Ween Announces St. Paul Show

Recently reunited rock band Ween has confirmed an additional new concert date on their upcoming tour schedule. The group has revealed plans for a show at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, Minnesota in September.

Ween’s St. Paul show takes place on September 15 between the band’s appearances at Riot Fest Denver on September 2 and Riot Fest Chicago on September 16. A fan presale for tickets starts tomorrow, Wednesday, July 6 at 10 a.m. CT via this link (password: BROWN) and general on sale for tickets starts Friday, July 8 at 10 a.m. CT via this link.

Ween reunited in February for three shows in Broomfield, Colorado that marked the band’s first performances since 2011. The five-piece featuring guitarists Mickey “Dean Ween” Melchiondo and Aaron “Gene Ween” Freeman, keyboardist Glenn McClelland, drummer Claude Coleman Jr. and bassist Dave Dreiwitz also appeared at the inaugural Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival and held three shows at Terminal 5 in New York. They’ve also appeared at this year’s Bonnaroo, and have performances planned at other festivals including the two Riot Fests, Lockn’ and Project Pabst Portland as well as a headlining show in Philadelphia and two nights in San Francisco.

The band has never hidden their love of Prince with Dean Ween calling The Purple One “my John Lennon” in a recent Rolling Stone interview. You’ll notice the text in the ad for the St. Paul show, which happens to take place close to Prince’s hometown, replicates the font used in posters for The Purple One’s Purple Rain movie. Watch Ween cover “Purple Rain” (starts around the 56:00 mark) in 1998: