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Whew! Late September remains busy with shows and performances, including several sold out-- Good job, KC in getting out there to see live entertainment and keeping venues full-- this will help as promoters have to decide between bands playing here, or Omaha, Lincoln, or St. Louis, all of which we’ve lost several good shows to.
Let’s take look at the Kansas City / Lawrence KS metro musical happenings from September 19th-26th.
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 19
Nickelback w Brantley Gilbert, T-Mobile Center, $44-$115+
Get Rollin’! The Canadian rockers have again teamed up with one of Outlaw Country’s finest, in a Rock meets Country collision, that will no doubt feature pyro, anthemic songs, and plenty of bombast.
Nickelback’s first album in five years, Get Rollin’ was released last November via BMG and debuted at #2 across the Current Rock, Alternative, Hard Music and Digital Album charts. The highly acclaimed new album is a thrilling soundscape of adventure, nostalgia and emotional exploration.
Gilbert’s new album is So Help Me God and includes his latest single “Heaven By Then” with Blake Shelton and featuring Vince Gill and is available now.
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 20
Queens of the Stone Age w/Viagra Boys & Jehnny Beth, Starlight, $29.50-$129.50 
QOTSA have returned on their “The End Is Nero Tour,” in support of the band’s new album, In Times New Roman. The North American run will mark QOTSA’s first stateside outing in five years. According to a press release, the band is inviting fans to “come celebrate the end of the world” and “would like to encourage the obscene and the clean, the outcasts and the weirdos, and anyone and everyone in between to attend.”
The Used, Uptown, $49-$99
The band just wrapped a co-headlining spring/summer North American outing with Pierce the Veil. But have hit the road again for more shows. Special guests are Sleeping with Sirens and Dead American. The Used are touring in support of their latest album, Toxic Positivity. Sleeping with Sirens released their newest full-length, Complete Collapse, in 2022.
Behemoth, The Truman, CANCELED
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 21
Bert Kreischer (comedy), T-Mobile Center, $44.75-$140 
Wow- the star of “The Machine” is playing arenas- the renowned comedian, actor, host, and author is extending his Tops Off World Tour with 31 new dates this fall.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Uptown, $39-$99
Ahead of his upcoming album, Dirt On My Diamonds, Vol. 1, catch the Opening Date of the blues guitarist’s Fall Tour right here! The new record will be released on November 17th through Provogue Records/Mascot Label Group. The album was recorded at the renowned FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. “Every record I make is a moment in time. And this is a really special moment,” said Shepherd about the new album.
Three Days Grace w Chevelle, Starlight, $29.50-$85 
The tour promises a bill of familiar rock radio hits, as both bands have numerous chart-topping songs in their respective discographies. Chevelle will be out in support of their 2021 album, Niratias, while Three Days Grace will be touring on 2022’s Explosions. Relative post-punk newcomers Loathe will open, having risen through the underground via their acclaimed 2020 album, I Let It In and It Took Everything.
Marie Osmond, Prairie Band Casino- Mayetta, sold out.
The Country pop artist and half of Donny and Marie is coming to Mayetta, KS. Her solo hits include: “Paper Roses”, “Meet Me in Montana”, “I’d Love To Be Your Last”, “I Only Wanted You”, and many more!
Herb Alpert & Lani Hall, Kauffman Center, $47 (low tkt alert)
The legendary couple- music icon Herb Alpert and his wife, Lani Hall, GRAMMY Award–winning vocalist and 
former lead singer of Brasil ’66 with Sérgio Mendes as they perform their classic recordings, "Más Que Nada," "Fool On The Hill," "Going Out Of My Head" and "Daytripper." Alpert is celebrating his 60th year since recording his first hit song, "The Lonely Bull" in 1962. Alpert, Hall and their incredible band present an eclectic mix of American standards, Brazilian jazz, some Beatles, some classic Tijuana Brass and Brasil ’66 songs as well as many surprises. Their shows are informal as Alpert loves to answer questions from the audience about his and Hall’s music careers, A&M Records (he’s the “A” of A&M), and the many artists they have both worked with over the years.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22
Ringo Starr's All-Star Band, Uptown, Sold Out
Peace and Love- it's a Beatle! 2022 was a busy year for Ringo that included Spring and Fall tour dates with his All-Starr band. Ringo also released EP3 on September 16, and on November 18 EP3 was issued on 10” vinyl and blue cassette and accompanied with a new music video, “Everyone and Everything.” On November 25, Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live at the Greek 2019 (Roccabella via BFD/The Orchard) was released on Blu Ray, DVD, CD and a special yellow double vinyl. In addition, Ringo created 500 life sized “Peace and Love” sculptures of his iconic hand symbol. We caught the man and band live, back in 2015.
