Artists including Foo Fighters, Jack White and Nine Inch Nails are taking part in Live Nation’s 2022 Lawn Pass promotion.
A Lawn Pass ticket allows you to attend up to 40 concerts this summer at one of a select number of Live Nation amphitheaters for a total of $199, plus fees.
Other tours participating include Slipknot, The Black Keys, Coheed and Cambria, Deftones, Dave Matthews Band, Iron Maiden, Jack Johnson, KISS, The Lumineers, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Sammy Hagar and Third Eye Blind.
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HAIM has premiered a new song called “Lost Track.”
The tune was influenced by the book Appointment in Samarra, specifically the scene where a character throws a drink into someone’s face.
“We were inspired by the idea of someone doing something so drastic to get out of a situation they felt uncomfortable in — just to feel something,” HAIM says.
HAIM is releasing “Lost Track” in connection with Alana Haim‘s cover shoot for the new issue of W magazine, photographed by filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson. The “Lost Track” video, which Anderson directed, is streaming now via WMagazine.com.
Alana, of course, also stars in the new PTA movie Licorice Pizza. Her performance has been nominated for a Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice Award and a BAFTA.
Greta Van Fleet has added a summer and fall leg to the band’s upcoming Dreams in Gold North American headlining tour.
The newly announced dates begin with a trip through Canada in August, followed by a U.S. trek running from September 2 in Spokane, Washington, to November 12 in Sacramento, California.
Artists including The Pretty Reckless, Houndmouth and Robert Finley will provide support on select dates.
Tickets go on sale this Friday, March 4, at noon local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit GretaVanFleet.com.
As previously reported, the Dreams in Gold tour will kick off with a spring leg, beginning March 10 with a home state show in Kalamazoo, Michigan. That outing will feature support from Rival Sons.
Greta Van Fleet released their sophomore album, The Battle at Garden’s Gate, last April. It includes the singles “My Way, Soon,” “Heat Above” and “Built By Nations.”
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Justin Bieber turns 28 today and he just got a nice birthday present: five nominations for the 2022 Juno Awards, the Canadian equivalent of the Grammys. Fellow Canadian superstar The Weeknd also received five nods for the awards, which will be handed out May 15 in Toronto.
Justin is up for Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year for Justice, Single of the Year for “Peaches,” Artist of the Year and Fan Choice. The Weeknd’s up for Single of the Year and Contemporary Recording of the Year for “Take My Breath,” Artist of the Year, Fan Choice and Songwriter of the Year.
Meanwhile, Shawn Mendes has four nominations, including Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for Wonder. Other nominees include JP Saxe, Forest Blakk and Tate McRae
If you’re not in Canada, The Junos, hosted by Shang-Chi star Simu Liu, will be available to watch at 8 p.m. ET May 15 via CBCMusic.ca/junos and CBC Music’s Facebook, YouTube and Twitter pages.Nine-time Juno winner Avril Lavigne has been confirmed to perform at the ceremony.
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Beauty company Estée Lauder said John Demsey, executive group president, was told to leave the company on Monday, after posting a racist meme to his Instagram account.
Demsey’s shared image was a meme of a children’s book cover showing the Muppet Big Bird wearing a mask over his mouth and the Muppet Snuffy sick in bed. The meme made light of COVID-19 and, as a way to describe Snuffy, used the N-word as part of the book’s title.
“This decision is the result of his recent Instagram posts, which do not reflect the values of The Estée Lauder Companies, have caused widespread offense, are damaging to our efforts to drive inclusivity both inside and outside our walls, and do not reflect the judgment we expect of our leaders,” the company said in a staff memo signed by Executive Chairman William P. Lauder, as well as Fabrizio Freda, president and CEO.
Social media quickly responded, condemning Demsey’s decision to share the meme.
Adrienne Lawrence, vice president of Jennifer Brown Consulting, a diversity organization, tweeted, “While I’m glad Estée Lauder acted swiftly by firing this executive for posting a racist meme, I hope the company takes the next step of rooting out how racism is impacting those within its ranks.”
Demsey posted an apology note to his Instagram, saying he is “deeply ashamed that I hurt so many people when I made the horrible mistake of carelessly reposting a meme without reading it beforehand.”
Despite reports that the executive was fired from the company, The New York Times reported that the company placed Demsey on unpaid leave, according to a regulatory filing. Demsey has agreed to retire, effective March 4.
