Following an arguably weak year for albums, 2015 has seen a lot of great projects and many unexpected ones as well. While this year we saw the highly anticipated return of Adele, patient fans are still awaiting Frank Ocean’s sophomore album and Kanye West’s Swish. But where Frank and Kanye have left music fans hanging, new comers like Bryson Tiller, Alessia Cara, GoldLink, BOOTS, Halsey and more have put out some great albums to help kick off their relatively young careers. 2015 though was also a great year for some heavyweights, of course we’re referring to artists like Drake, Future, Kendrick Lamar and even pop superstars like One Direction and Justin Bieber. In just one day, November 13th, the music world saw more great releases than it did in a span of months in 2014. Cheers to hoping 2016 delivers as well as 2015 did!
2015 saw a lot of great concert tours, from J. Cole’s Forest Hills Drive Tour with Big Sean, YG and Jeremih to Taylor Swift’s huge 1989 World Tour. Some tours sold out stadiums and arenas, selling out the entire tour before it even begun, and some tours were in small intimate venues, either strategically or because simple supply and demand. Some had stacked lineups top to bottom and some introduced us to a lot of great new artists. Festivals like Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo and Coachella were bigger than ever this year, but that didn’t stop your favorite artists from building up some great shows of their own.
Hit the jump and check out our list of our 20 Favorite Concert Tours of 2015!
One Direction’s huge stadium tour has been out-shadowed this past week by the news that the guys will soon be going on an extended hiatus come next March. While fans can only speculate whether a “hiatus” truly means a hiatus, or whether taking a break will lead to a total break up, fans in Milwaukee Tuesday night, got to put everything aside and just enjoy one hell of a show, even with it being 1D’s first show since confirming their hiatus. With parking lines spanning the length of a hundred semi-trucks and with lines to the door long enough to wrap around the entire stadium (and maybe to Wrigley Field), One Direction’s fans could not wait any longer until showtime. But until Harry, Liam, Niall and Louie hit the stage, the 1D dominated crowd was still treated to a great opening performance by ‘I Love It’ singers, Icona Pop. The Swedish electricpop duo performed about 10 songs, including ‘We Got The World’, ‘Clap Snap’ and ‘Then We Kiss’, until they left the stage asking Milwaukee just one question. “Are you ready for One Direction?” Even if the signs in the crowd were for the eyes of the headliners, with huge recognizable hits from Icona Pop, the duo gave a great set to warm up the crowd.
Last night, One Direction brought their “On The Road Again” Tour (get your tickets here) to Milwaukee’s Miller Park. Knowing that it just may be the band’s last performance in Wisconsin, as the group is taking an extended hiatus next year to pursue solo projects, the fans put just as much energy into the stadium as 1D put into their memorable performance. Full of some of their biggest hits and fan favorites, the night included a great opening set from Icona Pop, a Harry Styles led moment of silence for the Green Bay Packer’s Jordy Nelson (who recently tore his ACL), and a killer performance of their brand new single ‘Drag Me Down’.
Check out our photos from One Direction’s “On The Road Again Tour” stop at Milwaukee’s Miller Par below (and check out our review soon)!
Zayn Malik may have left the group to sign a solo deal with RCA but that isn’t stopping the guys from One Direction, as the group has released their new single ‘Drag Me Down’. The band dropped the song on iTunes and Spotify yesterday and it is available now here. Not only is this the first new music from One Direction in awhile, but it displays a new and more mature sound from the group. If you like what you hear, be sure to catch the guys on their current American leg of their On The Road Again stadium tour. Their forthcoming album is due to release this November.
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