Here are some of the new shows announced this week at venues around St. Louis!
Pops
* The AP Tour featuring Family Force 5/The Maine/3OH!3, Wednesday, April 15
Family Arena
* Avenged Sevenfold/Buckcherry/Papa Roach/Saving Abel, Tuesday, February 17
Scottrade Center
*Billy Joel and Elton John, Thursday, May 14
(Bloc Party)
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*Les Claypool/DeVotchKa/Saul Wiliams/Secret Chiefs 3, Tuesday, March 17
*Bloc Party, Tuesday, March 31
Blueberry Hill
*Bryan Greenberg, Saturday, July 18
*Gaelic Storm, Tuesday, July 21
*Dread Zeppelin, Friday, August 21
Scottrade Center
*Kings of Leon, Wednesday, September 30
*Miley Cyrus, Sunday, October 4
So, very quietly Off Broadway announced that Idaho-born troubadour Josh Ritter is returning to town on July 28, along with Langhorne Slim. Let's just pause a second, shall we? Oh hi, Josh.
Ray GordonAnyway, thanks to eagle-eyed Jason for sending over this Facebook missive that Josh is looking for local musicians to play with him at every tour stop, including St. Louis. Here are the details, in Ritter's own words:
There's been too many times during past tours when we thought, "
Although it's Tuesday, you wouldn't know it from tonight's hectic concert schedule. First, at Off Broadway, it's Josh Ritter -- although if you don't already have tickets, you might be out of luck. According to Off Broadway's Twitter, "a few [are] available at the door at 8PM. Otherwise--SOLD OUT." If you don't make it in, soothe your feelings with Roy Kasten's feature and the following MP3/video.MP3: Josh Ritter, "To the Dogs or Whoever" Langhorne Slim is also on the bill. Now, if Ritter isn't