For decades, if an artist needed a backing band in the studio or on the road, their main option was scouring through their contacts to find musicians to play with. Elmo Lovano wants to change that. Lovano, a longtime touring and session drummer himself who’s worked with artists such as …
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This spring, six months after a crowd rush at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival killed 10 people in Houston and injured hundreds of others, the live-music business is getting ready for another festival season — its first full-scale comeback since the pandemic sidelined concerts in 2020. While the specific legal ramifications …
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Chris Stapleton is keeping a steady pace on tour this year: He’s added new dates to his headlining All-American Road Show that will carry him all the way through fall. The country songwriter kicks off the trek in March after an appearance at Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. For this …
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The life and music of Gregg Allman will be celebrated with an 18-city Allman Family Revival tour that kicks off November 27th in St. Louis and wraps up December 19th in Los Angeles. Greg’s son Devon Allman and his group the Allman Betts Band will be the featured act alongside …
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Milwaukee’s Summerfest 2021 joins the growing list of events requiring a Covid-19 vaccine or negative test for entry, according to a joint statement withthe City of Milwaukee Health Department. The 53rd iteration of the event — which runs September 2nd-4th, 9th-11th, and 16th-18th, — will feature more than 1,000 performances …
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UPDATE (7/13): After doing an exclusive vinyl reissue of The Soft Bulletin Companion for Record Store Day, the Flaming Lips will make the 1999 rarity widely available for the first time on CD, digital and vinyl on June 16th. The new release will also include an additional track, an early …
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Tobin Sprout — previously of Guided by Voices — is set to go out on tour this summer, starting with the Free Bird Music Festival in Farwell, Michigan, on June 26th and wrapping up in Toronto in November. Sprout will also be performing his most recent solo album, Empty Horses, …
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King Crimson have announced a return to touring this summer with a 2021 U.S. route. The Music Is Our Friend Tour will kick off July 22nd at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida, and will run through the summer and early fall with a final show in Washington, D.C., on …
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D-Nice has enlisted Common, Sheila E., and the Isley Brothers for the first installment of the Club Quarantine Live music series, which takes place on August 29th at the Hollywood Bowl. Tickets for the series, along with all events for the Hollywood Bowl 2021 summer season, are on sale now. …
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Blake Shelton has announced plans to revive his Friends and Heroes Tour for 2021, assembling a multi-generational group of supporting guests to join him. The trek kicks off August 18th in Omaha, Nebraska, the same city where the Voice coach was forced to cancel the remainder of his Friends and …
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