UK fans have a reason to celebrate if they’re Lady Gaga fans: she recently added some new dates for ArtRave: The ARTPOP Ball that’s currently sweeping the planet (she’ll be in Washington, D.C. today). Check out the dates below and lock in your tickets here when they go on sale this Thursday (15th May).
13th November – Birmingham: NIA Birmingham
16th November – Glasgow: The Hydro
20th November – Sheffield: Motorpoint Arena Sheffield
22nd November – Newcastle upon tyne: Metro Radio Arena
Beginning in September, The Black Keys will be hitting the road, making plenty of stops in both the United States and Canada in lieu of their latest project Turn Blue. You can check out the dates below.
The Black Keys’ tour dates:
9/05 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center
9/06 – Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena
9/07 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena
9/09 – Milwaukee, WI – BMO Harris Bradley Center
9/10 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center
9/12 – Detroit, MI – Joe Louis Arena
9/13 – Pittsburgh, PA – CONSOL Energy Center
9/14 – Rochester, NY – Blue Cross Arena
9/16 – Toronto, Ontario – Air Canada Centre
9/18 – Montreal, Quebec – Bell Centre
9/20 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
9/21 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
9/24 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
9/25 – Washington, DC – Verizon Center
9/27 – Chicago, IL – United Center
10/24 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
10/25 – Winnipeg, Manitoba – MTS Centre
10/27 – Calgary, Alberta – Scotiabank Saddledome
10/28 – Edmonton, Alberta – Rexall Place
10/30 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Pacific Coliseum
10/31 – Portland, OR – Moda Centers
11/01 – Seattle, WA – KeyArena
11/09 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl
11/10 – Phoenix, AZ – US Airways Center
11/12 – Salt Lake City, UT – Maverik Center
11/13 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
11/15 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
11/16 – Dallas,TX – American Airlines Center
12/04 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Arena
12/05 – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena
12/06 – Richmond, VA – Richmond Coliseum
12/08 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
12/09 – St. Louis, MO – Scottrade Center
12/11 – Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena
12/12 – Charlotte, NC – Time Warner Cable Arena
12/13 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena
12/15 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – BB&T Center
12/16 – Tampa, FL – Tampa Bay Times Forum
12/17 – Orlando, FL – Amway Center
12/19 – Austin, TX – Frank Erwin Center
12/20 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
12/21 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
Eminem will become the first rapper to headline a show at Wembley Stadium in London on July 11th. This show will be the first time Eminem has performed in London since 2001. Tickets for show will go on sale on Friday at 9am.
Press release below, folks…and the event will be live-streamed.
VH1 AND PALLADIA RETURN TO SIMULCAST THE 2014 PHILLY 4th OF JULY JAM
VH1.COM AND VH1 APP TO STREAM LIVE
Featuring The Roots and Special Guests Nicki Minaj, Ed Sheeran, Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande and Aloe Blacc
New York, NY- May 5, 2014 –VH1 and Palladia are celebrating Independence Day with fireworks and four-time Grammy award-winning band, The Roots for the fourth annual Philly 4th of July Jam. Kicking off in the City of Brotherly Love, The Philly 4th of July Jam, a signature event of the Wawa Welcome America! festival,will be simulcast on VH1 and Palladia on Friday, July 4 from 8-11PM ET and live streamed on PhillyJam.VH1.com and the VH1 App. Hometown favorites The Roots, will perform and serve as the house band with this year’s lineup, including: Nicki Minaj, Ed Sheeran, Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande and Aloe Blacc. Capping off the musical event, the evening will include a spectacular fireworks display over the iconic Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Billed as the “Largest Free Concert in America,” the Philly 4th of July Jam is a celebration of freedom and music. The Philly 4th of July Jam is an unforgettable, entertainment-filled night that has featured some of the top artists in the musicindustry. This is a one-of-a-kind concert, free of cost and fun for all ages, located right in the heart of the City of Brotherly Love. With 500,000 people jamming out on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway— there is no other place to spend the Fourth of July.
The Jam is coordinated by Welcome America, Inc. and its Executive Director Desiree Peterkin-Bell, along with Executive Producers Scott Mirkin and Shawn Gee. Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson and Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter of The Roots serve as musical directors for the Jam. Executive producers for VH1 are Lee Rolontz, Rick Krim and Keshia Williams.
