Fiserv Forum will host country music star – as well as two-time GRAMMY winner and ACM Female Vocalist of the Year – Miranda Lambert on Friday, Oct. 18, as part of her "Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour 2019."
The show will also include performances by Elle King, Pistol Annies (of which Lambert is a member) and Ashley McBryde. Tickets go on sale on Friday, May 3, at 10 a.m. at FiservForum.com.
"We cannot wait to see Miranda Lambert bring her Kerosene and Gunpowder and Lead to Fiserv Forum," said Fiserv Forum General Manager Raj Saha in a statement. "Somethin’ Bad is about to happen here on Oct. 18."
If you’re going to the show, please consider donating to the "Fill The Little Red Wagon" drive to benefit the Wisconsin Humane Society and the MuttNation Foundation. Donations get you the chance to win tickets and meet and greets.
Bring a donation of pet supplies to any of the Wisconsin Humane Society shelters – 4500 W. Wisconsin Ave. in Milwaukee, as well as its locations in Racine, Ozaukee, Green Bay or Door County – by Friday, Oct. 4, you will be entered to win a pair tickets to the Milwaukee concert. Ticketholders can also bring a pet supply donation to the concert for a chance to win two meet and greet passes.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
