Jon Bream

Reporter | Pop Music
Phone: 612-673-1719
Since he began covering popular music for the Star Tribune in 1974, Jon Bream has attended more than 6,000 concerts and interviewed the King of Pop, the Queen of Soul and Prince as well as Bob Dylan, U2, three Beatles, four Rolling Stones and all of Maroon 5. He has performed with Alice Cooper, jogged with Willie Nelson and has Taylor Swift on his speed dial. He has written books on Prince, Led Zeppelin and Neil Diamond. But Jon has yet to satisfy a request of many Star Tribune readers: that he take a music-appreciation class.

Recent content from Jon Bream

Latin-American idols: Lopez, Iglesias

Jennifer Lopez joins Enrique Iglesias for her first Twin Cities concert this week.

Updated: July 29, 2012, - 05:24 PM

30 years of We Fest: An oral history

A look back at three decades of We Fest, the little hoedown in Detroit Lakes that became one of country music's biggest events.

Updated: July 28, 2012, - 05:33 PM

Pop spotlight: Jennifer Lopez & Enrique Iglesias

Is dance-pop diva Jennifer Lopez past her prime onstage? We'll find out in her Twin Cities debut, which comes on a co-headline tour with Enrique Iglesias.

Updated: July 28, 2012, - 04:04 PM

Close-up look at Boston's ballpark

A behind-the-scenes tour reveals the joys and quirks of Fenway Park, baseball's oldest stadium, celebrating its 100th year.

Updated: July 28, 2012, - 12:38 PM

Monumental country music

REVIEW: Haggard and Kristofferson, a combined 150 years in age, can still hold a crowd in their palms.

Updated: July 26, 2012, - 05:51 AM

The Brick gets makeover, new name

Four months after a rough opening, the nightclub is re-branded as Mill City Nights.

Updated: July 23, 2012, - 09:08 PM

Pop music spotlight: Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson; Los Lobos and Steve Earle

It's a day of dynamite doubleheaders: two country-music icons and two Americana heroes.

Updated: July 21, 2012, - 04:14 PM

Comedy writer Tom Davis, Al Franken's longtime partner, dies of cancer

Minneapolis-bred Davis was a pivotal member of the writing team for "Saturday Night Live."

Updated: July 19, 2012, - 11:02 PM

Obituary: Comedy writer Tom Davis, Al Franken s longtime partner, dies of cancer

The Coneheads. They were a Tom Davis creation. So were such other "Saturday Night Live" characters as Bill Murray's lounge singer and Steve Martin's medieval barber.

Updated: July 19, 2012, - 11:01 PM

Tom Davis' 'Memory Loss' is our gain

In a memoir, the locally bred comic recalls his time with Jerry Garcia, Dan Aykroyd and Al Franken.

Updated: July 19, 2012, - 07:24 PM

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