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Barcelona's Primavera Sound Announces 2020 LA Fest

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"Faithful to the philosophy of the event, the new festival will present a unique Primavera Sound brand lineup in urban surroundings," the fest said in a statement
Jennifer Velez
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Jun 3, 2019 - 11:27 am

Barcelona's Primavera Sound music festival has much to look forward to in 2020. One of Europe's most popular festivals, the fest has brought together rock, pop and underground sounds to the Spanish city since 2001. Now, the fest, which also runs NOS Primavera Sound in Portugal, has announced it is bringing a new version of the music event to Los Angeles. 

Primavera Sound Los Angeles will take place at L.A. State Historic Park just outside of downtown L.A. on Sept. 19–20 in 2020. The announcement was made Sat., June 1, the last day of the 2019 Barcelona edition, which featured performances from Miley Cyrus, Rosalía, J Balvin, Jarvis Cocker and more. 

"Now we see and are clearly seen," the fest tweeted on Saturday. "@Primavera_Sound is going global and is coming to L.A. in 2020. Welcome: @Primavera_LA_"

The fest promises to bring the sound and vibe Primavera has come to be known for to the City of Angels. "Faithful to the philosophy of the event, the new festival will present a unique Primavera Sound brand lineup in urban surroundings," the fest said in a statement on its website.

Late last year, Primavera Sound shared a new tagline and commitment to equality: "The New Normal," or a 50/50 gender split among performers, which was reflected in their diverse 2019 lineup.

The fest also announced the festival dates in Barcelona and Porto will be June 4–6 and June 11–13, respectively. No lineups for their 2020 events have been released.

A limited number of tickets for the LA fest will be available June 7 at 6 p.m. Spanish time. For more information, visit the Primavera Sound website. 

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The Roots Picnic 2019: The Roots, H.E.R., 21 Savage & More

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The music fest will feature a performance of the whole 'Things Fall Apart' LP and performances by City Girls, Raphael Saadiq and more
Jennifer Velez
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Mar 12, 2019 - 12:03 pm

The Roots Picnic is back for its 12th year and this time will feature a special headline performance from GRAMMY-winning band The Roots in celebration of the 20th anniversary of their Things Fall Apart  album. H.E.R., 21 Savage and Lil Baby are among other artists on the music festival's bill happening June 1 in Philadelphia.

Raphael Saadiq,Tank & The Bangas and CityGirls will also have sets at the 2019 edition that will happen at The Mann At Fairmount Park. In a statement,  the Roots manager Shawn Gee and President of Live Nation Urban said the park had always been a part of the "vision" for the fest.

"We finally have a Roots Picnic in the Park,” he said. “The vision 12 years ago was always to provide an all day musical and cultural experience in Fairmount Park. Black Thought, Questlove and I grew up spending our Sunday afternoons at the Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park watching Philly DJs spin, and enjoying the vibe and the culture. It’s a great feeling to be able to come full circle and bring the Picnic to Fairmount Park, I think it’s a big WIN for the city."

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In honor of their fourth album celebration, Questlove announced that the group would perform the whole album with special guests. "Finally: in honor of the 20th Anniversary Of our 4th album #ThingsFallApart we @TheRoots will perform the entire jawn w special guests live at our new location: The Mann At Fairmount Park Saturday June 1st 2019!" he posted on Instagram. 

Podcasting will also have a presence at the event; there will be live recordings of The Joe Budden Podcast, The Read Podcast and the Questlove Supreme Podcast.

Presale is open now and tickets for the general publuic go on sale March 15 12:00 p.m. EDT. For more information on tickets, visit the Ticketmaster website.

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Jenny Lewis Raises Money For Women's Center During Live Album Listening Party

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The singer/songwriter's forthcoming album, On The Line, is set to be released on March 22
Jennifer Velez
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Mar 5, 2019 - 2:03 pm

Singer/songwriter and former Rilo Kilo performer Jenny Lewis raised a substantial amount of money for a Los Angeles Women's Center during a live event celebrating her forthcoming album, On The Line, which is set to be released on March 22.

The On The Line Online live streaming event on March 3, described as a live listening party, variety show and fundraiser, raised over $10,000 for the LA Downtown Women's Center, according to a statement. The event was streamed on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter and featured St. Vincent, King Tuff, as well as comedians Vanessa Bayer, Natasha Leggero and actor David Arquette, among others. The party was hosted by Lewis and comedian Tim Heidecker. 

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During the show, fans were treated to sneak peeks of On The Line, plus a space flute verson of Lewis' 2014 single "Just One Of The Guys," performed by King Tuff. If a fan decided to donate, they were permitted to call in with questions for Lewis.

