Guided By Voices

Guided By Voices (GBV), one of the most prolific and influential bands to emerge from Dayton, has announced a one-night only virtual concert event on Friday at 5 p.m. EST.

Tickets to the virtual concert are available through The Brightside Music & Event Venue in downtown Dayton, which is where the audienceless concert was filmed. The band first performed at the newly opened venue last September at Heedfest, the annual gathering of the biggest GBV fans in the world.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the band had to cancel its tour, including this year’s Heedfest, which was again scheduled to kick off at The Brightside. “We finally have a place to play in town, and we’re shut down,” lead singer Bob Pollard told us.

GBV decided to take the show online and present a virtual concert to its loyal fanbase. The band contacted the Brightside and arranged for a full concert production, with sound and light crew wearing masks and socially distancing. The band members themselves were tested for COVID19 prior to the concert.

To help support venues like The Brightside, 20% of ticket sales will go to the venues virtually hosting the show, to help support these independent businesses during the shutdown.

The concert is also being produced to support the band’s upcoming 30th album, “Mirrored Aztec,” which comes out on Aug. 21.

Tickets to the concert were made available this morning and can be purchased for $25 plus fees at this link: https://noonchorus. com/brightside-gbv/. The ticket includes 96-hour on demand access to replay the concert.