Treasure Island Event Center – Welch, MN
3/29/25
Photos by Brett Zisler
Review by Nick
DOROTHY brought the heat of her Redemption Tour to the Treasure Island Event Center in Welch, MN on a cold and rainy Saturday night. Cold weather isn’t going to stop any MN rock fans and they definitely showed up for this excellent double bill of female fronted rock and roll. DOROTHY’s new album “The Way” that’s a great mixture of her first album “Rockisdead” and her previous album “Gifts from the Holy Ghost”, strong songwriting and great riffs.
If you ever wanted to attend what feels like a private soundstage rehearsal before tour, that’s what the vibe was like for this show. Two weeks before the tour starts, DOROTHY provided MN with a peek behind the curtain as she gets ready to take the show on the road. DOROTHY has a strong band behind her that can solo and jam wherever needed as the show started out with a little jam session before DOROTHY came out and they launched in to “Down to the Bottom”. DOROTHY’s vocals were on point for “The Devil I Know” from her new album The Way before making “Ain’t Our Time to Die” a little heavier fitting nicely in to the set.
DOROTHY got a nice sing along going for the newer track “Mud” showing the crowd has lots of love for the new material along with the live debut of the standout track from the new album “Bones”. Which then was followed by a little reimagination of the classic “After Midnight” taking a little slower approach from the original while still keeping it pretty rocking. Before “After Midnight”, DOROTHY told the crowd her life is a little different now than when those songs came out, going to bed by 9pm. DOROTHY even lovingly poked a little fun at those who just might have had a few drinks before the show leading in to “Whiskey Fever” and the crowd ate it up. This is when DOROTHY was at her best, rocking out and having fun with the crowd even though she says she’s bad at banter between songs.
Let’s be honest, no one is having a bad time when “Raise Hell” comes on. DOROTHY then brought out a little bit of a deep cut with the cover of “Key to the Highway” from Slash’s new blues covers record. The track fit very well in to the set and was a nice nod for everyone looking for something new in the set. “Gifts from the Holy Ghost” closed out the main set before the encore brought the house down with a fired up “Tombstone Town”. DOROTHY fans going to the Redemption Tour are in for a treat when this rolls in to town. Bare bones, no bull, warts and all rock show the way it should be.
Minneapolis’ BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES opened the show celebrating the release of their debut album “Full Circle” playing a chock full 40 minute set showcasing the release. The newer band featuring local scene vets from Skywind, Vaudeville and Cold Kingdom played to their strengths right away with “Rabbit Hole” kicking off the set – with newcomer Josephine’s vocals shining in the forefront over a rocker that shows how tight of a band the 5 of them are together. The band had a good fan base they brought with for the show as evident by the Bullets and Butterflies shirts in the crowd. Newer song “Complicated” sounded great along side previously released singles “Abandon Ship” and “Sleepless Nights.” The band tore it up for their last song, the unreleased sassy rocker “Ain’t Yours to Lose” proving this band still has many tricks up their sleeve for the future. Keep an eye on this band, it’s only the beginning for them and they’ll only get stronger.
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