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Minneapolis: June 8, 2018

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on June 8, 2018.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

Paul Simon 2018 Poster Read More Simon & Garfunkel This song was co-written by Paul Simon of Simon & Garfunkel. I have included S&G's version of Red Rubber Ball here... although there's never been an official studio recording..…

PAUL SIMON
Xcel Energy Center
Fri 06/08/2018 (7pm/$49.50)
xcelenergycenter.com

It’s hard to believe that legendary singer/songwriter Paul Simon is retiring from live shows with this “Homeward Bound - the Farewell Tour”.

Simon, commenting on his farewell tour said, “I’ve often wondered what it would feel like to reach the point where I'd consider bringing my performing career to a natural end. Now I know: it feels a little unsettling, a touch exhilarating and something of a relief. I love making music, my voice is still strong, and my band is a tight, extraordinary group of gifted musicians. I think about music constantly. I am very grateful for a fulfilling career and, of course, most of all to the audiences who heard something in my music that touched their hearts.”

If you’ve never seen Simon & Garfunkel or Simon solo, this is your final chance.

Tour dates:

May 30 Denver, CO Fiddler's Green
June 1 Dallas, TX American Airlines Arena
June 2 Houston, TX Toyota Center
June 4 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
June 6 Chicago, IL United Center
June 8 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
June 10 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Center
June 12 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
June 13 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
June 15 Boston, MA TD Garden
June 16 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
June 19 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
June 20 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
June 30 Stockholm, SWEDEN Ericsson Globe
July 1 Oslo, NORWAY Spektrum
July 3 Copenhagen, DENMARK Royal Arena
July 5 Antwerp, BELGIUM Sportpaleis
July 7 Amsterdam, HOLLAND Ziggo Dome
July 8 Amsterdam, HOLLAND Ziggo Dome
July 10 Manchester, UK Manchester Arena
July 11 Glasgow, UK SSE Hydro
July 13 Dublin, IRELAND RDS Arena
July 15 London, UK Hyde Park, BST Festival

JoJo 2018 Poster Amadou & Mariam 2018 Poster Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires 2018 Poster Read More Amadou & Mariam Malian musical duo and Grammy-award nominees Amadou & Mariam is playing the Cedar Cultural Center on Thursday. They have a forthcoming 9th album La Confusion, due September 22nd on Because Music. … Lee Bains III Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires will be playing the 7th Street Entry this Tuesday. The band recently released their album Youth Detention, a double LP spanning 17 songs. Eleganza! and The Bad Man …

Other shows in the area:

JOJO
+ Malia Civetz
Fine Line Music Cafe
Fri 06/08/2018 (7pm/$28)
finelinemusic.com

Singer/songwriter JoJo is headlining the Fine Line Music Café on Friday. Jojo writes, “You have no idea how excited I am to sing these songs live for the very first time Leaks. Covers. & Mixtapes. This tour is especially for everyone who rocked with me when my hands were tied and my voice was silenced... thought it’d be mad fun to perform these songs since they were such a massive part of my life and you have always shown such passion for them. I wanted to keep the shows small and intimate so... get your tix now baebs. I miss seeing you up close and I want to get that connection that inspires me so much while I’m working on NEW material for my next project.”

Show up early to check out pop vocalist and songwriter Malia Civetz, making her debut U.S. tour.

Tour dates:

05/29 Anaheim, CA The Parish
05/30 Los Angeles, CA Teragram
06/01 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
06/04 Portland, CA Wonder Ballroom
06/05 Seattle, WA Neumos
06/08 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line
06/10 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
06/12 Washington, DC Union Stage
06/13 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
06/16 Boston, MA The Sinclair
06/17 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall
06/19 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
06/22 Atlanta, GA Terminal West
06/25 Austin, TX Antone’s
06/26 Dallas, TX Trees

AMADOU & MARIAM
Cedar Cultural Center
Fri 06/08/2018 (7:30pm/$)
thecedar.org

The Malian musical duo Amadou & Mariam is back in town at the Cedar Cultural Center on Friday, June 8th. This is a limited six U.S. dates only, so be sure not to miss it, if you happen to live near one of these cities.

