Minneapolis: March 9 to March 13, 2019

Read more: Minneapolis Music Guide.

MIKE DOUGHTY
+ Wheatus
First Avenue
Sat 03/09/2019 (8pm/$30/Sold Out)
Sun 03/10/2019 (7pm/$30)

Soul Coughing’s found and singer Mike Doughty will be touring and playing the entire Soul Coughing’s debut album Ruby Vroom on this 2019 tour. If you love Soul Coughing, you definitely need to see Doughty on this 25th Anniversary tour. The original show sold out, so Doughty has agreed to add a second date (March 10th).

We last saw Doughty in October 2013 and mentioned, “Friday night Mike Doughty gave an ecstatic sold-out First Avenue crowd what they’ve been craving for so many years. The singer/songwriter is currently in the midst of a nationwide tour revolving around the re-imagining of songs he wrote with his former avant-garde 90s band Soul Coughing and he’s not beating around the bush about it: the trek is billed the “Mike Doughty used to be in Soul Coughing” tour. As someone who grew up with Soul Coughing (I bought El Oso with my Christmas money when I was 14 years old and kind of worked my way back with their catalogue) and who has followed Mike Doughty’s successful transition from weird rocker to reformed junkie to acoustic-oriented songsmith, I was eager to experience this part of Doughty’s musical history.”

Both Ruby Vroom Anniversary shows will feature Wheatus as opener.

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Other shows in the area:

THE FLESH EATERS
+ Porcupine
Turf Club
Sat 03/09/2019 (7:30pm/$25/Sold Out)

The Flesh Eaters is a supergroup, featuring John Doe and DJ Bonebrake of X, Dave Alvin and Bill Bateman of The Blasters, Steve Berlin of Los Lobos, and the Legendary Punk Poet Chris D.
The group just released I Used to Be Pretty on Yep Roc Records.

Special guest Porcupine to open.

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WILLIAM RYAN KEY (formerly of Yellowcard)
+ Selfish Things, Cory Wells
Turf Club
Sun 03/10/2019 (7pm/$15)
turfclub.net

William Ryan Key (formerly of known as Yellowcard) will be headlining the Turf Club on March 10th.

Selfish Things and Cory Wells to open.

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WE BANJO 3
Cedar Cultural Center
Sun 03/10/2019 (7pm/$25)
thecedar.org

We Banjo 3 is back in town, this time partnering with Mental Health America to raise funds and awareness for the program.

We caught the band in August 2018 and did mention about this March 10th show: “The good news for anyone that missed We Banjo 3 at this year’s Irish Fair (or any fans wanting to see them again) is that like last year, they return in the spring across the river, to The Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis on March 10 (to help get you in the mood for St. Pats) and it was strongly hinted they will be back for Irish Fair 2019 as well, so mark those calendars for the three, errr, four members that play two banjos… Irish logic.”

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SHINEDOWN
+ Asking Alexandria, Papa Roach
Target Center
Mon 03/11/2019 (6pm/$28.50)
targetcenter.com

Shinedown will be headlining the Target Center this Monday, March 11th. Shinedown’s chart-topping album Attention Attention is out now on Atlantic Records.

For this stop, Asking Alexandria and Papa Roach will open (Badflower will join the tour starting June 21).

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JUNGLE
+ Houses
First Avenue
Tue 03/12/2019 (7pm/$20)
first-avenue.com

Jungle returns to the USA to promote their latest album For Ever (available now on XL Recordings).

They are bringing Los Angeles-based Houses (aka songwriter/producer Dexter Tortoriello) on tour… good thing, because they tried to bring Beaty Heart in 2014, but BH had to pull out due to Visa issues.

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VHS COLLECTION
7th St Entry
Wed 03/13/2019 (7pm/$15)
first-avenue.com

Brooklyn based electro-rock band VHS Collection will be stopping by the 7th Street Entry on Wednesday, March 13th. The band’s debut album Retrofuturism is out now.

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