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New Kids on the Block, Motley Crue
returning to Xcel Center
Blog Post by:Chris Riemenschneider
January 20,2015-11:54 AM
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New Kids on the Block announced their latest tour this moming in New York./Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
Two concerts for nostalgia-seeking Generation X-ers were announced by Xcel Energy Center this morning.
M�TLEY CRUE(Aug.5):They really mean it this time.The Crue will retum to Xcel Energy Center on Aug.5 on what iYs
calling the"last leg"of its final tour.Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.through Ticketmaster and the arena box office for
$20-$125,same price range as the band's other final show there in November.Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Alice Cooper
will once again be the opener.
That November show(reyiewed here)made up for a decade of mostly
lackluster Crue shows in the Twin Cities with an inordinate amount of fire,
musically and literally speaking.The band kicked off its final tour last
spring and will keep going through 2015,with their final final show
scheduled on New Years Eve at Staples Center in their native Los
Angeles.
A big show for Twin Cfties metal fans of a more modern,less hairspray-
covered ilk,Atlanta's thrashing prog-rock favorites Mastodon also just
announced another date at Myth in Maplewood on April 16 with'90s
crunch-rock vets Clutch as a co-headliner.Those tickets also go on sale
Friday at 10 a.m.through AXS.com for$29.50.The Myth gig is the first
date on the so-called Missing Link Tour,which will also feature Seattle's
Big Business for an opening band.
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK(May 20):The'80s boy band is still hanging
tough after rebounded to arena status with a 2008 comeback tour and will
once again play the X on May 20,this time with a pair of classic R86/hip-
hop acts for openers,Nelly and the two surviving members of TLC.
Dubbed the Main Event Tour,the shows will have a couple different pre=
sale ticket offers starting Friday.Tickets for the St.Paul date go on sale
Jan.31 at 10 a.m.through Ticketmaster and the arena box o�ce for
$29.50-$91.50.