Early in Mustard Plug’s set, they play “Vampire” from their 2023 album, Where Did All My Friends Go? It’s an extremely catching song that gets everyone dancing along. “You let a vampire into your house!” 

Later on, they play “Why Does It Have To Be So Hard?” This ska song captures a great question simply. “Why can’t things not be easy? / Why do they have to be so hard?”

Towards the end of the night, they play “Brain on Ska”, which was the first song they ever wrote in 1991. They have played it at every single show since then, making this number 2,077, according to the horn section. 

They follow this with “Mr. Smiley”, which results in the biggest circle pit of the night as everyone sings along to their most popular song on Spotify, which has over 14 million streams. 

To end the set, they play “Beer (Song)” from their 1997 album, Evildoers Beware! It features the fantastic sing-a-long: “Woah oh oh oh!”. It’s a great way to end this night of the Skalidays tour!

Cost of a ticket: $34

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The Pernikoff Brothers open with “Shine” from their 2025 album, Ah Londres. It’s immediately clear that they are talented musicians. Often between songs, the brothers switch instruments, from the bass to the guitar. They joke that they can’t afford two guitars. 

Later on they play “Colorado”. “Let’s never go home, never leave Colorado”. It’s a beautiful song about the Rocky Mountain state. The band is from St. Louis and their father is in the audience tonight. The lead singer comments on how when he would call his father when he is feeling down, he would tell him to stop being such a limp dick.  

Midway into the set, they talk about trying to get a tour of Abbey Road Studios. The response is that they are a working studio, so they don’t do tours. Then they ask to book a session. The response is to send in their material, and they’ll be contacted if an engineer wants to work with them. Soon afterwards, they hear that there is one day available. So, they go and record a bunch of their original songs, which becomes the Ah Londres album, along with a Beatle cover, “Eleanor Rigby”.

Towards the end of the night, they play “Done With Love”. “Maybe I’m done with love / Maybe I’m done / For now / I didn’t expect you to come along / I didn’t expect you to be the one”. It’s a fantastic love song that showcases their talents. 

Cost of a ticket: $40

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Amadeus was first performed in 1979 at the Royal Nation Theatre in London. In 1981, it opened on Broadway. In 1984, the film version starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, and Elizabeth Berridge was released. 

In the fictional story, Antonio Salieri is jealous of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He doesn’t want to just be the second-best composer and his thoughts turn to murder. 

David Darrow is outstanding as Mozart, full of life and energy.  Ian Barford (Betrayal, Another Marriage) is excellent as Antonio Salieri, who does everything he can to thwart Mozart’s career.

See the program here. 

Cost of a ticket: $112

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Get tickets now for Amadeus through January 25th. 

Quinn Delaney