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Tim and Eric Awesome Show 10th Anniversary at State Theatre, Minneapolis (26 July 2017)

Tim and Eric Tour Dates Aug 01 2017 Denver CO Paramount Theatre Aug 02 2017 San Francisco CA Warfield Theater Aug 04 2017 Vancouver, B.C. Orpheum Theatre Aug 05 2017 Seattle WA The Moore Theatre Aug 06 2017 Portland OR Revolution Hall Aug 06 2017 Portland OR Revolution Hall Aug 08 2017 Los Angeles CA Theatre at the Ace Hotel Aug 09 2017 Los Angeles CA Theatre at the Ace Hotel Sep 29 2017 TIFF Bell Lightbox JFL42 Festival Sep 29 2017 Toronto, ON Sony Centre Sep 30 2017 Montreal, QC Metropolis Read More Tim & Eric Comedy duo Tim & Eric (Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim) is currently on a “Tim & Eric 10 Year Anniversary Awesome Tour!” We previously caught Tim’s sold out comedy show at the Cedar in 2015 …

After ten successful years of the odd but wonderful sketch comedy Tim and Eric Awesome Show and a tour to celebrate it, what else can be said… except “Great Job!”

The duo of Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim started their Adult Swim show in 2007, as a quirky mix of surreal, experimental sketches that quickly gained a cult following; running five seasons, fifty episodes and two specials.  From there, a feature film called Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie was released in 2012 and the Bedtime Stories series began in 2013, with new episodes coming later this year.

For two hours, the pair had the loyal capacity crowd laughing and we’ll try to describe the proceedings, in the most non-spoilerish way possible.  The opening set came in the form of a mini-set by familiar cohort Doug Lussenhop a.k.a. DJ Douggpound who used his mixing skills and often absurd cringe humor to drop one-liners in, between snippets of songs.  The audience of mostly hardcore viewing fans loved it and roared for more.

A series of pre-show disclaimers on the large video screen began the headlining set, notably from Dr. Brule (John C. Reilly) which had the crowd in stitches even before the duo appeared, but then Tim and Eric emerged in a way only could, dancing in top hat, tails, and the skimpiest of bodysuits.

Tim was promising the debut of his new character, Troi, as well as his venture into a (self-serve) sandwich business, potentially retiring from comedy with the pair realizing this might be their last hurrah and they could have made more money billing it as a farewell tour.  But, would that actually happen…?

Clips of an upcoming episode of Bedtime Stories were interspersed between sketches, along with a special video, due to air soon, which was an unexpected surprise.  The low-fi/public access TV feel (think Wayne’s World) of their show had a definite and relatable charm and the most devoted fans were thrilled to have routines acted out in front of them.  Familiar supporting characters from the show’s run appeared in video breaks, with the fans cheering each known face.

One funny routine came early on, as the duo assumed the identities of a German hair-era band called Zwei Dunkel Jungen (Two Dark Boys)singing awkward songs to each other like ‘I Wanna Be Touched by You’ and speaking in hilarious (but accurate) accents.

Audience interaction came into play as the duo became enthusiastic coaches of a business seminar, getting volunteers from the audience to try and graduate from their fictional Dobis University.

Business candidates were dressed in the proper attire (the pair even shaved one contestant on stage for the “proper” look), were schooled on their acumen, and coached on what to say in certain situations, via long vocal “Cinco business tubes”.

After that special video was shown, the pair made the crowd hold up their right hands and collectively swear not to divulge its contents to anyone, on the internet or otherwise.

The end of the show turned into a clapping celebration of the pair’s classic routines and sketches, with everyone on their feet, smiling and happy to be celebrating the ten years together.  For the faithful, the Tim and Eric Awesome Show 10^th Anniversary Tour is a must; and for the un-initiated, a fine intro to the duo’s off the wall brand of humor- Great Job!

Tim and Eric Awesome Show 10th Anniversary at State Theatre, Minneapolis (26 July 2017)

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King Crimson at State Theatre, Minneapolis (26 June 2017)

King Crimson Setlist   Set 1 intro music Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One Neurotica Pictures of a City Radical Action III Cirkus Lizard -The Battle of Glass Tears (I) Dawn Song Lizard -The Battle of Glass Tears (II) Last Skirmish Lizard -The Battle of Glass Tears (III) Prince Rupert’s Lament Hell Hounds of Krim with three drummer solo Fallen Angel Islands Set 2 Indiscipline The ConstruKction of Light Easy Money Interlude The Letters Sailor's Tale Meltdown Radical Action II Level Five Starless -- Encore -- Heroes (David Bowie cover) 21st Century Schizoid Man Tour Dates 06/30/2017 Rochester, NY Kodak Hall 07/03/2017 Montreal, QC Festival International De Jazz 07/05/2017 Toronto, ON Massey Hall 07/07/2017 Quebec City, QC Centre Vidéotron 07/09/2017 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theatre 07/10/2017 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theatre 07/14/2017 Mexico City, MX Teatro Metropolitan 07/15/2017 Mexico City, MX Teatro Metropolitan 07/16/2017 Mexico City, MX Teatro Metropolitan 07/18/2017 Mexico City, MX Teatro Metropolitan 07/19/2017 Mexico City, MX Teatro Metropolitan Lineup Robert Fripp - Guitar Jakko Jakszyk - Guitar, Vocals Mel Collins – Sax/Flute Tony Levin - Basses, Stick, Backing Vocals Pat Mastelotto – Acoustic/ Electronic Percussion Gavin Harrison – Acoustic/ Electronic Percussion Jeremy Stacey – Acoustic/ Electronic Percussion/ Keys Bill Rieflin – Mellotron/Keyboards/Fairy Dusting Read More Crimson King In the Court of the Crimson King - 30th Anniv. Ed. As I stated earlier in a review of the "Salute to King Crimson"; I've finally found more of the music I listened to in my youth in the late '60's and early '70's. It brings me a warm feeling as …

Some shows attract a slightly different audience—

There are concerts and then there are concerts that other musicians want to attend- to marvel at the dexterity of the performers on stage, maybe learn a thing or two, and the type of show a working musician would happily take a night off, to experience. 

