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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Wet Leg Will Lather Up North America in ‘Moisturizer' on New Tour
'Party in the USA' by Miley Cyrus served as the background music for Wet Leg's tour announcement — and we think that's beautiful. On Thursday, the Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers-fronted band announced the 19-stop North American tour celebrating their upcoming album, Moisturizer. The North American tour will kick off in September in Seattle, before the group makes its way to Portland, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, and El Paso, before closing the run at Los Angeles' Greek Theatre on Oct. 17. Mary in the Junkyard will join the band on the road for the U.S. dates. More from Rolling Stone Eric Church Maps Out Free the Machine Tour Beyoncé Delivers Powerful Statement on Country at Stunning 'Cowboy Carter' Tour Opener Maren Morris Announces Extensive 'Dreamsicle' 2025 World Tour 'Moistourizer is coming to get you north america… 😈' the band wrote on Instagram. 'Yeah yeah yeah yeah it's a party in the USA.' Tickets for the Moisturizer run will go on sale to the general public on May 8 at 10 a.m. local time. Fans can also presale tickets starting. on Wednesday at 10 a.m. The tour will arrive nearly two months after the release of the band's sophomore album, Moisturizer, which they preceded with the single 'Catch These Fists' last month. The band is also scheduled to tour the United Kingdom this month. 'We were just kind of having fun and exploring,' Chambers said in a statement at the time. The album will also feature songs such as 'Pond Song,' 'Pokemon,' 'Jennifer's Body,' and '11:21.' Wet Leg's North American tour dates Sept. 1 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount TheatreSept. 3 – Vancouver, BC @ Malkin BowlSept. 5 – Portland, OR @ Revolution HallSept. 9 – Minneapolis, MN @ First AvenueSept. 10 – Chicago, IL @ Salt ShedSept. 12 – Toronto, ON @ HISTORYSept. 13 – Montreal, QC @ MTELUSSept. 14 – Boston, MA @ RoadrunnerSept. 15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music HallSept. 17 – New York, NY @ Summerstage in Central ParkSept. 19 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 ClubSept. 21 – Atlanta, GA @ Shaky KneesSept. 30 – Oakland, CA @ Fox TheaterOct. 3 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial TheatreOct. 7 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The CriterionOct. 14 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow PalaceOct. 17 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
India Today
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
Alex G Announces 2025 North American tour with Nilüfer Yanya
Indie singer-songwriter Alex G will hit the road again this year, unveiling a 16-city North American tour scheduled for September and October tour kicks off September 11 in Boston and wraps up October 11 in tour will include visits to some of the world's most renowned venues, such as Los Angeles' Greek Theatre, New York's Radio City Music Hall, and the iconic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Other destinations include Toronto, Chicago, Denver, Oakland, and Atlanta, among many As reported by Rolling stone, British Indie singer-songwriter Nilfer Yanya will join Alex G on tour as supporting act. Her addition brings a thrilling element to the bill, offering fans a varied musical experience from two highly regarded independent On Sale This WeekPre-sale tickets will be available starting Tuesday, May 20, at 10 a.m. local time, and will run through Wednesday, May 21, at 10 p.m. General on-sale begins Thursday, May 22, at 10 Schedule HighlightsSept. 11 – Boston, MA (Roadrunner)Sept. 14 – Toronto, ON (HISTORY)Sept. 26 – Los Angeles, CA (The Greek Theatre)Oct. 04 – Nashville, TN (Ryman Auditorium)Oct. 08 – New York, NY (Radio City Music Hall)Oct. 11 – Philadelphia, PA (The Fillmore)For the full list of tour dates and ticket links, visit Alex G's official website or authorized ticketing READ: Lollapalooza 2025 full lineup and set times released: What to know
Newsweek
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Neil Young's New Song Sparks MAGA Backlash: 'Bitter Old Liberal'
