Ever since we broke the news here on these very pages back in late April, Modest Mouse’s scheduled concert at the Charlottesville Pavilion has been circled in bright red on the summer concert calendar.  This was the first big addition to the Pavilion’s summer schedule after announcing their initial line-up back in March and for a number of local music fans, the announcement was greeted with celebration and aniticipation.  Well at long last the day finally arrived as Modest Mouse, joined by openers The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, tore through the Charlottesville Pavilion on Sunday, June 29.

Folks started lining up Sunday afternoon to get into the venue well before the announced gate time of 6pm.  When the doors were finally opened, there was a line stretching back a good city block, as many fans hoped to get a coveted spot as close to the stage as possible.  By the time Dirty Dozen Brass Band took the stage to open the show an hour later, a rather large crowd had gathered on the Pavilion’s sloping concrete floor.  The Dirty Dozen, for their part, got the evening off to a strong start with a fantastic 45 minute set of New Orleans jazz-infused funk and blues that got quite a few in the audience up and dancing and drew considerable applause from the crowd.

But as the Dirty Dozen headed off and the stage crew began preparing for the arrival of the evening’s headliner’s, the real crush of folks moving to the front began.  By the time Modest Mouse hit the stage shortly after 8pm, the space from the soundboard all the way to the stage was literally packed.  As the crowd roared, the band took their places on stage, and the evening was off and running.

[Photo:  Modest Mouse on the Pavilion stage by Tom Daly]

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While public tickets for Modest Mouse’s June 29 performance at the Charlottesville Pavilion don’t go on sale on until this Friday, the Pavilion and the band are offering local fans an opportunity to buy tickets now through a limited local pre-sale.

Pre-sale tickets are now currently on sale and will remain on sale through Thurdsay, May 8 at 10pm.  You can order your pre-sale tickets here. 

Note that this pre-sale ticket opportunity is password protected.  Passwords are being made available from the band via MySpace, Facebook, or by visiting the “tour” section on Modest Mouse’s website which you can find here.  What are you waiting for?  Go now!

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As I reported some ten days ago and has just been officially confirmed this morning on the Charlottesville Pavilion’s website, Modest Mouse is indeed coming to Charlottesville!!

The show will be held on Sunday, June 29 at the Pavilion.  Doors open at 6pm.  Show starts at 7pm.  In addition, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is scheduled to open.  I had the opportunity to see these guys a few years ago in Asheville, NC and they are nothing short of amazing!

Tickets go on sale this Friday, May 9 at 10am.  This is going to be the first of many fantastic shows at the Pavilion this summer.  Stay tuned!  Trust me.  Stay tuned!

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It’s Official!!!

Pollstar.com  earlier today posted the announcement that Modest Mouse is coming to Charlottesville and performing at the end of June at the Pavilion.  The show date is  Sunday, June 29.  The show date has now officially been announced on the Pavilion’s website.

Looks like I can cross one of the bands off of my Summer Wish List:

My Morning Jacket
Andrew Bird
Modest Mouse
Drive By Truckers
Los Lobos
The Avett Brothers

[UPDATE:  I went ahead and updated the entire post following confirmation from the Pavilion]

[UPDATE:  Monday, 12:15am.  At some point over the weekend the Modest Mouse announcement was removed from both the Pavilion’s website as well as from Poll Star’s listings??  This may have been done to make sure all the i’s have been dotted and the t’s have been crossed.  We’ll keep you updated.]

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