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Twin Cities still a top 10 metro for new college grads, study says

According to the listings site Rent.com, the best place for a recent college graduate in search of a decent paycheck and an affordable place to live isn't one of the much-buzzed about cities for bright young things, like Austin or San Francisco.Per the website's numbers crunching, top cities actuall ... More >>

SXSW 2013: A handy Minnesota music guide

The South By Southwest Music Conference seems perfectly timed each year with the exact moment when bands and music fans from the North have reached their collective breaking points with the interminable winter months, and communally head down to Austin, Texas in a grand, musical migration. Despite ... More >>

Dawes announces indie record store tour with stop at Electric Fetus

It has never been a secret that Los Angeles-based Dawes has called the Twin Cities a second home, and that the locals get a little touchy-feely about it. With the April 9 release of their third album Stories Don't End quickly approaching, the group will support local record stores on an intimate tou ... More >>

New Kids on the Block displaying Package Tour dates -- Minneapolis in July

What do you do to promote a tour of aging boy bands while still trying to titillate a fan base that has grown older right along with the past-their-prime groups? In the case of the upcoming New Kids on the Block (NKOTB), 98 Degrees, and Boyz II Men joint jaunt through the U.S., you call it "The Pack ... More >>

2012 Artists of the Year

From poets and directors to comedians and dancers, the Twin Cities are teeming with creativity

2012 Film Critics' Poll

The critics' picks from best film to best performers

Gwar replace Cory "Flattus Maximus" Smoot, tour dates include First Avenue return

Within the realm of fluid-enhanced metal, the overwhelming live presence of Gwar is unrivaled. And thus, it was a sad day indeed when guitarist Cory Smoot, who portrayed Flattus Maximus in the band, was found dead in the band's tour bus after they left their Minneapolis show at First Avenue (picture ... More >>

Pink adds 2013 North American tour dates -- St. Paul in March

Pink is the latest stadium-sized pop star to add to what is going to be a busy early part of 2013 with a fresh tour. Lady Gaga's coming. Rihanna's coming! She's taking her brand-new sixth album, The Truth About Love, on the road for 25 dates throughout North America between February 13 and March 28. ... More >>

Rihanna's Diamonds 2013 U.S. tour dates -- St. Paul in March

See Also:Lady Gaga plots Born This Way Ball 2013 tour -- St. Paul in FebruaryRihanna and Cee Lo Green at the Target Center, 6/16/11, SlideshowLive-Blogging The 2012 Video Music Awards: We Are Never Ever Ever Gonna Use Tonight As A BellwetherSo while many Americans were caught up in Thursday's politi ... More >>

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Snow Patrol's U.S. tour dates, St. Paul show

Minnesota music fans who were left despondent when Oasis broke up in 2009 got a bit of a boost when Liam Gallagher hastily assembled the remnants from his former group to form a new band, Beady Eye, who rolled through First Avenue in December. And now we finally have word that Liam's brother Noel, w ... More >>

Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie's Twins Of Evil tour dates, Mankato stop

See Also:Marilyn Manson at Myth, 5/18/12Are you ready for some metal, Mankato? Music fans up north better sharpen up their devil horns because Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie are bringing their co-headlining Twins of Evil tour to our highly corruptible state. Why this tour is skipping the Twin Citi ... More >>

Brother Ali's Mourning In America tour dates, First Ave in October

Related:Brother Ali arrested at Occupy Homes protest [VIDEO]After setting off the Entry back in May, rallying in Wisconsin, giving us a soulful, somber taste of his new record, and recently getting arrested to help bring attention to the foreclosure problem here in Minnesota, Brother Ali is finally ... More >>

David Byrne and St. Vincent to launch U.S. tour in Minneapolis

For how often St. Vincent comes to town, you'd think she's moving in. For the third second time in the span of four months, Annie Clark is booked to perform in the Twin Cities. This September, she joins ex-Talking Heads mastermind David Byrne on the first date of a joint tour celebrating their forth ... More >>

Tim Poe tells Dallas TV station he's sorry and doesn't know what's real

America's Got Talent singer Tim Poe is now claiming to be divorced from reality as an explanation for why he told a false story about being wounded in combat. Last week, Poe told the TV show's judges that he was injured in a grenade blast while serving in Afghanistan, causing him to stutter. The nex ... More >>

Bike Wars: Portland beats Minneapolis

But we're still healthy and sober

Justin Bieber's U.S. tour dates -- Minneapolis in October

Related:Justin Bieber's snake finds home at Owatonna Zoo (PHOTOS)The Justin Bieber experience is headed back to the Twin Cities in October. The Biebs just announced a fresh North American tour, and it includes about three months of dates beginning in late September, and continuing through most of Ja ... More >>

Rush's Clockwork Angels Tour: Minneapolis in September

Prog rock pioneers Rush head out on the road this year in support of their 20th(!) album, Clockwork Angels. Their North American tour runs between early September and early December, and includes a stop at Target Center in the early going.The song to justify this never-ending touring, recording, and ... More >>

Aerosmith's Global Warming tour launches in Minneapolis

​Aerosmith will begin its 18-date summer tour this June at Target Center. Dubbed the Global Warming tour, the seminal Boston band will bring Cheap Trick along for the North American dates that carry between mid-June and early August."The old Aerosmith is back with a new vengeance and we will kick ... More >>

Madonna's 2012 world tour hits St. Paul in November

​There was absolutely zero chance that Madonna wasn't going to capitalize on her Super Bowl appearance this past weekend. Although it's unlikely that Madge will be able to pack M.I.A. (and her itchy middle finger), Nicki Minaj, and Cee Lo Green in her suitcase for this May-November excursion aroun ... More >>

Kevin Love suspended for Scola face-stomp [VIDEO]

Scola spiked the ball off Love's balls days before he got stomped.​Just as the Timberwolves hit the .500 mark for the first time in over a half-decade, the team will have to play two games without its best player.Kevin Love has been suspended two games without pay by the NBA for stepping on Luis S ... More >>

The Super Bowl Prostitution Hoax

Indianapolis mobilizes for an epic battle with an urban legend.

