CONCERT UPDATE
New event announcements
Pink with The Script and KidCutUp: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23, Fiserv Forum, 1111 N. Phillips Ave. On sale 10 a.m. Friday at the box office and fiservforum.com. Prices to be announced.
Goo Goo Dolls: 7:30 p.m. June 22, Summerfest, BMO Pavilion, Maier Festival Park, 200 N. Harbor Drive. $88.76 for reserved seats at the box office and summerfest.com. Reserved seats include Summerfest general admission June 22. Additional seating available for Summerfest general admission ticketholders on a first-come, first-served basis. Maggie Rogers with The Japanese House: 7:45 p.m. June 8, BMO Pavilion. On sale 10 a.m. Friday at the box office and bmopavilion.com. Prices TBA. Tedeschi Trucks Band with Margo Price: 7 p.m. Aug. 9, BMO Pavilion. On sale 10 a.m. Friday. Prices TBA. Wiscansin Fest with T-Pain, Akon, Dillon Francis, Pink Sweat$, Soulja Boy, LaRussell, Ying Yang Twins, Yelawolf, Waka Flocka Flame, Flyana Boss, Young Ca$h, Chayo Nash, NandoSTL and more: 2 p.m. June 8, the Rave, 2401 W. Wisconsin Ave. $73 to $198 at the box office and therave.com.
Justin Moore with Joe Nichols: 8 p.m. June 7, the Rave. $43 to $58.
Blame My Youth: 8 p.m. May 10, the Rave. $19.
Yung Gravy with Nicky Youre: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 3, Main Stage, Wisconsin State Fair, 640 S. 84th St., West Allis. $50 to $60 at the gate and wistatefair.com. Tickets include State Fair general admission Aug. 3.
Casting Crowns with Tauren Wells: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 5, Main Stage, Wisconsin State Fair. $35 to $45. Tickets include State Fair general admission Aug. 5.
Riley Green with Avery Anna: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 7, Main Stage, Wisconsin State Fair. $50 to $60. Tickets include State Fair general admission Aug. 7.
Graham Nash: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 14, Pabst Theater, 144 E. Wells St. $49.50 to $363.28 at the box office and pabsttheater.org.
Scarface: 8 p.m. April 3, Pabst Theater. $29 to $100. Ira Glass: 8 p.m. July 20, Pabst Theater. $49.50 to $75.50, on sale 10 a.m. Friday.
DIIV: 8 p.m. July 27, Turner Hall Ballroom, 1040 N. Phillips Ave. $32 to $35, on sale 10 a.m. Friday at the door and through the Pabst.
Peter Mulvey and Susan Werner: 8 p.m. April 28, Vivarium, 1818 N. Farwell Ave. $25 to $30 at the door and through the Pabst.
Ruth Moody: 7:30 p.m. May 29, Vivarium. $25 to $30. Satsang: 8 p.m. May 9, Vivarium. $20 to $25.
The Magician’s Guild: 8 p.m. May 2 to 11, the Fitzgerald, 1119 N. Marshall St. $55 to $75, on sale 10 a.m. Friday at the door and through the Pabst. Opiuo: 9 p.m. May 18, the Miramar Theatre, 2844 N. Oakland Ave. $25 to $35 at the door and themiramartheatre.com.
Jesse Dayton: 8 p.m. April 22, Shank Hall, 1434 N. Farwell Ave. $20 at the box office and shankhall.com. Angel: 8 p.m. May 16, Shank Hall. $25.
Kent Avenue Carpool: 8 p.m. March 27, Cactus Club, 2496 S. Wentworth Ave. $10 in advance at cactusclubmilwaukee.com. $15 day of show.
R.A.P. Ferreira: 7 p.m. May 12, Cactus Club. $20 in advance, $25 day of show.
Guerilla Toss: 8:30 p.m. July 26, Cactus Club. $16 in advance, $20 day of show.
Dusk: 7 p.m. March 22, Promises, 538 W. National Ave. $10 in advance through the Cactus Club. $12 at the door.
Keep for Cheap: 8 p.m. April 26, Promises. $12 in advance through xrayarcade.com. $15 day of show. JER: 7 p.m. May 2, X-Ray Arcade, 5036 S. Packard Ave., Cudahy. $20 in advance, $25 day of show.
Djunah: 7:30 p.m. May 25, X-Ray Arcade. $12 in advance, $15 day of show.
Brainiac: 7 p.m. May 26, X-Ray Arcade. $25 in advance, $30 day of show.
HIRS: 7 p.m. June 21, X-Ray Arcade. $15 in advance, $18 day of show.