With bassist John (Semisonic, New Standards) Munson seated directly behind me, members of Boiled in Lead to my right, and various other musicians dotting the capacity crowd, the musical court of radical action was in session as King Crimson made a rare appearance in Minneapolis at the State Theatre.

The venerable progressive rock outfit (who last played the State in 1995) has been in existence since forming in London in 1968 and has had a somewhat rotating lineup in its on-again/off-again history, but the current eight-person double quartet formation featuring three drummers at the front of the stage, may be its most formidable and musically complex configuration yet. 

The “evening with…”performance consisted of two sets, the first being just over an hour, and the second (after a twenty-minute intermission) going ninety-minutes, stopped only by the venue’s hard curfew time.  Like an orchestra (and as well dressed as one- in suits, ties and vests of black and white) the octet entered and took a brief bow before beginning work. 

With the three drummers taking up the front, the remaining five members were on an elevated platform behind them; stalwart Tony Levin who deftly moved from Chapman stick, to upright, to his yellow Three of a Perfect Pair bass, was near center and leader/guitarist Robert Fripp huddled in the far right corner, with headphones on, often twiddling the knobs of his machinery. 

The eclectic setlist covered the bands forty plus years, beginning with 1973’s ‘Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part One’ earmarked by one of several Mel Collins’ exemplary solos, then jumped a decade later for the fluid ‘Neurotica’ with Fripp’s hyper-kinetic guitar riffs perched alongside a dizzying high tempo jazz beat. 

In classic Crimson form, longer instrumental passages eventually gave way to songs with lyrics and guitarist/vocalist Jakko Jakszyk ably covered tracks originally sung by the likes of Greg Lake, John Wetton, and Adrian Belew.

The band’s latest full opus is Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind (DGM Records), a box set of mostly live material from Japan 2015 with a few new passages (which also gives the current tour its name) and also a live Heroes EP which is, in part, a tribute to the late David Bowie. 

The uniqueness of seeing each of these seasoned musicians working is near indescribable and has to be experienced live, to fully embrace their vision--- think of eight master painters working in their own style, but on a common canvas, and you begin to get the idea of things. 

The drummers (Pat Mastelotto; Gavin Harrison; and Jeremy Stacey) alone were a marvel to behold- playing in synchronicity, finishing each other’s musical sentences, or providing their part to the whole, with precision and grace. 

Harrison (ex-Porcupine Tree) seemed to be doing more of the electronic work and standard drumming, while Stacey (Noel Gallagher, Sheryl Crow) split his time on the keys, and Mastelotto played the mad scientist, tinkering with strange instruments and trash metals to embellish the songs.

Longtime fans were thrilled to hear the back end of 1970’s Lizard, the band’s third album, with ‘Hell Hounds of Krim’ following, which showcased the percussion trio.  Keeping with a setlist mainly focused on songs from 1968-74, ‘Fallen Angel’ (of which Levin wrote a reminder on his setlist to make sure to come in on time) and 1971’s ‘Islands’ brought the first set to a close. 

If you didn’t get the message on the tickets, doors, and announcements about no cell phone use or photography, two signs on stage brought up front during the intermission, were also there to remind you. The band launched into its longer second set with the early ‘80s ‘Indiscipline’, sounding more jazz-based and experimental with this lineup before jumping into this century, with 2000’s ‘The ConstruKction of Light’.

Second-half songs like ‘Easy Money’ and main set closing ‘Starless’ brought to mind who much the prog rock world misses John (Asia, UK) Wetton, the original singer of those songs, so impactful in his couple years with the group, sadly felled by colon cancer this January.

Songs from 1971 would soon give way to much newer pieces, including the new ‘Meltdown’ (co-written by Jakszyk and Fripp) and 2001’s spanning ‘Level Five’.  With a “hard curfew time” for the venue looming, unfortunately two songs (‘Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two" & ‘The Court of the Crimson King’) were trimmed from the encore, but the unmissable wailing drone of Fripp’s guitar on their cover of ‘Heroes’, reprising his work on the Bowie original forty years ago, made everything right in the world. 

A song written in 1969 has become as much or more relevant today (and unfortunately fitting), as ‘21st Century Schizoid Man’ would close the evening, a perfect soundtrack to the upside-down world that was just beyond the venue doors.  The standing crowd roared in approval as the octet bowed, with Fripp and Levin taking crowd pictures, leading many to finally get out their cell phones for that picture they’d been waiting all night to take. 

The musicians around me all stood clapping joyously, a sign that this was one of those musician’s musicians’ concerts and that the performers on stage truly impressed what could have been a more critically judging audience. And with Fripp’s recent radical action to re-invent the group approaching its fiftieth year as a juggernaut double quartet formation, King Crimson continues to successfully re-define the boundaries of progressive rock. 

King Crimson, photo by Spike Mafford, provided by the band

Audience, photo courtesy of Tony Levin

King Crimson setlist and set times courtesy Tony Levin

King Crimson Mpls State 062617 setlist courtesy Tony Levin

King Crimson at State Theatre, Minneapolis (26 June 2017) Photo by Spike Mafford, provided by the band

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An Evening with Dawes at the State Theatre, Minneapolis (03 Feb 2017)