"Thank you SO much jennydianelewis and friends for including us as part of your album launch. And thank you for all who donated." The Downtown Women's Center tweeted. "All these proceeds go towards women finding saftey [sic], housing, and pathways to personal stability! "

Those who missed out can still watch what went down during the three-hour event. Lewis announced her album release and back in December along with news of a headlining tour in March. For more information on the album, visit Lewis' website.  

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London's La Linea Latin Music Festival Announces Lineup Feat. Carla Morrison, Celso Pina & More

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La Linea has become an attraction for Latin music lovers since its inception in 2001
Jennifer Velez
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Feb 21, 2019 - 4:33 pm

La Linea, London's 10-day Latin music festival featuring an array of emerging artists, has announced its 2019 lineup that will bring artist from genres including cumbia, alternative Latino and more to venues all over the city. 

The festival will kick off with Cuban artist and trumpet player Yelfris Valdes on April 25. Other dates will feature modern cumbia music-makers La Yegros (April 26) and Latin GRAMMY-nominated accordion legend Celso Piña on April 28. The festival will close out with GRAMMY-nominated alt. Latino songstress Carla Morrison on May 5. 

La Linea has become an attraction for Latin music lovers since its inception in 2001. Its mission is to showcase the best of Latin America's new music talent through performances across London venues and a one-day music conference called the London Latin Music Conference, this year on May 3. The fest boasts the U.K. debut of several artists, including GRAMMY-nominated Mexican electro-rock band Kinky. 

Full lineup and ticket information are available on the La Linea website. 

Miley Cyrus at iHeartRadio Fest 2019

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iHeartRadio Fest 2020: BTS, Miley Cyrus, Usher, Migos, Coldplay & More To Play COVID-19 Adherent Concert

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The 10th anniversary event will be filmed in Los Angeles and Nashville on Sept. 18 and 19, airing live and with a highlights special on CW on Sept. 27 and 28
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Jul 21, 2020 - 5:14 pm

This is the year of canceled and postponed festivals, leaving many livestreams concerts in its wake, yet iHeartRadio Festival 2020 is on, albeit without a live audience. BTS, Miley Cyrus, Coldplay, Khalid, Migos, Usher, Kane Brown, Keith Urban and Thomas Rhett have been tapped for the two-day, two-city fall concert hosted by Ryan Seacrest.

The 10th anniversary event will be filmed (with strict social distancing guidelines) in Los Angeles and Nashville on Sept. 18 and 19, airing live and with an edited special on the CW on Sept. 27 and 28. Since no fans can be there in person, iHeartRadio is planning several ways for them to be engage with the live show, including a Zoom audience and virtual dressing room interviews, Variety reports.

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The festival typically takes place in Las Vegas, most recently at the 18,000-seat T-Mobile Arena, but will be filmed at the iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank, Calif. and a soundstage in Nashville. John Sykes, the president of entertainment enterprises for the media company, spoke to Variety about their plans:

"The iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles…will be completely scrubbed and cleaned with no audience. We'll put a Zoom suite of fans in there so the artists can look out and see, but they won't really be there. And we'll have a production team outside the facility remotely in a parking lot and the artists will have the venue to themselves for an entire day. They'll be able to rehearse, plug in and play live, we'll have video effects and sound."

Sykes also stressed the number of people in the theater and soundstage will be limited, with he and the rest of the crew working outside, and noted that new fan engagement ideas will be continued at future events.

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"The handful of camera people will all be tested daily and the interviews with Ryan Seacrest will be done with cameras in different rooms. There will be fans who will be connected talking one-on-one in the dressing room with artists. We could never put a regular fan in an artist dressing room, but we can do it on a video screen. We have some virtual ideas too where fans will be able to perform with one of the artists onstage," he continued.

"Many of these ideas will live on: giving fans intimate experiences and conversations with artists is something we'd never be able to do in an 18,000-seat arena. But there's nothing like live music and we're just trying to do our best to connect our fans with the music rather than giving up."

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He also hinted that an "iconic" legacy artist—Fleetwood Mac, Bon Jovi and Elton John have performed past fests—will likely be added to the lineup in the near future.

According to iHeart.com, fans will also be able to watch the event live during its taping on Sept. 18 and 19 via the CW app and CWTV.com at 9 p.m. EST/6 p.m. PST, in addition to the "festival highlights special" on the 27 and 28 from 8:00–10:00 p.m. EST/PST. The music will also be broadcast on iHeartRadio's app and of their affiliate radio stations.

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