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Minneapolis: February 1 to February 3, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area from February 1 to February 3, 2016.

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Read More Grizfolk Opening up the show was Grizfolk (not to be confused with the Griswolds) on their very first national tour (their first time in Minneapolis). …

GRIZFOLK
with Max Frost
at 7th Street Entry
Monday, 02/01/16, 7:30pm ($12/$15)
first-avenue.com

You may recall that we caught Grizfolk on their very first Minneapolis appearance on September 2015 with the Fratellis. The "Sweden, America" seemed really excited to be on their first national tour... and it's not too long before they are headlining their 2016 in support of their debut LP Waking Up The Giants, available now on iTunes via Virgin Records.

Touring with them on this first leg of the tour will be Max Frost. Knox Hamilton will join them on tour on Feb 12th.

Tour dates:

01/23 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
01/25 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
01/26 Seattle, WA Croc
01/28 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
01/30 Denver, CO Lost Lake
02/01 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
02/02 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall
02/03 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
02/05 Detroit, MI Shelter
02/06 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
02/07 Toronto, ON Garrison
02/09 Boston, MA Great Scott
02/11 New York, NY Gramercy
02/12 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s
02/13 Washington, D.C. Rock & Roll Hotel
02/14 Richmond, VA Broadberry
02/16 Nashville, TN The High Watt
02/17 Atlanta, GA Vinyl
02/18 Pensacola, FL Vinyl Music Hall
02/20 Houston, TX Rudyard’s
02/21 Austin, TX Stubbs Jr.
02/22 Dallas, TX Prophet Bar
02/25 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar
02/26 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour

Read More Never Shout Never Never Shout Never is from Missouri, with five full-length album: their latest is called Sunflower, which just came out last week (July 2). …

NEVER SHOUT NEVER
at Varsity Theater
Tuesday, 02/02/16, 5:30pm ($18/$22)
varsitytheater.org

Missouri indie-pop band Never Shout Never is stopping in Dinkytown at The Varsity Theater on February 2nd as part of their spring tour. This tour is in support of their latest release Black Cat on Warner Brothers Records. They will be joined on stage by Metro Station which features Trace Cyrus (yes, Miley Cyrus' older brother) on vocals. The last time I saw these NSN was at Station 4 (R.I.P) during a snowstorm, so I was the only one there. This show will be different, make sure you get your tickets soon!

Also on the bill: Jule Vera and Waterparks.

Tour dates:

01/23 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
01/25 Portland, OR Hawthorne
01/26 Seattle, WA The Showbox
01/28 Salt Lake City, UT Complex
01/30 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall
02/2 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theatre
02/3 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
02/5 Chicago, IL House of Blues
02/6 Detroit, MI - St Andrews Hall
02/9 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
02/10 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
02/12 Boston, MA Paradise
02/13 Sayerville, NJ Starland Ballroom
02/14 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls
02/16 Philadelphia, PA Theatreof The Living Arts
02/17 New York, NY Irving Plaza
02/19 Washington, DC The Fillmore
02/20 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre
02/23 Orlando, FL House of Blues
02/24 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
02/26 St. Louis, MO Ready Room
02/27 Lawrence, KS Granada Theater

Read More Chris Young Chris Young is, well - Chris Young. A terrific voice with an honesty that comes through in his music that is so dearly lacking in most of what passes for Country Music these days. …

CHRIS YOUNG
at Northrop Auditorium
Wednesday, 02/03/16, 7:30pm ($35-$55)
northrop.umn.edu

County music singer Chris Young is "comin' over" to Minneapolis as part of his tour in support of his fifth album, I'm Comin' Over. If you didn't know, Young was the winner of Nashville Star (USA Network) in 2006, and have steadily recording music with his winning Sony Music contract.

Cassadee Pope to open.

