MetraPark announced today that Carrie Underwood will be returning to the Rimrock Auto Arena on Friday, December 10th, 2010. Tickets go on sale Saturday, May 8th at 10am. Ticket pricing info has not yet been released. Styx |  Foreigner |
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In an imposing paring, two distinctly different powerhouses of indie rock have come together for a co-headline tour: California post-hardcore band Thrice and Atlanta, Georgia indie rock five-piece Manchester Orchestra.
Exactly one year ago I posted my first blog as a freelance writer, saying, “After a stint in the corporate newspaper world, I found myself with an ignited desire to create my own place.”
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country and folk music veteran Emmylou Harris has been composing acclaimed music for nearly 35 years. Harris will perform with her band, the Red Dirt Boys, in her only Montana appearance on her current tour, on Nov. 17 at the Alberta Bair Theater. Harris is touring on her latest album, 2008’s All I Intended To Be.
“Most of my career I’ve been a finder of songs, a gatherer of songs, so this showcases, in part, that side of what I do,” she said in a press release regarding the album, her first solo recording since 2003’s Stumble Into Grace. Read Full Story...
New York rock band The Hold Steady packed the Railyard to capacity in July 2008, and the band returns to the venue Monday for another rock-your-face-off performance. A sweaty, rollicking bunch of Brooklyn boys, lead singer Craig Finn and his roving band have been described as “America’s bar band,” and onstage Finn tells the tale of a man that’s had one too many sour girlfriends and surly encounters in the bar.
Sub Pop artist Sera Cahoone didn’t stay away from 
Billings long, returning to a room less occupied than it was during her full band performance in May. However, the presence of close friends and fans provided an informal, communicative atmosphere for her to perform with pedal steel player Jay Kardong, who said such informal shows are often his favorite.
Tuney time has new meaning for me this year. Before, I was a casual spectator enjoying the show. Now, as a sponsor of the event and a coordinator of all things Tuney, I’ve got a behind-the-scenes look, which has included counting boatloads of ballots, coordinating the performers’ schedules and the awards presentation, and the last-minute kinks we’ve been ironing out. And that’s just the work that goes in before the first award is handed out. Read Full Story...
After wrapping a tour with Son Volt in Minneapolis, alt country musician Sera Cahoone is gigging her way home to Seattle and plans her only Montana stop in Billings on Sept. 30. Frontwoman for her self-titled band, Cahoone was last in Billings in early May. Read Full Story...
At times when Isaac Brock speaks, he’s unintelligible. But when he sings, it’s a different matter.
Brock fronts an accomplished lineup of performers (albeit Johnny Marr, former guitarist of the Smiths, was missing, perhaps out gigging with his Wakefield indie group The Cribs. Jim Fairchild played Marr’s guitar parts), and his poetic connection to language creates eccentric verses, which, in song, are quite infectious. Read Full Story...(Source: Pen and Paige)
