If you’re a huge Coldplay fan but can’t afford a ticket to the Super Bowl this year, don’t worry because a the half-time show won’t be the only stadium that Coldplay is performing at year. Minutes ago, the group announced a set of stadium dates, bringing their “A Head Full of Dreams” tour to the United States. Kicking off their U.S. Dates on July 16 in New York, Chris Martin and company will hit a number of stadiums throughout the country until closing the U.S. tour in the Bay on September 3rd. General tickets go on sale February 5th, with a January 29th pre-sale for Citi card holders. You can get more info at Coldplay.com.
Check out the tour dates for Coldplay’s upcoming stadium tour below!
Kanye West is really on a whole different level with his new album, now renamed WAVES. Although Mr. West is known as one of the “less shy” artists in the music world (for lack of better words), he often stays away from rap beef, no matter who calls him out. He will lash out on Jimmy Kimmel or Nike, but he almost never goes in on rappers. Being an artist as big as Kanye, rappers left and right will release diss tracks and throw shots on Twitter, but time and time again, Kanye avoids it all.
Not today however… After Wiz Khalifa took to social media to critique Kanye’s use of the title WAVES, saying essentially that it is a rip off of Harlem, NY rapper Max B (who popularized the term “wavy”), Kanye has responded to his ex-girlfriend’s husband, Wiz Khalifa.
Calling out Wiz Khalifa for ripping of Kid Cudi, having a corny first single in ‘Black & Yellow’, told him a stripped trapped him (Amber Rose), reminded him that no one has listened to a Wiz Khalifa album all the way through, and even told Wiz he wouldn’t have a kid if not for him, Kanye went all out on Wiz, in a way he has never done to a rapper before! Although he did compliment Wiz’s style…
Check out Kanye’s 17 friendly reminders to Wiz Khalifa below!
According to sources, Rihanna’s forthcoming album ANTI is dropping any moment now, this week even, according to Billboard. Whether it not it comes in the next few days, fans could not be more excited for RiRi’s next full length efforts. And today we have the albums new single, where Rihanna again recruits the talents of the 6 God himself, Drake.
Titled ‘Work’, this one definitely have a tropical club vibe and with Rihanna and Drake teaming up, it definitely works (no pun intended)! If the rest of ANTI is anything like this one, then the LP will definitely be worth all the hype and anticipation.
Swish, we have some bad news, Swish is never coming out. Don’t worry though because as Kanye tends to do, he simply changed his forthcoming album’s title.
Now titled, WAVES, after the album’s third track,Kanye’s new LP is still coming out February 11th, it still will be the “best album of life” and it still will be performed live at Madison Square Garden. “Swish” no will give company to “So Help Me God” and “Good Ass Job” and all other scrapped Kanye album titles.
IshDARR has been making some stellar moves within the music industry ever since his debut mixtape, Old Soul Young Spirit, dropped last Spring. The Milwaukee rapper enjoyed a healthy amount of recognition on ‘Best of 2015’ lists by the time the year was out and shows no sign of slowing down. His video for ‘Too Bad’ was like a flare being shot about the dark, cloudy and saturated market of music. With undeniable charisma and no shortage of stories to tell, he brings in 2016 with a brand new track, ‘Time Shawty’ produced by Baltimore native, Millz Douglas. The track has IshDARR harmonizing over some signature hi-hat rattles and pianos about the lack of time his new found success has afforded him, least of all for women.
Lana Del Rey fans have been thirsty for new anything Lana, ever since the release of her latest album Honeymoon. A new tour, new music, anything really, fans could not have been any more excited for whatever is next and today Lana announced a new video with the talented Father John Misty. For her Honeymoon track ‘Freak’, Lana is releasing her latest video “soon”, as she told fans.
The video will star Misty and will also feature the girls from Lana’s ‘Music to Watch Boys To’ video. ‘Freak’ will be the first new video from Lana’s Honeymoon album since she released the visuals for ‘Music to Watch Boys To’ in 2015.
