Name: Mpls: GWAR at First Avenue (Apr 7, 2026)
Start: 2026-04-07T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-04-07T23:59:59-05:00
Location: First Avenue

NOTE: Since I have relocated to Jacksonville, I am scaling back on Minneapolis Show Previews for June and beyond. If you have an upcoming Minneapolis (or Jacksonville) show that you’d like me to take a look at and spotlight, please email me vu@weheartmusic.com with the subject Minneapolis or Jacksonville, and I will be sure to add your show to my listing.

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07 Jun 2025 Saturday
Panchiko
with Alison’s Halo
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

English band Panchiko, now featuring original members producer/keyboardist Andy Wright and singer/guitarist Owain Davies, along with new members guitarist Robert Harris, bassist Shaun Ferreday, and drummer John Schofield, will be touring America in support of Grinkgo (Nettwerk). The tour will stop by First Avenue, in Minneapolis, on June 7, 2025.

Alison’s Halo to open.

NOTE: There is a strict 6 ticket limit. Any attempt to exceed the ticket limit of 6 per customer or household, or to game the system in any way, will result in cancellation of orders without notice. There is a transfer delay for all tickets up to 72 HOURS prior to show.

Tour Dates:

5/28 – Boston, MA @ Big Night Live
5/29 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
5/30 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
5/31 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
6/2 – Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron
6/3 – Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
6/4 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
6/5 – Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom
6/7 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
6/8 – Omaha, NE @ The Slowdown
6/10 – Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
6/12 – Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
6/13 – San Diego, CA @ SOMA
6/14 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
6/16 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre
6/19 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
6/20 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
6/21 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall
6/23 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Grand at the Complex
6/24 – Las Vegas, NV @ Portal at Area15

07 Jun 2025 Saturday
Annie DiRusso
with Daffo
at Fine Line
first-avenue.com

Nashville’s Annie DiRusso is touring in support of her debut album Super Pedestrian… stopping by the Fine Line, in Minneapolis, on June 7th, 2025.

Annie DiRusso at the Bottleneck (24 Mar 2025)

We last saw Annie DiRusso in Mar 2025 and wrote, “With just one debut album, “Super Pedestrian” (via her own Summer Soup Songs [ADA]) under her belt, singer-songwriter Annie DiRusso charged ahead on the first show of her “Back in Town Tour” with a generous and fun eighty-five minute performance, that might be hard to top, as the tour rolls on. The record was produced by Caleb Wright (Hippocampus, Samia, so there’s the connection with the opener) and follows 2023’s breakthrough EP, “God, I Hate This Place”, and two years on the road, headlining and opening for Haim and beabadoobee.”

Show up early to check out Daffo, the moniker of Brooklyn-based artist Gabi Gamberg. Gamberg’s new single “Quick Fix” is described as, “about the temporary ways in which I comfort myself, habits that ultimately lead to more suffering.” Gamberg continues, “I started the song before I went on my first tour. The first verse, about eating junk and smoking, I squeezed out during a very intense writer’s block. On tour, I quit smoking for my voice. When I came back from tour I still couldn’t write, until one day I started smoking again. That day I was able to finish the song, my slight regression became fuel for the rest of the words.”

Note: There is a strict 4 ticket limit. Any attempt to exceed the ticket limit of 4 per customer or household, or to game the system in any way, will result in cancellation of orders without notice. There is a transfer delay for all tickets up to ONE MONTH prior to show.

Tour Dates:

5.4 – Leeds, UK -Gold Sounds @ Brudenell Social Club
5.7 – London, England – Omeara
5.10 – Glasgow, UK – The Road to the Great Escape
5.11 – Manchester, United Kingdom – YES
5.12 -13 – Dublin, Ireland – The Road to The Great Escape
5.14 -17 – Brighton, England – The Great Escape Festival
5.16 – 5.17 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – London Calling @ Paradiso
5.23 – Durham, NC – Motorco Music Hall
5.24 – Washington DC – 9:30 Club
5.25 – Asbury Park, NJ – The Wonder Bar
5.28 – New York, NY – Webster Hall Grand Ballroom
5.29 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club Music Hall
5.30 – South Burlington, VA – Higher Ground
5.31 – Montreal, QC – Bar Le Ritz PDB
6.02 – Toronto, ON – Velvet Underground
6.03 – Lakewood, OH – Mahall’s
6.05 – Detroit, MI – El Club
6.06 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
6.07 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
6.08 – Milwaukee, WI – Vivarium
6.10 – Saint Louis, MO – Off Broadway Nightclub

09 Jun 2025 Monday
Mei Semones
with John Roseboro
at 7th St Entry
first-avenue.com

Brooklyn’s Mei Semones is touring in support of her debut album Animaru (Bayonet Records). The tour will stop by the 7th Street Entry, in Minneapolis, on June 9, 2025.

John Roseboro to open.

Tour Dates:

Wed. May 7 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg*
May 29 – Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live*
May 30 – Washington, DC @ The Atlantis*
May 31 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle Back Room*
June 2 – Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5*
June 3 – Nashville, TN @ DRKMTTR*
June 4 – Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar*
June 6 – Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups*
June 7 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall*
June 8 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club*
June 9 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry*
June 11 – Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Touch*
June 12 – Toronto, ON @ Longboat Hall*
June 13 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB*
June 14 – Boston, MA @ Red Room Cafe 939*
July 11 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
July 12 – Austin, TX @ Parish
July 15 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
July 16 – San Diego, CA @ Quartyard
July 18 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
July 19 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
July 21 – Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
July 22 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
July 23 – Seattle, WA @ Barboza
July 27- Minamiuonuma, Japan @ Fuji Rock Festival
~ supporting Panchiko
* with John Roseboro