More from the HomepageprevStalled NorthMet mine notches win in court, can keep air permitAirports commission: No, you can't smoke pot at MSPMinneapolis police: Several underaged women say they were drugged at Dinkytown barLollapalooza backers announce two-day music festival in St. PaulWoman shot to death in Linden Hills apartment, suspect believed to be live-in partner on the runMinnesota farmer gets prison time for organic grain fraud schemeVigil set to remember St. Paul activist Tou Ger XiongEdwards issues statement after texts about abortion posted on social mediaFormer Badgers, Edina...…More from the HomepageprevStalled NorthMet mine notches win in court, can keep air permitAirports commission: No, you can't smoke pot at MSPMinneapolis police: Several underaged women say they were drugged at Dinkytown barLollapalooza backers announce two-day music festival in St. PaulWoman shot to death in Linden Hills apartment, suspect believed to be live-in partner on the runMinnesota farmer gets prison time for organic grain fraud schemeVigil set to remember St. Paul activist Tou Ger XiongEdwards issues statement after texts about abortion posted on social mediaFormer Badgers, Edina...WW…

More from the HomepageAnother woman details alleged encounter with Tillmann, aka Har Mar Superstar, as businesses cut ties with him. ByandStar TribunemoreCopy shortlink:She thought Sean Tillmann was joking.Walking to his house from nearby Grumpy's Bar after he invited her over for a cigarette, the woman warned Tillmann that she had a boyfriend. That nothing would happen between them."Don't worry," she remembers him replying. "I'll just [masturbate]," he said, using a vulgar term. And she laughed.But when the singer known as Har Mar Superstar emerged from a bedroom on that April 2017...…More from the HomepageAnother woman details alleged encounter with Tillmann, aka Har Mar Superstar, as businesses cut ties with him. ByandStar TribunemoreCopy shortlink:She thought Sean Tillmann was joking.Walking to his house from nearby Grumpy's Bar after he invited her over for a cigarette, the woman warned Tillmann that she had a boyfriend. That nothing would happen between them."Don't worry," she remembers him replying. "I'll just [masturbate]," he said, using a vulgar term. And she laughed.But when the singer known as Har Mar Superstar emerged from a bedroom on that April 2017...WW…

More from the HomepageSean Tillmann has been accused by several women of sexual assault and harassment. ByandStar TribunemoreCopy shortlink:Minneapolis singer Sean Tillmann, whose provocative Har Mar Superstar stage persona earned him celebrity friends and a star outside First Avenue, issued a public apology Thursday acknowledging "conduct that was harmful, abusive, and selfish" after several women accused him of sexual assault.But Tillmann denied the allegation of a 2016 sexual assault that one woman posted this month, causing others to step forward with their own stories about the...…More from the HomepageSean Tillmann has been accused by several women of sexual assault and harassment. ByandStar TribunemoreCopy shortlink:Minneapolis singer Sean Tillmann, whose provocative Har Mar Superstar stage persona earned him celebrity friends and a star outside First Avenue, issued a public apology Thursday acknowledging "conduct that was harmful, abusive, and selfish" after several women accused him of sexual assault.But Tillmann denied the allegation of a 2016 sexual assault that one woman posted this month, causing others to step forward with their own stories about the...WW…

More from the HomepageThe former City Pages music editor and author plans to write and podcast on her own time. By Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:Local music has and will always be championed at 89.3 the Current, but one of its lead advocates of the past decade is about to sign off."The Local Show" host Andrea Swensson has announced her departure from Minnesota Public Radio's alternative music outlet after 10 years there. Also a music journalist and author, Swensson said she wants to do more writing and continue her foray into podcasting. The last installment of her Sunday night...…More from the HomepageThe former City Pages music editor and author plans to write and podcast on her own time. By Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:Local music has and will always be championed at 89.3 the Current, but one of its lead advocates of the past decade is about to sign off."The Local Show" host Andrea Swensson has announced her departure from Minnesota Public Radio's alternative music outlet after 10 years there. Also a music journalist and author, Swensson said she wants to do more writing and continue her foray into podcasting. The last installment of her Sunday night...WW…