Dierks Bentley and Elle King are teaming up for a new song.
On Monday night, Elle headlined the Ryman Auditorium and brought her “Different for Girls” duet partner out as a surprise guest to perform a new song they’re releasing. Fans at the show have shared videos where Elle can be heard saying that the title of the track is “Worth a Shot.”
“Jumped up on stage with my buddy @ElleKingMusic at @theryman last night! So fun to debut a new song we have together… love you Elle!” Dierks writes alongside a candid shot of them performing.
“Different for Girls” was released in 2016 as the second single off Dierks’ Black album. It scored them a Grammy nomination and win for Vocal Event of the Year at the CMA Awards.
Elle is currently climbing the country charts with Miranda Lambert, as “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” is in the top 10 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.
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Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson says he has no current plans to collaborate with his fellow surviving band mate, singer/bassist Geddy Lee, but isn’t ruling out working with him on new music in the future.
“We’re not putting any pressure on it or anything,” Lifeson explains in a new interview with Guitar World. “We had a lot of good years together and we still love each other very much. I talk to Geddy every other day — we’re best friends. There’s more to our life together than just writing music. So if it happens, it happens. And it’ll happen when it happens.”
Rush played its final show in August 2015, when the band wrapped up its R40 40th anniversary tour. Any chance for a full reunion ended with the passing of drummer Neal Peart, who died of brain cancer in January 2020 at age 67.
Lifeson currently is preparing for release of the self-titled debut of his new group, Envy of None, which also features bassist/singer Andy Curran of the veteran Canadian rock band Coney Hatch, and a 24-year-old vocalist named Maiah Wynne from Portland, Oregon.
Alex tells Guitar World that Envy of None’s music doesn’t sound like anything he’s previously done.
“There’s lots of straight-ahead guitar, but there’s also mandola and lots of manipulated, sequenced things,” he notes. “And I’ve really become an aficionado of backwards guitar as well. So there’s everything from acoustic fingerstyle stuff to really heavy stuff, trippy kind of backwards things to Hendrix-y melodic parts. I’m really quite pleased with it.”
The Envy of None album, which can be pre-ordered now, will be released on April 8.
The spring outing launches May 5 in Reno, Nevada, and will wrap up May 19 in Austin, Texas. For just one of the tour stops, taking place May 7 in Ontario, California, Danzig will play is 1990 sophomore solo album, Danzig II: Lucifuge, in full.
Cradle of Filth and Crobot will provide support. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit Danzig-Verotik.com.
Danzig’s latest album is his 2020 Elvis covers compilation, Danzig Sings Elvis. His most recent original effort is 2017’s Black Laden Crown.
Jonas Brothers are joining the crowd of artists heading to Las Vegas.
The group will do a five-night mini residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM on June 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11. Tickets go on sale March 7 at 10 a.m. PT via Ticketmaster.com. For full details, visit Jonas Brothers.com.
JoBros fan club members can buy tickets starting tomorrow, Wednesday, March 2, at 10 a.m PT, as can Citi cardmembers. Pre-sales for members of the MGM Rewards program, and Live Nation and Ticketmaster customers can get access to a pre-sale on March 4 at 10 a.m. PT.
Usher and Silk Sonic recently announced extended residencies at Dolby Live.
JoBros also have four dates scheduled for Mexico in August and September.
Franz Ferdinand is the latest band to pull concert dates in Russia following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
In a Twitter thread posted Tuesday morning, the “Take Me Out” rockers write, “We are cancelling our Russian shows that are scheduled for this summer. The only reason for this is the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian state.”
“We love Russia,” the thread reads. “This great country has inspired our band through its art and literature and since we first played there seventeen years ago, we have built a rich and deep relationship with our Russian fans.”
“Since Thursday morning, we have spoken to many of our friends in Russia via social media and have encountered unanimous opposition to this violence and solidarity with our Ukrainian friends,” the band continues. “We know you see the madness of your country’s leadership. We know you do not want war. We do not want war.”
Franz concludes, “Despite the tragedy of this situation, we still burn a flame of optimism in our hearts and look forward to the day when we can return in a time of peace to share the joy of music together again.”
In that spirit of finding that light in the darkness, all of Twitter is making pretty much the same joke about Franz Ferdinand being named after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, whose assassination led to the beginning of World War I.
Other artists who’ve canceled shows in Russia in support of Ukraine include Green Day, Imagine Dragons, AJR and Yungblud.
