5 Gum Presents OneRepublic with Special Guests

The Spill Canvas
Like Bright Eyes or Five for Fighting, the Spill Canvas began as the pseudonym for a solo singer and songwriter, but has since transformed into a traditional band. Sioux Falls, SD, native Nick Thomas played in a variety of local punk bands in his early teens before transforming himself...

Augustana
Augustana are a heartland equivalent of Coldplay and Keane, with a touch of mid-'90s adult alternative throwback (think Counting Crows or the Wallflowers) also peppering their mellow, piano-based music.

The Hush Sound
What began as random jam sessions between friends Bob Morris (guitar) and Greta Salpeter (piano/guitar) eventually grew into the Chicago indie pop quartet the Hush Sound. A classically trained pianist since age three, Salpeter was introduced to Morris by mutual friends when they...

OneRepublic
"The toughest thing to do is write a hit song and the easiest thing to do is act like a rock band," says OneRepublic singer-songwriter Ryan Tedder. "But we had a hit song before we had an album and we can't pull off the 'rock god' thing.