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May 13, 2025
CBGB Festival Announced Ft. Iggy Pop, Jack White, Sex Pistols & More
REGISTER FOR PRESALE ACCESS AT CBGBFEST.COM
Monday, May 12 – CBGB & OMFUG - Home of Underground Rock lives on with the announcement of the CBGB Festival, presented in partnership with The Bowery Presents, taking place September 27 at Under the K Bridge Park in Brooklyn, NY. The one-day event features a stacked lineup of 21 generation-spanning bands across 3 raucous stages. Iggy Pop will close out the night with his first NYC performance in over a decade. Jack White returns to the city fresh off three sold-out shows this past February.
The lineup is impeccably curated, featuring punk legends like Sex Pistols, Johnny Marr, Lunachicks, Marky Ramone, The Damned, and Melvins; CBGB-era hardcore staples Gorilla Biscuits, Murphy’s Law, and Cro-Mags; and today’s punk torchbearers including The Linda Lindas, Lambrini Girls, Destroy Boys, Angel Du$t, Scowl, Pinkshift, Teen Mortgage, YHWH Nailgun, Soul Glo, and Lip Critic.
Fans can register now for presale access at CBGBFEST.COM. Presale tickets go live Thursday, May 15 at 10 AM ET, with public on-sale beginning Friday, May 16 at 10 AM ET.
A special “Young Punk” discounted GA ticket will be available for New York residents under 25—in person only—at a box office pop-up at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Saturday, May 17 at 12 PM ET. This limited batch of 350 tickets (an homage to the original CBGB capacity) will be priced at $73, a nod to the year the club opened: 1973.
Founded by Hilly Kristal in 1973 on the Bowery, CBGB became an icon of raw energy, rebellion, and underground music, launching the careers of the Ramones, Blondie, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, Television, and countless others.
The CBGB Festival pays tribute to New York City’s gritty, sticker-covered past through the lens of modern punk. The lineup connects punk’s originators with its fiercest future voices, all answering one core question: Who would be playing at CBGB today?
Under the K Bridge Park was chosen for its industrial grit and cultural relevance in the heart of Brooklyn. Festival-goers can expect a full day of music, vintage and new merch, local food and drink, and immersive CBGB installations—including the famous bar and stage from the original club.
For tickets, lineup details, venue info, and more, visit CBGBFEST.COM .
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Full Lineup:
Iggy Pop
Jack White
Sex Pistols
The Damned
Johnny Marr
Lunachicks
Marky Ramone
Angel Du$t
Cro-Mags
Destroy Boys
Gorilla Biscuits
Lambrini Girls
The Linda Lindas
Melvins
Murphy’s Law
Scowl
Teen Mortgage
Lip Critic
Pinkshift
Soul Glo
YHWH Nailgun
KALI UCHIS ANNOUNCES THE SINCERELY, ARENA TOUR KICKING OFF AUGUST 14
KALI UCHIS ANNOUNCES THE SINCERELY,
ARENA TOUR KICKING OFF AUGUST 14
THE 24-CITY RUN FOLLOWS THE RELEASE OF HER FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM, SINCERELY,
THEE SACRED SOULS TO JOIN AS SUPPORT
Tickets Available Starting Wednesday, May 14 with Various Presales
General Onsale Begins Friday, May 16 at 10 AM Local Time on KaliUchis.com
LOS ANGELES, CA (May 13, 2025) – GRAMMY®-winning global recording artist Kali Uchis has announced her much-anticipated Kali Uchis - The Sincerely, Tour—a 24-city North American headline arena run supporting her fifth studio album Sincerely, which released just last week via Capitol Records – stream HERE. Promoted by Live Nation, the tour kicks off on August 14 in Portland, OR, at Moda Center. It will make stops in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Toronto, and Chicago among others before wrapping up on September 25 at Ball Arena in Denver, CO.
The tour arrives on the heels of Uchis’ fifth studio album, Sincerely, released just last week amidst widespread anticipation. Her most intimate and vulnerable body of work to date, the 14-track record is a testament to the curative power of deep love, and a powerful representation of the way Uchis romanticizes life and her inner world. Written and executive produced by Uchis, Sincerely, finds the genre-traversing star feeling more herself than ever. The project arrived alongside an official music video for standout track “All I Can Say”, a cinematic performance piece directed by Bethany Vargas, inspired by classic film noir and the 1950’s showcasing Kali Uchis transformed into a timeless on-screen siren – watch HERE.
Next, she will return to North America for a headlining arena run kicking off on August 14 in Portland, OR. Through late summer and early fall she will make stops across the country playing some of her largest venues to date including The Kia Forum in Los Angeles, and the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York City. The 24-city tour concludes on September 25th in Denver, Colorado at Ball Arena.
Joining Uchis on all dates are Thee Sacred Souls, the 11-piece band from San Diego whose lush, analog sound and heartfelt performances have earned them a devoted fanbase. Following a series of sold-out shows, including three nights at The Wiltern in Los Angeles and a headlining performance at Brooklyn Paramount, the tour marks its debut on arena stages. Thee Sacred Souls have also just released their first new song of the year in "We Don't Have To Be Alone," recorded during the sessions for the band's sophomore album Got A Story To Tell, released last October on Daptone Records.
