Chicago’s premiere Top 40 station, B96, brought their annual B96 Pepsi Summer Bash back to the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL for another year of great music.
With a collection of your favorite boy bands (Why Don’t We, 5 Seconds of Summer, CNCO) and some of the biggest emerging names in pop like Bazzi, Bryce Vine, Ava Max and more, there was something for everyone at the Allstate Arena on Saturday night. Summer Bash organizers also announced the return of the B96 Pepsi Jingle Bash, which will return to the Chicago area in December.
Check out our photos of the 2019 B96 Pepsi Summer Bash below!
Bonnaroo sold out in 2019 and with great reason! With performances from names like Post Malone, Phish, Childish Gambino, Cardi B and more, there was something for everyone at The Farm.
Showing love to Tennessee being the country hub of the world, Bonnaroo also hosted great performances from some of the most exciting names in country music. At the top of that list was Maren Morris, who performed some of her biggest hits and cuts from her new album, Girl.
Check out our photos from Maren Morris’ Bonnaroo performance below.
Bonnaroo sold out in 2019 and with great reason! With performances from names like Post Malone, Phish, Childish Gambino, Maren Morris and more, there was something for everyone at The Farm.
Perhaps the best performance of the entire 4-day weekend goes to Cardi B who put on a memorable headlining performance to close out the festival. After a rip in her sparkly suit caused he to changed into a robe to finish her performance, Cardi B’s set was full of fun times and hits!
Check out our photos from Cardi B’s headlining Bonnaroo performance below.
Lionel Richie brought decades of hits to the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, IL last night. As part of his headlining Hello Tour, the ‘All Night Long’ singer scheduled a two night residency for the popular summer destination, and he did not disappoint.
Delivering as many jokes as he did number one records, Richie instantly poked light-hearted fun at the Chicago-area festival. “I’m told there are another 400,000 of you on the grass. This is the strangest seating arrangement I’ve ever seen in my life,” Richie joked with the crowd.
“When they said there’s another group of people somewhere else, I said ‘what kind of place is this?’ This could catch on in my neighborhood. I just play in my living room and you all sit outside and buy tickets.”
Making fans laugh at what makes Ravinia so great and unique (an outdoor festival which consists of a pavilion and extended lawn area where many fans don’t have a direct view of the artist), Lionel Richie also had us cracking up with his battles with bugs between performances, even causing one fan to toss bug repellant onto the stage, a first for Richie. But while the jokes were worth the price of admission alone, the night wouldn’t have been complete without hearing the singer’s catalog of hits.
From his classics with the Commodores, like ‘Brick House’ and ‘Easy’ (which kicked off Tuesday’s performance), to his solo hit singles like ‘All Night Long’ and ‘Hello’, there was no shortage of classic performances throughout the night. With a performance that good, one night is not enough, so thankfully Lionel Richie will bring night two to the Ravinia tonight (6/12).
Check out our photos from night one of Lionel Richie’s two night residency at the Ravinia Festival below and check out Ravinia’s remaining schedule here.
Just a day removed from the release of their self-titled 5th studio album, Virginia-natives Parachute brought their headlining tour to the historic Turner Hall Ballroom in Milwaukee, WI to the delight of their Wisconsin fans.
Led by singer Will Anderson, the platinum selling band’s tour (dubbed “The Young Tour”) is named after their new album’s lead single, and rightfully kicked off the band’s set on Saturday evening. From start to finish the band opened and closed with cuts from the brand new LP, while still dedicating much of their setlist to the band’s first four albums. Tracks like ‘Lonely With Me’, ‘Can’t Help’ and ‘Jennie’ were just a few of many songs from Parachute’s past few records that made the cut for a setlist that was specially curated for the Milwaukee stop of the tour.
With a perfect mix of energetic tracks and slower jams, Will, Johnny and Kit partied with the Milwaukee crowd for about an hour and a half until their performance of ‘Had It All’, another single from the new album.
Check out our photos from Saturday night’s performance below and get your tickets for the remaining dates of Parachute’s headlining tour here.
Pharrell’s inaugural Something In The Water Festival closed out in a big way with another day of great music at Virginia Beach’s beautiful oceanfront.
With performances from Chris Brown, Anderson .Paak, Pusha T, Jhene Aiko, Charlie Wilson and more, there was plenty to see for the last day of the epic festival. Fans already can’t wait for SITW to return for a second year in 2020, and hopefully without any rain.
