November 9-12, 2026- Upcoming concerts / shows (Kansas City, MO / Lawrence KS)

Well, the state (and the country) looks more ’blue’ than it did last week–

Most music stays clear of politics, but the derision of the last decade (and attempts to curb freedom of speech and arts/culture cancellations, have had many acts feel compelled to take a stand). We previously ran listings of protest songs following the ICE raids earlier this year in our home base of MN; and though not out of the woods yet, can hopefully look to calmer times ahead. Music remains a universal connector and a format everyone can enjoy equally.

Let’s look through the week ahead in Kansas City / Lawrence KS metro musical happenings from November 9^th to November 12^th.

(official ticket hyperlinks are embedded in each show’s headline)

MONDAY NOVEMBER 9

Three Days Grace, I Prevail*, Funeral Portrait, Nov 9, T-Mobile Center,$71-$234

Three Days Grace are celebrating their latest album Alienation, with #1 songs, “Mayday” and “Apologies” along with their 2026 Alienation tour, which makes a KC stop before wrapping up in November for the final show in Los Angeles. The dates have support from I Prevail and The Funeral Portrait. The thrill is that both band vocalists have teamed together to lead the band vocally- Adam Gontier and Matt Walst.

The band can humble brag earning 20 total #1 entries on the Mediabase Active Rock Chart and 19 total #1 entries on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock charts, They recently entered the Spotify “Billions Club” when their 2003 rock anthem “I Hate Everything About You” crossed 1 Billion streams.

Many of their over two-decade hits includes “Home”, “Just Like You”, “Pain”, “Animal I Have Become”, “Never Too Late”, “Break”, “Good Life”, “World So Cold”, “Misery Loves My Company”, “The High Road”, “Chalk Outline”, “I am Machine, “Painkiller”, “The Mountain”, “Infra-Red”, “Right Left Wrong”, “So Called Life”, “Lifetime” and “Mayday” and “Apologies”.

deep glens, Metrus, Hautlle, Nov 9, miniBar, $23.73

deep glens, the electronic project of Minneapolis producer and sound engineer Brett Bullion, recently released new album carver, out independently. Focus track, “guire sleepover,” is described as an essential snapshot of the record; a composition that occupies a space between chance and intention, fragmentation and coherence.

Across the record, deep glens shifts his craft focus from software systems to physical media through a “tape-based approach” that sees hundreds of analog tape loops containing rhythmic, harmonic, and textural fragments recorded, spliced and randomly selected before being reshaped through speed manipulation, filtering, and other studio processes. Beneath all technical methods, deep glens draws from accumulated experience, memory and accident while reflecting on aging, uncertainty and the human impulse to create something new from whatever materials are on hand.

Over the past decade, Bullion has built a reputation behind the scenes through his work as an acclaimed sound engineer, having worked across projects with a range of genres including slow-motion rock band Low (Double Negative), indie-rock Samia (Bloodless), pop trio Bad Bad Hats and more.

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 10

Maddie Zahm, Nov 10, recordBar,$36.05

Alt-pop singer/songwriter Maddie Zahm recently released “Hometown Letdown” – the second single ahead of sophomore studio album, Everything All The Time, released in late September, via MNRK Nashville.

Zahm’s music has amassed more than 345 million streams worldwide, with the single “You Might Not Like Her” reaching the Top 5 of Spotify’s US Viral Chart. She’s found perhaps another amazing level of success on social media, with hit single “Fat Funny Friend” alone generating over 2 billion TikTok views. Her online community of nearly two million followers are drawn to her singular mix of vulnerability, humor, and hard-earned self-awareness.

“Hometown Letdown” is a sarcastic reflection on the comments Zahm discovered online from her hometown since deciding to chart her own path, away from the traditional and religious community she grew up in. Maddie’s vocals are unwavering as she retells these rumors from that judgmental perspective.

