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Bonnaroo 2019 Lineup Announced With Solange, Phish, Odesza & More

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Initial lineup for the 18th annual four-day multi-stage camping festival in Tennessee features a wide-ranging array of artists
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Jan 8, 2019 - 9:39 am

The 2019 festival announcements keep coming, with Tennessee's Bonnaroo becoming the latest to unleash its lineup—and the roster does not disappoint. The four-day festival will feature Phish, Childish Gambino, Solange, Post Malone, Odesza, Hozier, Kacey Musgraves, The Lumineers, Cardi B, Brandi Carlile, and many more.

This year's Bonnaroo will take place June 13–16 at Great Stage Park, a 700-acre farm and event space in Manchester, Tenn., 60 miles southeast of Nashville. In its 18th year, the festival will feature a wide range of artists performing around the clock across more than 10 stages. Festival organizers also promise an array of new features and improvements this year, including upgrades to the site's communal areas, known as Plazas, with free public WiFi, showers, charging stations, medical and safety stations, and more.

The festivities kick off On June 13 with Grand Ole Opry Featuring Special Guests. Friday, June 14 headliners include Phish, Childish Gambino, Solange, The Avett Brothers, Brockhampton, Courtney Barnett, Gojira, K.Flay and more. Saturday, June 15, will showcase Post Malone, Odesza, Hozier, Musgraves, The National, ZHU, John Prine, Maren Morris, and more, while Sunday, June 16 will see Phish return with two sets, plus The Lumineers, Cardi B, Carlile, Walk The Moon, Mac DeMarco, King Princess, The Wood Brothers, and many more.

Also new for 2019, Bonnaroo will feature a "Sanctuary of Self-Love" campground experience curated by none other than Paramore's Hayley Williams. There will also be circus acts, immersive cinema shows, theme parties, and Bonnaroo's first-ever Pride parade.

Tickets for Bonnaroo go on sale Thursday, Jan. 10 at 12 p.m. EST exclusively via the festival's website.

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Coachella 2019 Lineup Revealed With Extended YouTube Live-Stream Partnership

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Whether you're traveling to the desert or tuning in from your device, take a look at the stacked roster of artists primed to make this year's fest memorable
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Jan 3, 2019 - 10:26 am

Anticipation for the Coachella lineup seems to grow each year. Today, the wait is over, as the festival has revealed its long list of performers for the two weekend event April 12–14 and 19–21. The headliners alone are cause for celebration, with Childish Gambino, Tame Impala and Ariana Grande earning top-line billing on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights respectively.

With over 160 artists, the lineup—arranged in Coachella's now-iconic colorful desert sky show poster—is heavy on buzz artists, inlcuding 2018 breakout superstars Billie Eilish, Bad Bunny, Ella Mai, and Best New Artist GRAMMY nominee H.E.R. The bill also features a host of once-in-a-generation artists hitting full stride such as Janelle Monáe, Kacey Musgraves, and Solange.

But the list is as deep as it is lofty, with something for everyone scattered across the lineup's lower lines. For instance, experimental funk/pop outfit U.S. Girls, indie/electro R&B artist Blood Orange and dance duo Sofi Tukker all promise to ensure the dessert is as varied as it is hot.

Back to the headliners: Childish Gambino, Friday's main event, is nominated five times over for the upcoming 61st GRAMMY Awards. Known for their entrancing live shows, Tame Impala returns to the Coachella stage for the first time since 2015 and the first time ever as a headliner. On Sunday, Grande will close the weekend with the next blast of her meteoric rise over the past year. Grande also marks the third consecutive solo female artist headline at Coachella following in the footsteps of Beyoncé and Lady Gaga.

The best part? You don't have to make the trek to Indio, Calif., to catch your favorite artist's set. Thanks to an expanded partnership with YouTube, Coachella will be live-streamed both weekends. This mark's YouTube's ninth year as the festival's exclusive live-streaming partner.

Tickets for Coachella go on sale Friday, Jan. 4 on the festival website, and YouTube subscribers will receive an access codes via email on Jan. 4 providing the opportunity to purchase tickets via a dedicated YouTube Music member cart. The countdown to Coachella 2019 has officially begun!

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Billie Eilish Releases "Seize The Awkward" PSA On Mental Health & Friendship

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The alt-pop breakout star encourages fans to check in and communicate with their friends who might be struggling
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
May 23, 2019 - 1:11 pm

Billie Eilish continues to shine a light on the importance mental health in a new PSA video "Seize the Awkward," released today in partnership with the Ad Council. 

Eilish's message is about friends checking in with friends to make sure there are open lines of communication. “It doesn’t make you weak to ask for help," she says. "It doesn’t. It doesn’t make you weak to ask for a friend to go to a therapist. It shouldn’t make you feel weak to ask anyone for help,” she adds. “And you should be able to ask anyone for help, everyone has to help someone if they need it. You know, starting that conversation, you don’t have to make it super serious right away, you know, you say, ‘How are you feeling? Like, are you OK?'”

