ABOUT

Broken Compass Presents launched in 2023 as a boutique live music promotion team, with the goal of thinking outside of the box to bring regional and nationally touring acts to smaller stages in the Augusta area. The first event converted the general admission space in Southbound Smokehouse’s beer garden into a reserved seating listening room for acclaimed singer-songwriter Angie Aparo and support from an all-star local songwriter’s round consisting of Joe Stevenson, Shaun Piazza, & Will McCranie. Broken Compass Presents has gone on to produce concerts from Grammy Nominated Aaron Lee Tasjan, Wheatus, T. Hardy Morris, and up and coming acts like Squeaky Feet and Mike Miz.

Will has been a gigging musician for nearly 25 years and learned the world of event production and promotion through working with Gluestick Music, Adams Entertainment, and Friends With Benefits Productions. He’s been blessed with the opportunity to work on productions for artists including Umphrey’s McGee, The Avett Brothers, Jason Mraz, Ben Folds, Brothers Osborne, Gov’t Mule, The Flaming Lips, Galactic, Lil Uzi Vert, Ms. Sharon Jones, Kid Rock, Shooter Jennings, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Greensky Bluegrass, Yonder Mountain String Band, Jon Pardi, and more…

WHEATUS

DIRTBAGS ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF AMERICA AND SOME OF CANADA TOO

WEDNESDAY October 1st, 2025
SACRED HEART CULTURAL CENTER
Augusta, GA
Doors at 7pm

It's hard to believe it's been over 20 years since Wheatus released their debut album and still ubiquitous single "Teenage Dirtbag.” Yes, that’s right - Dirtbag is no longer a teenager. In honor of this anniversary, Wheatus are releasing a new and expanded edition of their now classic debut album. Says Brendan B Brown, “We found demos of ten more songs from throughout the band’s history, that had such an album-one vibe that they never made it on to our more recent records. So now we’re giving them a proper chance to be heard. The twenty-song version of the album will feature the originally-conceived track listing and sequence, plus the extra ten songs that have finally found a home on a record.” 

Pandemics notwithstanding, the band continues a seemingly endless tour cycle.  2019 took Wheatus on a coast-to-coast, almost entirely sold-out tour of America opening for (and then collaborating with) Mike Doughty on his Ruby Vroom 25th Anniversary shows. That tour culminated in a super-special sold-out hometown headline show where the “classic” line-up of Wheatus reunited for one night only – their first time on stage together in 18 years. After that, the current line-up flew to South Africa to play some festivals, and then headed to Europe and the UK for another six weeks of touring.  2021 saw the band travel all over America, supporting Everclear, Hoobastank & Living Colour on the Summerland Tour.

2022 saw the band explode back into the mainstream with the "Teenage Dirtbag" trend going hugely viral across social media, with over TWO BILLION views in less than a month.  The song has been shared & celebrated by Lil Nas X, Brooke Shields, Paris Hilton, Madonna, Alice Cooper, Jon Bon Jovi, Chevy Chase, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mark Ruffalo, Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera, Heidi Klum, Lady Gaga, Sammy Hagar, Nick Kroll, Mark Ronson, Lupita Nyong'o, LL Cool J, Tony Hawk, Vitoria Beckham, Machine Gun Kelly, Anderson Paak, Jessica Alba, Mick Fleetwood, Millie Bobby Brown, Sheryl Crow, Chris Pratt, and Jamie Lee Curtis... to name a very select few.

The future, as always, remains uncertain.  But the band looks forward to many more shows in the very near future, including visits to every corner of the earth that's interested in hosting them.