On Friday November 18 astatine 8 p.m., Big Head Todd and the Monsters volition beryllium taking the Orpheum signifier and bringing the euphony of the ‘80s and ‘90s backmost to Flagstaff.
The Orpheum has besides planned this lawsuit to tally arsenic a payment concert. Susan Walter, the wide manager of The Orpheum, said the venue — successful coordination with Big Head Todd and the Monsters — volition beryllium donating a information of the summons proceeds to Poore Medical Clinic, a section aesculapian and dental session that provides services escaped of charge. Poore Medical Clinic aims to support a community-based, community-supported escaped session that provides services to low-income oregon uninsured Coconino County residents.
Over the past 10 years, the session has held an yearly fundraising lawsuit astatine the Orpheum known arsenic “Beans and Rice,” Walter said. This year, the session and venue collaborated and decided things would beryllium a small different. Rock set Big Head Todd and the Monsters volition beryllium headlining the payment concert, marking the clinic’s 11th anniversary.
“We [the Orpheum and the clinic] looked astatine our calendar and some agreed that the band, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, would beryllium a large acceptable to link Poore Medical Clinic’s existent assemblage portion reaching a full caller demographic recovered successful the band’s instrumentality base,” Walter said.
Guitarist and vocalist Todd Mohr said helium and the different set members are highly excited to beryllium playing concerts successful nationalist again. COVID-19 took a toll not lone connected venues, but connected artists arsenic well, Mohr explained.
“We’re capable to enactment again and radical are capable to travel retired to spot the concerts,” Mohr said. “It’s a truly lukewarm situation for euphony close now, truthful we’re truly enjoying it.”
Mohr said the set has been dilatory introducing songs disconnected of their upcoming medium implicit the past twelvemonth and anticipation to proceed to bring fans caller worldly astatine each show. That being said, the set besides does not mean to halt playing unrecorded concerts immoderate clip soon, Mohr explained.
“Our program is conscionable to support playing shows,” Mohr said. “We ne'er truly halt playing. We don’t truly spell connected a circuit that begins and ends. We’re beauteous overmuch ever touring either successful the wintertime oregon the summer.”
To immoderate fans coming retired to the amusement who person been listening to Big Head Todd and the Monsters since they archetypal started making euphony successful 1986, Mohr said helium and the different set members explicit their astir sincere gratitude.
“It’s been a truly large acquisition for america due to the fact that we’ve conscionable been fundamentally playing unrecorded shows for our full career,” Mohr said. “There haven’t been a batch of vigor hits oregon MTV hits. We’re not truly stars successful immoderate different mode but for however our fans are.”
Those funny successful supporting Poore Medical Clinic oregon simply looking guardant to an evening with Big Head Todd and the Monsters tin acquisition their tickets connected the Orpheum’s website. The venue has besides activated a donation mechanics wrong the website wherever attendees tin opt to lend further donations, Walter said. These further monetary donations volition spell straight to Poore Medical Clinic, alongside the summons proceeds.
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