It is with great sadness that we announce that Andy Gill died today, aged 64, in a central London hospital after a short respiratory illness.
 
Andy, often cited as one of the world’s greatest guitarists, left his mark on his own music, as founding member of Gang of Four. In pioneering the band’s sparse, jagged sound and looping feedback, Andy also inspired and informed generations of musicians. A ground-breaking composer and a brilliantly innovative producer, he worked with artists including the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Stranglers, the Futureheads, Michael Hutchence, Bono, Therapy and the Young Knives. 
 
Gang of Four is considered one of the most influential British rock bands of all time, with their post-punk sound defining a whole era of new music coming out of Britain in the late 70s. Gang of Four continued to evolve, innovate and remain vibrantly relevant, touring extensively in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the Far East just last year and continuing to release new music, with latest album Happy Now out in 2019, and a new studio album just finished. Political and pointed, Gang of Four’s debut album Entertainment! (which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year), has been listed as one of the greatest albums of all time in Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, among others. Respected writer David Fricke of Rolling Stone called them "probably the best politically motivated band in rock & roll.”
 
John Sterry, Thomas McNeice and Tobias Humble, respectively singer, bass player and drummer of Gang of Four, say:

 This is so hard for us to write, but our great friend and Supreme Leader has died today.

Andy’s final tour in November was the only way he was ever really going to bow out; with a Stratocaster around his neck, screaming with feedback and deafening the front row. 

His uncompromising artistic vision and commitment to the cause, meant that he was still listening to mixes for the upcoming record and planning the next tour from his hospital bed. 

But to us, he was our friend - and we’ll remember him for his kindness and generosity, his fearsome intelligence, bad jokes, mad stories and endless cups of Darjeeling tea. He just so happened to be a bit of a genius too. 

One of the best to ever do it, his influence on guitar music and the creative process was inspiring for us all, as well as everyone who worked alongside him and listened to his music. And his albums and production work speak for themselves.
Go give ‘em a spin for him...
 

Love you mate

Andy is survived by his wife Catherine Mayer, his brother Martin and many family and elective family members who will miss him terribly. Please respect their grief.

WAYNE’S LATEST ALBUM SINCE THE CHART-TOPPING AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED THA CARTER V

“Lil Wayne’s long-delayed ‘Tha Carter V’ reminds us why he’s one of the greats. It’s an album full of fire and passion from an artist who doesn’t have anything left to prove.” – Rolling Stone
 
“After six years, Wayne delivers with a strong return. He’s confident, lithe and lucid. There’s still the hunger, the rapid-fire wordplay that he does with ease.” - Billboard
 

NEW YORK (January 24, 2020) – The multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning music mogul Lil Wayne announced his highly anticipated 13th solo studio album, symbolically titled, Funeral,will be released Friday, January 31st via Young Money Records/Republic Records. Ahead of the album’s release, fans can pre-save Funeral HERE and purchase merch HERE.
 
Funeral follows the massive success of Lil Wayne’s long-awaited, RIAA-certified platinum album, Tha Carter V, which debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 with the second-largest streaming week for an album of all time. Hailed by critics and fans alike, Variety said, the album has “the crunch of the Southern trap and ropey rap-rock sounds that Wayne pretty much started in the first place.” Pitchfork noted, “The long-delayed album captures Wayne how we want to remember him: openhearted, word-drunk, and exhilarated by the possibilities of his own versatility."
 
This past year, Wayne teamed up with blink-182 for an electric, co-headlining tour across North America. Last week, Wayne partnered with ESPN in celebration of the College Football Playoff National Championship game to release the catchy track  “Playoff” feat. Poppy H, Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet.
 

"Your thoughts and prayers can't fix the pain, 'cause we're falling down again / Living in a reckless paradise / The house is burning, trapped inside."

Canadian rockers Billy Talent have released the first official single from their forthcoming album, due out this fall.  

The song, "Reckless Paradise," showcases the powerful driving riffs and pointed lyrics the band is famous for.  

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Produced by Billy Talent guitarist and Juno Award nominee (Producer of the Year) Ian D'Sa, "Reckless Paradise" is available now everywhere you listen to music. 

This single follows up on "Forgiveness I + II," which was released as a surprise in November to great acclaim. "Forgiveness" quickly climbed into the Top 20 at Canadian radio, despite not being an official single from the band. It was also featured as the music in the first episode of the multi-part short film featuring UFC superstars Rose Namajunas and Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone that Billy Talent is releasing over the coming months. Click here to watch episode one.  

