While fans at New York’s Governors Ball last night were treated to a memorable set and Childish Gambino’s only scheduled performance of 2017, fans also received some sad news as Donald Glover told the crowd that his next Childish Gambino album would be the last.
“I’ll see you for the last Gambino album.” – Glover told fans.
And while this is sad news no matter what way you spin it, don’t lose total hope. Although many think this is the end of Glover’s musical endeavors, since his acting career and FX series have been more than successful as of late, Glover said it will be the “last (Childish) Gambino album”, not his last album altogether.
Since Glover has been talking about ending his Childish Gambino moniker for awhile now, and because he doesn’t refer to himself in third person, his next album almost certainly will not be his last, just the last as Childish Gambino. So don’t be too disappointed!
Check out Gambino’s announcement at Governors Ball below.
With a plethora of Grammys, record sales and accolades between the two, Spanish singer/songwriter Enrique Iglesias and Mr. Worldwide himself, Pitbull, joined forces again and kicked off their big summer tour in Chicago tonight. With 35 shows in total for the tour’s U.S. leg, expecting nearly half a million people in attendance, this tour is not one to sleep on.
And if Enrique and Pitbull sound like a familiar pairing, it’s because the two have been traveling the world together ever since 2012, when Enrique brought Pitbull along on his Euphoria Tour. The two again teamed up a couple years later on Iglesias’ SEX & LOVE Tour, where the tour saw 500,000 people in attendance for the U.S. dates with Pitbull, and reached over 1.7 million fans globally. So it was only right that Enrique and Mr. 305 hit the road in 2017 for another string of dates across the country.
Since they last paired, Pitbull continues to be a pop radio favorite in the states and abroad, while Enrique continues to make the charts, with his new hit single ‘Subeme La Radio’ staying in Spotify’s Top 30 since its release, reaching over 350 million views on YouTube and going platinum in multiple countries.
Needless to say, Chicago was in for a treat tonight. Kicking things off first was an opening performance from Latin American pop band, CNCO. Another boy band who owes a great debt to Simon Cowell, as the group won his singing competition show, “La Banda”, CNCO isn’t the latin One Direction, rather they have an identity of their own and a stage presence that had the girls in the audience on their feet. With a set that included their tracks ‘Tan fácil’ and ‘Quisiera’, the performance got the night moving in the right direction.
Next up, it was time for the first headliner to hit the stage and greet his Chicago fans. Miami’s own, Pitbull kicked off the summer tour with hit after hit, and a lot of energy fresh out the gate. Complemented by hit singles and features, as well as some lovely backup dancers, laser lights and pyrotechnics, Pitbull treated the packed Allstate Arena with performances of tracks like ‘Fireball’, ‘Hotel Room Service’ and ‘Hey Baby’. It wasn’t just about the hits either, as Pitbull also took time to perform some B-sides from his new tenth studio album, Climate Change. If Pitbull is one thing, he is an entertainer, and that was evident tonight.
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Following Mr. 305’s show-stopping performance, it was time for Enrique Iglesias to close out night one of the 35-date tour. With a massive setlist that expanded across his entire ten album discography and more, ever since the release of his self-titled debut in 1995, Enrique put on a show that Chicago will not soon forget and that 34 more stops in the U.S. will soon experience.
While Enrique’s set consisted of several tracks from his newest album, Sex and Love, the Windy City crowd went most wild for performances of Iglesias’ newest tracks from the past year, including ‘Subeme La Radio’ and ‘Duele El Corazon’, as well as some Enrique classics like ‘Escape’ and his 2001 hit single ‘Hero’. Another highlight of the night included the tour’s stage setup, which not only consisted of a main stage, but additionally a catwalk and third mini-stage by the soundboard, so that Iglesias could give a more intimate performance to fans all across the arena.
No matter where you were seated tonight, you saw two big headlining performances for the price of one, and the first night of what will certainly be one of the hottest summer tours around.
Check out our photos from opening night of Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull’s summer tour below and pick up your tickets for another stop on the tour at LiveNation.com.
