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Rise Against, Flogging Molly coming to 1STBANK Center

Chicago-based hardcore act Rise Against, who is touring in support of its latest effort, Endgame, Celtic punkers Flogging Molly and and local pop-punk band Calibrate Me will be at the 1STBANK Center on Tuesday, December 6 as part of Channel 93.3’s Not So Silent Night. General admission tickets ($36.25) go…

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Jonathan Kreisberg hosting improvisation clinic

New York-based jazz guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg, who will be performing at Dazzle on Thursday and Friday, September 22 and 23, will also hosting an improvisation clinic at the Broadway Music School from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 24. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door…

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Gauntlet Hair releases new song, playing CMJ

Lafayette-based duo Gauntlet Hair, who was picked up by Dead Oceans over the summer, is set to release its self debut on the imprint on October 18. Already receiving high praise from a number of music blogs around the country for “Top Bunk,” the first single from the album, Gauntlet…

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Ministry to play Ogden Theatre next summer

Although Al Jourgensen has said he’d never tour with Ministry again, the frontman reunited the group after a health scare last year and plans to record a new album, Relapse, before the end of the year. Ministry hits the Ogden Theatre on Sunday, June 17, as part of a five-date…

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WHY? cancels U.S. tour, including Denver date

Just a week after starting its seated tour, WHY? canceled most of its remaining U.S. tour dates, including its show at the Gothic Theatre slated for Wednesday, October 12. The band’s Facebook page states, “Dear fans, due to an unfortunate injury, we are going to have to cancel the rest…

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Paul Simon at 1STBANK Center on October 26

Paul Simon, who recently announced a new two-disc collection that spans five decades of material, is coming to the 1STBank Center on Wednesday October 26, two days after his new album, Songwriter, hits stores. Next month also marks Simon’s seventieth birthday. Reserved tickets for the show ($45-$85), which also features…

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Tesla bringing acoustic tour to Ogden Theatre

While Tesla has done its share of amplified rocking over its 25-year history, the band has also been successful going the acoustic route. Five Man Acoustical Jam went platinum and helped inspire MTV’s “Unplugged” series. Now celebrating the twentieth anniversary of that album and the release of Twisted Wires &…

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Savoy to headline Fillmore on 11/11/11

Dang! If you would’ve told us a decade ago that local acts would be playing shows at a place the size of the Fillmore on with stunning frequency — read more than once a year or on a very special occasion, generally warming up the stage for a higher profile…

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Big Sean in Boulder at the Fox on 11/11/11

Big Sean is coming to the Fox Theatre on Friday, November 11. Signed to Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label, Big Sean legitimately poses this question: “Who came first, Big Sean or Drake?” No kidding. If you don’t know Big Sean from “My Last,” his single with Chris Brown, let’s just…

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Fluff Bar due to open next month at 1516 Wazee

Watch for Fluff Bar to open in early October at 1516 Wazee Street. Originally slated to be called Fluff Beauty Bar, the combo hair salon, cocktail lounge and champagne bar dropped “beauty” for reasons that should be obvious (if you’ve ever been to the fourteen-month-old Beauty Bar, at least)…