The chart-topping singer has used her voice before to help destigmatize mental health issues, and she's been open with her fans about her battle with Tourette Syndrome. Moreover, her music addresses many of these issues directly. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Eilish explained. “Kids use my songs as a hug. Songs about being depressed or suicidal or completely just against-yourself — some adults think that’s bad, but I feel that seeing that someone else feels just as horrible as you do is a comfort. It’s a good feeling.”

Eilish's debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, climbed to the top spot of the Billboard 200, and she is currently on an extensive world tour.

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Soul Asylum's "Runaway Train" Remake Celebrates 25th Anniversary With A Worthy Cause

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Jamie N Commons, Skylar Grey and Gallant remake the classic song and video in support of National Center For Missing And Exploited Children
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
May 22, 2019 - 12:25 pm

Back in 1993, Soul Asylum's career changed forever with the surprise breakout hit "Runaway Train," released as the fourth single from their sixth studio album, 1992's Grave Dancers Union. But it was to be the song's moving music video, directed by GRAMMY winner Tony Kaye, that would change the lives of 21 missing children it helped recover with the images shown in the video, further proof of how music and art can make a difference in our world. In celebration of the song and video's 25th anniversary, "Runaway Train" has gotten a refresh from Jamie N Commons, Skylar Grey and Gallant. 

The new take on "Runaway Train" can also be viewed at runawaytrain25.com, where the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) have utilized geo-targeting technology to show different footage depending on where it's being watched. 

“This video is a game changer,” NCMEC President and CEO John Clark said in a statement. “It highlights critical issues runaways face and will show real pictures of missing children. By creating and sharing this video, everyone has the ability to make a difference in their communities.”

Written by Soul Asylum frontman Dave Pirner, "Runaway Train" earned the band the GRAMMY for Best Rock Song as well as two additional nominations for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal and Best Music Video Short Form at the 36th GRAMMY Awards.  

"It just was a direction that was very pleasing to me," Pirner told Billboard of the original version. "Because the rock videos were just getting more and more shallow, if you will. So I wanted to do something that had impact in the real world, and it did."

He also spoke about the new version and the potential it has to use today's technology to find missing children. "I’m pretty thankful that they thought of involving this song for their rebooting of the concept. It’s all with very real intentions and very sincere wanting to help.. those who used to be glued to MTV are now glued to their phones, and it’s a different generation. It probably is a more fluid way to get it out there [over social media]."

Pirner also revealed Soul Asylum are currently working on a new album.

For more information, visit runawaytrain25.com.

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Cheap Trick, Juliette Lewis, Sharon Osbourne & More To Celebrate Linda Perry

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'Linda Perry & Friends: A Night At The GRAMMY Museum' will honor the prolific songwriter/producer, and proceeds will provide support for music education programs.
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
May 16, 2019 - 5:37 pm

Cheap Trick, Juliette Lewis, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Willa Amai and more will come together for Linda Perry & Friends: A Night At The GRAMMY Museum on Saturday, June 29, with more performers and guest artists to be announced soon. Proceeds from the benefit gala honoring Perry will provide essential support for the GRAMMY Museum Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to music education and preservation initiatives.

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“I’m honored that my dearest friends, colleagues, and collaborators who have supported me throughout my life will now come together to help me raise awareness for the GRAMMY Museum’s education initiatives.” said Perry. “Music education should not be a luxury and with the help of these visionaries and this community, we hope to play a small part of sparking creativity and inspiring future songwriters, producers, and musicians.”

Perry is being recognized at the 2019 A Night At The GRAMMY Museum gala for her considerable creative accomplishments as a music producer and songwriter, and her longtime support of a number of causes through We Are Hear—the combination record label, publishing house, management company, and production entity she launched with multiplatinum producer Kerry Brown in 2017—which recently raised $1 million for Woolsey Fire recovery with their One Love Malibu Festival benefit concert. Perry is a Songwriters Hall Of Fame inductee for working with artists such as Adele, Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys, P!nk, and Britney Spears, and was also nominated in 2018 for a GRAMMY Award for Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical, making her the first woman in 15 years to be nominated in the category.

The gala will begin with a reception and silent auction that will take place on all four floors of the GRAMMY Museum. A dinner, live auction, award presentation, and tribute concert will follow at The Novo at L.A. Live. Auction items include exclusive and unparalleled selection of luxury items, VIP experiences, and a one-of-a-kind celebrity memorabilia for bidding guests including a meet-and-greet with Dolly Parton and Linda Perry, VIP tickets and meet-and-greet with Brandi Carlile at an upcoming 2019 tour date and more.

The gala offers a range of sponsorship packages that include a Pre-Gala Event at the GRAMMY Museum, dinner and specialty seating for guests, and more. For ticketing information, including sponsorship packages for the pre-gala reception, dinner and specialty seating, please visit: www.grammymuseum.org/support/linda-perry. Balcony seating will go on sale on May 17, 2019.

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