Embassy Theatre have announced that Sunday, Oct. 2, at 7:30p.m., they will welcome the Barenaked Ladies to the stage.
Over the course of 33 years, the Toronto quartet have sold more than 15 million records worldwide and built up an arsenal of hits, such as “If I Had $1,000,000,” “One Week,” “Pinch Me,” and “The Big Bang Theory Theme.”
The band has hosted a cruise, had its own ice cream flavor, won eight Juno Awards in Canada, and are members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
BNL released their 13th studio album, Detour de Force, last year.
Tickets prices start at $45 at the Embassy box office and at ticketmaster.com.
Local musicians join school’s fundraiser
Folks are encouraged to attend the Band Together Music Festival in Columbia City on Saturday, Aug. 27, from 4-9:30 p.m. to raise scholarship funds for students to attend TROY school.
This festival will include food trucks, drinks, a silent auction, fun for the kids, and live music by Unlikely Alibi, All Gone Blue, Jess Thrower, and The TROY Band.
An acronym for Teaching and Reading Our Youth, TROY school is an accredited, independent, nonprofit school for grades six through 12 that has been offering teens a chance to succeed and develop hope for the future in Whitley and surrounding counties.
The event will be held at the Mizpah Shrine Horse Patrol Grounds at 985 N. State Road 9. Tickets are $20 with kids 12 and under free and can be purchased at troyalternativeschool.com.
Live music for a good cause, sign me up!
Iglesias bringing stand-up show to Coliseum
Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias will bring his comedy tour to town Thursday, Oct. 13, at 8 p.m. for a performance at Memorial Coliseum.
Iglesias is one of the world’s most successful and popular stand-up comedians, performing sold-out shows across the globe. In May, he became the first comedian to perform and sell out Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles in front of 55,000 people. On TV, he is the star and executive producer of the original Netflix comedy series, Mr. Iglesias.
Tickets can be purchased at Coliseum box office and ticketmaster.com.
The way it sounds, this might be a packed house so you better act soon.
Area bands to open for Brother Cane at Piere’s
Area support have been added to the Brother Cane show coming to Piere’s on Thursday, Aug. 18, at 8 p.m.
Get yourself cleaned up after work, grab some grub, and arrive on time to take in Tankhead and ReGeneration X who will set the mood for the evening.
As for ’90s favs Brother Cane, they have scored radio hits, toured with Van Halen, Aerosmith, and Robert Plant, and might very well be the biggest and baddest hard rock band to come out of Alabama. The band has performed at Piere’s in the past and even Memorial Coliseum when they opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd and Bad Company in 1998.
This tour will feature original frontman Damon Johnson, original bassist Glenn Maxey, as well as Aerosmith touring musician Buck Johnson on keyboards and drummer Jared Pope from Johnson’s solo band.
Tickets can be purchased via etix.com or at all Wooden Nickel locations and Neat Neat Neat Records.
