Josh Groban, Harry Connick, Sting Featured at Atlanta’s Chastain Park Series
This year’s Chastain Park Concert Series in Atlanta will feature a slew of big name artists, including Josh Groban, Harry Connick, Jr. and Sting. This year’s series is scheduled to kick off on April 26 with an appearance by Alan Jackson, with special guest Tate Stevens. Groban currently is the last scheduled performer, and his [...]
SXSW Review: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Action Bronson, Icona Pop @ The Belmont
Welcome to South by Southwest! Spring arrived in sunny Austin, Texas to welcome the music industry after a week of technology and film festivities. Tuesday was the official start of the music leg, but the meat of the presentation will be served later in the week. There were a few panels to munch on during [...]
Phish Schedule North American Tour with First Canada Show in 13 Years
Phish have scheduled a 24-date North American tour this summer that will include the group’s first trip to Canada in almost 13 years. The tour will start on July 3 in Bangor, Maine, and will continue through a three-night stand at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo. August 30-September 1. That last stand [...]
ABC’s ‘Nashville’ Eying Possible Concert Tour
The stars of ABC’s show “Nashville” may be hitting the road for a tour, according to series creator Callie Khouri, though she adds that the possibility depends on which cast members would want to be involved. “It would be fun but it depends on how much [the cast] wants to spend their hiatus out playing [...]
Laryngitis Forces Rihanna to Cancel Baltimore, Boston Concerts
Rihanna has canceled two dates on her recently launched “Diamonds World Tour” due to contracting the flu and laryngitis. The tour just launched last Friday, March 8 in Buffalo, N.Y., and she then canceled Sunday night’s Boston show. After that announcement, she revealed that she would also be forced to canceled her scheduled March 12 [...]
Montreal’s Osheaga Festival Pulls The Cure, Mumford and Sons, Phoenix
For it’s 8th year, Montreal’s Osheaga Festival will welcome headliners the Cure, Mumford & Sons and Phoenix. This year’s festival will take place August 2-4 at Parc Jean-Drapeau in the city. Other notable acts in the eclectic lineup include New Order, the Lumineers, Vampire Weekend, Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Alt-J, Gaslight Anthem, Father [...]
Reading, Leeds Festival Bills Topped by Nine Inch Nails, Eminem, Green Day
As is usually the case, the lineups for the Reading and Leeds music festivals are shaping up to be among the biggest of the European festivals this year with Nine Inch Nails, Eminem and Green Day announced as performers. Other notable artists this year include Fall Out Boy, Phoenix, Skrillex, Alt-J, Tame Impala, Johnny Marr, [...]
Depeche Mode Extend Concert Tour to U.S. in August
It was late last year when Depeche Mode announced a 2013 world tour, and the group has finally gotten around to releasing some North American dates on said tour. The dates will kick off August 22 at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Detroit, and the tour is scheduled to last through an October 8 [...]
Rolling Stones Rumored to Play Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Twice, 18 Date Summer Tour Planned
After playing a handful of dates last year in the U.S. and London, it looks like the Rolling Stones will finally get around to a North American tour that will include 18 concerts. Two of those will be at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, according to the Las Vegas Sun. Rolling Stone [...]
Smashing Pumpkins Book World Tour, New Album In Works for 2014
Billy Corgan is gearing up for a big year with the Smashing Pumpkins this year with an extensive would tour and a new album. The North American leg of the tour will kick off April 29 at the King Center for the Performing Arts in Melbourne, Fla., and the band will stay on the road [...]