Nobody was safe in Chicago last night, as some of the biggest names in rap today ravaged through the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, IL, just minutes outside of the Windy City. Bringing the ATL to Chicago, with headlining performances from Future and the Migos, fans at the Nobody Safe Tour last night also saw supporting sets from artists like A$AP Ferg, Tory Lanez and Zoey Dollaz, an impressive lineup from top to bottom.
Kicking things off for the Illinois crowd was Freebandz‘s own Zoey Dollaz, who just last month dropped his new 12-track mixtape which shares a name with the tour, and has features from Future, PnB Rock and more. “The inspiration for the mixtape is just something we got from this upcoming tour,” Dollaz told XXL. Dollaz opening set included performances of his tracks ‘Blow A Check’ and Bad Tings’.
Next up was the A$AP Mob’s A$AP Ferg, who stepped in big time for the tour after rapper Kodak Black was removed from the tour due to his recent legal troubles. And while Kodak Black is certainly one of the more entertaining rappers in 2017, the addition of A$AP Ferg was praised by fans everywhere. Ferg continued to warm up the crowd with a 20-minute set full of songs like ‘Shabba’, ‘Hella Hoes’ and ‘Work’.
Keeping things on a high note, Tory Lanez blessed the crowd with one of his always entertaining performances. Going back-and-forth between his rap songs for the fellas in the crowd and his R&B jams for the ladies of Chicago, and even taking time to dive into the crowd, as they lifted him up to the sky, Tory Lanez killed it and made his case for headlining the Amphitheatre one day.
With energy levels at a high, the Migos were met with screams throughout the crowd as the Atlanta trio began their 75-minute set, performing a number of tracks from their new LP, Culture, as well as some of their fan favorites from throughout the past half-decade. While Quavo, Offset and Takeoff had the audience dabbing and dancing throughout their performance, highlights of their set included their performances of ‘Look At My Dab’ and ‘Bad and Boujee’. Many may argue that it’s just a matter of time before Quavo, who has given solo features to a number of big hits for various artists this past year, goes solo, but don’t expect those predictions to come to life as Migos, as an entire collective, has an unmatched stage presence that leaves audiences wanting more and last night was no exception.
Then, just as you’d think the night couldn’t get anymore wild, Future Hendrix greeted his Chicago fans to close out the night. And when you’re headlining a night supported by the Migos, as he did a few weeks ago at Rolling Loud and now on the Nobody Safe Tour, not only is that high praise but it’s a tough challenge to follow one of the biggest rap groups of the past decade. And last night Future was certainly up for the challenge, and the Dirty Sprite rapper succeeded and then some.
Future kept the crowd engaged with a catalog of his number one hits, B-sides and fan favorites, and when you have two albums from 2017 alone, and 100+ tracks from his mixtapes and albums since 2010, you have plenty of tracks to choose from. The night wouldn’t have been complete though without some must-hear songs, including ‘Too Much Sauce’, ‘Move That Dope’, ‘Mask Off’ and ‘Draco’, just to name a few. And if performances from Zoey Dollaz, A$AP Ferg, Tory Lanez, Migos and 20-tracks from Future weren’t enough, Future returned to the stage after his set for a memorable encore performance. Fans got their money’s worth early in the night, but mega acts in rap like Migos and Future made the night one that Tinley Park won’t forget anytime soon.
Check out our photos of Future’s Chicago stop on the Nobody Safe Tour below and pick up your tickets for another stop on the tour at LiveNation.com.
Los Angeles pop punk band, Hey Violet, treated fans to a brand new track today, ahead of the release of their forthcoming debut album From The Outside, currently slated for a June 16th release via Hi or Hey and Capitol Records.
Titled ‘O.D.D.’, the new track gives a different sound to the album when compared to Hey Violet’s singles ‘Guys My Age’ and ‘Break My Heart’, with a much more mellow vibe. Speaking on their forthcoming project, Hey Violet frontwoman Rena Lovelis told fans, “We have been writing and performing music together for over two years now and this album represents us finding our true sound as a band, now we’re ready for everyone to hear it.” And if you like everything that Rena Lovelis and company have released to date, be sure to do yourself a favor and pre-order the new LP now.
