{"slides":[{"media_title":"GOO GOO DOLLS - Summer 2026","media_tagline":"","event_body":"Access tickets now with code IRIS\n\nGoo Goo Dolls will take their lauded live show back on the road in 2026 with an extensive run of U.S. tour dates with Neon Trees. Kicking off on July 24, the summer tour includes performances at Minneapolis’ Mystic Lake Amphitheater, Richmond’s Allianz Amphitheatre at Riverfront, Milwaukee’s BMO Pavilion, Cincinnati’s Rose Music Center at The Heights, Pittsburgh’s The Pavilion at Star Lake, Charleston’s\n\nCredit One Stadium and more. The band will also embark on a Las Vegas residency in May 2026, which features a five show run at The Venetian Theatre at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas.\n\nPUBLIC ON-SALE KICKS OFF FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12 AT 10AM LOCAL TIME.\n\nOn the heels of going viral on TikTok, “Iris” is now Certified Diamond and accumulated over 5 billion streams to date worldwide, amassing over a billion streams in 2025 alone. The 4x GRAMMY-nominated track continues to reach new audiences around the world and has been covered by the likes of Taylor Swift, Machine Gun Kelly, Phoebe Bridgers and Maggie Rogers, yet again proving the timelessness and staying power of Goo Goo Dolls’ illustrious catalog.\n\nFormed by John Rzeznik and Robby Takac in Buffalo, NY during 1986, Goo Goo Dolls have quietly broken records, contributed a string of staples to the American songbook, connected to millions of fans and indelibly impacted popular music for three-plus decades. Beyond selling 15 million records worldwide, the group has garnered 4x GRAMMY-nominations and nearly a dozen platinum and gold singles combined and seized a page in the history books by achieving 15 #1 and Top 10 hits. As a result, they hold the all-time radio record for “Most Top 10 Singles.”\u202f\n\nThus far, A Boy Named Goo (1995) has gone 2x Certified Platinum, Dizzy Up The Girl (1998) 5x Certified Platinum and Gutterflower (2002) and Let Love In (2006) are both Certified Gold. In addition, Something for the Rest of Us (2010) and Magnetic (2013) bowed in the Top 10 of the Billboard Top 200. In addition, the band’s Summer Anthem EP is out now via Warner Records. Consisting of 7 tracks, Summer Anthem is a precise, hard-hitting project, featuring the type of vivid lyricism that’s led the band to becoming one of the most influential alternative rock groups of all time.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.aleruscenter.com\/assets\/img\/Website-Banner-On-Sale-Friday-46eec77612.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.aleruscenter.com\/events\/detail\/googoodolls","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Aug<\/span> 3<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home secondary","event_time":"7:30pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.aleruscenter.com\/assets\/img\/Website-Tile-b9f3a88eac.jpg","venue_id":"1","venue_title":"Alerus Center","venue_uri":"venue-main-name","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"River Cinema Grand Forks Comic Con","media_tagline":"","event_body":"River Cinema Grand Forks Comic Con returns to Alerus Center! Don't miss out on the region's annual con featuring comics, pop culture, and more.\n\nAugust 8 & 9.\n\nPuchase a weekend pass here.\n\nPurchase Saturday tickets here.\n\nPurchase Sunday tickets here.\n\nFull schedule to be released this summer.\n\nFor updates, follow Grand Forks Comic Con on Facebook.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.aleruscenter.com\/assets\/img\/1220x560_GFComicCon2-49812d2431.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.aleruscenter.com\/events\/detail\/comiccon2026","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Aug<\/span> 8 - 9<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home secondary","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.aleruscenter.com\/assets\/img\/740x710_GFComicCon2-22e52e69bd.jpg","venue_id":"1","venue_title":"Alerus Center","venue_uri":"venue-main-name","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"The Red Clay Strays Grateful Tour","media_tagline":"","event_body":"USE CODE GETRIGHT FOR PRESALE ACCESS NOW!\n\n \n\nThe Red Clay Strays Grateful Tour is coming to Alerus Center in Grand Forks, ND!\n\nTickets go on sale Friday, May 1st at 9am. Download the Red Clay Strays app for presale access.\n\nLocal presale will begin Thursday, April 30 at 9:00am CST. \n\nGeneral on sale begins Friday, May 1 at 9:00am local\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.aleruscenter.com\/assets\/img\/Website-Banner-c53ed2583a.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.aleruscenter.com\/events\/detail\/redclaystrays","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Aug<\/span> 18<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home","event_time":"6:30pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.aleruscenter.com\/assets\/img\/Website-Tile-13-f53ca16d68.png","venue_id":"1","venue_title":"Alerus Center","venue_uri":"venue-main-name","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"\u201cWeird Al\u201d Yankovic: Bigger & Weirder 2026 Tour","media_tagline":"","event_body":"“WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC\nTHE BIGGER & WEIRDER 2026 TOUR\n\nWeird Al brings his legendary full-production multimedia comedy rock show back to the concert stage with the BIGGER & WEIRDER 2026 Tour, playing his iconic hits as well as some never-performed-live-before fan favorites.  