Month: May 2022

Austin City Limits has revealed its 2022 lineup, which will place over two weekends, Oct. 7-9 and Oct. 14-16 at Zilker Park in downtown Austin, Texas.  Founded in 2002, the Austin City Limits Music Festival was inspired by the TV show Austin City Limits and was originally a one-weekend event until 2013, when it expanded to two weekends.

This year’s lineup includes a wide range of headliners including Lil Nas X, SZA, Flume, Kacey Musgraves, Paramore, the Chicks, Pink, and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

The ACL lineup also features Lil Durk, Jazmine Sullivan, Bia, James Blake, Lucky Daye, Omar Apollo, Sabrina Claudio, PinkPantheress, Teezo Touchdown, Tobe Nwigwe, Carly Rae Jepsen, Muna Yungblud, Phoenix, The Front Bottoms, Manchester Orchestra, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, The War on Drugs, and Lars Ulrich’s son’s band, Taipei Houston and many more.

The event’s three-day tickets are on sale now at www.aclfestival.com.

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Doja Cat has released a new single titled ‘Vegas’ from the soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming Elvis Presley biopic. Doja’s new single takes the well-known song, famously covered by Elvis Presley, and makes it her own.

Doja first previewed the song at Coachella last month, before revealing it as her contribution to the Elvis soundtrack. The film stars Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Dacre Montgomery, Olivia DeJonge, Maggie Gyllenhaal and more, and arrives in cinemas on June 24. See the film trailer – here.

Take a listen to Doja Cat’s ‘Vegas’ – here.

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Following the release of his sophomore album ‘Come Home The Kids Miss You,’  Jack Harlow announced on social media a 22-date North American tour.  City Girls will join Harlow for the entirety of the tour, except for one date at Boston’s MGM Music Hall at Fenway.

The Come Home the Kids Miss You tour is set to launch on Sept. 6 with an opening show in Tennessee at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium, and will wrap up on Oct. 16 at Atlanta, Georgia’s State Farm Arena.

Pre-sale tickets for the ‘Come Home The Kids Miss You Tour’ are on sale now; general ticket sales begin on Friday, May 13th via via Ticketmaster.  For more information, head to jackharlow.us/tour.

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Billboard announced a new slate of performers for its upcoming 2022 Billboard Music Awards, with Ed Sheeran and Travis Scott among the artists joining the performance lineup.  The Weeknd has the the most nominations with 17 at this year’s BBAs.

Sheeran will perform remotely from Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he’s in the midst of his + – = ÷ x stadium tour (pronounced “The Mathematics Tour.”) The 31-year-old is nominated for nine awards, including Top Male Artist, Top Song Sales Artist, Top Radio Songs Artist and Top Billboard Global 200 Artist.

Travis Scott will perform at his first awards show since the Astroworld tragedy in Houston. The remix of his song “Goosebumps” is a finalist for Top Dance/Electronic Song.  In addition to Sheeran and Scott, Miranda Lambert, Becky G and Elle King were added to this year’s list of performers that already includes Burna Boy, Florence + The Machine, Latto, Maxwell, Megan Thee Stallion, Morgan Wallen, Rauw Alejandro, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Silk Sonic. The show will also honor this year’s Icon Award recipient Mary J. Blige.

The BBMAs, hosted by Sean “Diddy” Combs, will broadcast live coast-to-coast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 15th at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT on NBC, and will stream live on Peacock.

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Gomez is scheduled to host the May 14 episode of SNL, with Post Malone set to be the musical guest. It also will be Malone’s debut on the late-night sketch comedy show. Gomez shared the news on Instagram, writing: “Mom… I think I’ve made it. So grateful and so excited.”

Gomez currently stars on the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building and released her last album, Rare, in 2020.While she hasn’t hosted the show before, Gomez appeared as musical guest on SNL in 2016, performing a medley of her songs “Hands to Myself” and a “Good for You/Same Old Love.”  Meanwhile, Malone is gearing up for his first appearance on SNL, and will debut his new album, Twelve Carat Toothache, on June 3.

Saturday Night Live is set to conclude its 47th season on May 21st, with guests yet to be announced.

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Earlier this week, Lady Gaga released a new song called “Hold My Hand,” from the new Tom Cruise movie Top Gun: Maverick. Now Gaga has shared a new video for the track, which features the pop star singing on an airstrip, a motorcycle, and more between footage from both the new film and 1986’s Top Gun. The “Hold My Hand” video is helmed by Joseph Kosinski, who also directed Top Gun: Maverick.

Gaga first teased the song last week, commenting, “I’ve been working on it for years.” Top Gun: Maverick hits theaters on Friday, May 27.

Check out the video – here.

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