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    April 6, 2012

    Will River's Edge Music Festival 2013 bring Skrillex to St. Paul?

    Related:River's Edge Music Festival 2012 at Harriet Island lineupSoundset 2012 lineup announced, includes Big K.R.I.T.Slideshow: Skrillex at Skyway TheatreU2 at TCF Bank Stadium, 7/23/11 The inaugural running of the River's Edge Music Festival will bring Tool, Dave Matthews Band, Diplo, the Flaming ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    River's Edge Music Festival 2012 at Harriet Island lineup

    Related:Death Cab For Cutie, Avett Brothers highlight Des Moines' 80/35 Fest line-upKid Dakota, Mayda, Bloodnstuff lead Lyn-Lake Street Fest lineupFeist, DeVotchKa, and Rufus Wainwright top Music in the Zoo's summer concert scheduleThe Live Nation-sponsored River's Edge Festival at Harriet Island ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Death Cab For Cutie, Avett Brothers highlight Des Moines' 80/35 Fest line-up

    Des Moines' eclectic 80/35 Festival is now in it's fifth year, and continues to bring talented, compelling national and local acts to the two-day Iowa music fest. And while the outdoor music festival competition in the Twin Cities this summer will be greater than it's ever been, this year's stron ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    50 cool facts about the Minnesota music scene

    Here's a not-so-secret fact about Minnesota music: People love to talk about how much they love the scene here. Musicians from both out-of-state and the Twin Cities have gone out of their way to pen odes to our town and its vibrant community, from Atmosphere to Lucinda Williams Tom Waits to Mark Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    Sade ticket giveaway: Last chance to win tickets before tomorrow's show

    Photo by Todd OwyoungSade at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis last Friday​Subdued and sultry soul singer Sade has spent the last couple of decades out of the limelight, which makes the positive reviews of her recent reunion shows with her eponymous band seem all the sweeter. When Sade played St. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Ticketmaster and Walmart join forces to make your life even more convenient

    ​Know what'd be really convenient? Like really, really convenient? If everything in our lives was completely automated and available from one giant place. Need your oil changed? Walmart! Need Fig Newtons? Walmart! Need Lady Gaga tickets? Walma-- wait, what?In a deal announced today, corporate  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Kanye West, Jay-Z cancel Minneapolis "Watch the Throne" tour date

    ​Kanye West and Jay-Z have been taking fans in the Twin Cities on a roller coaster ride this week -- and not the fun kind with glitter cannons and verses about which rapper's watch cost more money. No, this roller coaster found people getting amped up over the announcement of an October 8 show at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    U2's 360 Tour by the numbers

    ​Pretty much everything about this summer's U2 show at TCF Bank was mammoth in scale -- that claw, that year-long wait when the show was delayed, that 60,000-person crowd -- and will go down as one of the largest tours to hit the Twin Cities this year. To help wrap our brains around just how monum ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Sade and ticket giveaway: Win a pair of passes to next week's show with John Legend

    Photo by Todd OwyoungSade at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis last Friday​Subdued and sultry soul singer Sade has spent the last couple of decades out of the limelight, which makes the positive reviews of her recent reunion shows with her eponymous band seem all the sweeter. When Sade played St. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Kanye and Jay-Z's 'Watch the Throne' tour presale delayed for Minneapolis, show may switch date

    ​The presale for Kanye West and Jay-Z's joint "Watch the Throne" tour was slated to begin at 10 a.m. in Minneapolis via concert promoters Live Nation. As the clock ticked to 10:01 a.m. today, many Twin Cities fans flooded to the Live Nation site, only to be greeted by a list of dates that doesn't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Jay-Z and Kanye West coming to the Target Center on October 8

    ​At the conclusion of a summer that will have seen nearly every major touring pop act stop through the Twin Cities, two of the most omnipresent forces in hip hop will cap things off on October 8 when Jay-Z and Kanye West bring their tour to the Target Center in Minneapolis. In a coy avoidance of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    The Cars coming to First Avenue on May 17

    ​The Cars announced a short tour today via an extremely brief status update on their Facebook page, sparking hundreds of fans to ask questions like is this an April Fool's joke? Are you pulling our chain? IS THIS REAL LIFE?

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    First Avenue abandons Ticketmaster in favor of eTix

    ​After nearly two decades of using Ticketmaster for their phone and online ticket sales, First Avenue will end its contract with the gigantic corporate conglomerate (which merged with Live Nation last year) and switch to the web-based eTix starting April 1.

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Mr. Chan Presents dissolves

    ​After five years of promoting shows around the Twin Cities, the one-man show booking agency Mr. Chan Presents, an offshoot of Live Nation (and formerly Clear Channel), has folded for financial reasons and agency head James DeCoursey has quietly moved his efforts to booking shows at the Cabooze.

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Win tixx to Louis CK today on Facebook

    ​The Dressing Room made its debut on Facebook last week, and for our first ticket giveaway in a while, we'll be offering Louis CK tickets on our page at 1 p.m.  According to Live Nation, the response to the show featuring the popular comedian has been overwhelming and they're expecting a sol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    U2 announce rescheduled Minneapolis date: July 23, 2011

    ​Now that's planning ahead: On the heels of postponing their June 27 show at the TCF Bank Stadium in Dinkytown due to Bono's back surgery, U2 have announced a make-up show in Minneapolis on July 23, 2011. The band issued this statement from manager Paul McGuinness:

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    U2 postpones Minneapolis date

    ​U2's entire US tour, including their stop in Minneapolis at the TCF Bank Stadium on June 27, is being postponed until 2011 due to Bono's recent back injury. Bono was discharged from a hospital in Munich today after undergoing emergency back surgery last Friday, and will be entering a rehabilitati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    Megadeth, Slayer head to Roy Wilkins

    With Testament too? And guess what--tickets are $10.00 cheap.

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    Cheech and Chong ready to spark up Minneapolis

    Baskteball Jones ... I got a basketball Jones ... I got a basketball Jones ...

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    U2 bummer: No booze at TCF Stadium concert

    It looks like U2 fans planning to attend their show next summer at the TCF Bank Stadium at the University of Minnesota will have to do some football-style tailgating before heading into the show if they plan to be liquored up for the epic performance.

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Confirmed: U2 will play TCF Bank Stadium

    Bono and the boys plan to bring some elevation to the new home of Gophers football.

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    U2 to rock the U?

    Sounds like there may be an unforgettable fire at TCF Stadium next year. Stay tuned.

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Free Ticket Tuesday: Moby at The Fine Line 10/1

    He's made of stars and is coming to shine upon us this October.

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger under Justice Department review

    Justice Department cries monopoly, promotional giants arrange their hotels on Boardwalk.

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Live Nation and Ticketmaster close to merging

    Two hemorrhaging promotional heavyweights threaten to call truce, pass the medical expenses on to you.

  • News

    May 23, 2007

    A reclusive billionaire tries to resuscitate the Timberwolves' struggling arena

    Can Philip Anschutz lure the likes of Billy Joel and Justin Timberlake back to Minneapolis?

  • News

    April 11, 2007

    Curtain Call

    With Live Nation getting out of the theater business, Hennepin Avenue faces an uncertain future

  • News

    May 17, 2006

    Nightlife, Next Exit

    Tonight we're gonna party Maplewood-style

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