Over 8,000 days after their first headlining show The Metro in Chicago, The Foo Fighters are returning to the legendary Chicago venue for a very intimate surprise aftershow for Lollapalooza. This announcement comes to the great surprise of many, as The Foo Fighters are not scheduled to perform at Lollapalooza this year.
This will be one for the ages, and tickets will go in seconds, so be sure to try and get yours as soon as they go on sale today, August 1st at 11:00AM at MetroChicago.com. There is a 2-ticket limit imposed for this show and all ticket will be will call only.
One Friday night, Frank Ocean headlined night one of New York City’s Panorama Music Festival. Ocean delivered an epic and memorable performance, after returning to the Big Apple for his first NY show in years. The Blonde singer did not disappoint, and we were on-site to capture some of the best photos from Frank’s 2017 festival run.
Check out our photos from Friday’s performance below.
Thestand4rd’s Corbin (Spooky Black) and Los Angeles’ electronic musician Shlohmo will hit the road this fall for their co-headlining tour, with support from D33J (Djavan Santos).
Kicking things off on September 7th in Orange County, the two will make stops in St. Paul, Madison, Los Angeles, Vancouver and more, until things wrap up on September 30th in New York. Tickets for the tour will go on sale this Friday, July 28th at CorbinShlohmoTour.com.
Justin Bieber has cancelled the remaining dates of his huge headlining world tour. With previously scheduled dates left in Los Angeles, Minneapolis and more, Bieber’s team cited “unforeseen circumstances” for the cancellation.
With Vic Mensa and Migos previously set to join Bieber for the U.S. dates of the tour, the Purpose World Tour was easily one of the hottest tours of the summer.
Returning for the third year, V103 hosted its Summer Block Party at the Huntington Bank Pavilion. This year’s block party was headlined by three-time Grammy award-winner singer Jill Scott. The R&B and soul legend was joined by Kelly Rowland, Nelly, Bell Biv Devoe and SWV.
Sisters With Voices, better known as SWV, started the show strong with their New York R&B style. The trio; Coko, Taj and Lelee started the show in the best way possible by taking us back with performing of hits like “I’m so into You” and “You’re the One”.
The very thankful Nelly showed his love and support to the V103 fans often with performances from the start of career like “Country Grammar” and “Nellyville”. Along with his support from his brother City Spud, Nelly made his set a personal one.
Kelly Rowland joined Nelly to perform their collaborative records “Dilemma” and “Gone”. Rowland even took the V103 Summer Block Party crowd back to her Destiny Child day’s with short lived performance from “Say My Name”, “Soldier” and “Cater 2 U”.
Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe all branched off of New Edition back in the late 80’s. As Bell Biv DeVoe the trio are responsible since then for some of the best records in hip-hop/R&B history. At the V103 Summer Block Party fans experienced and witnessed this live with performances of “Poison”, “I’m Betaa” and to the newly released “Run”.
The V103 Summer Block Party ended the night in the most incredible way possible. The unique and one of a kind, soul, jazz and R&B queen Jill Scott finished off the night.
Check out our photos from last night’s performance below.
OVO Sound’s PARTYNEXTDOOR is no stranger to big collaborations, but his biggest yet is still on the way. Taking to Twitter, PND announced that he has new music with Kanye West, Ne-Yo and T-Pain on the way.
It’s been awhile since we have heard new music from Kanye, and although we don’t know when the collaboration was recorded, the duo will surely make for a great pairing. Stay tuned as we all wait for more information on the collab.
Miami’s Rolling Loud music festival, which delivered arguably the best rap lineup in the history of music festivals this past year, is potentially adding a second location. Foreshadowed by the festival’s Instagram post, like Kevin Durant, Rolling Loud will be taking its talents to the Bay, adding a new location in San Francisco, CA.
And what better way to make the announcement, than with some bling. As the “soon” caption is accompanied with a Rolling Loud chain, similar to the Golden State Warrior‘s Golden Gate Bridge logo. Don’t worry though, Florida, there is no reason to believe that Rolling Loud won’t be returning to Miami in 2018.
