Two massive festivals have announced their line ups and we aren’t sure how to contain ourselves. So What?! Music Festival is going down in Dallas Texas June 24 and 25th. On Saturday, hang out with Pierce the Veil and The Used and make sure to hang out with the other bands including Forever the Sickest Kids, Breathe Carolina, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, girlfriends, LØLØ, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and a ton more. At that point we’re just getting started. On Sunday Sleeping with Sirens, Neck Deep, and Thursday (who will be performing War All the Time). Not to mention this is… Read more »
This past Friday, March 17th, Muse brought their larger-than-life production to Madison Square Garden and shook one of the world’s most famous arenas down to its foundations.
Tonic is a mental health charity for musicians that is gaining more attention and deserves even more. Babyshambles’ Adam Ficek recently spoke to NME about why Tonic is such an important resource to have. He said, “The reason I started working with Tonic was the emphasis put on not only those struggles, but how music can also help. The industry itself is predominantly late nights, there’s an abundance of alcohol. There’s the social environment, then there’s the psychological environment of where people have come from with their own wounds and how that interacts with that.” The organization was founded in… Read more »
— As UK music festivals go, the Phoenix Festival doesn’t have the storied history of Glastonbury or Reading. It only ran for five years, between 1993 and ’97, but it was located pretty close to my home in the Midlands region of England when I was growing up, and so I went to the 1995 event and the two that followed. The 1996 Phoenix Festival is the festival that I judge all festivals on. So high was the bar it set, I’ve yet to see it be bettered (and I’ve attended Glastonburys, Readings, Coachellas, Riot Fests, Rocklahomas, Download/Doningtons, and more… Read more »
Music festival season is just on the horizon and, while we wait for the gloomy weather to pass, we can revel in the flood of music news typical of this time of year. A majority of the music festival lineups are announced in January and the festival posters set the landscape for the year in live music, foreshadowing larger tours from bands, new album cycles, and even resurgences of genres and legacy bands that might be past their peak of popularity. Pop-punk is fresh off a massive re-emergence, showcased by the success of the When We Were Young Festival in… Read more »
What better way to kick off a weekend than with new music? Featuring new tracks from All Time Low, Paramore, Green Day, and more.
— Today we talk about Paramore’s next single, upcoming music festivals, and Miley’s promo for “Flowers”. — It’s Like That with Paramore We’re starting to feel like we owe Paramore a limb after how much life they’ve been giving us. The band kept things simple by posting that they’re dropping their next single “C’est Comme Ca” on the 12th. (In case you were wondering, ‘c’est comme ça’ means “it’s like that” in French.) We’re just two days away from a new single and a month away from the entire album. If you want more good news, it was also announced… Read more »
— — Today we talk about Meet Me @ The Altar’s new tour, August Burn Red’s 20th Aanniversary, and In Her Own Word’s new music video. — Meet Me @ The Altar’s Tour Announcement Happy Monday! Meet Me @ The Altar wants to make sure you have the best week you can by starting us off with a badass announcement. The pop-punk band is headlining their own tour in 2023. The North American tour will start on March 2nd in NYC and go until April 4th in Orlando, Florida. Their latest single “Say It (To My Face)” dropped a month… Read more »
— Today we talk about the life of Aaron Carter, Spencer Sutherland’s tour, and the Sick New World Festival. — The Loss of Aaron Carter Fans, friends, and family are mourning the loss of child pop star Aaron Carter. The 34-year-old was found dead in his bathtub and the announcement was made this weekend. Many people have taken to their socials to show their love for Carter. Fellow child star and ex-girlfriend Hilary Duff wrote, “For Aaron– I’m deeply sorry that life was so hard for you and that you had to struggle in front of the whole world. You… Read more »
— Today we talk about the Parklife Festival, Harry Styles’ new music video, and Rihanna’s new single for Wakanda Forever. — Parklife Festival Ticket Sales The UK’s Parklife Festival has announced 2023 dates and early bird ticket sales. You can attend the festival June 10–11, 2023 and if you signed up for pre-sale before now, you’ll have had the chance to snag some tickets earlier today. However, those tickets are already long gone. If you didn’t get that chance this morning, you can get general admission tickets for the early bird price tomorrow at 10am BST. There’s also a chance… Read more »
