Ezra Koenig

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
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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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Tickets for the upcoming tour are available now via Ticketmaster.

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(L-R) Timothy B. Schmit, Vince Gill, Don Henley, Decon Frey and Joe Walsh
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Eagles & The Doobie Brothers Announce Cabo San Lucas Luxury Concert Experience

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Cabo en Vivo unveils plans for a high-end Memorial Day 2020 destination concert featuring two musical legends performing on the Cabo beachfront
Nate Hertweck
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Dec 3, 2019 - 2:10 pm

In a double bill for the ages, the Eagles and the Doobie Brothers team up to play back-to-back nights during a luxury destination getaway to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, over Memorial Day weekend.

On Saturday, May 23, The Doobies, featuring Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald, Pat Simmons and John McFee, will take the stage. The following night on Sunday, May 24, the Eagles, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit, with Deacon Frey and Vince Gill, will delight the intimate Cabo crowd. Each band will be performing a set of their biggest hits, according to presenters Cabo en Vivo

The Eagles won their first of six career GRAMMY Awards for 1975 for Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus for "Lyin' Eyes." Since, they've been nominated for a GRAMMY a whopping 18 times. The Doobie Brothers have won two GRAMMYs, both for 1979, where they took home the award for Record Of The Year for "What A Fool Believes."

Both of these musical legends will bring their impressive catalog of hits for intimate beachfront performances in the beautiful Cabo Corridor. The event is limited to 5,000 attendees.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Dec. 20. For more information on ticket packages and experiences, visit Cabo en Vivo's website.

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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
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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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Ozzy Osbourne Returns: Hear The First Song From His Upcoming 2020 Album

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The Ozzman cometh back with the first single off a new album he calls the "most important album I have done in a very long time"
Nate Hertweck
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Nov 8, 2019 - 4:40 pm

Heavy metal forefather Ozzy Osbourne dropped a new single today, "Under the Graveyard," from his forthcoming 2020 ablum, Ordinary Man. Have a listen:

The song's acoustic guitars and eerie atmosphere underlie its tormented lyrics, exploding into a dark, pop hook before giving way to a Sabbath-esque shuffle breakdown, synth-guitar solo and epic final chorus round, where all the song's elements seem to close in on the listener ominously. 

The album will be Ozzy's first solo effort in almost a decade and first return to recording Black Sabbath's 2013 Rick Rubin-produced album, 13.

This time around, Osbourne worked with producer Andrew Watt, who also played guitars on the album. Guns 'N Roses' Duff McKagen handles bass on the album and Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith plays drums.

Osborne met Watt while working on Post Malone's "Take What You Want" from Malone's 2019 album Hollywood's Bleeding. The song also features Travis Scott., and Watt has also worked with artists such as Justin Bieber and Cardi B. The unlikely collaboration came at the suggestion of Osborne's daughter, Kelly, and even though Ozzy had not heard of the rapper, the song was a success and led to Osbourne and Watt collaborating on the upcoming nine-song album.

“This is quite possibly the most important album I have done in a very long time, probably since [1991's] No More Tears,” Osbourne said in a statement. One of its singles, “I Don’t Want to Change the World,” won a GRAMMY for Best Metal Performance With Vocal over 25 years ago. 

Ordinary Man is due out in early 2020. Ozzy will hit the road for his No More Tours 2 trek, which resumes in Europe in January before hitting the States May 27 in Atlanta with Judas Priest opening. For more info, visit Osbourne's website.

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Alan Jackson Announces 2020 U.S. Tour

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The "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" singer announces a sprawling 18-date run spanning most of next year
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Nov 7, 2019 - 3:44 pm

GRAMMY-winning country music megastar Alan Jackson might just be kicking up dust in your town in 2020. The Georgia-born, Nashville-based singer announced an 18-show tour that stretches across the U.S. and most of next year.

The run kicks off Jan. 10 in Cincinatti, Ohio, and wrapping Oct. 3 in Denver, Colo., with notables stop along the way in Atlanta on Valentine's Day, at Stagecoach in Indio, Calif. on Apr. 26, and his first show in Nashville in three years, set for Aug. 7 at Bridgestone Arena.

Tour openers are still yet to be announced, but according to a statement, "Many of the tour stops will showcase some of Jackson’s favorite rising stars who play at AJ’s Good Time Bar, his self-owned honky-tonk on downtown Nashville’s famed 'Lower Broadway.'" 

A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Songwriting Hall of Fame, Jackson's racked up 20 GRAMMY nominations and two wins in his 30-plus-year career. His most recent album is 2015's Angels And Alcohol.

Tickets for some shows are available now with other dates going on-sale soon. Visit Jackson's website for a full list of dates and ticket info.

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