Music
May 21, 2021
Billie Eilish performed Saturday, June 8, 2019 at the Armory in Minneapolis, Minn.

Billie Eilish announces 2022 arena tour, including March 15 date in St. Paul

Tickets for go on sale starting Wednesday for her Xcel Center show, part of her "Happier Than Ever" world tour.
Music
May 21, 2021
Xavier Goodman's debut album made the top 10 for Spotify's new releases list in April and is racking up more streaming numbers on YouTube and Soundclo

Meet Xavier Goodman, a north Minneapolis rapper with 800K TikTok followers

The fun-loving, Disney-channeling "theater kid" used the pandemic and TikTok to jump-start a rapping career.
Variety
May 21, 2021
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6 cool things in music this week include Allison Russell, Lana Del Rey, Miranda Lambert and 'The Claw' soundtrack

Variety
May 21, 2021

Last week's top Billboard hits

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May 21, 2021
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More than 300 of Prince's 1,000 shoes will go on display at Paisley Park

The exhibit, opening July 9, was curated by the museum's new managing director.
Variety
May 21, 2021
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Kaywin Feldman wants the National Gallery to truly reflect the nation

Former director of Minneapolis Institute of Art pushes for diversity and a new identity at this D.C. landmark.
Music
May 20, 2021

New music reviews: It's reunion time for St. Vincent with her dad and Nicki Minaj with Drake and Lil Wayne

Variety
May 20, 2021

John Hiatt & the Jerry Douglas Band, J.I., Rodrigo y Gabriela, Anderson East, Bianca Del Rio and more

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May 20, 2021
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80 things you should know about Bob Dylan on his 80th birthday

Instead of candles, here are 80 things to celebrate about the Minnesota-born birthday boy.
Variety
May 20, 2021
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The Suburbs will celebrate a new album with a gig at 7th Street Entry

'Poets Party' drops on July 2, the day the Burbs play the Entry's first post-pandemic show.
Variety
May 19, 2021
Sinead O'Connor at her home in Wicklow, Ireland, on May 10, 2021. O'Connor's memoir, "Rememberings," recasts the story of her career from her perspect

In new memoir, Sinéad O'Connor talks about Prince and 'Saturday Night Live'

O'Connor's memoir "Rememberings" arrives at a time when the culture seems eager to reassess the old judgments of her.
Variety
May 19, 2021
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Jonas Brothers will land at Mystic Lake amphitheater on Sept. 11

Tickets will go on sale on May 27 with Kelsea Ballerini expected as opening act.
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May 19, 2021
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Duluth's Electric Fetus, a funky fixture in historic downtown, closes for good

The 33-year-old downtown fixture has been closed since the start of the pandemic.
Music
May 18, 2021
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Unearthed recordings by the Jacks feature Hüsker Dü, Replacements members

Tommy Stinson of the Replacements — only 15 years old at the time of recording — Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü and Chris Osgood of the Suicide Commandos are listed among the credits.
Local
May 18, 2021
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Waite Park amphitheater to open for inaugural season — finally

The first two national acts announced are the Beach Boys on Aug. 11 and 311 on Sept. 12.
Music
May 17, 2021
Green Day vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong at the Xcel Energy Center Saturday night. Photo By: Matt Weber

Green Day, Def Leppard 'mega' tours announce new 2021-'22 dates in Minneapolis

One of the big stadium shows is still on for 2021, but the other has been postponed another year.
Music
May 17, 2021
Recent addition to the Current's on-air talent, Brian Oake, takes the stage between musical acts Saturday night for the second half of the Current's e

Brian Oake back in rotation as morning radio host at Cities 97

The veteran FM jockey made a surprise return to the airwaves Monday five years after he left the pop/rock station.
Music
May 14, 2021
The band "3 Minute Hero" performed for a crowd of a few hundred during Friday night's live music in Mears Park. ] AARON LAVINSKY • aaron.lavinsky@st

Free Lowertown Sounds concerts returning to St. Paul's Mears Park in June

Annie Mack, the New Standards, Lady Midnight and Flamin' Ohs are among the acts lined up for the Thursday night series.
Variety
May 14, 2021
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6 cool things in music this week include the Go-Go's, Tom Morello and Pussy Riot, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye and J. Period

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May 14, 2021
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Opera star and famed composer join for a warm and intimate evening at St. Paul's Ordway

REVIEW: Vocal star Jamie Barton and noted composer Jake Heggie connect in an Ordway recital.

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