UPDATE: Since publishing this article, Rolling Loud’s Kel Li RT’ed our original article, which tells us that our speculation is all but confirmed.
Justin Bieber’s Purpose Tour just got that much better, as the ‘What Do You Mean?’ singer added ATL rap trio, the Migos, and Chicago’s Vic Mensa to his big summer stadium tour.
Kicking things off this month, on July 29th at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX, the Purpose Tour will make stops in Toronto, New York, Minneapolis, the Rose Bowl and more. With support from two of the most exciting rap acts together, you’ll surely want to get your tickets fast before they are all gone.
Check out Justin Bieber’s Purpose Tour dates with Vic Mensa and the Migos below.
Last night, OneRepublic brought the 2017 Honda Civic Tour to the Ravinia Music Festival in Highland Park, IL. With support from British singer/songwriter, James Arthur, and an energetic set from Indie pop’s Fitz and The Tantrums, from the pavilion to the picnics, everyone left with their money’s worth.
Up first for the night was ‘Say You Won’t Let Go’ singer, James Arthur. With stellar performances of ‘Sober’, ‘Impossible’, his new single ‘Can I Be Him’ and more, Arthur showcased his voice and songwriting throughout his set. While joking about the crowd size, as the sold-out crowd continued to find their seats, Arthur had fun with his audience, before blowing us all away with his hit single ‘Say You Won’t Let Go’. If you’re a fan of Ed Sheeran, you’ll definitely want to give James Arthur a listen.
Next up, the always fun, Fitz and The Tantrums greeted the Chicago-area crowd. Reminding the Windy City that they have been doing shows in Chicago since “Snowmageddon 2011”, the Michael Fitzpatrick led band performed a catalog of their biggest tracks that have been recorded and charted in that time. Highlights of their set included their performances of ‘Out Of My League’, ‘MoneyGrabber’, ‘Hands Clap’ and ‘Roll Up’. Fitz also treated fans with a performance of their next single, ‘Fool’, a ode to all the Mamas and Mamas Boys out there.
However what stole the show was the “real Fitz and The Tantrums”, as Fitzpatrick described them. Joining the stage for the last song, ‘The Walker’, the band’s children danced the night away, as they were doing side-stage throughout the entire set. The children were as adorable as Fitz and The Tantrums are talented, and it definitely was the cherry on top of a great set.
Last but certainly not least, it was time for OneRepublic to close out the memorable night. And right off the bat, the Colorado Springs natives reminded us of their many hits from the past decade and change. With performances of ‘Stop and Stare’, ‘Good Life’, ‘Secrets’, ‘Counting Stars’, ‘Apologize’ and many more, OneRepublic have had a more than successful career, and two sold-out nights at The Ravinia is further evidence of that.
From their entertaining covers, of Ed Sheeran’s ‘Happier, Beyonce’s ‘Halo’ and Adele’s ‘Rumor Has It’, to their breathtaking encore performances of ‘Counting Stars’ and ‘Love Runs Out’, OneRepublic’s set had fans singing along from start to finish. Picking out highlights from the performance is a challenging task, but Ryan Tedder coming into the crowd in only the second song definitely stood out as a favorite moment for many in the audience. The band showed a lot of humility as well, wondering how many fans would show up for a tour after their roughly 2-year hiatus:
“We were nervous about doing this tour. We weren’t sure who was going to show up, and we’re able to do two nights here because of you.” – OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder
But as far as Chicago and Highland Park are concerned at least, OneRepublic’s Illinois fans are equally happy that the band delivered back-to-back memorable nights to The Ravinia crowd.
Check out our photos from last night’s performance below.
We are just weeks away (June 28) from the release of Vic Mensa’s highly anticipated debut album. Titled The Autobiography, Mensa’s forthcoming LP will be Mensa’s most personal project to date.
And in anticipation of the album, Mensa shared The Autobiography‘s tracklist with fans last night. Coming in at 15-tracks, and with features from Weezer, The-Dream, Pusha T, Pharrell, Chief Keef and more, the album has the potential to be a classic and one of the best albums of the summer.
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