ZZ Ward w/Jaime Wyatt, The Madrid, $30-$36
Out on her One Hell of a Night Tour, and with two critically acclaimed blues rock albums under her belt, 2012’s 'Til The Casket Drops and 
2017’s The Storm, Ward has amassed over 380million streams, multiple radio hits and has collaborated with Kendrick Lamar, Fantastic Negrito, Gary Clark,Jr.,and Fitz and the Tantrums. Now an independent artist, ZZ Ward has released two new singles including “Tin Cups” with Aloe Blacc and “Baby Don’t” featuring DijahSB. We've caught her live several times over the past decade.
Jungle Rot, The Granada-Lawrence, $20-$23
The Wisconsin death metallers are out on their "United We Rot Tour 2023" and will feature support from Enforced, Phobophilic, and Molder.
Sammy Kershaw w Aaron Tippin, Collin Raye TPAC Topeka Performing Arts Center, $41-$72.
Three of the voices that defined 90s country music join forces in the Roots & Boots tour. Combined, the trio has amassed more than 40 Top 10 radio smash hits and sold more than 25 million albums. These iconic country artists come together to swap stories and perform their classic songs, all on one stage.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23
Guns n’ Roses w/Alice in Chains, Kauffman Stadium, $25-$375 
Continuing their monumental We’re F’N Back! Tour that began in 2021 and is trying to top their Not In This Lifetime… Tour (2016-2019) stands out as the “third-highest grossing tour of all time.” Look for Axl, Slash and Duff to play all the favorites, and maybe even some newer songs, such as recent single, “Perhaps”.
The band has already honed their chops playing abroad to begin this year’s tour, so should be fully homed in playing KC, part of the last leg. Branching out, the band also just sponsored Erik Jones and the No. 43 in the Daytona 500 (!?) and the cinematic music video for “November Rain” recently surpassed 2 billion views,
Alice in Chains plays their premier date as tour support in Kansas City, and fans are still waiting on word about a possible follow-up to the band's "Rainier Fog" album, which came out in August 2018. Look to hear plenty of older favorites in the meantime, and singer William DuVall has already been in the band for 17 years and counting. Longtime AIC fans will recall that the late Layne Staley played his final live show here, in July 1996, as the band opened for the fully reunited Kiss at Kemper Arena.
Lyric Opera presents Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci, Sept 23-Oct 1, Kauffman, $38-$216.
A musical and dramatic double bill that reveals the consequences of infidelity and the rage within us.
Cavalleria rusticana
Turiddu returns from war to find his love, Lola, married to another. In a scheme to induce jealousy, he seduces Santuzza. As swiftly as she is beguiled, Santuzza is discarded while Turiddu begins an affair with his old flame. After the conclusion of Easter mass, passions erupt and expose the ugliness of jealousy. With stirring melodies as iconic as the story, Cavalleria rusticana reveals the consequences of infidelity and the lengths we might go to for revenge.
Pagliacci
The passions of ordinary people take center stage in Leoncavallo’s classic verismo tale of resentment and possession. Drama seeps into the fabric of a small traveling theater troupe led by Canio and his wife, Nedda. When his suspicions of Nedda’s affair are confirmed, Canio must put on a smile and entertain despite his broken heart. Numb to the ugliness of their world, the audience is left to interpret whether the plot before them is theater or reality
Kansas City Jazz Orchestra- In the Key of KC, Helzberg Hall, $20-$72
An official release party- excited to kick off their 21st season with a brand-new recording: In The Key of KC, and you’re invited to come celebrate the release! The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra is proud to reflect the great tradition of music from KC, and energized to present something you can’t hear anywhere else. Featuring new originals and swinging standards and the incredible talent of vocalist Eboni Fondren.
Motionless in White w Knocked Loose, After the Burial, Alpha Wolf, Uptown, Sold Out
It's being billed as their biggest headlining tour in North America to date as the band continues to tour on the strength of their most recent album, last year's Scoring the End of the World. The record peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard 200 chart upon release and features cuts in "Cyberhex," "Masterpiece," "Werewolf" and the title track, as well as "Slaughterhouse," which features a guest appearance by Knocked Loose vocalist Bryan Garris.
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 24
Owl City w Augustana, The Truman, sold out. 