Dawes Setlist    -- Set 1 -- One of Us Coming Back to a Man Right on Time Picture of a Man Now That It's Too Late, Maria From a Window Seat When the Tequila Runs Out Somewhere Along the Way When My Time Comes A Little Bit of Everything Less Than Five Miles Away -- Set 2 -- Moon in the Water Roll Tide Hey Lover (Blake Mills cover) Things Happen Quitter Time Spent in Los Angeles (verse) > Most People Roll with the Punches That Western Skyline If I Wanted Someone From the Right Angle We're All Gonna Die -- Encore -- Peace in the Valley All Your Favorite Bands Tour Dates 02/11/17 Aspen, CO Belly Up Aspen 02/12/17 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot 02/21/17 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore 02/22/17 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom 02/24/17 Seattle, WA The Showbox 02/25/17 Missoula, MT The Wilma 02/26/17 Billings, MT The Pub Station 02/28/17 Des Moines, IA Wooly's 03/01/17 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre 03/03/17 Birmingham, AL Iron City 03/04/17 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse 03/05/17 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts 03/07/17 Wilmington, DE Grand Opera House 03/08/17 Washington, DC Lincoln Theatre 03/10/17 New York, NY Beacon Theatre 03/11/17 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre 03/12/17 Hartford, CT Infinity Hall Hartford 03/14/17 Northampton, MA Academy Of Music 03/15/17 Ithaca, NY State Theatre 03/17/17 Toronto, ON Opera House 03/18/17 Kalamazoo, MI Kalamazoo State 03/19/17 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue 03/21/17 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom 03/22/17 Santa Fe, NM Lensic Performing Arts 03/23/17 Flagstaff, AZ Orpheum Theater 04/01/17 Los Angeles, CA The Theatre 04/21/17 Louisville, KY W.L. Lyons Brown 04/22/17 Lynchstock Music Festival 04/23/17 High Water Festival 04/25/17 Asheville, NC Orange Peel 04/26/17 Knoxville, TN Bijou Theatre 04/28/17 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium 04/29/17 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium 04/30/17 Chattanooga, TN Revelry Room 05/02/17 Wilmington, NC Greenfield Lake Amph 05/03/17 Charlotte, NC Fillmore Charlotte 05/07/17 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage 06/11/17 Laurelive Read More Dawes The three-hour evening was opened by Los Angeles-based Dawes, who considers Minneapolis one of their strongest markets, in a solid hour-long set of their own. …

Call it a home-away-from-homecoming show—

California band Dawes has always had a growing and loyal following in the Twin Cities metro, from its early days forward, as one of the first markets in the nation to embrace their music and both longtime fans and new converts, were treated to over two hours of the band’s catalog, at a recent stop at the State Theatre in Minneapolis. 

In support of last September’s fifth full-length, We’re All Gonna Die (HUB Records), the tone of the evening was neither desperate or panicked as the album title might infer; rather, the best chance yet to see this seasoned band properly stretch their wings for a musically encompassing and satisfying trip through their sonic back pages. 

In many ways, Dawes (Taylor Goldsmith, guitar / vocals; his brother Griffin on drums;  Wylie Gelber, bass; and newest addition Lee Pardini on keys) personifies the archetypal modern West Coast folk/rock band- they are Laurel Canyon-influenced in sound (via producer Jonathan Wilson), can tug gently with a ballad, lay down an extended jam or just heavily rock out, have previously backed up the likes of Conor Oberst and Jackson Browne, have had the son of an Allman Brothers Band member in their touring group, and Goldsmith’s storytelling lyrics paint timeless musical portraits that (like many Eagles songs) will sound fresh thirty years from now.

The “An Evening With…” was split into two full sets, with this show’s first eighty-minute portion starting their nightly-rotating setlist with the new ‘One of Us’, maybe Taylor Goldsmith’s nudge toward the fact that Minnesota embraces the band so.  Staging was relatively simple, with plenty of room to move amongst a draped back curtain illuminated like a chroma key, in varying changing hues of color shades. 

The elder Goldsmith, bassist Gelber, and new touring guitarist Trevor Menear were near the forefront of the stage, while Pardini and drummer (and now-shaggier) Griffin were more in the back shadows and harder to see, which was unfortunate as Griff has some of the greatest facial expressions in rock, to watch as he plays. 

Pardini was properly introduced with an eloquent opening solo on ‘Right on Time’ with Goldsmith saying “we’ve got a long night ahead of ourselves” to the crowd, mid-way into the song. Conversation was minimal until halfway through when Taylor gushed about us being “the first city to ever give us a chance” and “the fact that we’re in this beautiful room together means so much more to us that I can ever be able to articulate”. 

‘Somewhere Along the Way’ purposely wallowed in its mellowness, with Menear being an ideal foil for Goldsmith to trade guitar riffs with, and ‘When My Times Comes’ had the audience collectively singing louder than the band.  Two character-driven songs ended their first set- ‘A Little Bit of Everything’ then ‘Less Than Five Miles Away’, about survival and perspective, which whetted appetites for the second shift. 

After a brief intermission, the second eighty minutes started acoustic and hushed with 2011’s ‘Moon in the Water’ then drummer Griff taking over lead vocals for ‘Roll Tide’ with the sound soon rising for their cover of ex-bandmate and recent producer Blake Mills’ ‘Hey Lover’. 

Drinks were held on high for “all the people you’re not speaking to” on ‘Things Happen’, the benefits of walking away were sounded out on ‘Quitter’, and a snippet of ‘Time Spent in Los Angeles” (kind of wished he’d changed it to Minneapolis) fell into a stretched-out jam on ‘Most People’.

The irresistible one-two melodic punch of ‘If I Wanted Someone’ and ‘From the Right Angle’ led into the half-funny, half-somber title track from the new record.  The encore first reached back to the band’s 2009 debut with the again appropriate in these tumultuous times, ‘Peace in the Valley’, which featured Pardini and an extended organ solo. 

From there a message of hope and a musical toast from the band, wishing the audience the best of the old days and that ‘All Your Favorite Bands’ “stay together”.  And their home-away-from-home crowd responded to Dawes with a final standing ovation, like old friends coming back to town.

PHOX, with Cuddle Magic, at the Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (02 Feb 2017)

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Jim James at the State Theatre, Minneapolis (01 Dec 2016)

Setlist Hide in Plain Sight Same Old Lie A New Life Actress True Nature Know Til Now The World's Smiling Now In the Moment Dear One Here in Spirit We Ain't Getting Any Younger Pt. 1 We Ain't Getting Any Younger Pt. 2 Eternally Even -- Encore -- The Beautiful Ones (Prince and The Revolution cover) You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Bob Dylan cover) Of the Mother Again Down on the Bottom (The New Basement Tapes cover) State of the Art (A.E.I.O.U.) Tour Dates 12/07/16 Portland, OR Roseland Theater 12/09/16 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Live 12/10/16 Las Vegas, NV Brooklyn Bowl 12/11/16 Tempe, AZ The Marquee 12/13/16 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Live 12/14/16 Dallas, TX House Of Blues 12/16/16 Houston, TX House Of Blues 12/17/16 New Orleans, LA Civic Theatre 12/18/16 Birmingham, AL Iron City Read More Jim James Other shows in the area: 12/01 Jim James (you know, that guy from My Morning Jacket), with Twin Limb, is playing the State Theatre …

Outside, the skies of an early December were cloudy and overcast—

Inside the State Theatre in Minneapolis, it strangely looked similar, thanks to dim lighting and a fog machine, but the music shone through enough to make it anything but cloudy (but maybe purposely hazy) as Jim James returned to town for a headlining performance.

