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First Avenue is the beating heart of Minneapolis music, an independent nightclub set in a 1937 building that began life as a Greyhound bus depot and opened as a club in 1970. Its exterior, studded with hundreds of silver stars commemorating performers who have played there, is one of the most photographed walls in American music, and the mainroom holds around 1,550, with the adjoining 7th St Entry taking the smaller, scrappier bills at around 250. Its fame is inseparable from Prince, who made the club his home turf and used it as the central location for the 1984 film Purple Rain, with several recordings drawn from performances on its stage. The wider history is just as rich: Joe Cocker, Ike and Tina Turner, Iggy and the Stooges, The Ramones, R.E.M. and Nirvana have all played here, and U2 reputedly wrote part of October during a soundcheck. Closed during the pandemic and reopened in 2021, it remains one of the longest-running independently owned venues in the country.
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About First Avenue
First Avenue is the beating heart of Minneapolis music, an independent nightclub set in a 1937 building that began life as a Greyhound bus depot and opened as a club in 1970. Its exterior, studded with hundreds of silver stars commemorating performers who have played there, is one of the most photographed walls in American music, and the mainroom holds around 1,550, with the adjoining 7th St Entry taking the smaller, scrappier bills at around 250.
Its fame is inseparable from Prince, who made the club his home turf and used it as the central location for the 1984 film Purple Rain, with several recordings drawn from performances on its stage. The wider history is just as rich: Joe Cocker, Ike and Tina Turner, Iggy and the Stooges, The Ramones, R.E.M. and Nirvana have all played here, and U2 reputedly wrote part of October during a soundcheck. Closed during the pandemic and reopened in 2021, it remains one of the longest-running independently owned venues in the country.
Top 6 of 41 acts on record.
· Olivia Thomson
· Felicity Newton
· Sam Taylor
· Sam Taylor
Within 1 km of First Avenue.
Soundtrack
50 tracks from 25acts who've played here or are coming through soon. Click any track to play it in the player.
Quarry
Wednesday
TRASH DECADE - JEFF IN LEATHER RMX
HEALTH
Problem Child
The Damned
Oh Yeah
Low Cut Connie
I'm Not In Love
Ber
bleed
she’s green
Adjectives Might Work
Letlive.
Joneses
Mother Soki
I'm Fine
Ashe
in the bed (demo)
dodie
Skullflower
Rico Nasty
The Desert - Instrumental
Bruce Springsteen
Dangerous
Jessie J
TORTURE II - PATHS OF THE ETERNAL RMX
HEALTH
Very Heaven
Elbow
Grandloves (feat. Young Magic)
Purity Ring
My Love
Hannah Jadagu
keep it up
Nate Sib
Sedona
Sir Chloe
Disco Cowgirl
G Flip
smile again
she’s green
Sulk
Mother Soki
HOT WHEELS (feat. Rico Nasty)
Rico Nasty
The Shadow Of Love
The Damned
Paradox
Sextile
sea castle
Purity Ring
No White Flag
Gouge Away
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
Bruce Springsteen
Niki FM
Hawthorne Heights
one last time, please (demo)
dodie
Ryne's Song
Ashe
I Had a Dream Joe
Cat Power
I Wanna Love You
The Maine
Spun
Sextile
Big Ol' Hammer
G Flip
Hooves
Sir Chloe
Moonshine
Hippo Campus
Feels So Easy
Ber
keep it up
Nate Sib
Unhate
Cat Power
Dissolve & Decay
Hawthorne Heights
Lovers' Leap
Elbow
Subtract & Divide
Gouge Away
Queen
Jessie J
One More Last One
Wednesday
Comprehension Is Overrated
Letlive.
Normal Today
Hannah Jadagu
Little Freakers
Low Cut Connie
The Way We Talk
The Maine
Bang Bang
Hippo Campus
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