Month: January 2025

Lana Del Rey will release her new album called The Right Person Will Stay, this May, with collaborators Jack Antonoff, Drew Erickson, Luke Laird, Zach Dawes and her sister, Caroline “Chuck” Grant.

Del Rey wrote in a post on Instagram: ‘The right person will stay’ Out may 21 so grateful that my 13 tracks came together with my beautiful work between Luke, Jack, Zach and Drew Erickson amongst others. Happy for you to hear a few songs coming up before Stagecoach starting with Henry. Love Always”

Del Rey previewed her song “Henry, Come On” in 2024, and also teased a country album called Lasso. After originally stating that Lasso would arrive in September, she later explained, “I don’t want to turn it into something that’s half cooked, even if it’s super stripped-back. I want it to be what it was supposed to be.” Del Rey clarified that she plans to preview her new music at this year’s Stagecoach Festival in April.

Lana’s most recent studio album, Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, dropped in March 2023; and she will also launch a stadium tour in 2025, , beginning June 23 in Cardiff, Wales with additional performances across the U.K. and Ireland.

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Olivia Rodrigo, Tyler, the Creator, Luke Combs and Hozier are set to headline the 2025 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. The four-day event will take place June 12-15 on the 700-acre Bonnaroo Farm in Manchester, Tennessee, located about 60 miles southeast of Nashville.

Others set to perform include Vampire Weekend, GloRilla, Tyla, Raye, Avril Lavigne, Queens of the Stone Age, John Summit, Justice, Dom Dolla, Glass Animals and The Red Clay Strays. Check out the full Bonnaroo 2025 lineup via their social media platforms: HERE.

This year’s festival will have more than 10 stages and will debut the first Roo Residency with King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, featuring performances across three sets over three days. Among the new elements added this year is the “Infinity Stage,” described as a “one-of-a-kind” venue created in partnership with Polygon Live that will feature “spatial sound, synchronized lights and an unprecedented three-dome, open-air design to create the world’s largest, most immersive 360-degree live music experience.”

For information including tickets, head to Bonnaroo’s official website.

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The star-studded FireAid Benefit Concert has added additional performers to the lineup. The event will take place Thursday, January 30 at Intuit Dome and the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, bringing together the top names in music and entertainment to raise money to rebuild communities devastated by the California wildfires and support efforts to prevent future fire disasters throughout Southern California.

The latest additions to the lineup include Olivia Rodrigo, Alanis Morissette, Stevie Wonder, Anderson Paak, Dawes, Graham Nash, John Fogerty, No Doubt,  Peso Plluma, and The Black Crowes.   They join the initial roster of performers which include: Billie Eilish and Finneas, Earth, Wind & Fire, Gracie Abrams, Green Day, Gwen Stefani, Jelly Roll, Joni Mitchell, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Lil Baby, P!nk, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rod Stewart, Sting, Stephen Stills, Stevie Nicks, Tate McRae, and performing together for the first time, Dave Matthews and John Mayer.

Organizers said in a news release that Additional information including the lineups at Intuit Dome and the Kia Forum, which are just blocks apart in Inglewood, CA.

Tickets for both concerts go on sale starting Wednesday, January 22nd at noon PT through Ticketmaster.

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K-pop star Lisa will release her debut solo album, titled Alter Ego, on February 28th.

Lisa, a member of the South Korean group Blakpink, shared a three-minute teaser for Alter Ego on her LLOUD YouTube channel, which sees her eyes changing colors through the landscapes as she travels from a black rock structure to a cyberpunk outer-space catwalk, an enchanted garden, a green laser-beam motorcycle track and a volcanic red runway.

According to a press release, the five locations in the teaser trailer represent the five characters LISA emulates on the LP, “each representing a unique personality… They are represented by the five points on a star, which has become a key emblem in the campaign” while clips play from Lisa’s songs “Rockstar,” “New Woman” featuring Rosalía, and “Moonlit Floor (Kiss Me).”

Lisa released “Rockstar” in June, “New Woman” in August, and her most recent single, “Moonlit Floor (Kiss Me),” in October. Her debut single album, Lalisa, was released in September 2021. In addition to her new music, Lisa will make her acting debut in Season 3 of the HBO series The White Lotus.

Pre-order Alter Ego at: lalisaoffiical.com

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The Weeknd has donated $1 million towards Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts. The donations will support firefighters and efforts to help displaced residents in the wake of devastation across the city.

The funds will be spread across the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, GoFundMe’s Wildfire Relief Fund and the L.A. Regional Food Bank in partnership with World Food Program USA and The Weeknd’s XO Humanitarian Fund.

The Weeknd was forced to postpone his planned album release on Jan. 24 for “Hurry Up Tomorrow” and subsequent concert at the famed Rose Bowl stadium, set for Jan. 25 in Pasadena, Calif.

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Charli XCX is gearing up to embark on her Brat 2025 arena tour, a run of five headlining dates in late April and early May.  The 2025 run follows Charli’s extensive co-headlining 2024 Sweat Tour with Troye Sivan and serve as further support of her 2024 LP, Brat, as well as its companion remix album, Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat. 

The Charli XCX Brat 2025 tour will begin on April 22nd with a performance at Austin, TX’s Moody Center, and will head to Minneapolis, MN’s Target Center for a show on April 26th, followed by a stop at Chicago-area Allstate Arena on April 28th. The five-show jaunt will finally come to a close with two shows at Brooklyn, NY’s Barclays Center on April 30th and May 1st.

Head to Ticketmaster for availability.

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