ST. LOUIS, MO / September 8, 2026 – St. Louis-based ska-punk-alt-rock outfit, The Urge, announces their annual Thanksgiving show at The Pageant on Friday, November 27 at 7:30 p.m. (doors at 6:30 p.m.) Tickets go on sale this Friday, September 11 at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster.com. The band also announced that their popular anthem “The Blues Have The Urge Goal Song (Let’s Go Blues)” is going to be featured on NHL27 official soundtrack available to purchase this Friday at EA SPORTS NHL 27 .
In the Summer of 2018, the band was commissioned by the St. Louis Blues to record a new goal song for the NHL team. It was that season in which the hockey team won their first Stanley Cup Championship. The song, entitled “The Blues Have The Urge Goal Song (Let’s Go Blues)” continues to be used by the team to celebrate each goal at all home games.
“As rabid hockey fans, it is a dream come true to actually be featured IN the game,” said drummer John Pessoni. “The band is extremely honored to be included!”
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11!
The Urge was formed in 1987 by vocalist Steve Ewing and bassist Karl Grable, with the current lineup of Matt Kwiatkowski, Bill Reiter, John Pessoni, and Jerry Jost solidifying in the early 1990s. After independently recording and releasing four albums – “Bust Me Dat Forty” (1987), “Puttin’ the Backbone Back” (1990), “Magically Delicious” (1992), and the live “Fat Babies in the Mix”(1993) – the band’s raucous live reputation, as well as radio airplay, brought them to the attention of Immortal Records, who released their 1995 cult-classic “Receiving the Gift of Flavor.” Constant touring throughout the U.S. and Europe, especially with friends 311, Korn, and Incubus, as well as radio airplay of their popular single “Jump Right In” from the1998 album “Master of Styles,” built an enthusiastic, rabid fanbase.
After their last Immortal Records release “Too Much Stereo” in 2000, The Urge took an extended hiatus for several years before reuniting in 2011 to independently release the live CD/DVD “All the Way Live/Live and Direct” (2012),”Galvanized” (2013) and “Receiving the Gift of Flavor- 20th Anniversary” (Re-Recorded Live Before A Studio Audience)” (2015) which was also celebrated by the release of the Public House Brewing Company beer, “The Gift of Flavor.”
2025 marked the 30th Anniversary of “Receiving the Gift of Flavor and also the 25th Anniversary of “Master of Styles,” which included the Top 10 Alternative Rock song “Jump Right In” featuring Nick Hexum of 311, as well as radio hit “Closer” and a classic live crowd favorite “Straight to Hell.” The band is currently working in new material for release. For more information, visit www.thepageant.com or @theurgerocks.
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