TICKETS: Tickets will be available starting with various presales (details below) beginning Wednesday, May 14 at 10 AM local time. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale beginning Friday, May 16 at 10 AM local time on KaliUchis.com.
U.S. PRESALE: Verizon will offer an exclusive presale for Kali Uchis Presents: The Sincerely, Tour in the U.S through Verizon Access, just for being a customer. Verizon Access Presale tickets for select shows will begin Wednesday, May 14 at 10 AM local time until Thursday, May 15 at 10 PM local time. For more details visit Verizon.com/Access.
CANADA PRESALE: American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets in Canada before the general public beginning Thursday, May 15 at 10 AM local time through Thursday, May 15 at 10 PM local time.
VIP: The tour will also offer a variety of different VIP packages and experiences for fans to take their concert experience to the next level. Packages vary but include premium tickets, group photo on stage, pre-show VIP Lounge, VIP merch item & more. VIP package contents vary based on the offer selected. For more information, visit vipnation.com
KALI UCHIS - THE SINCERELY, TOUR DATES:
Thu Aug 14 – Portland, OR – Moda Center
Fri Aug 15 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
Sun Aug 17 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center
Mon Aug 18 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center
Wed Aug 20 – Los Angeles, CA – The Kia Forum
Sat Aug 23 – Palm Desert, CA – Acrisure Arena
Sun Aug 24 – San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena
Wed Aug 27 – Phoenix, AZ – PHX Arena
Thu Aug 28 – El Paso, TX – UTEP Don Haskins Center
Sat Aug 30 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
Sun Aug 31 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
Tue Sep 02 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Thu Sep 04 – Orlando, FL – Kia Center
Fri Sep 05 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center
Sun Sep 07 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
Mon Sep 08 – Raleigh, NC – Lenovo Center
Thu Sep 11 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
Sun Sep 14 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
Tue Sep 16 – Laval, QC – Place Bell
Wed Sep 17 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
Fri Sep 19 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
Sat Sep 20 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
Tue Sep 23 – Chicago, IL – United Center
Thu Sep 25 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
ABOUT KALI UCHIS:
Global superstar, GRAMMY®-winning recording artist Kali Uchis has been hailed as a rare talent since she emerged. With artful forays into R&B, alt-pop, reggaeton, and Latin strains, she’s has released several of the most lauded albums of the past decade: from her 2015 mixtape Por Vida, to her 2018 debut LP Isolation, the 2020 Spanish set Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios), 2023's Red Moon in Venus, which features the 2x Platinum-certified “Moonlight,” and was regaled by TIME Magazineas the ‘Best Album of the Year,’ 2024’s ORQUÍDEAS, and now her most personal body of work, her forthcoming fifth studio album Sincerely, (5/9).
In 2024, ORQUÍDEAS launched Uchis’ career to new heights. Her highest charting album to date (debuting at #2 on the Billboard 200), the critically adored record — which was her fourth album overall and second in Spanish — was led by crossover singles like the Platinum-certified “Igual Que un Ángel”with Peso Pluma (#1 on Hot Latin Songs, #23 on the Hot 100) and Gold-certified “Labios Mordidos” with KAROL G (#10 on Hot Latin Songs, #97 on the Hot 100). ORQUÍDEAS was nominated for Best Latin Pop Album at the 2025 GRAMMY® Awards, Best Pop Vocal Album at the Latin GRAMMYs, and took home trophies from the Billboard Latin Music Awards and Latin American Music Awards. The set closed the year on numerous “Best Albums” lists, racking up glowing praise from countless outlets including Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Complex, and The New York Times.
Amid consistent acclaim and honors — including nine GRAMMY®-nominations and a 2021 win in the category of Best Dance Song for her appearance on Kaytranada’s “10%”— Uchis’ major breakthrough came with her own 2021 smash hit “telepatía,” which has been streamed more than 2 billion times to date and was the Hot 100’s longest running Spanish-language song by a solo act this decade with a 23-week streak. Uchis is now on the way to reaching the Spotify Billions Club three times over with the smash success of songs “telepatía,” Tyler, The Creator’s “See You Again” (featuring Kali Uchis),” and soon to be “Moonlight.” Raised between Virginia and Colombia, Uchis has gone on to collaborate and share the stage with the likes of SZA, Tyler the Creator, Lana Del Rey, Gorillaz, Snoop Dogg, Rauw Alejandro, and her longtime partner Don Toliver, with whom she welcomed her first child last year. Uchis has toured the world over on multiple sold-out headlining runs, the most recent of which saw her playing arenas, as well as celebrated sets at Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Austin City Limits, Tropicalia, Governors Ball, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and many more.
