WMass native Alex2e to play show in heart of city Performance at MGM is free, open to the public

By Ashley P otter apotter@repub.com

AWESTERN MASSAchusetts singer-songwriter is returning to the city this weekend to play a show at MGM Springfield.

Alex2e — Alex Tuohey — was born in Agawam, but identifies Springfield as being his hometown. “I grew up in Agawam, but I went to all Springfield schools,” he said. “I went to Cathedral, I went to American International College.”

Tuohey now lives in Connecticut and has been all over Western Massachusetts and beyond to play shows. He will play the Commonwealth Bar and Lounge on Sunday at 5 p.m. The show is free.

Tuohey, who got his start in music later than most, took time to reflect on his journey prior to his Springfield performance.

“I’m 35 now, I picked up guitar and singing as a hobby at 26, 27, so I’m relatively newer,” he said. “The fact that it went from a thing that I did for just myself in my bedroom to something I can do fulltime is really cool. Having it go from that to this feels like I already kind of won.”