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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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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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Conor Oberst Announces Solo U.S. Tour

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Fresh off his tour with Pheobe Bridgers as Better Oblivion Community Center, the crafty singer/songwriter plots an 11-show run in July
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Apr 16, 2019 - 3:26 pm

Folk/rock songwriting hero Conor Oberst has revealed dates for a U.S. solo tour in July. Oberst just wrapped a run alongside Phoebe Bridgers in support of the duo's Better Oblivion Community Center self-titled album, which dropped earlier this year.

The 11-show run will begin in Portsimouth, N.H., on July 17 and run through the end of month, hitting cities in the Northeast and Midwest before wrapping in Minneapolis on July 28. Songwriter and multi-media artist Joanna Sternberg will open all shows on the tour.

Oberst has partnered with social change organization Plus 1 for the tour, and has pledge $1 from every ticket sold will be contributed to direct legal and social services for detained men, women, and children under threat of deportation. 

Initially introduced to the world via his band Bright Eyes, Oberst has been recording, performing and releasing music since 1993. His latest solo album, Salutations, was released in 2017.

Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday, April 19 at 10 a.m. EST.

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Bad Bunny Adds Second-Leg Dates To His X100Pre North American Tour

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The rising star of reggaeton and Latin trap extends his buzz-heavy run into fall 2019
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Apr 9, 2019 - 2:28 pm

Breakout Puerto Rican sensation Bad Bunny announced the second leg of his X100Pre Tour via Billboard, revealing 12 new dates from Boston on Oct. 25 to Tampa, Fla., on Dec. 8. 

The tour, currently in the midst of leg one, has generated much buzz for its upbeat message, interactive elements, stage design and suprise special guests such as fellow GRAMMY nominee J Balvin. Balvin and Bad Bunny were nominated together for Record Of The Year for the 61st GRAMMY Awards for their collaboration with Cardi B on "I Like It."

Bad Bunny's stock continues to rise, and he's bringing Latin trap with him, as his list of collaborators also includes GRAMMY winners Drake, Will Smith, and Marc Anthony.

You can catch Bad Bunny on the road now, and tickets for the newly announced dates go on sale to the general public on April 12. 

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Herbie Hancock & Kamasi Washington Announce Joint Tour

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A dream duo for jazz lovers, these two giants of the genre will team up to tour North America
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Apr 9, 2019 - 11:41 am

Cross-generational jazz powerhouses Herbie Hancock and Kamasi Washington have announced a co-headlining tour kicking off July 30 in Vienna, Va. The intial 10-show schedule will take them accross The U.S. and dip up to Canada for a show in Toronto before landing in Berkeley, Calif. on Aug. 23, with more dates expected to be announced soon.

A 14-time GRAMMY winner, Hancock will perform material from his upcoming album as well as favorites from his catolog with his touring band, which will consist of Lionel Loueke on guitars, Terrace Martin on alto saxophone and synthesizers, James Genus on electric bass, and Vinnie Colaiuta on drums, according to NPR. 

Washington exploded into the jazz spotlight with his 2015 triple-album debut, aptly titled The Epic, and delivered his follow-up sophomore effort, the double-album Heaven and Earth, in 2018. He'll be performing with a band of his own, likely including Martin, who is a longtime collaborator of Washington's. 

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Tickets for the first show in Vienna, Va. are already available here, and tickets for the rest of the already announced gigs go on sale Friday.

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