Concerts and Tours

Justin Timberlake reveals The 20/20 Experience World Tour dates

J.T. fans rejoice! The former Mouseketeer and frosty-tipped 'N Sync heartthrob will be coming to the Land of 10,000 Lakes on his just-announced The 20/20 Experience world tour. See also: Justin Timberlake beatboxes with Brother Ali Prince & Bon Iver visit Blue Ivy Carter on Saturday Night Live

Palma Violets at 7th St. Entry, 4/30/13

Palma Violets With Guards 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis April 30, 2013 Palma Violets brought the raucous sounds of South London to the 7th Street Entry on Tuesday night, as the young quartet delivered a tempestuous 45-minute set filled with energetic garage-punk songs that brazenly mined sonic elem ... More >>

Doomtree announce surprise show tonight for $5... where?

Looking for some affordable entertainment to kick off the warm weather? Anyone who is already on Doomtree's email list has the answer. The Twin Cities hip-hop crew is assembling for a last-minute show at a location that'll make sense to those following their activities of late. Where might that be, ... More >>

Top 10 must-see Minnesota music videos this week

Local Frames is a weekly column spotlighting the best new music videos featuring musicians and directors with Minnesota ties.This week we lead off with an Alice In Wonderland nightmare clip from the atmospheric Minneapolis garage rock quartet, Crimes, taken from their new record, Thin Sunlight, whic ... More >>

Ravi Shankar's extraordinary life: A timeline

The great Ravi Shankar has passed at the age of 92, and we have a life timeline to chart his majestic artistic development. Back on August 3, 1967, George Harrison holds a press conference at the Kinarra School of Music in Los Angeles to promote a performance the following night by Ravi Shankar, the ... More >>

Eric Hutchinson on life in New York, the Beatles, and why he's not cool

It was a combination of talent, hard work and an online boost from celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton that helped singer/songwriter Eric Hutchinson launch his career. After releasing his debut album Sounds Like This independently, Hutchinson signed with Warner Bros. Records and has recorded a new ... More >>

Critics' Picks: Hip Hop Harambee, St. Vincent & David Byrne, Purity Ring, and more

Gary Louris to headline 6th annual Concrete and Grass Lowertown Music Festival

See Also: Music In Mears kicks off free summer concert series in St. Paul tonight The Jayhawks family tree: From Gary Louris to the Jonas Brothers in three moves or less The Jayhawks play A Prairie Home Companion, release reunion record Mockingbird Time As the ninth successful season of Music In Me ... More >>

Self-Evident release inventive new album at the Triple Rock tonight

See Also:Self-Evident solve the math-rock formulaZebulon Pike and the fastidious art of kicking assHardcore Crayons' "Sarcasmic" video comes out of hidingThe veteran Minneapolis rock trio Self-Evident celebrate the release of their adventurous sixth album, We Built A Fortress On Short Notice, with a ... More >>

Best Coast, JEFF the Brotherhood, and Those Darlins at the Cedar, 7/28/12

See Also:Those Darlins robbed after show at the Cedar [PHOTOS]Slideshow: Best Coast at Cedar Cultural CenterSoundTown and Minnesota's music festival fatigueBest Coast, JEFF the Brotherhood, and Those DarlinsCedar Cultural Center, MinneapolisSaturday, July 28, 2012SoundTown's loss was Minneapolis's g ... More >>

Weekend Checklist: Owl City, Hot Chip, Dirty Projectors, Kid Rock

The prodigal son Owl City will be perform a sold-out show at the Varsity Theater on Friday evening, but if you are older than 14, Hot Chip will rock the First Avenue stage in Downtown Minneapolis. MaLLy will perform a free show at Northrop Plaza, but make sure you show up in time to catch the infect ... More >>

Morrissey's U.S. tour dates -- Minneapolis show in October

The only person able to be un-delighted about Morrissey's upcoming tour is Moz himself. Given his rep for delightfully dour demeanor, no sweat for the rest of us. The King of Mope has announced an aggressive two-month U.S. tour to finish off 2012, and Minneapolis is in his sights.This could be one o ... More >>

Kiss, Motley Crue lead Minnesota State Fair 2012 offerings

​The 2012 running of the great Minnesota get-together is starting to pile up a load of concert offerings for this August. Tops among the Grandstand Concert Series shows is the Minneapolis St. Paul stop on the Kiss-Mötley Crüe joint tour, which will be the first series of dates these two monsters ... More >>

The Joy Formidable's Ritzy Bryan: "The delivery is as intense and sincere as its always been."