The evening began with a forty-minute set from the curious and beguiling Twin Limb, a dream/psych folk pop band from Louisville, KY, not coincidentally, the home of James and his band My Morning Jacket.

The trio, (Lacey Guthrie- Accordion, keys, vocals; Maryliz Bender- Drums, guitar, vocals; and Kevin Ratterman- pedals, guitar) recently released their full-length Haplo (Suretone Records) as well as collaborated with James on a cover of Mazzy Star’s ‘Fade into You’.

The association with Mazzy is fair as they play similar layered, lonely sounding atmospheric songs, with Guthrie and Ratterman on one end of the stage, and drummer Bender on the other.  When Guthrie moved to accordion and the middle of the stage, the droning, brooding sound was more similar to Sixteen Horsepower, all embellished by Ratterman’s Fripp-esque guitar pedals and effects.

“You made a believer out of me” Guthrie crooned on ‘Yoo Doo Right’ mid-set and by then, the band was solidly winning over the still milling in crowd.  Guthrie’s vocal range can climb as well, sometimes to Florence Welch territories but is nuanced enough to gently float back down to a hush.  Set-enders ‘Long Shadow’ and ‘Don’t Even Think’ proved an ideal soundtrack for a stark chilly night outside.

Twin Limb fans more than got their money’s worth, as the band worked double duty, playing as part of Jim James’ band for his 110 min. headlining performance, and which also meant a quick set change before he got started.

Though James is more known for his work with My Morning Jacket, that band is more about setting a groove or just plain rocking, while James’ solo material, including new album Eternally Even (ATO, Capitol Records) draws from seemingly more personal lyrics, and a greater variance of sounds and influences.

Folk, soul, rock, psych, and anything else he can think of, are combined into a kind of mystic gumbo that makes up his sound with James opening up with the first two songs from the new album, ‘Hide in Plain Sight’ and ‘Same Old Lie’.  Dressed in a dark overcoat and sunglasses, he marched amongst minimal lighting from one stage end to the other, only breaking a couple times to address the crowd.

‘A New Life’ seemed more loose and buoyant than when we saw him play it on his last tour and ‘Actress’ seemed timely as an internal reflection about worshipping false idols.  The new album was more than well represented, as all its tracks were played, though not in succession.

‘True Nature’ smacked with an early ‘70s-sounding backbeat while ‘Know ‘Til Now’ moved into a space rock groove with a droning organ accompaniment.  Halfway through, there was something you don’t see too much of at rock shows any more- an actual drum solo, which led into the meditative ‘Here in Spirit’.

The new material seems to look more inward, perhaps the result of his actively practicing transcendental meditation, as in the main set closing title track from the album and its lyric, “Nothing more and nothing less, life's been completely fair, eternally even”.

For the encore, James came out solo, completely aware of where he was playing this night and began with a bare version of Prince’s ‘The Beautiful Ones’, with just his falsetto and acoustic guitar. 

Smoothly seguing next into a cover from another Minnesota hero, Bob Dylan, the tempo picked up and the full band joined him again for his own ‘Of the Mother Again’ and lyric, “Oh destiny,  to be seated at the right hand of the mother again” perhaps a nod to Prince’s untimely passing.  Side project The New Basement Tapes was represented with ‘Down on the Bottom’, a song James finished from discarded Dylan lyrics.

Though there were no Monsters of Folk songs and no sax solos this time out, the evening ended with the sonic slow-building punch of ‘State of the Art (A.E.I.O.U.)’, crescendo-ing in temporary darkness in the theatre just as James would sing, “the power’s really going out”.

With a timely new album and tour that questions the current times but hopes for its future, Jim James helps us transcend any overcast haze, to find that glimmer in an otherwise cloudy sky.

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Fitz and the Tantrums at State Theatre, Minneapolis (22 Nov 2016)

Setlist Get Right Back Spark Don't Gotta Work It Out Out of My League Run It Break the Walls Breakin’ the Chains of Love Walking Target Complicated Fools’ Gold Roll Up Do What You Want MoneyGrabber Burn It Down L.O.V. -- Encore -- HandClap 6AM The Walker Tour Dates 11/30/16 The Night Alt. 103.3 Stole Christmas 12/02/16 FM 102.1 Big Snow Show 12/03/16 The Nights We Stole Christmas 12/06/16 94.7 FM's December To Remember 12/12/16 West Hollywood, CA Roxy Theatre 12/14/16 Mix 94.7 Presents: The Merry Mix Show 12/15/16 Mix 96.5 Not So Silent Night" 03/18/17 Pot Of Gold Music Festival Read More Fitz and the Tantrums There’s really no doubt left– Fitz and the Tantrums are no longer a secret locally; rather, are firmly established as a party-starting, crowd-inducing good time band that everyone now has their eye on. … Barns Courtney The evening was opened by Ipswich, UK singer-songwriter Barns Courtney (not to be confused with Australian singer/guitarist Courtney Barnett) in support of his Hands EP (Virgin EMI Records). …

Thanksgiving rolled up early and with a handclap as Los Angeles band Fitz and the Tantrums invited a sold-out crowd to Come Get Your Love at the State Theatre in Minneapolis on their last show of their tour.

The night began with a frenzied forty-minute opening set from relatively new singer-songwriter Barns Courtney, an Ipswich, UK native who grew up in Seattle and who has an initial EP, Hands (Capitol/ Virgin-EMI) out now, with full-length due in the new year.

Courtney and band worked hard to get the still-filling room into his corner and pulled it off with songs like his initial single, ‘Glitter & Gold’ and even pulled a move out of the Tantrums playbook during hit, ‘Fire’ (heard in the Bradley Cooper chef movie, Burnt as well) by having everyone huddle low on the ground, before exploding up for the song’s chorus.  Based on the warm reception he’s received locally, expect a return headlining show, once the album is released.

