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Tim McGraw & Sam Hunt to Headline Debut GoldenSky Country Music Festival
California is getting another new country music festival. Sacramento’s GoldenSky Music Festival will debut Oct. 15-16 with headlining performances from Tim McGraw and Sam Hunt at Discovery Park. The new event is produced by Danny Wimmer Presents (Welcome to Rockville, Louder Than Life) in partnership with Visit Sacramento and will feature performances from top-tier country acts including Brothers Osborne, Midland, Carly Pearce, Parmalee, Michael Ray, Diamond Rio, Brian Kelley and Lindsay Ell. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In addition to the musical acts, the weekend will also include a daily beer festival with more than 100 selections of local, regional and national craft beers, seltzers and ciders. The GoldenSky Beer Festival is free with fe...
Hikaru Utada Makes Festival Debut at Coachella With 88rising: Interview & Recap
On the first day of Weekend One at Coachella this year (April 15-17), J-pop superstar Hikaru Utada surprised fans by announcing they would be performing the next day in 88rising’s Head in the Clouds Forever showcase. The event would be streamed live on YouTube, meaning fans around the world who couldn’t make it to the festival grounds could tune in to witness the Japanese-American hitmaker’s special set online. The following is a report by Billboard Japan of Hikaru Utada’s first-ever Coachella performance, along with excerpts from an interview they gave immediately after their performance. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news I was one of the lucky ones who got to see the show on-site, and moved forward to a position next to the runway where...
Garth Brooks Adds New Dates to Stadium Tour: Where to Buy Tickets Before They Sell Out (Again)
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Garth Brooks resumed his long-running stadium tour this year, and it’s been a successful run thus far. So much so that the country star added more dates for shows scheduled to take place in May and June. Brooks added a second night to his debut performance at the Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., next month. The “Ask Me How I Know” singer will now perform on May 20 and 21. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news He also added new opening nights to his performance at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, which will ...
Watch Soccer Mommy Perform “Shotgun” on Fallon
Soccer Mommy was the musical guest on last night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Sophie Allison and her band performed “Shotgun” from her upcoming Daniel Lopatin–produced album Sometimes Forever. Watch it happen below. Sometimes Forever—the follow-up to 2020’s Color Theory—is out on June 24 via Loma Vista. Soccer Mommy announced the album in March with the lead single “Shotgun.” She recently shared the album’s second single, “Unholy Affliction.” She’s set to tour later this year. Read Pitchfork’s new feature “Soccer Mommy Slays Her Demons.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Pharrell’s Something in the Water Festival to Return With Lil Baby, Chloe x Halle, Pusha T, Tyler, the Creator and More
Pharrell Williams’ Something in the Water Festival is returning this summer, with the rapper and producer performing as part of a lineup that also features Lil Baby, Chloe x Halle, Lil Uzi Vert, Tyler, the Creator, Tierra Whack, Run the Jewels, Jon Batiste, Dave Matthews Band, and more. After its first iteration in Virginia Beach, Virginia in 2019, the festival has relocated to Washington, D.C. It happens over Juneteenth weekend, June 17-19. Find the lineup poster below. Last year, Williams shared that the festival would not return to his home town of Virginia Beach due to “toxic energy” from local authorities, including the mayor and city manager. The fallout resulted from the March 2021 death of Donovon Lynch, Williams’ cousin, who was shot and killed by a Virginia Beach police officer w...
Ryuichi Sakamoto Shares New Song From For Ukraine (Volume 2) Benefit Compilation: Listen
Ryuichi Sakamoto has shared a new song in collaboration with Illia Bondarenko called “Piece for Illia.” It appears on the new compilation For Ukraine (Volume 2). Curated by composer Hollie Kenniff, it’s out April 29 and benefits International Rescue Committee to support displaced children and families impacted by President Vladimir V. Putin and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Listen to the song and find the tracklist below. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. For Ukraine (Volume 2): 01 Ryuichi Sakamoto / Illia Bondarenko: “Piece for Illia”02 Claire Deak: “A Million Cloaked Ghosts”03 Joe Trapanese: “Introspection”04 Rachel Grimes: “Patsy (Instrumental)”05 Zakè & 36: “Rodych”06 Aisha Burns / Jake Woodruff: “The Reservoir”07 Sachi Kobayashi: “Sakura”08 An...
