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Dead & Company Announce 2019 Tour: "So Let's Get On With The Show..."

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The supergroup will launch their next long strange trip in Mountain View, Calif. on May 31, 2019
Jennifer Velez
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Nov 29, 2018 - 5:44 pm

Dead & Company have announced another summer tour that take the band across the United States in 2019, continuing to bring their traveling musical memory-making experience to their devout fans.  

The all-star band, made up of Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir of Grateful Dead with John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti, will launch the tour May 31 in Mountain View, Calif., and end July 6 in Boulder, Colo.

Before the band rocks two nights in Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl and Chicago's Wrigely Field, in which they broke attendance records in 2017, and many more stages, they will perform at Playing In The Sand in Riviera Maya, Mexico January 17-20.

Tickets go on sale Dec. 8., andverified fans have an opportunity to get first dibs by visiting Ticketmaster for exclusive presale. For a full list of tour dates visit the Dead & Company website.

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Dead & Company Announce Summer 2020 U.S. Tour

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The Grateful Dead offshoot, led by former guitarist Bob Weir and John Mayer, will launch the 17-date trek this July
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Feb 7, 2020 - 8:31 am

Dead & Company, the Grateful Dead offshoot led by founding member and former guitarist Bob Weir and seven-time GRAMMY winner John Mayer, have announced a U.S. tour set for this summer. The 17-date trek, which kicks July 10 in Boulder, Colo., and ends Aug. 8 in Boston, Mass., will take the iconic psychedelic rock band to major stadiums and amphitheaters across the nation.

Ahead of the summer 2020 tour, Dead & Company will headline the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival this May. The upcoming trek follows the band's busy 2019, which saw the group touring the U.S. last summer

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Originally formed in 2015, Dead & Company is composed of former Grateful Dead members Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, along with Mayer. The group also features Allman Brothers Band bassist and The Aquarium Rescue Unit founding member Oteil Burbridge as well as renowned keyboardist Jeff Chimenti, who's worked with various Grateful Dead spin-off groups, including Weir's RatDog.

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Tickets for Dead & Company's summer 2020 U.S. tour go on sale Friday, Feb. 14, at 10 a.m. local time. For more information and for the full tour routing, visit the band's official website.

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Legendary Riot Grrrl Band Bikini Kill Reunite, Announce Tour

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The "Rebel Girl" band will play all-ages shows in Los Angeles in New York City and a 16+ show in Brooklyn, N.Y. in the spring
Jennifer Velez
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Jan 15, 2019 - 12:24 pm

Bikini Kill, the legendary politically outspoken feminist '90s punk band that launched the Riot Grrrl movement, have reunited and announced a tour.

The "Rebel Girl" band, who inspired women to express themselves via music and DIY culture, will play all-ages shows in Los Angeles and New York City, as well as a 16+ show in Brooklyn, N.Y. that will begin in the spring.

"Bikini Kill are thrilled to announce they will be regrouping to play shows in NY and LA this spring," the band said on their website. "They will perform with their iconic line-up of Kathleen Hanna on vocals, Tobi Vail on drums, and Kathi Wilcox on bass -- along with guitarist Erica Dawn Lyle."

The group formed in 1990 and were based in Olympia, Wash. and Washington, D.C. Before their break-up in 1997, they recorded and released a demo, two EPs, two LPs and three singles. They toured the U.S., Japan, Europe and Australia.  

Frontwoman Hanna went on to form band Le Tigre and a solo career as Julie Ruin. The Punk Singer documentary is based on her activism and musical career and shows the singer's life and battle with Lyme disease.

Tickets for all three shows will go on sale on Friday, Jan. 18. Both NYC shows will be on sale at 9 A.M. PT / 12 P.M. ET, while the L.A. show will go on sale at 10 A.M. PT / 1 P.M. ET. For more info, visit the band's website.

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A Bowie Celebration Announces Tour Dates

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A Bowie Celebration will tour cities in Europe in Jan. and early Feb., before hitting U.S. cities including Los Angeles, Houston and New York City
Jennifer Velez
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Jan 14, 2019 - 4:50 pm

David Bowie's backing bands are heading out on tour to continue the GRAMMY winner's legacy for the third year in a row.

A Bowie Celebration will tour cities in Europe in Jan. and early Feb., before hitting U.S. cities including Los Angeles, Houston and New York City until March. 

The tour is formed by Bowie's "longest-leading and most frequent band member" Mike Garson, guitarist Earl Sick, bassist Carmine Rojas, multi-instrumentalist Mark Plati, guitarist Charlie Sexton and vocalists Bernard Fowler and Corey Glover, according to Rolling Stone.

The magazine reports that the band has been joined by several guest vocalists in the past, including Perry Farrell and Evan Rachel Wood, and plays hits like "Rebel Rebel" and "Ziggy Stardust."

"One way or another, David is continuously there with us,” Garson said in a statement. “He’s on stage each night, in the audience and always in the very essence of each song. We do these shows for the fans who’ve loved David and his music, and for those who are new to his music-they’re about to get hooked. Through this process of the celebration of his music, we do these shows for David who is a constant presence in our minds, hearts and soul."

For more information on the tour see here.

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Meet Me In Bilbao: The Strokes Announce "Global Comeback" Tour In 2019

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The band will headline the Bilbao festival, which will also feature Thom Yorke, Rosalía, Vince Staples and the Voidz, Julian Casablancas' side project
Jennifer Velez
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Dec 17, 2018 - 2:29 pm

New York City band The Strokes, who were at the forefront of the garage-rock revival in the early 2000s and have become noted veterans in the alt-rock genre, have announced their "global comeback" that will begin with a set at the Bilbao BBK Live Festival in 2019, their first performance together since 2017.

The band will headline the fest in Bilbao, Spain, which will also feature GRAMMY winners Thom Yorke and Weezer, as well as Latin GRAMMY winner Rosalía, rapper Vince Staples, and the Voidz, frontman Julian Casablancas' side project. While no other tour dates have been announced, a press release confirmed by a band representative said that the festival will "kick off their global comeback," according to Consequence Of Sound.

The comeback comes as great news to fans, as the Strokes haven't released any new material since their 2016 EP, Future Present Past. Members have been busy working on side projects. Casablancas has been touring with the Voidz, who released their latest album, Virtue, in 2018.

Albert Hammond Jr., one of the guitarists in the band, released a solo album, Francis Trouble, earlier this year and teamed up with Fender to release a Signature Series Stratocaster. Nick Valensi, responsible for the other riffs behand the band, was on tour this year with his other band CRX.

Bassist Nikolai Fraiture's band Summer Moon will tour with The Killers in the beginning of 2019. Drummer Fabrizio Moretti has done artwork outside of working with Little Joy and other side projects.

Interestingly enough, the "Meet Me In The Bathroom" band, whose releases have received mixed reviews by critics—other than their highly anticipated and highly acclaimed 2001 debut Is This It?—has chosen their first show to be Spain, where Casablanca's father is from. While a reunion has been announced, the band continues to have their fans guessing on the release of new material.

In 2016, after the release of Future Present Past, Valensi confirmed in an interview with DIY Magazine that the band was working on new music: "We are slowly but surely working on an album," he confirmed, adding: "I don't know when it's going to be released, we're kind of just in writing sessions. We're writing…"

Before the DIY interview, Valensi told NME that they might just pull off a Beyoncé-style drop: "If I start saying a lot now, people get too excited…Then there's all this hype you've got to compete with, and that's not fun. If anything, I'd rather just pull a Beyoncé at some point next year and just drop s**t."

For now fans in the U.S. can consider making the trek to Spain to see The Strokes' performance. More info here.

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