Controversial Country star Morgan Wallen announces Des Moines tour date

Morgan Wallen, the musical artist known for “The Way I Talk,” hits the road in 2022, kicking off an arena tour nearly a year to the day after a video surfaced of him shouting a racial slur in Nashville. The 45-plus show tour from the embattled country singer plots performances inside Madison Square Garden in New York City, the […]

First two stops of Dave Chappelle’s tour offer tantalizing hints about Des Moines show

Taking the stage to screen his “Untitled” documentary at the Twin Cities’ Target Center, he was joined by Justin Bieber and Usher, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported. There had been a similar lineup, though slightly less high-caliber star power, in San Francisco, the first stop of Chappelle’s 11-city tour. Adam Flack, marketing director for the Iowa Events Center, […]

‘Consider Iowa’: Des Moines transplants from California collaborate on video praising state’s charms

In March, Vallely, lead singer for legendary punk group Black Flag, told the Des Moines Register that Iowa’s capital had for a long time been on his mental list of potential places to move to. In the video, posted on the Partnership’s social media accounts, Vallely is seen performing tricks at  the new Lauridsen Skatepark, a […]