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Maroon 5 Announce Massive 2020 Tour With Leon Bridges & Meghan Trainor

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The 2005 Best New Artist GRAMMY winners' most recent release is "Memories," which they dropped on Sept. 20
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Dec 4, 2019 - 2:06 pm

Today, GRAMMY winners Maroon 5 revealed dates for an extensive North American 2020 tour, featuring fellow GRAMMY winners Leon Bridges and Meghan Trainor.

After the septet wrap up a handful of shows across Latin America in February and March, they will kick of the newly announced trek on May 30, 2020 in Chula Vista, Calif. and play huge venues across the continent until Sept. 17, where they'll close things out in Tampa, Fla.

According to a press release, the "upcoming tour dates mark the biggest U.S. shows of the band's career," as they are slated to play to massive stadiums and amphitheaters, including Austin, Texas' Austin360 Amphitheater on June 7, Chicago's Wrigley Field on June 13 and Boston's Fenway Park on June 24. Trainor will be joining the band on all tour dates, while Bridges will offer additional support for all of the stadium shows.

Tickets for the tour go on sale next Friday, Dec. 13, via Live Nation, with pre-sales beginning Dec. 9. More info and complete dates can be found on Maroon5.com.

The pop-rock heavyweights have not yet revealed details about a follow up to 2018's Red Pill Blues, although they did release a new track, "Memories," on Sept. 20. Earlier this year, at the 61st GRAMMYs, the Red Pill Blues single "Girls Like You" received a nod for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

Their upcoming tour mate Bridges won his first GRAMMY at the 61st show, for Best Traditional R&B Performance for "Bet Ain't Worth The Hand," from his GRAMMY-nominated 2018 sophomore album, Good Thing. Trainor shares the title of former Best New Artist winner with Maroon 5, as she earned it at the 58th GRAMMY Awards in 2016.

Back at the 47th GRAMMY Awards in 2005, a baby-faced group of rising pop-rockers known as Maroon 5 accepted the GRAMMY for Best New Artist. Adam Levine even gave a heartfelt shout out to fellow 2005 Best New Artist Nominee Kanye West during his speech: "Kanye West, I want to thank you for being unbelievable." 

That year they were also nominated for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal for their breakout hit, "She Will Be Loved." The next year, at the 48th GRAMMYs, they won in that category with "This Love," another Songs About Jane hit.

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Ringo Starr

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Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band Announce 2020 Tour Dates

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The GRAMMY winner wraps up the 20-show trek on June 28 in Florida with a little help from his friends—including former All Starr Edgar Winter, who will open
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Nov 4, 2019 - 4:42 pm

Today, GRAMMY winner Ringo Starr revealed details for a 2020 tour with his All Starr Band. The former Beatles drummer kicks off the 20-show trek on May 29 in Rama, Ontario, for two nights at the Casino Rama, followed by three nights at the historic Beacon Theatre in New York City, on June 2, 3 and 5.

After the Big Apple, Starr and his All Starrs will play in Bangor, Maine, Boston and Gilford, N.H., on June 9, 10 and 11, respectively. Those three nights will feature GRAMMY-nominated folk greats The Avett Brothers as support. Former All Starr Edgar Winter will also open a few shows, helping close things out at the third-to-last and final shows; at St. Augustine, Fla., on June 26 and Clearwater, Fla., on June 28.

Additional opening acts have not yet been revealed. The tour announcement notes the current All Starr Band lineup is Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Gregg Rolie, Warren Ham, Gregg Bissonette and Hamish Stuart.

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The 2020 tour follows shortly after the release of the iconic drummer's 20th solo studio album, What's My Name, which he dropped on Oct. 25. The same update on his website adds the album was recorded and produced in his home studio and features many of his lifelong musical friends, including Winter, Hay and Lukather, as well as fellow Beatle Paul McCartney, among others.

This past weekend, on Nov. 2, Starr unveiled a shiny symbol of his life-long mantra of "Peace & Love" to live in Los Angeles County: an eight feet statute of a hand, in a peace sign, of course. The art piece he created and donated is now available for all to visit at the Beverly Hills Garden Park. He also celebrated the 50th anniversary of "Peace, Love & Music," a.k.a. Woodstock, with a special performance at the legendary festival's original home in Bethel Woods, N.Y.

Ticket on-sale dates for the 2020 tour have not been announced yet, but will likely be shared on Starr's website in the near future; click here for the complete tour dates.

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Dua Lipa

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Dua Lipa Teases New Album, 'Future Nostalgia,' Announces 2020 Tour Dates

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The 2019 Best New Artist shared the first details of her highly anticipated sophomore LP by getting the album title tattooed on her arm
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Dec 3, 2019 - 1:37 pm

GRAMMY-winning dance-pop queen Dua Lipa is poised to bring us boldly into the new decade. On Dec. 1, the 2019 Best New Artist shared the first details of her highly anticipated sophomore LP by getting the album title, Future Nostalgia, tattooed on her arm and posting it on social media.

The "Electricity" artist followed up the album reveal with another exciting announcement: a 24-date European tour, which she will kick off on April 26 in Madrid. The Future Nostalgia EU Tour 2020 will see the Londoner playing massive venues across Europe, two nights at London's 20,000-capacity The 02 and Berlin's Mercedes-Benz Arena.

Lipa has not announced the release date for the new album yet, although her most recent bop, the vibrant nu-disco-tinged "Don't Start Now," was confirmed to be the lead single. She dropped the "boy bye" anthem on Halloween, followed by a fun new video (where you can peek that new tattoo!) the next day, Nov. 1.

