Doechii announces Live from the Swamp Tour

Doechii announces Live from the Swamp Tour

Live from the Swamp Tour admat/Photo Credit: Live NationYou may have seen Doechii perform on NPR’s Tiny Desk, The Late Show, festivals and even some award shows, but this fall she’ll be going Live from the Swamp Tour.Doechii has 12 set shows across North America, starting with an Oct. 14 performance at the Byline Bank Aragon…Read More…

Dua Lipa granted citizenship to her ancestral homeland

Dua Lipa granted citizenship to her ancestral homeland

Katja Ogrin/Getty ImagesDua Lipa was born in London to Kosovo Albanian parents. Now, she’s been granted citizenship to her parents’ homeland.Dua was in Pristina, Kosovo’s capital, for her annual Sunny Hill music festival, which ran from Aug. 1 to 3. While there, Dua met with Kosovan President Vjosa Osmani, who presented her with a citizenship certificate.…Read More…

No ‘Subway’ series: Chappell Roan says new album ‘doesn’t exist yet’

No ‘Subway’ series: Chappell Roan says new album ‘doesn’t exist yet’

Amusement/Island RecordsIf you were hoping that Chappell Roan’s new single, “The Subway,” was the first taste of her soon-to-be-released second album, well, think again.Chappell, whose debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, came out in 2023, tells Vogue, “The second project doesn’t exist yet. There is no album. There is no collection…Read More…

Katy Perry fan passes out onstage … but she’s OK

Katy Perry fan passes out onstage … but she’s OK

Live NationMeeting your favorite singer can be overwhelming — especially with thousands of people watching you — so maybe it’s not surprising that a young fan passed out at Katy Perry’s concert in Detroit Sunday after Katy invited her onstage.Video posted by MLive, a Michigan news site, shows the young fan, McKenna, joining Katy onstage…Read More…

Jessie J hospitalized for infection following breast cancer surgery

Jessie J hospitalized for infection following breast cancer surgery

Jo Hale/RedfernsJessie J was hospitalized for an infection six weeks after undergoing surgery following her breast cancer diagnosis.The singer updated fans on her Instagram Story Saturday, sharing a photo of an IV in her arm. “How I spent the last 24 hours,” she wrote. “6 weeks post surgery and I was back in the same ward I was…Read More…

Saskatchewan launches Chappell Roan-based tourism marketing campaign

Saskatchewan launches Chappell Roan-based tourism marketing campaign

Amusement/Island RecordsIn her new single “The Subway,” Chappell Roan sings, “I made a promise/ If in four months this feeling ain’t gone/ Well, f*** this city/ I’m movin’ to Saskatchewan.” Well, the Canadian province has taken note, and they’re running with it.Saskatchewan has now launched a marketing campaign designed to bring Chappell Roan fans to the province. “Roan’s…Read More…

Say it ain’t so! Olivia Rodrigo brings out Weezer during Lollapalooza set

Say it ain’t so! Olivia Rodrigo brings out Weezer during Lollapalooza set

Olivia Rodrigo/Josh Brasted/FilmMagic; Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo/Per Ole Hagen/RedfernsOlivia Rodrigo was Mary Tyler Moore to Weezer’s Buddy Holly Friday night at Lollapalooza.During her set at the Chicago festival, Olivia asked the crowd if it was anybody’s first concert. She then said, “You always remember your first concert. Very, very special moment. I remember my first concert.…Read More…

Music notes: Gracie Abrams, Flavor Flav and more

Music notes: Gracie Abrams, Flavor Flav and more

Gracie Abrams brought out Swedish pop icon Robyn for a duet of “Dancing on My Own” at Lollapalooza Thursday. Gracie thanked Robyn on Instagram, writing, “Watching you walk out on stage in those cherry red heels with the hair and the drums and the wind and the smoke made my heart stop. You have magic powers and by some…Read More…

Halsey celebrating 10th anniversary of ‘Badlands’ with new vinyls

Halsey celebrating 10th anniversary of ‘Badlands’ with new vinyls

UMe/AstralwerksHalsey is celebrating the 10th anniversary of her debut album, Badlands.The singer will be releasing three new vinyls – Badlands Decade Edition, Badlands: Live from Webster Hall and Badlands: Anthology – on Aug. 29 to commemorate the milestone. The Decade Edition vinyl is reimagined and rearranged by Halsey and features “Gasoline” and “Hurricane” for the first time. The three-LP anthology vinyl will feature orchestral versions, never-before-heard…Read More…