Soul-influenced indie pop six-piece Fitz and the Tantrums is currently enjoying their biggest success to date, with ‘Handclap’ considered by many as being THE song of the summer and a string of sold-out shows in larger venues, culminating in this leg’s tour closing date at the State Theatre.

The group is out in support of their self-titled third full-length (on Elektra Records), which symbolizes a sort of rebirth into the mainstream as their sound evolves from the retro-soul of their debut and electro-pop of the follow-up.

The band opened with the new ‘Get Right Back’, amidst a stage that would light its decorative rectangle patterns in various pastel neon colors and singer Michael Fitzpatrick was adorned in winter white and co-singer Noelle Scaggs banged a tambourine, in bright sequined jacket.

The mixed crowd stood up, and continued standing from the very beginning of the show, as the band’s music make it hard to remain still. Minneapolis remains a strong market for the band, with Fitzpatrick reminiscing mid-set about previous appearances here, including their first on a bitter cold night at Bunker’s, followed just a few months later by triple-degree heat at the first of three Basilica Block Party appearances - with this night’s show selling out the quickest of any of their dates on the current tour.

Scaggs shone on the “break” songs- ‘Break the Walls’ followed by ‘Breakin’ the Chains of Love’, always moving and inciting the crowd to join along.  Musically, the band was tight but loose as always, with sax/keys/guitar player and bandleader James King driving the band’s signature soul/pop sound.

“Everybody’s had this kind of relationship at least once”, Fitz said, introducing ‘Complicated’, which most in the audience seemed to relate to, and which ended with a blazing King sax solo.  Hands waved in the sky for new single, ‘Roll Up’ and Fitz introduced initial hit ‘MoneyGrabber’ by saying “it’s all about getting down and dirty with us”.

An hour in, the double-time, clap-happy ‘L.O.V.’ ended the main set with extended jam solos from each of the musicians, but the crowd was vocal in demanding more and was rewarded with a three-song encore. Still constant on the radio, ‘Handclap’ began the extra set, with 2100+ people clapping along in time.

2013’s bluesy ‘6AM’ followed, with the crowd swaying from right to left with the chorus, with the irresistible whistle intro of ‘The Walker’ beginning their final song.  “Thank you for making all of our dreams come true”, Fitzpatrick said, prefacing the song which was everywhere in its day, from Oscar promos to video games, and numerous commercials.

With a tour called Come Get Your Love, Fitz and the Tantrums gave just that, to a capacity crowd in a market that’s embraced them since their early days.

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Fitz and the Tantrums at State Theatre, Minneapolis (22 Nov 2016)

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Ben Rector at State Theatre, Minneapolis (23 October 2016)

Ben Rector Setlist Fear Let The Good Times Roll Loving You Is Easy ABC (The Jackson 5 cover) When a Heart Breaks Crazy 30,000 Feet Sailboat I Like You When I'm With You Forever Like That I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (Whitney Houston cover) The Beat Cha Cha Slide (DJ Casper cover) White Dress -- Encore -- Brand New The Men That Drive Me Places Jacob Whiteside Setlist Billboard (If I'm Honest) Bury Our Love Why Open Book Hold On Honey You Told Me So Let's Be Birds Hey There Delilah Lovesick Read More Ben Rector Nashville's Ben Rector is back with a brand new sixth studio album called Brand New (Aptly Named Recordings, LLC). He'll be stopping by the Northrop Auditorium at the U of M this Thursday ...

Ben Rector’s “The Biggest Tour I Have Ever Done” tour ended at the State Theatre last week, October 23rd.

Young and rising singer, songwriter Jacob Whiteside opened up the show. Since the band has been opening up for all of Rector’s shows since September 2016, you can tell his band is incredibly tight, playing songs after songs effortlessly.

We caught Whiteside earlier in June 2016 and noted that his fanbase was mostly teenage, recording every moment of Whiteside on their cellphone. Although only a few hardcore Whiteside fans can be spotted in the audience (and who can blame the others for not showing up as the venue’s website did not advertise Whiteside was playing), they were certainly standing up and being enthusiastic for their idol.

Since the band only had a 35-minute set, their set was shortened to about nine songs... meaning no covers like The Weeknd’s ‘I Can't Feel My Face’, but instead they focused on newer songs like ‘Open Book’.

Whiteside ended his set with ‘Lovesick’, a song that’s gotten some attention after the band appeared on ABC's Live with Kelly earlier in September. The song is the lead single off his debut album Why?, which debuted #1 on the iTunes singer/songwriter charts, and is available now on Double U Records.

Nashville singer, songwriter Ben Rector’s biggest hit album Brand New came out last year on Aptly Named Recordings / Caroline. The record debuted at #9 on the Billboard 200 chart and marked his first Top 10 album.

We caught Rector earlier in July 2016 and we predicted, “Ben Rector returns to town at the State Theatre in Minneapolis on October 23rd, for a full and proper show at his biggest local venue to date, which will no doubt be filled with the fans that know him so well, and maybe some newcomers too, that consider him brand new to their listening habits.”

With the last show of the tour, ending a nearly two-year endless touring, the band is well-rehearsed and seemingly eager to finally take a long vacation and break after that night - particularly for guitarist Cory Wong, who is actually from the Twin Cities. Wong, according to The Current in 2014 wrote that Cory Wong is “the most famous Minnesota musician you’ve probably never heard of”.

Looking over their set, Rector decided to save his biggest hit song ‘Brand New’ for the encore, but casual and dedicated fans knew this and stuck it out to the end.

Some great, well-placed covers like The Jackson 5’s ‘ABC’ and Whitney Houston’s ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)’ had great singalong chorus from the audience. In fact, Rector would occasionally just let the audience sing while he waves the microphone at the audience.

Ben Rector’s Brand New is out now. With over 390,000 albums and nearly four million digital tracks sold in the course of his career, it’s easy to see that this was the Biggest Ever tour (so far).

When Rector returns, expect him to go on an even bigger tour, with a bigger album, of course.

