SOLID GOLD Halloween Show at Varsity
Monday, October 31, 2011 » Other shows: Coming Soon, Shows Will Be Here
Varsity Theater • 7:00pm • 18+ • $12
Added to calendar on Sep 29
Solid Gold
From Minneapolis
First show since since March 6, 2011 • First Varsity show since August 28, 2009 • First headlining show since June 4, 2010 • First Varsity headlining show since August 28, 2009 • 65th show on MN Live's calendar since January 13, 2006
From last.fm:
Hometown: Minneapolis. The lineup: Zac, Matt, Adam, Shon and Adam. Let’s get this out of the way up top: no, Solid Gold is not a syndicated top 40 countdown show which aired from 1980 to 1988 featuring the Solid Gold Dancers. But I could see the Solid Gold Dancers doing a fine routine to a couple of Solid Gold’s numbers—maybe the slinky “Bible Thumper,” or the dreamier “Who You Gonna Run To?” Read more about Solid Gold on Last.fm.
Teddy and the Turks
From Minneapolis
First show since since October 15, 2011 • First Varsity show • 18th show on MN Live's calendar since April 3, 2010
Added to bill on Oct 7
Leisure Birds
From Minneapolis
First show since since October 22, 2011 • First Varsity show since October 26, 2010 • 36th show on MN Live's calendar since November 21, 2008
From last.fm:
Crawling out from the primordial muck of rhythm and reverb, Leisure Birds concoct a hallucinatory brew of squealing keyboards, thumping floor-toms, stabbing guitars, chant-like vocals and sinuous basslines. Hailing from Minneapolis, Leisure Birds sound like a lost artifact of the first psychedelic era; the British Invasion meeting swamp boogie along the muddy banks of the Mississippi. Born out of the demise of two of Minneapolis' cherished rock institutions — syncopated whiskey-throat... Read more about Leisure Birds on Last.fm.
Added to bill on Oct 7