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Juice WRLD Announces A Death Race For Love Tour

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The young Chicago rapper will be hitting up Vancouver, San Francisco, Atlanta, New York City and many cities along the way on his 30-show headline tour
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Feb 21, 2019 - 1:48 pm

Chicago rapper Juice WRLD  has announced dates for his A Death Race For Love Tour, in support of his upcoming sophomore studio album of the same name, due out March 8.

His massive headline tour begins on April 25 in Vancouver, B.C. and heads to the American West Coast with stops in Portland, Washington and Seattle, and at two iconic California venues: San Francisco's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on April 30 and Los Angeles' Greek Theater on May 2. Rappers from his Lyrical Lemonade squad plus collaborator Ski Mask The Slump God will offer support for all show dates. 

The packed tour schedule will stop in pretty much every major U.S. city, including two nights in New York City at the Hammerstein Ballroom on May 20-21, along with a trip back up to Canada for a show in Toronto on May 25. The rapper will close out the tour in Dallas on June 8. 

Before embarking on the headline tour, Juice WRLD will be finishing up a handful more of European show dates in February and March as support for GRAMMY-nominee Nicki Minaj on her Nicki Wrld Tour. He'll also be playing a number of big festivals this year including Coachella in April, Bonnaroo in June and iHeartRadio Fest in September, who announced yesterday that the young rapper will headline their day stage.

A Death Race For Love is due out less than a year since he dropped his full-length debut Goodbye & Good Riddance in May 2018. The debut included his breakout hit single, "Lucid Dreams," which showcases his downtempo flow and lovelorn lyrics, aka "emo-rap." He also put out a mixtape last year, WRLD on Drugs, with GRAMMY-winner Future.

Juice WRLD and Ski Mask The Slump are also planning on releasing a joint project, Evil Twins, in 2019. The 20-year-old's latest release is the single "Robbery," dropped on Feb. 14.

Complete tour dates and ticket info is available on Juice WRLD's website. Tickets go on sale Fri. Feb 22 at 10:00 AM local time.

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Whitney Houston's Estate Is Working On A Hologram Tour & New Album

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Pat Houston, the GRAMMY winner's sister-in-law and former manager, spoke to the New York Times about her decision to begin projects celebrating the vocal powerhouse's legacy, seven years after her death
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
May 20, 2019 - 5:57 pm

Whitney Houston's estate has revealed they are working on several projects to continue the late GRAMMY winner's legacy, including a hologram tour featuring her original band and backup singers, a new album of unreleased material and a possible Broadway show.

These are the first major moves made by the estate, led by Pat Houston, the vocal powerhouse's sister-in-law and former manager, in the seven years since her death at the age of 48.

The New York Times reports the estate signed a 50/50 partnership deal last week with Primary Wave Music Publishing, a music marketing company in New York, to help implement such projects. Houston said the hologram "has taken precedence over everything."

"Everything is about timing for me. It's been quite emotional for the past seven years. But now it's about being strategic," Pat Houston, who is the sole executor of the estate, told The New York Times. "Before she passed, there was so much negativity around the name; it wasn't about the music anymore. People had forgotten how great she was. They let all the personal things about her life outweigh why they fell in love with her in the first place."

Larry Mestel, Primary Wave's founder, added, "Whitney was America's sweetheart, and the idea now is to remind people that that is what her legacy is."

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Mestel told the publication that unused tracks recorded from Houston's GRAMMY-nominated 1985 self-titled debut album will likely be included on the new album. He also discussed he is in conversation with Broadway producers about Whitney-inspired musical. Sony owns her recordings, so they will have also work in partnership with the estate and Primary Wave.

Last year the estate-authorized GRAMMY-nominated documentary Whitney offered a direct look at the star's fame and heartbreaking downfall. Now, with the new projects, Pat Houston wants to help the world remember the shining light she saw when she worked with her 20 years ago: "I watched a woman go onstage, and was just absolutely flawless."

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21 Savage Announces I Am > I Was Tour

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The GRAMMY-nominated rapper and community activist will be touring across the U.S. for 15 shows in July and August
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
May 8, 2019 - 1:41 pm

Today, GRAMMY-nominated hip-hop champ and community activist 21 Savage announced the I Am > I Was Tour, in support of his 2018 sophomore album of the same name. He will kick off the 15-date U.S. trek in Oklahoma City on July 10 and wrap things up on Aug. 16 in his hometown of Atlanta.

Savage will perform in a handful of major U.S. cities, at several large and historic venues, including in Los Angeles on July 19 at The Shrine and in San Francisco the following day at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. North Carolina rapper DaBaby, who released his debut studio album Baby on Baby in March, will offer support for most dates.

The tour will also stop in Detroit on Aug. 4, Washington D.C on Aug. 6 and New York on Aug. 8. Before they wrap up in Savage's hometown of Atlanta at the Coca Cola Roxy, the pair will perform in DaBaby's hometown of Charlotte, N.C. on Aug. 15.

