Freedy Johnston

THE CELLS at Barking Spider; DEVIL DOLL and THE HI-RISERS (ballroom) and CLARE & THE REASONS (tavern) at Beachland Ballroom; CARLOS JONES & THE P.L.U.S. BAND at Brothers Lounge; CHEECH & CHONG at E.J. Thomas Hall; CHARLIE CHRISTOPHERSON & MIDNIGHT LIGHTNING at Fat Fish Blue; OK GO and PRINCETON at the Grog Shop; HATEBREED, CANNIBAL CORPSE, UNEARTH, BORN OF OSIRIS and HATE ETERNAL at House of Blues; 43RD KENT STATE FOLK FESTIVAL with GREG BROWN and JORMA KAUKONEN at Kent Stage; HELEN WELCH at Nighttown; THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER at Peabody's; SEXY SOUL TOUR featuring ERIC BENET, MINT CONDITION and LEDISI at PlayhouseSquare Palace Theatre; THE MUZZLELOADERS at Savannah Bar & Grille; BLUE OYSTER CULT at Tangier Restaurant & Cabaret; RAQUY & THE CAVEMEN at Waterloo Cafe; BEN ARTHUR at Wilberts; JOHN TAMILIO III at the Winchester. Read More

I'm going to save you some money with this week's pick for show of the week – let me just put that out there front and center for you to ponder for a moment. Read More

Bon Jovi announced the first set of concerts on what the band said will be a world tour that will last for nearly two years. Read More

(conqueroo) Rain on the City is Freedy Johnston's first album of new originals in eight years. Read More

10:24 Singer Ashleigh Still and a girlfriend walk in but turn on their heels immediately to catch Hookers & Blow at another bar, because the Uptown doorman "was mean to us." 10:25 Joe Henry, from California, via Facebook: "My best night in collaboration with the Jayhawks was a night at The Uptown ... freezing cold out, fur hats on stage ... pulled a drunken Dan Murphy on stage to sing happy birthday to him, but we launched into [Soul Asylum's] 'Cartoon' instead." 10:30 Chatter in the back booth turns to bulldozed-but-not-forgotten Twin Cities music landmarks Jay's Longhorn, The Prom Ballroom, Goofy's Upper Deck, Duffy's, etc. 10:31 The Tisdales kick off their set with a blistering kick drum-guitar combo as Hallett tells a friend, "The thing I'll miss most about this place is seeing Tommy Stinson play here every New Year's Eve." 10:32 "When I moved here in 1989, this was the place in town," says a sweaty Rob Rule, still amped from his set with the Mammy Nuns. "You could see the Cows and Freedy Johnston and the Gear Daddies and Babes In Toyland. No cover, great food, shitty sound. It was awesome." 10:33 Woman to man in booth: "You like a contrary woman, don't you?" 10:34 "We came here looking for guys with feathers in their caps," says Uptown newbie Margaret Campbell. Read More