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Soul Asylum Acoustic

Soul Asylum Acoustic

Grammy award-winning and multi-platinum selling rock band Soul Asylum started as Minneapolis’ punk younger brothers to the Replacements and Husker Dü. Their 1992 breakthrough album, Grave Dancers Union, featured the international hits “Runaway Train”, “Black Gold” and “ Somebody to Shove.” “Runaway Train” won a Grammy, and its groundbreaking music video brought nearly two dozen missing and exploited children and teens around the world home to their families.

Soul Asylum has released 13 original albums – including their most recent, 2024’s Slowly But Shirley – with multiple live albums and assorted Greatest Hits collections. Their famous 1993 MTV Unplugged performance was released for the first time on vinyl as a coveted Record Store Day exclusive, and November 2025 also saw the 30-year-anniversary reissue of their Let Your Dim Light Shine album.

This upcoming show offers a rare opportunity to see Soul Asylum’s Dave Pirner and Ryan Smith perform an intimate, one-of-a-kind acoustic set.

The Music Hall
07:00 PM - 11:59 PM on Tue, 21 Apr 2026
The Music Hall
28 Chestnut Street
Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801

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