The 15 dates include two musical festival stops; as the Atlanta rapper will perform at Lollapalooza in Chicago on Aug. 2 and Moonrise Festival in Baltimore on Aug. 11.

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He'll also be performing at several other festivals during the year, at Roots Picnic in Philadelphia on June 1 and Austin City Limits for both weekends of the music city's big October fest.

Savage followed his impressive 2017 debut studio album, Issa Album, with the powerful I Am > I Was on Dec. 21, 2018. In 2017 he also surprise-dropped a collab project, Without Warning, with two other ATL heavyweights, Migos' Offset and prolific hip-hop producer Metro Boomin.

Following his release several weeks after being detained by ICE in early February, the community-minded rapper has stayed busy with advocacy projects like his Bank Account campaign, which is focused on teaching Atlanta youth financial literacy.

Tickets for all non-festival shows go on sale this Friday, May 10, with pre-sales beginning Thursday; more info here.

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Brian Wilson And The Zombies Announce "Something Great From '68" Joint Tour

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GRAMMY winner Wilson will primarily perform material from The Beach Boys' 1968 and 1971 albums, 'Friends' and 'Surf's Up,' while the British psych rockers will play their classic 1968 LP, 'Odessey and Oracle,' in full
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
May 7, 2019 - 1:46 pm

GRAMMY winner Brian Wilson and British psych-rock group The Zombies have announced a joint tour aptly titled Something Great from '68. The 15-show U.S. trek kicks off in Las Vegas on Aug. 31 and wraps up on Sept. 26 in New York City.

Wilson will perform primarily Beach Boys material from their 1968 album Friends and 1971 LP Surf's Up. The albums were the pioneering surf-rock group's 14th and 17th studio albums, respectively. He'll be joined on stage by former bandmates Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin for the full tour.

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The Zombies, whose current touring lineup consists of founding members Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone, will open each show by playing their classic 1968 LP, Odessey and Oracle, in full. The British group's sophomore album includes songs like "Time Of The Season" and was recorded at two iconic London studios: Abbey Road and Olympic.

Beginning with the third show, in Pala, Calif. on Sept. 7, the pair will reunite with fellow co-founding band members Chris White and Hugh Grundy. The quartet will perform together for the remaining dates, which include stops at the historic Greek Theater in Los Angeles on Sept. 12, the intimate Fox Theatre in Oakland, Calif the following day, and a final tour stop at New York City's Beacon Theatre on Sept. 26.

"It's been quite a year and I'm ready to go out and tour some music that makes everyone have a feel good vibe. The Friends album has always been one of my favorites, and I love the music from that time in history," Wilson said in a statement on his website.

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Tickets go on sale this Friday, May 10, with the pre-sale beginning tomorrow May 8. More info can be found on both The Zombies' and Brian Wilson's websites.

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K.Flay To Offer 'Solutions' With New Album & World Tour

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"The solution to almost every problem is usually really simple. For me, it's so basic: staying connected to the people I love," the singer said in a release
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Apr 29, 2019 - 4:03 pm

GRAMMY-nominated alt singer/songwriter K.Flay has released a catchy new song, "This Baby Don't Cry," along with the announcement that it is part of her forthcoming third studio album, Solutions. In addition to sharing the LP's release date of July 12, she revealed she'll be kicking off The Solutions Tour on Sept. 3 in Phoenix.

"This Baby Don't Cry" is the second single she has dropped this year, following "Bad Vibes" last month. Both songs will be on the upcoming album. She co-wrote the latest with Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons, who signed her to his Night Street Records label (under Interscope) in 2016.

The album will be her second LP released under Reynold's imprint, following 2017's Every Where Is Some Where, which earned her two GRAMMY nods at the 60th GRAMMY Awards, including for Best Rock Song for its popular track "Blood In The Cut."

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In a press release, K.Flay explains the creative energy behind her latest project, which followed the three years of touring that she wrapped up late in 2018.

"When I got home from tour, I was in a dark place. Eventually, I made a decision to focus on the things that actually make me happy," she wrote.

She elaborated, explaining; "The title Solutions came to me really early in the process. The solution to almost every problem is usually really simple. For me, it's so basic: staying connected to the people I love, taking care of myself the way I'd want my friends to take care of themselves, and doing things I know are going to make me happy – not what social media or strangers or society tells me. So many of my past records were about problems. Right now I'm in a place where I'm looking for some light. Balance is important."

The newly announced tour will have K.Flay bringing her unique sound—and new music—to 19 cities across North America from Sept. 3 to Oct. 12, with stops in Vancouver, Seattle, Chicago, Brooklyn, N.Y. and more. On Oct. 18, she will be crossing the pond for a European leg of the tour, kicking off in Birmingham, U.K. and wrapping up on Nov. 11 in Frankfurt, Germany.

In addition to the new headline tour dates, she will also be performing at several music fests this summer, including Reynolds' LOVELOUD Festival in Utah and Bonnaroo in Utah.

Tickets for her tour dates go on sale this Friday, May 3, with fan and album pre-order pre-sales starting tomorrow.

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