Musgraves, McMorrow added to MN Zoo music series

Salt-n-Pepa gig moved to July 8 at the zoo.

April 14, 2015 at 6:46AM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

In the end, the Minnesota Zoo will have some fresh faces for its music series, after all.

Just added since Monday's announcement are Kacey Musgraves, the Grammy-winning country upstart known for "Follow Your Arrow," on July 9, and Irish bard James Vincent McMorrow on Aug. 24.

A couple of outstanding pickers – mandolin ace Ricky Skaggs and guitar hero Ry Cooder – will share the bill on July 16.

The addition of Musgraves means theSalt-n-Pepa concert at the zoo's has been moved to July 8.

For the full lineup, see Monday's story.

VIP box seats will go on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday, standing-room tickets at 10 a.m. April 24 and all tickets at 10 a.m. April 25.

For more information, go to www.suemclean.com/zoo

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Jon Bream

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Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily newspaper. He has attended more than 8,000 concerts and written four books (on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan). Thus far, he has ignored readers’ suggestions that he take a music-appreciation class.

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