03/04 Ron Sexsmith
at Dakota Jazz Club

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Ron Sexsmith

This is because the male vocals on this song is by none other than Ron Sexsmith. While the presence of Sexsmith doesn’t hurt the song, I just felt the gentle love song …

03/04/2023 Saturday

Ron Sexsmith


at Dakota Jazz Club


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Beloved singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith will be touring in support of his new album The Vivian Line, his first USA tour since 2015.


Ron Sexsmith (17 Jan 2007)

We caught the Canadian singer in Jan 2007, and wrote, “As for Ron Sexsmith, he’s a Canadian singer/songwriter, whose major label debut self-titled album was heavily promoted in the UK (including massive advertisement campaigns in NME, Select, and Q) in 1994-1995. As expected, he played a few songs from Time Being, including “Hands Of Time”, “Ship Of Fools”, “Snow Angel”, “Jazz At The Bookstore”, “Never Give Up”, and “All In Good Time”. I actually filmed “Cheap Hotel”, which was played fairly early in his set. The song is taken from his 2001 album Blue Boy, and you can view it on YouTube.”



Tour dates:


2/15 – City Winery – Boston, MA
2/16 – Stage One – Fairfield, CT
2/17 – City Winery – New York, NY
2/18 – World Café Live, Philadelphia, PA
2/19 – Jammin’ Java – Vienna, VA
2/21 – Neighborhood Theatre – Charlotte, NC
2/22 – Grey Eagle – Asheville, NC
2/24 – Eddie’s Attic – Atlanta, GA
2/25 – Bluebird Café (two shows) – Nashville, TN
2/28 – The Ark – Ann Arbor, MI
3/1 – City Winery – Chicago, IL
3/2 – Shank Hall – Milwaukee, WI
3/3 – Dakota – Minneapolis, MN



03/04 Mod Sun with Stand Atlantic and Pardyalone at First Avenue

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Mod Sun

Minnesota’s Mod Sun (half of Hotel Motel) is headlining his “Internet Killed the Rockstar Tour” presented by Big Noise.
Joining the rapper on tour will be Girlfriends (featuring Travis Mills and Nick Gross) and Tyler Posey …
Stand Atlantic

The co-headlining tour of Australian bands Stand Atlantic and The Faim will take place at the Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St Paul on Monday, October 7th.

03/04/2023 Saturday

Mod Sun

with Stand Atlantic and Pardyalone

at First Avenue


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Pop-punk powerhouse Mod Sun is touring in support of his album God Save The Teen (Big Noise).



I actually had no idea his fiancée is singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne (I thought she was married to the guy from Nickelback). Apparently the two lovebirds had a massive hit with their 2021 single “Flames” (>106 million streams), and he’s dedicated a song called “Avril’s Song,” to his “soulmate” and donning a vulnerable collaboration with her on “Shelter.”


Mod Sun shares, “I dove deep into the power of love on this album, my song ‘Shelter’ features my fiancée Avril Lavigne, and is all about finding protection from the world in the person you are with. My song ‘SOS’ featuring Royal & The Serpent is all about the magic of love at first sight and being completely helpless to the power it has on you. I’m proud, I’m grateful, I’m at my best as an artist right now and that’s what this album is to me.”



Stand Atlantic and Pardyalone to open.

Tour dates:

Feb. 23—Vancouver, Canada—Rickshaw Theatre
Feb. 25—Edmonton, Canada—Union Hall
Feb. 27—Salt Lake City, UT—The Depot
March 1—Denver, CO—Summit Music Hall
March 3—Lawrence, KS—The Granada
March 4—Minneapolis, MN—First Avenue
March 5—Chicago, IL—Bottom Lounge
March 7—Detroit, MI—Saint Andrews Hall
March 9—Cleveland, OH—Agora Theatre & Ballroom
March 10—Toronto, Canada—Phoenix Concert Theatre
March 12—Montréal, Canada—Théâtre Corona
March 14—Boston, MA—Paradise Rock Club
March 15—New York City, NY—Irving Plaza
March 17—Philadelphia, PA—Brooklyn Bowl Philly
March 19—Silver Spring, MD—The Fillmore
March 21—Atlanta, GA—The Masquerade
March 22—Nashville, TN—Eastside Bowl
March 26—Fort Lauderdale, FL—Culture Room
March 28—Dallas, TX—South Side Music Hall
March 29—Houston, TX—RISE Rooftop
March 30—Mesa, AZ—Nile Theater
April 2—Los Angeles, CA—The Fonda Theatre



03/04 Titus Andronicus with Country Westerns at Turf Club

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Titus Andronicus

New Jersey indie/punk Titus Andronicus (named after William Shakespeare’s play of the same name) will be at the Turf Club on Saturday, March 17th. The band announced an “Acoustic” tour in support of their new album A Productive Cough.

03/04/2023 Saturday

Titus Andronicus

with Country Westerns

at Turf Club


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Titus Andronicus is kicking off their 2023 tour this February… the tour will find their way to St Paul’s The Turf Club on March 4, 2023.

