Minneapolis: September 12 to September 13, 2024

Fletcher

with Maude Latour

at Fillmore Minneapolis

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Acclaimed singer/songwriter brings FLETCHER is touring in support of In Search Of The Antidote. The singer will stop by the Fillmore on September 12, 2024.

Fletcher at Fine Line (02 Apr 2022)

We caught Fletcher in April 2022 and wrote, “As for Fletcher (Cari Fletcher), she started releasing her music in 2016 (with Finding Fletcher), but her first major hit was a song called “Undrunk” in 2019. The single hit the Billboard Hot 100 and Spotify’s #1 Viral Chart. Naturally radio stations started to pick up on the song, and overnight the song was the fastest-rising song at pop radio. She started her set with “girls girls girls”, a song that reused a line from Katy Perry’s “I Kissed A Girl”. It sets the tone that she’s a member of the LGBTQ+ community. If you weren’t sure, her latest EP The S(ex) Tapes is really about her relationship with famous YouTuber Shannon Beveridge.”



Maude Latour to open.



Tour dates:

Avril Lavigne

with Simple Plan and Girlfriends

at Armory

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Eight-time GRAMMY®-nominated diamond-certified icon Avril Lavigne is headlining the Armory, in Minneapolis on September 12, 2024, as part of her The Avril Lavigne: The Greatest Hits tour.

Avril Lavigne at the Xcel Center (28 July 2022) photo courtesy of Michael D

We saw Avril Lavigne in July 2022 and wrote, “Avril Lavigne was up next, promoting her latest album, Love Sux. Twenty years has passed since she released her debut album Let Go, letting punk scene know there was now a queen. Twenty years may have gone by, but the spirit of that seventeen year-old is still there. Lavigne started the set with “Girlfriend” as black and white confetti shot into the crowd. She had an enthusiastic base in attendance, many who took the opportunity to be her backup singers on songs like “Sk8er Boi” and “Complicated.””



Simple Plan and Girlfriends to open.



Tour Dates:

Mat Kearney

with Darren Kiely

at State Theatre

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Nashville based, Oregon born multi-platinum singer, songwriter, and producer Mat Kearney will be headlining the State Theatre in Minneapolis on September 12, 2024.

Mat Kearney at Roy Wilkins Auditorium (27 Oct 2016)

We saw Mat Kearney in Oct 2016 and wrote, “Another familiar face to the area is Oregon native and Nashville-based singer-songwriter Mat Kearney, who took a break from creation of the follow up to last year’s Just Kids (Republic Records), to join the Tour de Compadres. Kearney’s generous fifty-minute set was testament to his own headlining potential in a venue this size and he made the most of his time. With a band that included Minneapolis resident Tyler Burkum on guitar (ex-Audio Adrenaline, Leagues) , Kearney’s set sounded robust and much more electronic and full sounding, than his initial folk singer-songwriter vibe. Before ‘Nothing Left to Lose’, Kearney feigned a quick verse of ‘Purple Rain’ before quickly discarding it, admitting he’s never played the song before, then redeemed himself by declaring us the “coolest cold city” in America.”



Darren Kiely to open.



Tour Dates:

Jenni Venalainen & Melkutus Party

at Cedar Cultural Center

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Findland’s Jenni Venäläinen (billed as Jenni Venäläinen & Melkutus Party) is a versatile kantele player and singer, specializing in Carelian kantele tradition and improvisation. In her project and album Melkutus Party, she takes traditional Karelian kantele songs and turning it into a modern dancing party songs via kantele. This show is part of the Cedar’s Nordic Roots Series.



The band is: Jenni Venäläinen (kantele, vocals), Janne Storm (live electronics, synth, cetara) and Tatu Viitala (electronic percussion).



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