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Newport Jazz Festival 2025 Adds Flying Lotus And Nubya Garcia To The 2025 Lineup
3-DAY EVENT TAKES PLACE AUGUST 1-3
The Newport Jazz Festival has today announced lineup additions for the 2025 festival. GRAMMY award-nominated producer Flying Lotus and indie jazz composer, saxophonist and critical darling Nubya Garcia have been added to Friday’s lineup. These talents join the already incredibly stacked festival lineup including Janelle Monáe, The Roots, Jacob Collier, RAYE, Jorja Smith, Esperanza Spalding, Dianne Reeves and The Yussef Dayes Experience. Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Thee Sacred Souls, De La Soul, LA LOM, TUKKER, Willow and so much more over the course of the three-day event. The full line-up is listed below.
The 71st annual event returns to Fort Adams State Park in Rhode Island for one of the longest running and most storied festivals in America on August 1-3 where it will continue to host once in a lifetime performances that only Newport’s unique alchemy of intimacy and artistic community can bring. Fans and artists alike return each year to this hallowed ground to experience the joy of this Festival’s long running tradition of diversity, discovery and artistic virtuosity. Newport Jazz Festival is produced by the Newport Festival Foundation in collaboration with Newport Jazz Artistic Director Christian McBride.
3-Day Passes are in very limited supply and are on sale now via DICE. Single-Day tickets for Saturday are also limited. Full pricing listed below. Student tickets are only for students aged 10-25. Current College students are required to present a student photo ID. Middle and High School students are not required to show ID. All students must enter through the student gate only. Children 9 and under are free except for Jazz Lounge Tickets. Only 2 children allowed per ticketed adult. All children 10 and over will need a full priced admission ticket.
Ticket Pricing
**All Prices Listed include all fees
THREE DAY WEEKEND TICKET - TIER 2 $312.09
LIMITED THREE DAY STUDENT TICKET $188.49
THREE DAY JAZZ LOUNGE TICKET $1,488.35
SINGLE DAY TICKET $111.24
SINGLE DAY TICKET STUDENT $63.86
THREE DAY PARKING $84.46
SINGLE DAY PARKING $30.90
Newport Jazz Festival encourages fans not to purchase tickets you see on the secondary market, or from any individual or corporate resellers claiming to have tickets. Those speculative listings may not be real tickets that the seller actually owns. Only purchase from official Newport Jazz sources during the official on sale or waitlist. All Newport Jazz tickets are mobile digitally from our ticketing partner DICE.
For complete information visit https://newportjazz.org/
Newport Jazz Festival 2025 Daily Line-Up
Friday, August 1
The Roots
Raye
Thee Sacred Souls
The Yussef Dayes Experience
Rachael & Vilray
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Sofi Tukker (Butter Set)
Louis Cato, John Scofield, & Marcus Miller
Ron Carter Quartet
The Philadelphia Experiment
Kenny Garrett
Moses Yoofee Trio
BCUC
Bobby Sanabria & Seteto Ibiano
Darius Jones Trio
Aaron Parks Little Big
Tyreek McDole
Saturday, August 2
Janelle Monáe
Flying Lotus
Willow
Dianne Reeves
Nubya Garcia
Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sanchez Trio
Knower
Samm Henshaw
Terence Blanchard: Flow
Cartoons
Kokoroko
Pérez Patitucci Calvaire Trio
Maimouna Youssef
Marcus Gilmore Presents: A Centennial Tribute to Roy Haynes
Rich Ruth
Tyshawn Sorey Trio
New Jazz Underground
Sunday, August 3
Jacob Collier
Jorja Smith
Esperanza Spalding
De La Soul
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Christian McBride Big Band
LA LOM
Cymande
Hiromi’s Sonicwonder
Stanley Jordan Solo
Kiefer
Emmet Cohen Trio
Lakecia Benjamin
Ekep Nkwelle
Etienne Charles & Creole Soul
Isaiah Sharkey
Parlor Greens
N8NOFACE SIGNS TO STONES THROW, SHARES “WAITING TO WAIT FOR YOU”
N8NOFACE SIGNS TO STONES THROW RECORDS, SHARES NEW SINGLE “WAITING TO WAIT FOR YOU”
ON TOUR WITH EYEDRESS ACROSS THE US THIS SUMMER
Listen to "Waiting to Wait for You":
https://sthrow.com/waitingtowaitforyou
N8NOFACE by Sela Shiloni
N8NOFACE (pronounced “Nate-no-face”) has signed with Stones Throw. To celebrate the signing, and ahead of touring this spring and summer, he’s released the new song “Waiting to Wait for You.”
N8NOFACE had already barely survived an insane Hollywood biopic of a gangster/rockstar life long before Fred Durst invited him to join Limp Bizkit’s Loserville tour, playing arenas across the US and Europe. His drug-addled ultraviolent lifestyle in Tucson, AZ, shaped the dark themes and chaotic sound of his music. Now on the other side of that turmoil, after relocating to Long Beach, CA in the early 2010s and cleaning up, N8's kept one foot firmly in the synth-punk world while also exploring his more vulnerable, tender side.
N8 began his music career as one half of glitchy chiptune Tucson duo Crimekills back in the MySpace era, recording one-minute songs on the fly in his closet. Since that time he’s collaborated with Eyedress and the Bloody Beetroots and performed with the likes of Cypress Hill as well as Limp Bizkit.
