BBQ Show and The Gartrells will be at Turf Club.

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DRAGONETTE
at 7th Street Entry
Monday, 12/05/16, 7pm ($15)
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We’ve seen the Canadian band Dragonette a couple of times and can tell you that they are a really fun dance electropop trio. At the height of their popularity when they released Bodyparts, they were performing on Good Morning America and collaborated with such acts like Kaskade, Galantis, Big Data, Martin Solveig, etc.

Now the trio is back with their fourth studio album Royal Blues.

New York’s Gibbz (aka Mike Gibney and was last seen in Minneapolis on February 2016) will open the show. He has an upcoming EP called Oh My God, due out on December 16th. This may be a great way of checking him out before he tackle his first headlining tour in 2017.

P.S., My favorite all-time Dragonette song is called ‘Hello’, which is actually a collaboration with French DJ Martin Solveig.

Tour dates:

12/2: Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Bar ^
12/3: Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater ^
12/5: Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry ^
12/6: Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall ^
12/8: Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar ^
12/10: Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw ^
12/11: Boston, MA @ Royale Boston ^

^ = w/ Gibbz

Read More Hands Like Houses Australia rockers Hands Like Houses return to North America as main support for Enter Shikari on “The Mindsweep Tour”. Hands Like Houses’ third LP Dissonants is out now via Rise Records. …

OUR LAST NIGHT / HANDS LIKE HOUSES
at The Garage
Monday, 12/05/16, 5pm ($18)
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The Our Last Night and Australia’s Hands Like Houses co-headlining show (“Face to Face” Tour) is taking place at the Garage in Burnsville on Monday, December 5th.

We previously mentioned the Australian band in April 2016 when they were out touring in support of their third studio album Dissonants (Rise Records). The record was produced and mixed by James Paul Wisner (Paramore, Dashboard Confessional) and marked the band’s highest charting to date worldwide (#7 ARIA Albums, Top 10 Billboard Independent Albums, Hard Music Albums, Alternative Albums, and Rock Albums) and was well received globally, with positive reviews from Kerrang!, All Music, Tone Deaf, Alternative Press, Outburn and Rock Sound, etc.

Please note start time of this all-ages show: 5pm. Show up early to check out The Color Morale and Out Came The Wolves.

Tour dates:

12/01 @ Crofoot Ballroom in Detroit, MI
12/02 @ Park Street Saloon in Columbus, OH
12/03 @ Fubar in St. Louis, MO
12/04 @ The Bottom Lounge in Chicago, IL
12/05 @ The Garage in Burnsville, MN
12/07 @ Marquis Theater in Denver, CO
12/08 @ In The Venue in Salt Lake City, UT
12/10 @ El Corazon in Seattle, WA
12/11 @ Analog Theater in Portland, OR
12/13 @ The Boardwalk in Orangevale, CA

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FIFTH HARMONY
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All girls pop group Fifth Harmony was recently invited to appear at the 92nd annual National Christmas Tree Lighting in Washington, D.C. on December 4 (this Thursday).

The girls (Ally Brooke, Normani Kordei, Lauren Jauregui, Camila Cabello, and Dinah Jane) will be performing their cover of Mariah Carey's Christmas classic, "All I Want For Christmas Is You". This special cover is also available on Epic Records I'll Be Home For Christmas EP curated by legendary label C.E.O. L.A. Reid and available online and exclusively at Wal-Mart now.

Look for Fifth Harmony's highly anticipated debut album Reflection on January 27, 2015, via Epic Records/SYCO Entertainment.

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IRVIN MAYFIELD
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The Grammy and Billboard award-winning trumpeter and bandleader, Irvin Mayfield, has released his first album of holiday music called A New Orleans Creole Christmas. This collection of timeless holiday classics reinterpreted by Irvin Mayfield and his small ensemble called New Orleans Jazz Playhouse Revue.

Hear their rendition of "O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)" now:



Irvin Mayfield & The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra on tour

02/05/15: Miami, FL @ Arsht Center
02/07/15: Atlanta, GA @ Cherry Logan Emerson
02/08/15: Opelika, AL @ Opelika Center
02/11/15: Sarasota, FL @ Van Wezel
02/12/15: Tampa, FL @ Straz Center
02/14/15: Wilmington, NC @ Kenan Auditorium
02/15/15: Chapel Hill, NC @ Memorial Hall
02/17/15: Philadelphia, PA @ Kimmel Center
02/19/15: Pittsburgh, PA @ Manchester’s
02/20-21/15: New York, NY @ Jazz at Lincoln Center
02/22/15: Fairfield, CT @ Quick Center for the Arts
03/11-12/15: Baton Rouge, LA @ Shaw Center for the Arts

OLDE WORLDE THEATRE
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Olde Worlde Theatre has put together a kid-friendly production of the time-honored classic "A Christmas Carol" this December 6th and 13th at 10am (Saturday morning, perfect for the whole family).

