We’re getting ready to see you in Chicago! Today, Lollapalooza announced its massive and diverse lineup for this year’s 2024 festival. The four-day festival is scheduled to take place in Chicago, IL, at Grant Park, running from August 1 to 4. This year’s headliners include alternative favorites such as blink-182, The Killers, and Skrillex. Additional headliners include SZA; Tyler, the Creator, Future X, Metro Boomin, Hozier, Stray Kids, and Melanie Martinez. Fans are already eagerly anticipating this year’s lineup: X/Twitter user @theelderemox shares, “Skrillex and Blink-182 headlining Lollapalooza is all I needed.” The user later tweeted, “I’m about to be… Read more »
A Day To Remember has announced their forthcoming The Least Anticipated Album Tour featuring special guests The Story So Far and Four Year Strong. Get ready to disrespect your surroundings! A Day To Remember‘s extensive spring and summer tour will commence on May 11 with a performance at Welcome To Rockville, followed by performances at Hangout Fest on May 17 and Sonic Temple on May 19. The Least Anticipated Album Tour is set to officially launch on June 6 in Waite Park, MN, and will conclude on July 28 in Nashville, TN. Alongside The Story So Far and Four Year… Read more »
The Used are officially hitting the road this spring and summer with support from Story Of The Year and Amira Elfeky! “Stoked to be touring with some of our oldest friends in the industry,” The Used vocalist Bert McCracken shares. “We’ve always been huge fans of Big Blue Monkey! Can’t wait to see Amira Elfeky live as well!!!” Read more: 7 Female Punk Artists Leading The Genre “The Used have been big brothers to Story Of The Year for over 20 years,” Story Of The Year frontman Dan Marsala adds. “They were the one of first bands to take us… Read more »
As we commemorate International Women’s Month, it is essential to recognize and appreciate women’s remarkable talent and invaluable contributions to the punk music scene. Women-led punk bands have been making waves for years, but their impact has been particularly significant in recent times, owing to their exceptional musical prowess, electrifying live performances, and inspiring lyrical messages. Women have proven that they are more than capable of holding their own in a predominantly male-dominated genre and have, in many cases, surpassed many of their male counterparts in terms of creativity, originality, and musical skill. It is high time that we give… Read more »
If you’ve been missing the days of Warped Tour, of course, there’s been chances to see major alternative bands on stages such as When We Were Young, Sad Summer Fest, Sonic Temple Festival, and the Emo’s Not Dead Cruise. Now, YUNGBLUD is getting into the alt festival circuit with his very own BludFest. Announced on Monday, March 18, the debut BludFest is set to take place on August 11. The venue is the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. Acts include headliner YUNGBLUD, Lil Yachty, Soft Play, Nessa Barrett, The Damned in the icon slot, Lola Young, and Jazmin… Read more »
Ahead of their forthcoming record VOWS, legendary punks Hot Water Music have shared their double-single, “Remnants” and “Fences” via Equal Vision Records. Both tracks feature exquisite collabs including Turnstile‘s Brendan Yates and Daniel Fang on “Remnants” and Thrice on “Fences.” “I grew up playing drums every day to all of these records,” Yates said in an Instagram story. “Thank you @hotwatermusicofficial for having @danielfang and I on your new song. Full circle moment, endless love.” Fun fact, Turnstile got its band name from Hot Water Music’s 1997 song of the same name. Read more: Turnstile Announces Latin American Tour With… Read more »
Oxymorrons are heading out on tour this spring, both as thrilling direct support and also as head-banging headliners. Additionally, the New York-based band has myriad festival appearances on their docket for summer 2024. The quartet is opening for Swedish heavy metal act Avatar on their Great Metal Circus Tour beginning on May 8 in Indianapolis and concluding on May 16 in Reading, PA. Then, Oxymorrons will commence their own headlining tour on May 19 in Kansas City with support from Post Profit. Of course, you can catch the Melanin Punk artist at major music fests including Download Festival, XTREMEFEST, Louder… Read more »
Three and a half months into 2024, and it already feels obvious that this year belongs to genre-fluid rockstar DE’WAYNE. On the heels of his Fearless Records debut single, “synthesizer,” which dropped earlier this week, DE’WAYNE and idobi Radio are elated to announce the return of his show, DE’WAYNE’s WORLD, which kicks off its second season on Tuesday, March 19 at 6 PM ET/3 PM PT with a podcast and full accompanying video of the episode to follow at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT. Starting off season 2 strong, DE’WAYNE will be joined by songwriter Emma Rosen (Zoe Wees’ “Control”),… Read more »
Richmond, Virginia-based grunge, pop-punk ensemble Telltale is beginning their Friday with two big announcements. The quartet’s debut self-titled LP is set to be released on May 17 via Rude Records. Additionally, they’re back with brand-new single “kissinginacarcrash,” preceded by “Otherside,” “Cardinals,” and “EDDY.” The new offering leans deliciously into the zone of psychedelic rock, with a haunting heaviness in its ethereal vocals. “This track is for anyone who enjoys a late-night drive while they reflect and self-deprecate about every past relationship they’ve had,” Telltale shares of “kissinginacarcrash.” Check out the new single and spooky visualizer below. “It’s taken us three EPs and… Read more »
This week I have Tour Manager and Sound Guy- Jason Lupeituu, we toured together off and on for 3 years when I was in my last project and he did sound and looked after us on the road, we talk about how he got started in this industry and how he keeps pushing through having to work for different bands and in different scenarios within his career.
