A busy concert weekend is upon us, no doubt accelerated by Monday being St. Patrick's Day, so this weekend's hard rock concert previews have been broken into two posts, possibly three if more late notice gigs turn up. As things proceed, I will note if the shows, bands, or venues have blatantly advertised any Irish themes, frills, or drink specials for the holiday (normally, I want the music to speak for itself, as alcohol is an inferred bonus at licensed bars, but urghabháil an lá!). Today's previews focus on bands playing tomorrow in some description, plus a SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERT, and we'll touch on Saturday's Tarnished, Exit 808, Dirty Musky, and HeadFirst shows in tomorrow's post.
We'll start with that brand new date, as local acoustic singer/guitarist Tym Morrison will bring his solo classic/hard rock covers to The Fraternal Order Of Eagles Club at 246 Wellington Street West for a matinee gig on SATURDAY! Apologies for the short notice, Tym only announced this concert via its Facebook event page on Sunday. Aerie #3991 (beside RJ's Market) came up on the SMS a few times last year when Piecing It Together Shows booked a handful of shows there, but this is the first in a public sense for Tym, who is filling the empty Saturday between two matinees at Misty's Fifties last week and next week. I don't know if there's a raison d'etre for this show beyond just Tym playing his diverse setlist of classic and hard rock hits at another local venue, but the Eagles Club has been hosting occasional Saturday matinees with local country veteran Al Mooney earlier this year, so this isn't new for them.
Hopefully a willing audience heads down to Steelton on SATURDAY for all of Tym's tunes! No word on St. Patrick's Day themes/frills, but the order's Facebook page will likely outline any that would be taking place. This SATURDAY matinee takes place from 2:00-6:00 PM with no announced age limit or cover charge. Visit the above links for more details, and for a preview, here's Tym live a couple of years back!
Next up, here's some shows that got advance notice, starting with the return of Toronto melodic death metal band Selias to Soo Blaster TOMORROW NIGHT! Less than six months after debuting here in September, this brutal original group will be back for another night of intense and hard hitting music in the lead-off of their Western Canada Annihilation Tour, so if you loved them last fall or missed out, keep tomorrow's action in mind! Spades GT drummer Tyler Reiner (who was in Selias for last year's local date) has since left the band, but we'll have more from them on the SMS soon. Whereas last year's Selias concert had seven opening bands, only three will have the honours tomorrow, including alt-punk trio A Dire Setback (the only returning local band from September), hard rock quintet HeadFirst (whose Shooters date on Saturday will be previewed in tomorrow's post), and folk punk/extreme metal solo musician Chase Wigmore. Nice diverse array there!
Promoted once again by Heavy North Entertainment in their first show of 2025 and second one post-relaunch, this ALL AGES show has doors opening at 6:30 PM, and tickets run for $15 in advance through H.N.E., the local openers, or in person at Soo Blaster, and an Eventbrite page for online sales has finally been created as well. The door charge for this show jumps to $20, and none of the official promotional materials point to St. Patrick's Day themes (inquire within if you're curious). This will definitely be the heaviest show of the weekend in the Soo area, so visit the official Facebook event page for more details, and here's Selias live!
Also this weekend, local classic/hard rock cover quartet Generations will return to Jay's Piston Broke Pub for concerts TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! Last seen on Korah Road over the Valentine's Day weekend, they will do the honours for St. Patrick's Day, though be advised that neither the band nor venue have promoted any Irish or green anything on social media (that doesn't automatically mean that nothing is happening, of course). As usual for Generations' recent stops at Jay's, they will be serving as hosts of the Thursday jam night tonight as well, with singer Valerie Powley sitting out once again, though bassist Pierre Anthony Vaillancourt's son/ex-Fluid 5ive bandmate Liam will guest with his dad and the Tonys tonght. Direct promotion for the normal concerts tomorrow and Saturday doesn't credit Liam, but if the guest angle is intriguing (let alone the varied jam night performers), come down to Jay's for tonight's action!
The traditional concerts this weekend (and jam night) are 9:30 PM concerts with 19+ age limits and no cover charges. Visit the above links for more details, and for a preview, here's a brand new video of Generations live at Gateway Casino this past Saturday! Filmed by drummer Tony Santoro's wife Dawn and shared in a batch post on the band's Facebook group, the video sees the band covering Billy Joel's "You May Be Right" with Tony S. on lead vocals and Valerie doing backing vocals & playing tambourine. While the video is sadly vertical, Dawn got solid audio quality here and was able to capture fans dancing on the floor with good energy and enthusiasm, so check out this strong cover below, and don't miss Generations at Jay's!
Finally for weekend concert preview post #1, we'll zip across the border for Traverse City, Michigan classic metal trio Peril's return to The Northern Pines Lounge at the St. Ignace Kewadin Casino TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! While we have seen their sister band Scarkazm up here in the interim, these will be Peril's first shows in the E.U.P. of 2025, last rocking either Kewadin Casino in October. Good to see Jeff and crew back for another weekend chock full of classic and hard rock cover action, so keep their returns in mind in St. Ignace over these two nights! I have not seen any firm reference to St. Patrick's Day promotions on the band's or casino's end, but if you're downstate or up to travel, Peril (and Scarkazm) are taking part in a St. Patrick's Day pub crawl in Traverse City on Monday, so click here for details. The St. Ignace Kewadin gigs are at 9:00 PM with 21+ age limits. See above for more details, and here's Peril live!
That's all for today, but stay tuned for the rest of this weekend's hard rock/punk concert previews next! Thanks everyone!
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