The Philly 4th of July Jam takes place during Wawa Welcome America!, a multi-day festival that celebrates America’s birthday in America’s birthplace, Philadelphia.
Get ready folks, the Blue Chips II tour is coming to the UK. You can check out the dates up top and get your tickets here.
The North Coast Music Fest will return for its fifth year anniversary in Chicago this Summer on August 29-31. Snoop Dogg, Kid Cudi, Riff Raff, Action Bronson, Alex Wiley, ProbCause and more will be hitting the stage. You can buy tickets now from here.
Miss Lauryn Hill will be coming to the UK (O2 Academy Brixton) on 28th April, and you can get your tickets through Live Nation started 9am tomorrow morning. Get your clickers ready.
On Tuesday, 6th May, Fabolous will be coming to the stage at Indigo O2 in Greenwich. Get your tickets here.
In celebration of The Warm Up‘s five-year anniversary, J. Cole will be performing the project from start to finish on his second annual Dollar & A Dream tour (above).
Wiz Khalifa reveals upcoming dates for his Under The Influence tour, which will also feature Tyga, Ty Dolla $ign, Mack Wilds, Rich Homie Quan, IAMSU!, Sage The Gemini and DJ Drama. Check ’em out below and get your tickets when they go on sale this Friday at 4:20pm EST.
“Under the Influence of Music Tour 2014″ tour dates:
Jul 24 – The Pavilion at Montage Mountain – Scranton, Pennsylvania
Jul 25 – Susquehanna Bank Center – Camden, New Jersey
Jul 26 – Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach – Virginia Beach, Virginia
Jul 27 – Jiffy Lube Live – Bristow, Virginia
Jul 29 – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre – Toronto, Ontario
Jul 31 – Nikon at Jones Beach Theater – Wantagh, New York
Aug 1 – First Niagara Pavilion – Burgettstown, Pennsylvania
Aug 2 – Xfinity Center – Mansfield, Massachusetts
Aug 3 – PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, New Jersey
Aug 5 – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre – Tinley Park, Illinois
Aug 6 – Klipsch Music Center – Noblesville, Indiana
Aug 8 – Blossom Music Center – Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Aug 9 – Alpine Valley Music Theatre – Elkhorn, Wisconsin
Aug 10 – DTE Energy Music Theatre – Clarkston, Michigan
Aug 12 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St Louis – Maryland Heights, Missouri
Aug 14 – Gexa Energy Pavilion – Dallas, Texas
Aug 15 – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman – Woodlands, Texas
Aug 17 – Isleta Amphitheater – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Aug 19 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, Colorado
Aug 22 – Shoreline Amphitheatre – Mountain View, California
Aug 23 – Sleep Train Amphitheatre in Chula Vista – Chula Vista, California
Aug 24 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Irvine – Irvine, California
After a couple of updates, we now have the full lineup for this year’s BET Experience, which takes place June 27-29 and precedes the BET Awards that Sunday. The biggest news thus far is the fact that Saturday will see OutKast headline the concert at the Staples Center.
Check out the full schedule below.
FRIDAY, JUNE 27:
Staples Center
Maxwell and Jill Scott joined by Marsha Ambrosius and Candice Glover
Club Nokia
ComicView Live! Hosted by Sommore featuring Karlous Miller, Lil Rel Howery, Ray Grady, Sydney Castillo and Zainab Johnson
Future kicks off the Late Night Concert series with DJ Khaled and friends
SATURDAY, JUNE 28:
Staples Center
OutKast, Rick Ross, A$AP Rocky, K. Michele, Ty Dolla $ign and August Alsina hosted by DJ Khaled
Club Nokia
The Next Comedy All-Star hosted by Joe Torry featuring Red Grant, Gary G-Thang Johnson, Nika Williams, Malik S., Rudy Rush
The Roots Present Hip Hop with Special Guests
SUNDAY, JUNE 29:
Staples Center
Mary J. Blige, Trey Songz and Jennifer Hudson
Nokia Theatre
BET Awards 2014
London’s Ikes drops a new freestyle over Nipsey Hussle’s ‘Checc Me Out’…in addition, he reveals that he will be hitting a few colleges in the States, of which you can check out the dates below.
