MN Live | First Avenue's 40th Anniversary Party at First Avenue Mainroom

Chris Osgood

Only Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar

Curtiss A

From Minnesota

First Twin Cities show since since December 8, 2010 • 13th Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since February 23, 2005

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Jim Walsh

From Minneapolis

First show since since April 23, 2010 • Fourth show on MN Live's calendar since May 19, 2007

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Mark Wheat

From Minneapolis

First show since since September 5, 2010

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Gary Louris

From Minneapolis

First show since since February 22, 2009 • First Mainroom show since September 6, 2006 • Fifth show on MN Live's calendar since September 6, 2006

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From last.fm:

Long before rising to prominence as leader of the insurgent country group The Jayhawks (and the all-star collective Golden Smog), Gary Louris grew up in Toledo, OH, where he took piano lessons as a youngster. When he was 14, his mother gave him a classical guitar, suggesting he could bring the instrument to parties and become more popular. He started writing songs in college, but it wasn't until he had graduated that he purchased his first electric guitar. Read more about Gary Louris on Last.fm.

Added to bill on Nov 4

Har Mar Superstar

From Minnesota

First Twin Cities show since since May 17, 2010 • First Mainroom show since April 3, 2005 • 10th Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since April 3, 2005

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From last.fm:

Sideproject of Sean Tilmann of Sean Na Na & Calvin Krime fame. Har Mar Superstar is an American singer born in Owatonna, Minnesota. His musical genre is generally R'n'B & pop. He has a cameo in Starsky and Hutch as "Dancin' Rick", a disco dance champion who faces off in a contest with Ben Stiller's Starsky character. He has also appeared in Whip It, Lovely Still, and Pitch Perfect. Bye Bye 17, the new album from acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Har Mar Superstar (aka Sean Tillmann), is currently out on Cult Records. Read more about Har Mar Superstar on Last.fm.

Grant Hart

From St Paul

First show since since August 19, 2010 • First Mainroom show since September 28, 2008 • 17th show on MN Live's calendar since September 2, 2005

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From last.fm:

Grant Hart is best known as the drummer (and singer and songwriter) in Hüsker Dü. Following the band's breakup, Hart released a solo album, Intolerance, on which he played most of the instruments himself. In the mid-90s, he formed the band Nova Mob, which released two albums before disbanding. Hart subsequently returned to his solo career. Much has been made of the volatile relationship Hart had with Husker Du guitarist Bob Mould and the band's acrimonious break-up with fans of the band spliting into two camps and searching for cutting remarks on the solo albums of both men. Read more about Grant Hart on Last.fm.

The Mighty Mofos

From Minnesota

First Twin Cities show since since October 23, 2010 • First Mainroom show since February 8, 2006 • 17th Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since March 6, 2005

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Matt Wilson & John Munson

From Minneapolis

First show since since December 15, 2007 • First Mainroom show • Third show on MN Live's calendar since March 17, 2007

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Heiruspecs

From Minnesota

First Twin Cities show since since July 5, 2010 • First Mainroom show since December 13, 2008 • 18th Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since November 16, 2006

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From last.fm:

“We started out playing in high school in St. Paul to a crowd of hip-hop kids, thug kids, nerd kids and honor students,” Heiruspecs bassist Twinkie Jiggles says. “Eventually, the school paper wrote about us and said we were the best band out of Central High since Mint Condition. Then we played our first gig in Minneapolis when I was 15 and my dad showed up and smelled weed.” Not many bands lock into their sound in high school or manage to hang together for seven years, but Heiruspecs has and now the young 20-somethings are seasoned vets. Read more about Heiruspecs on Last.fm.

The Hypstrz

From Minnesota

First Twin Cities show since since August 27, 2010 • First Mainroom show since June 13, 2008 • Eighth Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since January 20, 2007

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Spider John Koerner & Tony Glover

From Minneapolis

First show since since February 13, 2010 • First Mainroom show • Fourth show on MN Live's calendar since December 30, 2007

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Added to bill on Dec 13

Dessa

From Minneapolis

First show since since August 21, 2010 • First Mainroom show since October 1, 2006 • 22nd show on MN Live's calendar since October 12, 2005

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From last.fm:

Born Margaret Wander, Dessa’s first release with Doomtree, False Hopes, introduced a unique sensibility to underground hip-hop: literary, bitter-sweet, and wry. She alternated between a clever, droll persona as an emcee and her earnest, unaffected delivery as a singer with a low, clear alto voice. Her a cappella arrangements delicate and expressive, full of sad, old world harmonies. False Hopes attracted a varied set of ferociously dedicated fans in the Midwest and beyond. Read more about Dessa on Last.fm.