FREE SCREENING - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3 - 6:30PM
On August 23, 1981 The Pretenders were playing a concert at the Oriental Theatre. Earlier that day James Honeyman-Scott came across a band busking just outside. He called Chrissie Hynde’s attention to them and that night, at her invitation, the Violent Femmes opened for the Pretenders launching both their careers and the soundtrack of the underground folk punk and alternative rock movement of the 1980s.
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its iconic debut album from 1983, the Violent Femmes teamed up with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in a special, sold out hometown concert. Milwaukee PBS was there and recorded it for a national viewing audience.
This is your exclusive opportunity to celebrate the music of the Violent Femmes and see the concert on the big screen in the very theatre where it all began. Join us for the screening preview of the Violent Femmes 40th Anniversary with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra at The Oriental Theatre.
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