For its big 10th anniversary, the Roots Picnic will return to Philadelphia for another year of great music. Taking place at the Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing, The Roots will bring their hometown festival to Phili on Saturday, June 3rd.
And to say the lineup for this year is great would be an understatement, as it’s excellent from top to bottom. Headlining the Picnic will be Pharrell and The Roots, who have a lot of tough acts to follow. Also performing at the Roots Picnic will be Lil Wayne, Solange, Kimbra, 21 Savage, Black Thought & J.Period with Fat Joe, Mobb Deep and Scott Stoch, Thundercat, Virgil Abloh, Noname, Pete Rock and many more!
For tickets and more information, fans can visit RootsPicnic.com, so if you’re in Phili or are willing to travel for some great music, get your tickets before they are all gone.
Check out the lineup for the 10th Annual Roots Picnic below.
This past weekend, Lana Del Rey surprised fans with her return, as the ‘Video Games’ singer released her first single in over a year, with ‘Love’. And to accompany the new track today, Lana Del Rey has released a new music video, with a classic Lana Del Rey vintage feel.
Speaking on her new music, Lana told fans in a statement, “I made my first four albums for me, but this (next) one is for my fans and about where I hope we are all headed.” And while we don’t expect Lana to reinvent her sound, one thing specifically that an LP for the fans means is, “exciting guest featured artists”, which will be revealed at a later date.
While Lana has contributed vocals to artists like The Weeknd and The Neighbourhood in the past, her albums have never boasted a guest feature, making the forthcoming features especially exciting.
Watch Lana Del Rey’s new visuals for ‘Love’ below and download the new single now on iTunes.
Some people just ruin things for everyone. While Big Sean was nice enough to hold a meet and greet at FYE in New York for his fans, to celebrated the release of physical copies of his #1 album, I Decided., a “fan” decided to take that opportunity to assault Big Sean.
While we aren’t positive if the meet and greet was cut short due to the altercation, it appears as such from the video that another fan recorded of the assaulting fan’s arrest. No word as to why the man slapped Big Sean, but he definitely took an “L” for ruining the album signing for everyone else.
Ben Folds kicked it old school tonight as he jammed solo, bringing his Ben Folds And A Piano Tour to the historic Riverside Theatre in Milwaukee, WI. With an audience packed full of true Ben Folds fans, the Wisconsin crowd was excited to hear a variety of Ben Folds’ newest tracks, and equally ecstatic to hear his classics as well.
What made this performance so special, was its simplicity and creative level of audience participation. Whether Folds is accompanied by the Ben Folds Five, a live orchestra or just himself, the North Carolina singer/songwriter always delivers; but there is something beautiful about stripping things down to just a man and his piano. And more so than other shows, this one was all about the fans. In fact, halfway through the performance, Folds had his audience write song requests on a piece of paper, form their requests into a paper airplane, and fly the songs to the stage.
For the rest of the concert, Folds constructed his setlist from the paper airplane requests, making for a unique experience for fans. By pure chance and probability, and the diversity of fans’ requests, Milwaukee and all other tour stops had a special setlist that only fans in attendance for that particular will ever experience. By definition, Milwaukee received a performance from Ben Folds unlike all others.
Check out our photos from last night’s performance below and peep the remaining dates on the Ben Folds And A Piano Tour here.
Singer/songwriter Bebe Rexha is a bad b*tch and she is embracing it on her new track, ‘Bad Bitch’. Recruiting the talents of rapper Ty Dolla $ign, the new track can be heard on her forthcoming album, All Your Fault, with the first half of the LP (6 tracks) dropping tomorrow.
And if you like what you hear, Rexha will be stopping at a city near you for her forthcoming headlining All Your Fault Tour, which will make stops all over North America throughout the entire month of March.
Listen to Bebe Rexha’s new track ‘Bad Bitch’ while it’s still available below or be sure to buy All Your Fault: Part 1 tomorrow on iTunes, which boasts features from G-Eazy and Ty Dolla $ign.
Just in time for his birthday, The Weeknd has dropped his new music video, for his Starboy track, ‘Reminder’. With cameos from Drake, Travis Scott, A$AP Rocky, YG and more, the Kid Studio directed video is the most star-studded music video of 2017 thus far.
And just as a reminder, The Weeknd is currently on the European leg of his Starboy: Legend of the Fall Tour, which will make its way to the states in at the end of April, including a stop at the Allstate Arena in Chicago on May 23rd. So be sure to get your tickets before they are all gone.
It’s a busy time to be Abel right now, so hopefully he is taking time to celebrate the success of his new video and album for his birthday.
Watch The Weeknd’s music video for ‘Reminder’ below.
Future’s brand new self-titled album is here, and a day early! Earlier this week Future surprised fans, not only with a new forthcoming tour (the “Nobody Safe Tour”) with the Migos, but the Dirty Sprite rapper also announced that his self-titled LP was coming this Friday.
Now a day early, the brand new Future LP, is available for streaming via Spotify. With 17 tracks, coming in at just over an hour, Future’s new album is a must listen for any rap fan.
Stream Future’s brand new self-titled album below.
