23 May 2025 Friday
Matt Berninger
with Ronboy
at First Avenue
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Matt Berninger, the singer of The National, is doing a solo tour, stopping by First Avenue, in Minneapolis, on May 23, 2025.
Berninger’s second solo album, Get Sunk will be out May 30th, via Book/Concord Records.

We saw the National in Oct 2024 and wrote, “Though the “war” had just wrapped their set, longtime fans of The National were elated when they began their night closing set with 2007’s “Start a War”, an album rarity from their “Boxer” full-length, and a choice for a set opener, we hadn’t seen since maybe that album’s initial release. The band, fronted by Berninger had again delivered a performance that was both intimate, emotional, and also scaled for this sized venue, He, dressed typically in a dark suit, wrapped his lanky arms around himself on “Eucalyptus”, paraded on stage amongst all the square-shaped lighting on “Tropic Morning News” and retreated to the back near the drums, as the Dessner brothers tore into their guitars, facing each other on “Don’t Swallow the Cap”. Selections from 2010’s “High Violet” remain fan favorites, including the anthemic “Bloodbuzz Ohio” and later, the spiteful downpour of “England”, while “The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness” thrilled with its staccato guitars, fractured riffs, and poignant piano work.”

Ronboy to open.

Tour dates:

May 19 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox
May 20 – San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s 365 Club
May 21 – Los Angeles, CA – Palace Theatre
May 23 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
May 24 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
May 26 – Toronto, ON – Concert Hall
May 28 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
May 29 – Washington, DC – Lincoln Theatre
May 30 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
June 1 – Norwalk, CT – District Music Hall
August 22 – Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street
August 23 – Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street
August 25 – Glasgow, UK – SWG3 Galvanizers
August 26 – Manchester, UK – Albert Hall
August 27 – London, UK – Troxy
August 28-31 – Nr Tolland Royal, Wiltshire, UK
August 31 – Utrecht, Netherlands – Tivoli Vredenburg
September 1 – Antwerp, Belgium – OLT Rivierenhof
September 2 – Paris, France – Elysee Montmartre
September 4 – Berlin, Germany – Huxleys
September 5 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
September 6 – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller Music Hall
September 8 – Hamburg, Germany – Große Freiheit 36
September 9 – Utrecht, Netherlands – Tivoli Vredenburg
September 10 – Antwerp, Belgium – OLT Rivierenhof
September 12 – Brussels, Belgium – Cirque Royal

23 May 2025 Friday
Baroness
at Turf Club
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Baroness will be revisiting their first two albums (the Red Album and Blue Record) at the Turf Club, in St Paul, on May 23, 2025.

We saw the band in April 2022, and said, “Inside the club, the mood was not of the Crimson and Blue of the college basketball team, it was somewhat darker with the night’s soundtrack reflected in the spectrum of the last five albums from Baroness, all color-themed in title, including their latest, Gold & Grey (2019, on Abraxan Hymns). The night’s setlist was unique as well- its first half consisting of fan-voted tracks, bridged by a short acoustic set, and finished with a choice selection from the band itself, resulting in a well-rounded retrospective of their two decades in music.”

Tour dates:

MAY 7
Metro Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
MAY 8
The Meadows
Brooklyn, NY
MAY 9
The Meadows
Brooklyn, NY
MAY 11
The Sinclair
Cambridge, MA
MAY 13
Empire Live
Albany, NY
MAY 14
The Song & Dance
Syracuse, NY
MAY 16
Grog Shop
Cleveland, OH
MAY 17
Magic Stick
Detroit, MI
MAY 18
The Pyramid Scheme
Grand Rapids, MI
MAY 20
Sleeping Village
Chicago, IL
MAY 21
Sleeping Village
Chicago, IL
MAY 23
Turf Club
St Paul, MN
MAY 24
Waiting Room Lounge
Omaha, NE
MAY 25
recordBar
Kansas City, MO
MAY 27
Black Circle Brewing Co.
Indianapolis, IN
MAY 28
The KING of CLUBS
Columbus, OH
MAY 30
Prepare The Ground festival
Toronto
MAY 31
Thunderbird Café & Music Hall

24 May 2025 Saturday
Yola
with clovers daughter
at First Avenue
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Yola is on her Sovereign Soul Tour, stopping by First Avenue, in Minneapolis, on May 24, 2025. The singer recently released a new EP My Way, via S Curve Records.

Tour dates