Metallica’s not the only game in town. Target Field has two big rock shows on the books the days between and after Metallica’s U.S.
Bank Stadium concerts. Here are the details. Pop punk trio Green Day heads up an unlikely trio of Gen X nostalgia acts and a group of up-and-coming Zoomers for their second time headlining Target Field.
They’ll be joined by reunited ’90s rockers Smashing Pumpkins, fellow ’90s punk act Rancid and the Linda Lindas, a buzzy band of four young women who recently toured with Paramore. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers have three reasons to celebrate as 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of their breakthrough album “Dookie,” the 20th anniversary of their comeback record “American Idiot” and the release of their 14th album “Saviors.” In August 2021, they drew a crowd of more than 36,000 to Target Field on a bill with Fall Out Boy and Weezer.
Lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong is quite familiar with the area, as his wife, Adrienne, is a Twin Cities native. 5:30 p.m.
Aug. 17; $153-$113.50; ticketmaster.
com . It’s also a return trip for this pair of retro rockers, who first played Target Field together in July 2018. This time around, they’ll be joined by the Steve Miller Band.
Formed in England in 1977, Def Leppard went on to become one of the biggest acts of the ’80s with a long list of hits that include “Photograph,” “Rock of Ages,” “Animal,” “Pour Some Sugar on Me,” “Hysteria,” “Armageddon It,” “Love Bites.