N8’s signing to Stones Throw might surprise anyone aware of his past releases on Eyeball Records and Justin Pearson’s Three One G, but to those familiar with a certain dimension of Stones Throw’s catalog – from the Minimal Wave compilations to bands like Automatic – as well as N8’s range as an artist, it makes perfect sense.
Where N8's earlier music was fueled by his addictions and the dark tales of hometown friends associated with Mexican drug cartels, new song “Waiting to Wait for You” looks at the day-to-day frustrations of love. N8 says, “It’s about still finding joy in watching your partner try outfit after outfit on; feeling like your whole night is waiting to wait, and you can't wait to do it.”
He explains, “Most songs I have written have come to me through things I have seen or experienced (drug tales, border life and the streets), But I have always been a fan of love, and wrote about that too. Love found in the darkest places, sometimes by the scariest people. I always bounce back and forth from heartbreak in the streets or from a lover. This song explores the cool things about love, while still having a backdrop of the scary hard world around us.”
For “Waiting to Wait for You”, N8NOFACE worked with producer/songwriter Marcos Garcia (aka Chico Mann, founding member of Antibalas and Here Lies Man), who’d previously backed N8NOFACE as his touring guitarist/keyboardist.
N8NOFACE performs at Cruel World festival this weekend before heading out on the road with Eyedress for The Stoner Tour this summer.
N8NOFACE upcoming tour date
May 17 - Pasadena, CA – Cruel World Festival
Jul 08 - San Francisco, CA – The Masonic*
Jul 10 - Seattle, WA – Neptune*
Jul 11 - Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom*
Jul 15 - Denver, CO – Summit*
Jul 17 - Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater*
Jul 18 - Chicago, IL – House of Blues*
Jul 24 - Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring*
Jul 25 - New York, NY – Irving Plaza*
Jul 26 - Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club*
Jul 28 - Charlotte, NC – The Underground*
Jul 29 - Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theater*
Jul 30 - Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl*
Aug 01 - Houston, TX – House of Blues*
Aug 02 - Austin, TX – EMO's*
Aug 03 - Dallas, TX – House of Blues*
Aug 05 - Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren*
* With Eyedress
Connect with N8NOFACE:
Mark Stewart Shares New Single "Neon Girl" Feat. Gina Birch || New Album 'The Fateful Symmetry' Out 7/11 On Mute
LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE “NEON GIRL”
FEAT. GINA BIRCH
OF THE RAINCOATS
THE FATEFUL SYMMETRY OUT 7/11 ON MUTE
Photo credit: Chiara Meatelli & Dominic Lee
“TASTE IS A FORM OF PERSONAL CENSORSHIP” - Mark Stewart
“Mark Stewart is my hero” - Daddy G (Massive Attack)
“A fearsome vocalist & unbelievably exciting frontman to whom I am deeply indebted” -Nick Cave
“Bristol would be a very different place artistically & politically if it had not been for Mark’s influence on all of us” - Geoff Barrow (Portishead)
Mute have today announced details of the release of “Neon Girl”, the latest single to be taken from Mark Stewart’s recently announced eighth solo album, The Fateful Symmetry.
Featuring backing vocals by longtime affiliate Gina Birch (The Raincoats) and co-produced by Youth, “Neon Girl” was inspired by the infectious “singalong” chorus of iconic French singer George Brassens and the “cinematic staging” of the classic film The 39 Steps. Stewart’s eloquent, singular lyricism is as prescient as always, and evermore poignant now: “His arms were too short to box with God (sorry the irony’s lost on me)”.
The video for “Neon Girl” was created by Peter Harris and Hugo Glendinning.
Watch the video for “Neon Girl” HERE.
“Neon Girl” follows the release of “Memory Of You”, the first track to be lifted from The Fateful Symmetry, which was completed shortly before Mark’s untimely passing in April 2023.
Released on July 11, 2025 on Mute, the album is a vital new masterwork and timely reminder of the groundbreaking and enduringly influential artist Mark Stewart.
Across an illustrious career of pioneering music with The Pop Group, Mark Stewart & Maffia and as a solo artist, Stewart has produced a seminal body of work, galvanized by the DIY ideals of punk, radical politics, protest movements, theory, philosophy, technology, art and poetry. With The Fateful Symmetry, Stewart’s abiding legacy as a “revered countercultural musician” (The Guardian) is sustained, with an album as fearless and visionary as his best work.
Testifying to Stewart’s prolific, unrelenting ingenuity and signifying one of his most intimate, empowering statements, The Fateful Symmetry is an astonishingly expressive and innovative record, a fierce and beautiful manifesto for a better world. The inimitable, titanic Mark Stewart, never normalized, always extraordinary.
Pre-order The Fateful Symmetry HERE.
The Fateful Symmetry track listing:
1. Memory Of You2. Neon Girl
3. This Is The Rain
4. Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime (Bébe Durmiendo Cumbia Bootleg)
5. Stable Song
6. Twilight’s Child
7. Crypto Religion
8. Blank Town
9. A Long Road
CONNECT WITH MARK STEWART:
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SLOW CRUSH Announce New Album 'Thirst' on Pure Noise, Share Title Track / Video. Headlining Fall Tour.