Tour dates:

01/23/16 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
01/28/16 Cleveland, OH Connor Palace
01/29/16 Cincinnati, OH Aronoff Center
01/30/16 Nashville, TN Walk Of Fame Park
02/03/16 Minneapolis, MN Northrop Auditorium
02/04/16 Rosemont, IL Rosemont Theatre
02/05/16 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
02/14/16 Estero, FL Germain Arena
02/18/16 Kansas City, MO Arvest Bank Theatre
02/19/16 Tulsa, OK Brady Theater
02/20/16 San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo
02/25/16 New York, NY PlayStation Theater
02/26/16 Baltimore, MD Modell Performing Arts
02/27/16 Utica, NY Utica Memorial Auditorium
03/02/16 Houston Livestock Show
04/07/16 Panama City Beach Spring Jam
04/23/16 Off The Rails Country Music Fest
04/29/16 Stagecoach California's Country Music
04/30/16 IHeartRadio Country Festival
06/03/16 Virginia Beach Patriotic Festival
07/01/16 Trackside Music Festival
07/16/16 Craven Country Jamboree
07/21/16 "Country Thunder USA" (Wisconsin)

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The Fratellis at Varsity Theater, Minneapolis (25 September 2015)

The Fratellis Setlist Henrietta Baby Don't You Lie to Me! Halloween Blues Flathead Imposters (Little by Little) She's Not Gone Yet But She's Leaving For the Girl A Heady Tale Whistle for the Choir Me and the Devil Thief Seven Nights, Seven Days Vince the Loveable Stoner Dogtown Jeannie Nitro Everybody Knows You Cried Last Night Too Much Wine Baby Fratelli We Need Medicine -- Encore -- Desperate Guy Chelsea Dagger Until She Saves My Soul Read More The Fratellis You may remember that we went down to Chicago to see The Fratellis at their sold out show at the Metro in 2013. At the time, they were absent from the music scene …

Glasgow's The Fratellis is currently touring in support of Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied (Cooking Vinyl), stopping their sold out show at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis on Friday night, September 25th.

Grizfolk

Opening up the show was Grizfolk (not to be confused with the Griswolds) on their very first national tour (their first time in Minneapolis).

The Los Angeles based band (although they think of themselves as from "Sweden, America") played a few tracks from their debut EP From the Spark, including "Waiting For You" and their set finale, "Hymnals". Filling out the rest of their set was their new single "Troublemaker" and a cover of David Bowie's "Suffragette City".

The Fratellis

The last time The Fratellis was in Minneapolis, it was on 11 September 2008, with The Airborne Toxic Event and Electric Touch. When they announced a small 2013 tour (leaving Minneapolis out), we were convinced that they would never come back to the city so we flew into Chicago to catch them at a sold out show at the Metro.

Given a few years, they are back with Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied and with that album, they expanded their tour to Minneapolis, finally! It's good to have the band back in our city, the last time they were at the Varsity Theater it was in support of their debut album Costello Music in 2007 (we wrote about the band around the same time).

As usual, the band is tight. They had a dedicated guitar tuner, so he would often rush on stage to swap out guitars for Jon, saving us from awkward guitar tuning banters. Of course, that also meant lack of talking between songs (expect perhaps when he asked the roadie to play the guitar for him).

Since I believe this is only The Fratellis' third time in Minneapolis, so it felt a little special. There were many young kids (under 18) at the show with their parents, almost all of them wore Fratellis T-Shirts.

Setlist

As you can see from their setlist, the encore songs were completely wrong. They had listed four songs, the first two, "Slow" and "This Old Ghost Town" was dropped in favor of "Desperate Guy". Of course, they kept the crowd pleaser "Chelsea Dagger", which I personally felt should have been the final song as it would have left the crowd on a very high note (especially when the confetti blew in).

I hope with all the strong support that the Scottish band will come back to the Twin Cities sooner than later.

The Fratellis' Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied is out now.

