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Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Here's where Young Thug will perform for the first time since his release from jail
Rapper Young Thug is heading back to the stage for the first time since his more than two-year stint in jail. The rapper, whose real name is Jeffrey Williams, was released from jail last year after pleading guilty to lesser charges in the RICO trial of alleged criminal street gang Young Slime Life. It now appears that Williams has set his first concert date since his arrest at an Illinois music festival. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Hip-hop music festival Stage Smash, scheduled for June 20 to 22 in Bridgeport, Illinois, announced Young Thug among its lineup of headliners. He's set to headline on Sunday, June 22. Among the festival's other performers that day are metro Atlanta rappers Lil Yachty and Quavo. Les Ardentes Festitval in Belgium previously announced that Young Thug would be headlining at their festival in July. Click here to get tickets to Summer Smash. RELATED STORIES: After Young Thug trial, Georgia lawmakers introduce bill to limit use of lyrics, art in court cases Young Thug now allowed to travel through Atlanta airport as part of his probation Judge makes ruling on Young Thug's probation terms to visit Atlanta more Young Thug released: What's included in rapper's non-negotiated plea in YSL trial? YSL Trial: Yak Gotti found not guilty, Shannon Stillwell found guilty on only 1 charge Young Thug released from Fulton County Jail after non-negotiated plea in YSL trial [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
CBS News
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Summer Smash 2025 tickets on sale today; Future, Young Thug headline festival at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview
Summer Smash tickets went on sale Friday. The music festival at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview features headliners like Future and Young Thug. The festival runs June 20 through June 22. Three day passes are on sale and cost $350, and parking passes cost $135. Single day tickets are not yet listed for sale on the Summer Smash website. Don Toliver x Yeat will headline Friday night, Future will headline Saturday and Young Thug will headline Sunday. Sunday night will also feature a performance by Chicago's own Chance the Rapper. Other notable performers include Trippie Redd, Sexyy Red, Soulja Boy, Lil Yachty, Quavo, G Herbo and Insane Clown Posse. Click here to see the full lineup for each day and buy tickets.
Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Young Thug, Future, Don Toliver & Yeat to Headline Summer Smash Festival
Lyrical Lemonade has announced this year's Summer Smash Festival lineup — and it contains some potentially culture-shaking performances. The three-day event will be headlined by Future, the world debut of the newly formed duo of Don Toliver and Yeat, and Young Thug in his first live performance since his release from jail. Scheduled for Friday, June 20, through Sunday, June 22, Summer Smash will grace SeatGeek Stadium near Chicago for its seventh iteration. Tickets will be released for purchase on Friday (March 28) at 12 p.m. CT via the Summer Smash website. More from Billboard Huey P. Williams, Beloved Lead Singer of the Jackson Southernaires, Dies at 80 Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Halftime Show Received 125 FCC Complaints New Billy Joel Documentary 'And So It Goes' to Air on HBO This year's Summer Smash Festival features some of the hottest names across hip-hop's innumerable scenes. Led by Don Toliver and Yeat, the Friday night lineup also includes Trippie Redd, Ski Mask the Slump God, NLE Choppa, Nettspend, DC the Don, Molly Santana, Karrahbooo and more. On Saturday (June 21), Future will lead a lineup that features Sexyy Red, Lil Tecca, Destroy Lonely, SahBabii, Soulja Boy, Osamason, BabyTron, Plaqueboymax, Famous Dex and 1900Rugrat. The lineup of Sunday night performers preceding Thugger's highly anticipated live comeback includes Lil Yachty, Quavo, Nav, G Herbo, Saba, Insane Clown Posse, Bktherula, Skaiwater and TiaCorine. Chance the Rapper will close out one of the two main stages on Sunday night. 'I feel lucky to be able to throw the party of the year with my best friends,' said Cole Bennett, Summer Smash Festival cofounder and Lyrical Lemonade founder, in a press release. 'May this be the best one yet. Lucky No. 7.' Young Thug's headlining appearance comes the year after Summer Smash hosted one of the most iconic musical homecomings of the decade with Chief Keef's long-awaited return to performing in Chicago after a 12-year hiatus. Thug, of course, was in the throes of his state RICO trial for most of 2024. On Oct. 31, 2024, he was sentenced to 15 years probation and no prison time after pleading guilty in the long-running case accusing him of leading a violent Atlanta street gang. Despite popping up on songs with Lil Baby ('Dum, Dumb & Dumber') and Playboi Carti ('We Need All Da Vibes'), Thugger has been relatively quiet on the music front so far in 2025. See the full lineup below: Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