Last night singer Vance Joy brought The Fire and Flood tour to Chicago for a second sold-out night at The Riviera Theatre. Accompanied by alternative LA/Austin based duo, Armstrong Leigh, and alt-rock’s Reuben and the Dark, Vance Joy and company gave their all for the Windy City crowd.
Opening the night was Armstrong Leigh, made up of singer Michelle Armstrong and guitarist Cristopher Leigh. Although this was the first time that much of the crowd was introduced to the talented duo, Amstrong Leigh definitely set a great tone for the rest of the night. The highlight of their set came when the duo performed their newest single, ‘Is This Love?’, which released earlier this year.
Next up for the night were Calgary, Alberta natives, Reuben and the Dark. Led by singer and guitarist Reuben Bullock, and supported by Shea Alain, Kaelen Ohm and Brock Geiger, RATD performed a set that was made up of a selection of there 2013 LP, Funeral Sky. Mixing in some new music throughout their performance, including their new single ‘Heart In Two’, Reuben had the girls screaming and the crowd entertained. If their live show is any indication of what the band has to offer the music world, don’t be surprised if Reuben and the Dark makes some major waves in the new year.
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
To follow the awesome sets of Reuben and the Dark and Armstrong Leigh was the man of the night, Vance Joy. Hailing from the land down under, you could tell that the Australian native was excited to return to Chicago for his 2-night residency at The Riv. While Vance Joy performed for tens of thousands in Chicago earlier this year, opening for Taylor Swift’s 1989 World Tour, tonight’s crowd was all for Vance. The screams could be heard from the Aragon Ballroom blocks away, Vance’s voice carried beautifully through the venue, and the night couldn’t have gone better.
Performing a 15-song set list, Vance started the performance on a high note, yet the show managed to get better as his set went on. From the hit singles, to the B-sides, to the entertaining covers, Vance Joy’s set had everything we could have asked for. And closing the night with records like ‘Fire and the Flood’ (where the tour gets its name of course) and his uber-successful hit ‘Riptide’, there couldn’t have been a better way to close the show.
Check out our photos from Vance Joy’s The Fire and the Flood tour below.
Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music has an exciting new signee in Chicago’s HXLT. And in anticipation of his forthcoming self-titled album, HXLT has released another new record and music video, this time for his track ‘Sick’. The debut and self-produced album, HXLT, will release on February 26th, and you can pre-order the 12-track LP now on iTunes.
Watch the music video for ‘Sick’ below, shot and directed by HXLT himself.
Meaghan Garvey, known most for her contributions to the Chicago based publication Pitchfork, has followed the footsteps of Dirty Projectors’ Amber Coffman tonight by exposing a music executive with some huge allegations. First taking to Twitter, to speak on Amber Coffman’s allegations that publicist Heathcliff Berru sexually assaulted here (which has since led to other women coming forward), Garvey told her followers a story in which she was victimized by an A&R rep.
Naming Gustavo Guerro of Distrolord (the marketing and distribution team who represents AraabMuzik, Young Chop and others), Garvey claims that Guerro invited her to interview rapper Chief Keef. After some partying, Garvey recounts waking up naked with little memory, with Guerro explaining “you wanted to fuck me.” According to Garvey, before she blacked out she had previously pushed Guerro (who knew Garvey was married) off of her. She also accused the A&R rep of blackmailing her with the implication that if she told others, that her husband would find out and “be so pissed.”
Of course while only two people know the exact details of what happened in this case, if what Garvey, Coffman and others say is true about some select men in the music industry, then hopefully they get everything thats coming to them in one way or another. Sexual assault is nothing to take lightly.
The Bonnaroo lineup dropped this week and the lineup is stacked from top to bottom. Taking place this year from June 9th to June 12th, fans will see some awesome sets for The Farm’s 15th anniversary! Performing this year will be Pearl Jam, LCD Soundsystem, Dead & Company (John Mayer and The Grateful Dead), Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, J. Cole, Ellie Goulding, Halsey, Tame Impala, HAIM, Judd Apatow, Miguel, Tyler The Creator and many many more. As we did with Coachella’s 2016 lineup, we had to break down Bonnaroo’s new lineup, again by category.
Check out our complete ranking of Bonnaroo’s 2016 lineup by category, below!
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