Concerts
Billie Eilish Duets With Damon Albarn, Shouts Out Beyonce & More During Historic Coachella 2022 Headlining Set
The last time Coachella happened, in 2019, Billie Eilish had just released her historic debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — and celebrated with her first-ever Coachella performance. Everyone showed up for that early evening slot on the Outdoor stage — from Zane Lowe and James Corden to Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Fast forward to day two of Coachella 2022 (Saturday, April 16) and Eilish made her return to the desert — only this time she was there to headline, becoming the youngest artist to do so in Coachella’s history. For the occasion, the superstar took a break from her current arena trek in support of her second album, last year’s Happier Than Ever. While the staging and much of th...
Billie Eilish Duets With Damon Albarn, Shouts Out Beyonce & More During Historic Coachella 2022 Headlining Set
The last time Coachella happened, in 2019, Billie Eilish had just released her historic debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — and celebrated with her first-ever Coachella performance. Everyone showed up for that early evening slot on the Outdoor stage — from Zane Lowe and James Corden to Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Fast forward to day two of Coachella 2022 (Saturday, April 16) and Eilish made her return to the desert — only this time she was there to headline, becoming the youngest artist to do so in Coachella’s history. For the occasion, the superstar took a break from her current arena trek in support of her second album, last year’s Happier Than Ever. While the staging and much of th...
Lorde Postpones Two Shows Due to ‘Horrendous Laryngitis’
Lorde canceled two concerts on her Solar Power Tour this weekend due to laryngitis. The shows, originally scheduled to take place at Uncasville, Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday and Washington, D.C.’s The Anthem on Saturday, have been rescheduled for August. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In a statement from Lorde published on Mohegan Sun’s website, the singer said, “Connecticut — these past couple days I’ve been pushing through some horrendous laryngitis, and I regret to inform you that my voice hasn’t sufficiently recovered to be able to play the show for you tomorrow(4/15). I’m so, so sorry. I don’t take postponing a show lightly. I’ve tried everything, and unfortunately it’s physically impossible for me to sing much of the...
Coachella 2022 Day One Best Moments: Anitta’s Guest-Heavy Debut, Justin Bieber’s Surprise Appearance and Harry Styles’ New Music Tease
For the first day of Coachella’s grand return, after taking 2020-2021 off due to the pandemic, the festival and its artists were eager to impress. From the surprise addition of Arcade Fire (the band performed at sundown at the tented Mojave stage) to the various guest appearances — Anitta enlisted Snoop Dogg to introduce her history-making set (as well as Saweetie and Diplo later on), Phoebe Bridgers welcomed Arlo Parks, Daniel Caesar invited a shirtless Justin Bieber on stage to perform “Peaches” and headliner Harry Styles shocked the audience by bringing Shania Twain out for two of her biggest hits — day one made sure to keep fans on their toes, always guessing what could come next. Despite any hiccups earlier in the day (major parking delays stalled many, w...
Rick Springfield and Zoot Cancel Australia Tour
Rick Springfield’s long-overdue homecoming reunion tour with Zoot has been scrapped. “It is with much sadness and disappointment that we must announce that the Zoot tour of Australia is cancelled,” reads a statement issued Wednesday (April 13) from DRW Entertainment, producer of the multi-city trek. “Much has changed in the two years since we announced the tour, and individual members of the band, whilst excited about the potential offered by the tour, are now unfortunately not in a position whereby they can move forward with the tour as scheduled,” the message continues. The reunion dates were scheduled to visit Brisbane, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne this October, for Zoot’s first Australian shows in over 50 years. Springfield was to be joined on stage by Rick Brewer, Beeb Birtle...
New Petition Calls For an End to “Woo-Woo”-Ing At House Music Shows
To “woo-woo” or not to “woo-woo”? That is the question posed by one John Jones, who recently started a Change.org petition to “Stop ‘Woo-Woo’-ing When DJs Play House Music.” “We get it, you finally like house music even though it’s been around for decades,” Jones wrote. “There’s no need to squawk like a pelican every five seconds.” Jones is not alone. Take this 2018 Reddit post, titled “Alternatives to WOOT WOOT/OOH OOH Chant,” for example: “Can’t we think of something more interesting and less simple as a community? I know we can, just looking for ideas!” KazenOfficial wrote. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles Even earlier, in 2015, anothe...
Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia Tour Up 1,500% From Pre-Pandemic Touring
A tour two years in the making, Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia Tour kicked off in February and wrapped its U.S. & Canada leg on April 1, earning $40.1 million and selling 394,000 tickets, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. The tour was promoted by Live Nation in support of her Future Nostalgia album, which was released on March 27, 2020. Business has been strong and consistent, topping 11,000 tickets in 27 of 28 cities. Milwaukee’s scaled-down capacity at Fiserv Forum is the only exception, and still, that was sold out at 6,312 tickets. March 1 was the tour’s highest grossing night, with $2.1 million at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden. The next night won top honors for attendance, moving 16,068 tickets in March 2 at Washington, D.C.’s Capital One Arena. But Lipa’s...
Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello & More to Perform at 2022 iHeartRadio KIIS FM Wango Tango
It’s been two years since Wango Tango last gathered top 40 radio’s hottest stars on one stage, but that all ends June 4 when the 2022 edition of iHeartRadio KIIS FM Wango Tango returns to Dignity Health Sports Park in Los Angeles. The summer-kickoff concert will be hosted by Ryan Seacrest and include performances from Shawn Mendes, The Chainsmokers, Camila Cabello, Becky G, Charlie Puth, Lauv, 5 Seconds of Summer, Tate McRae, Latto, Lauren Spencer-Smith, GAYLE and Em Beihold, along with a special set from Diplo at dusk. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In addition to the in-person SoCal crowd, the event will broadcast live across 94 iHeartRadio stations. “We are so excited to bring back the show that officially kicks off summer every year in Sou...
Ed Sheeran Sets 2023 Stadium Tour of Australia and New Zealand
Ed Sheeran is returning to the scene of his all-time box-office blockbuster — Australia and New Zealand. The British singer and songwriter sets his + – = ÷ x Tour (pronounced The Mathematics Tour), which will see him fill stadiums across both countries next February and March. Scheduled to kick off Feb. 2, 2023 at Sky Stadium in Wellington, NZ, the jaunt is Sheeran’s first here since the 2018 Divide Tour, during which he destroyed the old mark for the highest-selling domestic tour in history. Divide shifted 1,006,387 tickets across Australia and New Zealand, according to Frontier Touring, bettering the 950,000 tickets Dire Straits sold for a single tour in the late ‘80s. That’s according to the independent concerts giant which produced the Divide tour, and is behind the upcoming shows. Exp...
Foo Fighters Set 2022 Stadium Tour of Australia and New Zealand
Foo Fighters’ one-off stadium show last week in Australia was just an entrée, with the rock legends set to mount a full-scale stadium tour later this year. Dave Grohl and Co. will head south in the run-in to Christmas, for a six-date tour of Australia and New Zealand. Produced by Frontier Touring, the trek starts Nov. 30 at Perth’s HBF Park, then visits open-air venues in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, before leaping the Tasman for shows at Wellington’s Sky Stadium, and Auckland’s Western Springs Stadium. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The Foos are box-office dynamite in these parts, with 12 arena and stadium tours under their belts, most recently in 2018. That trek, like so many others, was organized by Frontier Touring, the company build by the late Mushroom Group chairman M...
Randy Newman Broke His Neck & Is Rescheduling His Tour to Recuperate
Randy Newman is putting his 2022 U.K. and European tour dates on hold after a serious injury. On Wednesday (March 2), the early Americana singer best known for songs “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” “Short People” and “I Love L.A.” announced the rescheduling of his upcoming tour due to a broken neck, and is taking time off to recover before hitting the road again. Explore See latest videos, charts and news “Recently, I noticed I was shrinking. People over whom I had towered now towered over me. Could this be payback for having written Short People? Turns out, my neck was broken. They operated on me successfully, I think. For even now, I look less like an anteater and more like a folk rock artist from the early sixties,” Newman said in a statement to his official website and Instagram account. ...
“Nobody Else Has To Die” Benefit Concert to Raise Overdose Awareness In Los Angeles
Fentanyl overdose is officially the single leading cause of death among young adults in the United States, according to the CDC, and on March 10th in Los Angeles, the dance music community is taking up arms. The aptly-titled “Nobody Else Has To Die” benefit concert will be hosted by End Overdose, a non-profit dedicated to combatting drug-related deaths via education and medical intervention training. Its lineup, curated by local promoter Restless Nites, will include DJ sets by Black Marble, Drab Majesty and Sextile as well as live performances by the likes of Madeline Goldstein and Aurat. Free fentanyl test strips and End Overdose merchandise will also be available at the concert, which is set to run from 8PM to 2AM at 1720 Warehouse LA. Overall, the event ...
