Pixies, Modest Mouse team up for show at Mass MoCA

THE PIXIES AND Modest Mouse will co-headline a show at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams on Aug. 26. Cat Power will also be on hand as a special guest.

Nightclubs

THURSDAY

Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee

Southwick Inn: Open mic hosted by Steve Piper of Roadhouse Band. 479 College Highway, Southwick

The Drake: Similar Kind, The Baxbys. 44 North Pleasant St., Amherst

The Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center: Drag Bingo. 289

Main St., Greenfield

The Still: Drink specials. 63 Springfield St., Agawam

West Springfield Fish and Game Club: CD jukebox, pool table. 329

Garden St., Feeding Hills

Whip City Brew: DJ with dance. 287 Elm St., Westfield

FRIDAY

Delaney House: Ask Me Now. 3

Country Club Road, Holyoke

Formed in Boston in 1986, the Pixies have been seen as the forerunners to bands such as Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer. The Pixies’ 2022-23 World Tour has already been going strong for a year and has sold out shows in the U.S., Europe, South America, Australia and Japan.

Liner notes

• Tears For Fears will play Mohegan Sun Arena June 24 as part of the band’s North American 2023 summer tour — The Tipping Point Tour Part II.

Tears For Fears rose to fame in the 1980s, selling more than 30 million albums

Washington. Modest Mouse is teaming up with The Pixies for a show at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams on Aug. 26. The concert also will feature Cat Power. (ASTRIDA VALIGORSKY / GETTY IMAGES) worldwide with singles such as “Shout,” “Everybody Wants To Rule The World,” “Mad World,” and “Sowing The Seeds of Love.” In 2022, the band released its latest studio album, “The Tipping Point,” which garnered critical acclaim.

Tickets are $149.50, $129.50, $99.50, $79.50, and $59.50.

• Popular Irish rock band

Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee

Fort Hill Brewery: Tom Savoy. 30

Fort Hill Road, Easthampton

MGM Springfield: MGM Roar

Comedy Club: Michael Yo. 1 MGM Way, Springfield

The Drake: Popa Chubby. 44 North Pleasant St., Amherst

The Hawks & Reed Performing

Arts Center: The Wanda Houston Band with Joanie Schwartz. 289 Main St., Greenfield

The Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center: BriezyJane and the Hurricanes, Lonesome Brothers. 289 Main St., Greenfield

The Meeting House: Dave Brinnel. 827 Williams St., Longmeadow

Theodores’: JR. Krauss and the Shakes. 201 Worthington St., Springfield

West Springfield Fish and Game Club: CD jukebox, pool table. 329 Garden St., Feeding Hills

SATURDAY

Delaney House: George Kaye. 3 Country Club Road, Holyoke

Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee

MGM Springfield: MGM Roar

Comedy Club: Michael Yo. 1 MGM Way, Springfield

The Drake: Jeffrey Foucault with Erik Koskinen. 44 North Pleasant St., Amherst

Theodores’: Balkun Brothers. 201 Worthington St., Springfield

Whip City Brew: DJ with dance. 287 Elm St., Westfield

SUNDAY

Delaney House: Luther Johnson. 3 Country Club Road, Holyoke