Somethin’ to Du: Go to First Ave’s annual ‘Mats Tribute

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You know that for the past three years First Ave has hosted a ‘Mats tribute concert that benefits Twin Cities Music Community Trust, right? And for the past three years we’ve been able to giveaway tickets to lucky PaulWesterberg.net readers. This year is no different. What is different? This year they’ll be paying tribute to ol’ Sorry Ma Forgot to Take Out the Trash, which. . . hang on to your hearing aids and canes. . . turned 30 in August.

If you’re looking for somethin’ to du on Friday, November 25 leave a comment and we’ll give away two pairs of tickets. To enter, just leave a comment and we’ll notify winners Friday. Good Luck!

Performing in the First Avenue Mainroom
House Band
The 4onthefloor
Red Pens
Story Of The Sea feat David Campbell and Jim McGuinn
BNLX
Night Moves
Black Church Service

Performing in the 7th St Entry
Poverty Hash
The White & Lazy All-Stars
High On Stress
Martin Devaney
Ashleigh Still
John Swardson

Plus special guest vocalists:
Arzu (Pink Mink)
Brendan Green (The Goondas)
Brian Vanderwerf (Chooglin’)
Chris Besinger (STNNNG)
Christy Hunt (Pink Mink)
Curran Folsom
Curtiss A
Dale T. Nelson (Otto’s Chemical Lounge)
Dude Weather
Erik Hendriksson (2010 contest winner)
Gabe Douglas (The 4onthefloor)
Jacob Mullis (Fort Wilson Riot)
Joey Ryan (Joey Ryan & the Inks)
John Swardson
Nick Leet (High on Stress)
Orion Treon (Phantom Tails)
Reed Wilkerson (The Japhies)
Sarah Nienaber (Gospel Gossip)

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Read more | Comments (2) | | November 22nd, 2011

Who wants to go see Tommy Stinson at First Ave on Friday?

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Tommy Stinson is play at First Ave on Friday at 8 p.m. and we’ve got two sets of tickets to give away. If you want to go for FREE! just leave a comment. We’ll draw names on Thursday and two lucky people (plus a guest) will go to the show and get to spend all their money on beer.

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Read more | Comments (7) | | May 16th, 2011

Tommy Stinson playing First Ave May 20th

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My paulwesterberg.net inbox is usually filled to the brim with email. Most of them are requests for Paul (who I am not) to play somewhere or like this (and I quote), “I’m a great admirer of you and your music! I would therefore be very happy if you could send me 2 handsigned (autographed) photos of you.”

You have no idea how much self-restraint it takes to not sign a few photos of myself. Specifically this one from my junior year in high school (rock on 1987).

So you must forgive me that it’s taken so long to pass on this notice from Gimme Noise about Tommy’s upcoming show at First Ave, where they try to stir up some rumors about how might join Tommy on stage.

Tickets are $12 at First Ave’s site.

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Read more | Comments (7) | | April 11th, 2011

MPLS ‘Mats Fans “Color Me Obsessed” tickets now on sale

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I’m a busy, busy beaver so I’m just gonna shuffle this link off to y’all.

Ticks now on sale for the May 4th screening. Get ‘em while the gettin’s good.

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Read more | Comments (2) | | March 22nd, 2011

Ticket giveaway: Go see the Replacements’ Tribute at First Ave on Nov 26

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So yeah, First Avenue and a bunch of illustrious musical types are celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Tim (the second best ‘Mats album ever) on Friday, November 26th — the day after Thanksgiving y’all.

Here’s a little preview of what you can expect to see if you go:

If you’d like to go we’ve got FIVE (5) sets of tickets to give away. So you and a friend can go. To enter, just leave a comment and if we get more than five entries we’ll use Random.org to choose five winners on Monday, November 22nd so you have plenty of time to plan. Sound good?

Here’s a full list of who you can expect to see. Plus, don’t forget they’ll be performing “Tim” from beginning to end.
Performing in the Main Room:
The Honeydogs
Pink Mink
The White and Lazy All-Stars (featuring members of Chooglin)
Story of the Sea (featuring David Campbell and Jim McGuinn
Communist Daughter
The Goondas
Sex Rays
Sons of Gloria
and more!

Performing in the Entry:
Stook! and the Jukes
Adam Levy
Bethany Larson and the Bee’s Knees
Eliza Blue
Gini Doods
John Swardson
Ashleigh Still
Dan Israel
Ryan Paul
Mayda
Brianna Lane
Martin Devaney
and more!

Plus, special guest vocalists:
Arzu Gokcen (Pink Mink)
Ben Kyle (Romantica)
Brian Vanderwerf (Chooglin)
Dale T. Nelson (Otto’s Chemical Lounge)
Dude Weather (Jimmy Gaines)
Janey Winterbauer (Astronaut Wife)
Jim Walsh
John Solomon (Communist Daughter)
Josh Grier (Tapes ‘N Tapes)
Justin Pierre (Motion City Soundtrack)
and more!

Get all the details over on First Ave’s website.

Comment today!

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Read more | Comments (12) | | November 17th, 2010

Celebrate Let it Be’s 25th Anniversary at First Ave.

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Let it Be

Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Let It Be and the paperback release of The Replacements: All Over But The Shouting at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 27th at First Ave. Tickets are $6 in advance and $8 at the door. The event is also a benefit for the Twin Cities Music Community Trust and will feature:
The Let It Be House Band
The Idle Hands
Gospel Gossip
High On Stress
Jennifer Markey
Jeremy Messersmith
Martin Devaney
Ashleigh Still
Stook!
The Bottom Forty
The Tisdales
Patches and Gretchen
The Hard Left

And probably much, much more. You can get all the details at on First Ave’s site here.

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Read more | Comments (11) | | October 6th, 2009

Paul Westerberg at Austin City Limits Festival, really?

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I have no idea if this poster announcing the line-up for this ACL Event is bogus or not, because it sounds too good to be true.

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Read more | Comments (3) | | March 24th, 2008

The Craft with Paul Westerberg pre-First Ave shindig

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Okay jerkies, here’s the dealio. Doors open at 7 and the show starts at 8. From what I can surmise (though I have no official verification), everyone who attends is gonna need to ‘check in.’ I know a lot of the local places giving away tickets (City Pages, Vita.mn) aren’t even gonna notify winners until Saturday the 22nd.

So that’s what I (don’t) know about that.

What I do know is that a bevy of westernerd-babes and I are gonna go on down to O’Donovans (careful the site plays annoying music) at 5:30 Sunday. And then after a few we will mosey on down the road (across the street really) to First Ave. and get our sweet selves checked in.

Don’t be shy, stop on over. I’ll be the 6’5″ woman with the annoying laugh. Come on up and say hello. I can’t wait to see you all!

Read more | Comments (2) | | September 21st, 2007

Video Tuesday — Now with more nagging you to try to win tickets to MGD The Craft series with Paul Westerberg

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Hi. Did you realize that Paul Westerberg.net is giving away 4 tickets to the upcoming invite-only show at First Avenue?

Did you know that so far we only have two entries?

  1. Damn, another contest
  2. Are you strung out on some face?

Did you know that the contest ends at like Midnight tomorrow?

Your odds are looking pretty damn good if you ask me. So get on it, doorknob. (Does insulting the reader act as a motivator? Inquiring minds want to know. Also I think the phrase doorknob needs to come back in vogue)

Also, here’s a video.

Read more | Comments (2) | | September 11th, 2007