Major Lazer, the trio comprised of Diplo, Jillionaire and Walshy Fire, surprised fans with a new six-track EP, led by their new track ‘Know No Better’. Featuring GOOD Music rapper Travis Scott, Quavo (Migos), and the newly solo Camila Cabello, ‘Know No Better’ is a great collaboration with upbeat production.
There aren’t only great features in the EP’s title track either, as Major Lazer also recruited Sean Paul, J. Balvin, Machel Montano, Anitta and more for the new project. Fans can listen to the entire EP now via YouTube.
Listen to ‘Know No Better’ ft. Travis Scott, Quavo and Camila Cabello below.
From their forthcoming album, Everything Now, Arcade Fire has shared the LP’s title track, as well as a North American tour in support of the upcoming album, which is due out July 28th.
The follow-up to their 2013 album, Reflektor, Arcade Fire’s new project is available now for pre-order. Physical copies of Everything Now will come with one of 20 different album artworks, with “Everything Now” appearing in different languages. The album will also be available digitally and on cassette and vinyl.
And if you want to catch performances from Arcade Fire’s fifth studio album live, the band’s North American tour will kick off on September 5th in Quebec, and the tour will make stops in New York, Boston, Dallas, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and many more, until things wrap up on November 3rd in Toronto.
Watch the official music video for ‘Everything Now’ and peep the dates for Arcade Fire’s North American Tour below.
Co-produced by the ‘Royals’ singer herself, Lorde has shared the new single from her forthcoming sophomore album, Melodrama. Titled ‘Perfect Places’, the new track sings about a carefree summer, and it couldn’t come at a better time.
And although Lorde has yet to announce a headlining tour in support of Melodrama, currently scheduled for a June 16th release, the Grammy-winning artist is set to headline a number of music festivals, including Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Outside Land, Governors Ball, Glastonbury and more.
Stream Lorde’s new single ‘Perfect Places’ below and download the track now on various platforms.
Although he hasn’t released a new album in years, Eminem is winning in 2017, as the Oxford English Dictionary has officially added the term “Stan”. Defined as an “overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity”, the central character from Eminem 2000 Dido-assisted hit single, who wrote a series of obsessive letters to Slim Shady, didn’t die in vain, as he is now his own word.
Slim Shady is surely celebrating right now, because it’s one thing to put together a hit track, it’s another to give birth to your own word. Let’s wait and see if any Drake or Kendrick Lamar coined terms are brought to life by Oxford in the years to come.
Get nostalgic with the music video for ‘Stan’ below.
Crowd surfing at concerts, while extremely fun, can often go wrong. Not only do you have to trust a crowd of strangers to catch you, but as rapper Wifisfuneral learned last night in Houston, you also have to trust someone not to kill the moment by jumping you while you’re defenseless.
During the opening night of XXXTentacion’s headlining “Revenge Tour”, Florida native Wifisfuneral decided to crowd surf at the House of Blues in Houston, TX. But just moments after the fans caught him, a “fan” can be seen punching Wifi, as shown in the fan captured video below. One thing is for sure, you can definitely expect XXXTentacion’s concert to be wild. Wifi later shared a selfie with fans though to show that he is okay.
Watch the fan captured video of the incident below.
GOOD Music‘s Travis Scott has dropped his newest music video from his critically acclaimed album, Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight, this time for his Hit-Boy produced track, ‘Way Back’. Recruiting the talents of NBA All-Star and Houston Rocket, James Harden, who lip syncs La Flames’ raps while hanging upside down in a parking lot, the visuals are like nothing you’ve seen.
The second half of the video though is all Travis, as the ‘Antidote’ rapper finishes the track laying in the backseat of a convertible, for one of the fan favorites from Birds In The Trap. Not only is ‘Way Back’ one of the more entertaining Travis Scott videos, but the project is also directed by Scott himself.
Watch Travis Scott’s new music video for ‘Way Back’ below.
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