Billy Talent will be rolling out further episodes from this narrative series throughout 2020

Billy Talent are one of Canada's most successful bands. They have sold nearly three million albums internationally, including 1.3 million albums in Germany alone. They have won seven Juno Awards and have been nominated 23 times, including three nods for Afraid of Heights (Group of the Year, Rock Album of the Year, and Ian D'Sa for Producer of the Year). They have also twice been awarded ECHO Awards. The band has enjoyed tremendous success at Canadian rock radio where their 26 charted singles — including numerous #1, Top 5 and Top 10 hits have combined for nearly half a million spins in Canada alone. In 2018, the group was honored with a special Legends of Live Special Achievement Award presented by Canadian Music Week. What's more, their hometown of Mississauga recently inducted the band to Legends Row, one of the highest honors the city can endow. 

The used has embarked on a sold out North American tour. The tour is scheduled to stop in Detroit at the legendary St Andrews Hall. Opening for The Used will be special guest Dragged Under. Dragged Under just dropped their first album titled “The World Is In Your Way” on January 17th. Check out their single ‘Riot’ below.

The Utah punk band The Used have been releasing hit after hit since 2001. Over their 19 year run they have released seven albums and plan to release their eighth album sometime in 2020.They have already released their first single ‘Blow Me’ that you below. The band just got off the huge Rockstar Energy Disrupt Tour this summer and has waisted no time getting back on the road. This highly anticipated tour is Officially sold out. If you are lucky enough to have gotten a ticket you are in for a treat. The Used is known for their high energy and wild performances, and being at a small club in Detroit you can bet that this show is going to be amazing.

For more info on The Used click here

AWOLNATION

CELEBRATES THE PRE-ORDER OF 

ANGEL MINERS & THE LIGHTNING RIDERS

WITH THE RELEASE OF 

“MAYDAY!! FIESTA FEVER” 

(ft Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros)

AWOLNATION TO PERFORM AT THE NHL ALL-STAR GAME ON 1/25

“THE BEST” HITS THE TOP 10 AT ALTERNATIVE RADIO

AWOLNATION is preparing to release the new album, ANGEL MINERS & THE LIGHTNING RIDERS, via Better Noise Music on April 24, 2020.  Pre-orders begin today for the full-length, which features the fastest-growing song at Alternative Radio – “The Best” and the more recent single, “California Halo Blue,” that singer / songwriter Aaron Bruno penned about the California fires that ravaged his studio and nearly his home as well.  The album features guest appearances from Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo and Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.  Ebert’s collaboration on the single “Mayday!! Fiesta Fever” is out today.

“I was absolutely honored that an old friend of mine named Alex Ebert agreed to do a feature on this song.  He played in a band called Ima Robot and of course Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, and now he has his own solo project he’s doing, and he’s just an incredible artist,” says Bruno. He explains of “Mayday!! Fiesta Fever” “This track is kind of an old school throwdown party song. It was influenced by a feeling I’ve always had, which is that this [music] industry isn’t, and wasn’t for me, an easy place to get into or be accepted by. It felt like in some way I had to kick down the door to get in. So the song is an  anthem of sorts for those of us who have never been invited to the cool party, or the exclusive club.  It has an energy and attitude that imagines the feeling of once you are able to crash inside that cool party, you just go wild and do stuff like spray paint the walls a little bit to disrupt things.” 

The NHL’s biggest ‘party’ of the year – the 2020 Honda NHL ® All-Star Game – has invited Bruno to perform during the player introductions.  He will appear on the NBC telecast on 1/25/2020 from the Enterprise Center in St Louis, MO.  

The band’s current single at Alternative Radio, “The Best,” just hit the Top 10 at the format.  Driven by strong fan engagement, the song is being featured at major market stations like ALT 92.3 in New York, ALT 98.7 in Los Angeles and 101 WKQX Chicago, among others. “The Best” is the band’s first Top 10 Alt Radio smash with Better Noise Music.  Label CEO Allen Kovac said of the track “If you liked ‘Sail’ you’re going to love ‘The Best.’  It is sure to be a Grammy contender in 2021!”

Bruno, the songwriter and architect behind AWOLNATION, wrote and recorded one of the most influential songs of the previous decade with the chart-topping, record-breaking track “Sail.” The first single off the platinum Megalithic Symphony (2011), “Sail” is certified Diamond (10 million) and holds the record for the most weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart by an independent artist, the second longest for any artist.  The debut album also produced the Gold certified “Not Your Fault” and two other Top 10 US singles.  AWOLNATION released the sophomore album Run in 2015 and 2018’s follow up Here Come The Runts. Across the span of 3 albums, AWOLNATION has notched seven Top 5 Alternative Radio hits, including two #1’s, and has accumulated millions of sales, downloads and over 1.5 billion streams globally. The music has been used in dozens of films, television shows and commercials around the world, and songs have been the genesis of viral sensations garnering hundreds of millions of streams and views across platforms like Instagram, Vine, TikTok, YouTube, etc.

