August 24, 2026

Year: 2024

Matisyahu at First Avenue, Minneapolis (06 Mar 2024)

Matisyahu at First Avenue, Minneapolis (06 Mar 2024)

vusleeper March 8, 2024

Walking up to First Avenue on Wednesday, you can hear something loud going on in the area. At first, I thought it was coming from a bar next door, and thought the venue could use some sound-proofing. hen as I got closer, and started to see so many police officers, extra security, and the steel barricades… I realized there was a protest against Matisyahu.

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Jalynn Steele (Tanya), Christine Sherrill (Donna Sheridan), and Carly Sakolove (Rosie) (2)

Mamma Mia! (Broadway Touring) at The Music Hall, Kansas City MO (Mar. 5-10, 2024)

JohnC@weheartmusic.com March 7, 2024

MAMMA MIA!, the now-classic tale of a mother, her daughter, and three possible dads gathered on a picturesque Greek island ahead of a wedding, all set to the soundtrack of timeless hit songs from Swedish supergroup ABBA, is back out on a National Tour, with a Kansas City stop running through March 10 downtown at the Music Hall.

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Glitterer at Cloudland Theater (03-02-2024)

dave@weheartmusic.com March 3, 2024

Cloudland Theater opened in October of 2023, a DIY project from former musicians of the band the Soviettes, they being Maren Macosko and Brad Lokkesmoe. It’s not really a theater nor is it a bar. It is a small music venue on Lake Street that still retains the vestiges of the former tenant, an architecture firm with the place being clean, airy, open with great sightlines to the cozy stage. The reason Macosko and Lokkesmoe built the venue is to give up-and-coming bands a place to play after COVID and the George Floyd riots laid claim to venues like Triple Rock and Hexagon.

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Blitz Vega

Smiths is it!

vusleeper February 27, 2024

In celebration of the late Andy Rourke, Blitz Vega announced his final album Northern Gentlemen. This was Rourke’s last project with Kav Blaggers. Spirit Power: The Best of Johnny Marr is a greatest hits album from guitarist extraordinaire Johnny Marr came out last year. Unfortunately, no The Smiths songs on the tracklisting. This is probably due to rights issue and most likely because they wanted to keep this strictly Marr’s solo work. The official Morrissey merchandise store, Mporium is offering a limited-edition Morrissey Peace Sign Harrington Jacket for £85 pre-order (shipping in April 2024). Unfortunately, this is only offered on their UK website. I kind of want it, I would’ve ordered it, but unfortunately, I don’t live in the UK.

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