Bill Murray books blues show April 11 in West Des Moines

Bill Murray brings blues band to Des Moines for 2025 concert

Updated: December 11, 2024, 8:42 a.m. CST

It’s something you only see on the streets of New York City. Man. Bill Murray runs out of the Ed Sullivan Theater straight towards KCCI. Director, Photography, Courtney Kinzer Murray is covered in some cake that he just popped out of during his final appearance on the late-night series “David Letterman the Job.” Have you found your horse to work with? Then, in the middle of Broadway, he starts a damn protest song to convince Dave to stay on late night TV. But he changes the lyrics to John Lennon’s famous song to suit Letterman’s global production company, Pants. These are just some of the crazy things we saw as David Letterman completed more than 6,000 shows, the longest-running TV and talk show host in history. Thank you. And look who else we ran into CBS orchestra leader Paul Shaffer right outside the stage doors near 53rd and Broadway. He’s been on Letterman since the beginning. Are you sad? Bittersweet? Of course, sad, of course, of course, grateful for such a damn long time. It was wonderful. Paul barely manages to get from the studio to his office next door. Thank you to the fans who want to say hello and now goodbye. They love his music. David Letterman always called Paul the most important part of the late show. He exaggerates when he has to. It’s nice of him to say that after the show a damn friendly backstage employee invited us to the theater. I get to take a damn photo in Dave’s guest chair and see who bombards me in the photo. Yes, that’s Bill Murray coming back to take his own photos of Dave’s desk. I asked him if he could play golf in the Quad Cities. I’m going to try to go to the John Deere this year, the John Deere. Yes, but you know the John Deere. I bet it kills me talking to Bill Murray meeting Paul Shaffer and saying goodbye to David Letterman. You never know what will happen in New York City.

Bill Murray brings blues band to Des Moines for 2025 concert

Updated: December 11, 2024, 8:42 a.m. CST

Legendary comedian Bill Murray will make a stop in central Iowa with blues band The Blood Brothers and Jimmy Vivino in April 2025 to perform a concert at the Val Air Ballroom. Val Air announced the April 11 concert with the “Saturday Night Live” alum in a social media post on Monday. The all-ages show starts at 7:30 p.m., doors open at 6:30 p.m. Video above from the KCCI archives: Todd Magel speaks with Paul Shaffer and is photographed by Bill Murray. How to get tickets: Tickets are available online. Tickets are available in advance from Wednesday 10 a.m. to Thursday 10 p.m. with the pre-sale code BMBROTHERSVAB. Public ticket sales begin at 10 a.m. on Friday.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa –

Legendary comedian Bill Murray will make a stop in central Iowa in April 2025 with blues band The Blood Brothers and Jimmy Vivino to perform a concert at the Val Air Ballroom.

Val Air announced the April 11 concert with the Saturday Night Live alum in a social media post on Monday. The all-ages show starts at 7:30 p.m., doors open at 6:30 p.m

Video above from the KCCI archives: Todd Magel speaks with Paul Shaffer and is photographed by Bill Murray

How to get tickets

Tickets will be available online.

Advance tickets are available from Wednesday 10 a.m. to Thursday 10 p.m. with the advance ticket code BMBROTHERSVAB.

Tickets go on sale to the general public starting at 10 a.m. on Friday.

By Ole Hagen