MIKA ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR & COACHELLA FESTIVAL APPEARANCES
 
TICKETS ON-SALE THIS WEEK
 
REVEALS FORTHCOMING NEW LIVE ALBUM, MIKA LIVE FROM BROOKLYN STEEL, OUT JANUARY 31

WATCH “DEAR JEALOUSY” LIVE VIDEO:

Following the success of his critically acclaimed fifth album My Name Is Michael Holbrook, global pop superstar MIKA returns to the states for a North American headline tour this spring. It kicks off April 11, 2020 on the first weekend of Coachella in Indio, CA, visits major markets across the country such as Denver, Chicago, and New York, and concludes May 16 at Videotron Centre in Quebec, Canada. 
 
Check out the full confirmed itinerary below.
 
A special artist pre-sale goes live Wednesday January 22 at 10am local time at his official site HERE, followed by local, promoter, and venue presales on Thursday January 23 at 10am local time. General tickets officially will be available this Friday January 24 at 10 am local time.
 
In other big news, he unveils the details for his live album entitled, MIKA Live From Brooklyn Steel [Casablanca Records/Republic Records], arriving on January 31. Recorded during a sold out set at Brooklyn Steel, he delivered an impassioned and inimitable show highlighted by career fan favorites and standouts from My Name Is Michael Holbrook. He just shared a video of “Dear Jealousy” from the show. Watch it HERE.
 

Born Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr. in 1983 as the third of five children, MIKA started vocal lessons at seven years old. Learning to play piano and write songs while showing otherworldly vocal range, MIKA quickly became a young virtuoso. MIKA’s musical success began with the release of his hit single, “Grace Kelly.” The single was featured on his debut album, Life In Cartoon Motion, which went straight to #1 in the UK and 11 other countries, going on to sell over seven million copies worldwide. Since his debut he has released three other Platinum selling full length albums, The Boy Who Knew Too Much, The Origin of Love, and No Place In Heaven. In addition, MIKA has not only won a Brit Award for British Breakthrough Act, but he has also been nominated for Grammys, MTV Europe Music Awards, Capital Radio Awards and World Music Awards. Additionally, his RA12 primetime variety show “Stasera Casa Mika” won the prestigious Rose D’or Award for Best Entertainment Series in 2017. Furthermore, he has been a judge on France’s The Voice for six years and hosts his own BBC2 Radio show “The Art of Song.”
 
TOUR DATES:
4/11                 Indio, CA                     Coachella
4/13                 ​​San Francisco, CA​​     The Masonic
4/18                 Indio, CA​​​                     Coachella
4/20                 ​​Seattle, WA                 The ShowBox
4/21​​                 Portland, OR​​​               Roseland Theatre
4/24                 ​​Denver, CO ​​​                Fillmore Auditorium
4/26​​                 Saint Paul, MN            ​​​Palace Theatre
4/27                 ​​Chicago, IL                  Riviera Theatre
4/30                 Miami Beach, FL ​​        Fillmore Miami Beach
5/2​​                   Nashville, TN ​​​             Cannery Ballroom
5/3                   ​​Atlanta, GA ​​​                Tabernacle 
5/5​​                   Washington, DC ​​        Lincoln Theatre
5/6​​                   Philadelphia, PA​​         Franklin Music Hall
5/7​​                   New York City, NY      Terminal 5
5/11                 Boston, MA                 ​​​House of Blues
5/13​​                 Toronto, ON                ​​​Meridian Hall
5/15​​                 Montreal, QC              ​​​Bell Centre
5/16​​                 Quebec, QC                ​​​Videotron Centre

VAGABON

ANNOUNCES HEADLINING SPRING TOUR DATES

Photo Credit: Tonje Thilesen

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On the heels of Vagabon's critically acclaimed self-titled album and subsequent eight-week tour with Angel Olsen, the musician announces a headlining spring tour beginning March 31 in Philadelphia, running through May 17 in Santa Ana, CA. Tickets for the tour will be on sale Friday, January 24 at 10 AM local time.

Additionally, Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) recently performed stripped down versions of "Every Woman" and "In A Bind," two stand-outs from Vagabon, on WFUV. Watch the session below.

Vagabon made countless 2019 year-end lists including The New York Times, Pitchfork, Billboard, NPR, Paste Magazine and UPROXX. Vagabon is out now via Nonesuch Records.

