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Forbes
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Ghost's New No. 1 Outsells The Competition Several Times Over
Swedish heavy metal band Ghost lands its first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 this week, as Skeleta launches atop the ranking of the most consumed full-lengths and EPs in the United States. The collection is a winner across every chart on which it appears in America. Skeleta performs exceptionally well thanks largely to its sizable opening sales sum. Fans across the U.S. didn't just stream the release or buy a few tracks, they purchased the full-length in droves. Ghost didn't face much competition this frame, as the band's latest effort outsold even the next biggest projects with ease. According to Luminate, in its first full tracking period, Skeleta sold 76,700 copies in America. Billboard reports that a little more than half of those units — 44,000 to be exact — were on vinyl. Skeleta debuts at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart, Billboard's ranking of the bestselling full-lengths of any genre and format, whether vinyl, CD, or digital download. The heavy metal collection beats the latest from Grateful Dead, the lengthy-titled Dave's Picks Volume 54: Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore, MD – 3/26/73, which opens in the runner-up spot with 19,000 copies sold. Ghost bests the Grateful Dead nearly four times over. The group's new release sold so well that it even outperforms the next eight bestselling albums in the U.S. combined. That roundup includes mostly debuts, as the Top Album Sales chart this time around is packed with brand new offerings. Skeleta beats not just the Grateful Dead's latest, but also just-dropped efforts from D4vd, Tucker Wetmore, Goose, Billy Idol, and Viagra Boys, as well as holdovers from Kendrick Lamar and Sabrina Carpenter, both of which manage to remain inside the top 10. Skeleta opens on half a dozen Billboard charts this week, and it leads all of them. In addition to the Billboard 200, Top Album Sales, and Vinyl Albums charts, it also rules three genre-specific rankings, topping the Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums, and Top Hard Rock Albums lists.
Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Spring music festivals, Torch Club anniversary on tap for April
The slow but sure arrival of spring means more outdoor music, and we're more than ready for a few such shows on deck for April. But that's not to scoff at the walled-in gigs, including a special anniversary for a bedrock local venue, and the official unveiling of Channel 24. Sacramento's newest venue hosts sellout gigs later this month from Tucker Wetmore and Sierra Ferrell, and a gobsmackingly not sold-out hometown show from Sacramento electronic royalty Tycho on April 25. Local artists, message Aaron Davis on Instagram if you have upcoming shows, @adavis_threetosee. Full disclosure: I moved to Sacramento in 2003, so I only know the hallowed ground of the Torch Club at its current digs on 15th and I streets, where it has burned luminously for 25 years. Longer tenured Sacramentans will remember its prior locations at 16th and L — or 6th and J or 8th and L — spread across a whopping 91 total years in business. The seminal haunt celebrates its silver anniversary throughout the weekend of April 11-13 with a Cooperstown-like lineup of Loose Engines, Island of Black and White, Hayez, Mercy Me, Mind X, Elvis Cantu, Peter Petty, Stacie Eakes, Red's Blues, Element Brass Band, Jimmy Pailer & Lew Fratis and more. A 'pre-party' gig is also on deck Thursday featuring one of the two final shows for the retiring Max Riley Group, and newly formed rock outfit PIVOT (fronted by MAU drummer and Owlfest host Scott Alan Carpenter), which earlier this year dished up their thumping debut, 'Bullmask.' ( A crushing catastrophe befell our old friend Scott Holbrook of Keep Smilin' Promotions earlier this year, when a fire tragically ravaged his family's home. Holbrook for years has been the man behind countless gigs at Auburn's 'Foothill Fillmore' (formerly the whimsical Auburn Event Center, and a nickname willed to the Auburn Odd Fellows Lodge) and other events in the region. The aptly titled Holbrook Fest is set to raise funds for Holbrook and his family to rebuild; it's technically free, but cash donations will be accepted, and there's a raffle. A full day of music comes courtesy of rapidly ascending jamgrass outfit Broken Compass Bluegrass — their popularity seems to have markedly transcended gigs at the cozy beer garden where they cut their teeth, so we love seeing them come back. Country rockers Eli Howard and the Greater Good, Primus tribute act Seawater, fellow bluegrass act Caltucky and Bobby Dickson's Unchained Ghost Train join the action. We'll echo the event organizer's advice to make reservations for this one (11 a.m. Sunday, April 6, at Sac Yard; On Keep Smilin's calendar this spring are Moonalice April 19 and David Nelson Band on May 9, with the annual Grateful Dead smorgasbord Ain't Necessarily Dead Fest at Auburn Regional Park this fall Sept. 13 ( Sacramento punk rock standouts Another Damn Disappointment (A.D.D.) are roaring back this month with their first official album release in more than 15 years. 