Slow Crush Announce New Album Thirst
Coming August 29 via Pure Noise Records
Release Title Track / Video - Watch / Share
Headlining North American Tour This Fall
Slow Crush L-R: Frederik Meeuwis (Drums), Isa Holliday (vocals, bass), Nic Placklé (Guitar),
Jelle Harde Ronsmans (Guitar / Vocals) | Photo By Stefaan Temmerman
Slow Crush have announced their new album, Thirst, on which the dynamic four piece further cement themselves at the forefront of rock and shoegaze. On Thirst, Slow Crush’s dynamic textures, propulsive rhythms and gauzy riffs glow bright as ever, but this time with more grit. Today they’ve shared the album’s leading single and title track which emerges as the defining anthem. The band tell, “‘Thirst’ is about an unquenchable desire for what’s next, with focus on essence and balance. Not losing yourself in the ever-growing distractions that surround us. A yearning pulse for renewal, ‘Thirst’ ripples with a craving for something pure, something vital. It churns with an unrelenting drive, building an electrifying momentum that surges forward and breaks through, offering both release and rebirth."
Watch “Thirst” Official Music Video | Playlist / Listen Here
The past few years off the road have given Slow Crush space to breathe and create since the release of their two critically acclaimed albums, Aurora (2018) and Hush (2021), which have sold over several tens of thousands physical copies. When the time came to head into the studio, vocalist / bassist Isa Holliday, drummer Frederik Meeuwis, guitarists Jelle Ronsmans and Nic Placlé decamped to The Ranch in Southampton, U.K., to work with producer Lewis Johns with no expectations in mind, aside from a metamorphosis.
Thirst’s ten tracks are a thematic cascade of noise that echoes the end and bursts into new life. The riffs are heavier, the vocals are dreamier and more emotional than ever. Isa broke new ground in her vulnerability when while in the recording booth. There were several songs she couldn’t record without dissolving into tears – her deepest excavation of feelings yet.
Thirst’s overarching theme is what Isa describes as “the romance of being with a loved one”. Although being away from someone close for long periods might strain that bond at times, the return can feel glorious, the connection sparkling new again for a while. Slow Crush set out to capture the feeling of being tethered yet feeling weightless, absorbed in the surreal beauty of the quiet moments with someone.
Isa explains, “We want people to let themselves go and feel embraced by the music, so that they can experience it in 4D. That's what we hear a lot from people who come to see us live, or people who've listened to our previous albums, is that we take them to another dimension. I think that's something that we miss in this day and age with everything that's going on in the world, making us very aware of everything outside, but not allowing us to just be in the moment as much as you should. We want to let people take a moment for themselves and let the music take them wherever they would like to go.”
Thirst sees its release August 29 via Pure Noise Records, their first for the label. Slow Crush are set for a headlining Fall run which kicks off on the East Coast in early September and covers both coasts, the midwest and more. Tickets are on sale now. See below for a full list of dates and artwork.
Thirst Tracklist:
1 - Thirst
2 - Covet
3 - Cherry
4 - Leap
5 - Hollow
6 - Haven
7 - While You Dream Vividly
8 - Bloodmoon
9 - Ógilt
10 - Hlýtt
Slow Crush Live Dates:
May 17: Ik zie u graag - Breda, NL
May 23: Sniester Festival - Den Haag, NL
May 24: Eastfilly fest - Ostfildern, DE
May 30: Dunk fest - Gent, BE
Jun 21: Blender fest - Kortrijk, BE
Jun 27: Resurrection fest - Viveiro, ES
Jul 05: Breakout festival - Berlin, DE
Aug 07: Brutal Assault - Okruzni, CZ
Aug 08: Void fest - Waldmunchen, DE
Sep 04: Allentown, PA - Arrow
Sep 05: Philadelphia, PA - The Foundry
Sep 06: Boston, MA - The Sinclair
Sep 07: Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
Sep 09: Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz
Sep 10: Toronto, ON - Velvet Underground
Sep 11: Detroit, MI - El Club
Sep 12: Chicago, IL - Reggie's
Sep 13: Indianapolis, IN - HiFi
Sep 14: St. Louis, MO - Duck Room
Sep 16: Fort Worth, TX - Tulips
Sep 17: Austin, TX - Radio/East
Sep 19: Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
Sep 20: Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom
Sep 21: Oakland, CA - Crybaby
Sep 23: Seattle, WA - El Corazon
Sep 24: Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
Sep 26: Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
Sep 27: Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre
Sep 29: Kansas City, MO - RecordBar
Oct 01: Nashville, TN - The '58
Oct 02: Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
Oct 03: Durham, NC - The Fruit
Oct 04: Richmond, VA - The Broadberry
Oct 05: Washington, DC - Union Stage
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Rufus Wainwright announces multi-artist concert celebrating the music of John Cassavetes' OPENING NIGHT
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT ANNOUNCES MULTI-ARTIST TOWN HALL CONCERT CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF
JOHN CASSAVETES’ OPENING NIGHT
ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING FROM 2024 WEST END MUSICAL SET TO BE RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 12 VIA CENTER STAGE RECORDS
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
CELEBRATION FOR ALBUM PLANNED WITH ONE-NIGHT-ONLY EVENT
SET FOR SEPTEMBER 15 AT NEW YORK’S TOWN HALL WITH APPEARANCES BY SARA BAREILLES, LAURA BENANTI, DARREN CRISS, PATTI LUPONE, ELIZABETH TEETER, AND RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
A PORTION OF EVERY TICKET SOLD AT CONCERT WILL BENEFIT THE ACLU
TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE HERE
3x GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright announces an original West End cast recording of John Cassavetes’ Opening Night and release concert with Broadway stars at Town Hall on September 15th. Pre-orders for the physical CD are available now. Tickets can be purchased here.