Minnesota electro pop artist Adam Young returns with new album, “Coco Moon”. He broke through with massive hit "Fireflies"-a 2009 release that reached No. 1 in 26 countries. "The goal with this new music was to get back to how I felt when I wrote my first song alone in my bedroom when I was 18 years old," Young says of Coco Moon, Owl City's seventh full-length effort and the follow-up to his powerhouse 2018 album Cinematic. "It was this very pure, euphoric moment when I realized that I could immediately be transported into another world that I'd made myself. I had no agenda beyond creating that feeling-it's why I got started making music, and it's what I want to keep fighting to attain."
Meanwhile, Dan Layus aka Augustana is well-known for its anthemic indie-rock leaning hits like "Boston," "Sweet and Low" and "Steal Your Heart," but changes gears somewhat on his latest studio album, "Everyday an Eternity: Solo Piano Works.” 
Quarters of Change, the Bottleneck-Lawrence, $16-$19
Rising NYC indie rock quartet Quarters of Change are on the road for their 20-show Fall headline tour, in support of new album, Portraits set to arrive on January 26, so this show will be a preview of their new music. Never Ending Fall, The Blast Monkeys will open.
In advance of the upcoming album, the four [Ben Acker (guitar, bass, synths), Attila Anrather (drums), Jasper Harris (guitars, bass, synths), and Ben Roter (vocals, guitar] released singles "What I Wanted," "Hollywood Baby" and "Do or Die." They describe each single as a fragment of a larger portrait, hence the album’s name. In this body of work, the focus falls on themes of addiction, isolation, and exploration in this follow-up to their 2022 
full-length debut, Into The Rift.
Bryce Vine The Interstate Tour, Liberty Hall- Lawrence, $29-$35
Since popping off with the double-platinum smashes “Drew Barrymore” and “La La Land”, Vine has tallied up more than 3 billion streams to date and delivered a series of performances on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel LIVE! Nick Cannon Presents: Wild ’N Out, The Late Late Show with James Corden, Live with Kelly and Ryan, Good Morning America, The Kelly Clarkson Show, and more. He’s pushed himself and collaborated with the likes of Loud Luxury, Two Friends, Wale, lovelytheband, Train, FITZ, Cheat Codes, Parmalee, Jeremih, and more. Should be an energetic show--
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 25
Walter Isaacson (author) in conversation, Kauffman Center, $49-$70 (incl signed book) 
The author will be in conversation with David Von Drehle of The Washington Post as he introduces his new book, Elon Musk. Each paid patron will receive an autographed copy of the book.
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, Elon Musk is the astonishingly intimate story of one of the most fascinating and controversial innovators of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration and artificial intelligence, and took over the platform now known as X.
Walter Isaacson is the bestselling author of biographies of Jennifer Doudna, Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein. He is a professor of history at Tulane and was CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN and editor of Time. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2023.
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26
Nothing But Thieves, Truman, $27.50-$55
Nothing But Thieves are a UK rock band from Southend-On-Sea / Essex who formed in 2012, the band have racked up a cult following over the course of their career, putting out a total of five albums to date, with the most recent being 'Dead Club City' in July 2023 (on RCA/Sony Music). We caught them live last back in 2016 at Fine Line in Minneapolis, a quick return appearance following an in-demand and sold-out show at a smaller venue just a few months prior. Gritty Hastings, UK four-piece band Kid Kapichi will provide support.
Avenged Sevenfold w Falling in Reverse, T-Mobile Center, $34-$500. 
A7F are back out on their Life is But A Dream…North American tour after releasing the group’s first single in seven years, “Nobody”,from their newest album Life is But A Dream… To date, Avenged Sevenfold have sold over 10 million albums worldwide and earned two consecutive No. 1 LPs on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart (2010’s Nightmare and 2013’s Hail To The King) to go along with over a billion video views and a billion-plus Spotify streams, as well as multiple No. 1 singles on rock radio. We last caught the band (M. Shadows, Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance, Johnny Christ and Brooks Wackerman) live as support for Metallica at the first-ever rock show at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
Falling in Reverse has amassed a song catalog that has already clocked over 2.7 billion streams. Another recent single "Voices In My Head" garnered over 95 million streams and was the #1 song of 2022 at SiriusXM's Octane, while "Zombified" has clocked 120 million and topped the active rock charts. Kim Dracula listed as support as 
well.
Brian Culbertson, The Midland, $49.50-$64.50
The jazz fusion multi-instrumentalist is out on his Trilogy Tour- over the course of crafting a 25-album catalog and building nearly 40 Billboard No. 1 singles as a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer, Culbertson has charted his own unique course. Label him jazz and he makes a funk record. Call him an R&B artist and he drops an acoustic jazz trio collection. Brand him pop and he creates a 32-minute New Age opus. Whether you’re listening to music from “The Trilogy” on record or live in concert, you’re hearing an eclectic, entertaining and engaging set from a peak artist.
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