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On the way: Whitesnake

They're coming to the Midland theater on Aug. 9, a Tuesday. Tickets on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Presale is 10 a.m. Thursday. Price: $39.75. (Give me all your love and a chunk of your change.)

Coming Wednesday: Benefit for Joplin

Cowboy Indian Bear is on the bill for the benefit for Joplin at Crosstown Station on June 1.

It's called MidCoast Cares: A Benefit for Joplin and it starts at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Crosstown Station, 1522 McGee. All proceeds will be donated to Heart to Heart International for Disaster Relief in Joplin. The list of auction/raffle items is long and awesome (see below).

Celebration at the Station: Live Blog

We live-blogged the Celeberation at the Station last night. It's a work in progress. Sorry if we confused/offended/outraged any of our loyal readers. The posts from Bill Brownlee follow the jump:

Review: Monae/Mars

Photos by Sue Pfannmuller/Special to The Star

The day will come when Janelle Monae will headline shows in theaters, maybe even arenas, and it may arrive out of necessity, not a promoter’s instinct or intuition: At some point, as her reputation flourishes, no one will muster the nerve to follow her act.

On Joplin: A eulogy for home

 

Photos of Main Street in Joplin by Mike Stover

You won't meet many musicians in town like Mike Stover. He's in an array of music projects, none like the others (Mr. Marcos V7, Dead Voices, the People's Liberation Big Band among them)  and he plays a wide variety of hard-to-master instruments (theremin, steel guitar, mandolin ...). He's a native of Joplin, and this week he returned to his hometown to help his mother in the aftermath of Sunday's tornado. Today, he posted this on Facebook, with some photos. It's a moving piece on the personalities of place and hometowns and how the sum of their structures and fixtures and homes and businesses becomes embedded in us, a part of who we were and who we are, something deeper and more profound than nostalgia. -- T.F. 

 

Crosstown Station to stop booking shows

One of my favorite live music venues will stop booking shows after Sept. 30, which is four months away.Sad news about a place that has staged some of my favorite shows over the past several years. Rumor is a church may be moving into the space. Here's the release from owner Chip Mitchell:

Your ticket-sale alert

kanrocksas

Single-day passes are now available for the festival Aug. 5-6 at Kansas Speedway. The price is $89 per day until June 3. They go up incrementally each month after that. Two-day passes start at $179. Festival organizers also have announced more performers. The lineup:

• Aug. 5: Eminem, the Flaming Lips, Bassnectar, Ween, Kid Cudi, Ellie Goulding, Primus, Arctic Monkeys, Jack’s Mannequin, D12, Fitz & the Tantrums, the Joy Formidable
• Aug. 6: Muse, the Black Keys, A Perfect Circle, Girl Talk, STS9, Flogging Molly, Cage the Elephant, Tinie Tempah, OK Go, Best Coast, John Digweed, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, the Black Angels, Kerli, Beats Antique

Ha Ha Tonka added to Joplin benefit

An already strong lineup just got mightier: If you haven't caught their live show, you're missing out. They'll be at MidCoast Cares: A Benefit for Joplin on Wednesday, part of a fund-raising extravaganza for the people of Joplin. For more details, see post below.

 

 

On the way: Explosions in the Sky

They will come to the Uptown Theater on Oct. 12, a Wednesday. Wye Oak will open. Tickets on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Price: $23.

KanRocksas grows by 13

The two-day festival at the Kansas Speedway has added 13 bands to its lineup. Friday now includes Bassnectar, the Joy Formidable, Ween, and Ellie Goulding. Saturday now includes the Black Angels, STS9, Cage the Elephant, Best Coast, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, John Digweed, OK Go, Kerli and Beats Antique. Single-day tickets are also available starting Wednesday. Prices: $89.50 until June 3, then $99 until July 9, $109 until Aug. 4, then $120 after that. For more information, go here.