Sia is Coming to First Avenue July 21st!

Sia is an australian pop singer and song writer. Although she brokethrough as an artist at age 33, she is extremely talented and has won many awards and received six nominations at the 2010 ARIA Music Awards. A close friend of Christina Aguilera, she has also collaborated with Beyonce.

Her fifth studio album, We Are Born, his her most successful album to date. "You've Changed" is her top single in Australia and the lead single of her album. The album received gold credentials because of its popularity.

Sia is a rising star and I highly recommend you check her out. I slap "You've Changed" in my Jeep at least once a week. It's a bonafide banger. Not a club banger, but a banger nonetheless. Buy tickets for Sia's performance from Ticket King today!

As you can see in the picture, she's kind of a character.

Panic at the Disco coming to First Ave

The Grammy nominated and MTV VMA award winning band, Panic at the Disco is stopping by First Avenue on June 11th. The alternative rock band is sure to rock the place with their theatrical rock all the while including some of there old classics on the set list, such as ,”I write sins not tragedies.” Be sure to pick up tickets now through Ticket King!

Iron & Wine Show on June 8th

On June 8th, 2011, the American singer and songwriter Iron & Wine will be performing at First Avenue Night Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Samuel Beam is the lone member of Iron & Wine, as he hails from South Carolina and is 36. The name Iron & Wine is taken from a dietary supplement named "Beef Iron & Wine" that he found in a general store while shooting a film. Iron & Wine's music can be described as folk and folk rock. He has released 4 studio albums and 8 EP's.

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Gayngs Showcase tickets

The Gayngs showcase is just a few days away! I can't believe it's already on Sunday. Last time Gayngs hit up the main room they had not one, but two shows and both were very sold out. There are very few limited First Avenue tickets left for this one. Remember the last Gayngs show where Prince showed up? Yeah, it was awesome. But you can rest assured the purple one will not show up at this one - he is rocking Cali with his jams this month.

Who all will be at this "Gayngs Afiliated Showcase?"There are quite a few (awesome) local bands: Gaygs, Doomtree, Solid Gold, Megafun, Leisure Birds, Alpha Consumer, Plain Ole Nill, Jonathan Ackerman, Slapping Purses, HAR MAR SUPERSTAR, Marijuana Deathsquads, Spyder Baybir Raw Dog, Moonstone Continuum, Albert, and Radical Cemetary. Some First Avenue tickets will be available at the door, the doors by the way open at 6:30 for this one! And the 7th Street Entry AND the main room are booked for this event.

Har Mar Superstar will be playing the entry with the Marijuana Deathsquads Sunday night. No news on set times, but if you follow First Avenue on Twitter you should have not a problem finding the information. Twitter: a great invention for set times.

See you at the show!


The one, the only, Har Mar Superstar

Middle Brother Tickets ... Album Out Today!

Long time no see! Or blog, rather. I haven't forgotten about my lovely blog - I've just been trucking away in the office, but that doesn't mean there is any shortage of awesome music happenings in MPLS.

Well, 2 weeks from yesterday marks the countdown for the concert event of the season - the Middle Brother/Deer Tick/ Dawes show taking place at First Avenue. Do you have your First Avenue ticket yet? Because I do!

Today also marks the release of the supergroup's debut album. There is a lot of excitement behind it - there are a lot of great musicians that made this happen. I have read a few reviews of the record and the first few shows of the tour and I can't wait to see it live up to the hype. Middle Brother is the headliner for each show, but Dawes and Deer Tick will take turns playing first and second. Ahh!!! So much excitement as I type this. I am so glad to be seeing one of my favorite bands at my favorite venue. I've also decided that, in honor of Deer Ticket being such Nirvana fans, I am going to bring my '91 Sliver shirt out of hiding. A gift from my uncle which I cherish dearly. I used to only wear it twice a year, in April on the anniversary of Kurt's death and in Feb on his birthday. Since the shirt (now 20 years old) has been reduced to nothing but holes I stopped wearing it even twice a year. It is an artifact indeed.

Anywho - see you at the show!


I would like to add when you search for 'middle brother band' on Google Image search you end up with a lot of pictures of Taylor Hanson.

Good Charlotte To Perform On March 16th

On Wednesday, March 16, the American rock band Good Charlotte will be performing at First Avenue in Minneapolis. Good Charlotte has been performing since 1996 and have sold over 10 million records to date. They have recorded mainstream hits such as "The Anthem," "Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous" and "Hold On”. The band includes Joel Madden, Benji Madden, Billy Martin, Paul Thomas, and Dean Butterworth. The band is from Waldorf, Maryland. Their newest album, Cardiology, was released in 2010. Purchase your Good Charlotte tickets with Ticket King!

Adele tickets

First Avenue has just announced a super awesome concert: Adele in the main room on Thursday, May 26th. You may remember a few years ago Adele released her single "Chasing Pavement" and with a little help from VH1 it was a giant success. Around that same time she toured and made a stop here at the Fitzgerald - it ended up being a very hot ticket at the time.

First Avenue tickets for the all ages Adele show go on sale this Friday, February 11th. An opening act has not been announced yet. Not that it matters too much - Adele will have no problem selling this show out on her own. People LOVE Adele. And I will admit, she has an amazing voice.

Adele is currently touring in support of her new album, "21" which has already been praised to rave reviews and debuted at number one in several countries. Like I said, people LOVE Adele.

I just read Adele's Wikipedia and she sounds like a pretty classy lady. Now my curiosity is peaked and I kind of want to buy my own First Avenue tickets to the show and check it out.