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Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
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Willie Nelson's Outlaw Music Festival Tour Hits Pause After Extreme Weather Damages Gear
The Outlaw Music Festival tour's June 29th stop in Ridgedale, Missouri, was cut short on Sunday after extreme weather brought heavy rains and winds to the Thunder Ridge Nature Arena. Now, the fallout from the sudden storm has caused the tour to cancel a July 1 date in El Reno, Oklahoma, at the Lucky Star Amphitheater. According to a post on the Outlaw Music Festival's social media, some of the tour's equipment and gear was damaged, necessitating the cancellation of Tuesday's planned show. More from Rolling Stone Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Will Destroy America's Climate Progress How Many Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen Lyrics Can You Identify in This New York Writer's New Song? Willie Nelson's Pre-Show Video Feels Like a Message of Support for Immigrants 'An extreme weather event on the evening of June 29th in Ridgedale, MO at Thunder Ridge Nature Arena produced heavy rains and high winds forcing the crowd to evacuate,' the statement read. 'Unfortunately, much of the Outlaw Music Festival's equipment and artists' instruments were damaged and waterlogged, making their condition difficult to assess in time to accurately and safely use for tomorrow's show. The potential damage has halted the festival production as they recover and replace what's necessary for the tour to resume.' The tour is expected to continue on July 4 in Austin, Texas, a stop that doubles as headliner Willie Nelson's annual 4th of July Picnic. Bob Dylan, the Avett Brothers, the Mavericks, Asleep at the Wheel, and Tami Neilson are all on the bill, set for Austin's Germania Insurance Amphitheater. Refunds for the canceled July 1 Oklahoma date will be issued to point of purchase, according to organizers Blackbird Presents. In a video posted on Neilson's Instagram, a storm can be seen approaching the Thunder Ridge venue in Ridgedale, Missouri, on Sunday evening. According to her Instagram Story, Neilson was able to perform, but Dylan and Nelson's sets were nixed. 'We are all safe, but these tents ended up wrapped around this flag pole,' she captioned an image of the stage. 'The sound desk was cooked and much of the gear on the left side of the stage was damaged in the winds and heavy rain.' Extreme weather is increasingly becoming an issue for the live music industry, especially during peak summer touring season. Last week, during a dangerous heat wave in the United States, an outdoor K-pop concert for Stray Kids in Washington, D.C., resulted in five concertgoers being hospitalized for heat stroke. Earlier in June, the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tennessee, canceled after just one day of live music after rains flooded the campgrounds. The Outlaw Music Festival tour is currently celebrating its 10th year. Last week, at a stop outside Nashville, Dylan took the opportunity to sing 'The Times They Are a-Changin'' for the first time in 15 years, while headliner Nelson prefaced his performance with a seemingly pro-immigrant message by showing the 1986 music video for 'Living in the Promiseland' on the venue's video screens. Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Kid LAROI set to headline The Big E Fair in September
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Kid LAROI will be performing at The Big E Arena on September 26th. The Avett Brothers set to perform at the Big E in September The Big E States that the 21-year-old rapper, born Charlton Howard, was born and raised in Sydney, Australia, and grew up listening to Hip-Hop and R&B icons like Tupac, Erykah Badu, The Fugees, Lil Wayne, and Kanye West. He has been wanting to make music since he can remember, in hopes of claiming a spot within this American legacy. He earned respect after a competition in 2016 from industry executives and was able to perform alongside the late JuiceWRLD, THEY, and more. He recorded his debut EP 14 With a Dream in 2018 and watched standout 'Blessings' take off. 'It's really what I've always imagined… I always knew it was bigger than that,' LAROI said about his crossover success and finding an audience outside of Australia. After spending six of its 17 weeks at the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100, the song 'STAY' with Justin Bieber proved to him what was coming. 'I love everything I make. I take music super seriously, and I look at it as art,' said LAROI. The Kid LAROI will be performing at The Big E Arena on September 26th at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale on June 13th at 10:00 a.m. ET. Each ticket includes free admission to the Fair on the day of the concert. The Big E Fair runs from September 12th to the 28th. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
New York Times
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
On Broadway, Her Set Designs Get a Round of Applause
