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Off his forthcoming and self-titled debut album, G.O.O.D. Music and Kanye West’s newest artist HXLT has released a brand new record with musician Kathleen Hanna. Titled ‘Together’, the new record is another addictive track from the Chicago artist and G.O.O.D. signee. HXLT, will release on February 26th, and you can pre-order the 12-track LP now on iTunes.
Stream HXLT’s new track ‘Together’ below.
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Following their anticipated headlining performances at Bonnaroo this year, John Mayer and the Grateful Dead’s supergroup “Dead & Company” will be hitting the road on a 2016 summer tour. Kicking off their tour June 10th in Charlotte, North Carolina, the guys will hit stops in Cincinnati, Detroit, Colorado , and even two dates at Wisconsin’s Alpine Valley, before the tour concludes at the historic Fenway Park on July 15th and 16th.
Dead & Company, which features John Mayer and Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bob Kreutzmann not only all know how to rock out in their own right, but together they make for a rock supergroup that fans will not want to miss out on. Tickets go on sale for the general public on February 13th at 10 AM, with a pre-sale scheduled to begin at 10 AM on February 12th. Check out DeadAndCompany.com for more information.
Check out the tour dates for Dead & Company’s summer tour below.
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If you slept on getting tickets to his upcoming (and mostly sold-out) tour, there is a good chance you missed your initial opportunity to see Grammy-nominated R&B singer/songwriter Leon Bridges. But don’t worry because the Coming Home artist is coming back on tour in the fall of this year, for 15 new dates throughout the U.S.
Kicking off his 2016 Fall Tour in Burlington, VT and hitting a number of stops until the tour concludes on October 2nd in Richmond, VA, this time Columbia Records’ exciting artist will be joined by English singer Lianne La Havas, who will surely perform a number of tracks from her critically acclaimed sophomore LP Blood. While Bridges alone is worth the ticket price, the two together will especially make for a lineup that you won’t want to miss.
Presale for the tour starts today (password: river) at 12:00 PM EST, with tickets going on sale for the general public on February 12th at noon (local time). Certainly get your tickets soon before it’s too late!
See if Leon Bridges is coming to a city near you next fall below and check out his official website for more info.
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First Drake and DJ Khaled and now none other than Chance The Rapper has his own show on Apple Music’s Beats 1 Radio show. Set to debut soon, the talented Chicago rapper will have his own show for listeners, which was announced earlier today by Chance himself, Pharrell and Scott Vener via OTHERtone. We will certainly learn more about the show in the future, but this will definitely be a program that you’ll want to tune in to!
Check out Chance sharing the news on Twitter below.
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Following the surprise release of her ‘Formation’ music video, Beyonce has revealed that she is going on a huge stadium tour this spring and summer. Similarly titled, “The Formation World Tour”, Beyonce will hit a number of huge stadiums throughout North America and Europe. Kicking off her tour April 27th at Miami’s Marlins Park, Beyonce will be making stops in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and many more cities, until the North America leg closes on June 12th in Hersey, PA. With only a couple weeks off, B will kick things off in Europe on June 28th.
General tickets go on sale February 16th, with a February 9th pre-sale and they will surely go fast so don’t miss out! Check out the official tour dates below.
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Earlier tonight Macklemore and Ryan Lewis brought their 2016 tour to The Rave in Milwaukee, WI. Closing the U.S. leg of their “An Evening with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis” tour, Macklemore rocked the sold-out Milwaukee crowd with a memorable performance. While we can’t speak for the previous tour dates, you wouldn’t have guessed that it has been two years since the ‘Thrift Shop’ rapper has been on tour. If you went into tonight thinking that it would just be a rapper going over some of his instrumentals with a DJ in the background, you couldn’t have been more wrong!
The night kicked off as rapper Xperience (XP) hit the stage to warm up the crowd. Although XP was not billed on the lineup, the emerging rapper has been touring with Macklemore and company throughout the tour, introducing himself to city after city. And tonight’s crowd received a great introduction to the rapper, and although Milwaukee wasn’t rapping along word-for-word with XP this time around, he certainly set the great tone for the night and picked himself up some new Midwest fans.
However of course, the man (or men in this case) of the hour was Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. For this tour, the majority of the songs performed were off Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ critically acclaimed 2012 album The Heist, but the Seattle rapper definitely made time to sprinkle in some new music. The crowd’s energy level were certainly at a climix during Macklemore’s performance of his 2015 single ‘Downtown’, which is expected on Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ forthcoming LP This Unruly Mess I’ve Made, however ‘Growing Up’ and ‘White Privilege II’ were noticeably left out from the setlist. Although the latter may be because it’s a more political, less up-beat, and nine-minute song. However given the song’s recent popularity, and because it’s a great record, many fans would have loved to see a live performance.
In total, the performance was full of energy from start to finish. Contrasting from your average rap concert, Macklemore and company put a lot of production into the show, that looks like it was designed from an arena tour instead. All throughout the night Macklemore paid tribute to his Milwaukee fans, dubbing the crowd as the tour’s “best crowd yet”, and while this may be something he tells every crowd, because Milwaukee was the first show to completely sell out on the tour, he just may have meant it this time.
“An Evening with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis” isn’t your average show, in the same ways that Macklemore isn’t your average rapper and that Ryan Lewis isn’t your average producer. It’s almost impossible to pick one or two moments that stood out from tonight because the performance left fans consistently entertained throughout the night.
Check out our photos from Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ Milwaukee tour stop below.
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Future really must take no days off, because even though his collaboration album with Drake, What a Time to be Alive, released just months ago, Future is already releasing his next album tomorrow (February 6th, 2016). Titled EVOL, Future shared the tracklist for his forthcoming 10-track project to fans earlier today. And this one certainly isn’t a collaborative album, as all songs but one, feature Future and no one else. Who is the lone guest feature on the album though? Who better than The Weeknd? This definitely will be one of the most played and talked about albums in the new year.
Check out the official tracklist for EVOL below.
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In anticipation of the Chicago festival’s expansion in 2016, Spring Awakening, Chicago’s premiere EDM festival, has announced that it will be moving from Soldier Field to the historic Jackson Park. Taking place this year from June 10th through the 12th, Spring Awakening is sure to be better than ever this time around. Jackson Park, which is located behind Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry, is not only a bigger location but it is easily accessible and will provide for a beautiful scenery.
A limited amount of pre-sale tickets for the festival are available now at Spring Awakening’s official website and definitely stay tuned as we will share the official lineup when it drops.
Check out Spring Awakening’s video announcement below.
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Jhene Aiko is officially back, and this time with Los Angeles based artist, Gallant. After the release of Jhene’s new record ‘B’s & H’s’ last week, this time the Souled Out singer provided vocals along side Gallant, for his new track ‘Skipping Stones’. Just a couple days away from Gallant’s two-track digital release this Friday (February 5th), ‘Skipping Stones’ is a great collaboration from Aiko and the exciting emerging singer.
Stream ‘Skipping Stones’ below.
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Last weekend we caught Alessia Cara’s sold out Chicago stop on her Know-It-All Tour. With a packed crowd at The Metro, just across from Chicago’s historic Wrigley Field, the night was set to be a memorable one. And despite worry that the show may get cancelled due to an illness that forced Alessia to postpone the previous night’s show, the show went on and Alessia found her voice and delivered! Saturday we posted some of our favorite photos from the show, and today we have our video recap of the awesome performance, shot by our photographer Dan Garcia.
Check out our video recap from Alessia Cara’s Chicago stop on her Know-It-All Tour below.
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