'Bedlam,' which releases April 21, serves as a unique and assuredly cherished time capsule for the resilient act — it will be their final album to feature founding member, bassist and 'captain of the ship' Casey Marsullo, who was killed in a car crash in 2016. A lengthy labor of love and memorial to Marsullo, the remaining members of the band were able to use tracks recorded before his passing to finish out the record — a 14-track gauntlet of melodically-framed, biting punk rock reminiscent of golden era Epitaph Records acts like NOFX and Pennywise, with shortcuts of stripped-down acoustic introspection darting throughout the barreling autobahn. A.D.D. celebrates the album's release alongside Deviates, Lesdystics and Knocked Down. (7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at Goldfield Roseville. $20. Sunday nights at the Golden Bear seldom fail to make for a roughshod Monday morning — we expect nothing less from this fiery trio of indie rock and synthpop acts, led by local staple Death Party at the Beach — which we haven't seen locally since the blistering show they put on the Porchfest stage in October. They're joined by ethereal singer Ari$ and the debut of the cinematically haunting, Helio Sequence-influenced trio Goodnight Mouse, helmed by Sohail Al-Jamea of Poly Holiday and Ember Valley. (8 p.m. Sunday, April 13. One does not simply walk into Sacramento and get to play with both veteran garage rockers Th' Losin' Streaks and pop punk mainstay Dog Party, let alone have both of those local heavyweights open for you. Naturally, we had questions about this Johnny Pandora fella rounding out this wild-eyed bill. Capturing the 'essence of his warrior ancestors by mixing Japanese culture with western rock 'n' roll,' he is leather-clad and coiffed hellcat 'Johnny' Daigo Yamashita. He hails from Tokyo, but sounds more like he hails from Memphis around the time that Sun Records was just figuring out that maybe they had a little something brewing. (Saturday, April 19 at Torch Club. $15. A question country music fans may have seen posed: 'who the f**k is Johnny Blue Skies?' The answer is, the newly forged alter ego (and cheeky tour moniker) of throwback country kingpin Sturgill Simpson, under which he released the stirring 2024 'Passage Du Desir' - a decade after his indelible breakout masterpiece, 'Metamodern Sounds in Country Music.' (8 p.m. Wed. April 23 at Memorial Auditorium. $99.70. Claimstake Brewing keeps the Kith & Kin Music Fest tradition going, with a platoon of slightly gritty, trashcan-rattling caterwaulers do-si-doing around the Americana-rock realm, spearheaded by venerable local staple Forever Goldrush. Grover Anderson & the Lampoliers, Turkey Buzzards, Oh Lonesome Ana and Dave, Brian & the 40 Hour Work Week all join the party (noon Saturday, April 26, 11366 Monier Park Place, Rancho Cordova. $33.85/$44.52. If you're in the area, one of Sacramento's newest beer slingers, the lager-forward Geisthaus Brewing is throwing their inaugural Frühlingsfest (or 'spring fest'); no word on if they're hosting live music, so it might be cheating to mention this here, but we're here for the beer as well ( Community group Friends of Folsom is back with the sophomore iteration of their local reggae-focused, single-day music festival, last year dubbed the 'Flower Festival,' this year going by the Second Annual Framily Festival. Last year's headliner Pato Banton — who has guested on recordings and toured with the likes of the English Beat, Steel Pulse, UB40 and Sting — endeared himself enough to the 'Framily' that he's back atop the lineup for year two, flanked by the also-returning workmanlike local reggae-rock kings Arden Park Roots. Joining this year's party are Lot 49, Eazy Dub, Skinny Hendrix, the Bennys, Cash Prophets and J.B. Barton. (noon, Saturday, April 26, Digger and Sharon Williams Rodeo Park, 200 Stafford St., Folsom. $46. The summer concert season out at Rocklin's grass-laden Quarry Park Amphitheater — which has now been hosting shows for nearly a decade — is taking shape with reggae fusion standout Collie Budz getting things going April 12, and Oakland's classic hard rock act Y&T returning April 19. This cozy venue continues to ramp up the relative star power of its bookings year over year, with a 2025 calendar including Southern rock ax-slinger and jam circuit hero Warren Haynes Band (May 2), rootsy singer-songwriter Trevor Hall with a solo set from Fruit Bats (June 8), alternative indie fuzz rockers Silversun Pickups (June 14), country legend Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives (July 25) and blues smolderer Tab Benoit (July 27). There's also a flurry of '90's acts on deck including the venerable Wallflowers (May 25), Toad the Wet Sprocket with Sixpence None the Richer (July 20), Gin Blossoms (Aug. 19) and Everclear with Local H on Sept. 7. ( Last month, Delfino Farms dropped its lineup of summertime bangers for the Folk on the Farm series. It's getting a bit light on the 'folk' and leaning into more scooting country rock, with the the cozy Camino stage set to host acts including Silverada, Ben Chapman and Mamas Gun, bluegrass darlings AJ Lee & Blue Summit, desert-psych gem Cut Worms, with Latin blues rock legends Los Lobos and tons more. (
