Alzheimer’s Forces Glen Campbell to Cancel Remaining Farewell Tour Dates
The advancement of his previously announced Alzheimer’s disease has brought the touring career of country legend Glen Campbell to an end, but he’s still got at least one more album to release. The singer turned 77 earlier this week, and spent his birthday in Washington, D.C. serving as an advocate for Alzheimer’s research. He announced [...]
Beyonce Bans Professional Photographers from Mrs Carter Concert Tour
Beyonce just kicked off her Mrs. Carter Show World Tour last week in Serbia, and it looks like photographers are not welcome on the tour. According to professional photographer Noam Galai, Beyonce’s publicist said no photographers would be allowed at shows on the tour, and that the tour’s own photographer would release 3-5 pre-approved images [...]
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis to Scavenge Through European Thrift Shops
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis will head out on an extensive European tour later this year, which will extend an already heavy touring schedule through at least the first part of October. Things kick off in London on September 9, and the tour will continue through an October 4 date in Stockholm. Other cities on the [...]
Hard Summer Los Angeles Features 2 Chainz, Bassnectar, Crystal Castles
Did you know there’s already a such thing as neo-dubstep? Well, for better or worse, that’s how Knife Party is now being described, and they are one of the artists announced for this year’s HARD Summer festival in Los Angeles. Bassnectar, 2 Chainz and Crystal Castles also will be at the event. This year, the [...]
Portugal.The Man Lines Up Summer Tour Behind ‘Evil Friends’
Just after performing at this year’s Coachella festival, Portugal. The Man has announced they will head out for a full-on headlining tour starting next month and continuing through mid-July. Things start a bit sporadically, as the group performs at Irving Plaza in New York on May 20 and then City Hall Plaza in Boston on [...]
Robert Plant Adds Summer Tour to Festival Fun
It was recently announced that Robert Plant and his band the Sensational Space Shifters would appear at the High Sierra Music Festival in Quincy, California. Now the legendary Led Zeppelin frontman has announced the group will go on a full-fledged tour this summer, hitting theaters, amphitheaters and other festivals. Everything will kick off June 20 [...]
Uproar Festival Calls on Jane’s Addiction, Alice in Chains, Coheed and Cambria
This year’s incarnation of the traveling Uproar Festival will feature Jane’s Addiction, Alice in Chains and, Coheed and Cambria. The fourth annual version of the tour will kick off August 9 at the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and the road party will continue through a September 15 date at the Verizon [...]
3 Doors Down Concerts Cancelled After Bassists’ Vehicular Homicide Arrest
3 Doors Down has cancelled all upcoming U.S. dates in April and May as its bassist remains jailed accused of driving while intoxicated and causing a fatal crash on the interstate in a Nashville suburb. Four shows will be cancelled, and were scheduled for Bossier City, Louisiana; Nashville and appearance at two festivals: Rockville (Jacksonville, [...]
Zac Brown Grabs Willie Nelson, Grace Potter for Nashville’s Southern Grounds Festival
The Nashville incarnation of Zac Brown’s Southern Grounds festival will be back for a second time later this year, and will feature Willie Nelson and Grace Potter, among others. Those are just the a few of the artists that will appear at the two-day festival, and when Zac Brown Band performs at the close of [...]
The Wallflowers, Counting Crows Get Nostalgic on Co-Headlining Tour
It’ll be like 1996 all over again this summer when the Counting Crows and the Wallflowers head out on a North American co-headlining tour. The nearly month-and-a-half long tour will kick off June 14 at the Pennysaver Amphitheater in Farmingville, New York and will continue through a July 21 show at the Orange County Fair [...]