​Those of us who were lucky enough to witness the Joy Formidable's incendiary show at the Entry last April agree that the North Wales trio's raucous performance was clearly one of the best live shows of 2011. Thankfully, the band didn't make Twin Cities music fans wait too long for a return en ... More >>

Jack White's "Love Interruption" video premieres

​Throughout his celebrated music career, Jack White has never stayed quiet for very long. And while he's been busy as of late producing and recording various acts for his Third Man Records label, he recently shared the exciting news that he will be releasing his first solo record, Blunderbuss, ... More >>

Bonnaroo 2012 lineup: Radiohead, Beach Boys, Bon Iver, but no Prince

​No one should be particularly shocked that the 2012 Bonnaroo lineup circulating yesterday that we thought was fake turned out to be... fake.Today, however, the real deal emerges. And, aside from the notable absence of Prince (and Corrosion of Conformity), the thing is still remarkably similar to ... More >>

Craig Finn's debut solo album 'Clear Heart Full Eyes' is streaming in advance of its release date

​Thankfully, Clear Heart Full Eyes, the debut solo album from the Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn, doesn't signify a fracture between him and his regular bandmates. It just represents a temporary musical diversion for Finn from the wild, late-night hi-jinks that are prominently featured in his ... More >>

Jane's Addiction announce local show at the Brick, a new Minneapolis nightclub

​Those of you who saw Jane's Addiction's tour announcement yesterday probably asked the same question that many other local residents did when they saw the venue listed next to the Minneapolis date on March 19th -- What the hell is the Brick? It turns out that the Brick is a new Minneapolis ro ... More >>

Polica debuts new video for "Lay Your Cards Out" on Jay-Z's Life Times site

​"Lay Your Cards Out," the first video from Polica's debut album, Give You The Ghost, made its premiere today via Jay-Z's Life Times online site. The mostly black and white clip, which is directed by Minneapolis resident Chris Hadland, features ghostly images of Channy dancing along to the groo ... More >>

Ryan Adams

Ryan Adams will wrap up new tour in Minneapolis

​Ever the unpredictable artist, Ryan Adams will re-emerge this fall for his first tour since declaring he was supposedly quitting music (or at least, quitting touring with the Cardinals) back in 2009. With a new solo album, Ashes & Fire, out October 10, Ryan will depart on a West Coast tour in ... More >>

Vitamin Water Uncapped brings free local music to the Spring Street this week

​It's hard to tell the motivation behind the big "Vitamin Water Uncapped Live" event that started this morning at the Spring Street Tavern in Northeast Minneapolis. Unfortunately, I missed the early morning yoga session but made it in time for the "punk brunch" that kicked off the series that ... More >>

Watch: Girl Talk whips the crowd into a frenzy at Iowa's 80/35 Festival

This past weekend, the 80/35 Music Festival brought headlining acts like Girl Talk, Yelawolf, and Okkervil River to Des Moines, Iowa for two days of fun in the sun. If you missed the fest, we have photos of some of the headliners along with locals Pink Mink in our 80/35 slideshow, and today we are a ... More >>

Paul McCartney coming to Target Field on September 1

​With tickets on sale this morning for his much-anticipated show at Yankee Stadium, Sir Paul McCartney is unveiling a string of U.S. stadium dates that will bring him to Target Field in Minneapolis for the stadium's first ever public concert on September 1.

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Rock the Garden 2011 lineup: My Morning Jacket, Neko Case, Booker T. Jones, Tapes 'n Tapes

Photo by Nick Vlcek​Before we get to the whole lineup portion of today's Rock the Garden announcement, here's a quandary: How many tickets do you think the Walker and the Current could sell to this shindig without disclosing a single band on the bill beforehand?

Bob Dylan applies to play China tour dates

Is this man too controversial for China?​Bob Dylan hasn't given up on China. A year after refusing Dylan permission to play tour dates in Shanghai and Beijing, China's Ministry of Culture is reviewing an application for the Minnesota-born folk singer to schedule two shows in the country this ... More >>

Justin Townes Earle

Peter Wolf Crier, Retribution Gospel Choir

Ozzy Osbourne couldn't convince Slash or Rob Halford to brave Minneapolis in January

​Though he was originally scheduled to perform with Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford, Ozzy Osbourne's rescheduled gig at the Target Center tomorrow night is being billed as "An Evening with Ozzy Osbourne" -- meaning the Prince of Darkness will be going at it alone.

Wu Tang Clan, Dearling Physique, and more

501 Club Farewell Show

Eyedea died from accidental opiate overdose

​A month after Micheal "Eyedea" Larsen was found dead in his home, a toxicology report has been issued by the Ramsey County medical examiner's office. According to Pete Crum, St. Paul police spokesperson, the medical examiner filed Larsen's death certificate late in the day yesterday, ruling the d ... More >>

Blonde Redhead

Gorillaz add N*E*R*D to Target Center date

​In addition to an all-star "Plastic Beach" band featuring De La Soul, Little Dragon, Bobby Womack, and Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of the Clash, Gorillaz have announced that they will be bringing along Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo's N*E*R*D as their opening act. The tour stops at the Target Ce ... More >>

Cloud Cult announce pair of First Ave shows

​In celebration of their new concept album Light Chasers, which comes out next month, Cloud Cult have announced not one, but two back-to-back CD-release shows in the First Avenue Mainroom. The band will perform on Wednesday, November 17 and Thursday, November 18, with Fort Wilson Riot opening the ... More >>

Cowboy Junkies

The Avett Brothers

Motion City Soundtrack

Low

The Day of the Dead: the Final Show

Dearling Physique

Solid Gold

The Gaslight Anthem

Clapperclaw

STNNNG

Modern Radio's Nine Year Anniversary

Taylor Eigsti

Pretty Boy Thorson and the Falling Angels

Dan Deacon Ultimate Reality Tour