Wainwright says, “I could not be happier to bring the music from my first stage musical Opening Night to a New York audience. Town Hall has been a musical home to me and my family in New York for decades and to be on stage with Sara, Patti, Darren, Elizabeth, and Laura is going to be a great thrill. To have all these Broadway legends agree to bring the songs from Opening Night in their original orchestration to life is a great honor and I am thrilled that we are raising money for the ACLU at the same time.”
John Cassavetes' Opening Night is the first stage musical with music, lyrics, and orchestrations by Rufus Wainwright. It premiered in London at the Gielgud Theater in the spring of 2024. The book and direction were by Ivo van Hove and is based on the 1977 movie Opening Night by American avant-garde director John Cassavetes. It tells the story of an actress, Myrtle Gordon, who is premiering a play written for her that is about a woman coming to terms with aging. Myrtle does not come to terms with her own aging and rebels against the play and throws the entire production into jeopardy. A young female fan asking her for an autograph at the stage door gets killed by a car as she runs off onto the street. Myrtle is being haunted by the ghost of the young girl. On opening night, she arrives completely drunk but ultimately does what she does best: act and improvise. Part "All About Eve" Opening Night is the story of an actress who risks madness for her truth.
The live album features Wainwright’s songs written for the original London West End production performed by the cast including Sheridan Smith, Nicola Hughes, and Benjamin Walker recorded over the last 4 performances of the play at London’s Gielgud Theater. Details and a first single will be released soon.
Tickets for the concert can be purchased here. A minimum of $30 per ticket sold will be donated to the ACLU's LGBTQ & HIV Project.
The release of the album is being celebrated by a one-night-only concert at Town Hall, in New York City which will feature performances by a group of friends Wainwright has in the music and stage world including Sara Bareilles, Darren Criss, Patti LuPone, and Elizabeth Teeter. Wainwright will join this cast of talented performers and sing some of the songs himself, and act as the MC, leading through the evening and explaining the story of the musical. Jason Hart, who was in Rufus' band for many years, is the music director and is leading the 13-piece band that will perform Wainwright's original West End arrangements.
“(Opening Night) shakes up musical theatre itself”
“While Wainwright has always shown a genius for creating whole sonic and emotional worlds in brief songs, he reaches new heights here.”
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CABARET VOLTAIRE Stephen Mallinder & Chris Watson mark 50 years of Cabaret Voltaire live with an exclusive performance at FORGE Warehouse in Sheffield for Sensoria Festival - 25 October 2025
STEPHEN MALLINDER & CHRIS WATSON MARK 50 YEARS OF CABARET VOLTAIRE LIVE WITH AN EXCLUSIVE PERFORMANCE AT FORGE WAREHOUSE, SHEFFIELD FOR SENSORIA FESTIVAL
25 OCTOBER 2025
Stephen ‘Mal’ Mallinder and Chris Watson will mark 50 years of Cabaret Voltaire live with an event at FORGE Warehouse in Sheffield for Sensoria Festival on 25 October 2025.
The announcement today marks 50 years since Cabaret Voltaire first performed at the Sheffield Students Union Refectory on 13 May 1975. The performance, which was greeted with violence by some factions in the audience, is the catalyst for the event in October to celebrate Cabaret Voltaire, one of Britain’s most influential and pioneering electronic bands.
In the current climate of social turmoil and political manipulation the work of Cabaret Voltaire continues to be prescient and necessary. The sounds, words, images and films of the band resonate loudly, continuing to challenge the status quo.
The intention for the performance in Sheffield is to curate this essential work and to acknowledge the timeless energy and to mark the continuing significance and power of what Cabaret Voltaire achieved. Original members Chris Watson and Stephen Mallinder are committed to stay true to the enduring vision of Cabaret Voltaire. The performance will cover the arc of their formidable output - from early experiments, and the first Rough Trade / Factory releases, through the band's Doublevision video label and into the work with renowned producers such as Adrian Sherwood and Marshall Jefferson.
Stephen Mallinder explains, “The live set is built from scratch but faithful to the original tracks. Everything has been painstakingly reconstructed with the original technology and processes to build the tracks. But as with all Cabs live shows there is an element of unpredictable, the new. Chance meets causality.”
