Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. BURNA BOY Having recently played a sold-out show at NYC’s Madison Square Garden, Nigerian afro-fusionist Burna Boy has announced a summer tour in support of his upcoming album, Love, Damini. Dates kick off July 21 in Detroit and include Minneapolis, Chicago, … Read more
Gorillaz have announced their first North American tour in five years, happening this fall. The tour kicks off September 11 in Vancouver and runs through October 23 in Miami, with stops in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Las Vegas (Life if Beautiful fest) Denver, Austin, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Montreal, NYC, Philadelphia, Atlanta and more. Most of … Read more
We’re shocked and saddened to learn that The Black Dahlia Murder frontman Trevor Strnad has passed away at 41 years old. The band broke the news, writing: It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Trevor Scott Strnad. Beloved son, brother, and Shepard of good times, he was loved by all that … Read more
Broken Social Scene‘s breakthrough album, You Forgot It In People, turns 20 in October, and to celebrate they’ll be on tour “to play tracks from that album and more of your favorites” this fall. Dates kick off September 23 in Vancouver, include a stop at Ohana Festival (billed as “Performing You Forgot It In People“), … Read more
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Revolver is launching a special new limited edition collector’s magazine devoted entirely to the mighty Motorhead, and exclusive vinyl variants to go with it. The 100-page deluxe issue has three alternate covers – a Lemmy Kilmister solo portrait, a classic live Lemmy, and the final band lineup – and features classic and new interviews with … Read more
In between Coachella weekends, Australia’s Amyl & The Sniffers headed to NYC to make their network television debut on Late Night with Seth Meyersperforming “Hertz” off of last year’s terrific Comfort to Me. Singer Amy Taylor was revved up as usual and watching her command the stage delivering sweet romantic lines like “Take me to … Read more
Nitehawk Cinema’s Music Driven series, which is presented by BrooklynVegan, continues Thursday, April 28 at 9:30 PM with a screening of Dave Markey‘s 1982 documentary The Slog Moviewhich is about the West Coast hardcore punk scene that features Circle Jerks, TSOL, Redd Kross (when they were still Red Cross), Fear, Wasted Youth, Sin 34 (Markey’s … Read more
Author, editor, and drummer SW Lauden released a new book, Forbidden Beat: Perspective on Punk Drumming, earlier this year. The collection looks back on six decades of the genre’s drummers; Lauden told The Believer“There’s not a lot of writing on punk drumming … So I felt like there was an empty lane to explore something … Read more
Coachella‘s first weekend begins today (4/15), for the first time in three years! Set times were announced yesterday, along with the last-minute addition of Arcade Fire, and now the livestream schedule has been revealed. The festival streams live via three different channels on Coachella’s YouTube page, and you can watch via the video embeds below. … Read more