USA Today
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Young Thug headlines Summer Smash 2025 lineup in first show since prison release
Young Thug headlines Summer Smash 2025 lineup in first show since prison release In what could be his first performance since being released from prison last year, Young Thug is among the headliners for the annual hip-hop festival Summer Smash. The "Trance" rapper will headline alongside Future, Don Toliver and Yeat during the festival at the SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois scheduled for June 20-22, 2025. Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, will headline the third and final day on Sunday, June 22 which includes acts like Chance The Rapper, Quavo and Lil Yachty. The Atlanta rap star was jailed between May 2022 and November 2024 on several charges relating to alleged street gang involvement with Young Slime Life (YSL). Yet he avoided more time incarcerated after pleading guilty in November returning home on probation. On Wednesday, the rapper posted on Instagram a photo of himself performing, a treat for fans who've highly anticipated his return to the stage during the festival's 7th edition. "I feel lucky to be able to throw the party of the year with my best friends," Summer Smash Festival co-founder Cole Bennett said in a news release. "May this be the best one yet. Lucky No. 7." Music news: Ye sued for copyright infringement by German singer angered over antisemitism Summer Smash 2025 lineup Lyrical Lemonade unveiled its Summer Smash 2025 lineup Thursday featuring some of the biggest names in hip-hop. Don Toliver and Yeat will collectively headline Day One on Friday, June 20, while Future leads Day Two on Saturday, June 21. Young Thug will serve as the final headliner Sunday, June 22, with the day also including a special performance by Chance the Rapper. See the full lineup below. Summer Smash 2025 tickets Three-day passes for Lyrical Lemonade's 2025 Summer Smash festival will go on sale Friday, March 28, at 12 p.m. CT on the event's official website. Ticket prices will start at about $370 with parking passes priced at about $135. Contributing: Edward Segarra, USA TODAY
Chicago Tribune
27-03-2025
- Business
- Chicago Tribune
Afternoon Briefing: Yellow Banana gets six more months to complete city-funded grocery project
Good afternoon, Chicago. Chicago-area residents might feel like it's been a really long winter after enduring stretches of below-normal temperatures in January and February and a couple snowfalls in March. But the lingering cold snaps actually contributed to a proper winter — unlike the record highs and bitter but brief Arctic blasts of recent years. 'You look at the numbers — whether it be for Chicago, for Illinois, for the Great Lakes — and it was sort of an unremarkable winter,' said Trent Ford, the Illinois state climatologist. 'But it felt like it was intense because we're getting these types of winters, as far as temperatures are concerned, so much less frequently.' Here's what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Elgin Fire Department found missing woman's car three years ago, but didn't recover it The Elgin Fire Department found Karen Schepers' car in the Fox River three years ago, but believed it was an ATV and did not recover it, according to a statement released by city officials. Read more here. Yellow Banana gets six more months to complete city-funded grocery project Nearly three years after the city first announced it would hand out $13.5 million in public dollars to grocery operator Yellow Banana, the company says it will soon drag the delay-beset grocery store rehab project across the finish line. Read more here. More top business stories: Europe lashes out over President Donald Trump auto tariffs and the economic threat to both continents FAA acknowledges it must do better after deadly DC air collision Chicago White Sox remain blacked out on Comcast for opening day The White Sox open the season this afternoon against the Los Angeles Angels at Rate Field, but barring an eleventh-hour breakthrough, a million Chicago-area Comcast subscribers may not be able to see the game. Read more here. Column: Ashton Jeanty to the Chicago Bears? It's fun to imagine — even if it's only a possibility. Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash 2025: Young Thug, Don Toliver, Yeat, Future and Chance The Lyrical Lemonade's Summer Smash Festival has announced its musical lineup for summer 2025. Headliners include Young Thug, Don Toliver, Yeat and Future, with Chance the Rapper also performing Sunday night. Read more here. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: President Donald Trump says Signal chat isn't 'really an FBI thing.' The FBI has a long history of such inquiries FBI Director Kash Patel was not part of a Signal chat in which other Trump administration national security officials discussed detailed attack plans, but that didn't spare him from being questioned by lawmakers this week about whether the nation's premier law enforcement agency would investigate. Read more here.
