As Target Center unkinked a hose of show announcements — Brandi Carlile, Florence & the Machine, Conan Gray, New Edition, and... Hillary Clinton? — a new venue's entrance music began to play.
That music was "The Number of the Beast," because Mystic Lake Amphitheater now has shows with Iron Maiden and 5 Seconds of Summer on its calendar.
Those are the first shows to be announced for the 19,000-capacity amphitheater's debut in Shakopee next summer. Though neither of those events will be the first concert to take place at the outdoor venue. That remains to be announced.
Here are details on those shows and loads of others that were announced this week around the Twin Cities.
Just announced concerts in the Twin Cities: • Nov. 7: Ryan Garmoe/Ethan Ostrow Project at Berlin • Nov. 12: The

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