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Neil Young has taken aim at Elon Musk in a new song, and quickly sparked backlash from MAGA, who in turn branded him a "bitter old liberal." Newsweek has reached out to a representative for Young outside of regular working hours via email for comment. Why It Matters Young is a legendary music artist, known for songs like "Rocking in the Free World," and "Old Man." The 79-year-old Canadian has often spoken about politics, having criticized Joe Rogan, President Donald Trump and recently endorsed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the recent federal election. Neil Young performs onstage during the Light Up The Blues 7 Concert celebrating Autism Speaks' 20th Anniversary at the Greek Theatre on April 26, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Neil Young performs onstage during the Light Up The Blues 7 Concert celebrating Autism Speaks' 20th Anniversary at the Greek Theatre on April 26, 2025 in Los Angeles, has become an ever-prominent presence in both U.S. and global politics; a staunch ally of Trump, he has been appointed by the president to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and has used his X, formerly Twitter, platform to push right-wing political movements globally. Musk is a "special government employee," and is set to leave his role at DOGE at the end of May. What To Know In clips from the Light Up the Blue benefit concert at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, Young performed the song with lyrics that included, "If you're a fascist, get a Tesla / It's electric, it doesn't matter / If you're a Democrat, taste your freedom / Get whatever you want, taste your freedom." "Come on Ford, come on GM / Come on Chrysler, let's roll again," he continued. "Build something special that people need / Build us a safe way for us to meet / Build something that won't kill our kids / Runs real clean." The Daily Beast reported that the song is titled "Let's Roll Again," but the title has not been officially confirmed yet. Musk's involvement in the U.S. government has sparked widespread protests, including some directed at his car company, Tesla. Musk has called for the prosecution of anti-Tesla protesters and said in response to the protest that he has "never done anything harmful," when speaking on Fox News, describing the backlash against Tesla as "shocking." Young recently shared concerns on his website that he could face a U.S. ban over his criticism of Trump. "When I go to play music in Europe, if I talk about Donald J. Trump, I may be one of those returning to America who is barred or put in jail to sleep on a cement floor with an aluminum blanket," Young wrote. "That is happening all the time now." And while Trump himself has not responded to these remarks or Young's latest song, Young has drawn the ire of his supporters online. Many of whom have quoted the Lynyrd Skynyrd song "Sweet Home Alabama" (1974), which was written in response to Young's song, "Alabama"(1972) and includes the lyric, "I hope Neil Young will remember, a southern man don't need him around anyhow." What People Are Saying Ian Miles Cheong, co-host of The Other View Podcast, on X: "Neil Young has lost the plot." Oli London, a news personality, on X: "Neil Young sings bizarre song attacking Elon Musk." One user, who self-describes as an "American conservative and proud PATRIOT. Supporter of Donald Trump," on X: "This hippy NEVER grew up." Another user who states they are a Trump and MAGA supporter on X: "Just another bitter old liberal crying for attention." What Happens Next Young is set to tour in Europe in June and July this summer and will headline Glastonbury festival, before returning to the U.S. in August.
San Francisco Chronicle
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
Sturgill Simpson didn't care about his audience in Berkeley. Here's why that was a good thing
Sturgill Simpson didn't need us during his performance at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley. The great ones rarely do. Miles Davis. Jack White. Willie Nelson. Their concerts are often free from the performative displays of expectation and scripted surprise. They play for the muse. For themselves. For the music. The crowd is simply an excuse to conjure some familiar magic. Simpson is the same. He'd play to an empty room. Eyes closed. Musical stories of country and bluegrass and Southern rock and gospel-infused soul surging through him. The wordless dialogue between band leader and follower, elongating songs and creating continuous strings of sound that segue from the familiar to the unexpected to the otherworldly. His three hour concert on Thursday, April 24, was a performance we were privy to, rather than a show programmed to be a dazzling distraction. Simpson arrived into this cool spring evening, his first Bay Area show since last summer's closing set at Outside Lands, wearing a red and white raglan shirt with tight jeans on a dad bod. His matching red guitar plugged in via a coiled cord, eschewing wireless tech. A pure connection. Much like what he had with his five piece band. Throughout the performance, he turned away from the audience for those nonverbal conversations between himself and his bandmates. Discussions not meant for us. But we got to overhear, and indulge in the spontaneity of familiar tunes becoming artistic explorations. Soothing songs like 'The Storm' and 'Scooter Blues' (from his Johnny Blue Skies alter ego) simply provided starting points before melting into formless streams where whimsy and inspiration took over. These jam sessions became longer than the songs that inspired them, a trait that felt so fitting in the homeland of the Grateful Dead. In essence, the music became the star, rather than the celebrity singing it. A nice change from contemporary culture where faces and fashion often steal the spotlight in an art form supposedly built on sound. And, credit to the capacity crowd for showing the patience and interest in these diversions. Following the music that folded familiar grooves into ideas borrowed and birthed. Ready to sing when the lyrics returned, often after minutes of instrumentation and usually with Simpson showing no acknowledgement of their presence. When he did, it was bizarre. 