It's finally time to see The Violent Femmes play Tampa Bay again

We still can’t thank The Pretenders enough for discovering the folk-punk outfit on the streets of New York City in the early-‘80s. In honor of the 40th anniversary of its sophomore album Hallowed Ground (which had Christian lyrics that were supposed to be defiant towards The Violent Femmes’ original sound, but ended up turning some fans away), Gordon Gano and friends will be playing the record all the way through.

Following an intermission, they’ll come back and play their eponymous debut album—which celebrated its own 40th anniversary last year—and then some. It’ll be the Femmes’ first time in the area since a 2014 gig at the much-missed Big Guava Music Festival, where it shared a bill with Grouplove, ZZ Ward, and Chance The Rapper.

Tickets to see Violent Femmes play St. Pete's Jannus Live on Saturday, Sept. 28 are sold out.

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