Silverada returns to The Broadberry with a new record in tow

The band formerly known as Mike and the Moonpies last played Richmond in August 2024. They're back Feb. 5, 2027, with "Living Proof," a keyboard-heavy turn toward country-rock.

When Silverada last played The Broadberry, on the last night of August 2024, the name on the marquee was still new. The band had only just stopped calling itself Mike and the Moonpies. When they come back in February, they'll have a second album out under the new name, and a different sound to go with it.

Silverada plays The Broadberry on Friday, Feb. 5, 2027, at 8 p.m. The date was announced Oct. 21. Tickets are through eTix. The room holds about 500. It's the same stage as last time, which makes it a good place to hear how much has changed.

Start with the name. Frontman Mike Harmeier has said he thought about a name change for more than a decade before making it official alongside the band's 2024 self-titled album. The Albuquerque Journal described that record as a new musical course to go with the new name. The 2024 Broadberry show came right in the middle of that first run.

The follow-up came out Aug. 7. *Living Proof* is ten songs on Prairie Rose Records, produced by Harmeier and John Evans with the band. It's their first album recorded at Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillo, Texas. The biggest change is in the arrangements: keyboards take over from pedal steel as a defining sound, moving the band further from straight honky-tonk and toward country-rock. Keyboardist Parker Twomey joined permanently in 2025 and plays on the record, so the band coming to Richmond is built around that sound. Saving Country Music called the album's arrival a "new era" for the group.

There has been one lineup change since. In September, Saving Country Music reported that longtime bassist Omar Oyoque had stepped away from the band because of an injury. Expect a slightly different band on stage than the one Richmond saw in 2024.

Silverada has spent this fall on the road behind the record, with stops at rooms like The State Room in Salt Lake City and Moe's Alley in Santa Cruz. The Richmond date is part of that cycle continuing into the new year.

Same room, new name, new sound.

For Richmond fans who've followed the band since the Moonpies days, February is a chance to hear the change in person. Some people will miss the pedal steel. Others will find that the keys open up the songs. Either way, a 500-capacity room on a Friday night is the right setting for a band in transition, close enough to hear every choice they've made.

Note it on your calendar now. Feb. 5 is three months out, but a Friday at The Broadberry with a band that drew a crowd last time is worth not leaving to the last week.

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