‘Beggin for Thread’ singer, BANKS, has surprised fans with her newest visuals, this time a music video for her song ‘Trainwreck’. Off her second studio LP, The Altar, which released in September of 2016, ‘Trainwreck’ is easily one of our favorite tracks from BANKS’ latest efforts.
Watch BANKS new music video for ‘Trainwreck’ below.
Adding to their highly anticipated headlining performances at Coachella this year, Radiohead has announced a number of U.S. tour dates before and between their Indio performances. Kicking off their U.S. tour on March 30th at Miami’s American Airlines Arena, and with stops in Atlanta, New Orleans, Kansas City, Seattle and more, fans will have several chances to see Radiohead live in the upcoming months.
Radiohead’s forthcoming tour will also include two Los Angeles dates, at the historic Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA, before they close out their U.S. tour at Coachella on April 21st. Tickets for all shows will go on sale this Friday (1/20). Fans can visit Radiohead.com for more information.
Check out Radiohead’s U.S. tour and festival dates below.
After their initial success in 2016, “Chicago Open Air” will return to the Windy City and with a huge lineup that even rivals last year’s exciting list of artists. Performing from July 14th – 16th at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, IL will be KISS, Ozzy Osbourne, Korn, Rob Zombie, Godsmack, Slayer, Seether, Anthrax, Lamb of God, Megadeth and many more amazing names in rock and heavy metal.
Tickets for the festival, which offers music, craft beer, and “gourmet man food”, will go on sale this Friday, January 20th, at Noon (central time). Fans can visit ChicagoOpenAir.com for more details!
Alt-pop band, Hey Violet, announced their big upcoming North American tour today. Kicking off this March, this marks the ‘Guys My Age’ band’s first headlining North American tour, and we couldn’t be more excited! With dates at the Subterranean in Chicago, New York’s Gramercy Theatre and more, the L.A. based band will make a number of stops throughout the U.S. until the tour concludes on March 23rd.
Tickets for the tour will go on sale this Friday, January 20th, via the band’s official website. And a big tour isn’t the only thing going on for Hey Violet, as their current single, ‘Guys My Age’, has gained more than 11 million streams across various digital platforms, and it’s steadily building momentum across the airwaves.
Less than a month removed from 2016, we have compiled our list of our favorite concert tours from the past year, before we drop our list of our “Most Anticipated Tours of 2017”. And from huge grossing tours like Beyonce’s Formation Tour, Drake & Future’s record breaking Summer Sixteen Tour and of course Kanye’s Saint Pablo Tour, to some of the more (but equally entertaining) B-side tours, 2016 was a great year for live music.
Hit the jump and check out our list of our 10 Favorite Concert Tours of 2016!
Green Day is celebrating the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. today, with the release of their new music video for ‘Troubled Time’. With a number of moving and political images from the Civil Rights Era, the new video will give you chills.
Speaking on the new video and MLK Day, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong tells fans that “today we celebrate love and compassion more than ever.” And if you like what you hear, you can catch a performance live on Green Day’s forthcoming 2017 tour.
Watch the music video for ‘Troubled Times’ and check out Green Day’s tour date’s below.
J. Cole is just about a month removed from the release of his most recent studio album, 4 Your Eyez Only. Again treating fans with a surprise release at the end of the year, 4 Your Eyez Only is another great album from Cole, and the North Carolina MC is already sharing new music with fans.
Titled “High For Hours”, the new track is produced by Elite & Cam O’bi and J. Cole delivers. And while no tour plans have been announced yet, don’t be surprised if Cole takes ‘High For Hours’ and his new LP on the road in 2017.
Kanye West and Solange collaborator Sampha is definitely an artist to watch in 2017. And after the release of his song ‘No One Knows Me (Like The Piano)’ last week, Sampha gave a very special performance of the new track on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Produced by Sampha and Rodaidh McDonald, Sampha’s forthcoming album Process is currently scheduled for a February 3rd release on Young Turks. And after the release of Process, Sampha will be taking his new album on the road for a worldwide mini-tour that will kick off with a few U.S. dates from February 6th – 9th, as well as performances at Coachella, Primavera Sound and more.
Watch Sampha perform ‘No One Knows Me’ on The Tonight Show below.
Legends in rock, Def Leppard, will hit the road again in 2017, as Joe Elliot and company have announced their North American tour for the new year. Kicking off on April 8th in Manchester, NH, Def Leppard will make stops in Chicago, Green Bay, St. Louis and many more, until the tour concludes on June 25th in Indianapolis.
And joining the guys on their big tour will be Poison and Tesla (for select dates). Tickets for the North American tour will go on sale via LiveNation.com on January 20th and the 21st, with a fan presale beginning on January 17th (also at LiveNation). As fans will notice, the new tour is practically an extension of their big 2016, with the band making stops in cities that they did not visit in 2016.
“We’re thrilled to be able to take this tour to cities we didn’t play in 2016. The demand for us to return, or rather extend the tour was phenomenal!”
New England is the place to be for the last weekend of May, as Boston music festival, Boston Calling, has announced its big 2017 lineup. Headlining the festival this year will be Mumford & Sons, Tool and Chicago’s own, Chance The Rapper. And joining the talented list of headliners are Bon Iver, The xx, Weezer, The 1975, Major Lazer, Solange, Cage The Elephant and Run The Jewels, just to name a few.
And on top of all the great musicians, actress Natalie Portman will also curate a unique film experience for the Boston festival. If music alone wasn’t enough to draw you to the Harvard Athletic Complex on May 26-28, everything surrounding the festival should definitely should help sweeten the pot.
Check out Boston Calling’s full lineup below and get more info and tickets at BostonCalling.com.