
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Pert Near Sandstone will headline at First Avenue for the first time on April 6.
By jonbream
k.d. lang/ Associated Press photo
Two powerhouse vocalists and two potent songwriters have announced Twin Cities concerts.
Gladys Knight, sans Pips, will bring her "Midnight Train to Georgia" to Mystic Lake Casino on April 27. Tickets, priced at $55 and $69, will go on sale Saturday. k.d. lang will bring her new band, the Siss Boom Bang, to the O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University on May 10. Tickets, priced at $56 and $53, will go on sale at noon Friday.
Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt return March 7 at the State Theatre for the second consecutive winter of trading acoustic songs and witty barbs. Tickets, priced from $43.50 to $79, will go on sale at 11 a.m. Friday.
In other concert news, Pert Near Sandstone, which sold out two shows at the Cedar last week, will make its first headline appearance at First Avenue on April 6.
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