Currently on her headlining Lady Wood Tour, in support of her new LP of the same name, singer Tove Lo is one of the artists who have just been added to Coldplay’s huge forthcoming 2017 tour. Also joining the stadium tour for a number of dates will be synthpop duo, AlunaGeorge.
While Tove Lo will support the A Head Full of Dreams band for performances in Seattle, Canada, Portland, San Francisco and San Diego, through the end of September and the beginning of October, AlunaGeorge will join Chris Martin and company through most of August, including a stop at Chicago’s Soldier Field.
Check out Tove Lo’s headlining and Tove Lo & AlunaGeorge’s supporting North American tour dates for Coldplay below.
Run The Jewels are in the middle of their huge tour, dubbed the Run The Jewels: Run The World Tour, and tonight El-P and Killer Mike ran Madison, WI. Selling out the historic Orpheum Theatre, located on the city’s historic State Street, which connects the University of Wisconsin campus to the Wisconsin State Capitol Building, one of the most political and consequence duos in music performed for one of the Midwest’s most political cities.
But tonight wasn’t about politics or dwelling on the election or primary results, it was about great rap music and making sure that no fan left without having a memorable night. Kicking things off, Gangsta Boo, Cuz & Nick Hook warmed up the Wisconsin crowd, each bringing something different to the tour. With a former member of the Three 6 Mafia, a talented electronic artist to get the crowd moving and one of Little Rock’s most exciting emerging rappers, the night instantly started on a high note.
Next up was the wildely entertaining alternative hip-hop producer, The Gaslamp Killer, who delivered a great half-hour set for the sold-out Orpheum Theatre. The Brainfeeder signed artist, a label founded by producer Flying Lotus, has performed on big stages before, including Coachella and New Orlean’s Voodoo Festival, but his supporting performances for packed crowds on Run The Jewel’s 2017 tour will continue to be great exposure for DJ/producer. Despite being the supporting artist for a rap concert, Gaslamp Killer’s impressive mixes extended well beyond rap and hip-hop, also mixing rock, trap, electronic and more into his 30-minutes.
After a brief intermission, it was time for Run The Jewels to hit the stage in Madison. Entering to Queen’s legendary hit ‘We Are The Champions’, Killer Mike and El-P sang along to the record’s chorus, greeted the sold-out college crowd, and quickly transitioned into a bass-heavy live performance of their RTJ3 track, ‘Talk To Me’…and the crowd erupted. Run The Jewels then continued with more performances from Run The Jewels 3, including their songs ‘Legend Has It’ and ‘Call Ticketron’.
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Throughout the night Killer Mike and El-P kept the crowd engaged with performances from all of the duo’s collaborative and self-titled projects, but certainly with focus on their most recent tracks, especially their most recent LP. As the crowd chanted “R-T-J” and Killer Mike & El-P bounced from stage left to stage right while the tour production’s light show strobed to the beat, the energy was vibrating throughout the venue for the entire night.
Highlights of the night included RTJ’s performance of their RTJ2 track, ‘Love Again’, where Gangsta Boo returned to the stage and joined Killer Mike & El-P to assist the performance, as well as RTJ’s performance of DJ Shadow’s track ‘Nobody Speak’, but for the most part the energy was at a high level throughout the whole set. One memorable moment from the night had nothing to do with the music either, as Killer Mike stopped the show after he noticed that a fan was being removed from the concert. After some investigation, noticing that the fan was being tossed for weed, Killer Mike instructed the venue that Run The Jewels would not continue to perform if their fans were being thrown out for having weed. Security had to bite their tongue for the rest of the night and the show went on. And after Run The Jewels ended their set with their self-titled track, fans benefited from some free live music as the rap duo returned for encore performances of ‘Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)’ and ‘Down’.
While many are still late to the party when it comes to Run The Jewels, hip-hop’s biggest fans don’t just like RTJ, they love RTJ, and for good reason. During the entire performance fans were rapping along, word-for-word, putting their hands in the air and throwing up the famed gun and fist Run The Jewels logo. And even in the middle of a long and likely draining tour, Killer Mike and El-P matched the crowd’s energy from start to finish, playing off the other with their impressive tag-team style of rap, leaving very little time for the other to catch their breath. Two things are for sure, (1) all fans left happy tonight and (2) Run The Jewels gave their all for Madison’s sold-out crowd.
Check out our photos from tonight’s performance below, and be sure to catch one of the remaining dates on the Run The Jewels: Run The World Tour.
Earlier this morning iHeartRadio announced its huge lineup of performers for 2017’s iHeartRadio Music Awards. Performing at the award show this year will be some of the biggest names in music, including Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry, The Chainsmokers, and more. For the fourth straight year, the iHeartRadio Music Awards will feature today’s biggest artists and some very special live performances. If you’re at Los Angeles’ historic Forum on March 5th, you’ll be in store for first-time duets and collaborations, celebrity guest appearances and more!
And while you can catch the awards on TBS on March 5th, 8PM ET, you can upgrade your experience and catch the awards live and in person. Get your tickets now, before they are all gone, at Ticketmaster.com.
Peep the performers for the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards below.
The Early Registration 