Jacob Whiteside

Jacob Whiteside

Ben Rector’s drummer Jake Goff

Ben Rector

Ben Rector at State Theatre, Minneapolis (23 October 2016)

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The Australian Pink Floyd Show at State Theatre, Minneapolis (08 Sept 2016)

Setlist   Set 1 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) Time Breathe (Reprise) On the Turning Away Wish You Were Here Us and Them Any Colour You Like Brain Damage Eclipse The Happiest Days of Our Lives Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 Set 2 Pigs (Three Different Ones) Learning to Fly The Great Gig in the Sky Hey You What Do You Want From Me Sorrow One of These Days Is There Anybody Out There? / Comfortably Numb -- Encore -- Run Like Hell Tour Dates 09/14/16 Living Arts Centre, Mississauga 09/15/16 Centre in the Square, Kitchener 09/16/16 Bell Centre, Montreal 09/17/16 Grande Theatre du Quebec 10/07/16 Rockhal, Luxembourg 10/09/16 De Oosterpoort, Netherlands 10/10/16 013, Tilburg, Netherlands 10/11/16 Cirque Royal, Brussels 10/14/16 Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham 10/15/16 Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff 10/17/16 Oxford New Theatre 10/18/16 Colston Hall, Bristol 10/20/16 Guildhall, Portsmouth 10/21/16 Brighton Centre, Brighton 10/22/16 Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith 10/24/16 Regent Theatre, Ipswich 10/25/16 Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham 10/27/16 Liverpool Empire Theatre 10/28/16 First Direct Arena, Leeds 10/29/16 O2 Apollo, Manchester 10/31/16 De Montfort Hall, Leicester 11/01/16 Cliffs Pavilion, Southend Essex 11/03/16 G Live, Guildford 11/04/16 Bournemouth Int'nl Centre 11/05/16 Opera House, Blackpool 11/07/16 City Hall, Sheffield 11/08/16 Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby 11/10/16 Usher Hall, Edinburgh 11/11/16 The SSE Hydro, Glasgow 11/12/16 Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle Read More Australian Pink Floyd Show The “greatest tribute band in the world” The Australian Pink Floyd Show will be performing live at State Theater on Sept 8th. After 20 years of touring and .…

“The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think. Oh by the way, which one's Pink?”- Have a Cigar

After decades apart, the core foursome of Pink Floyd finally reunited in 2005 for Live8 for a one-off charity performance, only to have keyboardist Rick Wright pass away a couple years later in 2008, permanently scuttling the chances of any other reunion shows.  And with David Gilmour touring, but not coming within two states of Minnesota, what was a fan to do except see the Pink Floyd experience faithfully recreated in an evening from The Australian Pink Floyd Show, who played the State Theatre last week.

The ensemble, which began in Adelaide Australia in 1988 is arguably the finest tribute show to the legendary band, complete with a stunning light and laser show, giant inflatable, video animations, LED screen technology and most importantly, accurately recreates the music with a tight band lineup and sonically perfect quadrophonic sound mixing.

The music is first and foremost to the band, which largely remains faceless, eschews any costuming or skits, and revolves around the three longstanding core members Steve Mac – guitar/ vocals (1988–present); Colin Wilson – bass / vocals (1993–present); and Jason Sawford – keyboards (1988–present), with the newest additions being recently added vocalist Chris Barnes and bassist/vocalist Ricky Howard.

Modeled largely on the late 80’s David Gilmour-led era of Momentary Lapse of Reason/Division Bell, the band’s two hour-long sets more than thrilled the mostly baby boomer crowd on this, their Best of The Best Tour, which saw them playing songs that almost everyone in the audience knew from classic rock radio, or the original legendary best-selling albums.

Syd Barrett was on the minds early as the ten-piece opened with the first parts of ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’ (and would follow soon after with ‘Wish You Were Here’), complete with circular lighted LED screen, three swaying-in-time background vocalists, and sax player Mike Kidson who would appear then disappear as his parts surfaced.

‘Time’ had the traditional clock images on-screen and after ‘On the Turning Away’, a flash montage of Australian images mixed with Floydian iconic logos reminded everyone that the band was indeed from down under. As a Dark Side of the Moon-era ‘Brain Damage’ and ‘Eclipse’ played, a series of political images were on-screen, mainly of the UK’s recent Brexit vote to leave the EU and the related politicians, obviously making a sublime statement someone like Roger Waters himself, would have done.

The band kept conversation to a bare minimum, wisely focusing instead on the music and getting as many songs into the setlist as possible, and had everyone clapping along with opening set closer, ‘Another Brick in the Wall Part 2’, which even found the most passionate fans raising their arms in an X-shape, like was done in the scene of ‘The Wall’ film.

The 1977 Animals album was well represented with the second-set opening ‘Pigs (Three Different Ones)’ then the band jumped ten years forward to the Gilmour-fueled single, ‘Learning to Fly’.  Guitarists Mac and David Domminney Fowler particularly shone, often effortlessly crunching the faithful riffs during solos and sometimes adding a subtle note or two to make things their own.

The multiple lead vocalists (Barnes, Howard, Mac, Fowler) re-creating those Waters and Gilmour parts, all flowed smoothly and had the pitch and tone of the original recordings.

‘The Great Gig in the Sky’ from 1973’s Dark Side, was a vocal showcase for all three background singers (Emily Lynn; Lara Smiles; and Lorelei McBroom) to each take a verse, with singer McBroom finishing the song and rising it to heights that rivaled the Clare Torry original vocal.

‘What Do You Want From Me’ and ’Sorrow’ were somewhat setlist surprises, supplanting bigger hits like ‘Money’, but were a great spotlight for guitarists Mac and Fowler, who displayed vocal skills in addition to the exemplary guitar work.

The throbbing bassline of ‘One of These Days’ also brought out the lasers and huge inflatable pink kangaroo nicknamed Skippy (a suitable Australian substitute for Pink Floyd’s own inflatable pig), which had two hidden road crew members pushing against it from the back to bob (or hop) in time to the song.

After a set-closing ‘Comfortably Numb’, the audience shouts of “one more song!” were answered with a cutting ‘Run Like Hell’, with slashing, dueling riffs from Mac and Fowler, like on the original and the crowd standing and clapping along once more.