General Admission is $8 and location and details below:

“Merry Christmas!” Or is it “Bah hum bug?”

Olde Worlde Theatre brings to life, on stage, the time-honored classic “A Christmas Carol,” a ghostly little production that will put you in good humor with the season and each other. Performed in the spirit of a traditional English pantomime, the show is a lively interactive comedy.

It contains cool characters, special effects, and lots of Olde Worlde whimsy. For people of all ages.

Belcourt Theatre 2102 Belcourt Ave
Nashville, TN 37212.

Tickets available online or the day of the show at the Box Office.

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Austin Mahone and Fifth Harmony (KDWB Jingle Ball Pre-Party) - Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St. Paul (Dec. 10, 2013) concert review

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Call it the “party” before the “Party”.

Jingle Ball has become a year-end tradition locally, put on by CHR/Top 40 radio station KDWB, that brings together a handful of the latest pop chart success acts, and this year was no exception. Miley Cyrus, Robin Thicke, Fall Out Boy, and others headlined the main event at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center, which is one of 12 such December concerts that Clear Channel puts on in major radio markets around the country.

Attendance to these events is primarily tween/teenage girls and their chaperone parents, usually resulting in sustained shrieks that can be louder than the music, when their favorite acts hit the stage.

This year, a Jingle Ball Pre-Party concert was also planned, featuring appearances by up-and-comers Austin Mahone and girl group Fifth Harmony. The event was free to the public, held late afternoon at the adjacent Roy Wilkins Auditorium, and provided welcome and warm relief to those early birds waiting for the arena doors to open for the evening’s concert.

The auditorium’s floor was only in use (balcony seats were covered and roped off) with a makeshift stage set up towards the back of the arena in an open floor, with sponsoring vendor booths located on the other end. Though the station claims over 2,000 attended, a crowd maybe half that size was there at any one given time.

AUSTIN MAHONE

Just shy of two hours after doors had opened, teen heartthrob Austin Mahone took to the stage for a brief two-song acoustic set and Q+A session. The Texas-raised teen has released mostly singles (on Chase/Republic Records) with new material on a full-length album due in early 2014.

Mahone’s fans, the so-called “Mahomies” wailed cries of “I Love You” and “Marry Me” as the teen began his cover of Mario’s ‘Let Me Love You’ which had the young girls swooning. A short and controlled Q+A followed, with Mahone then covering Biz Markie’s ‘Say You’re Just a Friend’, before dashing out the side door to his adoring fan’s continuing screams.

Girl group and X-Factor veterans Fifth Harmony followed, with a loose 5-song set that played to a slightly diminished, yet still excitable crowd. The American quintet, formed under the watchful auspices of Simon Cowell, is promoting their debut EP, Better Together (Syco/Epic Records) and was also the opening act for the bigger evening concert.

Ally Brooke Hernandez, Normani Hamilton, Dinah Jane Hansen, Camila Cabello, and Lauren Jauregui launched right into their hit single, ‘Miss Movin’ On’ and after noting the extreme cold that they’d never previously experienced, followed with a smooth cover of Rihanna’s ‘Stay’.

After introducing themselves to their audience, the girls played the title track of the EP, then treated the December crowd to their version of classic, ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’, before finishing appropriately with the female-centric ‘Me and My Girls’. Ticket and sponsor giveaways and contests, were also a part of the overall event.

The show itself was a welcome addition to the Jingle Ball festivities and one to hope they continue, though with a little tweaking –

better overall show pacing

the stage placed on a riser (so shorter tweens could see the performers)

improved lighting (as it was non-existent) and a video screen or two,

and the addition of a local pop/rock band(s), to promote a local presence and keep the show moving

would all be much-welcomed improvements. Though some of the faithful had been waiting since before 10am for doors to open; the idea of having a free event to see live music, maybe win your way into the bigger evening concert, and place to get out of the cold, was perhaps the biggest draw.

Fifth Harmony at Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St Paul (12/10/13)

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