Posts by Billy Briggs

J Mascis, Murph and Lou Barlow of Dinosaur Jr took the stage at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul, MN on 10/26/17. Photos by Billy Briggs

Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile brought their Lotta Sea Lice tour to St. Paul’s Palace Theater on 10/25/17. Photos by Billy Briggs.  

Queens of the Stone Age rolled up the volume at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul on 10/14/17 in support of their new album Villains. Photos by Billy Briggs.

The Pixies continued what seems to be a “never attending tour” in support of 2016’s Head Carrier at the Palace Theatre in St Paul, MN on 10/11/17. The second of two nights in St Paul contained a packed setlist of classic and new material. Photos by Billy Briggs.

Don’t call em a Super Group. Dead Cross consists of guitarist Mike Crain (Retox), bassist Justin Pearson (the Locust, Head Wound City and Retox), drummer Dave Lombardo (SuicidalTendencies, Misfits, Slayer and Fantômas) and vocalist Mike Patton (currently of Faith No More, Tomahawk and Fantômas). The band hit First Avenue in Minnapolis, MN on 9/19 and crushed it heavy.

ZZ Top Deliver Truck Full of Hits To Prior Lake, MN (PHOTOS)

Midnight Oil continued their U.S. reunion tour with the high energy abandon that is rare for artists of their age. The Australians hit Minneapolis’ First Avenue on 8/29/17. Photos by Billy Briggs

Coldplay brought their ever so colorful performance to the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN on 8/12/17. Photos by Billy Briggs.

Earth Wind & Fire brought their timeless hits to St. Paul’s Excel Energy Center on July 27th, 2017. Photos by Billy Briggs.

Rock The Garden 2017 returned to the Walker Arts Center on July 22 headlined by Bon Iver, aka Justin Vernon. Other acts on the mid summer bill included The Revolution, Dead Man Winter and Benjamin Booker. Photos by Billy Briggs.

Ziggy Marley brought the reggae to the Minneapolis Zoo in Apple Valley, MN on 6/30/17. Photo by Billy Briggs                                                        

At the Drive In brought their A game and relentless stage dynamic to The Palace Theatre in St Paul, MN on 6/17/17. Photos by Billy Briggs.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers brought their colorful career spanning show to the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, MN on 6/3/2017. Of particular notice Petty and his band made a terminally ill fan’s dream come true with a preshow visit and dedicating “Walls” to her.  Photos by Billy Briggs.

The 2017 Soundset Festival took  place May 28th at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in St.Paul and is curated by hometown rappers Atmosphere. Big urban names on the bill included TI, Gucci Mane, Travis Scott and more. Photos by Billy Briggs.

76 year old Neil Diamond visited the sold out Xcel Energy Center in St Paul, MN on 5/24/17 for his 50th Anniversary Tour. The career spanning setlist included all the favorites and then some. Photos by Billy Briggs.  

John Mayer Gives Full Band, Solo Acoustic and Trio Setups Fervent Guitar Time in St. Paul

Phantogram helped break in the recently renovated Palace Theatre in St. Paul, MN with the third performance in the new space. The theater, opened in 1916, closed in 1977, although several attempts were made over the next couple of decades to revive it. Photos by Billy Briggs.

Patti Smith visited Minnesota’s Northrop Auditorium on 3/8/17 for a night of classics and covers including a take on Prince’s “When Doves Cry.”  

Stevie Nicks and The Pretenders brought their never get old rock to the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on 12/6/16. Highlights include Nicks and Chrissie Hynde squaring off on “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around.” Photos by Billy Briggs.     \

Prince protege Jesse Johnson  (original guitarist in The Time) and Friends feat Sonny Thompson and Michael Bland vistied their hometown turf of First Avenue in Minneapolis on 12/2/16. Photos by Billy Briggss. Jesse Johnson Sonny Thompson Michael Bland