T Bone Burnett Reveals New Analog Reproduction Technology
T Bone Burnett has developed a new medium for recorded sound, a disc format he’s dubbed Iconic Originals. He’s tried out the technology with Bob Dylan re-recording some of his classic songs, but those recordings are not yet available for the public to hear. A press release indicates that the project is part of Burnett’s attempts to “reset the valuation for recorded music.” According to a statement from the producer, one-of-a-kind Iconic Originals are “lacquer painted onto an aluminum disc, with a spiral etched into it by music.” Burnett’s project is the first major development in analog music reproduction in more than 70 years, when phonograph discs shifted from being made of fragile shellac to the polyvinyl plastic material still used in the present day. The rest of Burnett’s stateme...
How to Get Tickets to Lil Nas X’s 2022 Tour
Lil Nas X revealed via a cinematic video announcement that he’ll be making his live touring debut this fall with the “Long Live Montero Tour,” which is sure to be one of the year’s most sought-after events. Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is Lil Nas X’s Next Tour? The “Long Live Montero Tour” consists of a 14-date North American leg starting in September, followed by a 7-date European leg in November. The tour kicks off in Detroit on September 6th, hitting Chicago and Toronto before traveling along the East Coast from Boston to New York to Washington, DC to Miami. He heads west to Los Angeles on October 18th, Phoenix on October 21st, and finally San Francisco on October 23rd. Advertisement The European leg commences two weeks later in Amst...
How to Get Tickets to “Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert Tour”
Fans of Disney’s Oscar-winning animated movie Encanto will now be able to celebrate with The Family Madrigal as they embark on “Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert Tour” this summer. Audiences won’t be able to stop talking about Bruno and the brilliant original songs penned by Lin-Manuel Miranda from the movie’s chart-topping soundtrack. Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is the “Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert Tour”? “Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert Tour” is a one-of-a-kind concert event, featuring the entire feature-length film and an on-stage band performing music from its beloved soundtrack. Advertisement Related Video The 32-city tour begins on July 18th in Ridgefield, Washington followed by a trek across the west including Phoenix...
Future, WizKid, and Dave to Headline Inaugural Rolling Loud Toronto
Rolling Loud is going international. The beloved rap and hip-hop festival is crossing the northern border into Canada this September for the inaugural Rolling Loud Toronto, with Future, WizKid, and Dave headlining the three-day event. Going down this September 9th-11th, 2022 at Ontario Place, Rolling Loud Toronto will welcome mainstays Lil Uzi Vert, Migos, Roddy Ricch, Trippie Redd, Lil Yachty, and A Boogie Wit da Hoodie. The lineup also includes Canadian rap favorites NAV, Belly, and Pressa, as well as the UK’s Skepta, Central Cee, AJ Tracey, and Afrobeats mastermind Rema. Tickets for Rolling Loud Toronto go on sale this Friday, April 29th at 12:00 p.m. EST, at which time you’ll be available to book your seat here. See the full lineup below. Advertisement Related Video Back in the states,...
Die Antwoord’s Adopted Son Alleges Years of Abuse and Exploitation
Gabriel “Tokkie” du Preez, the adopted son of Die Antwoord’s Yolandi Visser (aka Anri du Toit) and Ninja (aka Watkin Jones), has accused the couple of physical and sexual abuse and exploitation. The allegations surfaced through a 44-minute interview with the South African group’s former filmmaker Ben Jay Crossman and a subsequent sitdown with News24. du Preez and his younger sister were adopted by Die Antwoord in 2010 — when he was just nine years old — under foster parenting agreements with their biological mother. They would go on to appear in music videos like “I Fink U Freeky” and “Ugly Boy” while being raised with du Toit and Jones’ biological daughter and a boy from another poor family in Johannesburg. “They adopted me to be a slave,” he recalled about the experience. “They made me f...
Private Equity Firm Purchases $100M Stake In Kevin Hart’s Media Company
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Amy Sussman / Getty Kevin Hart isn’t letting the recent news about streaming services losing steam stop him from securing bags. The New York Times reports that actor/comedian Kevin Hart is not letting the woes streaming services are facing after Netflix shared it is bleeding subscribers frighten him. Hart’s media company HartBeat just secured a $100 million bag despite Hollywood being on edge about streaming services. Hart expressed his confidence in the medium in an interview he conducted while filming a Netflix project in Belfast. “There’s too many different entities, there’s too many different platforms, there’s too many different places for the world of content to die down,” Hart said “If anything, it’s now amplified.” Related Stories Hart’s new backe...
