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Yahoo
29-05-2025
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Minnesota Yacht Club Festival adds another band after Semisonic cancellation
Minnesota Yacht Club Festival adds another band after Semisonic cancellation originally appeared on Bring Me The News. In hopes of avoiding fans feeling like all they can do is read a book to stay awake, the Minnesota Yacht Club Festival has added another band to the lineup. This week, the festival announced the addition of Blind Melon to the bill on Sunday, July 20. The group, best known for its '90s hit "No Rain," will perform on the fest's final day, which also features Green Day, Sublime, 311, Garbage, Beach Bunny, The Beaches, Grace Bowers & the Hodge Podge, Winona Fighter, and Landon Conrath. The festival was expected to add another band after Semisonic announced last week that it would cancel its summer tour dates as bassist John Munson continues to recover from a stroke that occurred earlier this year. Last week, Blind Melon was announced as the series opener for the Riverside Music Series in Rochester, Minn. The group will headline a free outdoor concert there on July story was originally reported by Bring Me The News on May 29, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
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Semisonic cancels summer shows, including Yacht Club Fest, as bassist continues recovery
Semisonic is canceling its summer concerts as bassist John Munson continues to recover from a stroke suffered in February of this year. "As John continues his recovery from the stroke he had in February, we've made the difficult decision to cancel our summer touring plans," the band wrote on social media. "We look forward to playing together before too long, and we thank everyone for their understanding and support." Among its summer shows was an appearance at the second Minnesota Yacht Club Festival. The group, which also includes Dan Wilson and Jacob Slichter, was scheduled to play the third day of the festival alongside Green Day, Garbage, and Sublime. While Munson continues to mend, he has performed in public a couple of times in recent weeks, but only as a singer and not as a bassist. He told the Star Tribune in April that he was still having some troubles with the motor skills needed to play bass. Representatives for the Minnesota Yacht Club Festival did not respond to a request for comment about whether it plans to replace Semisonic. Festivals generally replace acts that cancel when there's as much advance warning as the festival currently has. On the other hand, when a band cancels at the last minute, like The Black Crowes canceling the day before the inaugural edition of the fest, that's not possible. The New Standards, one of Munson's other groups, plan to move forward with the pair of Twin Cities shows it has on the calendar, a representative tells Bring Me The News. That includes a June 19 Lowertown Sounds concert at Mears Park in St. Paul billed as the New Standards and Friends, which will feature a larger band. At that show, Munson will sing, and Ken Shastain will play bass with the group. The second show is a Sept. 7 concert on the rooftop of The Hewing Hotel. Details around that performance are still being determined.
Yahoo
11-04-2025
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'Munson Fest' will benefit Semisonic/New Standards musician's recovery from stroke
John Munson — a Minnesota musician who has played in groups like Semisonic, Trip Shakespeare, The Twilight Hours, and The New Standards — suffered a stroke in late February. Since then, friends and fans have rallied together, raising more than $135,000 to support his recovery and medical expenses. Now, a benefit concert, dubbed Munson Fest, has been launched to continue that support. The one-night fest will take place at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul on May 1. The concert features friends and collaborators like Chan Poling and Steve Roehm of The New Standards, Aby Wolf (Champagne Confetti), Matt Wilson and His Orchestra, The Dust of Suns, Dlyan Hicks, and more acts that will be announced in the lead-up to the show. Tickets are on sale now — though, seating is already looking pretty limited — with prices starting at $35.
Yahoo
11-03-2025
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Semisonic's John Munson recovering from a stroke
John Munson, a member of the Minneapolis-based rock band Semisonic, is recovering from a stroke he suffered in late February, and a fundraiser has since been launched to help with medical costs. A GoFundMe states Munson suffered a stroke on Feb. 23. Thebassist, keyboardist, and guitarist previously suffered a stroke in November 2020. "Although his prognosis is positive, he will be in acute rehabilitation for a length undetermined," Victoria Norvell Levy wrote in the GoFundMe post. "This puts a huge strain on a family, especially self employed artists." As of Tuesday morning, the fundraiser has raised nearly $90,000 of its $100,000 goal. "We have benefited over the years listening to John, maybe we can return the love," the GoFundMe states. The Minneapolis band — consisting of Dan Wilson, Munson and Jacob Slichter — evolved from Wilson's and Munson's band Trip Shakespeare. During their rise in the late 1990s and 2000s, Semisonic produced Billboard Top 100 hits such as "Closing Time," "Singing in My Sleep," "Secret Smile," and "Chemistry." Although Semisonic never announced a break-up, they went their separate ways after touring for around 10 years. In 2005, Munson former The New Standards along with fellow Twin Cities musicians Chan Poling (The Suburbs) and Steve Roehm (Billy Goat), releasing four albums between 2005-15. Munson and Semisonic then picked up where they left off in 2017, releasing new music and going back on tour, with their most recent album released in 2023. The band is slated to perform at the Minnesota Yacht Club Festival this year in July at Harriet Island in St. Paul.