Chris Watson goes on to say, “I’m delighted and totally thrilled to make a contribution to the band’s 50th anniversary. To share a stage once more with Mal and to honour Cabaret Voltaire's legacy will be a unique privilege, whilst remembering that in the current times – as back then - the Dadaist interventions of Cabaret Voltaire remain essential.”
Tonight, 13 May, Sensoria Festival will mark the anniversary of their first performance with CV50, a special event at Gut Level in Sheffield featuring performances by aya, alongside emerging Sheffield artists, MYNA and Alex.Aubyn.
Events marking the momentous anniversary continue on with 50 Years of Sonic Shock – A Celebration of Cabaret Voltaire, who present a show on 16 May with Russell Haswell, Prangers and Synth Club live, plus special talks on the night, and an exhibition running from 15-18 May. Stephen Mallinder will be in conversation with Jamie Taylor and Travis Elborough on 14 May, at the launch of Taylor’s book, Studio Electrophonique.
CABARET VOLTAIRE25 October – FORGE Warehouse, Sheffield (Sensoria Festival)Tickets onsale from 12pm midday on Weds 14 May from See Tickets and RA
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May 12, 2025
Goldenvoice Announces the Return of Portola Festival!
RETURNS TO SAN FRANCISCO
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 & SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
PIER 80 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA
WITH HEADLINE PERFORMANCES BY
LCD Soundsystem, The Chemical Brothers (DJ Set In the Warehouse),
Dom Dolla, Christina Aguilera, Peggy Gou,
The Prodigy, Moby (Live), Underworld, Mau P,
Anti Up (Chris Lake & Chris Lorenzo) & over 50 More!
Plus…
DESPACIO all weekend long, for the first time in San Francisco!
Register Now for Access to Passes at PORTOLAMUSICFESTIVAL.COM
On Sale Begins Thursday, May 15 at noon PST
San Francisco, CA (May 12, 2025) - Today, Goldenvoice announced PORTOLA – the premiere Bay Area dance music festival – is back Saturday, September 20 and Sunday, September 21st at San Francisco’s PIER 80 after selling out in 2024.
Portola’s 2025 lineup features headlining performances from GRAMMY-winning dance music legends LCD Soundsystem and world-renowned Australian ARIA-winning DJ and Producer, Dom Dolla. Also performing at this year’s festival are highly acclaimed electronic, house, techno, indie dance, and pop artists such as 5x GRAMMY-winning, multi-Platinum, over 100 million record-selling “Voice of a Generation” Christina Aguilera, The Chemical Brothers (DJ Set in the Warehouse), Underworld, Peggy Gou, The Prodigy, Moby (Live), Anti Up (Chris Lake & Chris Lorenzo), Mau P and many more!
For the first time ever, DESPACIO—the high-powered enclosed sound system and immersive audio experience designed by James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, David and Stephen Dewaele of 2ManyDJs and Soulwax, and sound engineer John Klett—is coming to San Francisco. Murphy and the Dewaele brothers will be spinning vinyl inside the Despacio tent all weekend long.
Fresh off his sold-out European tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of his groundbreaking album PLAY, dance music pioneer Moby will be performing live for the first time in San Francisco in over a decade. On the heels of their explosive Coachella performance, The Prodigy will be performing for the first time at Portola, and the iconic dance-punk group The Rapture will be performing their first announced show following an extended hiatus. Additionally, “Brat Summer” successor Blood Orange joins the lineup with teases of new music on the horizon.
This year, the inaugural Portola headliners, The Chemical Brothers, will be shutting down the Warehouse on Saturday for what’s expected to be an unforgettable DJ set. This performance will be their only confirmed North American DJ set this year outside of a New York date. Anti Up, the live side project of dance music forces Chris Lake and Chris Lorenzo, will also perform their only confirmed show of 2025.
Following three consecutive standout years featuring headliners The Chemical Brothers and Flume in 2022, Skrillex and Eric Prydz Presents HOLO in 2023, and Justice, Gesaffelstein, and RÜFÜS DU SOL in 2024, Portola has established its footprint in the Bay Area’s music scene and solidified its status as a one-of-a-kind, can’t-miss festival. Goldenvoice’s deep-rooted presence in San Francisco and the Bay Area, shaped by a legacy of operating and booking iconic venues like The Regency Ballroom, The Warfield, and Frost Amphitheater, underscores its ongoing commitment to grow the city’s reputation as a global destination for music and culture.
Register now for access to passes at Portolamusicfestival.com. Loyalty on sale begins on Wednesday, May 14 at 12pm PT, and public on sale begins Thursday, May 15 at 12pm PT with 2-DAY GA starting at $399.95, 2-DAY VIP starting at $649.95, SINGLE DAY GA starting at $279.95, and Single Day VIP starting at $399.95. New for 2025 is the 2-Day VIP XL package, starting at $1,599.95. For a limited time, put 25% down at the time of purchase, followed by three (3) equal payments.