More from the HomepageThe Bands on Vans concert series is taking the fight for live music's return to the streets. By Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:When the audience demanded an encore from Nur-D this past weekend, he didn’t ask anyone behind the stage if he had time for one more song, as is usually the case. He asked the guy steering the stage.“This one goes out to that car over there,” the rapper said, dedicating his last song to a passing vehicle unknowingly participating in a new concert series that gives literal meaning to “rock ’n’ roll.”Nur-D was the latest passenger for Bands...…More from the HomepageThe Bands on Vans concert series is taking the fight for live music's return to the streets. By Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:When the audience demanded an encore from Nur-D this past weekend, he didn’t ask anyone behind the stage if he had time for one more song, as is usually the case. He asked the guy steering the stage.“This one goes out to that car over there,” the rapper said, dedicating his last song to a passing vehicle unknowingly participating in a new concert series that gives literal meaning to “rock ’n’ roll.”Nur-D was the latest passenger for Bands...WW…

More from the HomepageThe nightclub's once-a-decade paint job is otherwise scaled back, a retro marquee added. By Star TribunemoreThis week’s once-per-decade paint job at Minnesota’s most famous rock club won’t be as thorough as previous ones, but it could still be a makeover for the ages.First Avenue scaled back the usual overhaul of its star-covered facade in downtown Minneapolis. Its black exterior and all 530 stars won’t be repainted like in 2010, due to budget constraints brought on by COVID-19 and the attendant closure since mid-March.However, in another sign of the tumult of...…More from the HomepageThe nightclub's once-a-decade paint job is otherwise scaled back, a retro marquee added. By Star TribunemoreThis week’s once-per-decade paint job at Minnesota’s most famous rock club won’t be as thorough as previous ones, but it could still be a makeover for the ages.First Avenue scaled back the usual overhaul of its star-covered facade in downtown Minneapolis. Its black exterior and all 530 stars won’t be repainted like in 2010, due to budget constraints brought on by COVID-19 and the attendant closure since mid-March.However, in another sign of the tumult of...WW…

More from the HomepageEric Malmberg was subject of a news investigation the station wouldn't air. By Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:Responding to criticism from listeners and its own staff, Minnesota Public Radio fired a DJ for 89.3 the Current late Tuesday, a day after the resignation of an MPR reporter who investigated sexual-harassment allegations against the on-air personality."Eric Malmberg will no longer be a DJ on The Current," said a statement from MPR President Duchesne Drew. "Our hosts have to be able to attract an audience that wants to listen to them and trusts them and...…More from the HomepageEric Malmberg was subject of a news investigation the station wouldn't air. By Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:Responding to criticism from listeners and its own staff, Minnesota Public Radio fired a DJ for 89.3 the Current late Tuesday, a day after the resignation of an MPR reporter who investigated sexual-harassment allegations against the on-air personality."Eric Malmberg will no longer be a DJ on The Current," said a statement from MPR President Duchesne Drew. "Our hosts have to be able to attract an audience that wants to listen to them and trusts them and...WW…

More from the HomepageBy Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:In a concerted effort to bring the voices and concerns of Black Americans to the Twin Cities airwaves — though it’s not clear if any local voices will actually be a part of the mix — international radio conglomerate iHeartMedia launched a news station called the this week at 93.3 FM on the radio dial.Minneapolis/St. Paul is one of 21 markets around the country to get a BIN, described as “the first and only 24/7 national and local all-news audio service dedicated to providing an objective, accurate and trusted source of continual news...…More from the HomepageBy Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:In a concerted effort to bring the voices and concerns of Black Americans to the Twin Cities airwaves — though it’s not clear if any local voices will actually be a part of the mix — international radio conglomerate iHeartMedia launched a news station called the this week at 93.3 FM on the radio dial.Minneapolis/St. Paul is one of 21 markets around the country to get a BIN, described as “the first and only 24/7 national and local all-news audio service dedicated to providing an objective, accurate and trusted source of continual news...WW…