The Melismatics redefine their sound on their new album, 'MANIA!'

​The Melismatics' songs aren't simple at all.  They're intricate, jumping from one thought to another, and yet, they're easily adaptable to the most conservative of ears.  This, of course, is the Minneapolis band's cardinal accomplishment.Listening to their new album, MANIA!, can be comp ... More >>

Van Halen announce massive U.S. tour, hitting Xcel in St. Paul on May 19th

​Classic rock fans of the Twin Cities, are you ready to dance the night away with Van Halen once again? The legendary arena rock band has reunited with original frontman David Lee Roth, and are set to reconnect with their fans in a big way on a massive U.S. tour that finds the combustible band ... More >>

Mark Chesnutt at Povlitzki's on 65, 12/16/11

Photos by Nikki Miller​Mark Chesnutt December 16, 2011 Povlitzki's on 65 Several songs into a hits-heavy and lengthy set at Spring Lake Park's Povlitzki's on 65 Friday night, Mark Chesnutt played a tune that pretty much summarized the night's show, and his own musical career: a lament that mi ... More >>

Radiohead skip the Twin Cities again: What will it take for them to play here?

Photo by Kevin Westenberg​Earlier today, Radiohead announced the first batch of live dates for their 2012 U.S. tour, once again skipping the Twin Cities as they have every year since 1997. While the band are expected to announce further tour dates in the future, you have to wonder what exactly it' ... More >>

Sex-trafficking stereotype demolished by new research

Alarmists nationwide in denial

Sims talks about his Good Time Zoo tour and homecoming show this Saturday

​There's always something incredible about a tour homecoming show: The band rides into town high on the momentum of playing every day for a month straight, executing their set with the precision of a road-tested act. It's a phenomenon that Doomtree's Sims knows well, having toured the U.S. with bo ... More >>

We Are the Willows tour diary, Vol. 21

​The drive from Tulsa into Kansas City, Missouri was incredibly welcoming.  The Midwest greeted me with rolling green hills, trees that don't have barbs or thorns, pop, goulash, and lemon bars from Barb's Pot Luck at Sweet Jesus Lutheran Church.

Minneapolis is the hardest city to hack

Minneapolis knows computers.​Buried deep in their hard drives, Minneapolis residents have something to hide. Okay, either that, or we're rather internet-savvy. A new study from the AVG Technologies found that Minneapolis is the least likely American city to get "duped" online. The study looked at ... More >>

Bill Kling: The City Pages Q & A

Kling built MPR from a small station in Collegeville, Minnesota.​Bill Kling has come a long way since he started what is now Minnesota Public Radio 45 years ago. He's now the outgoing CEO of one of the most financially sustainable and commercially successful radio empires in the country -- whi ... More >>

Where Michele Bachmann gets her money

Following the money.​Michele Bachmann may represent Minnesota's 6th congressional district on paper, but she's really America's Congresswoman, playing on a much bigger stage than the northern suburbs and exurbs of the Twin Cities. (Did you catch that star turn at Lincoln Center?) Just take a ... More >>

Glenn Beck lusts for Michele Bachmann in "sweet telephonic love" [AUDIO]

Birds of a feather.​We'll give Glenn Beck this much credit in his plea for Michele Bachmann's affections: At least he properly assigns George W. Bush the blame for the downfall of incandescent lighting. That's more than Bachmann has managed to do. But of course, as she herself has said, Glen ... More >>

Sade reveals Minneapolis date: August 9 at the Target Center with John Legend

​Reclusive singer Sade is slowly revealing all of the dates for her forthcoming tour, and today she announced via Facebook that she will stop in Minneapolis on Tuesday, August 9 for a show at the Target Center with opener John Legend.

Minneapolis is the best American city for finding employment

mattlawsFind work here.​All you people without a job, take note: Forbes magazine has named Minneapolis the best city in the country for finding a job. We can hear you sharpening pencils for those job application forms right now.

Asylum Denied

Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum

Gorillaz to play Target Center on October 17

​After playing high-profile and headlining sets at Coachella, Glastonbury, Roskilde in Denmark, and Benicassim Festival in Spain, Gorillaz have announced a U.S. tour that will land them in Minneapolis on October 17. Tickets for their show at the Target Center will go on sale August 13, and the ban ... More >>

Minneapolis ranks No. 1 for cheap housing

We love our place on lists, and a new one just out today ranks Minneapolis Number 1 for good housing prices.

The Crucifixion of Juarez

On the front line of the U.S. war on drugs, a Mexican city bleeds to death

"Vampire King" Jonathon Sharkey running for Minnesota governor

Would the alleged blood drinker truly suck for Minnesota?

Fairmongering: Seven straight days at the Minnesota State Fair

Dizzy dispatches from the Great Minnesota Get-Together

Errol Morris

Dog Days at Westminster for a man and his best friend

The Polyphonic Spree host a love-in at the Fine Line

A Day at the Fair

Wal-Mart Wants Your Job

As the Retailing Behemoth Prepares to Open Its First Store in the Twin Cities Metro, Neighborhoods and Workers Brace Themselves for the Wal-Mart Treatment: Low Wages, Union Busting, and a Big, Friendly Smile

The Taskmaster

The education commissioner changes her tune

Leaving Las Vegas

Oddjobs gamble on a new sound, a new city, and a new tour with DJ Shadow

The Trouper

How to win over critics and lose money, sleep, and ambition: A life in local theater