Summer 20 Midwest band Wingtips coming to Baker City By Lisa Britton Go! Magazine BAKER CITY — When Wingtips arrives in Eastern Oregon, the band’s stop will be part of the second leg of a current tour that includes much of the West Coast. And it’ll be all new. “I’d never heard of Baker City before,” said Vincent Segretario, who formed Wingtips with Hannah Avalon. The Illinois-based post-punk synth- pop band plays Saturday, Aug. 6, at Chur- chill School, 3451 Broadway St. (enter through the 16th Street parking lot). Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance at www.churchillbaker.com, or $15 at the door. Proof of COVID vaccina- tion or a negative test is required. Fully vaccinated children age 15 and younger have free admission with a ticket-holding adult. In typical years, which now means pre-pandemic, the band would tour two to three months out of the year to play 30 to 40 shows. “We’re out there a lot,” Segretario said. “Touring is our livelihood.” He and Avalon met in college, where they were both studying theater. “But I always knew I wanted to perform professionally,” he said. Perform music, that is. “I was more interested in music,” he said, “but I learned a lot about perfor- mance and vocal techniques.” Wingtips started in 2015. “We were very much operating like a punk band, very much for fun,” he said. “We kept touring, and as we kept go- ing, we were getting bigger and better shows.” They started navigating the music scene as a business and acquired a manager. Segretario said 2018 was when Wing- tips really got going.