T-Pain and Carly Pearce to Perform Postgame Concerts at Target Field

[Melissa Berman]

Even if you "Can't Believe It" it's true: T-Pain and Carly Pearce will be playing free postgame concerts on separate nights at Target Field this summer.

Image courtesy of Melissa Berman

Following the Twins vs. Detroit Tigers 6:10 p.m. game on June 15, T-Pain will perform a full 75-minute set. Pearce will perform a full 75-minute show after the 6:10 p.m. Twins vs. Texas Rangers game on August 24. The concerts are free for fans who have a ticket to the game, or T-Pain and Pearce super fans can purchase a special ticket package enabling them to take in the concert while standing on the field. It also includes a ticket to the Twins game. Both concerts will start approximately 15 minutes after the end of the game.

T-Pain is a rapper, singer, songwriter and two-time Grammy winner known for scores of hits from the 2000s, including "Low," with Flo Rida, for which he went diamond (10x platinum). Here in the Midwest, where we always look for the "local angle," we especially love him for having rhymed "Mansion" with "Wisconsin" on the song "Can't Believe It."

The last time T-Pain performed in Minnesota was during halftime at the Vikings vs. Packers season opener on September 11, 2022, during which he wore a Justin Jefferson jersey. Maybe he'll wear a Byron Buxton jersey this time?

Pearce is a Grammy-award-winning country music singer-songwriter known for hit songs like "Every Little Thing" and "I Hope You're Happy Now."

Eagle-eyed fans might notice that these two games are the only non-6:40 evening weekday game on this season’s schedule.

Target Field held its first-ever postgame concert last season when country artist Cole Swindell performed a full hour and fifteen-minute show following a Thursday night game against the Blue Jays. The concert was met with much acclaim by fans, and some members of the Blue Jays even came out of the visiting clubhouse to stand on the field and watch some of the show (visible in the photo above).

My take
Last year’s postgame Cole Swindell concert was both a great idea and an overwhelming success, and it’s wise and fun that the Twins “run it back” this year with another couple of shows. Postgame concerts bring more fans to the ballpark who otherwise might not go to a Twins game, and who knows, maybe they will like it so much that they will come back (or at least buy a bunch of beers). I appreciate how the concerts are free to everyone with a ticket to the game- a $4 standing-room ticket or a cheap upper-deck seat gets you into a MLB baseball game to see the best talent in the world AND a full-length concert. The value is unbeatable. Because the Twins are hosting TC Summer Fest, a rock festival, it is wise to incorporate rap and R&B and country to appeal to a broader audience. Last year, some fans were perturbed by the influx of cowboy hat-wearing fans who flocked to Target Field, crowded the concourse, and walked up and down the aisles during at-bats, but hey, it’s only one game a year, and the more, the merrier to cheer on the Twins, in my mind.

The Twins choosing T-Pain, who is especially popular with millennials, comes at the time when the Twins are trying to attract younger fans to the ballpark. From offering the bargain Twins Pass to hosting its first Friday Happy Hour 3:10 game on April 28, aimed at downtown office workers, and now postgame concerts featuring artists popular with younger fans, the Twins appear to be trying to make games even more appealing to Gen Z and Millennials, both cost and entertainment-wise.

Some fans might not be excited that the Twins again chose a Thursday to host a postgame concert; last year’s Cole Swindell concert started at 10:45 p.m. and ended at the stroke of midnight. The Twins advertised that the concert would start 15 minutes after the game, and even though they wheeled out an already-assembled stage with speakers and instruments already on it, it took closer to a half hour to get underway. However, the Twins appear to have learned from that experience by scheduling this game earlier at 6:10 (vs. last year’s, which was at 6:40), and with the pitch clock speeding up the game length, the concert will likely start even earlier. If you can stay awake for the show, I see it as a fun way to kick off a summer weekend (and hopefully, you can sleep in the next day!)

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What do you think of T-Pain and Carly Pearce playing at Target Field, and of Target Field’s new tradition of hosting postgame concerts? Do you think you’ll attend? Leave a COMMENT below and let me know.
 

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[Original_JB]

Zero interest in either one. I do have a question though; the way your piece (not sure if a blog or article, and maybe just semantics) is written, it sounds as if they will continue to sell alcohol throughout the night and during the concert after the game. Is that true?

[Melissa Berman]

31 minutes ago, Original_JB said:

Zero interest in either one. I do have a question though; the way your piece (not sure if a blog or article, and maybe just semantics) is written, it sounds as if they will continue to sell alcohol throughout the night and during the concert after the game. Is that true?

Good question- here's what I wrote when I covered the Cole Swindell concert last year:

"The postgame concert brought a couple of changes to the Twins game. The Twins kept the beer flowing for the entire game rather than ceasing alcohol sales in the 7th inning like a normal night. Fans erupted with cheers when the public address announcer relayed this to the crowd. Sales continued during the concert as well."

Not sure if they will do the same thing for these concerts 

[Brock Beauchamp]

All these years later, I cannot see T-Pain's name without wanting to scream

[Melissa Berman]

15 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

All these years later, I cannot see T-Pain's name without wanting to scream

Same here, major missed opportunity by me not sneaking in a reference in there LOL

[smattson22]

Pohlads -“whose an artist with a hit that encapsulates the season so far?”

 

Falvey  and Dave St Peter(Obviously the music decision makers) - “T-Pain has a song “Low” like our team batting average”

 

pohalds - “say no more book him!”

[Melissa Berman]

6 hours ago, smattson22 said:

Pohlads -“whose an artist with a hit that encapsulates the season so far?”

 

Falvey  and Dave St Peter(Obviously the music decision makers) - “T-Pain has a song “Low” like our team batting average”

 

pohalds - “say no more book him!”

"Buy U A Drank" in honor of beer sales being extended into the 8th inning this year

[Vanimal46]

Getting flashbacks of being in college ordering shots of tequila at 1:30 AM with this song playing