CBS News
25-02-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Channel 24, Sacramento's newest music venue, announces inaugural lineup
SACRAMENTO – The inaugural lineup for Sacramento's new midsize performance venue has been announced, and some well-known acts are on the list. Named Channel 24, the new 2,150-person capacity venue will be opening in the coming months near 24th and R streets in Midtown Sacramento. On Tuesday, the venue and Another Planet Entertainment announced the first acts who will be scheduled to play at Channel 24 this year. Tucker Wetmore will get opening night honors on April 24. Indie rock legends Death Cab for Cutie are also now slated to visit Sacramento on July 23. The inaugural list of acts is below: April 24 – Tucker Wetmore April 25 – Tycho April 27 – Sierra Ferrell May 2 – Wallows May 4 – Empire of the Sun May 7 – Denzel Curry May 14 – Madness May 16 – Hippo Campus May 21 – Hermanos Gutierrez May 29 – James Arthur June 8 – Charley Crockett July 1 – Lake Street Drive July 23 – Death Cab for Cutie Aug. 19 – Shakey Graves & Trampled by Turtles Sept. 9 – Tennis with Alice Phoebe Lou Sept. 25 – The Head and the Heart Oct. 3 – Lane 8 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Channel 24 (@channel24sac) Another Planet Entertainment is behind the new venue, which promoters and local leaders say will help fill the gap of midsize venues in Sacramento.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
U.S. Polo Assn. Sponsors SI The Party in New Orleans for the 'Big Game'
Sport-Inspired Brand Brings Apparel and Activations to the Star-Studded VIP Party WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA / / February 13, 2025 / U.S. Polo Assn., the official brand of the United States Polo Association (USPA) was excited to once again sponsor Sports Illustrated's SI The Party, with VIP-driven experiences and iconic performances at Mardis Gras World in New Orleans, Louisiana on Saturday, February 8, during the "Big Game" Weekend. Headlined by Dom Dolla and Diplo, and featuring other incredible special guests, SI The Party featured one of the Big Game Weekend's most exclusive pre-game parties and buzzed-about lineups ever, featuring sport, fashion, and entertainment. The multi-billion-dollar global sports brand U.S. Polo Assn., in celebration of the brand's 135th Anniversary, presented exciting activations at the party including a sport-inspired, red-carpet moment and a roaming polo-themed photo booth, as well as co-branded staff apparel and accessories with the iconic double horsemen logo, and party giveaways like brightly-colored trucker caps and glow in the dark buttons, to complete the cool party vibe. Sports Illustrated is synonymous with the celebration of sports and making connections with sports fans around the world and SI The Party was no exception. The star-studded event to celebrate the Big Game Weekend invited fans to mingle with the who's who of the sports and entertainment worlds. Mardi Gras World was filled with both global influencers and some of the world's biggest celebrities like Kevin Costner, Emma Roberts, Miles Teller, Alix Earle, Jon Hamm, Bill Belichick, Shaq, Guy Fieri, Dak Prescott, Anthony Ramos, Louis Tomlinson, CeeDee Lamb, Michael Rubin, Livvy Dunne, Cristo Fernández, Adam Devine, Paul Skenes, Joel McHale, Braxton Berrios, Josh Richards, Brianna LaPaglia, Nick Bosa, Offset, Vernon Davis, Adam "Pacman" Jones, Reggie Bush, Shadeur Sanders, Peter Weber (Pilot Pete), Tyler Cameron and Tate Madden, as well as influencers like LSU Tiger's Guard Trace Young and Emily Rice, all showing up to party with U.S. Polo Assn. Also in attendance as U.S. Polo Assn.'s special guest was Tucker Wetmore, country music singer and songwriter known for his chart-topping hit "Wind Up Missin' You." "I would like to thank U.S. Polo Assn. and Sports Illustrated for hosting me at SI The Party, the hottest Big Game party happening here in New Orleans," said Tucker Wetmore, country music singer and songwriter. "It was a blast being part of the sport-inspired U.S. Polo Assn. activations while being here to celebrate with some of the most iconic athletes, musicians, actors, and influencers in the world." This sponsorship is part of U.S. Polo Assn.'s World Tour to celebrate the 135th Anniversary of the sport of polo. Being part of the legendary Big Game celebration is a match for the brand in that it's the ideal combination of sport, fashion, and entertainment which are all part of the U.S. Polo Assn. brand story. "Our sport-inspired, global U.S. Polo Assn. brand is thrilled