Minneapolis: June 18 to June 20, 2024

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06/18 Billy Allen and The Pollies with Burning Blue Rain at 7th St Entry

06/18/2024 Tuesday

Billy Allen and The Pollies
with Burning Blue Rain
at 7th St Entry
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Billy Allen (not to be confused with Lily Allen) has teamed up with The Pollies to release the debut album Black Noise from Billy Allen + the Pollies. The album won't be out until next year, but in the meantime, you can enjoy their new single “Lady Luck”.

Burning Blue Rain to open.

Tour dates:

Jun 13 Cincinnati, OH, US MOTR

Jun 14 Chicago, IL, US Hideout

Jun 18 Minneapolis, MN, US 7th St Entry

Jun 19 Davenport, IA, US Raccoon Motel

Jun 21 Kansas City, MO, US Knuckleheads

Jun 22 Columbia, MO, US Rose Music Hall

06/19 Queef Jerky with Godly the Ruler at 7th St Entry Read More Godly the Ruler Opening the show was Chicago, by the way of Nigeria, Godly the Ruler (aka Godwill Oke). Godly is joined on stage with his guitarist, Ehmed Nauman, who provided the music while Godly raps. ...

06/19/2024 Wednesday

Queef Jerky
with Godly the Ruler
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Rap group Queef Jerky featuring Dev Lemons and YouTuber nickisnotgreen will be headlining the 7th Street Entry as part of their “The Queef Jerky Countrywide World Tour”.

Dev Lemons was previously in town at the 7th Street Entry last October 2023 with Jordana.

Godly the Ruler (12 Oct 2023)

Godly the Ruler to open. We previously saw the rapper in Oct 2023 and wrote, “He jokingly asked what city he was in, and feign ignorance in what day it was. The truth is that this was his first tour, at least that’s what he tells us, and I’m assuming he was really excited to be playing in Minneapolis at the sold out Fine Line.”

Tour dates:

Jun 4 Austin, TX, US Parish

Jun 5 Dallas, TX, US Cambridge Room

Jun 19 Minneapolis, MN, US 7th Street Entry

Jun 25 Seattle, WA, US Barboza

Jun 26 Portland, OR, US The Hawthorne Theater

Jun 28 Berkeley, CA, US Cornerstone

Jun 29 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US Lodge Room

Jun 29 Highland Park, CA, US Lodge Room

06/20 Pixies and Modest Mouse with Cat Power at Surly Brewing Festival Field Read More Pixies Last month, Pixies released a brand new music video overnight to accompany the song "Greens and Blues" from the band's EP-2, which came out January 3rd. You can watch the video on youtube.com. … Read More Modest Mouse Longtime Portland alternative band Modest Mouse is closing out their Golden Casket Tour, in support of the 2021 album of the same name (on Epic Records) and played an outdoor show at GrindersKC in downtown Kansas City … Cat Power Just a reminder that Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, is coming to Minneapolis at the Mill City Nights tomorrow, October 30th. I will be there, will you? ... …

06/20/2024 Thursday

Pixies and Modest Mouse
with Cat Power
at Surly Brewing Festival Field
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It’s really the perfect line up for this outdoor venue at the Surly Brewing Festival Field. We got two heavy-hitters of Pixies and Modest Mouse and Cat Power … all crowd favorites.

Pixies (11 Oct 2014)

We’ve seen all these bands before, with Pixies in Oct 2014 and said, “Of course, I was excited to hear that the Pixies reformed in 2004. I tried to get a ticket to their first gig was at Minneapolis' Fine Line Café for April 13, but it immediately sold out. Ten years later, the Pixies triumphantly returned to Minneapolis to another sold out show at the State Theatre.”

Modest Mouse (11 Jun 2023)

We last saw Modest Mouse in Jun 2023 and wrote, “Modest Mouse has managed to carry...err, Float On, despite the devastating death of their drummer Jeremiah Green at the end of last year (we caught the band last Sept w/Green and in December without), with the sun emerging from cloudy skies, just as the band took to the stage. Latest LP is still 2021’s The Golden Casket, with a supposed 9-track follow-up EP, due soon and their hour-long set would wrap with 2004’s “The World At Large “and singer Isaac Brock crooning, “My thoughts were so loud.””

Cat Power (vuart)

Cat Power to open. She does allow photos, so there’s some vuart for you. We saw her at the Fitzgerald in March 2024 and noted, “The idea of this concert came from Cat Power’s love for Bob Dylan and her obsession of Bob Dylan’s “Royal Albert Hall Concert” in 1966 (which is actually a mislabeled bootleg for the Dylan’s Manchester Free Trade Hall in May 1966). The famed original performance saw Dylan playing a traditional acoustic and harmonica set… but then, midway in his show, he switched to electric - and that drew a lot of outrage from the purists in the crowd, who did not want their rock ‘n’ roll in their folk.”

Tour dates:

May 31 – Charleston, SC – Firefly Distillery

Jun 01 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion

Jun 02 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater

Jun 04 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre

Jun 05 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music

Jun 07 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE *^

Jun 08 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage

Jun 09 – Laval, QC – Place Bell

Jun 11 – Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion

Jun 12 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion

Jun 14 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion

Jun 15 – Queens, NY – Forest Hills Stadium

Jun 16 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center

Jun 18 – Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery

Jun 19 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion

Jun 20 – Minneapolis, MN – Surly Brewing Company *

Jun 22 – Madison, WI – Breese Stevens Field

Jun 23 – Waukee, IA – Vibrant Music Hall

Jun 24 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre

Jun 26 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater

Jun 27 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion

Jun 28 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP

Jun 30 – Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green *

* Non-Live Nation Date ^ Without Pixies

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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