She also spoke about the forthcoming project in a recent press release:

"What I wanted to do with this album was to break out of my comfort zone and challenge myself to make music that felt like it could sit alongside some of my favorite classic pop songs, whilst still feeling fresh and uniquely mine. I was inspired by so many artists on the new record from Gwen Stefani to Madonna to Moloko to Blondie and OutKast, to name just a few.

Because of the time that I'd spent on the road touring with my band I wanted Future Nostalgia to have a lot more of a live element, but mixed together with modern electronic production. My sound has naturally matured a bit as I've grown up but I wanted to keep the same pop sensibility as I had on the first record. I remember that I was on my way to a radio show in Las Vegas thinking about the direction for this new record and I realized that what I wanted to make was something that felt nostalgic but had something fresh and futuristic about it too."

Sounds like exactly what we need in pop music in 2020!

Last October, at her powerful acoustic performance and intimate conversation at the GRAMMY Museum, the "New Rules" singer noted the personal-feeling early albums of P!nk and Nelly Furtado, two of her childhood favorites, as points of reference for her 2017 self-titled debut album. We also caught up with her before the event to chat about working with Calvin Harris, who's on her collab wish list (Rosalía and Frank Ocean are two!), what the viral success of "New Rules" felt like for her and more.

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Tickets for the Future Nostalgia EU Tour go on sale this Friday, Dec. 6 at 9 a.m. local time, except for Spain, whose tickets will go on sale on Dec. 5 at 9 a.m.—more details can be found on dualipa.com.

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Bruno Major

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Bruno Major Announces 2020 North American Tour To Support Forthcoming New Album

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The "Easily" singer's tour announcement follows a new single, "Tapestry," from his yet-to-be-named project
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Dec 2, 2019 - 5:03 pm

Today, rising British singer/songwriter Bruno Major shared news of his upcoming 2020 North American tour. He launches the 12-date tour on March 19 in Chicago at Concord Music Hall, playing "his biggest rooms to date," according to a press release.

In March, the "Easily" singer's tour also includes performances in Toronto, Brooklyn, N.Y. and Atlanta (among other cities) at Danforth Music Hall, Brooklyn Steel and Terminal West, respectively. Major will then stop in Houston on April 1, followed by two more Texas dates, one in Phoenix, Ariz. and the final two in California—at Los Angeles' Fonda Theatre on April 7 and San Francisco's Fillmore on April 9.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, Dec. 6, at 10 a.m. local time; more info can be found on the artist's website.

The tour announcement follows the recent release of a new single, "Tapestry," on Nov. 21. The mellow, pretty love song marks Major's third single of 2019 and came with the reveal that a new album is on the way. The project, whose title or release date has yet to be revealed, follows his 2017 debut, A Song For Every Moon. 

Speaking of the song's importance to him, Major shared (in another press release) that it was inspired by a conversation he had with his mom after being dropped by his label and hitting a bout of writer's block:

"Success at nearly everything in life requires confidence and songwriting is no different—without it I couldn't write songs anymore. A whole year past and despite my best efforts, I hadn't written anything good. I had all but given up on my career as an artist but one morning I had a conversation in the car with my mum, she's very wise my mum, and I remember her saying to me: 'Darling, everything you are going through now will always part of your Tapestry.'"

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Lauv

Lauv

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Lauv Announces World Tour, Shares Personal Message About Mental Health

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"The biggest thing I learned from the past year was to not be afraid to face yourself head on," the young singer/songwriter wrote in a touching message on social media
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Apr 5, 2019 - 1:27 pm

This week has been a big one for L.A.-based pop singer/songwriter Lauv. On April 2, the 24-year-old posted a long, heartfelt note on social media about his personal struggles with mental health, detailing his journey to get help and encouraging others to do the same.

The note also revealed his decision to release his forthcoming debut album, ~how i'm feeling~, which he'll unveil song by song. The singer also announced plans to tour this year. The ~how i'm feeling~ tour will kick off in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 5.

Lauv's headlining tour will have nine stops across the U.S., closing out the domestic leg with two nights in Los Angeles on Oct. 19–20. On Oct. 25, he'll jump over to Berlin for seven European shows, followed by five stops in Australia and New Zealand, tying things up in Perth on Nov. 26.

In his aforementioned social media note, he shared how much anxiety he was feeling around his debut album after he finished his 2018 initial project, I met you when I was 18., which he refers to as a "playlist." He discussed how challenging his emotions had become and how finally seeking professional help allowed him to move past them.

"[I felt] how lucky I am to be given the opportunity to use my voice and express myself and connect on a large scale. Something I hadn't felt in a LONG time…I was truly alive again," he wrote.

He continued: "I recognized and still recognize now that my mental health is an ongoing process…And that's okay because I know what it feels like to be out of it, and I know it's more than possible to get out. And that's the most important thing. Over the past couple months, the feeling of ‘oh f*** maybe I'm not gonna be able to make this album' switched to 'holy sh** I'm more excited than ever about this music & the message & the possibilities.'"

He ended the message encouraging anyone who needs help, or knows someone who needs helps, to reach out, including link for resources on his website. 

"The biggest thing I learned from the past year was to not be afraid to face yourself head on. To not be afraid of your mind. To work with yourself and not against. To open the conversation more. To not be ashamed or afraid of help," Lauv said.

Complete dates and ticket info for the ~how i'm feeling~ tour can be found here; the pre-sale begins April 8.

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