April 2009 Nite Crawl
By Roger Anderson

“The Circus starring Britney Spears” –her 1st tour in five years & The Pussycat Dolls, April 3rd @ Target Ctr . . . April 6th Twins Home Opener vs. Seattle . . . Patty Loveless, Monday, April 6th @ the Guthrie Theater . . . Lez Zeppelin -All Girls All Zeppelin, 4/6 Fine Line Music Café . . . The pride of Canada, Nickelback to perform April 7th @ Target Center in support of one kick-ass CD, “Dark House” . . . The English Beat Friday, April 10th at the Cabooze . . . The All-American Rejects I Wanna Rock Tour April 13th @ Myth . . . Country’s hottest duo feat. Jennifer Nettles, Sugarland return April 17th to Target Ctr . . . Heart @ Treasure Island/Red Wing April 17th . . . Head East (“Never Been Any Reason,” “Since You’ve Been Gone,” “Get Up & Enjoy Yourself,”) are not “Flat as a Pancake,” but very much live @ Dibbo’s April 24th . . . Action Sports World Tour April 25th @ Target Ctr, see the World’s best X Games Pros . . . Mystic Lake presents Jason Aldean April 18th, Staind & Hoobastank on the 20th, Dierks Bentley on 25-26, & Vince Gill on May 1-2, plus Tony Bennett May 10th . . . Queensryche American Soldier Tour @ Myth Sat., May 2nd . . . Keith Urban, May 14th at Xcel Energy Center . . . Keane @ Myth and Joe Cocker @ Jack Pot Jct. Casino May 15th . . . Get ready for Green Days new release, 21st Century Breakdown – May 15th . . . Foreigner at Treasure Island Resort & Casino , May 15th plus KC and The Sunshine Band June 6th, www.treasureislandcasino.com . . . Yanni May 28th at Target Center . . . Tatoo You Twin Cities 1 at the Medina Entertainment Center June 12-14th w/ Dawgwild & TNT on Friday plus Knight Crawler & 10,000 Days on Saturday – www.tattooyouminnesota.com . . . Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood Together Live @ Xcel Entergy Ctr. Thursday, June 18th . . . the closest living guitarist to Hendrix –Robin Trower live @ Fitzgerald Theater June 28th . . . Chicago & Earth Wind & Fire in a doubleheader July 1 at Target Center . . . . Cirque Du Soleil Kooza opens July 3rd under the Grand Chapiteau at the Broadway/Kellogg lot in downtown St. Paul, 1.800.678.5440 . . . The event of the summer- No Doubt w/very special guest, Paramore @ XCel Energy Center July 5th . . . inside scoop-The Rock of LOVE Bus Tour feat. Bret Michaels to headline Taste of MN Sunday, July 5th . . . The Jonas Brothers & Jordin Sparks @ Target Center July 8th . . . Hericane Alice scores big with Rocklahoma play July 11th in Pryor, OK . . . 10,000 Lakes Festival, 4 days of music + Camping, July 22-25 @ Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, MN. Featured headliners include the Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic & Wilco, www.10klf.com . . . Halfway Jam announces partial lineup to include TNT on Thurs. July 23, Great White, Dokken & Skid Row on the 24th & The Sweet, April Wine & Jackyl on Sat. the 25th. More announcements coming soon! . . . Toby Keith, Brooks & Dunn, Tim McGraw , Trace Adkins, Taylor Swift, Big & Rich, Sawyer Brown, Heidi Newfield, Kellie Pickler, Clint Black & Craig Morgan confirmed at the 27th Annual We Fest Aug. 6-8 in Detroit Lakes . . . www.TheTributeFest.com coming to the Buffalo House south of Duluth off Interstate 35 . . . Rod Stewart at Target Center . . . Scarlet Haze to headline Tattoo You in Carlton, MN at Blackbear Casino Aug. 22nd . . . Highlights of 2009 will be Kristen Stewart (“Twilight”) to play Joan Jett in a film based on The Runaways, plus a reunion tour for the band Creed . . . Jackson Browne booked at MN State Fair Aug. 31st . . . Scarlet Haze is the first announcement for Chilifeed in Ellsworth, WI, Sept. 11th . . . Metallica Oct. 13th at Target Center . . . UFO Oct 16th The Outlaws Oct. 25 & Little River Band at the Medina Ballroom Nov. 14th. . . Welcome to the new “Out & About” premier issue!!!!