TOUR DATES:

3/31 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's

4/1 - Washington, DC @ Songbyrd

4/2 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Cat's Cradle

4/3 - Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight

4/4 - Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5

4/6 - New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks

4/7 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall

4/9 - Austin, TX @ Antone's Nightclub

4/10 - Dallas, TX @ Ruins

4/11 - Kansas City, KS @ Encore

4/12 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown Jr

4/14 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry

4/15 - Chicago, IL @ Old Town School of Folk Music

4/16 - Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups

4/17 - Detroit, MI @ Deluxx Fluxx

4/18 - Toronto, ON @ The Garrison

4/20 - Montreal, QC @ Le Ministere

4/21 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall

4/22 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

5/8 - Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge

5/9 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge

5/11 - Portland, OR @ Holocene

5/12 - Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret

5/13 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos

5/15 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall

5/16 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo

5/17 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Constellation Room

Baby Goth releases the new video for her single “Afterparty” today via Republic Records.
 
 
In the music video, Baby Goth and a group of women own the night for an endless evening of fun. From hanging in the back of a limousine to partying on the dancefloor, she and her friends host the ultimate nocturnal gathering. Under cover of blue lights, she matches the song’s magnetism with undeniable attitude.
 
Emerging from darkness and into the spotlight, Baby Goth cast a singular sonic spell over alternative, pop and hip-hop in 2019. Her self-titled debut EP, Baby Goth, stirred up over 20 million streams and counting with “Swimming” feat. Trippie Redd & Lil Xan cracking 4.1 million on Spotify alone. Meanwhile, she magnetically attracted praise from HYPEBEAST, Complex and more as LA Weekly recently claimed she “brings a breath of fresh air to the pop/R&B/hip-hop landscape.”
 
Fall under her spell in 2020 with more music coming soon.

Today, the Columbus, OH band Caamp announced new co-headlining tour dates with Minnesota’s Trampled By Turtles. These additional tour dates cap off an extensive, mostly sold-out North American run of dates which kick off in the spring of 2020 including dates with The Lumineers and stops in Madison, Portland, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Charleston and more. See all tour dates below.

Caamp recently scored their first #1 at radio with their single “Peach Fuzz,” made their late night television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and followed that up with a killer performance on CBS This Morning Saturday. After a victorious festival season playing Firefly, Shaky Knees, Forecastle, Outside Lands, Austin City Limits, Great Escape and many more, Caamp kicked off a major US headlining tour on September 24th and sold out show after show. Tour highlights included multi-night stints at Thalia Hall in Chicago, The Basement East in Nashville, Royale in Boston, Brooklyn Steel, 9:30 Club in D.C. and Newport Music Hall in their hometown of Columbus.

Trampled by Turtles are from Duluth, Minnesota, where frontman Dave Simonett initially formed the group as a side project in 2003. At the time, Simonett had lost most of his music gear, thanks to a  group of enterprising car thieves who'd ransacked his vehicle while he played a show with his previous band. Left with nothing more than an acoustic guitar, he began piecing together a new band, this time taking inspiration from bluegrass, folk, and other genres that didn't rely on amplification. Seventeen years and counting, their crossover appeal has taken them Top 30 album on the Billboard 200  to television appearances from Letterman to Conan and festival stages from Coachella to Lollapalooza with hundreds more in between.

1/29/2020 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer $ **SOLD OUT**

1/30/2020 - Washington DC - 9:30 Club $ **SOLD OUT**

1/31/2020 - Washington DC - 9:30 Club $ **SOLD OUT**

3/3/2020 - New Orleans, LA - Civic Theatre *

3/4/2020 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn * **SOLD OUT**

3/6/2020 - Okeechobee, FL - Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival

3/7/2020 - Savannah, GA - Savannah Stopover

3/8/2020 - Charleston, SC - Charleston Music Hall * **SOLD OUT**

3/11/2020 - Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre *

3/13/2020 - Covington, KY - Madison Theater * **SOLD OUT**

3/14/2020 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue * **SOLD OUT**

3/15/2020 - Kansas City, MO - The Truman *

3/18/2020 - Grand Rapids, MI - Elevation at the Intersection *

3/20/2020 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant *

3/21/2020 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall * **SOLD OUT**

3/27/2020 - Millvale, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre # **SOLD OUT**

3/28/2020 - Baltimore, ME - Ram's Head Live # **SOLD OUT**

3/29/2020 - Asbury Park, NJ - Asbury Lanes # **SOLD OUT**

3/31/2020 - Providence, RI - Fete Music Hall (Ballroom) # **SOLD OUT**

4/2/2020 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground Ballroom # **SOLD OUT**

4/3/2020 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground Ballroom # **SOLD OUT**

4/4/2020 - Portland, ME - State Theatre # **SOLD OUT**

4/6/2020 - Syracuse, NY - Westcott Theater #

4/7/2020 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom #

4/9/2020 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre #

4/10/2020 - Madison, WI - The Sylvee #

5/23/20 - Napa, CA @ BottleRock Napa Valley

6/2/20 - Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek ~

6/5/20 - Camden, NJ @ BB&T Pavilion ~

6/6/20 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center ~

6/10/20 - Gilford, NH @ Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion ~

6/12/20 - Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center ~

7/16/20 - Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre !

7/18/20 - Sandy, UT - Sandy City Amphitheater =

7/19/20 - Bonner, MT - KettleHouse Amphitheater =

7/21/20 - Bozeman, MT - Emerson Center Lawn =

7/24/20 - Troutdale, OR - McMenamins Edgefield =

7/25/20 - Redmond, WA - Marymoor Park =

$ - w. Support from Angela Perley

* - w. Support from Bendigo Fletcher

# - w. Support from The Ballroom Thieves

~ - w. The Lumineers

! - w. Trampled By Turtles and Erin Rae

= - Co-headline with Trampled By Turtles

After mounting the biggest comeback of the decade last year, GRAMMY® Award-nominated trio Jonas Brothers release their first new single of 2020, “What A Man Gotta Do,” today. Get it HERE via Republic Records.
 
“What A Man Gotta Do” charges forward on upbeat acoustic guitar and a percussive groove. This high-energy bounce culminates on the hook where they coyly ask, “What a man gotta do to be totally locked up by you?” Continuing a tradition of event-level visuals, the group also reveals a blockbuster music video co-starring their significant others: Priyanka Chopra Jones, Sophie Turner, and Danielle Jonas. Directed by Joseph Kahn, the band and the ladies put their own smart, satirical, spirited and sexy twist on classic films such as Risky Business, Grease, and Say Anything.
 

Watch it HERE.  
 
The broadcast premiere for the video will air on MTV Live, mtvU and the Times Square Viacom billboard at 6AM EST today.
 
Jonas Brothers will pull out all the stops next Sunday January 26 when they perform “What A Man Gotta Do” live for the very first time at the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards® in Los Angeles. Plus, they vie for the “Best Pop Duo/Group Performance” statue at the ceremony.
 
Be sure to tune in to the broadcast on CBS.
 
The song arrives hot on the heels of the band’s blockbuster comeback album, Happiness Begins. Not only did it bow at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, go platinum, and set the stage for the sold out Happiness Begins Tour across arenas everywhere, but it also yielded the Hot 100 #1 smash “Sucker,” which proved definitive for 2019. Most importantly, it set the stage for the biggest, boldest, and brightest era of Jonas Brothers yet.
 
Be on the lookout for more surprises and big news very soon.

The preeminent male group of this century, Jonas Brothers opened the floodgates for a new era of titans in pop music. Following a six-year hiatus, Jonas Brothers took 2019 by storm with the surprise release of their critically acclaimed and widely successful single "Sucker." The double-platinum single debuted at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100, becoming the first #1 for the band and the first #1 debut from a group this century.  The song emerged as a cultural phenomenon, ranking #1 on Billboard’s critic's picks list of the “50 Best Songs of 2019,” and standing out as the top song on U.S. Radio in 2019, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. 
 
Making history once more, the band delivered their third #1 album debut with the release of their platinum-selling album Happiness Begins. The band continued to soar with their sold-out “Happiness Begins Tour,” with over 1 million tickets sold.  The tour received unanimous praise with Billboard writing, “The ‘Happiness Begins’ Tour feels like a celebration of everything in the Jonas Brothers' career, but also the beginning of their larger-than-life new chapter,” and The Washington Post claiming, “There hasn’t been a boy band in recent history that’s made a comeback quite like Jonas Brothers.” Moreover, Rolling Stone summed it best, “Following a six year hiatus, it almost feels like the Jonas Brothers are bigger than ever.” 
 
The band closed out a banner year with the release of “Only Human,” another Top 5 hit on both Top 40 and Hot AC radio airplay charts. What’s more, they garnered a bevy of awards, including a 2019 MTV Video Music Award for "Best Pop Video" and two 2019 Teen Choice Awards for "Artist Of The Decade" and "Choice Summer Group.” Plus, they were nominated in top categories at the American Music Awards, including “Favorite Duo or Group Pop/Rock” and “Favorite Song Pop/Rock.” Most recently, they notched their second GRAMMY® nomination for “Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.”