The Hold Steady’s members were friends in middle school. The lead singer used to listen to radio constantly as a kid. The Hold Steady began playing at Guru, a college bar. The band used to practice at the guitarist's garage.
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The Hold Steady met with a local DJ from Q98.1 and convinced him to play their single on air. The single immediately became a local hit and larger radio stations started playing the song. Eventually a record executive heard it and signed the group. All the members quit their day jobs to focus on their music.
The Hold Steady realized that they could really have a career in music in 1984, as soon as Mandy Rastetter started the group’s first fan club. After the group’s first North American tour, the fan club grew from the couple dozen fans who heard the band play around Champaign to the thousands who heard them play across the nation.
The new album from The Hold Steady only took a few weeks to produce. The band may have just finished their newest project, but they are plotting their next move already.
The Hold Steady's performances always have the audience singing by the end of the show. The band has never played a bad performance in Boston, so they make sure to schedule a stop there whenever they tour. Ticket Specialists’s comprehensive site has concert seating charts and touring schedules tickets, making Ticket Specialists the best one site stop for your The Hold Steady tickets.