to be part of such an iconic party to celebrate the Big Game in iconic New Orleans, and to once again partner with Sports Illustrated on this event, as we did previously on the SI Sports Awards," said J. Michael Prince, President and CEO of USPA Global, the company that manages and oversees the U.S. Polo Assn. brand. "With New Orleans having one of the most incredible music, sports, and party scenes in the world, it's no wonder that SI The Party with U.S. Polo Assn. was one of the biggest events of the weekend," Prince added. Produced by Authentic Entertainment and Medium Rare, the weekend's sports and music spectacle brought musical performances, immersive activations, and an ultra-luxe, VIP experience at Mardis Gras World, one of the most iconic landmarks in New Orleans. This 300,000-square-foot facility is home to the Krewe of Bacchus and has been the site of float construction for the world-famous Mardi Gras parades for over 80 years. "We were delighted to have U.S. Polo Assn. on board as our generous sponsor, for the second year in a row," said Tatum Mannion, Vice President of Partnerships & Events, Medium Rare. "The incredible energy of New Orleans combined with our world-class talent alongside the Big Game is the perfect match for U.S. Polo Assn., an industry-leading sports partner that shares our goals to inspire fans and consumers to enjoy the fusion of sports, music, and entertainment in one the most exciting and vibrant locations in the world." Guests at SI The Party stepped into a venue filled with larger-than-life, colorful floats and iconic Mardi Gras sculptures, all reimagined to create an exclusive, immersive atmosphere for the Big Game Weekend. "Having SI The Party guests and fans engage with our U.S. Polo Assn. activations, sport our iconic brand, enjoy the VIP experience, and party to the beats of Dom Dolla and Diplo, two of today's hottest music headliners, was a great testament to how SI, sport, and entertainment really bring people together," stated Stefanie Coroalles, Vice President of Global Brand Marketing for USPA Global. Photo Caption: (L to R) Influencer and LSU Golden Girl Emily Rice, country chart-topping singer-songwriter Tucker Wetmore, and NBA Pelicans Dancer Britney Rice celebrating at the U.S. Polo Assn. VIP Table at Sports Illustrated's SI The Party, at Mardis Gras World in New Orleans, La. for the Big Game Weekend. (Photo Credit: James Broia) About U.S. Polo Assn.U.S. Polo Assn. is the official brand of the United States Polo Association (USPA), the largest association of polo clubs and polo players in North America, founded in 1890. With a multi-billion-dollar global footprint and worldwide distribution through more than 1,100 U.S. Polo Assn. retail stores as well as thousands of additional points of distribution, U.S. Polo Assn. offers apparel, accessories, and footwear for men, women, and children in more than 190 countries worldwide. Historic deals with ESPN in the United States and Star Sports in India now broadcast several of the premier polo championships in the world, sponsored by U.S. Polo Assn., making the thrilling sport accessible to millions of sports fans globally for the very first time. U.S. Polo Assn. has consistently been named one of the top global sports licensors in the world alongside the NFL, NBA, and MLB, according to License Global. In addition, the sport-inspired brand is being recognized internationally with awards for global and digital growth. Due to its tremendous success as a global brand, U.S. Polo Assn. has been featured in Forbes, Fortune, Modern Retail, and GQ as well as on Yahoo Finance and Bloomberg, among many other noteworthy media sources around the world. For more information, visit and and follow @uspoloassn. About Sports IllustratedSports Illustrated (SI) is an unparalleled and influential leader recognized for shaping modern culture and uniting athletes, teams, and fans worldwide. SI's award-winning media enterprise brings powerful storytelling to life across platforms ranging from Emmy-winning video to the monthly print magazine with a 60-year heritage. Sports Illustrated also shares its unique and authentic perspective year-round through marquee events, immersive activations, long-form television, film, and audio content as well as select lifestyle products. For more information, visit Follow Sports Illustrated on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. About Medium RareLauded events, experiential, and management company, Medium Rare works at the intersection of Sports & Entertainment, partnering with well-known athletes and brands to create iconic media properties. The group's world class production is balanced by its growing management division, overseeing careers, tours, and partnerships deals for some of the most celebrated artists and more info visit Contact InformationStacey Kovalsky VP, Global PR and Communicationsskovalsky@ Kaela Drake PR & Communications Specialistkdrake@ U.S. Polo Assn. View the original press release on ACCESS Newswire Sign in to access your portfolio
