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#447
Date February 13, 2025
City Indianapolis, IN
Venue Turntable
Headline MICHIGAN RATTLERS
Support Elias Hix
Ticket $20.00

Upcoming Show

MICHIGAN RATTLERS SETLIST

MICHIGAN RATTLERS
ELIAS HIX

 
#448
Date February 15, 2025
City Carmel, IN
Venue Center For The Performing Arts
Headline FOLSOM PRISON EXPERIENCE
Support N/A
Ticket $45.00

Folsom Prison Experience is a touring production featuring the music of Johnny Cash's legendary 1968 performance at the prison. Although the music is the centerpeice of the show, it is also supported by a comedic group of actors performing the roles of prison guards, the warden, and country music deejay Hugh Cherry there to record the event on behalf of Columbia Records. Actors and musicians also perform the roles and songs of June Carter, Merl Haggard, The Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins and a backing band.

FOLSOM PRISON EXPERIENCE

 
#449
Date February 25, 2025
City Indianapolis, IN
Venue Jazz Kitchen
Headline COOL CITY JAZZ BAND
Support N/A
Ticket $15.00

Back to the Jazz Kitchen for another high quality show featuring Cool City Jazz Band.

COOL CITY JAZZ BAND

 
#450
Date March 24, 2025
City Indianapolis, IN
Venue Tobias Theatre
Headline SUZANNE VEGA
Support  
Ticket $67.50

First time at the Tobias Theatre for a show. Locally known as "The Toby," this theatre is a small venue located inside the Indianapolis Museum of Art, now known as Newfields. The venue seats 530 and is acoustically perfect for small shows. This is likely one of the nicest and cleanest venues in the midwest. Hopefully more shows will be booked here.

The evening is billed: Suzanne Vega - Old Songs, New Songs and Other Songs and so it was. Plenty of old songs mixed with new compositions and an impressive cover of the Lou Reed classic, Walk On The Wild Side.

Suzanne Vega was accompanied by long time collaborator and guitarist Gerry Leonard. Gerry has an impressive resume himself, having played with David Bowie, Duncan Sheik, Laurie Anderson, Rufus Wainwright as well as work on many soundtracks. Playing cello on the ocassional song was Stephanie Winters, herself accomplished as both a cellist and nervous system coach.

SUZANNE VEGA SETLIST
Marlene on the Wall
99.9 F°
Caramel
Small Blue Thing
Gypsy
In Liverpool
The Queen and the Soldier
Chambermaid
Flying with Angels
Speakers' Corner
Left of Center
I Never Wear White
Some Journey
Luka
Tom's Diner

Encore:
Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed cover)
Rats
Galway

SUZANNE VEGA

 
#451
Date April 04, 2025
City Battle Creek, MI
Venue Firekeepers
Headline JOAN JETT and THE BLACKHEARTS
Support N/A
Ticket COMP

Battle Creek Michigan and Firekeepers Casino is the setting for tonight's show featuring Joan Jett and The Blackhearts. The Event Center, which holds about 2,000 was very nearly sold out at show time. This is the first show of the current tour with minor sound difficulties at the very start of the show. These were quickly resolved and fans were treated to a career spanning set list filled with popular covers and originals from Jett's catalog. The Blackhearts today feature Dougie Needles (guitar), Michael McDermott (drums) and Hal Selzer (bass), They have been with Jett for some time and execute well, however not the original Blackhearts.

JOAN JETT SETLIST
Shooting Into Space
Cherry Bomb (Runaways cover)
Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) (Gary Glitter cover)
Victim of Circumstance
You Drive Me Wild (Runaways cover)
Light of Day (Bruce Springsteen cover)
(Make the Music Go) Boom
Fake Friends
Androgynous (Replacements cover)
Oh Woe Is Me
Different
Love Is Pain
Long Time
Whiskey Goes Good
Everyday People (Sly & the Family Stone cover)
If You're Blue
Fresh Start
I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Arrows cover)
Crimson & Clover (Tommy James & the Shondells cover)
I Hate Myself for Loving You
Bad Reputation


JOAN JETT

#452        
Date April 10, 2025        
City Stillwater, OK        
Venue T Boone Pickens Stadium      
Headline CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED, TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS
Support Great Divide, Jason Boland and The Stragglers, Stoney Larue
Ticket $171.00        