Remaining tour dates:

09/27 - Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO
09/28 - Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
09/30 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
10/01 - Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA
10/03 - Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
10/04 - Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
10/06 - House of Blues, San Diego, CA
10/08 - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA

The Fratellis at Varsity Theater, Minneapolis (25 September 2015)

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Minneapolis: September 25, 2015

Read More The Fratellis After a five year absent from the music scene, The Fratellis are back with a brand new album We Need Medicine. The Scottish band is currently in the middle of a tiny, tiny U.S. tour in support of it, and basically selling out every …

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on September 25, 2015.

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THE FRATELLIS
at Varsity Theater
Friday, 09/25/2015, 7pm ($20)
varsitytheater.org

You may remember that we went down to Chicago to see The Fratellis at their sold out show at the Metro in 2013.

At the time, they were absent from the music scene... so it is good to see that the Scottish band is back - this time with a fourth album, Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied (which came out August 21, 2015, on Cooking Vinyl).

Critically acclaimed Los Angeles-based Grizfolk to open. The alternative rock released their single "Troublemaker" earlier this Summer, taken from their forthcoming full-length debut for Virgin Records.

Tour Dates:

09/21 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
09/22 - TLA, Philadelphia, PA
09/24 - Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL
09/25 - Varsity Theater – Minneapolis, MN
09/27 - Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO
09/28 - Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
09/30 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
10/01 - Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA
10/03 - Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
10/04 - Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
10/06 - House of Blues, San Diego, CA
10/08 - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA

Read More On An On Minneapolis' On An On recently held a special album launch show for their latest album And The Wave Has Two Sides at the Icehouse in Minneapolis on Saturday, July 25th (technically Sunday …

ON AN ON
at Turf Club
Friday, 09/25/2015, 8pm ($12)
turfclub.net

We previously caught local On An On album release party for And The Wave Has Two Sides last July 2015. I wrote that despite starting their set at midnight, the Icehouse had a strong turnout in support of the band. I also mentioned that after their 2015, that the last date was their homecoming show - which is coming up this Friday, September 25th. It'll be good to have them back in the city.

Supporting them on this tour is London-born artist Eliot Sumner (also known as Coco Sumner or I Blame Coco), singing and playing tracks from her debut album Information (set for release in January 2016!). Her talents as a songwriter and instrumentalist have gained praise for her four new songs - "Dead Arms & Dead Legs", "After Dark", "Firewood" and "Species" (all from the forthcoming album).

Also on the bill is local Aaron & The Sea, now known simply as AATS.

Tour Dates:

9/20 Allston, MA @ Great Scott *
9/22 Toronto, ONT @ The Drake Hotel *
9/23 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom *
9/24 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall *
9/25 St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club*

* with Eliot Sumner

Read More ABBA I will confess to liking, no, loving ABBA. As you may have suspected, I actually love eurodisco and especially Swedish music. …

ABBACADABRA
at Mystic Lake Showroom
Friday, 09/25/2015, 8pm ($23)
mysticlake.com

"You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life!"

You know we love ABBA, but unfortunately the band broke up in 1982. Don't let that stop you from experiencing the magic of cover lover band Abbacadabra as they play all of their hits.

Here is how they describe the band:

With the new resurgence of the ‘70s, portrayed in part by the hugely popular live musical production and now the world wide release of “Mamma Mia” - The Movie, the music of ABBA is finding its way back into the hearts of those who lived it then and taking over the hearts of those who are experiencing it for the first time now.

adbacadabra promises to continue the momentum by performing 20 of the group’s greatest hits in full ABBA fashion and flair. You won’t be able to sit still in your seats as songs like S.O.S., Super Trooper and Dancing Queen are re-created with such precision you’ll swear you were listening to the originals themselves. The melodies of Fernando and Chiquitita will rekindle those feelings of first loves. Take a Chance on Me and Voulez Vous will lift you out of your seats to dance!

The show is authentic in music and dress and is performed to live music that will leave you excited and melancholy... at the same time.

Tour Dates:

09/25/15 Prior Lake, MN Mystic Lake Casino
09/29/15 Norsk Hostfest

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