As crass as it is to celebrate an artist's misfortune, many Death Cab For Cutie fans couldn't help but feel a twinge of a joy upon reading reports last November that Ben Gibbard's two-year marriage to actress Zooey Deschanel was coming to an end. Perhaps a bit of heartache, they reasoned, was just the thing the frontman needed to juice his songwriting, which was a bit substandard on the band's pretty forgettable 2011 album Codes and Keys.
Fans will have to wait for a new album to see if that theory holds, but in the meantime, they can over-analyze Gibbard's demeanor when the band returns to Milwaukee for a April 15 concert at the Riverside Theater. It promises to be a grand affair: The band will be supported by a full string section from San Francisco's Magik*Magik Orchestra, an ensemble that's backed artists including Third Eye Blind, How To Dress Well, Sting and The Dodos.
Reserved-seat tickets go on sale Friday, Jan. 27 and cost $29.50, $35.50, or $43.75.
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