Mpls: Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends at First Avenue (Mar 14, 2026)

March 14, 2026 Saturday
Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends
with Bobcat Goldthwait
at First Avenue
first-avenue.com

Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy (with Friends) is back! This time they are going to take on R.E.M.’s Lifes Rich Pageant. Some of my favorite songs on this album is “Fall On Me” and “Superman”. The “Superman” song is actually a cover of The Clique… but everybody, including myself associate the song with R.E.M.

We saw Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy in Oct 2025 and said, “This cover band act could absolutely be a gimmick; famous actor who can do a good impression of a pretty identifiable and idiosyncratic singer. But from my perspective, it was pretty obvious from the first few songs that Shannon cares about this band and its music, and that ultimately raises it up to “imitation being the sincerest form of flattery”. And the backing band has the chops to carry this. Besides Narducy, providing lead guitar and backing vocals, there’s fellow Mould and Superchunk performer Jon Wurster on drums, and the six performers are obviously very comfortable with each other. It turns out that Shannon and Narducy have been doing various cover music for a decade, before embarking on their first tour last year.”

Bobcat Goldthwait to open.

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