The mark of an ideal tribute band is to be able to close your eyes and to listen to the live music faithfully re-create the spirit of the original, then open your eyes and feel like the visuals are authentic as well.  With said criteria, The Australian Pink Floyd Show succeeds on both counts, and helps answer the question today, in 2016, as to which one’s Pink.

The Australian Pink Floyd Show at State Theatre, Minneapolis (08 Sept 2016)

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Alice Cooper at the State Theatre, Minneapolis (06 Dec 2015)

Alice Cooper Setlist     Vincent Price Intro The Black Widow House of Fire No More Mr. Nice Guy Under My Wheels I'll Bite Your Face Off Billion Dollar Babies Be My Lover Lost in America Hey Stoopid Dirty Diamonds Go to Hell Wicked Young Man Feed My Frankenstein Ballad of Dwight Fry Killer I Love the Dead Hollywood Vampires covers set Five to One / Break On Through (to the Other Side) (The Doors cover) Cold Turkey (Plastic Ono Band cover) Manic Depression (Jimi Hendrix Experience cover) My Generation (The Who cover) I'm Eighteen Poison -- Encore -- School's Out/Another Brick in the Wall with Vince Neil Tour Dates 12/15/15 Portland, OR Moda Center* 12/17/15 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center * 12/19/15 Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort* 12/20/15 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena* 12/22/15 Anaheim, CA Honda Center* 05/08/16 Concord, NC "Carolina Rebellion" 06/18/16 London O2 "Stone Free Festival" * with Mötley Crüe Read More Alice Cooper A classic Vincent Price introduction led to the curtain fall and a canvas backdrop of a close-up of Alice Cooper’s eyes as the shock rocker and band launched into the opening ‘Black Widow’ of its too-short 50 minute set. …

Halloween may have been a month and a half ago…

… but for ninety minutes at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, the spirit of that night had come alive again.  The master of shock rock, Alice Cooper had come to town again, not only to open once more for Mötley Crüe on their final tour (on its third time through locally), but also to perform a full headlining show, a couple nights before.

Alice Cooper

For the faithful, the curious, and the diehards, it was a chance to see Alice at his finest- a full theater show, bringing all the hit songs over forty-plus years, as well as all of the props, drama, and excitement that comes with his now legendary stage show.

Lights dimmed as a Vincent Price spoken word intro echoed about the stage, which was hidden by a large curtain emblazoned with Cooper’s trademark eyes.

The curtain then dropped to reveal the five piece band (Ryan Roxie – guitar; Chuck Garric – bass; Glen Sobel – drums, percussion; Tommy Henriksen – guitar; and Nita Strauss – guitar) and Cooper creeping forward in a black cape for ‘The Black Widow’.

The cape was thrown off for 1989’s ‘House of Fire’, revealing Cooper in a red and black striped tailed suit with massive belt buckle and black leather gloves.

The show pacing was relentless, with songs going rapidly from one into another, the trio of guitarists posing at center stage to show off their licks, and the healthy frontman keeping up with the stamina of a man half his (almost 68 yr.old) age.

For 1973’s ‘Billion Dollar Babies’, Cooper swished a fencing sword speared with wads of “Alice Dollars”, which he dislodged and threw out into the mostly baby boomer crowd, with everyone straining to grab one out of the air.

A couple of ‘90s numbers, 1994’s ‘Lost in America’ and 1991’s ‘Hey Stoopid’ were given new life by the triple-axe band, with relative newcomer Strauss (from The Iron Maidens) more than holding her own, and other guitarist Henriksen making a triumphant return to his hometown.

For 2005’s ‘Dirty Diamonds’, Cooper stalked the stage with a handful of silver trinket necklaces, tossing them into the reaching crowd during the verses, which then led into a brief Sobel drum solo.  ‘Feed my Frankenstein’ was full-on horror theater with Cooper being strapped to a table, smoke and sparks rising, then a larger-than-life Frankenstein monster emerging to shamble about the stage.

Cooper in straightjacket

‘The Ballad of Dwight Fry’ found Cooper in his familiar straitjacket, ducking an enlarged needle stabbed about by a demented nurse (played by his daughter Calico) and the skit would eventually end with the trademark guillotine making its inevitable appearance.

Alice Cooper

Cooper and friends Johnny Depp and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry have recently released an album under the name Hollywood Vampires (UMe Records), the name taken from the celebrity drinking club he helped form in the 1970’s, and his covers portion late in the show is a tribute to those club members now lost.

A hooded masked mute brought out and propped up gravestones in homage to each of the fallen as Cooper and band covered songs by The Doors (Jim Morrison), John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, and The Who(Keith Moon).

Following that, Cooper ended the main set with his own ‘I’m Eighteen’ from 1971 and 1989’s ‘Poison’, which was one of his biggest hits of the music video era,  though its lyrics and meaning were controversial , as perhaps relating to the AIDS epidemic of the day.

Cooper and Vince Neil (Mötley Crüe)

For the encore, bubbles were everywhere in the air as Cooper emerged in a white shirt and black  gravedigger top hat for ‘School’s Out’, with surprise guest Vince Neil in tow.  Soon, white confetti and red streamers were everywhere, resulting in an outright party to end the show on the highest note possible.

“Minneapolis Rrrrocksssss!” Cooper exclaimed before taking a final bow, his only reference on this night as to where he was playing, but an effective end statement nonetheless.

After this year, we may not be able to see Mötley Crüe perform again, but thankfully Alice Cooper shows no signs of slowing down, and the spirit of Halloween will again swoop in, the next time he plays here.