Al’s long-time band is joined by four additional players to create a super-sized concert experience.\n\n“Weird Al” Yankovic is the biggest-selling comedy recording artist in history.  A 5-time Grammy Award winner, he is best known for his parodies of the biggest musical artists over the last 4 decades, including Madonna, Michael Jackson, Taylor Swift, Queen, U2 and Lady Gaga, all with their personal blessings.  His many hits include “Amish Paradise,” “Eat It,” “Like a Surgeon,” “Smells Like Nirvana,” “Word Crimes,” and the platinum-selling “White & Nerdy.”  His last album Mandatory Fun is the only comedy album in history to debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200.  Yankovic’s live shows have entertained audiences across the globe for generations, including appearances at such iconic venues as Radio City Music Hall, The Hollywood Bowl, Red Rocks, Carnegie Hall, Wolf Trap, The Kennedy Center and Madison Square Garden.  In 2022, Yankovic produced and co-wrote the Emmy-winning biopic WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story, starring Daniel Radcliffe in the title role.\n\nVIP Meet & Greet and Backstage Tour Packages are available for this show. Click here for more information on VIP packages.\n\nSpecial Guest: PUDDLES PITY PARTY\n\nPuddles Pity Party, the 7-foot sad clown whose golden voice is “comparable to any Grammy winner” (Los Angeles Times), has amassed over 900K YouTube subscribers and performed sold out shows around the globe including San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts, London’s Soho Theatre and a residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. He has performed on stage with such legends as Eric Idle, Nick Offerman, Jack Black, Maynard James Keenan and Primus. Puddles’ one-of-a-kind “textured voice laced with melancholy” (NY Times) has been hailed as “operatic” (Boston Globe) and his show both “life-affirming” (Herald Scotland) and “hysterically funny” (LA Weekly). \n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.aleruscenter.com\/assets\/img\/Static_Digital_1220x560_WeirdAl_2026_Regional_AlerusCenter_0829-730045ffff.jpg","media_link":"https:\/\/www.aleruscenter.com\/events\/detail\/weirdal","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Aug<\/span> 29<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home","event_time":"8:00pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.aleruscenter.com\/assets\/img\/Static_Digital_740x710_WeirdAl_2026_Regional_AlerusCenter_0829-7325906cf6.jpg","venue_id":"1","venue_title":"Alerus Center","venue_uri":"venue-main-name","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}},{"media_title":"JOURNEY: Final Frontier Tour","media_tagline":"A Special Evening with Journey","event_body":"USE UNLOCK CODE OPENARMS BEGINNING MAY 14 AT 10:00AM FOR PRESALE ACCESS\n\n \n\nJourney is coming to Alerus Center on October 2 for their FINAL FRONTIER TOUR!\n\nLocal presale begubs Thursday, May 14 at 10AM.\n\nTickets go on sale Friday, May 15 at 10AM — don’t miss their final tour.\n\n \n\nAfter more than five decades of arena-shaking performances, era-defining hits, and one of the most enduring catalogs in rock history, JOURNEY is extending their massive Final Frontier Tour with 40 additional North American dates this fall.\n\nPresented by AEG Presents, the newly announced leg begins Saturday, September 12 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA…and concludes with a hometown finale show on Saturday, November 28 at Chase Center in San Francisco, CA.\n\nABOUT JOURNEY:\n\nSince forming in 1973, JOURNEY has earned 19 top 40 singles, 25 gold and platinum albums, and sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Their "Greatest Hits" album is certified 15 times-platinum, making JOURNEY one of the few bands in history to achieve diamond-certification, while "Don't Stop Believin'" has surpassed over one billion streams globally. JOURNEY was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2017 and remains one of the most successful touring rock bands in the world.  Their co-headlining tour with Def Leppard ranked among the year’s top global tours, selling more than million tickets and earning Billboard’s prestigious "Legends Of Live" award. The band has also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall Of Fame. Journey is additionally the subject of the acclaimed documentary "Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey"; chronicling the band’s remarkable resurgence following the arrival of lead vocalist Arnel Pineda, discovered by Founder, Neal Schon through YouTube.\n","media_file_type":"img","media_file_placeholder":null,"media_file_name":"https:\/\/www.aleruscenter.com\/assets\/img\/Journey-Website-Banner-1-341d42ace8.png","media_link":"https:\/\/www.aleruscenter.com\/events\/detail\/journey2026","ticket_link":"Buy Tickets<\/a>","event_date":"Oct<\/span> 2<\/span>, 2026<\/span>","promos":"home","event_time":"7:30pm","media_thumb":"https:\/\/www.aleruscenter.com\/assets\/img\/Website-Tile-14-cadc0f22ce.png","venue_id":"1","venue_title":"Alerus Center","venue_uri":"venue-main-name","category":{"name":"Other","id":"0"}}]}