MC Chris: 7:30 p.m. July 1, X-Ray Arcade. $17 in advance, $20 day of show.
Afroman: 7 p.m. Sept. 10, X-Ray Arcade. $25 in advance, $30 day of show.
Lunar Ticks: 7 p.m. June 7, Cooperage, 822 S. Water St. $12 in advance at cooperagemke.com. $18 day of show.
TJ: 7:30 p.m. May 3, 7:30 and 10 p.m. May 4, the Laughing Tap, 706 S. 5th St., Suite B. $22 at the door and laughingtap.com.
Ali Sultan: 7:30 p.m. May 24, 7:30 and 10 p.m. May 25, Laughing Tap. $22.
Dana Gould: 7:30 p.m. June 6, 7:30 and 10 p.m. June 7 to 8, Laughing Tap. $25 to $35.
Torio Van Grol: 7 p.m. April 3, Milwaukee Improv, 20110 Lower Union St., Brookfield. $15 at the box office and milwaukeeimprov.com.
Luenell: 7 and 9:15 p.m. April 12, 6:30 and 9 p.m. April 13, Milwaukee Improv. $32 to $42, $82 to $92 for four-person booth.
Earthquake: 7 and 9:15 p.m. May 3, 6:30 and 9 p.m. May 4, Milwaukee Improv. $30 to $40, $80 to $90 for four-person booth.
Duncan Trussel: 8 p.m. May 9, 7 and 9:15 p.m. May 10, 6:30 and 9 p.m. May 11, Milwaukee Improv. $25, $75 for four-person booth.
Chris Porter: 8 p.m. May 30, 7 and 9:15 p.m. May 31, 6:30 and 9 p.m. June 1, Milwaukee Improv. $23.50, $73.50 for four-person booth.
Arnez J: 7 and 9:15 p.m. June 7, 6:30 and 9 p.m. June 8, 7 p.m. June 9, Milwaukee Improv. $30 to $40, $80 to $90 for four-person booth.
JJ Williamson: 8 p.m. June 20, 7 and 9:15 p.m. June 21, 6:30 and 9 p.m. June 22, 7 p.m. June 23, Milwaukee Improv. $23.50, $73.50 for four-person booth.
News and notes
● The Peso Pluma concert at Fiserv Forum that had been postponed from Nov. 4 has been rescheduled to May 30. Previously purchased tickets will be honored. Additional tickets available for $54.50 to $1,445.
● Mxmtoon has been added as an opener for AJR with Carly Rae Jepsen at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater July 4 during Summerfest. Tickets are $99.82 to $272.60 and include Summerfest general admission July 4.
● Alana Springsteen has replaced Lindsay Ell as an opener for Keith Urban’s American Family Insurance Amphitheater concert June 29 during Summerfest, also featuring NEEDTOBREATHE. Tickets are $96.98 to $135.21.
● The TopHouse concert at Anodyne Roasting Coffee Company March 10 is sold out.
● The Teen Suicide concert at X-Ray Arcade April 20 is sold out.
— Piet Levy
On March 1, 1815: Napoleon, having escaped exile in Elba, arrived in Cannes, France, and headed for Paris to begin his “Hundred Days” rule.
Also on this date
In 1867, Nebraska became the 37th state as President Andrew Johnson signed a proclamation.
In 1893, inventor Nikola Tesla first publicly demonstrated radio during a meeting of the National Electric Light Association in St. Louis by transmitting electromagnetic energy without wires.
In 1932, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, New Jersey. (Remains identified as those of the child were found the following May.)
In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, back from the Yalta Conference, proclaimed the meeting a success as he addressed a joint session of Congress.
In 1954, four Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the spectators’ gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five members of Congress.
In 1966, the Soviet space probe Venera 3 impacted the surface of Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to reach another planet; however, Venera was unable to transmit any data, its communications system having failed.
In 1971, a bomb went off inside a men’s room at the U.S. Capitol; the radical group Weather Underground claimed responsibility for the pre-dawn blast.
In 1974, seven people, including former Nixon White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman, former Attorney General John Mitchell and former assistant Attorney General Robert Mardian, were indicted on charges of conspiring to obstruct justice in connection with the Watergate breakin. (These four defendants were convicted in January 1975, though Mardian’s conviction was later reversed.)
In 2005, Dennis Rader, the man accused of leading a double life as the BTK serial killer, was charged in Wichita, Kansas, with 10 counts of first-degree murder.
In 2012, online publisher and conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart died in Los Angeles at age 43.
In 2015, tens of thousands marched through Moscow in honor of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who had been shot to death on Feb. 27.