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Minneapolis: May 28 to May 30, 2024

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05/28 Mad Tsai
at 7th St Entry

05/28/2024 Tuesday

Mad Tsai


at 7th St Entry

first-avenue.com



Orange County’s Mad Tsai is touring in 2024…



Unfortunately, the 2024 has been cancelled due to health issues.



Official announcement via twitter.com


Hi guys,

Due to some ongoing health issues, I have had to make the difficult decision to postpone all touring plans for the time being. I’m absolutely devastated to announce this news, but I’ve been advised to put my health first over the tour. I’ll be back even stronger and ready to give you guys a proper tour when the time comes, I promise. Refunds will be available for all tickets.

My second EP “Teenage Nightmare!” is on the way and more music will be coming as soon as I’m ready.

Love you guys so much,
Mad



05/29 Echo & the Bunnymen with The Riffin’ Trio at First Avenue

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Echo & the Bunnymen

My biggest complaint was the opening bicycling riding sequence which dropped the original “The Killing Moon” by Echo and the Bunnymen, in favor of INXS’s “Never Tear Us Apart” song.
. …

05/29/2024 Wednesday

Echo & the Bunnymen

with The Riffin’ Trio

at First Avenue

first-avenue.com



Liverpool’s Echo & the Bunnymen is back… and this time, playing “Songs To Learn And Sing – The Very Best of Echo & The Bunnymen”. Yes, it’s a greatest hits tour!


Echo & the Bunnymen (06 Sep 2022)

We last saw Echo & the Bunnymen in Sep 2022 and wrote, “About 9:30pm, Echo & the Bunnymen, came on stage, in darkness: Ian McCulloch on vocals and Will Sergeant on lead guitars, with Pete Reilly on guitars, Stephen Brannan on bass, Mike Smith on keyboards and Simon Finley on drums. They had the audience in the palm of their hands, hand-picking selective tracks from their 13 albums! I don’t know every song on their playlist, but I knew plenty of diehard fans in the audience that knew them all.”



The Riffin’ Trio to open. The trio are: Jacob Hanson (Halloween Alaska, Mason Jennings, Solid Gold, The Pines, Haley Bonar), Nelson Devereaux (Har Mar Superstar, Mild High Club, Craig Finn, solo artist) and Ted Olson (bass man).



Tour dates:


  • May
    8
    Dallas, TX, US
    House of Blues

  • May
    10
    Houston, TX, US
    White Oak Music Hall

  • May
    11
    New Orleans, LA, US
    Joy Theater

  • May
    13
    Atlanta, GA, US
    Tabernacle

  • May
    14
    Charlotte, NC, US
    The Fillmore

  • May
    16
    Washington, DC, US
    9:30 Club

  • May
    17
    Brooklyn, NY, US
    Brooklyn Steel

  • May
    19
    Philadelphia, PA, US
    Franklin Music Hall

  • May
    20
    Boston, MA, US
    House of Blues

  • May
    23
    Toronto, ON, Canada
    History

  • May
    25
    Detroit, MI, US
    The Fillmore

  • May
    26
    Chicago, IL, US
    Riviera Theatre

  • May
    28
    Milwaukee, WI, US
    Pabst Theatre

  • May
    29
    Minneapolis, MN, US
    First Avenue

  • May
    31
    Denver, CO, US
    Ogden Theatre

  • Jun
    1
    Salt Lake City, UT, US
    Union Event Center

  • Jun
    3
    Seattle, WA, US
    Showbox SoDo

  • Jun
    4
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Commodore Ballroom

