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Florida Georgia Line Recruits the Backstreet Boys & Nelly for their “Smooth Tour 2017”

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Easily the most diverse stadium tour of the summer, country music stars Florida Georgia Line have recruited a few big names to their Smooth Tour 2017. Joining FGL on their forthcoming tour will be rapper Nelly and boy band legends, the Backstreet Boys, as well as country’s emerging star, Chris Lane.

Currently the stellar lineup is scheduled to make three stops throughout the United States. First making an appearance at Fenway Park in Boston on July 7th, next at Target Field in Minneapolis on July 29th, and last but not least, the historic Wrigley Field in Chicago on August 12th.

Fans can visit Florida Georgia Line’s official website for more information, tickets and additional tour dates. So if FGL and their huge lineup of supporting acts are coming to a city near you, make sure to not miss out.

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Fyre Festival Adds to Inaugural Lineup: Blink 182, Migos, Lil Yachty & More

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Adding to the festival’s headliners, Kanye West’s GOOD Music collective, the inaugural Fyre Festival has added more names to its 2017 lineup. Joining GOOD Music at Fyre this year will be rockers Blink 182, the Migos, Lil Yachty, Matoma and Le Youth.

And if its great lineup wasn’t enough reason to attend, what makes Fyre especially great is its located on the beautiful private island of Fyre Cay in the Bahamas. Indio and Manchester definitely can’t compete with that!

The inaugural festival will take place from April 28-30th and May 5-7th. Fans can visit Fyre Festival’s official website for more ticket information.

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Check Out the Dates for Travis Scott’s “Birds Eye View” Tour

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In addition to appearances at a number of music festivals throughout the country, including Coachella, Bonnaroo and Rolling Loud, GOOD Music’s Travis Scott will hit the road this summer for his new headlining tour.

Dubbed the “Birds Eye View Tour”, La Flame will kick things off in April, making stops in Indianapolis, Milwaukee, New York, Pittsburgh and many more, until the tour concludes in early June.

Tickets for the 25-city tour will go on pre-sale beginning Monday, March 6th and will be available for the general public on Wednesday, March 8th. Fans can visit Travis Scott’s official website for more information.

Check out Travis Scott’s dates for the Birds Eye View tour below.

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Chance The Rapper Announces $1 Million Dollar Donation to Chicago Public Schools (CPS)

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Chicago’s own, Chance The Rapper, put his money were his mouth is today, as the ‘No Problem’ rapper will donate $1,000,000 to Chicago Public Schools (CPS), citing the Windy City’s children as its most valuable resource.

The news of this donation, which was live broadcasted earlier this morning, follows Chance The Rapper’s meeting with Illinois’ Governor Bruce Rauner last week, which did not end on the best of terms, to say the least. Chance told the press, following the meeting, that Rauner gave especially vague answers to Chance’s questions on CPS funding.

As opposed to giving up, Chance The Rapper’s huge donation today will certainly help Chicago Public Schools’ arts programs for years to come, and will hopefully inspire others to match Chance’s donations and commitment.

Watch Chance The Rapper announce his $1 million donation below.

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Read The Forward Chance The Rapper Wrote for Kevin Coval’s New Book of Poetry “The People’s History of Chicago”

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Author Kevin Coval is weeks away from the release of his new book of poetry, titled “The People’s History of Chicago”, and Coval has recruited the talents of Chicago’s own, Chance The Rapper, to write a very special forward for the piece. Who better than Chance to give introduction to anything related to the Windy City?

Currently scheduled for an April 11th release, via Haymarket Books, you can pre-order the book now and check out Chance’s forward below.

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Lorde Goes Pop with New Single “Green Light”, Announces Sophomore Album “Melodrama”

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In anticipation of her newly announced sophomore LP, Melodrama, ‘Royals’ singer Lorde has debuted a brand new pop sound with her new upbeat single, ‘Green Light’. Produced by Lorde, Jack Antonoff (Bleachers, Fun) and Frank Dunes, ‘Green Light’ is a great debut single for the New Zealand singer/songwriter’s second full-length album, the followup to her critically acclaimed debut, Pure Heroine.

While Lorde’s transition from indie/indie-pop to pop was unexpected to many, the singer couldn’t have put together a better production team, as Jack Antonoff played a big role in Taylor Swift’s full-on transition to pop with her Grammy winning LP, 1989. Due out this summer, Melodrama, is sure to be a pop hit that will also keep Lorde’s day one fan base entertained.

Watch the music video for Lorde’s brand new single ‘Green Light’ below.

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Soundset Festival Announces 2017 Lineup: Travis Scott, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Atmosphere, Gucci Mane & More

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Earlier today, Rose Presents and Rhymesayers Entertainment have announced the lineup for the big 10th Anniversary of the Soundset Festival. Headlining the Minnesota festival this year will be GOOD Music’s Travis Scott and Minnesota’s own, Travis Scott. Ms. Lauryn Hill is also scheduled to make a very special performance for Soundset.

Also performing at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds on Sunday, May 28th will be Gucci Mane, Pusha T, T.I., Mac Miller, Kevin Gates, Lil Uzi Vert, DRAM, Ty Dolla $ign, the stand4rd (Allan Kingdom, Spooky Black & more), Talib Kweli, Brother Ali, Dave East and many others.

 

Check out Soundset‘s 2017 lineup below.

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Listen to the Extended Version of “Eraser”, Track 1 of Ed Sheeran’s New Album “÷” (divide)

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To celebrate its 10-year anniversary, SBTV recruited Ed Sheeran for a very special live performance of a brand new track. Performing track one of his forthcoming album, ÷ (divide), Ed Sheeran’s new track ‘Eraser’ is instantly one of our favorite songs from his new LP.

Unlike the songs from divide (which releases this Friday, March 3) that Ed has shared to fans so far, Sheeran again showcases his rapping skills on the “Extended F64 Version” of ‘Eraser’, as he has on past albums. ‘Eraser’ is also the deepest song off divide thus far, with Ed Sheeran speaking on his body image, dropping out of school, and his private life becoming public.

Listen to Ed Sheeran’s special live and extended performance of ‘Eraser’ below.

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Kanye West Drops Yeezy Season 5 Version of “Bed” with The-Dream

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Kanye West made a very rare, but always appreciated, upload on his Soundcloud hours ago, sharing The-Dream’s version of ‘Bed’, a track first heard by many a decade ago in 2007 from R&B singer J. Holiday.

Despite disapproval from J. Holiday, The-Dream (who co-wrote the track) demo of ‘Bed’ was premiered during Kanye’s recent Yeezy Season 5 show. Although the Soundcloud version of the record comes in at 17-minutes long, the track is looped, as it was during the Season 5 show. 

Stream The-Dream’s version of ‘Bed’ below.

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Ed Sheeran Teams Up with The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon for a Classroom Instruments Version of “Shape Of You”

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Although Ed Sheeran has already dropped two new versions of his new mega-single, ‘Shape Of You’, with rapper Stormzy and Major Lazer, this new one may be the coolest yet. Teaming up with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots, Ed Sheeran delivered a special “classroom instruments version” of his track, as part of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.

We are only a few days away from Ed Sheeran’s next studio album, ÷ (divide), which will hit shelves and iTunes on Friday, March 3rd. And if fans are lucky, Sheeran will soon announce the North American leg of his 2017 tour, so we can all witness a performance of ‘Shape Of You’ live.

Watch Ed Sheeran perform ‘Shape Of You’ with Jimmy Fallon & The Roots below.

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