Steve Martin, Award-winning actor, comedian and musician, performs with New Bluegrass Grammy-winner Steep Canyon Rangers and Edie Brickell, Monday, July 22, 2013 at the State Theatre

Tickets Go On Sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 8

MINNEAPOLISSteve Martin, the multi-talented Grammy and Emmy Award-winning actor, comedian and musician, will perform An Evening of Music and Comedy with the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, July 22, 2013 at Hennepin Theatre Trusts State Theatre. Martins first bluegrass album, The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo, (2009 on Rounder Records), stayed at #1 on the Billboard Bluegrass Album chart for 12 weeks and was awarded the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album in 2010. The Steep Canyon Rangerss Nobody Knows You recently won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album.

Edie Brickell, the alternative singer/songwriter, is perhaps best known for her work with the Texas rock jam band The New Bohemians. Their 1988 hit, What I Am, peaked at #7 on the U.S. Billboard charts. In 2003, Martin won a Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumentalist for his playing on Earl Scruggs 75^th Anniversary album. Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers also released Rare Bird Alert in 2011. An Evening of Music and Comedy is produced by AEG Live. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 8. For tickets and information visit www.HennepinTheatreTrust.org or call 1.800.982.2787.

Steve Martin won an Emmy Award for his work on the 1960s hit series The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and made frequent appearances on Johnny Carsons Tonight Show. He gained special attention as a Wild and Crazy Guy with Dan Aykroyd on Saturday Night Live and drew standing room only crowds touring some of the largest venues in the country. Martin is perhaps best known for his work in film, including comedies The Jerk, Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Father of the Bride to such dramas as L.A. Story and Shopgirl. He has hosted the Academy Awards three times, is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Times and earned Kennedy Center Honors in 2007.

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TICKET INFORMATION

Steve Martin will perform An Evening of Music and Comedy with the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, July 22, 2013 at Hennepin Theatre Trusts State Theatre (805 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 55402). Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 8, 2013 and range from $43.50 to $83.50 depending on seating preference. All prices include applicable facility fees. Additional service charges may apply. Tickets may be purchased in person at the State Theatre Box Office (805 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 55402), online at HennepinTheatreTrust.org, or by calling 1.800.982.2787 or visiting a Ticketmaster Center.