Alice Cooper at the State Theatre, Minneapolis (06 December 2015)

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Glen Hansard, with Aoife O'Donovan, at the State Theatre, Minneapolis (20 November 2015)

Glen Hansard Setlist Grace Beneath the Pines Winning Streak Just to Be the One My Little Ruin When Your Mind's Made Up (Swell Season song) Bird of Sorrow Getting Through / Stay the Road Astral Weeks (Van Morrison cover) with Pearl Jam's "Smile" snippet Paying My Way Back Broke (Swell Season song) Love Don't Leave Me Waiting with Nick Drake's "Northern Sky" snippet McCormack's Wall Lowly Deserter with Prince's "When Doves Cry" snippet Way Back in the Way Back When High Hope This Gift -- Encore -- Say It to Me Now (The Frames song) Falling Slowly (Swell Season song) Didn't He Ramble The Auld Triangle (Brendan Behan cover) with Aoife O'Donovan -- Encore II -- Her Mercy Aoife O'Donovan Setlist Lay My Burden Down Hornets Look Out You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio (Joni Mitchell cover) Oh, Mama Beekeeper Magic Hour Read More Glen Hansard Just a little backstory on Glen Hansard, we first saw him with Ireland's The Frames in April 2007 (but, of course, most of us have seen Hansard in the 1991 film The Commitments). .…

Irish songwriter and actor Glen Hansard just played the State Theatre in Minneapolis on Friday, November 20th.

Aoife O'Donovan

Opening up the show, was Crooked Still's Aoife O'Donovan playing some folky/storytelling songs from her latest solo album Fossils, including set opening song "Lay My Burden Down", "Oh, Mama", and "Beekeeper".

She played a couple of new songs, like "Hornets", which she said she played recently when she hosted (along with Sara Watkins and Sarah Jarosz) at the A Prairie Home Companion show in October 2015.

After her Joni Mitchell cover song "You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio" (to be released as a B-Side on this Black Friday Record Store Day 7" single), she is joined on stage with Thomas Brosseau, who provided piano for the rest of her 30-min set.

Glen Hansard

We've seen Glen Hansard before, but never quite like this. He's joined on stage by a large ensemble (see entire cast and crew photograph below), including both a horn and wind instrument section. Familiar The Swell Season songs were suddenly shown in a new, livelier, and possibly improved, versions of these classic songs.

Hansard also added snippets of popular songs into his various songs, but my personal favorite was hearing a couple of lines from Prince's "When Doves Cry" ("maybe I'm just like my father/maybe you're just like my mother/she's never satisfied") on "Lowly Deserter".

Setlist

The band stuck to the setlist, right up until the encore, where some changes were made. They decided to play an old Frames song "Say It to Me Now" (with Glen Hansard playing in the balcony to the real Kristen's mother from Dublin), followed by The Swell Season's "Falling Slowly" with opener Aoife O'Donovan, who stood in for Markéta Irglová's part.

O'Donovan stayed in for the rest of the encore, with the entire cast & crew (including guitar tech Mic) singing off-mic for Brendan Behan's "The Auld Triangle"... making for a very satisfying ending.

However, that wasn't the end of the show. With only three minutes left before curfew, the band made a last-minute decision to come back on stage to play "Her Mercy". They did break the curfew by a few minutes, but it was worth it seeing Hansard singing "Mercy! Mercy!" with his hands in the air like it was some old-time religion.

Glen Hansard's latest album Didn't He Ramble is out now on ANTI- Records.

Remaining tour dates:

11/23 St. Louis, MO The Pageant*
11/24 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre*
11/25 Atlanta, GA Buckhead Theatre*
11/27 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center†
11/28 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall†
11/30 Brooklyn, NY Kings Theatre†
12/01 New York, NY Beacon Theatre‡

*supported by Aoife O’Donovan
†supported by Richard Thompson
‡supported by August Wells

Glen Hansard at State Theatre, Minneapolis (20 Nov 2015)

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Grace Potter at the State Theatre, Minneapolis (22 October 2015)

poster Grace Potter Setlist Never Go Back* Empty Heart Ah Mary* Biggest Fan Timekeeper* Stars* Nobody's Born With a Broken Heart Runaway* Instigators Low Road* Nothing but the Water (I)* Look What We've Become Hot To The Touch Loneliest Soul* Your Girl Medicine* -- Encore -- Apologies* with Rayland Baxter The Lion The Beast The Beat* Paris (Ooh La La)* * Grace Potter & the Nocturnals song Read More Grace Potter Grace Potter is back in town, this time in support of her debut solo album Midnight (Hollywood Records). ...

Grace Potter just graced the State Theatre in Minneapolis on Thursday night.

This is just a quick post to get some basic information, tour dates, photos, and setlists online, as soon as possible.

Rayland Baxter

Opening up the show was Nashville's Rayland Baxter (son of musician Bucky Baxter) with a 45-min set. His latest album Imaginary Man is out now on ATO Records.

Note: the last song, "Young Man" was 10 minutes long.

Setlist:

1. The Mtn Song
2. Dandelion Wine
3. Bad Things
4. Oh My Captain
5. Yellow Eyes
6. Love Sick (Bob Dylan cover)
7. Young Man

Grace Potter

Vermont's Grace Potter is currently on tour in support of her debut solo album Midnight (Hollywood Records). Although billed as strictly a "Grace Potter" show, it felt very much like a regular Grace Potter & the Nocturnals show, with over 60% of their set featuring Nocturnals songs, including some of their biggest hits, on the encore: "Apologies" (a request for a fan), "The Lion The Beast The Beat", and "Paris (Ooh La La)".

Unlike previous Nocturnals shows, Potter is actively dancing and bouncing back and forth throughout the night. Plus "costume changes" like putting on her cape (during "Timekeeper"), taking off clothing on "Nothing But the Water I" and removing shoes for "Medicine". The latter song, she invited the audience to come closer and dance.

While the State Theatre is a great venue for watching and listening to concerts, it just felt wrong for both Potter and her audience. Her fans were interested in drinking/dancing and having a good time and simply aren't used to a sit-down (and quiet) theater environment.

More details later.

Tour date:

10/23/15 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre
10/24/15 Madison, WI Barrymore Theatre
10/25/15 Kalamazoo, MI Kalamazoo State Theatre
10/28/15 Syracuse, NY Landmark Theatre
10/29/15 Albany, NY Palace Theatre
10/30/15 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
10/31/15 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
11/05/15 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
11/06/15 Charlotte, NC Fillmore Charlotte
11/07/15 Savannah, GA Trustees Theater
03/25/16 "Bluesfest" (Byron Bay, AUS)
03/26/16 "Bluesfest" (Byron Bay, AUS)

Grace Potter at the State Theatre, Minneapolis (22 October 2015)

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