In what may end up being the best concert of the year, the entire original line-up of The Pogues will be playing at The Midland on Sunday, Oct. 25th. Shane MacGowan is still alive for god knows how much longer, so seem them while you can.
French band Phoenix (who have put out one of the best albums of the year, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix) are playing a free, Myspace sponsored show at The Record Bar this Wednesday June 24th. This show is first come, first serve and with the show being all ages and the bands recent exposure via Saturday Night Live, there could be a lot of people waiting in line for this. Doors open at 7, show starts at 8...get there early.A couple other shows of note in the near future:
- Sunn 0))) will be at The Riot Room on July 7th
- Dead Confederate will be at The Riot Room as well on July 16th
- Gomez at The Beaumont Club on July 20th
- Atmosphere will be at The Beaumont in KC on August 7th with Eyedea & Abilities opening
- Los Campesinos! at The Record Bar on August 12th
- Passion Pit will be playing at KU's "Night On The Hill" on August 17th
- Ra Ra Riot and Maps & Atlases will be at The Bottleneck in Lawrence on September 21st
- Motorhead will headline a show at Midland in KC on September 24th with support from Nashville Pussy and The Reverend Horton Heat
- Dr. Dog are at The Bottleneck in Lawrence on October 12th
- Dinosaur Jr will be at The Beaumont Club on October 26th
-Matt
