Rage Against the Machine killed the Target Center

Rage Against the Machine played their highly anticipated and sold out show last night at the Target Center. Police and riot control cops were on hand and rumors began to swirl of the intent of the fans. However, rioting was simply not the case. I was one of the 13,000 attendees last night and I laughed as I walked past the cops with their face shields and baseball bats while all the concert goers left peacefully and collectively from the concert. As a matter of fact, when I went to Tom Petty in July at the Target Center, it took me about an hour of crowd pushing to get out of the arena. Last night for Rage it took me about 5 minutes from the time left my seat to my first step outside.

The concert was not like one I had seen before, the males in the audience were high fiving and taking group shots of one another like girls at a bar on a Saturday night. Rage Against the Machine’s front man, Zach de la Rocha, did not short the crowd on his performance, I had no idea he was such a front man. Despite the fact they took an 8 year hiatus, they still have it as a live band. And I have been to a lot of concerts in my life, but I have never seen a crowd like I have on the floor last night. Target Center tickets for the general admission floor were the hardest tickets to come by this summer. People were jumping from their seats in the 100 level over the barricades just to be on the floor. From the start of the stage to the back of the floor by section 104 it was jam packed with people. It was truly unbelievable.

While there were extra cops and riot control on hand to deal the ‘unruly fans’ after the concert, Zach de la Rocha made a comment to the audience before he closed the show to ‘by no means be passive, but please leave peacefully’ – I thought that was cool of him to say and well needed considering how young and naïve some of the audience was. All in all I was glad I went for the experience and to be one of the people in 20 years to say “I’ve seen Rage Against the Machine.”

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Rage Against The Machine Target Center During RNC

Saint Paul is going to be crazy hosting the Republican National Convention September 1st – 4th, but don’t think for a second that it’s twin city, Minneapolis, will be any quieter. In fact, the Target Center will be rocking on September 3rd when politically charged rockers Rage Against the Machine appear. There was plenty of speculation surrounding the event with the pros and cons of the show being discussed in the media. In the end, Rage Against The Machine opted to do a regular ticketed event at the Target Center Minneapolis (they are doing a free show in Denver for the Democratic National Convention).

I checked local ticket broker Ticket King to see if they were carrying tickets for the event and they are. The floor is general admission and are going for about $150 per ticket on the ticket king web site. I checked on ticketmaster and they were sold out, but the original face was $58 per ticket. Must be a hot ticket. There will be a lot of extra bodies in the Twin Cities those four days, I am sure the ticket brokers of the world are hoping to cash in.

Tom Petty Target Center Tickets Hot

The July 23rd Tom Petty show at the Target Center is turning out to be a hot ticket! I checked with local ticket broker Ticket King two weeks ago and they had about 150 tickets and now they have less than 50! That is unusual for a local broker to be so low on inventory on such a big show, but that just proves how popular this tour stop is going to be. Tom Petty 4th row on the Target Center floor is going to cost you $870 per ticket! Wow! If it were me, I would buy up those 21st floor tickets at $200 each before they sell out!

After a sparse showing for the Steve Miller Band, the Target Center is ready to rock to a packed house and Tom Petty will deliver! Buy Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tickets today!

American Idols Tour stop perfect Back-to-School event

American Idols tour is coming to the Target Center Minneapolis on Sunday, August 31st. If you are addicted to the hit TV show then you won’t want to miss all of your favorite Idols live. Each year, the tour includes the previous seasons top 10 Idols. Don’t miss Brooke White, Carly Smithson, Chikezie, David Archuleta, David Cook, Jason Castro, Kristy Lee Cook, Michael Johns, Ramiele Malubay, and Syesha Mercado live at the Target Center this August!

The seating chart looks like there will be a large stage with the center part of the stage extending into the floor seating so there will be plenty of great seats to see all of the idols. The lower level sections are always a good bet if you are taking your kids and you are worried they won’t be able to see on the floor. This is the perfect back-to-school summer concert. Buy American Idols Live Target Center tickets today!

Wiggles at the Target Center

My niece wrote this entry for the Target Center blog – and yes, she would like to go to the “Wiggles” and sing the fruit salad song, she also desperately wants to go to Paramore at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand. Teenage girls have such varied interests! Here's the post:

When I was a child (editors note: it was like yesterday!), I grew up watching Doug and Rugrats. A few years a go, a really big T.V. show called the Wiggles came on Disney. Like every popular thing, they start off slow and quickly rise up to a high peak and then lower slowly. In the end of it's time they make a come back and try to become popular again. Doesn't that sound like every boy bad? and The Wiggles! The Wiggles are at it again and are trying to make a comeback. On August 7th, at the Target Center the Wiggles will try to become popular again in the hearts of many children. I searched YouTube for my favorite Wiggles songs and there were like a million!

Buy Wiggles Tickets today!

Minnesota Vikings players show up at Target Center to support Minnesota Lynx

There were several Minnesota Vikings players at the Target Center this week and they weren’t working out with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Defensive tackle Kevin Williams, defensive end Ray Edwards, Darren Sharper and Pat Williams were all in attendance to watch a Minnesota Lynx game. The WNBA Lynx are red hot right now and fans are flocking to the Target Center Minneapolis to watch the ladies rip up the hardwood. Unfortunately, with the Minnesota Vikings watching, the Minnesota Lynx lost to Connecticut 66-75, but overall the Minnesota Lynx lead the Western Conference with a 6-2 record. Buy Minnesota Lynx tickets today and make a trip to the Target Center to support the WNBA.


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Cirque Du Soleil Target Center

Cirque du Soleil is once again coming to the Target Center Minneapolis. Cirque is bringing the Saltimbanco show to the Target Center for five days from September 24th through the 28th. the word Saltimbanco comes from the Italian "saltare in banco", which literally means "to jump on a bench." There is certainly a lot of jumping under the big top in this phenomenal show. The show is described by Cirque du Soleil as a celebration of life and features such characters as a songbird, a worm and a child. The costumes are remarkable and the juggling acts and the trapeze shows are sure to impress even the most finicky circus fan. Buy Target Center Tickets today and we will see you under the big top!