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Tuesday, October 28

History
Of Monsters and Men - The Mouse Parade Tour

History

Tuesday, October 28 at 7 pm

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Wednesday, October 29

Roadrunner
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Roadrunner

Wednesday, October 29 at 8 pm

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Saturday, November 1

Brooklyn Paramount
Of Monsters and Men - The Mouse Parade Tour

Brooklyn Paramount: Brooklyn

Saturday, November 1 at 7 pm

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Sunday, November 2

Brooklyn Paramount
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Brooklyn Paramount: Brooklyn

Sunday, November 2 at 7 pm

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Monday, November 3

The Anthem
Of Monsters and Men - The Mouse Parade Tour

The Anthem: Downtown

Monday, November 3 at 8 pm

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Tuesday, November 4

The Met
Of Monsters and Men - The Mouse Parade Tour

The Met: Avenue of the Arts North

Tuesday, November 4 at 8 pm

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Thursday, November 6

The Salt Shed
Of Monsters and Men - The Mouse Parade Tour

The Salt Shed

Thursday, November 6 at 8 pm

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Friday, November 7

Palace Theatre
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Palace Theatre: St Paul

Friday, November 7 at 8 pm

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Monday, November 10

The Pinnacle
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The Pinnacle

Monday, November 10 at 8 pm

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Tuesday, November 11

The Eastern
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The Eastern

Tuesday, November 11 at 8 pm

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Thursday, November 13

ACL Live At Moody Theater
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ACL Live at Moody Theater: Downtown

Thursday, November 13 at 8 pm

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Sunday, November 16

Corona Capital
Corona Capital 2025 - Day 3

Corona Capital

Sunday, November 16 at 1 pm

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Wednesday, November 19

The Factory
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The Factory: Deep Ellum

Wednesday, November 19 at 8 pm

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Sunday, November 23

Mission Ballroom
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Mission Ballroom: RiNo Art District

Sunday, November 23 at 8 pm

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Tuesday, November 25

Palladium
Of Monsters and Men - The Mouse Parade Tour

Palladium: Hollywood

Tuesday, November 25 at 7 pm

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Wednesday, November 26

Fox Theatre
Of Monsters and Men - The Mouse Parade Tour

Fox Theatre: Uptown

Wednesday, November 26 at 8 pm

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Of Monsters and Men is an amiable group of five day dreamers who craft folkie pop songs. But last year, the normally mild-mannered six pack transformed into total rock stars after stomping out their competition during Musiktilraunir, a yearly battle of hte bands in their native Iceland. "We just kind of...won", recalled co-singer/guitarist Nanna Brynds Hilmarsdottir. "We weren't expecting it at all. So I said, 'Everybody come to my place!'" Beer-swilling friends spilled out of her flat. "I was like, 'Oh fuck, my neighbors aren't liking me right now.'" Those neighbors won't be making noise complaints anymore. WIth the group's bright, trumpeting single "Little Talks" winning over one blog at a time, Nanna and her bandmates (co-singer/guitarist Ragnar "Raggi" Porhallsson, guitarist Brynjar Leifsson, drummer Arnar Rosenkranz Hilmarsson, and bassist Kristjan Pall Kristjansson) are well on their way to becoming citizens of the world. Their rapid rise transpired in just one year. Nanna, who began as the acoutic act Songbird, recruited extra hands to bolster her sound for a solo show. She liked how her vocals commingled with Raggi's, so they started writing songs together and in 2010 morphed into Of Monsters and Men. As victors of 2010's Musiktilraunir, the new group earned a slot on the influential Iceland Airwaves festival later that year, followed by Seattles's radio station KEXP posting "Little Talks" from a Living Room Session filmed there, setting the telltale ripple effect in motion. By the Summer of 2011 "Little Talks" hit No. 1 in the band's native country, and "people around the world seemed to be listening to us," marvels Raggi. The band was asked to perform again at Iceland Airwaves 2011, where KEXP then anointed the group as "easily the most buzzed about band." Thogh their reach is growing broader, the group's appeal has reamined distinct: Their music is as fantastical as it is pretty. For inspiration, they often reference random stories they've read. The chanting, tribal "Six Weeks" was inspired by the true tale of American frontiersman Hugh Glass, seemingly left for dead after 86ing a bear that attacked him. Explains Nanna, giggling: "I was reading a post about the six most badass guys in history." As for the swelling, epic "From Finner"? "It's about a whale that has a house on its back" says Raggi "on which people travel across the ocea, exploring different places and having adventures." They also dig deeper past legends of grizzly men and whale riders. "Little Talks", for instance, explores loneliness and insanity, while "Love Love Love" ruefully ruminates on heartbreak. "If you listen to the lyrics, they're not as uplifting," he says. "But our music is meant to be fun to sing along to." In September 2011, Of Monsters and Men threw another party - a more thoughtful gathering to celebrate their full-length debut, My Head Is an Animal. (The album, which was released in Iceland and hit No. 1 there soon after, was released worldwide in April 2012). For both occasions, they cut out animal masks for attendees to wear, making them makeshift monster-men/women. "Iceland can be a very isolated country and that translates to the music," Nanna says, adding, "We get stuck in our little world."
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