Ezra Koenig

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Vampire Weekend To Tour North America This Summer In Support Of New Album

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With a new album, 'Father Of The Bride,' due out in spring, the GRAMMY-winning rock band gets set to hit the road
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Jan 30, 2019 - 12:22 pm

Just last week, Ezra Koenig and his band Vampire Weekened gifted fans two new songs and announced their forthcoming album, Father Of The Bride, is coming this spring. Now, the band have revealed plans for a sprawling North American tour in support of the new album.

The extensive run kicks off May 17 at Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, Ala., and wraps up at the world-famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver, making stops along the way in Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, and New York City,  at Madison Square Garden. The tour will also send Vampire Weekend to Europe for a few dates during the month of July.

In an odd glimpse of their upcoming album, the band teased their new project with 120 minutes of guitar riffs of one song, "Harmony Hall," which was one of the two new tracks unleashed last week.

Vampire Weekend earned their first career GRAMMY for Best Alternative Album for 2013's Modern Vampires Of The City. Their new album will be their first since Modern Vampires… and their fourth overall studio album. An exact release date is yet to be announced.

 

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Beach House

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Beach House Plot North American Tour Surrounding Festival Appearances

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The Baltimore-based duo reveal a string of dates connecting their festival plans at Just Like Heaven, Bonnaroo and more
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Mar 5, 2019 - 2:53 pm

Last May, Baltimore dream-pop duo Beach House dropped their seventh album, the aptly titled 7. Now they have announced a run of shows this spring and summer in between several major festival appearances.

Beach House will kick off the run on Apr. 30 in San Luis Obispo, Calif., at the picturesque Madonna Inn and hit Seattle, Brooklyn, N.Y., and their hometown of Baltimore, Md., in between appearances at festivals such as Just Like Heaven in Long Beach, Calif., All Points East in London, England, Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tenn. and Bellwether in Waynesvill, Ohio.

The duo also kicks off a four-date run in Australia and New Zealand tomorrow. Back in October 2018, they released a special limited edition tour vinyl 7" single for "Lose Your Smile" featurinig a new song, "Alien," as the B-side. 

As an album, 7 brought the duo's musical style and fan base to new levels. Spin called the album, "the group’s shortest, most accomplished, and confident record," saying, "Beach House has finally leaned into the sheer force of their music."

Tickets for the upcoming tour can be purchased via Ticketmaster's website.

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Duff McKagan

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Duff McKagan Teases New Guns N' Roses Album: "Oh, It's Real"

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Following the wildly successful reunion for the Not In This Lifetime... Tour, GN'R's bassist provides a promising update on new material
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Feb 25, 2019 - 5:26 pm

At this point, Guns N' Roses fans are used to two things: extended waits for new music and big surprises. The band's 2008 album, Chinese Democracy, came after a notorious 15-year hiatus, and their blockbuster 2016 reunion for the Not In This Lifetime... Tour shocked and delighted fans on its way to becoming the fourth-biggest tour ever. Questions about new music were bound to arise, and now GN'R bassist Duff McKagan is fanning the flames of anticipation for a new album.

"Oh, it’s real, but the fun part and the cool part about Guns N’ Roses is we don't really talk about it, and what happens next just happens,” McKagan said on the Trunk Nation radio show. "It’s never been that band that there’s a direct schedule of how we do things. I’ve heard some magnificent stuff that Axl [Rose] has, really cool stuff he’s been working on. So I’m excited about the possibilities with that, of course. I don’t mean to get anybody rabid. Our day will happen when it happens, that’s for sure.”

Earlier this month, the band's unmistakable guitarist Slash gave an equally hopeful yet murky glimpse into the new project. “Axl, Duff, myself and Richard [Fortus] have all talked about… there’s material and stuff going on already for a new record,” Slash said. “It’s just, with Guns N’ Roses, you don’t go, ‘Oh, there is a plan, and it’s gonna be like this,’ because that’s not how it works. So, basically, the only real answer to give is we’re hoping to put a new record out, and we’ll just see what happens when it happens.”

Guns N' Roses have been nominated for the Best Hard Rock Performance GRAMMY Award three times in their career. Last year the group released a sprawling 73-track box set to commemorate the anniversary of their 1987 debut, Appetite For Destruction. The collection, titled Locked N' Loaded, earned its art directors a GRAMMY nomination for Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package and gives fans plenty of music to enjoy from the GN'R archive while they eagerly await additional details on a new album.

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Peter Frampton

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Peter Frampton Finale Tour Farewell Dates Announced

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The extensive run will take the classic rock guitar hero across North America for one more rock and roll ride
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Feb 22, 2019 - 5:30 pm

With a career spanning more than five decades, GRAMMY winner Peter Frampton has announced his farewell tour this summer. The extensive Peter Frampton Finale Tour will kick off June 18 in Tulsa, Okla., and wind through North America over the following months before wrapping in San Francisco on Oct. 12.

John Bonham's Led Zeppelin will serve as supporting act for most of the shows, and the tour will hit major cities such as Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and more.

Prior to launching his solo career in 1972, Frampton fronted the '60s psychedilic rock outfit Humble Pie. His classic 1976 live album, Frampton Comes Alive!, produced the now-ubiquitous live hits "Show Me The Way," "Baby, I Love Your Way" and "Do You Feel Like I Do." The album was nominated for a GRAMMY for Album Of The Year, the first of Frampton's five career nominations. His first win came 30 years later for his 2006 album, Fingerprints, which won Best Pop Instrumental Album.

A full list of dates and ticket info for the Peter Frampton Finale Tour is available via his website.

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Lonely Island

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Lonely Island Plot First-Ever U.S. Tour To Follow Bonnoroo Appearance

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The comedic pop trio plan to hit the road, tongues planted firmly in cheek, for eight dates across the U.S. In June
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Feb 20, 2019 - 11:52 am

GRAMMY-nominated pop comedy outfit Lonely Island have announced their first-ever tour. The trek will take them through eight U.S. cities, starting with an appearance at Bonnoroo in Manchester, Tenn.on June 15 and hitting Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Detroit and more before wrapping in Minneapolis, Minn., on June 29.

The trio, made up of Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, have been releasing hilarious original music since their 2009 debut album, Incredibad. They earned their first nomination at the 52nd GRAMMY Awards for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "I'm On A Boat." Two years later, their sophomore album Turtleneck & Chain was nominated for Best Comedy Album. Their latest album, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping , served as the soundtrack to their pop-music mockumentary of the same name.

The tour announcement comes on the heels of the band's newly revealed plans to produce a film spoofing the Fyre Fest fiasco with actor Seth Rogen. 

For a full list of dates and ticket information, visit the band's website. 

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