4-24 @ New York University – NYC
4-26 @ LMT – DC
4-26 @ Howard University – DC
5-1 @ St. Johns University – NY
5-2 @ Delaware State University – Dover, DE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Budweiser Made in America music festival is coming to Los Angeles, but who is performing and how the city will manage the two-day concert are still mysteries.
Jay Z and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti held a news conference Wednesday to announce the music festival, which is planned for Labor Day weekend and will be held simultaneously with one in Philadelphia. They did not announce the lineup of performers or address residents’ concerns about the venue — a park in downtown Los Angeles that is crossed by several streets and partially surrounded by residential buildings.
The Made in America festival could draw 50,000 concertgoers, Garcetti said.
Jay Z wants to create a festival that brings together diverse musical genres, where “all walks of life and all people can come, and it’s in the city and it’s not some far-off place that you can’t get to — no disrespect to any other festivals,” he said, taking an obvious dig at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, held in the desert more than two hours east of Los Angeles. Jay Z and wife Beyoncé each made surprise appearances at the event last weekend.
“Look how beautiful this park is,” he said. “It’s accessible to everyone.”
The Los Angeles City Council has expressed concern that such a crowd could be disruptive for downtown residents.
County Supervisor Gloria Molina attempted to allay those worries, saying, “We know how to handle all of this.”
“I’m sure every single LA resident is going to deal with a little bit of intrusion from time to time, because at the end of the day, LA is going to have tremendous benefit,” she said, citing the event’s anticipated economic infusion to the city and its philanthropic element (some proceeds will benefit the United Way of Greater Los Angeles).
Molina also quoted a lyric from a Jay Z song: “Los Angeles has 99 problems, but Jay Z and Made in America ain’t one.”
None of the politicians nor Jay Z took questions from the assembled press.
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Last night, Brooklyn Bodega held the kickoff announcement party for the 10th anniversary of their Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival, where they announced that Raekwon and Jay Electronica would be the two major headliners at this year’s fest.
Rae and Jay will also be joined by Joey Bada$$, CJ Fly and Pro Era, which Brooklyn Bodega Executive Director Wes Jackson compared to the early Wu-Tang Clan. This year’s festival will take place from July 9-14, with the major performances set for Saturday the 12th.
Following the release of In The Lonely Hour (released 26th May), Sam Smith will be going on a UK tour to promote the project. The stops begin in Glasgow in October, leading up to London the following month.
YG, Nicki Minaj, ScHoolboy Q, Trey Songz, Wiz Khalifa, Sage The Gemini, Childish Gambino & Juicy J (and even more, we’re sure) will be converging at the Honda Center stage for Power 106′s 2014 PowerHouse concert. You can check out the preview clip up top.
The label that Diplo built has revealed the massive lineup for this year’s Mad Decent Block Party, which kicks off at Ft. Lauderdale in July, ending in Canada in December. Artists to appear range from Chance The Rapper, OutKast (!) and A$AP Ferg all the way to Flume, Elliphant, Flux Pavillion, Fatboy Slim and even Diplo himself (expect constant shifts and changes depending on which tour stop).
You can get your tickets and additional information at the official website.
Capital XTRA’s Music Potential in Partnership with Barclaycard is back for 2014.
If you are aged between 16 and 25, not currently working or studying and have a passion for the music and the creative industries then GET INVOLVED with Capital XTRA’s Music Potential.
With opportunities available to build your skills and confidence as well as take part in valuable work experience, develop unique one to one professional industry mentoring relationships, apply for paid apprenticeships and gain recognised qualifications, Capital XTRA’s Music Potential in partnership with Barclaycard offers all this and more and we are kicking off again this April!
If you’re a budding Radio Presenter or Producer, DJ, Songwriter and Performer, Music Producer or just really keen on learning about the Business of Music then register your interest here for a chance to come along to one of our taster days in London or Birmingham.
Like what you’re seeing? Register here.
From the Los Angeles Times:
Future and the Roots are the latest additions to the 2014 BET Experience.
The sing-songy Atlanta rapper and the Philly hip-hop band will headline late-night concerts during the three-day festival slated for June, the Black Entertainment Television network announced Tuesday.
