Paramore in 2017

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Music Festivals 2018: Paramore Announce Lineup For 3rd Parahoy! Cruise

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The 4-day cruise is currently sold out, but wait list spots remain available
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Nov 30, 2017 - 12:56 pm

The third voyage of Parahoy!, the rock festival cruise spearheaded by Paramore, is ready to set sail in April 2018. This week, members of Paramore announced which artists will be tasked with keeping partygoers rockin' all through the four-day Caribbean excursion.

Setting sail from Miami and meandering down toward Nassau, in the Bahamas, the festival's list of performers will include Local Natives, Judah & The Lion, mewithoutyou, Now Now, Halfnoise, and Mija. Paramore themselves will also play a pair of headlining sets. 

Comedians Jordan Rock and Ryan O'Flanagan will put in appearances in between sets of live music, and Paramore promise the cruise will also include a special Q&A with the band, some "Paraoke" sing-alongs, and other fun activities hosted by each band member.

Billed as "2,600 Paramore fans, dozens of wild activities, 1,000s of high-fives, and ALL the FEELS," the festival is sure to have something to entertain fans of all ages — though all minors and young adults under 21 are required to travel with an accompanying adult.

Parahoy! 2018 is currently sold out, but interested cruisers can still sign up for the official waiting list to be notified if additional berths become available. More information can be found on the festival's website.

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Sophie Allison of Soccer Mommy, 2017

Sophie Allison of Soccer Mommy

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SXSW 2018: Fader Fort Will Host Soccer Mommy, SOB X RBE, Debut New Location

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One of the premiere events at South By Southwest has announced its official lineup for 2018
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Mar 6, 2018 - 12:22 pm

South By Southwest is so close we can taste it, and that means it's time for the event lineups to start rolling in. Who will make a splash this year? Which acts will take that crucial step from hanging on the verge of fame and walk out into the spotlight?

Long known as one of the premiere events to see new acts break at SXSW, FADER magazine's three-day "Fader Fort" concert series has now revealed its 2018 lineup. It's packed with some names we've had our eyes and ears tuned towards lately, namely Soccer Mommy, SOB x RBE, Mozzy, Now Now, YBN Nahmir, and BbyMutha, with more acts still to be announced.

Soccer Mommy is the band project of 20 year-old Nashville songwriter Sophie Allison – a tight-knit four-piece whose sound belies their young age. Allison began playing music at the age of six, but largely kept her songwriting and recording a secret from her local friend group, choosing instead to release her songs online without publicizing them. As she got older, however, the recordings on her Bandcamp page caught an organic buzz that led to bookings for live gigs, eventually landing Allison a record deal the summer after she graduated from high school.

SOB x RBE meanwhile, have been riding a rocket all through the first quarter of 2018, thanks largely to their fantastic contribution to the No. 1 charting Kendrick Lamar-curated and produced Black Panther: The Album. Their track "Paramedic!" has managed to become one of the standout tracks on a soundtrack album packed wall-to-wall with hits. As a follow-up to their success as part of Black Panther: The Album, SOB x RBE were next tapped to join the lineup for Post Malone's huge 45-date summer world tour alongside 21 Savage, which kicks off next month on with a two-weekend stint at Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival. Tickets for the tour are still available; purchase links and additional show date details can be found on Post Malone's website.

Playing the Fader Fort at SXSW has proven to be a crucial step in the careers of some of today's biggest acts. Over the past 16 years has played host to the breakthrough moments for acts such as Odd Future (introducing the world to Tyler, The Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, and Frank Ocean, et al.), Kid Cudi and Amy Winehouse, meaning that its annual presence at SXSW is always a hotspot of activity for brand ambassadors, artist managers and industry reps of all kinds who are in Austin looking for the Next Big Thing.  The first 15 years of the Fader Fort will soon be documented in a new book called FADER FORT: Setting The Stage, which FADER will premiere at this year's event.

