CHERIE CURRIE Announces New Tour Dates, Returns to Twin Cities August 11

On the heels of headlining the Girls Got Rhythm Fest in St. Paul back on May 11, Cherie Currie, former singer for the legendary The Runaways, has confirmed a batch of new tour dates that has her returning to the area on Sunday, August 11 for a concert at The Belmore/The New Skyway Lounge in Minneapolis. Additional dates into October are tentative at this point. Tickets for the Minneapolis show are on sale now through Ticketfly.

August 7 – Cleveland, OH, The Foundry

August 8 – Ferndale, MI, Magic Bag

August 10 – Chicago, IL, Northalsted Market Days Fair

August 11 – Minneapolis, MN, The Belmore/The New Skyway Lounge

August 15 – Loomis, CA, Blue Goose Event Center

August 16 – Fresno, CA, Strummers

August 17 – San Francisco, CA, Red Devil Lounge

August 18 – San Luis Obispo, CA, SLO Brew

August 24 – West Palm Beach, FL (tentative)

October 2 – Tucson, AZ (tentative)

October 3 – Phoenix, AZ (tentative)

October 19 – Seattle, WA (tentative)

October 20 – Portland, OR (tentative)

Tonight - PAIN OF SALVATION, CHERIE CURRIE in St. Paul, ESCAPE THE FATE in Minneapolis, DORYDRIVE, BLUE FELIX in the Suburbs

I can't ever recall a night with five shows scattered across the metro, so here we go. My pick of the bunch is Swedish progressive metal outfit Pain Of Salvation with Kingcrow, Imminent Sonic Destruction, Violent Fade, and Redshift. I'll shortly have a review of the new Kingcrow album posted that I hope will convince you to attend. This is a 16+ early show that starts at 6:00, and tickets are $18 at the door.

Another rare performance happens tonight in St. Paul at the Girls Got Rhythm Festival at the Amsterdam Bar - former vocalist of The Runaways, Cherie Currie, headlines the night with Sugar Stems, Marilu And The Machetes, and Is/Is. It all starts at 8:00; it's a 21+ show that will cost you $20 at the door. The Minneapolis StarTribune recently ran a short interview with Cherie Currie.

Over in Minneapolis you can catch Escape The Fate with Glamour Of The Kill and My My Missfire - The Color Morale is no longer a part of this show. This is an all ages show that gets underway at 8:00, and tickets are $20 at the door.

DoryDrive returns to the area for a free show at the Hi 5 Bar in Burnsville; no further information is available.

Finally, Neisen's in Savage has a big local metal package of Blue Felix, Throw The Fight, Gabriel And The Apocalypse, Terror Overising, and A Sound Theory. This show is also free - it's 18+ and starts at 7:00.

In Concert This Week - May 10, 2013

Brace yourself for a ton of great shows coming up this week!

Starting with a couple show outside the metro area, tomorrow, Friday, May 10 has local industrial metal bands Gabriel And The Apocalypse and Thira at Buster's in Mankato for a 21+ show at 9:45 for only $5. Down in Rochester, DoryDrive plays a free 21+ show at the Wicked Moose with Venus On Fire and Angry Room; doors are at 8:00.

Friday also kicks off the Girls Got Rhythm Festival at the Amsterdam Bar in St. Paul with cult punk band The Avengers, Gateway District, The Pinsch, and Total Trash. The second night on Saturday, May 11 features former singer of The Runaways Cherie Currie, Sugar Stems, Marilu And The The Machetes, and Is/Is. These are 21+ shows, and tickets are $20 each night at the door or $35 for a two-day pass. You can read an interview with Cherie Currie and Girls Got Rhythm organizers Dana Raidt and Travis Ramin over at City Pages.

There's four other shows of interest on Saturday, May 11. Fans of progressive metal should turn out for the first U.S. tours of Sweden's Pain Of Salvation, Italy's Kingcrow, Detroit's Imminent Sonic Destruction, Omaha's Violent Fade, and locals Redshift. Over at Mill City Nights in Minneapolis you can catch hard rock band Escape The Fate with support from England’s Glamour Of The Kill. Note that metalcore band The Color Morale is no longer on the Escape The Fate bill. The Hi 5 Bar in Burnsville has alternative rock band DoryDrive. Lastly, it’s a big night of local metal at Neisen’s in Savage with Blue Felix, Throw The Fight, Gabriel And The Apocalypse, and A Sound Theory.

Speaking of Escape The Fate, their former frontman’s new band Falling In Reverse also plays Mill City Nights in Minneapolis on Sunday, May 12 with support from American Fangs. You can save some money by purchasing the “Escape The Fate 2 Show Pack” that gets you into both the Escape The Fate and Falling In Reverse shows for only $25. Just across the street at Epic the same night metalcore band Asking Alexandria tops a large bill with Motionless In White, Whitechapel, Chimaira, and I Killed The Prom Queen.

