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Kid Cudi Announces 2022 ‘To The Moon’ World Tour Dates
Kid Cudi has shared the news of his upcoming world tour, slated to kick off later this summer. The artist will make 27 stops on his To The Moon World Tour, beginning on August 16 in Vancouver, Canada. Don Toliver and the YSL rapper Strick will feature as supporting acts on the 20 shows in North America. Denzel Curry and 070 Shake will serve as additional support on select dates. Guest artists for the international portion of the To The Moon tour will be announced at a later date. After making stops in cities such as Portland, Los Angeles and Denver, Kid Cudi will headline his own Moon Man’s Landing Festival in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio on September 17. The next month, he’ll begin the international leg of the tour, starting with the Toyosu PIT in Tokyo on October 17 and theVerti Music...
Hazel English and Day Wave on The Perks of Collaborating With Your Friends
Both Hazel English and Day Wave have had a busy couple of weeks. Last Friday (June 17th), Hazel English released a new EP, the dreamy and nostalgic Summer Nights, and this Friday (June 24th), Day Wave will release his first album in five years, Pastlife. However, the pair of releases come at a very different point in each artist’s career — whereas Day Wave (the project of Oakland musician Jackson Phillips) has been a major proponent of the dreamy bedroom pop that is unavoidable on TikTok these days, Phillips has been very deliberate about taking these five years to hone his sound and arrive with a fully-formed sophomore LP. Meanwhile, Hazel English — the project of Australia-to-California musician Eleisha Caripis — has been hard at work over the last couple years, releasing her brilli...
Building LGBTQ+ Communities with The Aces on Going There with Dr. Mike
Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | Stitcher | Google | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS The Aces close out Pride Month on the Going There podcast by joining host Dr. Mike in a discussion about building community to battle anti-LGBTQ+ bias and discrimination. Advertisement The indie pop quartet — Cristal and Alisa Ramirez, Katie Henderson, and McKenna Petty — talk about their own experiences coming out as gay in an industry that met them with powerful and damaging bias and discrimination. In order to cope, they needed to live a “double life in their head.” One part understood that they were gay, and the other had to be careful not to let those natural feelings come through for fear of damaging their ca...
Judas Priest Announce Fall 2022 US Tour with Queensrÿche
Judas Priest are continuing their “50 Heavy Metal Years” tour, announcing Fall 2022 US dates with support from Queensrÿche. The metal legends will kick off the 29-date outing on October 13th in Wallingford, Connecticut, and stay on the road through a November 29th date in Houston. Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday (June 24th) via Ticketmaster, with an artist pre-sale beginning on Wednesday and an internet pre-sale beginning on Thursday (using the code DAZZLE). “Defending the heavy metal faith for fifty years,” remarked frontman Rob Halford in a press release, “the Priest is back!” Added bassist Ian Hill: “After the horrific last few years of restrictions we’ve all had to endure, what better place to break free, than the land of the free — the USA!” Advertisement Related ...
Blue Rojo Is A Musical Volcano Of Queer Desire
By Lucas Villa Blue Rojo is leaving a colorful mark on Latin pop music. As the Mexican-American singer continues to take the genre to new places by fusing seemingly disparate elements of electronic and punk with reggaeton, he also lyrically pushes boundaries as an openly gay musician. Seeking to find himself after a few years of fleeting fame, Blue’s authenticity as an artist led him to sign with Universal Music Group last year. After releasing an album about being in love with a straight man, he continues to stay true to himself with his latest single “Soy Tu Payaso Papi 3000.” “It’s a dream to sing about gay love,” Blue tells MTV over Zoom from his home in Mexico City. “It’s so hot. It’s super passionate. It makes me feel alive. It’s what I...