'Transforming Spaces' is a series about women driving change in sometimes unexpected places. The first time she saw the shipwreck, Rachel Hauck began to cry. It was during rehearsals at the Berkeley Repertory Theater for the premiere in 2022 of 'Swept Away,' a jukebox musical based on the songs of the Avett Brothers about a 19th-century shipwreck off the coast of New Bedford, Mass. The cast and crew had assembled to stage a dry run of the show's spectacular action centerpiece: a full-scale re-creation of the capsizing of the whaler, which overturns onstage to reveal a slender wooden lifeboat, where the remainder of the show takes place. As a feat of conceptual ingenuity and mechanical engineering, the moment was astonishing — a scene of such extraordinary scale and intensity that, when it occurred nightly during the show's short run on Broadway last year, the audience would break into thunderous applause. It was too much for Hauck, the set designer, who watched that California dress rehearsal with tears streaming down her face. 'It was the emotional journey of it all,' Hauck, 64, said recently, once again tearing up. 'I don't know quite how to articulate this, but it's space and physical objects and emotion, and how those things lift.' Hauck's grand vision of the sinking ship was so important to the impact of the musical that it's impossible to imagine 'Swept Away' without it. But in fact, nothing of the kind was suggested in the musical's original book, by John Logan. 'In the script, it's like, 'The boat sinks.' That's it. Literally,' Michael Mayer, the show's director, said. 'Rachel had this ingenious and beautiful idea of how to do the shipwreck. And this is the reason why you go to Rachel Hauck for these kinds of complicated shows where there's a giant transformation.' Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Willie Nelson setlist 2025: Outlaw Music Festival songs at Phoenix tour launch
Willie Nelson is 92 years old and still headlining festival tours. The Outlaw Country legend launched a tour celebrating the 10th anniversary of his Outlaw Music Festival in Phoenix on Tuesday, May 13, with special guests Bob Dylan, Billy Strings, Sierra Hull and Lily Meola, treating fans at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre to a hit-filled overview of his iconic catalog. The 2025 tour is the biggest Outlaw tour to date with 35 stops across 22 states with a rotating cast of special guests as its rolls on from city to city. Guests include Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Sheryl Crow, Turnpike Troubadours, the Avett Brothers, Wilco, the Red Clay Strays, Lake Street Dive, Waxahatchee, Charles Wesley Godwin, Lucinda Williams, Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers, Trampled By Turtles, the Mavericks and more. When Waylon met Willie: How one night in Tempe sparked an outlaw country revolution Here's Willie Nelson's Outlaw Tour 2025 setlist from opening night at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in Phoenix, as shared online by fans who attended the concert: 'Whiskey River' 'Still Is Still Moving to Me' 'Bloody Mary Morning' 'Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys' "Texas Flood" 'Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground' 'On the Road Again' "Help Me Make It Through the Night" 'Always on My Mind' 'Georgia on My Mind' 'I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train' 'Help Me Make It Through the Night' 'Last Leaf' 'Just Breathe" Ed has covered pop music for The Republic since 2007, reviewing festivals and concerts, interviewing legends, covering the local scene and more. He did the same in Pittsburgh for more than a decade. Follow him on X and Instagram @edmasley and on Facebook as Ed Masley. Email him at This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Willie Nelson Outlaw Tour 2025 setlist on Night 1 in Phoenix
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Fans gear up for Kendrick Lamar and SZA at Gillette Stadium
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (WWLP) – Kendrick Lamar and SZA are performing together across the country for their Grand National Tour, including at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough Monday night. The Avett Brothers set to perform at the Big E in September The two artists kicked off their tour in Minneapolis on April 19, and will be moving through 19 stadiums across the country before starting a 13-stop European tour on July 2 in Cologne, Germany. Lamar is a 22-time GRAMMY Award-winning artist, Pulitzer Prize-winner and performed at this year's Super Bowl halftime show. Solána Imani Rowe, known as SZA, collaborated with Lamar on seven songs. Limited tickets are available at for Monday night's show. Gates open at 5:00 p.m. and the show starts at 7:00 p.m. The stadium is reminding ticket holders that bags larger than a small wristlet or handheld wallet are not allowed inside, and clear bags cannot exceed 12' x 12' x 6'. If you or someone you know is going, we'd love to see your pictures, email us at ReportIt@ List of more concerts at Gillette Stadium this year: May 31: Post Malone June 10 & 11: The Weeknd June 21: George Strait July 15 & 16: Coldplay Aug. 22 & 23: Morgan Wallen WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
