Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on March 19, 2016.

BRIAN FALLON
at Varsity Theater
Saturday, 03/19/16, 7pm ($22.50/$25)
varsitytheater.org

The Gaslight Anthem’s singer/songwriter Brian Fallon will be headlining the Varsity Theater this Saturday in support of his debut solo album Painkillers, which came out last Friday on Island Records. The music event billed as Brian Fallon & the Crowes on March 19th is practically unheard of since the Varsity Theater’s Saturday and Sunday are usually blocked out for wedding receptions and private events (where the majority of their business comes from). The music Saturday show should be a memorable night!

Brian’s band will be comprised of Gaslight Anthem’s guitarist Alex Rosamilia, Horrible Crowes cohort Ian Perkins and Molly & the Zombies’ bassist Catherine Popper.

Special guests Austin Plaine and Jared Hart to open.

Tour dates:

03/13/16 Toronto, ON Opera House Concert

03/15/16 Washington, DC 9:30 Club

03/18/16 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom

03/19/16 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater

03/20/16 Chicago, IL House Of Blues

03/22/16 Kansas City, MO The Riot Room

03/23/16 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall

03/25/16 San Francisco, CA Great American

03/26/16 San Diego, CA House Of Blues

04/05/16 Manchester O2 Ritz Manchester

04/06/16 Glasgow O2 ABC Glasgow

04/07/16 Birmingham O2 Institute Birmingham

04/08/16 London Koko

04/09/16 Nottingham Rock City

04/10/16 Bristol O2 Academy Bristol

04/12/16 Brussels, Belgium AB Club

04/13/16 Amsterdam, Netherlands Melkweg

04/14/16 Berlin, Germany Postbahnhof Club

04/15/16 Munich, Germany Muffathalle

04/16/16 M4Music

04/17/16 Vienna, Austria Arena Vienna

04/19/16 Cologne, Germany Gloria

04/20/16 Hamburg, Germany Fabrik Hamburg

05/13/16 Shaky Knees Music Festival

GREG DULLI
An Evening With Greg Dulli
at Cedar Cultural Center
Saturday, 03/19/16, 7pm ($30)
thecedar.org

With only some city exceptions, the entire “An Evening with Greg Dulli” has sold out. Dulli is pretty happy about the upcoming tour (which kicked off a few days ago).

If you’re not familiar with Greg Dulli, he is the singer/songwriter for The Afghan Whigs.

The strangest pairing, storyteller, comedian, poet and literary stylist Derrick Brown will open the show. We’ve covered a few music/comedian shows, and it’s always a surreal experience.

Brown is the winner of the Texas Book of The Year Prize (2013) for his poetry, published in Strange Light (Write Bloody Publishing). The poetry compilation book is a cosmic love story and part auto-biography. I’m sure you’ll be able to pick up a copy at the Cedar show this Saturday.

Tour dates:

Mar. 11 – Brooklyn, NY – Roulette
Mar. 12 – Washington D.C. – 6th & I Synagogue
Mar. 13 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
Mar. 15 – Toronto, ON – Great Hall
Mar. 16 – Detroit, MI – Marble Bar
Mar. 17 – Cincinnati, OH – Woodward Theatre
Mar. 18 – Chicago, IL – Old Town School Of Folk
Mar. 19 – Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center
Mar. 21 – Seattle, WA – Triple Door
Mar. 22 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret
Mar. 23 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir
Mar. 25 – San Francisco, CA – Independent
Mar. 26 – Los Angeles, CA – Teregram Ballroom
Mar. 29 – Dallas, TX – Kessler Theater
Mar. 30 – Austin, TX – Central Presbyterian Church
Apr. 01 – New Orleans, LA – Preservation Hall
Apr. 02 – New Orleans, LA – Preservation Hall

BAG RAIDERS
at Turf Club
Saturday, 03/19/16, 8pm ($14/$16)
turfclub.net

Sydney’s Bag Raiders is in the USA, touring in support of Checkmate. The title track off the EP featured angelic vocals from Benjamin Joseph, lead vocalist of SAFIA.
Previously, the duo (Jack Glass and Chris Stracey) teamed up with renowned collage artist, Alexandre Coll to create a stunning, psychedelic video for Bag Raider’s track “Waterfalls.”

Opening up will be Plastic Plates. The producer came to our attention when he remixed Sia’s first single “Alive” off of This is Acting. When asked about the remix, he said that, “Sia and I first met in Sydney 2001. Sam Dixon and I shared an apartment in Bondi and Sia crashed at our place. Until 2010, I played drums on Sia’s albums and toured around the world in her band. This is my 3rd remix for Sia, ‘Cloud’ in 2010, ‘Chandelier’ in 2014 and now ‘Alive.’ Given our musical history, reinterpreting Sia’s vocals is effortless and pure joy for me.”

Tour dates:

03/15/16 Toronto, ON Adelaide Hall

03/17/16 Ferndale, MI The Magic Bag

03/18/16 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall

03/19/16 Saint Paul, MN Turf Club

03/21/16 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge

03/22/16 Salt Lake City, UT State Room

03/24/16 Vancouver, BC Imperial

03/25/16 Seattle, WA Neumos

03/26/16 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge

03/30/16 Santa Cruz, CA The Atrium

03/31/16 San Francisco, CA Independent