Beyoncé – Break My Soul
Fresh new music release from Beyoncé titled – Break My Soul. As the journey draws closer to the release of her anticipated project “Renaissance” scheduled for July 29, Beyoncé drops a new piece “act i” off her album titled “Break My Soul“. It is an impressive house/dance tune for her beloved BeyHives. The track stands in as the sixth on the list on the album. “You won’t break my soul,” on repeat Bey sings. “Release your anger, release your mind / Release your job, release the time / Release your trade, release the stress / Release the love, forget the rest”, a voice lifted from “Explode” by Freedia is also heard in the background. Listen and share Beyoncé – “Break My Soul” below. [embedded content]
Drake Challenges Foals For U.K. No. 1 Album
Drake sprung a surprise last Friday (June 17) with the release of Honestly, Nevermind (OVO/Republic Records). Now, Foals can spring a surprise of their own by beating Drake to the U.K. chart title. Foals’ seventh studio album Life is Yours (Warner Records) reigns over the midweek chart, leading Drake’s latest by 6,000 chart units, the OCC reports. If Foals keeps its momentum when the weekly chart is published this Friday (June 24), it’ll mark the Oxford-originated guitar band’s second leader, following 2019’s Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Should Drizzy turn on the afterburners in the second half of the chart cycle, Honestly, Nevermind would give the Canadian rapper a fifth U.K. leader. Meanwhile, th...
Ed Sheeran Dominates U.K. Airwaves In 2021, Sets Record
Ed Sheeran’s bad habits led him to a double crown in the U.K. for 2021, as the singer and songwriter is named the year’s most played artist, with the most played track. Sheeran doubles-up on PPL’s most played charts of 2021, finishing as the most played artist of the year in the U.K., and his hit “Bad Habits” was played more than any other song. According to the music licensing organization, Sheeran is the first artist to bag both titles twice. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The first time was in 2017, when the Englishman held both top spots in PPL’s Most Played Charts, as ÷ (divide) and “Shape Of You” ruled the airwaves. The only other artist to do the airplay chart double was Adele, when 21 and “Rolling in the Deep” dominated in 2011. Sheera...
Billy Joel Announces One-Off Stadium Show In Australia
The Piano Man will be tinkling the ivories in Australia later this year, for one night only. The imposing Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) will host Billy Joel on Dec. 10, for what’s being described by Frontier Touring as a “history-making performance.” The concert, Joel’s first in Melbourne in 14 years, is presented by Frontier in partnership with Always Live, a state-wide live music project initiated by the concert promoter’s late chief Michael Gudinski. Always Live was created with the ambition to restart Victoria’s legendary live scene, and quash the memory of those months-long lockdowns, with support by the state government through Visit Victoria. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “What a coup for Victoria, the music capital, to have o...
Weezer Drop Summer ‘SZNZ’ EP, Prep First Broadway Residency
Not only can Weezer help kick off your summer vacation with the latest in their SZNZ series, they are also planning to heat up fall with their first-ever Broadway residency. The band dropped the latest in their series of season-themed EPs this week, the 7-track SZNZ: Summer, featuring such sure-to-be warm weather classics as “Lawn Chair,” “Blue Like Jazz,” “The Opposite of Me,” “What’s the Good of Being Good,” “Cuomoville” and “Thank You and Good Night.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The band will take set up shop at the Broadway Theatre for a week for SZNZ: In Residence on Broadway, kicking things off on Sept. 13 for a five-show run. They will, of course, perform tracks from each of their SZNZ cycle albums — Spring, Summer (Sept. 14)...
Tyler, the Creator Calls Pharrell the Greatest of All Time: “I’m Forever Indebted to You”
Tyler, the Creator gave Pharrell his flowers at Something in the Water as they performed “Cash In Cash Out” with 21 Savage. With the trio on stage, Tyler shared that Skateboard P has the skill and the critical and commercial acclaim to be considered the greatest of all time. “Trying to be all, ‘Ooooh, down to earth.’ Like n***a, stop,” he said. “You are the greatest — of all time. The innovation, the execution, but if ni****s want to talk numbers, the numbers speak for itself too.” He added, “I love you, I’m forever indebted to you, forever in debt to you, thank you for your existence.” Tyler then turned to the crowd, “And please give it up to this man for putting this whole thing together. We appreciate you.” Tyler has always been very open about his admiration for Pharrell. During the 15...
Qdot – Emi Lo Kan
Check out this new tune coming from Qdot titled “Emi Lo Kan”. Indigenous singer Qdot is back again with an amazing song for his fans and supporter. The singer, a couple of months ago dropped an EP “Orin Dafidi”. He has moved on from the project and back to dropping singles and the first of such is “Emi Lo Kan”. However, it deserves a spot on your playlist. Listen and share Qdot – “Emi Lo Kan” below. https://www.naijamusic.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Qdot_-_Emi_Lo_Kan_NaijaMusic.com.ng.mp3 Download
