Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox brings its Life In The Past Lane World Tour to The Factory, reworking contemporary pop hits in a vintage big-band and swing style.
Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox brings its Life In The Past Lane World Tour to The Factory in St. Louis on Friday, November 13. If you've never come across them, the whole thing is built on a single, pretty specific idea: they take modern pop hits and rework them as vintage numbers. We're talking about songs you'd hear on the radio today played in the styles of the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s.
That's the core of what they do. They don't just change the tempo; they lean into the actual arrangements of those eras. A current chart-topper might come out as a big-band swing number, a slow-dance ballad from the 40s, or a jump-blues track from the 50s. The Life In The Past Lane tour keeps that going, blending those old-school genres with the songs you already know.
It's a tribute act in the broadest sense, and the appeal is exactly that gap between the original and the cover. You recognize the melody and the lyrics, but the sound is something entirely different. It's the kind of show where you can keep track of the songs while hearing them in a way they weren't written for.
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Tickets start at $38.85, and the show is at The Factory on Friday, November 13.
