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BTS Invite You To Their Online Live Concert BANG BANG CON The Live On June 14

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The global music stars are coming to you live in June from their room
Jennifer Velez
GRAMMYs
May 14, 2020 - 11:06 am

 

BTS would like to formally invite you to their online live concert BANG BANG CON The Live on June 14. The performance will take fans into their room for a 90-minute experience. 

The announcement, made Thursday, May 14, revealed that the pay-to-watch concert will happen at 5 a.m. EST/ 2 a.m. PST. More details surrounding the event will be released soon, a press statement said.

Recently, the "Boy With Luv" singers announced the cancelation of their Map of the Soul 2020 World Tour due to the pandemic and said new dates would come once it's safe to hold live concerts again.

While the pandemic may be making it impossible for BTS to perform for their fans, they are finding ways to entertain them, nonetheless. The group is also set to appear on YouTube's "Dear Class of 2020" on June 6 and perform at the after-party event. The commencement ceremony for high school and college graduates will also feature Barack and Michelle Obama, Malala Yousafzai, former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and CEO of Google and Alphabet Sundar Pichai. Before the tour cancelation, BTS made fans happy in mid-April with a broadcast of previous concerts.

According to Weverse, the concert will be available to order starting June 1 p.m. Korean time. More info at the Weverse website. 

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Minecraft's Block By Blockwest Virtual Fest To Feature Massive Attack, Fever 333, Pussy Riot & More

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The virtual event will raise money for the CDC Foundation's COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund
Jennifer Velez
GRAMMYs
Apr 24, 2020 - 1:09 pm

Update: According to a representative of the festival, Block by Blockwest experienced an overload to their servers on the day of the event due to a larger-than-expected online turnout. The event has since been rescheduled to Saturday, May 16. According to a post on the event's website and the representative, the festival met its VIP donation goal of $5,000 in less than an hour, which has since been donated to COVID-19 relief initiatives.

Minecraft's virtual music festival Block by Blockwest will feature Massive Attack, Fever 333, Pussy Riot, IDLES, Cherry Glazerr and more on Saturday, April 25.

The acts will perform inside the Minecraft video game fest starting at 3 p.m. ET/ 12 p.m. PT. The event will raise money for the CDC Foundation's COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund. 

The Wrecks, Oliver Francis, Phil Good, Citizen and Hunny are among the other acts. 

Organizers want festival attendees to experience a virtual music fest that brings them together through some of the ways they would at real-life music fests including three virtual stages. 

"Block by Blockwest aims to forge a hub of human connectivity in this time of social distancing through livestream acts, competitive mini games, a vast art gallery featuring rising fine artists as well as a handful of other features for the festival goer to explore," the fest said in a tutorial video explaining how the event will work. 

The tutorial said fest-goers will need to purchase the Minecraft Java Edition to join. 

Block by Blockwest is among the music livestream events deciding to take viewers into a virtual video game world. This week, Travis Scott premiered a song and launched a tour on another video game platform, Fortnite. 

To see the full lineup and stream Block by Blockwest, go to the event's website here. 

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BTS Announce At-Home Concert Streaming Series, "BANG BANG CON"

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The international K-pop icons will stream a series of previous concerts across two days on April 18 and 19
Onaje McDowelle
GRAMMYs
Apr 9, 2020 - 3:38 pm

International pop stars BTS have officially announced an upcoming at-home concert series, "BANG BANG CON." Beginning at 12 p.m. Korean Standard Time on Saturday, April 18, the series of concerts dating back as far as 2014, will be available to stream for fans around the world who are stuck at home under mass quarantining and social distancing mandates.

On the streaming event’s opening night next Saturday, the beloved Map of the Soul: 7 singers will show performances including ‘BTS 2014 Live Trilogy: Episode II The Red Bullet (2014 Memories)’, ‘2015 BTS Live On Stage’ and ‘2016 BTS Live On Stage: Epilogue’. The following day, (Sunday, April 19) will host four additional shows to round out the marathon, including ‘2017 BTS Live Trilogy Episode III The Wings Tour in Seoul’, ‘BTS World Tour ‘Love Yourself’ Seoul’ and others.

With the online concert experience, BTS encourages viewers to “spend a couple of spring days, comfy at home with BANG BANG CON.”

The full concert lineup is listed below:

Fans can catch concerts streaming on YouTube here.

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Musicians Earn $4.3 Million From Bandcamp With Nearly 800,000 Items Sold On Friday

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"On a typical Friday, fans buy about 47,000 items on Bandcamp, but this past Friday, fans bought nearly 800,000, or $4.3 million worth of music and merch"
Rachel Brodsky
GRAMMYs
Mar 23, 2020 - 12:34 pm

Last Friday, March 20, in an effort to help artists impacted by coronavirus-related concert cancelations, music discovery and streaming platform Bandcamp waived its revenue shares for 24 hours, with a number of independent record labels following suit. 

Now, according to a statement from Bandcamp co-founder Ethan Diamond, the streaming platform has reportedly had its biggest sales day ever, with nearly 800,000 items sold. 

"The numbers tell a remarkable story," Diamond wrote today (Monday, March 23). "On a typical Friday, fans buy about 47,000 items on Bandcamp, but this past Friday, fans bought nearly 800,000, or $4.3 million worth of music and merch. That’s more than 15 times our normal Friday, and at the peak, fans were buying 11 items per second.

"We don’t yet know the long-term impact of Covid-19, but we know that we all need music—to uplift and inspire us, to heal us, and to give us hope,” the message continues. “We’ll continue working to make Bandcamp the best place for fans and artists to come together and sustain each other in the challenging times ahead. Thank you again, and we wish you all good health!”

In support of keeping the music community alive and thriving, you can also donate to the MusiCares COVID-19 relief fund here.

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POP Montreal Announces Full Artist Lineup For 2020 Hybrid Virtual And Live Festival Format: Backxwash, Flore Laurentienne, Plants & Animals And More Confirmed

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Canada's long-running eclectic music festival will include a combination of livestreamed concerts as well as live shows, which will feature safety measures including required face masks, social distancing and on-site attendee registration
John Ochoa
GRAMMYs
Sep 9, 2020 - 4:16 pm

POP Montreal, Canada's long-running eclectic music festival, has announced the full musical lineup for its 2020 edition, which will take place as a hybrid virtual and live festival format this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. 

The five-day event, running September 23-27, will feature a combination of live concerts in several venues across the Rialto Theatre complex, the ornate venue in Montreal hosting part of the festival, as well as local venues Le Ministère and URSA. The festival will also create a virtual 2D rendition of the main venue, which will give attendees access to wander the online festival grounds and attend livestreamed concerts, panels, performances and more. 

The POP Montreal 2020 lineup includes virtual and live performances from Lido Pimienta, Backxwash, Flore Laurentienne, Plants & Animals and many more. 

According to a press release announcing the full artist lineup, the festival's live portion will feature concerts with "very limited capacity, with advance ticket sales and seating room only" as well as "secret pop-up shows." The live concerts will be limited to 30 minutes maximum.

In-person live events will require face masks, social distancing and on-site attendee registration as part of the festival's safety measures, according to the event's website. Fans will also be required to sanitize/wash their hands before entering the live events and to remain seated during the show. 

According to The New York Times, there have been more than 133,700 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 9,000 coronavirus-related deaths in Canada, at the time of this writing.

To purchase tickets and to view the full festival lineup and schedule of live and online events for POP Montreal 2020, visit the festival's official website.

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