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Atmosphere, Brother Ali to pair up for Welcome to MN 3 in March

The five-city trek will kick off in -- where else? -- Bemidji on March 1 and includes another Minneapolis date at First Avenue.

By Chris Riemenschneider

January 15, 2013 at 3:25PM

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Slug worked the crowd in Mankato on the first Welcome to Minnesota Tour in 2011. / Tom Wallace, Star Tribune (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

"It's officially a tradition now." So declared/warned Slug of Atmosphere this morning on 89.3 the Current, announcing the third annual installment of the Welcome to Minnesota tour, a five-city trek coming to the far corners of our fine state in early March with special guest Brother Ali. This will be the first time Atmosphere and Ali have been on tour together stateside in several years. The tour will also feature the Get Cryphy DJs, Carnage and newbie Haphduzn. Tickets go on sale Friday at 11 a.m and, as Slug rightfully warned, "They're probably going to sell out before my uncle can get tickets." Here are the dates:

March 1: Bemidji, Sanford Center.
March 2: Duluth, Clyde Iron Works.
March 3: St. Cloud, Red Carpet Lounge
March 4 Mankato, Verizon Wireless Ballroom
March 5: Minneapolis, First Avenue

Check www.Rhymesayers.com for show-by-show ticket info.

about the writer

Chris Riemenschneider

Critic / Reporter

Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.