Twenty One New Concerts Announced For Omaha, Lincoln and Council Bluffs
With Links To The Actual Ticket Sites
Usually Hawthorne Heights comes through town playing the Is For Lovers festival that they founded. This time the rock band will be playing the intimate Barnato on March 24th. Get tickets HERE
Alabama Shakes are back from hiatus and Omaha (La Vista) got lucky and scored one of the dates for the popular Americana band. We got EXTRA lucky and scored one of the dates with soul singer Lee Fields. Get there early. Tickets on sale for July 19th show at the Astro on Friday HERE
Very excited for indie, electronic, slightly experimental folk band Florist to come to Reverb Lounge. They have one of the best sounds around, even Beyonce thinks so, as she used part of one of their songs in her Homecoming movie. They have a new album coming out on March 8th and the show happens on May 24th. Not sure when tickets go on sale, but when they do it will be HERE.
Singer-songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov has been one of our most consistent selling artists at the record store the last decade. Very hard to keep his stuff in stock. I assume this show will be very popular, so grab tickets fast to the August 18th show at The Astro. Tickets on sale Friday HERE
Metalcore band Ice Nine Kills is back in Omaha and fresh off their win for Best International Live Act at the Heavy Music Awards. They are doing three shows where fans get to vote on what songs get played and Omaha is one of them. This happens at The Admiral on May 15th and you can get tickets HERE on Friday.
I am pretty sure Barenaked Ladies are fooling us. Every year they hit the road with friends for the Last Summer on Earth Tour and every summer it happens again. This time around they are bringing Fastball (ask me my Fastball story sometime) and the return of Guster. This will happen at The Astro on June 14th an tickets are on sale HERE
Kansas City noise rockers Season to Risk return to Omaha for a show at The Sydney with Pagan Athletes and Las Cruxes on May 3rd. Tickets on sale HERE.
Memphis rock band Sleep Theory will release their debut album on May 16th. The band has already notched up four Top 20 hard rock hits and are hitting the road and will be at Bourbon Theater on June 10th. Tickets on sale HERE on Friday
NYC No Wave band Pons hits Reverb Lounge on April 22nd. You can grab tickets HERE
Paisley Fields is a country singer-songwriter and touring member of queer country legends Lavender Country. With songs like “Ride Me Cowboy”, you know that this will be a fun night at the Sydney on March 6th. Tickets on sale HERE
Ten years ago, country artist Justin Moore won Best New Artist at the ACM’s and this year he released his ninth album, the Billboard Top Five Country charting This Is My Dirt. He will be at The Astro with Joe Nichols who had a big run in the early part of this century. Tickets for the June 28th show go on sale Friday HERE
Blues guitarist Chris Cain has been doing this for a long time. He is currently recording for Alligator Records and last year released Good Intentions Gone Bad. His guitar playing skills have been praised by the likes of B.B. King and Joe Bonamassa. Tickets on sale HERE for the April 30th show at The Zoo Bar.
Hard rock band Dorothy is back with a new album entitled The Way on March 14th. They will make a stop at Whiskey Roadhouse in Council Bluffs on April 25th with country artist Cory Marks. Tickets on sale HERE on Friday
Texas blues rocker Mike Morgan and the Crawl have been putting out albums and touring the country since the mid-80. Well over a dozen albums later and many miles on the road, he is still storming the stage. He will be at The Zoo Bar on March 12th
The 90-year-old legend, Frankie Valli, became a meme last year because he is 90 years old and performing and not the most animated cat around anymore because he is 90. Some people say that he is being trotted out for money, but if you watch recent interviews with him, he wants to be out there doing it. He is actually working on something new, he recently said. Frankie will be at The Orpheum on June 27th. Tickets on sale HERE on Friday.
Chicago indie punk band collective Worry Club brings their Spring tour to Omaha for a March 30th show at Reverb Lounge. Tickets on sale HERE
Mark Joseph who performs with Minnesota jam band The Big Wu will be at the Zoo Bar on March 13th. Tickets on sale HERE
American Idol Season 20 winner Noah Thompson will be at Barnato on March 29th. Tickets on sale soon HERE.
Country artist Jay Webb is coming to Reverb Lounge on May 17th and he likes to sing about drinking. They “Whiskey Wishes”, “Drink To Get Drunk”, “Hungover You” and “Bury Me With Bourbon” singers tickets are on sale HERE.
Yes they get emo in Canada also. Canadian emo band Arm’s Length will cross the border with Prince Daddy & The Hyena for a show at Waiting Room on May 8th. Tickets on sale Friday HERE
Long time singer-songwriter James Arthur is heading to La Vista to play at The Astro. Tickets are on sale Friday HERE