Penske Media subsidiary Rolling Stone has acquired a majority interest in Life is Beautiful, the music, arts and ideas festival held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Ethan Shanfeld The Warped Tour may have hung its hat back in 2019, but the spirit of the pop-punk and Emo-heavy festival is alive and well, as demonstrated by today’s announcement of Live Nation’s upcoming When We Were Young festival.The one-day event, taking place on Oct. 22 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, boasts headliners Paramore and My Chemical Romance, alongside dozens of other throwback emo-pop acts, including Bring Me the Horizon, A Day to Remember, Avril Lavigne, Bright Eyes and Jimmy Eat World.When We Were Young marks Paramore’s first performance in four years, as singer Hayley Williams announced a couple months ago that the band would return in 2022. Meanwhile, My Chemical Romance recently reunited after a six-year breakup, which lasted from 2013 until 2019.
Gerard Way and Co. have since played in Los Angeles, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, but the band was forced to postpone its North American and European tours due to COVID-19. Also on the lineup are AFI, the Used, the All American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday, Car Seat Headrest, Dashboard Confessional, Alkaline Trio, Manchester Orchestra, Pierce the Veil, I Prevail and the Story So Far.
Dance Gavin Dance, 30H!3, the Ready Set, Jxdn, Wolf Alice, La Dispute, the Wonder Years, Mayday Parade, Boys Like Girls, Hawthorne Heights and Meet Me at the Altar will also perform.Elsewhere on the bill are the Maine, We the Kings, Mom Jeans, Poppy, Silverstein, the Starting Line, State Champs, Motionless In White, Prentiss, and the Linda Lindas, who made headlines for their library performance of “Racist, Sexist Boy.”Presale begins at 10 a.m. PT on Friday, Jan. 21, with tickets starting at $19.99 down.
Regular sale begins at 2 p.m. PT on Jan. 21.View the full lineup
.Penske Media subsidiary Rolling Stone has acquired a majority interest in Life is Beautiful, the music, arts and ideas festival held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada.
A helping hand. Adele‘s boyfriend, Rich Paul, has been “very patient and supportive” as she reckons with the cancelation of her Las Vegas residency.
Adele is facing backlash for a recent Twitter post following the postponement of her Las Vegas residency. In a tweet on Tuesday (1 February), the 33-year-old singer announced she will be performing at the Brit Awards next week.
Wolf Alice will tour North America this March and April, taking in shows across the US and Canada on a 20-date run.READ MORE: Wolf Alice live in London: spellbinding small venue show from snarling rock superstarsThe tour, announced yesterday (February 1), is part of the band’s ongoing world tour in support of their third studio album, ‘Blue Weekend’. It marks their second tour of North America in as many years, following their run of dates in late 2021.Along with their headlining dates, the band will also play two shows in June as a support act.
Katy Perry caused hysteria among her fans after she made an incredibly exciting announcement about her future.MORE: Katy Perry commands attention in mini dress and knee-high bootsThe Firework singer revealed that she will be sticking around Las Vegas longer than planned after adding 16 more dates to her popular Play residency at the newly opened Resorts World Las Vegas. Sharing a video montage of her show, Katy admitted that thanks to "popular demand" she will be back in Sin City "this spring and summer" to continue her show-stopping performances.WATCH: Katy Perry adds 16 more dates to her Las Vegas residency Katy wrote on Instagram on Thursday: "Ummm we heard y’all! thx to popular demand we’ve just added 16 more shows of #PLAY at @resortsworldlv! "Get ahead of ur summertime FOMO, tix are on sale #SNLSaturday, 1/29 @ 10:00a PT.
The Las Vegas residency is an excellent option for the modern superstar looking to make touring money without actually touring: no traveling necessary, a consistent schedule, and a regular stream of eager attendees visiting Sin City.
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To everyone that was not able to grab a ticket on the first go. Now is your chance.
Announced last week, When We Were Young will take place in October and be headlined by My Chemical Romance and Paramore, with fellow ’00s emo acts like Avril Lavigne, Jimmy Eat World and pop-punk revivalists Meet Me @ The Altar also playing.After the initial date on October 22 sold out, When We Were Young will return with the same line-up the following day at Las Vegas Festival Grounds.Tickets for the second date are on sale now here.
Adele has FaceTimed fans who went to Las Vegas to see the opening nights of her residency to apologise for postponing the shows.The singer announced on Instagram on Thursday (January 20) that the residency would no longer start the next day. “We’ve tried absolutely everything we can to put it together in time and for it to be good enough for you, but we’ve been absolutely destroyed by delivery delays and COVID,” she said.Now, fans who were meant to attend this weekend’s concerts have shared videos of the star FaceTiming them.
Some fans got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Live Nation has added a second day to the When We Were Young Festival with an lineup identical to the first. The promoters announced the news this afternoon in a tweet from the festival's account, citing "overwhelming demand." In addition to its originally scheduled date of Saturday, October 22, 2022 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, the festival will reproduce itself the following day at the same location.
Adele's undoubtedly still bummed about postponing her highly-anticipated Las Vegas residency, but she's doing the next best thing — surprising her fans on FaceTime.The singer surprised some of her most diehard who were already in Las Vegas before Adele tearfully announced the shows would not go on as scheduled due to many factors, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The fans, who posted their videos on social media, were stunned to see the GRAMMY-award winning singer on the other end doing her best to console them.One particular fan, Eleni Sabracos, went viral on social media after posting the grueling series of obstacles she's gone through since at least 2016 trying to see Adele in concert.
Angry backlash from disappointed fans and skepticism over the reasons behind Adele’s cancellation of her planned Las Vegas residency have cast a shadow over the singer’s career. It’s left some wondering if her acknowledged massive stage fright has made it impossible for her to continue performances.
Adele shocked some of her fans who travelled to Las Vegas for her highly anticipated residency show. The shows were cancelled last minute due to COVID related issues, and the 33-year-old made sure to take the time to personally apologize in videos that got shared to social media on Friday, Jan. 21. In one video, her boyfriend Rich Paul made an appearance as a group of fans waved to the sports agent!