Your ticket-sale alert

 

Between Thursday and Monday, 10 shows go on sale, including Marilyn Manson (above), Jimmy Buffett and Buzz Beach Ball 2012.

On sale Thursday

• Anthony Kearns, March 3, VooDoo Lounge. $35-$70.50

 

On sale Friday

• Everette Devann Quartet with Lori Tucker, Macrh 2, Blue Room. $10-$13.50
• Deborah Brown: Celebrating Ella, March 3, Blue Room. $10-$13.50
• Denise Thimes, March 9, Blue Room. $10-$13.50
• This Must Be the Band, March 27, Granada. Price not available.
• Laff Mobb, April 7, VooDoo Lounge. $20-$59.50
• Buzz Beach Ball with Foster the People, Flogging Molly, Sublime with Rome, The Shins, Metric and more, June 2, Livestrong Sporting Park. $20-$88.90
• Il Divo, Aug. 16, Starlight. $39.50-$250 

On sale Saturday

• Marilyn Manson with the Pretty Reckless, May 16, Uptown. $37.50-$48.50

On sale Monday

• Jimmy Buffet, April 21, Sprint Center. $47-$127

On the way

• Madonna, Oct. 30, Sprint Center. On sale March 5. Prices have not been announced, but tickets for the Nov. 1 show in St. Louis are $45-$374.70.

Recently added

• Nick Moss & the Fliptops, March 1, Knuckleheads. $10 
• Hearts of Darkness, March 9, Davey’s Uptown. $10 
• Wussy, the Sundresses and the Whiskey Davedevils, March 10, Davey’s Uptown. $6 
• Stoney LaRue, March 15, Knuckleheads. $15 
• Wrecking Ball with Cookie Monsta, Bare and Dieselboy, March 16, Midland. $23 
• Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express, March 20, Davey’s Uptown. $10 
• Lakestreet Drive and Joy Kills Sorrow, March 21, Davey’s Uptown. $6 
• Joanne Shaw Taylor, March 22, Knuckleheads. $10 
• Lisa Lampanelli, March 24, Uptown. $36.75-$47.20 
• Protest the Hero, March 26, Granada. $15 
• LA Dispute, March 27, Jackpot Music Hall. $10-$13.05 
• James Leg, March 27, Davey’s Uptown. $6 
• Adam Carolla, March 30, Uptown. $27.50-$58.75 
• Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 with Hearts of Darkness, March 30, Granada. $16 
• The All-American Rejects, April 4, Beaumont. $24-$32.65 Giada De Laurentiis, April 5, Midland. $45 
• Leo Kottke, April 6, Uptown. $33-$96.10 
• Escape the Fate and Attack Attack, April 12, Beaumont. $17-$24.20 
• Sara Evans, April 12, St. Joseph Civic Arena. $25-$33.75 
• Chris Knight, April 12, Knuckleheads. $19.50 
• Leon Russell, April 13, Knuckleheads. $32.50 
• Johnny Winter, April 18, Knuckleheads. $30 
• Slaughterhouse, April 18, Granada. $16 
• Jesus Culture, April 20, Independence Events Center. $27.21-$36.90 
• For The Broken and Knot Afrayed, April 20, VooDo Lounge. $10-$17 
• Ray Wylie Hubbard and Hayes Carll, April 27, Knuckleheads. $20 
• Brian Regan, April 28, Topeka Performing Arts Center. $39.50-$47.20 
• Lotus Plaza, May 1, RecordBar. $8-$11 
• Cassie Taylor, May 3, Knucklehads. $12 
• Active Child, May 18, Jackpot Music Hall. $8-$11 
• Mayer Hawthorne and the County, May 21, Granada. $16 
• James Taylor, July 21, Starlight. $45-$85 

Comments

[live music fan]

This Must Be the Band, March 27, Granada.

This is a Talking Heads cover band, and they're pretty good.

[WinstonKC]

Wilco Fans - Travel Gig....Wilco kicks off their southeast US mini tour on 5/10/2012 in Fayetteville AR.
Presale today, 2/22/2012...Gen Public on 2/24/2012.

[Danny]

If I know the way Jimmy Buffet goes, they just need to schedule a 2nd show now.

