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Carly Rae Jepsen has announced the So Nice Tour. The North American trek begins in September and is scheduled to wrap up in November. Empress Of will join Jepsen on the road. Find Jepsen’s upcoming tour schedule below. Jepsen recently released the single “Western Wind,” which she also performed at the 2022 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. She co-wrote her new track with Rostam Batmanglij, with whom she previously made E•mo•tion’s “Warm Blood.” Revisit the 2019 interview “Carly Rae Jepsen on the Music That Made Her.” All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Carly Rae Jepsen: The So Nice Tour Carly Rae Jepsen: 06-25 Minneapolis, MN – Twin Cities P...

Demi Lovato has announced an extensive tour in support of their forthcoming record, the newly announced Holy Fvck. They’ll tour the United States with a couple of stops in Canada, plus handful of South American dates in August and September. Dead Sara and Royal & the Serpent will take opening slots on the tour. See the full schedule below. Holy Fvck is out August 19, and the first single from the album, “Skin of My Teeth,” is out June 10. Since releasing Dancing With the Devil…The Art of Starting Over in 2021, Lovato has starred in Unidentified with Demi Lovato, a TV show on Peacock+ where they investigate paranormal activities and other unexplained presences. All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retai...

Black Country, New Road have announced a September tour of the United States. The band will play a headline show at New York’s Bowery Ballroom on September 5 before going on the road with Black Midi. In their announcement, Black Country, New Road noted that they will be playing “a set of completely new music” and nothing from their two studio albums For the First Time and Ants From Up There. Find the band’s tour schedule below. The current members of Black Country, New Road are: May Kershaw, Charlie Wayne, Luke Mark, Tyler Hyde, Lewis Evans, and Georgia Ellery. The U.S. shows will mark Black Country, New Road’s first North American concerts. The UK ensemble had been set to go on a North American tour this past winter, but canceled the shows after co-founder Isaac Wood announced his departu...

Jim Seals, who helped shaped 1970s soft rock as half of the duo Seals and Crofts, has died. He was 80, Variety reports. He formed the outfit with Dash Crofts in the late 1960s, and the two toured and made breezy pop-rock records together through 1980. Seals and Crofts had their heyday in the 1970s, during which time they became known for easygoing pop-rock songs. They had their biggest hit with 1972’s “Summer Breeze,” which has endured as an example of the era’s soft-rock styles. Seals and Crofts met in their home state of Texas, orbiting each other in local bands. By the mid-1960s, both had relocated to California, and they began working together in a group called the Dawnbreakers. In 1961, Seals also had a minor success when Brenda Lee recorded his song “It’s Never Too Late.” Seals and C...