Check out our photos from Sunday’s lineup at Something In The Water below.
Pharrell’s inaugural Something In The Water Festival had a rough day on Friday as the festival was forced to cancel its opening day before it even began as heavy rain, winds and lighting made for especially dangerous conditions. That all changed on Saturday as the sun came out and an amazing lineup of artists blessed the stage to put on a show that Virginia Beach would not soon forget.
With performances from Travis Scott, SZA, ASAP Ferg and a huge set from Pharrell with guest appearances by Jay Z, Diddy, Tyler The Creator, Usher, Missy Elliott and Snoop Dogg (to name a few), Something In The Water made up for Friday’s rain cancellation and then some!
Check out our photos from Saturday’s lineup at Something In The Water below.
Lucky for music fans everywhere, we didn’t have to wait until the year 3000 for the Jonas Brothers to reunite. Currently enjoying the success of their new singles, ‘Sucker’ and ‘Cool’, the Jo Bros performed an exclusive and free concert at The Armory for the March Madness Music Series in Minneapolis.
In all, the Jonas Brothers performed 19 songs, their biggest concert since getting back together, including their new singles and classic songs like ‘Burnin’ Up’, ‘Year 3000’, ‘S.O.S.’ and more. The brothers are back and better than ever, so be ready when their comeback comes to a city near you, hopefully in the near future
Check out our photos from last night’s performance below.
Wednesday night marked Scottish singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt’s second visit to Milwaukee in the past year alone. And while fans happy to welcome the “Loyal To Me” singer back to The Back Room @ Colectivo, one of the city’s most intimate venues, if Nesbitt continues to see the success from her new sophomore album, The Sun Will Come Up, the Seasons Will Change, then she will certainly be stepping on much bigger stages for tours to come.
Nesbitt’s fan base has started to grow exponentially in the states since her single “Loyal To Me” hit Top 40 radio stations throughout the U.S. The multi-talented singer, writer and model has been performing for years, first getting her start on YouTube, but although she’s been grinding for quite some time, she stands as one of the most exciting emerging acts in pop today.
The night began with two supporting performances to get the mood going. Singer/songwriters SophieRose and Plested, who both have written song for other artists, were two great picks for the tour’s headliner who clearly prides herself on her writing. Rose performed songs like “Famous” and “Best Friend”, while Britain’s Plested performed some of his fan favorites like “Worthy of You”, “Ribcage”, and his original version of “Remind Me to Forget” (made famous by Kygo). In his new jacket that he bought down the road at Urban Outfitters, Plested even performed a bonus song with “Back Up Plan”, a track requested by a fan in the audience.
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Last but not least, it was time for Nina Nesbitt to greet her Milwaukee fans. Opening with a shortened version of her new album’s single “Somebody Special”, Nesbitt kicked off what would definitely be a memorable performance. The singer then continued with her tracks “Sacred” and her emotional record, “The Moments I’m Missing”. The latter, which contains lyrics inspired by Nesbitt’s ex (or multiple if you will), Ed Sheeran, is evidence of how personal Nesbitt gets with her music. Although Nina Nesbitt has made a name for her self with the music alone, instead of who she dates several years ago, both Nesbitt and Sheeran (who penned his tracks Nina and Photograph after Nesbitt) give fans a window into their lives, heartbreak and all.
Throughout the night, no song was left behind as Nesbitt performed The Sun Will Come Up… in its entirely. From some of the album’s more fun and upbeat records like “Love Letter” to slower tracks like “Is It Really Me You’re Missing” (originally wrote for Rihanna), the set list focused on just one album but still had a diverse variety that any great concert should have.
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Of the several highlights in the evening, two stand outs came near the end of the night as Nesbitt performed “The Best You Had”, a track which received a lot of attention when Taylor Swift included the song on her Favorite Songs playlist on Apple Music, a cover of The Weeknd’s “Often” and of course her grande finale with an entertaining performance of her album’s most popular single, “Loyal To Me”.
Whether its famous ex-boyfriends or her debut 2014 album Peroxide, Nesbitt draws from the past for her music but the only direction she’s moving is forward.
Check out our photos from Wednesday night’s performance below and get your tickets for the remaining dates of Nina Nesbitt’s headlining tour here.
After kicking off the second leg of their headlining “Take Good Care Tour” at The Sylvee in Madison, New Orleans alt-rockers, The Revivalists, served up second helpings for their Wisconsin fans at Milwaukee’s historic Riverside Theater.
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