  • Jun
    6
    San Francisco, CA, US
    Warfield

  • Jun
    8 Los Angeles (LA), CA, US
    Greek Theatre

  • Jun
    10
    San Diego, CA, US
    Observatory North Park

  • Jun
    11
    Tucson, AZ, US
    Rialto Theatre

  • Jun
    13
    Phoenix, AZ, US
    The Van Buren

  • Jun
    14
    Rancho Mirage, CA, US
    The Show


  • Jul
    7
    Dublin, Ireland
    Malahide Castle

  • Aug
    8
    Outdoor Glasgow, UK
    Kelvingrove Bandstand

  • Aug
    9
    Outdoor Glasgow, UK
    Kelvingrove Bandstand

  • Nov
    15
    Minehead, UK
    Shiiine On Weekender


    • 05/30 MELT-BANANA with The Flying Luttenbachers, Tomato Flower and babybaby_explores
    at Fine Line


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    Melt-Banana

    Japanese noise band Melt-Banana is coming to Minneapolis on Wednesday, October 23rd, at the Triple Rock Social Club.
    The duo (Yasuko Onuki and Ichirou Agata) is currently in the U.S. to do a “2 do what 2 fetch” tour …


    05/30/2024 Thursday

    MELT-BANANA

    with The Flying Luttenbachers, Tomato Flower and babybaby_explores


    at Fine Line

    first-avenue.com



    Japanese noise artists Melt-Banana is returning to Minneapolis this May 30th, at the Fine Line.
    The duo (Yako and Agata) is touring in support of their forthcoming album 3+5.


    Melt-Banana (23 Oct 2013)

    I first saw this band in November 2000 when they opened for Babes in Toyland. They were the loudest band I’ve ever heard. Since then, I’ve caught them at Triple Rock (Oct 2013): “Currently the live band only consists of singer/programmer Yasuko Onuki and guitarist Ichirou Agata. The rest of their music comes from a laptop full of drum samples and samples, a colorful programmed keypad that Yasuko uses throughout the show, and about five or six very large speakers and amps that they bring on tour with them. For just two people, they produced some of the loudest sound I’ve heard at live shows.”



    with The Flying Luttenbachers, Tomato Flower, and babybaby_explores to open.



    Tour dates:


  • May 21 – Goldfield Trading Post – Sacramento, CA (#, %)
  • May 23 – The Crocodile – Seattle, WA (#, %)
  • May 24 – Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR (#, %)
  • May 25 – Neurolux – Boise, ID (#, %)
  • May 26 – Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT (#, %)
  • May 27 – Meow Wolf – Denver, CO (#, %)
  • May 29 – xBk Live – Des Moines, IA (#, %)
  • May 30 – Fine Line Music Hall – Minneapolis, MN ($, #, %)
  • May 31 – High Noon Saloon – Madison, WI ($, #, %)
  • June 01 – Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL ($, #, %)
  • June 02 – Grog Shop – Cleveland Heights, OH ($, #, %)
  • June 04 – The Sinclair – Cambridge, MA ($, #, %)
  • June 05 – Elsewhere Hall – Brooklyn, NY ($, #, %)
  • June 06 – Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA ($, #, %)
  • June 07 – Metro Gallery – Baltimore, MD ($, #, %)
  • June 08 – The Broadberry – Richmond, VA (#, %)
  • June 09 – Eulogy – Asheville, NC (#, %)
  • June 10 – Terminal West – Atlanta, GA (#, %)
  • June 12 – Chelsea’s Live – Baton Rouge, LA (#, %)
  • June 13 – White Oak Music Hall Upstairs – Houston, TX (#, %)
  • June 14 – Deep Ellum Art Co. – Dallas, TX (#, %)
  • June 15 – Empire Control Room – Austin, TX (#, %)
  • June 18 – Meow Wolf – Santa Fe, NM (#, %)
  • June 19 – The Rebel Lounge – Phoenix, AZ (#, %, +)
  • June 20 – Music Box – San Diego, CA (#, %, +)
  • June 21 – El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles, CA (#, %, +)
  • June 22 – Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA (#, %)

    With TOMATO FLOWER (noted as: #)・BABYBABY_EXPLORES (noted as: %)・ THE FLYING LUTTENBACHERS (noted as: $)・SQUIDPISSER (noted as: +)

    • 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.

    vu ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ twitter.com
    ♥ bsky.ap

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