'I'm getting over a chest cold,' he said, then apologized for snot balls. 'We are after all only human.' Maybe. He followed that by stating he's an angelic species who was left on this planet. Then he launched into 'Mint Tea' and didn't stop playing for about an hour, morphing song into song into song. Beyond the improvisation, the tunes took different shapes than their recorded versions. 'Life of Sin' had more Southern rock qualities. 'Brace for Impact' had a little more swing. This is what we're supposed to expect from our artists — a showcase of their music's malleability in the moment. Artistic surprise. Yet, at times the crowd felt a little restless from the longing of wanting the note-for-note recreations of recorded music. They got it later in the set, after a segue into the Allman Brothers' 'Midnight Rider,' when Simpson dropped the jam band vibe and launched into more proper versions of some of his favored tunes. 'Welcome to Earth (Pollywog)' reverted to form, the song about fatherhood that surges with the poignant reflection of missing a child while on the road, was mostly on measure — minus the exuberant punctuation of a horn section. 'It Ain't All Flowers' also stayed true to transcription, but Simpson didn't volunteer the cathartic howls that punctuate the song's power. It wasn't clear if the crowd was supposed to fill in the blanks — or if they could. He was lost in the song, closed eyes and body gesticulations like those seen in Sunday choral sessions. There was a diversion into '90s rock nostalgia with his melancholy cover of Nirvana's 'In Bloom' and an appropriation of Rage Against the Machine's 'Bulls on Parade' tucked into his 'Best Clockmaker on Mars' — itself built around a riff that sounds like a soul was sold to create it. Both felt like tributes rather than offerings of understanding, like much of his musical career. It was different with 'Party All the Time,' Eddie Murphy's '80s pop hit that Simpson has been playing on this tour. This was an interpretation of a song that, at times, has felt unimpeachable. Simpson gave it a reggae lilt and an urgency that left him shaking his head while singing, eyes closed again from the blinding sincerity. Eddie would have approved. Rick James, who produced the original, would not have. The crowd, however, was in awe. His final acknowledgement of us was the first time he offered the illusion of control, asking if we wanted him to play two final songs, or one 'really good one.' He launched into 'Fastest Horse in Town' before there was a consensus response, splaying the fuzzy synthesis of rock and blues and country and gospel into the atmosphere while singing 'Everybody's trying to be the next someone. Look at me, I'm trying to be the first something.'
Los Angeles Times
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Taylor Tomlinson
Taylor Tomlinson, the comedian and writer who has hosted the CBS talk and variety show 'After Midnight' for two seasons, has lived in Los Angeles for nine years. But thanks to a robust stand-up schedule (her now-in-progress 'The Save Me Tour' has 76 dates booked across North America and Europe through January, including an L.A. hometown show scheduled for Aug. 10 at the Greek Theatre), she's only around L.A. for about 20 Sundays a year. 'I try to do two weekends on the road a month,' Tomlinson said. 'But sometimes it ends up being three. Usually my Sundays are spent flying home, and I'm doing my leisurely things on a Tuesday at noon.' She was more than happy to plot out a Sunday plan that doesn't involve 'a layover sitting in a coffee shop in the Phoenix airport.' It would start with making some matcha and head toward a close with sushi and a movie. In between, she'd hit a flea market, a bookstore (to score some spiral-ring notebooks) and the outdoor spaces at the Huntington. This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for length and clarity. 9 a.m.: Whisk up some morning matchaIn my perfect world, I'd fall asleep at midnight and get nine hours of sleep, which would be perfect. I am not somebody who can handle coffee because I get headaches. So I usually make matcha at home with unsweetened almond milk, and I add cinnamon and usually use a little bit of vanilla protein shake as creamer in it. And I do it iced. I go to a lot of coffee shops when I'm on the road and always have to ask if their matcha is presweetened, because a lot of places make it with honey or sugar already in it. But more mainstream places are getting unsweetened, ceremonial-grade matcha, and that's what I use. I've got one of those bamboo whisks, and I like the whole routine of boiling water and then whisking in the matcha powder. I really feel like I'm doing something. 