Minneapolis: This Week (04/06/2025)

What’s happening this week.

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31 Mar 2025 Monday
Snow Patrol
with Sorcha Richardson
at Palace Theatre
first-avenue.com

Can you believe it? It’s been over six years since we last saw Snow Patrol! The Irish/Scottish band’s new album is The Forest Is the Path and came out last year.

 

Of course, we were there for Snow Patrol, on their last tour, in May 2019: “It’s good to have Snow Patrol (singer/guitarist Gary Lightbody, guitarist Nathan Connolly, bassist Paul Wilson, drummer Jonny Quinn, and guitarist/keys Johnny McDaid) back. Although technically, the band came here last year with the very popular Ed Sheeran, the First Avenue show marked the band’s first headlining gig since 2012. The reason for such a long gap (seven years), was that the band was experiencing writer’s block (according to singer Gary Lightbody’s interview in the NME). Eventually the band overcame their creative struggle, and their seventh studio album Wilderness came out last year. With the new album, the band’s been hard at work getting the word out with this headlining world 2019 tour. I have to say that the long break was good for the band, they seemed happier and excited to perform and meeting their fans face-to-face. Singer Gary Lightbody’s voice is still amazing, and their hit songs like “Chasing Cars” and any songs from Final Straw (“Chocolate”, “Run”), went over incredibly well with the audience.”

Sorcha Richardson to open.

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01 Apr 2025 Tuesday
Sarah and the Sundays
with The Slaps
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

Austin-based indie rock group Sarah and the Sundays, not to be confused with The Sundays, are touring in support of their third album Like A Damn Dog.

The tour will stop by the Fine Line, in Minneapolis, on April Fools’ Day, April 1st.

The Slaps, who was last seen in Minneapolis in March 2024, will open.

Tour Dates:

 

02 Apr 2025 Wednesday
The Birthday Massacre
with Essenger and Magic Wands
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

Canada’s The Birthday Massacre returns to the Fine Line, this April 2, 2025, in support of Pathways.

We saw Birthday Massacres in March 2022 and wrote, “Part of the fun in attending The Birthday Massacre’s show is looking at their fanbase. Everyone is dressed in black, some in black bunny costumes, some in fishnets. What is even cooler is that the band’s audience is cross-generational, meaning today’s youth are listening to this 20+ year old band. Their music and message is just relevant today, as it was twenty years ago. The Birthday Massacre’s latest album Fascination, the follow-up to their pandemic album Diamonds, is out now on Metropolis Records.”

Essenger and Los Angelese-based (by way of Nashville) Magic Wands to open. The latter band features vocalists Chris and Dexy Valentine, and their latest song “Armour” is out now on Metropolis Records.

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03 Apr 2025 Thursday
Caravan Palace
with ZAYKA
at First Avenue 
first-avenue.com

The platinum-selling Parisian trio Caravan Palace announced their 24-date North American tour, in support of their new album Gangbusters Melody Club (Le Plan Recordings). The tour will stop by First Avenue, in Minneapolis, on April 3, 2025.

We saw Caravan Palace in June 2016 and wrote, “In all honesty, I had no idea what to expect when I walked into the Skyway Theatre to see the Parisian seven-piece big band Caravan Palace (with Loom In Essence as opener). I knew that happenstance had handed me the opportunity to review a band… but I had no clue that this band would essentially be the Love-Child of modern Electronica and 1920’s swing, or that they would in fact, steal my heart.”

Caravan Palace on tour:

 

 

04 Apr 2025 Friday
Marlon Funaki
with The Back Alley
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

23-year-old solo artist Marlon Funaki came highly recommended from our Italian partner Kalporz (see MARLON FUNAKI, “Monterey Village”), so we’re spotlighting this upcoming show at the 7th Street Entry, on April 4, 2025.

The Back Alley to open.

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05 Apr 2025 Saturday
Tank and The Bangas
with Elliott Skinner and DJ Zeus
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

We actually wrote about this Tank and The Bangas show in October 19, 2024, but for whatever reasons, the show was rescheduled for April 5, 2025 at the Fine Line. Unfortunately, due to the change in date, Jamila Woods is no longer listed to perform, instead Elliott Skinner and DJ Zeus to open.

 

We last saw Tank and The Bangas in Oct 2018 and wrote, “Tank and the Bangas closed out the night. It’s weird, but in many ways, seeing the band at Minnesota State Fair 2017, it almost like seeing two completely different bands! Now Tarriona “Tank” Ball, armed with a large live band, including a Norman Spence on bass, THREE keyboard players (Joe Johnson, Merell Burkett, and unknown band member), guitarist Danny Abel, Joshua Johnson on drums, a two-piece horns section (Albert Allenback on alto saxophone and Etienne Stoufflet on tenor saxophone) and two backup singers (Anjelika “Jelly” Joseph and Kayla Buggage), Tank and the Bangas’ new 2018 show is just wild, upbeat, and dance/party focus, with a little slam poetry thrown in.”

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05 Apr 2025 Saturday
Flore Laurentienne
with Zack Baltich
at Cedar Cultural Center 
thecedar.org

Canadian instrumental music project Flore Laurentienne makes their debut US headlining tour this Spring, stopping by the Cedar Cultural Center on April 5, 2025.

The band’s latest album 8 tableaux is out now.

Zack Baltich to open.

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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.