On Monday, May 13 rock radio darlings Sick Puppies perform at Mill City Nights in Minneapolis with local support from Pinwheel.

Limp Bizkit performing at Kemper Arena in Kansas City on October 22, 1998 on the Family Values Tour. Click on the picture to see more photos from this show (7).

Limp Bizkit returns to town after a long absence for a show at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis. This show sold out quick, and additional tickets were released earlier this week – you can still purchase them through ticketfly here.

The busy week ends on Wednesday, May 15 with metalcore stars Bullet For My Valentine teaming up with Halestorm, Young Guns, and Stars In Stereo at Myth in St. Paul. The Stars In Stereo Album Preview EP was reviewed here (6/10). Also on Wednesday alternative rock band Taproot plays the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis with support from Boy Hits Car, XFactor1, and Willpowerless. Up north, Wednesday finds Sevendust plays Duluth at Clyde Iron Works with Pop Evil and Canadians Monster Truck.

RELATED SEVENDUST POSTS: I reviewed the awesome new Sevendust album Black Out The Sun here. You can download the audio from an early headlining show on July 19, 1997 in Lawrence, Kansas here, and my From The Vault feature has a ton of live photos and promotional materials from 1997–2000.

Sevendust performing June 18, 2000 at Cox Arena in San Diego. Click on the picture to see more photos from this show (18).

Concert Announcements - April 19, 2013

Local thrashers Overstrike play Station 4 in St. Paul on Thursday, April 25 with Solar Slaughter, Raptor Claw, and Plagued Insanity.

Minneapolis thrash band Climactic is having a CD release show for their Zerobudget Records debut album on Sunday, April 28 at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis with support from Vessels For Our Ghost (farewell show), We Are Legion, I Am Vengeance, and Earthrise.

Prior to their show at the Girls Got Rhythm Festival on May 10 (below), influential punk band The Avengers will appear at Extreme Noise Records in Minneapolis on Thursday, May 9 for an evening of “record signing, Q & A, music”.

Legendary punk band The Avengers and former singer of The Runaways, Cherie Currie, will headline the Girls Got Rhythm Festival on May 10 and 11 for rare live performances at the Amsterdam Bar and Hall in St. Paul. The Avengers headline Friday, May 10 with Ana Lucia, Gateway District, and Total Trash. Cherie Currie tops the bill Saturday, May 11 alongside Sugar Stems, The ViGNETTES, Marilu And The Machetes, and Is/Is.

The Limp Bizkit show on Tuesday, May 14 at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis is now SOLD OUT.

Kilmore (DJ Chris Kilmore of Incubus) will be doing a DJ show at Studio B of the Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis on Friday, May 17 with support from local phenomenon DJ Abilities.

The Your Demise, Rotting Out, and Expire show on Wednesday, June 5 at First Avenue in Minneapolis has been CANCELED. Your Demise issued a press released announcing cancelation of the North American tour due to circumstances surrounding their planned break up in March 2014.

Minneapolis-based metalcore/thrash band Reaping Asmodeia plays an EP release show at Station 4 in St. Paul on Friday, June 9 with support from Our Judgment, Get The Gun, I Am Vengeance, and Daytripper.

Local industrial metal band Screaming Mechanical Brain plays the What’s Up Lounge in Mankato on Saturday, June 8 with Revilwen, Dead Horse Trauma, and Beautiful Corpse.

Minneapolis-based Cold Colours will play Station 4 in St. Paul on Saturday, June 15 to celebrate the release of their new, self-titled album on Sleaszy Rider Records. Support will comes from Chicago’s Avernus, Minneapolis’s Plague Of Stars (featuring powerhouse vocalist Melissa Ferlaak from Visions Of Atlantis, Echoterra, and Aesma Daeva), and Drona.

Polkadot Cadaver (ex-Dog Fashion Disco) plays Station 4 in St. Paul on Thursday, June 27 with support from One-Eyed Doll, Exotic Animal Petting Zoo, and Nuisance.

As announced here Wednesday, high-flying rap rock band Hollywood Undead plays the Skyway Theatre in Minneapolis on Tuesday, July 2 with support from Pop Evil, 3 Pill Morning, and All Hail The Yeti.

Hard rock band Trapt returns to the area for a show at the Hi 5 Bar in Burnsville on Friday, July 12 as previously reported here Wednesday.

Costumed metal band Green Jellÿ returns to the area for a show at the What’s Up Lounge in Mankato on Thursday, July 18.