Month: April 2024

Meghan Trainor will embark on a new North American tour, in support of her upcoming, sixth full-length album, Timeless, out June 14th via Epic Records.  Trainor shared via Instagram: “I cannot believe it has been 10 years since this all started. I have never been more grateful for this life that my incredible Megatronz have gifted me with. This new album and tour are all for them and my beautiful family ..I am also finally going back on tour!!! Come see me on The Timeless Tour this fall ”

Trainor also dropped the lead single from Timeless, titled “Been Like This” featuring T-Pain. On working with Meghan, T-Pain shared, “I worked with Meghan’s husband and manager for months trying to surprise her for her birthday. She’s been a fan of mine for a long time and the feeling is definitely mutual. I think we came together in a way that’s a perfect mesh of styles that will get everybody ready for us to work together again real soon. T-Pain and M-Train, the collab you never knew you wanted but needed.”  Take a listen to ‘Been Like This’ – here.

Trainor also announced The Timeless Tour, kicking off September 3rd at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, OH. The 24-show tour includes stops at Madison Square Garden in New York, the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, and Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO.  Natasha Bedingfield serves as direct support on the NYC, Denver, and Los Angeles dates, with Paul Russell as direct support for the entire tour. Trainor’s best friend Chris Olsen and brother Ryan Trainor will also be joining the tour as special guests.

Preorder/presave ‘Timeless’ – here.
Tickets for The Timeless Tour are on sale now via Ticketmaster.

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Travis Kelce revealed the star-studded lineup for Kelce Jam 2024, featuring headliners 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne alongside Diplo. The second annual event is set to take place on May 18, 2024, in Kansas City. at the Azura Amphitheater.

Kelce Jam 2024 will also feature local restaurant pop-ups and interactive activations throughout the event, and will stream globally across Travis Kelce (@killatrav) and @KelceJam on Instagram, powered by Takis. Said Kelce: “Kansas City, Kelce Jam is back, baby! I’m excited to once again welcome fans for the ultimate day of music, food, and an electric experience celebrating Kansas City. Last year, you exceeded my expectations when over 20,000 fans showed up in the rain to ‘fight for your right to party,’ and this year promises to be even more over the top as we welcome Lil Wayne, Diplo, and 2Chainz to the stage.”

Kelce, 34, said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter regarding Kelce Jam that “I wanted to keep it fresh and keep it new, so this year we asked Lil Wayne, Diplo and 2 Chainz to come out and perform. And of course, we still got DJ Irie and my guy, DJ E-V, jumping it off, the hometown kid. We got to show the hometown love … It’s going to be so much fun, and I cannot wait to get back out and celebrate with KC, man. It’s just a blast every single time we can get together to celebrate these back-to-back (Super Bowl wins) one last time.”

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m., starting at $49.99, with presale registrations available online at KelceJam.com. Tickets go on sale 24 hours prior for Cash App card holders, beginning at 10 a.m. on Thursday.

For more information, head to the Kelce Jam official website.

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Twenty One Pilots announced they will hit the road for its 59-date ‘The Clancy World Tour’ in support of their upcoming album, Clancy.  The duo of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun posted on social media: ‘The Clancy World Tour is bringing us back to see so many of you. |-/ Get info and presale access here: twentyonepilots.com/tour’

The 59-date tour kicks off Aug. 15 at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colo. with stops in Seattle, Phoenix, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and their hometown of Columbus, Ohio before wrapping up the North American leg on Oct. 12 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn.  The international leg of the tour begins in Auckland, New Zealand, on Nov. 17 and will make stops in Australia the rest of the month. The tour resumes April 2025 in Germany, Italy, Spain, France and more before wrapping up with two shows at London’s 02 Arena on May 13 and 14.

The band also dropped the video for “Next Semester,” the second single from Clancy. The music video — directed by Andrew Donoho — kicks off with the band perfomring in a tiny, packed club; take a look at the video for “Next Semester” – here.

Presale tickets are available now, with general on sale beginning April 5 at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. More information about the tour and tickets can be found on Twenty One Pilots’ website.

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Lady Gaga is returning to Las Vegas this summer, adding eight more dates to her “Jazz & Piano” residency which first debuted in 2019.

The new run of shows will kick off on June 19 at Park MGM’s Dolby Live and conclude on July 6. The original “Jazz & Piano” setlist included 16 covers of American classics, like Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” and “Luck Be a Lady,” Dinah Washington’s “What a Diff’rence a Day Makes,” Cher’s “Bang Bang” and George and Ira Gershwin’s “Someone to Watch Over Me.” In addition to jazz standards, the residency also features renditions of Gaga’s own hits like “Poker Face” and “Born This Way.”

Gaga revived the residency last summer following the death of Tony Bennett, with whom Gaga was a frequent collaborator. The setlist includes several songs that the pair recorded and performed together, such as “Cheek to Cheek” and “The Lady Is a Tramp.”

Tickets are on sale now; full ticket info is available on the residency’s website.

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Suga, K-pop star and member of BTS, teased his concert film “Suga | Agust D Tour ‘D-Day’ The Movie” with a new trailer.

‘D-Day’ The Movie features footage from the grand finale of Suga’s Suga | Agust D Tour ‘D-Day’ The Final World Tour, which ran from April-August 2023. According to a press release, the concert film celebrates Suga and shares “the encore concert encompassing his rich musical world and explosive energy,” with BTS members RM, Jimin and Jungkook appearing as special guests.

Suga released his debut full-length album as a solo artist, D-Day, in April 2023, featuring the singles “People Pt. 2” and “Haegeum.”  ‘D-Day’ The Movie will screen April 10 and 13 in more than 3,000 theaters worldwide, including the United States. For ticket information, head: here.

Check out the trailer for “Suga | Agust D Tour ‘D-Day’ The Movie” – here.

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