Nashville rockers Country Westerns, will open. The trio will release Forgive The City on April 28th, 2023, via Fat Possum Records.

Tour dates:

Feb 3 Limerick, IE – Pharmacia
Feb 4 Dublin, IE – The Grand Social
Feb 7 Edinburgh, UK – The Mash House
Feb 8 Glasgow, UK – Broadcast
Feb 9 Manchester, UK – YES
Feb 10 Leeds, UK – Belgrave Music Hall
Feb 11 Sunderland, UK – Pop Recs
Feb 13 Nottingham, UK – Bodega
Feb 14 Birmingham, UK – Hare and Hounds
Feb 15 Cardiff, UK – Clwb Ifor Bach
Feb 16 Brighton, UK – The Hope and Ruin
Feb 17 London, UK – Moth Club
Feb 18 London, UK – Moth Club
Feb 28 Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird
Mar 1 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
Mar 2 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
Mar 3 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
Mar 4 St Paul, MN – Turf Club
Mar 5 Fargo, ND – Aquarium
Mar 7 Great Falls, MT – Newberry
Mar 8 Spokane, WA – Lucky You Lounge
Mar 9 Vancouver, BC – Fox Theatre
Mar 10 Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
Mar 11 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
Mar 14 Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s
Mar 15 San Francisco, CA – The Chapel
Mar 16 Santa Cruz, CA – Catalyst
Mar 17 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom
Mar 18 San Diego, CA – The Casbah
Mar 21 Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
Mar 22 Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
Mar 23 Denver, CO – Globe Hall
Mar 28 Omaha, NE – Slowdown
Mar 29 Iowa City, IA – Gabe’s
Mar 31 Bloomington, IN – Bishop
Apr 1 Columbus, OH – Big Room Bar
Apr 2 Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Hall
Apr 4 Washington, DC – Black Cat
Apr 5 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
Apr 7 Asbury Park, NJ – Asbury Lanes
Apr 8 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere (Hall)
Jun 1 McGill, NV – Schellraiser Festival



03/04 Cory Wong ft. Victor Wooten with Trousdale at Palace Theatre

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Cory Wong

Guitarist Cory Wong is playing the Fine Line Music Café on February 9th. Wong is bringing Emily C Browning (not to be confused with Australian actress and singer Emily Browning – you can hear the actress sing in God Help The Girl).
Victor Wooten

The dynamic bass virtuoso Victor Wooten Trio, featuring five-time Grammy award winner Victor Wooten with Dennis Chambers and Bob Franceschini, will be playing four shows at the Dakota Jazz Club

03/04/2023 Saturday

Cory Wong ft. Victor Wooten

with Trousdale

at Palace Theatre


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“The most famous Minnesota musician you’ve probably never heard of” GRAMMY® Award-nominated songwriter, producer, and guitarist extraordinaire Cory Wong will play the Palace Theatre on March 4, 2023. The show features Victor Wooten with opener Trousdale.

Ben Rector (with Cory Wong on guitars) at State Theatre (23 Oct 2016)

We accidentally saw Cory Wong in Ben Rector’s band in Oct 2016 and wrote, “With the last show of the tour, ending a nearly two-year endless touring, the band is well-rehearsed and seemingly eager to finally take a long vacation and break after that night – particularly for guitarist Cory Wong, who is actually from the Twin Cities. Wong, according to The Current in 2014 wrote that Cory Wong is “the most famous Minnesota musician you’ve probably never heard of”.”

Tour dates:


02/23 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre *

02/24 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia*

02/25 – Boston, MA – House of Blues Boston *

02/27 – Portland, ME – State Theatre *

03/01 – Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theatre *

03/02 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee *

03/03 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre *

03/04 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre *

04/29 – New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Jazz †

05/12 – Live Oak, FL – Echoland Music Festival †

05/26-28 – Chillicothe, IL –Summer Camp Music Festival †

06/15-18 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo †

06/24 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Freihofer’s Saratoga †

06/29-7/2 – Quincy, CA – High Sierra Festival †

07/13 – Snowshoe, WV – 4848 Festival †

07/19 – Stuttgart, Germany – Schlossplatz Stuttgart

07/20 –Brno, Czech Republic – Groove Brno Festival †

09/28 – Stockholm, Sweden – Arenan Fryshuset

09/29 – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller Music Hall

09/30 – Copenhagen, Denmark – VEGA

10/02 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso

10/04 – Paris, France – L’Olympia

10/05 – Utrecht, Netherlands – TivoliVredenburg

10/06 – Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique (AB)

10/08 – Berlin, Germany – Huxley’s Neue Welt

10/09 – Tilburg, Netherlands – 013 Poppodium

10/11 – London, UK – Eventim Apollo

10/12 – Birmingham, UK – O2 Institute Birmingham

10/13 – Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo Manchester

10/14 – Glasgow, UK – Barrowland Ballroom

10/17 – Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street
If your band is coming to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, please email details to vu@weheartmusic.com with a good lead time. Thank you.



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