Soul Asylum, with support from Corey Glover of Living Colour, Brings Acoustic Tour to Loeb Playhouse

SOUL ASYLUM ACOUSTIC

Soul Asylum Acoustic features Dave Pirner & Ryan Smith

February 20, 2026 James Britton

Udated February 20, 2026, to add details about supporting artist Corey Glover of Living Color joining the tour.

Grammy award-winning rock band Soul Asylum brings an acoustic performance featuring Dave Pirner and Ryan Smith to Purdue University’s Loeb Playhouse on Friday, April 10, 2026. Special guest Corey Glover, best known as the powerhouse lead vocalist of the Grammy-winning rock band Living Colour (“Cult of Personality”), will join Soul Asylum in support.

Purdue Convocations present this intimate, one-of-a-kind acoustic set with support from Union Club Hotel, 8Eleven Modern Bistro, Mad Mushroom Pizza, and Ripple & Co.

SOUL ASYLUM

Ticket Information

Friends of Convos & Student Presale

  • Date: 10 AM, Tuesday, January 6 – 11:59 PM, Thursday, January 8
  • Location: Stewart Center Box Office (for student discount) or watch your email for an early access code to use at Purdue’s Account Manager or ticketmaster.com
  • Friends of Convos will receive an early access code via email before the presale opens. Join Friends for best seating availability.
  • Presale for Purdue system students (enrolled at West Lafayette, Indianapolis, Online, Global, Northwest, Fort Wayne). Student tickets subject to PUID check on show day.
  • r more event details and to purchase tickets, visit:
    https://convocations.purdue.edu/event/soul-asylum/

General Public On-Sale

About Soul Asylum

Grammy award-winning and multi-platinum selling rock band SOUL ASYLUM started as Minneapolis’ punk younger brothers to the Replacements and Husker Dü. Their 1992 breakthrough album Grave Dancers Union featured the international hits “Runaway Train”, “Black Gold” and “ Somebody to Shove”. “Runaway Train” won a Grammy,  and its groundbreaking music video brought nearly two dozen missing and exploited children and teens around the world home to their families.

SOUL ASYLUM has released 13 original albums – including their most recent, 2024’s Slowly But Shirley – with multiple live albums and assorted Greatest Hits collections. Their famous 1993 MTV Unplugged performance was released for the first time on vinyl as a coveted Record Store Day exclusive, and November 2025 also saw the 30-year-anniversary reissue of their Let Your Dim Light Shinealbum. 

This upcoming show offers a rare opportunity to see SOUL ASYLUM’s Dave Pirner and Ryan Smith perform an intimate, one-of-a-kind acoustic set.

About Corey Glover

Corey Glover of Living Colour wearing a red jacket, sitting on stairs

Corey Glover is an American singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as the powerhouse lead vocalist of the Grammy-winning rock band Living Colour. His dynamic range and soulful delivery defined the group’s fusion of heavy metal, funk, and jazz, famously highlighted by the 1988 anthem “Cult of Personality.”

Beyond the band, Glover has enjoyed a versatile career in musical theatre—starring as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar (2006 National tour)—and film, notably appearing in Oliver Stone’s Platoon. He remains a celebrated figure in rock for his incredible vocal prowess and social activism.

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