Tour dates:

06/06 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel
06/07 Alexandria, VA The Birchmere
06/08 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center
06/10 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
06/14 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
06/15 San Francisco, CA San Francisco Jazz Festival
06/16 San Francisco, CA San Francisco Jazz Festival

LEE BAINS III
+ Eleganza!, Nato Coles
7th Street Entry
Fri 06/08/2018 (8pm/$12)
first-avenue.com

Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires will be playing the 7th Street Entry on Friday. The band’s new album Youth Detention is out now.

Tour dates:

5.31 - Lexington, KY @ Cosmic Charlie's
6.1 - Cincinnati, OH @ Northside Yacht Club
6.2 - Springfield, IL @ Bar None
6.3 - Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar
6.4 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
6.5 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
6.6 - Dubuque, IA @ The Lift
6.7 - Green Bay, WI @ Lyric Room
6.8 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
6.9 - Madison, WI @ Mickey's
6.10 - Lansing, MI @ The Ave
6.11 - Cleveland, OH @ Now That's Class
6.12 - Toronto, ON @ The Drake
6.13 - Buffalo, NY @ Electric Avenue
6.14 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Funhouse
6.15 - Brooklyn, NY @ Alphaville
6.16 - Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
6.17 - Asbury Park, NJ @ The Saint
6.18 - Allston, MA @ O'Brien's
6.20 - Harrisonburg, VA @ The Golden Pony
6.21 - Washington, D.C. @ Songbyrd
6.22 - Richmond, VA @ Hardywood
6.23 - Richmond, VA @ The Camel

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Rocktober: October 14, 2017

Read More Crocodiles We previously caught Crocodiles at the 7th Street Entry last year. It looks like the band is returning to the Twin Cities this Friday, November 15th, in support of their ….

Rocktober: Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on October 14, 2017.

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

CROCODILES
+ Saint Pe
7th Street Entry
Saturday 10/14/2017 (8pm/$12)
first-avenue.com

Crocodiles is back in town. The last time we saw them at the 7th Street Entry, it was in June 2012 and we wrote, “The San Diego-based noise-pop band, Crocodiles, brought some amazing energy to their show last night at the Entry despite having just driven all the way from Vancouver where they had played the night before. Early in their set, singer Brandon Welchez joked that they were all pretty stinky and “would trade merch. for Lady Speedstick.””

Their touring partner is Saint Pé, aka Ian St. Pé. Ian is the longtime Black Lips and Diamond Rugs guitarist, and his recent debut album is Fixed Focus, out now on Ernest Jenning Record Co.

Tour Dates:

10/10 - Garrison - Toronto, ON *
10/11 - Lager House - Detroit, MI *
10/12 - The Hideout - Chicago, IL *
10/13 - Cactus Club - Milwaukee, WI *
10/14 - 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis, MN *
10/15 - Raccoon Motel - Davenport, IA *

* - w/ Saint Pé

Read More Queens of the Stone Age Queens of the Stone Age are currently on tour for their sixth studio album ...Like Clockwork, out now on Matador Records. Opening up for Queens will be Chelsea Wolfe, she's currently enjoying touring with Queens of the Stone Age … Royal Blood Royal Blood, a new duo comprised of Mike Kerr on lead vocals/bass guitar and Ben Thatcher on drums recently played Mill City Nights in Minneapolis, and showed the attending crowd, what the immediate …

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
+ Royal Blood
The Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Saturday 10/14/2017 (7pm/$39.50)
first-avenue.com

The popular Queens of the Stone Age will be stopping by the Roy Wilkins Auditorium this Saturday in support of their new record Villains (Matador Records). We previously caught the band in 2014 and wrote, “Queens of the Stone Age also went through many musical changes, thanks mostly to their many, many contributors throughout the years (so many musicians involved, it actually has its own mini-section on Wikipedia). In many ways, Queens of the Stone Age is a supergroup republic, currently lead by Josh Homme.”

