When the lights dimmed at Birmingham, England’s Utilita Arena on Monday evening and Genesis walked onstage to kick off their long-awaited The Last Domino? reunion tour, it was hard not to feel just a little trepidation. It had been 14 years since they’d played even a single song together in …
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One month ago, it appeared that the concert season — rearranged, stifled or outright canceled for more than a year — may have begun to return to what music fans have hoped for and expected: sweaty, unmasked mosh pits for some, cozy seats with obscenely large cupholders for others. Tours …
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Following a Lollapalooza festival where attendees were required to show proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test, Live Nation announced Friday that they will allow touring artists to choose whether to implement similar mandates for their upcoming concerts. In a companywide email to employees obtained by Rolling Stone, CEO …
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DaBaby has been dropped from the 2021 Governors Ball lineup over his homophobic remarks and comments about HIV/AIDS victims at Rolling Loud Miami. On Monday, August 2nd, Governors Ball shared a new poster on Twitter with DaBaby’s name now absent from the September 24th lineup (his artist page on the …
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Stephen Marley has announced the dates for his ‘Babylon by Bus’ tour. Titled after Bob Marley and the Wailers’ 1978 live album, the shows will feature Stephen’s songs spanning his 40-plus year career alongside songs from his father’s catalog. The 19-date U.S. trek kicks off on August 26th at Mateel …
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Nigerian singer Wizkid has announced a North American tour in support of his album Made in Lagos, released last October. The 17-date run will kick off in Boston on September 10th and conclude in Montreal on January 22nd, 2022. Ticket sales will go live on Friday, July 9th at 10 …
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J. Cole, Kid Cudi and Future lead the lineup for the 2021 installment of hip-hop festival Rolling Loud California. Tickets go on sale on June 1st at 12 p.m. PT. The festival expands from two days to three and will be held at NOS Events Center in San Bernardino from …
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Oysterhead, the eclectic musical collective of Trey Anastasio, Les Claypool, and Stewart Copeland, will headline the 2021 Peach Music Festival. After the pandemic canceled the 2020 fest, the Peach, founded by members of the Allman Brothers Band in 2012, returns to Scranton, Pennsylvania, over Independence Day weekend. This year’s festival …
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Megadeth and Lamb of God have announced the rescheduled dates for their Metal Tour of the Year, which was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The two bands will kick off their route in Austin, Texas, on August 20th, and will tour the U.S. and Canada with a final show …
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The Go-Go’s are releasing their documentary of the same name this coming winter, featuring interviews with Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, Gina Schock, Kathy Valentine, and Jane Wiedlin. Part of the film focuses on the band’s efforts to write a new song, “Club Zero,” about female empowerment — and they dropped …
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