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Lest We Forget



Saturday: Turner Hall Ballroom - Lest We Forget, 6pm

The big story this week, and one of the most anticipated Milwaukee shows of the year, is Lest We Forget.

It started with a Facebook group of people sharing memories, photos and stories of the Milwaukee music scene of yesteryear. Now it's a full-on Milwaukee music scene memorial reunion concert.

During last week's bi-weekly Wednesday afternoon talk show with Matt Wild (AV Club Milwaukee) and Evan Rytlewski (Shepherd Express) one of the fellas made a statement that we hadn't thought about quite like it was stated. To paraphrase the quote was, "Milwaukee doesn't do a good job of celebrating Milwaukee music history." We've never thought about it in those terms because as a station we are constantly spinning Milwaukee music of all generations dating back to the 50's, sometimes even earlier. But we get the point. Our city does not consistently and publicly celebrate our musical history.

This concert goes a long way to start celebrating Milwaukee music history. The main attraction is the reunion of Die Kreuzen, making their first Milwaukee appearance since 1992. But the whole night is full of great music from bands that played a big part in shaping what exists today in our fine city.

Go buy tickets. It's worth every penny, and we're thrilled to help promote it.