22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- National Post
Things to to in Edmonton: Ministry, Purple City launch party, Dragon Food Tours and much more
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Ministry: Whoa — rare and incredible treat here as the ferociously industrial Ministry is jumping into the time machine to explore its dance roots.
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Singer Al Jourgensen said he'd never do it, but The Squirrely Years tour will see the band revisits its synth-pop dawn hits like Work for Love and I'm Not an Effigy, and frequently-played goth night anthem Everyday is Halloween.
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'Since I hated my early stuff for decades,' says Jourgensen, 'I decided to take ownership of it and do it right.'
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Should be an utterly different, dancier vibe than your typical Ministry concert, with My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult and Die Krupps opening up!
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Purple City Line Up Launch Party: Up the north side, Oakland post punk Marbled Eye, Toronto psych act Hot Garbage, local dream-poppers Verttigo, and Calgary's Stucco are all opening the door on Edmonton's great, youth-oriented indie music fest.
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Running Sept. 5-7, Purple City's 25 headliners will be first announced at this party showcase — a solid idea all around as a sort of sampler of what to expect in the downtown-spanning, future-forward annual whirl of good times and discovery.
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