Steve Miller, Cocker to team up July 3 in Minneapolis

February 27, 2008 at 3:28PM

Taste of Minnesota won't be the only place to see classic-rock over the July Fourth holiday weekend. The Steve Miller Band, which has a jukebox full of Top 40 hits, and Joe Cocker, who has had some big hits of his own, will team up July 3 at Target Center.

Miller promises to do "The Joker," "Fly Like an Eagle" and all his favorites. Cocker, who is known for interpreting songs by the Beatles and Randy Newman, will offer his lite-rock classics," Up Where We Belong" and "You Are So Beautiful." Tickets are $35 to $65 and go on sale at noon Saturday at Ticketmaster outlets and Target Center box office.

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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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