Goldlink at the Fader Fort, 2017

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For its 17th annual installment, the Fader Fort has once again changed venues, moving up the street to 1501 East 7th St. in Austin, a joint indoor-outdoor space just three blocks from last year's venue.

"We wanted a little more space to be able to accommodate more fans at [the] Fort," explained FADER president and publisher Andy Cohn about the decision to change venues for the third time in three years. "We also wanted to enhance the experiences for artists with a larger stage, but still maintain the special, intimate experience with great sound quality that Fort is known to provide."

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Paramore, 2011

Paramore

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All Time Low, Simple Plan, 3OH!3 On The Bill For Final Warped Tour

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Kevin Lyman’s long-running pop punk package festival has announced its final lineup
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Mar 2, 2018 - 11:58 am

June 21, 2018, will mark the first show date of the last summer of Warped Tour, Kevin Lyman’s long-running nationwide package festival that has been helping introduce young rock and pop-punk fans to bands like Paramore, Deftones, Fall Out Boy, Avenged Sevenfold, No Doubt, Green Day, and countless others since 1995.

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Topping the billing for Warped’s final curtain call are 3OH!3, All Time Low, Bowling For Soup, and Simple Plan, joined by several mainstay acts from the tour’s early years, including We The Kings and Mayday Parade.


While Warped Tour is closing the curtain in its 24th year, festival founder Kevin Lyman did confirm in the announcement of the festival’s retirement that there was a special event of some form in the works in development to mark Warped’s “historic 25th anniversary” set for an unspecified date in 2019.

Tickets for the swan song summer of Warped Tour will officially go on sale on March 8. Full lineup details, show dates and venues can all be found on the festival’s official site.

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Pitchfork Music Festival Announces 2018 Lineup: Tame Impala Is 1st Headliner

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The eclectic three-day summer festival has begun rolling out its 2018 lineup
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Feb 27, 2018 - 5:30 pm

The 13th annual Pitchfork Music Festival has begun rolling out its lineup of acts for 2018 – a process that will reportedly take several weeks, as each artist's name is being revealed by being painted onto a living mural in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood, which will be livestreamed on Pitchfork's homepage.

Among the first batch of names announced, Tame Impala has been revealed as the Friday headliner for the eclectic three-day summer festival.

Other exciting reveals include Kelela, Raphael Saadiq, D.R.A.M., and Japandroids.

The 2018 edition of Pitchfork Music Festival will take place in Chaicago's Union Park on July 20 – July 22. Both single-day and three-day passes are currently available directly from the festival's website.

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Martin Garrix in 2017

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Music Festivals 2018: Houston's In Bloom Announces Full Lineup

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Are your favorite artists headed to Houston this coming March?
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Dec 14, 2017 - 12:23 pm

The first iteration of Free Press Houston and C3 Presents' rebranded In Bloom Music Festival (formerly the Free Press Summer Festival) has officially announced its 2018 lineup — stacked with big-name modern rock and electronic acts, alongside a who's who of rising stars of the underground hip-hop and dance scenes.

Leading the headlining lineup are past GRAMMY winner and current nominee Beck, current GRAMMY nominees Queens Of The Stone Age, as well as nu-metal mainstays Incubus and EDM prodigy Martin Garrix. Other exciting acts featured on the lineup include current Best New Artist GRAMMY nominee Lil Uzi Vert, Atlanta trap star 21 Savage, post-rock icons Explosions In The Sky, and alternative jam rock supercollective Broken Social Scene.

The two-day, four-stage music and arts festival first premiered in 2009 as an event built around supporting local music talent and visual artists in partnership with the Texas Campaign for the Environment to help spread the word about sustainability and pro-environmental policy.  Free Press Houston and C3 Presents announced late last month that for the festival's ninth annual installment in 2018 it would rebrand as In Bloom Music Festival.

In Bloom Music Festival 2018 will take place on March 24–26 at Eleanor Tinsley Park in Houston. Tickets to the festival are on sale now.

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