Name: GB Leighton
Start: 2024-09-27T20:00:00-05:00
Location: 1159 24th Street Des Moines IA 50311

xBk presents
GB Leighton
Friday, September 27, 2024
Doors: 7pm | Show: 8pm
All Ages
Tickets: $20 ADV // $25 DoS (+ Fees)
*Limited seating available on a first come, first served basis. If you require ADA accommodations please reach out to [email protected]*
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ADD ON OPTIONS
(does not include tickets for the show)
Reserved seating is offered for this event. Please note that the Reserved Table Add-On does not include a general admission ticket; each person must have their own general admission ticket for entry. Tables can comfortably accommodate up to four individuals. For the remaining tables, seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Option #1: Floor High-Top Table : $50 (+ Fees)
Option #2: Mezzanine Lower Deck High Top Table: $50 (+ Fees)
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•• GB LEIGHTON ••
More than 200 shows a year. Jubilant fans who follow him from Minnesota to Mexico. More than 70,000 albums sold. A new release “2nd Chance” and a state-of-the-art nightclub named after one of his songs -- all without the support of a major record label…
GB Leighton, a band named after one of the regions’ most incendiary live performers and consistently solid songwriters, Brian Leighton. Through almost three decades and fourteen albums, Leighton and his band have been tearing up rock clubs, festivals and even a few fan’s living rooms with a slew of songs that connect with the heart and couples singing along out on the dance floor. “A man of the people” is a phrase usually reserved for statesmen and politicians, but for Leighton, it’s a fitting description when you see him in action working a crowd.
Where have we seen this phenomena before? Springsteen in Asbury Park before he lit out for New York and the wider world; Mellencamp back in those anonymous Indiana bars; Leighton delivers that same inescapable rock ‘n’ roll spirit night after night. “If I hadn’t heard a bunch of Bruce’s bootlegs or seen the videos I’d be a much different musician,” he says today. “He’s always been a great songwriter and performer, like a preacher almost who commands an audience. That’s the place I’m coming from. But at the end of the day, I’m just a common guy, a working class kid from a Twin Cities suburb who loves to put on a good show and hopefully write some good songs in between.”
Leighton made his national country debut with “Get Up”, his eleventh album. For Leighton, who was also honored by Billboard.com as a Top 10 Country Artist to Watch as well. Leighton’s music has clearly left a lasting impression in the Midwest as fans have inked themselves with his lyrics.
“This is the only thing I ever wanted to do. I don’t see stopping or changing it up no matter where it takes me and the band.”