Be sure to show up early to check out Royal Blood. We’ve been following this British rock band with their headlining gig in September 2014 (the same year they opened up for The Pixies).

Royal Blood’s current single ‘Lights Out’ has reached No. 1 on the rock radio chart, this is the band’s second #1 song (their other hit song is ‘Little Monster’).

With How Did We Get So Dark? already out and debuted #1 on the UK album charts, the band came on the late night talk shows (including Late Night with Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Late Show with James Corden) to perform their hit single ‘Lights Out’.

Tour Dates:

10th Oct - Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO*
12th Oct - Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, MO*
13th Oct - Crossroads KC, Kansas City, MO*
14th Oct - Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St. Paul, MN*
15th Oct - Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI*
17th Oct - Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI*
18th Oct - Old National Centre, Indianapolis, IN*
21st Oct - Agganis Arena, Boston, MA*
22nd Oct - State Theatre, Portland, ME*
24th Oct - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY*

* dates with Royal Blood

Read More Zombie Pub Crawl In its tenth year, the Zombie Pub Crawl is at their biggest (and best) lineup so far. Remember the days when you can get into the crawl for free? Kiss that goodbye, because a few years ago, the organizers … Third Eye Blind 90s band Third Eye Blind recently issued its first album in six years called Dopamine. The band was recently in town with Dashboard Confessional. … The Safes Released last week (Sep 23th), the Safes' Sight of All Light EP are a great mix of rock n roller. Rolling Stones calls it "Atomic Pop", while Paste Magazine … The Old 97's We caught The Old 97s earlier this year at SXSW, and also last year at the Fine Line Music Café, in Minneapolis, which Emily described singer Rhett Miller's vocals as nothing short of "fantastic and passionate." ...

Other shows in the area:

ZOMBIE PUB CRAWL
featuring Third Eye Blind
Various Venues
Saturday 10/14/2017 (5pm/$20)
zombiepubcrawl.com

The popular Zombie Pub Crawl is this Saturday.

A$AP MOB
Skyway Theatre
Saturday 10/14/2017 (6:30pm/$35)
skywaytheatre.com

A$AP Mob, featuring Key!, A$AP Rocky, Cozy Boys, Asap Twelvyy, A$AP Nast, A$AP Ant, to take over the Skyway Theatre.

THE SAFES
Fraternal Order Of Eagles
Saturday 10/14/2017 (9pm/$7)
minneapoliseagles34.org

Lineup: Nato Coles (from Nato Coles and the Blue Diamond Band), TWINS (Iowa), The Safes (Chicago), Indonesian Junk (Milwaukee), New Rocket Union.

We actually wrote about the Chicago brothers The Safes in 2008 and said they had “a great mix of rock n roller.” The Safes’ Tasty Waves is out now.

OLD 97S
+ Lilly Hiatt
First Avenue
Saturday 10/14/2017 (8pm/$22)
first-avenue.com

Old 97’s is back with Lilly Hiatt. Hiatt just released Trinity Lane, a record produced by Shovels & Rope’s Michael Trent and engineered by Andy Dixon.

Tour dates:

10/13 – Iowa City, IA @ The Englert Theatre*
10/14 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue*
10/15 – Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium*
10/16 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Icon Lounge*
10/17 – Des Mouines, IA @ Wooly's*
10/18 – Kansas City, MO @ Knuckleheads Saloon*
10/19 – Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion*
10/20 – Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theatre*
10/21 – Palatine, IL @ Durty Nellies*
10/22 – Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre*
10/23 – Bloomington, IN @ The Bluebird*
10/24 – Columbus, OH @ Skully's Music Diner*

*appearing with Lilly Hiatt

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