Bay area punk rockers Swmrs have announced a spring tour in support of their sophomore album Berkeley’s on Fire. The LP will be available everywhere on February 15th. Swmrs headlining trek comes a month after the release of Berkeley’s on Fire, launching March 28th in San Diego. The Regrettes and Beach Goons …
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Chance the Rapper educates Cookie Monster and Elmo on the letter T and the theater in a new Sesame Street segment. In “T is for Theater,” which premiered Saturday on HBO, Chance the Rapper and Cookie Monster compete for a role in a play about a monster who loves cookies. …
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Nothing sums up the diversity of the city of Houston quite like the musical lineup for this year’s Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. While traditionally a mainly country music event, 2019 RodeoHouston features artists from pop, Latin pop, hip-hop and Tejano, as well as country. The Grammy-nominated Kacey Musgraves kicks …
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Childish Gambino, Tame Impala and Ariana Grande are among the headliners for the 2019 Coachella Music and Arts Festival. The events will take place over two back-to-back weekends – April 12-14 and April 19-21 – at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Passes go on sale on Friday at …
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Annie Lennox, Chrissie Hynde, Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason and Billy Bragg are among numerous artists, bands and music industry leaders who have signed an anti-Brexit letter. The open letter, spearheaded by Music4EU, states that “Brexit represents a significant threat to the UK’s Music Industry.” Addressed to MPs and the Prime …
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Anyone who’s ever cut their teeth on superhero comic-books — whether as a casual prepubescent collector or someone whose reader alter-ego skews a little closer to this — has almost assuredly gone through a Spider-Man phase. Maybe you prefer the Ditko-to-Romitas (Sr. and Jr.) era, or when he changed his …
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“Whatever you feel about the NRA – and I don’t like them very much – they’re a very well-organized group and we want ONE to be the NRA for the world’s poor,” Bono said at the Economic Club of Chicago’s private black tie dinner event Thursday night during a lively …
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Childish Gambino‘s “This Is America” is not one of the best songs released in the past year. It’s a good song— frantic and mournful and rattling— but it’s not one of the best songs of the year. Yet there it is, nominated for both a Song of the Year and …
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As the legalization of recreational marijuana spreads across the United States, weed enthusiasts in prohibition states who rely on the black market have also enjoyed a premium selection of branded cannabis products, especially a wider variety of cannabis concentrates sold in pre-filled disposable cartridges. Some of the legal industry’s leading …
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Ticket-resale giant StubHub, the world’s biggest ticket marketplace, released its fourth annual “Year In Live Experiences” report on Tuesday, highlighting one point in particular: More people are crossing borders to attend concerts, festivals, sports games and other live events than ever before. Nearly 200,000 customers traveled to a different country …
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