The hint of a Cross Canadian Ragweed reunion, after 14 years, was welcome news to fans around the world. Requests for presale passwords exceeded 120,000 and a 2nd show was quickly added. On the day of presale, the servers at OSU seemed to be overwhlemed for ticket sales. Fans with presale passwords were still waiting in the queue 3 hours later when tickets sold out two shows at Boone Pickens Stadium. Third party ticket sites posted tickets for a nominal upcharge at first, followed by a surge of price increases as the day went on. By early afternoon, the announcement came that plans were developing for two additional shows Thursday and Sunday to accommodate the demand. What started as a one off concert event has now grown into a 4 day behemoth. That demonstrates the impact that Cross Canadian Ragweed made on the music scene from 1994 until 2010.

This is show #1 of 4 nights. A veritable who's who of Oklahoma artists featuring: The return of Cross Canadian Ragweed plus Turnpike Troubadours, Great Divide, Jason Boland and The Stragglers, and Stoney LaRue.

 

CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED  
TURNPIKE TROUBADORS  
GREAT DIVIDE  
JASON BOLAND and THE STRAGGLERS  
STONEY LARUE  

 

 

#453        
Date April 11, 2025        
City Stillwater, OK        
Venue T Boone Pickens Stadium      
Headline CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED, TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS
Support Mike McClure Band, Jason Boland and The Stragglers, Stoney Larue
Ticket $149.00        

Show #2 of 4 nights.

CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED  
TURNPIKE TROUBADORS  
MIKE McCLURE BAND  
JASON BOLAND and THE STRAGGLERS  
STONEY LARUE  

 

 
#454
Date April 26, 2025
City Indianapolis, IN
Venue Irving Theatre
Headline EX TC
Support  
Ticket $30.00

Upcoming Show featuring XTC's Terry Chambers and friends performing songs from the XTC catalogue.

EX TC SETLIST

EX TC  

#455
Date May 10, 2025
City Indianapolis, IN
Venue Hi-Fi
Headline BOB MOULD
Support J. Robbins Band
Ticket $32.50

Upcoming Show

BOB MOULD SETLIST

BOB MOULD  

#456        
Date June 17, 2025        
City Fishers, IN        
Venue Fishers Event Center      
Headline RICK SPRINGFIELD
Support John Waite, Wang Chung, Paul Young, John Cafferty
Ticket $55.00        

Upcoming Show

 

RICK SPRINGFIELD  
JOHN WAITE  
WANG CHUNG  
PAUL YOUNG  
JOHN CAFERTY  

 

 

#457    
Date June 22, 2025    
City Noblesville, IN    
Venue Ruoff Music Center    
Headline SIMPLE MINDS    
Support Soft Cell, Modern English
Ticket $64.00    

Upcoming Show

SIMPLE MINDS SETLIST

SOFT CELL SETLIST:

MODERN ENGLISH SETLIST:


SIMPLE MINDS  
SOFT CELL  
MODERN ENGLISH  

 

#458
Date July 31, 2025
City Carmel, IN
Venue Palladium
Headline JASON SCHEFF and TOMMY DECARLO
Support N/A
Ticket $00.00

Upcoming Show

Jason Scheff, lead singer of Chicago from 1985 - 2016 and Tommy DeCarlo, lead singer of Boston since 2007, although Boston has been largely quiet since 2017.



JASON SCHEFF  
TOMMY DECARLO  

 

#459
Date August 30, 2025
City Indianapolis, IN
Venue Hi-Fi
Headline BILLY IDOL
Support Joan Jett
Ticket $00.00

Upcoming Show

BILLY IDOL SETLIST

BILLY IDOL  
JOAN JETT  

#460    
Date September 20, 2025    
City Nashville, TN    
Venue Rhyman Auditorium    
Headline RECKLESS KELLY    
Support Cody Canada, Jamie Lin Wilson
Ticket 00.00    

Upcoming Show

THE RECKLESS KELLY SETLIST:

CODAY CANADA SETLIST:

JAMIE LIN WILSON SETLIST:

RECKLESS KELLY  
CODY CANADA  
JAMIE LIN WILSON