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“I got a connection with you.” Herbie Hancock delights, inspires at sold-out Pabst Theater

April 3, 2024

Before launching into a two-hour-plus set with his band Tuesday night, Chicago jazz legend Herbie Hancock spent several minutes addressing the sold-out Pabst Theater crowd. "The first really professional gig th...

Cat Power covers Bob Dylan, captivates Pabst Theater

Matt Wild

March 4, 2024

In 1998, director Gus Van Sant released a "shot-for-shot" remake of Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1960 film Psycho. When asked the inevitable question of "Why?" Van Sant offered up a number of answers: it was an e...

They Might Be Giants will play Pabst Theater June 21 and 22, and that is beautiful

Matt Wild

February 13, 2024

How does the old saying go? "No one in the world ever gets what they want, and that is beautiful"? Yeah, that's it. Who said that again? Oh yeah, it was They Might Be Giants! And why are we bringing up the ever...

Alvvays will return to Pabst Theater on April 22

Matt Wild

December 5, 2023

Since playing The Pabst Theater way back in 2018, Canadian dream-pop band Alvvays has been a stranger to Milwaukee. That's five years, folks! BUT NO MORE. As part of the group's just-announced spring tour, Alvv...

Sparks played Milwaukee? Sparks played Milwaukee! SPAAAAARKS!

DJ Hostettler

July 7, 2023

So, wait...did Sparks play in Milwaukee 40 years ago? The internet seems to think that they played Summerfest on July 3, 1983—almost 40 years eerily to the day. But I suppose we should forgive Russell Mael, the...

Behold! Pabst Theater has a new blade sign!

Matt Wild

May 18, 2023

Wondering what all the hubbub was about outside the Pabst Theater this week? The cranes? The crowds? The drones? Well, heed these instructions... ...and behold the Pabst Theater's new blade sign! The ...

Sparks! July 6 at Pabst Theater!

Matt Wild

January 30, 2023

Legendary pop-rock duo Sparks are set to play Milwaukee's Pabst Theater on Thursday, July 6! Tickets—which range from $39.50 to $79.50—go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 3 at 10 a.m.! A presal...

“Milwaukee is just so real to me. Milwaukee is a star.” 9 Milwaukee questions with Neko Case

Sahan Jayasuriya

August 31, 2022

Neko Case has been kind to Milwaukee, always paying us a visit while touring with one of her many musical outlets. This Friday, she returns to The Pabst Theater, with up-and-coming Madison indie outfit Disq sup...

Buy a Pabst Theater chair, help animals at MADACC and students at ArtWorks

Matt Wild

August 18, 2022

Buying a chair from your favorite Milwaukee institution—like, buying a physical chair and taking it home—is always fun. Hell, the offices of Milwaukee Record are littered with chairs from the pre-renovation Ori...

Kevin Smith will host a screening of ‘Clerks III’ at Pabst Theater on November 5

Matt Wild

August 16, 2022

Does the world really need another Clerks film? Sure, why not! Hell, perhaps director Kevin Smith can make an even better case for the upcoming film when he screens it at Milwaukee's Pabst Theater on Saturday, ...

Courtney Barnett takes her time, shreds at Pabst Theater

Cal Roach

January 21, 2022

The Pabst Theater Group catches flak whenever the "all the good tours skip Milwaukee" conversation flares up, so due credit to those in charge for snagging Courtney Barnett late in the game. This leg of her U.S...

Here’s the full transcript of CNN’s Town Hall with President Biden, broadcast from Milwaukee’s Pabst Theater

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 17, 2021

On Tuesday, February 16, President Joe Biden answered questions during a CNN Town Hall, hosted by Anderson Cooper and broadcast live from Milwaukee's Pabst Theater. Biden discussed "his plan to contain the coro...

8 questions (and answers) for last night’s They Might Be Giants show at Pabst Theater

Matt Wild

March 6, 2020

Thursday night, They Might Be Giants played a sold-out show at Milwaukee's Pabst Theater. It was a lot of fun! Here are eight questions (and answers) for said show: Q: This was a 30th anniversary show for 19...

Surprise! Dave Chappelle will play four shows at Pabst Theater March 10-11

Matt Wild

March 4, 2020

The headline says it all: Dave Chappelle will play four shows (two shows per night) at Milwaukee's Pabst Theater on Tuesday, March 10 and Wednesday, March 11. The shows are at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. each night. Sur...

Mandolin Orange pay a lovely first visit to Pabst Theater

Josh Hoppert

January 30, 2020

Mandolin Orange first hopped onto our radar at Eau Claire’s Blue Ox Music Festival in 2018. The Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based duo of Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz played sweet-but-transfixing American root...

They Might Be Giants will celebrate 30th anniversary of ‘Flood’ at Pabst Theater March 5

Matt Wild

October 7, 2019

Why is the world in love again? Why are we marching hand in hand? Why are the ocean levels rising up? It's a brand new anniversary show for 2020! They Might Be Giants' 30-year-old album Flood! I'm your only ...

A B-movie icon brings his A-game for “An Evening with Bruce Campbell” at Pabst Theater

Rob Wieland

September 29, 2019

Who knew that a low-budget film trilogy featuring crawling severed hands, literal fountains of blood, a chainsaw montage, and a time travel finish would launch two of the longest-lived careers in Hollywood? The...

Snarky Puppy brings jam band prowess (and cheese curd references) to Pabst Theater

Cal Roach

May 24, 2019

To self-identify as a jam band used to be a rare thing. The stigma that comes with the term is a vague, squicky feeling of nth-generation white American men trying to play funk, and it’s certainly not an unearn...

Johnny Marr treats Pabst Theater to a winning mix of old and new

Catherine Jozwik

May 15, 2019

Johnny Marr has been working as a professional musician since he was 15 years old—and it shows. The 55-year-old former guitarist of the influential 1980s post-punk group The Smiths has worked with many bands...

Yes! Middleditch & Schwartz is coming to Pabst Theater June 14 and it will be amazing

Tyler Maas

April 22, 2019

Today (in addition to exciting news that comedian/former pop-punk guitarist Kyle Kinane would be returning to Turner Hall in November), we learned that Middleditch & Schwartz will be coming to Pabst Theater...

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