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An evening with Yo La Tengo: Indie icons make their Flagstaff debut

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Yo La Tengo will perform at 7:30 p.m. on May 4 at The Orpheum Theater.Ìý

After four decades of creating genre-defying music, indie rock legends Yo La Tengo are still driven by one simple goal: joy.

This will be the band’s first time playing in Flagstaff, and bassist James McNew shared his and his bandmates' excitement for exploring a new city in Arizona.

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James McNew, bass, Georgia Hubley, drums, and Ira Kaplan, guitar, perform at a show in 2010.

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McNew, center, joined Yo La Tengo in 1991 -- several years after Ira Kaplan, right, and Georgia Hubley formed the band in the early '80s.





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