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FKA twigs Plots International Tour: L.A., NYC, Paris, London, Sydney & More

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The daring English singer/songwriter announces 10 shows across the U.S., Europe and Australia this summer
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Apr 22, 2019 - 12:31 pm

FKA twigs has announced a 10-show summer tour kicking off with a pair of Los Angeles shows May 7 and 8. The tour will include two New York City performances as part of the previously announced Red Bull Music Festival NYC before heading abroad. twigs will close out the month with shows in Berlin, London and Barcelona on May 24, 28 and 30 respectively before playing Paris on June 1, The tour will then travel to Austrailia to play Sydney on June 9 and wrap the tour in Hobart, Austrialia on June.14.

While these were the only dates revealed so far, twigs' tweet announcing the dates is accompanied by a link to her mailing list signup page, asking fans to “sign up for updates from twigs,” which may be a subtle signe of more to come this year from the British songstress.

It's been nearly four years since twigs' most-recent release, 2015's M3LL155X, a five-song EP featring collaborations with GRAMMY-nominated producer Boots. Late last year, she was featured on A$AP Rocky's "Fu*k Sleep."

Further details on tickets are forthcoming, though tickets for the New York shows are sold out, according to the Red Bull Music Fest website.

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Neon Indian Returns With Invasion Musical Total Tour Of North America

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Alan Palomo plots his chillwave project's extensive run of dates this fall
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Jul 16, 2019 - 4:47 pm

Mexico-born, Texas-raised music machine Alan Palomo has annunced an extensive fall North American tour for the return of his chillwave project Neon Indian. 

The Invasion Musical Total Tour kicks off October 9 at The Glass House in Pomona, Calif., after a quartet of “¡Eso Es!” shows Aug. 29-31 and Sept. 1 with Empres Of, La Goony Chonga and more. The tour runs 29 dates across the U.S., Mexico and Canada before coming to a close Nov. 29 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Palomo's most recent Neon Indian album is 2015's VEGA INTL. Night School, but he's been busy of late, directing a short film last year called 86'd and creating it's theme song, "Heaven's Basement."

A full list of dates and ticket info is available at Neon Indian's website, with tickets for all shows before Oct. 8 already on sale.

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Elvis Costello & The Imposters Plot Fall Tour, But Will They Play Your Favorite Song?

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The Just Trust tour will follow the band's summer co-headlining trek with Blondie with two dozen more U.S. dates
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Jun 24, 2019 - 12:13 pm

Just Trust Elvis Costello & The Imposters. So goes the name of E.C.'s newly announced fall U.S. Tour, which will hit 24 cities in October and November.

Explanation of the tour's title may offer fans some insight on what to expect from the shows. A statement reveals, "The tour is entitled, 'Just Trust' in answer to the musical questions: 'Will they play my favourite song?,' or, 'Are they going to frighten the horses with a lot of excellent songs that are rarely performed?,' not to mention, 'Can I expect the hits of yesteryear and those of tomorrow?'

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The Just Trust tour begins Oct. 23 in Charlottesville, Va., and wraps up Nov. 26 in Milwaukee, Wis, making stops along the way in Nashville, Tenn., Atlanta, New Orelans, Memphis, Chicago and Minneapolis, to name a few.

In addition to mainstay band members Steve Nieve, Pete Thomas and Davey Faragher, singers Kitten Kuroi and Briana Lee will join Costello on stage, the same personnel heard on the group's latest release, 2018's Look Now, which marked Costello's first studio album in five years.

The extended road run is double good news for fans, as this time last year Costello revealed he'd been diagnosed with cancer and was forced to cancel his remaining European tour dates to focus on recovery, which he has since confirmed is going well. Earlier this month, he was awarded the prestigious O.B.E. honor, the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for "services to music." Next month he and the Imposters head out on a co-headlining stint with Blondie for the cleverly coined Blondie & The Beastly E.C. tour 

If you're ready to take the trust plunge, tickets for the Just Trust tour begin to go on sale June 28. Visit Costello's website for a full list of dates and ticket info.

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Lucy Dacus Plots Extensive North American Headlining Tour

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Following a handful of summer festival appearances, Dacus will launch into a long string of dates this fall across the U.S. and Canada
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
May 28, 2019 - 5:00 pm

Lucy Dacus is probably coming to a town near you. The celebrated singer/songwriter announced a sprawling North American tour this fall following July appearances at the iconic Newport Folk Festival, Philadelphia's XPoNential Festival, a taping of Austin City Limits TV with Julien Baker (followed by a show together the following night) and a performance Sept. 5 at Raleigh, N.C.'s Hopscotch Festival.

The run of headlining dates kicks off Sept. 10 in Lancaster, Pa., and treks across the U.S. and Canada for nearly 30 dates, wrapping up Nov. 6 in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Putting any of notion of a sophomore slump to bed with her 2018 album Historian, Dacus took on the year 2019 with an ambitions project of the same name. 2019 is Dacus' series of singles themed and released around various holidays. So far, she's dropped a version of "La Vie en Rose" for Valentine's Day and "My Mother & I" for Mother's Day, with songs still on the way for Independence Day, Halloween, Christmas, New Year's and, of course, Bruce Springsteen's birthday (Sept. 23). Dacus reportedly plans to release the collection on a physical EP later this year. 

For a full list of tour dates and information on tickets, which go on-sale Friday, May 31, visit Dacus' website. 

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Jay-Z's Foundation Gears Up For College Bus Tours To Help Students Visit HBCUs

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The legendary rapper's organization teams up with Toyota to take prospective college students from New York and New Jersey to visit various historically black colleges and universities
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Apr 24, 2019 - 11:33 am

GRAMMY-winning rapper and music mogul Jay-Z has announced his Shawn Carter Foundation is joining forces with Toyota to provide free bus tours to help students visit historically black colleges and universities

The annual tour, which has been operating since 2007, will take high school students from 125 invited schools in the New York and New Jersey area on a week-long trip to visit 11 HBCUs around the country. The tour includes stops in Washington, D.C. and Atlanta and will give students the opportunity to meet with college admissions counselors as well as students invovled with the Shawn Carter Foundation at each school. Fittingly, all high school seniors selected for the tour have been provisionally accepted to at least one college or university on the tour schedule.

The foundation will facilitate college preparation workshops at the 125 participate in weekend sessions that focus on, "ACT/SAT prep, college essay and academic resume building, interview skills, and how to dress for success," according to Black Enterprise.

Since its inception in 2003, when Jay-Z and his mother Gloria Carter founded the organization, the Shawn Carter Foundation has touched the lives of hundreds of high school students, helping them prepare with the tools - and in some cases, the finances - for a successful transition into college. During their celebrated On The Run II tour last year, Jay-Z and Beyoncé donated over $1 million in scholarship funds, with a $100,000 scholarship being awarded to one exceptional high school senior during each of the tour’s U.S. stops.

For more information on the Shawn Carter Foundation, visit the organization's website.

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