Portola will continue to strengthen its ties to the local community by partnering with Bay Area vendors and businesses in the lead-up to the festival, while prioritizing locally sourced food onsite. Sustainability continues to be top of mind, as the festival will feature a series of sustainability initiatives to account for its emissions, improve waste diversion, and pilot new programs and technologies. Stay tuned for more community announcements!
As always, Portola and Spotify have partnered to curate a year-round, continually updated Official Portola x Spotify Playlist. You can listen to it here.
For more information on the festival, lineup, and pass options, please visit Portolamusicfestival.com.
SHE WANTS REVENGE | CRUEL WORLD Performance This Weekend + FOREVER NOW Appearance in June
SHE WANTS REVENGE
DARK ALTERNATIVE GROUP SET TO PERFORM AT
CRUEL WORLD FESTIVAL - MAY 17TH IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
& FOREVER NOW FESTIVAL - JUNE 22ND IN ENGLAND
photo by Michael Muller
Dark-alternative duo She Wants Revenge have been performing live and creating new music for their massive, ever-expanding global audience. They will return to the road for two performances at the Cruel World Festival in Southern California on May 17th, and its UK sister festival Forever Now in Milton Keynes, UK.
The band, led by Justin Warfield and Adam Bravin, has stayed true to the gothic sound and dark dance music they are known for while also reinventing themselves. Years after the release of their Gold-certified self titled debut album and platinum-selling single “Tear You Apart,” the band is more popular than ever with over 2.5 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone and a deep cut from 2009’s Up And Down EP going viral on TikTok.
Now, with a revitalized band featuring Warfield on vocals/guitar, Bravin on Bass VI and synths, Thomas Froggatt on bass, Tony Bevilacqua (The Distillers) on guitar, and Lia Braswell (Sextile, A Place To Bury Strangers, TR/ST) on drums, She Wants Revenge is reinvigorated, inspired and more certain of their place and purpose than ever, and have begun work on their long-awaited fourth album, writing and recording between tours.
The band is excited to perform with joy for their loyal fans and a new generation getting to experience their brand of dark dance music for the first time.
2025 FESTIVAL APPEARANCES
May 17 - CRUEL WORLD FESTIVAL - Pasadena, CA
June 22 - FOREVER NOW FESTIVAL - Milton Keynes, UK
ABOUT SHE WANTS REVENGE
She Wants Revenge began as a production duo who were making songs to spin at the clubs they were DJing. They ended up signing to Geffen Records when a three song demo made it to the label via a friend. The demos became the basis of their 2005 self-titled LP, and they hit the road supporting Bloc Party, The Kills and OKGO. Soon they were opening for Depeche Mode, The Psychedelic Furs, Placebo, co-headlining with Bauhaus’ Peter Murphy, performing at Coachella, and in constant rotation on alternative rock across the country. In under a year, the oddball tune they thought to be an evil cousin of the B52’s and Wall of Voodoo saw them blitzing through the late-night talk show circuit, and – with additional singles “Out of Control” and “These Things” – climbing the charts.
Though they came to prominence in the mid-aughts post-punk revival, Justin and Adam were more indebted to their early influences; Prince, Tangerine Dream, ELO, Giorgio Moroder, and 90s hip-hop. It was their true-to-the-era production style, thoughtful songwriting, and heart-on-the-sleeve lyricism which ran counter to the studied dance punk and emotionally distanced, clever sound of their contemporaries which endeared them to the legions of fans who hungered for their brand of bold, emotive music which was sorely lacking at the time. In doing so, they made fans of both old school goths and darkwave aficionados and their younger counterparts, and more pointedly, drew nods and praise from the bands who directly inspired them - cementing SWR’s legacy as torch bearers for the moody and morose who came before.
They released their 2nd LP This Is Forever (2007), followed by back-to-back EP’s Save Your Soul (2008) and Up and Down (2009), and their swan song, Valleyheart (2011). Musically and creatively, their sound evolved, but as blogs and streaming reshaped the industry, the live shows still grew as more and more devoted fans discovered them. Along the way they collaborated with Timbaland, made videos with Shirley Manson and Joaquin Phoenix, and created a body of work that both broke new ground, while also continuing the tradition of the music, films and pop-culture of the 70s and 80s that shaped their youth.
In 2015, the band’s friend and vocal supporter Lady Gaga helped place “Tear You Apart” in the premiere episode of American Horror Story, instantly reigniting interest in the band after a brief hiatus. She Wants Revenge was back on the charts and steadily streaming, and the duo was now the “favorite new band” of young audiences longing for more of what they heard on the show. This led to the band hitting the road to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of their debut album where old fans were ecstatic, and new fans were thrilled to finally see them live.
After a run of sold-out shows in LA in early 2020, they sat down to finally record a new album but, when the pandemic hit, their personal and professional worlds were turned upside down. They reconvened in 2022, more driven than ever, and set about touring across the US, Europe, the UK and Australia. What they discovered wasn’t just sold-out shows in nearly every market but new, young audiences of teenagers and 20-somethings brought up on the 3rd wave goth that the boys inspired, yet never had the chance to see live.
For additional information on She Wants Revenge, contact:
Shazila Mohammed, shazm@grandstandhq.com