[onthemark]

I hear Kanrocksas 2012 has been canceled.

[joe]

Chuck Prophet for $10. Bargain of the year...

[Green]

Chuck Prophet coming to town, wow another band to see in March, that month is stacked, at least 8 shows I want to see. Shouldn't have a problem passing up the 35 shows I saw all of last year at this rate.

[Geordan]

Going to see a North Caroline band called American Aquarium tonight at Knuckleheads. I'd never heard of them and recently saw their sound described as "Jason Isbell-era Drive-By Truckers." I was like, Yes, Please! I watched a couple of live videos on their website and they definitely are in that ballpark. In fact, Jason Isbell has just produced a forthcoming album by the band, so I'll go check 'em out. Also psyched about the Hugh Cornwell/Glen Matlock show next Tuesday.

[Geordan]

....make that, "North Carolina." Haven't had my Red Bull yet.....

[pellboy]

Yes, I'm also in for the Cornwell/Matlock show and Chuck Prophet as well.

[Musicgal]

I'm mostly excited about Chuck Prophet at Davey's and Mike Doughty at Knucklehead's. It's shaping up to be a great March!

[Geordan]

Mentioned going to see the band American Aquarium last night at Knuckleheads and I have to say...Wow! Although only about two dozen people turned up, this band played a memorable set that lasted just under two hours without a break. If you like rocking Alt-Country, these guys certainly deliver. Also, some of the sweetest steel guitar I've heard anywhere in a while. I'm surprised that I had never heard of them until they turned up on Knuckleheads schedule. When their fourth studio album, produced by Jason Isbell, is released this August, maybe their profile with rise. But this a fun bar band that reminds me of some of the cool 'Countryesque' bands I saw at clubs years ago, like Rank & File, The Bodeans (their early gigs were really good and they'll be at Knuckleheads in July) and The Rave-Ups.

Their singer, BJ Barham, is a bonafide star. Funnier than hell, he writes good songs and told some hilarious stories between songs while swigging from a Costco-sized bottle of Jameson. In the middle of the set, he did three solo tunes, ending with a moving "Highway Patrolman," from Springsteen's, NEBRASKA album. When the band finished, the crowd all stood and demanded an encore. It was one of those rare gigs where you were watching a band that you know with a few breaks, is going to make it. I did pick up their new live CD and couldn't wait to throw it on in the car for the drive home. Just wish more people had been there to see it. Already an early contender for gig of the year and it's not even March yet. They were that good and when they return, do yourself a favor and check them out.

[onthemark]

Hey Geordan, thanks for the write up, well done! I had thought about coming down to catch this show but was not able to make it. Sounds like I missed a good one!

[Geordan]

Man, those guys were awesome, OTM. When I am knocked out by a band who I knew nothing about and none of their songs, that's pretty cool. That forthcoming album is called "Burn.Flicker.Die" and it's bound to be good, as they played a lot of songs from it. The title track is one of the the best things I heard last night and there's a couple a live videos of it on YouTube, to give you an idea of who these guys are. But the next time they come back, I'm going to drags friends and various passersby into Knuckleheads to see them (they really dug Knuckleheads, by the way, and said they may never play anywhere else here again). But yeah, for 10 bucks, that show was a steal!

[pellboy]

Man, I should have hit that show as I love that type of sound. I will check them out on YouTube, thanks for the tip, Geordan.

[pellboy]

First off, bump for that Cornwall/Matlock show tomorrow night, should be good.

Secondly, just got around to listening to Prophet's new album, Temple Beautiful, this weekend and it is STELLAR! Probably listened to it a half-dozen times on a loop and it's damn near flawless. Clocking in at just over 40 minutes with perfect pacing and the thematically-linked song cycle, it would seem to be tailor-made for playing straight through when he takes the stage at Davey's next month. At least I hope that's the case as I don't want to miss any of those songs played live. Can't freaking wait and wondering if ex-Tube Prairie Prince who drums on the album is also part of his touring band as that would be way cool.

[onthemark]

PB, I also heard the new Chuck Prophet CD this weekend as well. Went right into heavy rotation on the home stereo!