Like last year’s inaugural BET Experience, the late-night shows will be anchored at Club Nokia in Los Angeles and preceded by comedy shows.The Club Nokia gigs will be late enough in the evening so that festivalgoers who see headliner acts across the street at Staples Center can still catch the shows (the Club Nokia concerts are scheduled for 11 p.m.).
Future is set for June 27, and the Roots will perform the following night. The groundbreaking hip-hop band is returning to the festival with its star-studded jam show (billed as the Roots & Friends). Last year, the Roots recruited Nelly, Too Short, MC Lyte and Naughty by Nature for their show.
This year’s festival, scheduled for June 27-29, will again offer three days of urban-music concerts, wellness seminars, celebrity panels, exhibits and a fan expo that will unfold over multiple venues at L.A. Live.
R&B crooner Maxwell and songstresses Jill Scott and Marsha Ambrosius will kick off the festival on June 27 at Staples Center.
ASAP Rocky, Rick Ross, K. Michele, Ty Dolla Sign and August Alsina will share the bill on Night 2, alongside a yet-to-be-announced hip-hop reunion, according to the network.
Mary J. Blige, Trey Songz, Jennifer Hudson and Tamar Braxton will close the festival.
The festival is built around the network’s highly rated awards show.More than 100,000 people flocked to L.A. Live last year for concerts that featured Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, J. Cole and Miguel as well as R. Kelly, New Edition and the Jacksons. Comedy shows included Mike Epps and Cedric the Entertainer, Kirk Franklin led a gospel showcase and Erykah Badu and the Roots topped late-night jam sessions.
In 2012, the network signed a deal with Anschutz Entertainment Group to launch the event and move its award show to the Nokia Theatre. BET teamed with promoter Goldenvoice, a division of AEG Live, to curate the talent for the festival.
Unlike a lot of one-size-fits-all festival tickets, AEG and BET wanted fans to be able to customize packages.
Keeping with the exclusivity of the award show experience, those wanting to rub shoulders with the stars at the show can buy one of the two VIP packages the network created — if they’re willing to shell out between $1,095 and $4,395. Each package offers a different access level but guaranteed entry to the awards and plum seats to the Staples Center series.
BET also offers single-day tickets to the concerts for $59.50 to $149.50, or buyers can bundle the Staples Center shows for $199 to $399. Access to the fan fest and seminars is free with registration.
More info, including ticket sales, can be found on the festival’s site.
UPDATE: Big news — Nas will now appear at this year’s Lovebox Festival as a headliner. Boom.
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Lovebox is going to be huge this year. On the 18th and 19th July of this year, the festival — which takes place in East London’s Victoria Park, will be headlined by Chase & Status (Friday) and M.I.A. (Saturday), along with a LOT of other great artists. You can see the huge (and still growing!) lineup below. Tickets are available here and more information can be found on Lovebox’s official website.
Little Dragon will be touring the States (with a stop in Canada) to promote their forthcoming effort Nabuma Rubberband (backed by the success of the single ‘Klapp Klapp’), released 13th May. You can check out the dates below.
4/10 – Roseland Theatre (Soul’d Out Music Festival) – Portland, OR
4/13 – Coachella 2014 – Indio, CA
4/16 – Pappy & Harriet’s – Joshua Tree, CA
4/20 – Coachella 2014 – Indio, CA
5/10 – Toronto, ON – Canadian Music Week
6/7/14 – South Side Music Hall – Dallas, TX
6/8/14 – Fitzgerald’s – Houston, TX
6/10/14 – Republic – New Orleans, LA
6/11/14 – The Orpheum – Tampa, FL
6/12/14 – Grand Central – Miami, FL
6/14/14 – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA
6/15/14 – Bonnaroo – Manchester, TN
6/17/14 – Music Farm – Charleston, SC
6/18/14 – The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
While the first several dates you see above will be as an opening act for R. Kelly (which might actually serve as the better tour stops, if you ask me), Tamar Braxton is still, in effect, headlining her newly-minted Love And War tour. The trek kicks off April 18th in Montgomery, AL.
Get your tickets here.
This May, Rick Ross is coming to Camden’s Roundhouse as part of his Mastermind European Tour. Tickets are on sale now (links below).
