<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-09T01:18:15+00:00“>June 8, 2021 | 9:18pm ET After a year of quarantine, BROCKHAMPTON are readier than ever before to put on one of their wild concerts again. Today, the self-proclaimed boy band has announced a 2022 world tour called “Here Right Now” that will kick off at the start of next year. Check out the complete list of dates below. “Here Right Now” will officially start in Oslo, Norway on January 14th and see BROCKHAMPTON trot around Europe, the UK, and the US before bringing things to an end in Portland, Oregon on April 13th. Bookending the tour will be live performances at Lollapalooza on August 1st of this year and Primavera Sound on June 3rd of next year. Jean Dawson, P...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-08T22:44:50+00:00“>June 8, 2021 | 6:44pm ET The last time The Strokes put on a show for New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley, it was their first-ever unplugged concert. On June 12th, they’ll play another benefit event for Wiley that will also mark two significant landmarks: It will be the city’s first fully vaccinated, full capacity indoor event since the pandemic, and it will serve as a christening for the newly renovated Irving Plaza. Billed as The Strokes & Friends (so expect some surprise guests!) the show serves as a fundraiser for Wiley. A civil rights attorney who once worked for Mayor Bill de Blasio before becoming one of his strongest critics, Wiley is a s...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-08T16:31:02+00:00“>June 8, 2021 | 12:31pm ET Amigo the Devil has announced an extensive 2021 US tour kicking off in August. The entire trek will be supported by Tejon Street Corner Thieves, while IV and the Strange Band (led by Hank Williams III’s son Coleman) and Stephanie Lambring will also appear at select dates. The lengthy 50-plus show itinerary begins on August 18th at Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and runs all the way through November 18th, when it wraps up in Dallas. It’s the second major headlining tour for Amigo, aka Danny Kiranos, who will bring his macabre brand of Americana storytelling to each gig. In addition to the headlining shows, Amigo will make festival a...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-08T17:00:06+00:00“>June 8, 2021 | 1:00pm ET Thundercat has unveiled dates for a North American tour taking place this fall. The bass maestro will stop in more than 20 cities in support of the Grammy-winning It Is What It Is, one of the best albums of 2020. After kicking off the trek with an appearance at Maha Music Festival on July 31st in Omaha, Nebraska, Thundercat will make stops in cities like New York, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Toronto, Ontario; Los Angeles, California; and Portland, Oregon before closing out on December 5th at Knitting Factory in Boise, Idaho. Besides Maha, Thundercat will also play San Francisco’s Stern Grove Festival and Chicago’s Pitchfork Mu...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-07T19:59:53+00:00“>June 7, 2021 | 3:59pm ET Dr. Dog have spent the past two decades honing their skills as one of the best live acts of the era, and now that’s coming to an end. In an unexpected announcement, the indie psych rockers announced that their final tour will take place this fall in the US. “Today we’re sharing two wildly dissimilar bits of information with everyone. Firstly, we are touring in the fall! Lastly, we are done touring after that. Done touring for good!” the band wrote on Instagram. “It is a disturbing thing to read, I’m sure, and trust me, an equally unsettling thing to write, but it’s all good. It’s important to us that you understand that this is not a br...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-07T21:37:49+00:00“>June 7, 2021 | 5:37pm ET Shinedown have been named Billboard’s Greatest of All Time Mainstream Rock Artist, and will be repping that fresh honor on an extensive 2021 U.S. tour. The outing will run from early August through early October and feature a number of shows with The Struts as direct support. The Florida rockers have the most all-time No. 1 tunes of any act on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs tally with 16 chart-toppers. In earning the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Greatest of All Time Mainstream Rock Artists list, the band topped contemporaries like Godsmack, Disturbed, and Three Days Grace, as well as classic acts like Van Halen, Metallica, and To...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-07T18:56:57+00:00“>June 7, 2021 | 2:56pm ET Post-hardcore pioneers Glassjaw have announced a 2022 tour featuring full performances of two of their seminal albums: 2000’s Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence and 2002’s Worship and Tribute. The 18-date, 13-city trek kicks off on March 2nd, 2022 with a two-night stand at 1720 in Los Angeles, California, with subsequent multi-night performances in San Francisco, California; Austin, Texas; and Brooklyn, New York. It will wrap up with a pair of shows at The Paramount in Huntington, New York March on 25th-26th. These cities will feature one album performance per night. At stops like Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; and P...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-04T19:00:40+00:00“>June 4, 2021 | 3:00pm ET Gary Numan is ready to bring his new album Intruder to life onstage. The new-wave icon has just announced a North American tour for later this fall that will see him trekking across the US and Canada where he will finally get to play those songs for his fans in person. The tour will begin and end in California, starting on September 17th in Los Angeles and wrapping up on October 23rd in Santa Ana. In between, he will stop in major cities like Austin, Houston, Atlanta, Phoenix, New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver, Portland, and Seattle. Check out the complete list of dates below. Tickets for Numan’s 2021 tour are current...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-04T18:18:41+00:00“>June 4, 2021 | 2:18pm ET Cult country artist Orville Peck has unveiled his cover of Lady Gaga’s 2011 hit, “Born This Way”. The track was recorded for Gaga’s upcoming reimagined version of Born This Way in celebration of the 10th anniversary of her sophomore album. Officially titled “Born This Way (The Country Road Version)”, the cover features Peck giving it his own twist while largely staying true to the original lyrics. However, he does add an extra flair to the breakdown while singing, “If I wanna make it country, baby, it’s okay/ I was born, I was born, I was born this way/ From London, Paris, Japan, back to USA/ I was born on the road, I was born...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-03T21:03:31+00:00“>June 3, 2021 | 5:03pm ET LA garage punks Together Pangea have announced their new album, DYE, out October 22nd. As a preview, the band shared a new song, “Nothing to Hide”, and an accompanying music video. Spanning 12 tracks, DYE was written and recorded by William Keegan, Danny Bengston, and Erik Jimenez during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. It’s described as “an upbeat, undeniable collection of hooks, anthems, and power-pop garage-rock catchiness.” The self-deprecating “Nothing to Hide” is the trio’s ode to a potential lover. Together Pangea open up about their imperfections with lyrics like, “Your heart is ever innocent, it tells you what you know ...