Katie Pruitt, Nov 10, Bottleneck-Lawrence,$25-$30

Since the arrival of her critically celebrated full-debut Expectations (a 2020 LP that earned her an Emerging Artist of the Year nomination from the Americana Music Association), Georgia-bred singer/songwriter/guitarist Katie Pruitt has assembled a body of work exploring questions both existential and intimate.

On her new album Fools for the Fleeting, the Nashville-based musician reckons with the impermanence inherent to being human, shifting between poetic observation and confessional storytelling as she confronts such complex matters as ecological anxiety, love’s fragility, and the isolation normalized by our increasingly digitized existence.

Her third full-length and follow-up to 2024’s Mantras, the new album emerged from Pruitt’s vision of creating an album that feels “rooted to the earth”—a concept closely tied to the LP’s underlying theme of nature as a mirror for our inner lives.

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 11

Julien Baker, Nov 11, 12, 13, Bottleneck-Lawrence, All Sold Out

Memphis-raised signer-guitarist Julien Baker shot to wide attention in 2015 with her debut, Sprained Ankle, which was emotionally revelatory and amazingly recorded in only a few days. Baker’s acclaim grew with 2017’s Matador debut Turn Out the Lights and the following year’s self-titled debut EP with boygenius, the trio she formed with fellow artists Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus.

Their 2023 full-length, the record, won three Grammy Awards and was supported by the biggest tour of the musicians’ collective careers. Last year, Baker teamed with Torres for Send a Prayer My Way, their collaborative album that had been in the works since for a decade, though a planned tour didn’t happen. We caught Baker at the bigger Granada in 2022, and this time out, it’s even smaller venues over multiple nights, including a long-sold out triple-play at the Bottleneck, which should each/ all be special shows.

Kurt Vile and the Violators, Twisted Teens Nov 11, Lawrence-Liberty Hall, $46.15-$70.15

Philly favorite Kurt Vile is out on the road, in support of newest album, Philadelphia’s been good to me, released in May, via Verve Records. He left War on Drugs years ago and has never looked since. “Philly’s constant hitmaker” has crafted a love letter to the city he never left, even as his career took him around the world. “This is my ‘bringing it all back home to Philly’ record,” Vile says. “I’m treating it like my last record. I put everything into it. It’s my best vocal record. It’s my best electric guitar record. It’s my most organic record, made in the comfort of my own zone.”

We covered Vile on tour a few months ago when they made a Minnesota stop.

Adelitas Way w Kingdom Collapse, Nov 11, Bottleneck-Lawrence,$20-$25

Emerging from the Las Vegas circuit in 2006, Adelitas Way rapidly became a hometown sensation. Led by singer-songwriter Rick Dejesus alongside bassist Andrew Cushing and drummer Trevor Safford, the group signed with Virgin Records and quickly ascended to stardom with their anthem “Invincible.”

After two decades, the band has solidified their status as rock mainstays and their catalog of eight full-length albums has surpassed one billion streams and have been on a concert bill with almost every rock act mentionable.

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 12

Lyle Lovett, Nov 12, Lied Center- Lawrence,$21-$50

A singer, composer and actor, the longtime Texas crooner Lyle Lovett has helped broaden the definition of Americana music in a career that spans 14 albums. Coupled with his gift for storytelling, Lovett fuses elements of country, swing, jazz, folk, gospel and blues in a convention-defying manner that breaks down barriers.

His friendly live performances show not only the breadth of his talents, but also the diversity of his influences, making him one of the most compelling and captivating musicians to see live.

Since his self-titled debut in 1986, Lyle Lovett has evolved into one of music’s most vibrant and iconic performers. Among his many accolades, besides the four Grammy Awards, he was given the Americana Music Association’s inaugural Trailblazer Award and was named Texas State Musician (even more celebratory since the state just went ‘blue’!).

National / International act coming through the Midwest / Kansas City area? Please email details to johnc@weheartmusic.com with a good lead time to be considered for Show Preview and Show Coverage.