9:30 a.m.: Back to bed with a bookThen I'd bring my matcha back to the bed and I'd read for a bit. I really struggle with letting myself read for fun, because, for a long time, I wouldn't read anything that wasn't teaching me something or had some sort of self-improvement element to it or was about comedy or business. I'm working on a book of my own right now, so I'm currently reading Chuck Palahniuk's 'Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life after Which Everything Was Different,' and for fun I'm reading 'The Dragon Republic,' the second book in R. F. Kuang's 'The Poppy War' series. 10:15 a.m.: Self-scramble some breakfastI like going out to breakfast when I'm on the road but, when I'm home, I like to cook for myself. So I'll do a scramble with some eggs, turkey, zucchini, spinach and bell pepper and then top it with some avocado. 11:45 a.m.: Make for the Melrose Trading PostThis might [sound like] a really basic Sunday, but I'm not in L.A. very much. So I would go to the Melrose Trading Post [flea market] over at Fairfax High School with some friends of mine because it's a way to socialize. Zach Noe Towers and Sophie Buddle and I do [stand-up comedy on] the road a lot together, and when we're home on a weekend, this is something we do together. I've bought a lot of leather jackets there. I have way too many jackets — an insane collection of jackets. It's a real problem. I bought a weird lamp there. I think the last thing I bought there was this wardrobe [from J. Martin Furniture] that was green, and they said they would paint it any color I wanted and have it delivered. So I had them paint it a dusty rose that matches the flowers on these vintage pillows I had just gotten for my bed. The wardrobe fills out the one blank wall I had left in the bedroom. It's really cute and makes me really happy. They have food and music and stuff to drink too. Last time we went we got some Thai food from a truck and hung out for a bit. 2 p.m.: Vroom over to Vroman'sFrom there I'd head to Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, which I hadn't been to until very recently. It's a huge independent bookstore, and they have literally everything there — books, gifts [and] stationery — so I'd probably buy a notebook. I've got so many notebooks. The two things I overbuy the most are vintage jackets and notebooks. I use different types of notebooks for different [purposes], but they've all got to be spiral-ring. I like [notebooks] that are long and skinny for my set lists. I like stenographer's notebooks for new jokes because [the pages] have a line down the middle; I use one side for jokes I know work and one side for jokes I'm not sure about yet. And I like a really big notebook to journal in. Then there are the kind I find at flea market vendors when I'm on the road where they turn old children's books into notebooks and leave part of the [original book] text in between the [blank] pages. This one [she holds aloft a spiral-ring notebook with the title 'Peter Pan' on the cover] is by Red Barn Collections. I think I picked it up at a flea market in Salt Lake City. 3 p.m.: Head to the HuntingtonIf I didn't sit and write in the cafe at Vroman's, I'd head to the Huntington. I've been a member there for years, and sometimes when I have a whole day off, I'll go there for awhile. I'd either go to the side area where there are a few chairs and sit and read or go to one of the benches that overlook the Japanese garden. If I was writing, I'd do that in the cafe. 5:30 p.m.: Sushi in Studio CitySince the Huntington closes at 5 p.m., I'd head to this sushi place in Studio City that I love called Sushi Tomoki that opens at 5:30. I like to get there right when it opens because it fills up so fast. And it's so good, and the service is fast even when they're packed. 7 p.m.: Take in a movie at Universal CityWalkSince I'm in Studio City and my group of friends and I are all AMC Stubs A-List members, I'd go to Universal CityWalk to catch a movie. CityWalk is what it is, but it's close to the sushi place. And the AMC theater there is really good. If you go with a bunch of friends, you can split the cost of parking. I love to talk about the movie afterward, so instead of just standing by the car talking about it, we can walk around [CityWalk] and talk about it. The last thing I saw there was 'Paddington in Peru.' 10:30 p.m.: Tea time before bedtimeAt this point it's probably pretty late when I get home, so I'd probably drink some tea — I do a licorice or a ginger tea at night — shower and then read for awhile. Or maybe do some journaling or doomscrolling in bed, depending on what my mood is. And hopefully fall asleep by midnight.