[kcmom]

Wanted to make the American Aquarium show, but wasn't feeling well. Thanks for the write up--I will definitely catch them the next time through!

[pellboy]

Bump for show night. If anybody's going and wants to say hi or better yet buy me a PBR or three, I'll be the guy w/ glasses in the blue Knicks hat (LINSANITY!) looking at the peaches.

[Geordan]

Not a bad turnout for last night's Hugh Cornwell/Glen Matlock LOUD show at Knuckleheads. It also went a bit late for a Tuesday, as I didn't walk out of there until Midnight. Watching the show with onthemark AND Pellboy (as well as a bunch of old-school KC-area Punk fans) made the show even that much better. I first got excited when I walked in and saw one of Clem Burke's drum cases, labeled, 'Clem Burke-Blondie,' and man, did that guy put on a drum symposium last night. Truly one of the best Rock drummers you'll see live. At 57, he still plays drums like a teenager on Meth. OK, bad example, but he plays fast and hard and made both Glen and Hugh that much better. I'll bet that guy goes through drum heads like Neil Young goes through guitar strings. I spent much of last night watching his amazing work.

Glen Matlock's set lasted about an hour and was a little sloppy. I still wonder why the soundcheck lasted almost 90 minutes, as all they did was crank everything up to 11 and Glen's vocals sounded less than pristine through the wall of sound. He's not a great vocalist, but for an old Punk, he did a pretty good job. Cornwell is a much better guitarist (loved his guitar work last night), but Glen still can crank it up with some passion and appeared to be having a great time. He played some solo stuff, gave us "God Save The Queen" and Pretty Vacant," in which the crowd got to help on vocals, and a cool song Glen wrote for Iggy Pop, called "Ambition," from Iggy's 1980 album, 'Soldier.' Not bad, but it was just cool to see friggin' Glen Matlock on Knuckleheads' stage. I picked up a CD after both sets and met both Glen and Hugh and had them sign the discs.

Hugh Cornwell fared much better last night. Both bands included Clem on drums and bassist Steve Fishman (Guitarist James Stevenson was a no-show) and Steve's Bass was more integral to Hugh's set. Hugh played just over an hour and 15 minutes and played obvious Stranglers classics like "Peaches," "Nice 'N' Sleazy," and "No More Heroes" (all were damn good), and I was hoping he would play either of my sentimental favorites, "Nuclear Device" and "Straighten Out" and he played both. Not resting on his laurels, Hugh has a forthcoming album called "Totem," and the title track was really good, as were a few other fairly new songs. Overall, it was a nice Rock & Roll shot in the arm. Kudos to Knuckleheads for taking a chance on this show, and again, a pretty good turnout for a monsoon-like weeknight. Cool finally meeting you, Pellboy, and great seeing you again, OTM!

[pellboy]

Thanks for the beer, Geordan, great meeting both you and otm last night and you're right, excellent little show last night. I agree with pretty much everything you said except I would like to expound even further on the playing during Cornwell's set.

First, Hugh surprised me some on how good a guitarist he was...heard bits of Petty/Byrds, Townshend, surf as well as other stylings in his playing last night. Burke was indeed a monster and Fishman was playing bass almost like a second lead instrument during much of Cornwell's set, probably to make up for the absence of the keyboards which figure some prominently in many of those old Stranglers tunes. Kudos to that rhythm section for seamlessly melding those the two distinct styles of punk-inspired music that was offered last night.

Thanks again to Frank for bringing a show like this thru our town. It was an incredibly rare opportunity to see even one of these artists let alone two in a lifetime spent mostly around KC so I'm glad that I jumped on it.

[onthemark]

Geordan and Pellboy, you are gonna have to speak up as I am DEAF today!

[Geordan]

I hear ya, OTM...or in this case, I don't. One of the louder shows I've ever seen at that place.

[onthemark]

So there I was, standing on the front porch of Knuckleheads, having a beer and a smoke with Glen Matlock. Imagine that, a former Sex Pistol right here in KC! We chatted for a bit, but between the rain/thunder, drinks and his accent, I could barely understand a single word he said! One of those situations where I was basically just sort of smiling and nodding as he talked. Seemed to be a nice enough bloke...

[Erik]

spot on