Squid share new single ‘Undergrowth’ and announce 2024 North American tour

Focusing on his sobriety! Tom Sandoval is prioritizing his well-being following Scandoval.

On the heels of his recent Tame Impala collaboration, “No More Lies,” Thundercat has announced a summer/fall 2023 tour of North and South America. The North American portion of the tour is scheduled to kick off on August 5 at the Newport Jazz Festival and pick up steam in late September, crisscrossing the continent before its Halloween finale in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The Jonas Brothers are heading across North America with THE TOUR of all tours!

Enter Shikari have announced a new 2024 tour, which will hit arenas around the UK in support of Music Venue Trust. Find ticket details below.Shared today (April 2), the upcoming tour will feature seven dates across the United Kingdom, taking place in early 2024.

Foo Fighters‘ guitarist Chris Shiflett has shared his latest single ‘Dead and Gone’ from his forthcoming solo album.The track, written in 2020 during the pandemic and recorded with producer Jaren Johnston of the Cadillac Three in Nashville, features Charlie Worsham on dobro and Tom Bukovac on guitar.Shiflett shared that the song is an ode to the characters and character of his Santa Barbara hometown.“My hometown was an odd mix of luxury paradise and working-class grit and continues to be a bottomless pit of lyrical inspiration,” he said. “Sad to say there’s been more than a few friends who’ve left us too soon, so there are lots of stories there, kind of a lost generation.”A full new solo album, recorded with producer Jaren Johnston, is set for release later this year via Snakefarm.Shiflett released two NEW songs, ‘Born & Raised’ and ‘Long, Long Year’, in 2022, which were his first new solo releases since his 2019 album ‘Hard Lessons’.Meanwhile, Foo Fighters recently announced their 11th album ‘But Here We Are’ and shared its first single ‘Rescue’.

Ed Sheeran has shared details of intimate North American tour dates, which take place amid his stadium tour.The pop titan kicks off his ‘+ – = ÷ x Tour’ (‘Mathematics’ tour) in North America next month.He will stage more intimate performances at 14 theatres and auditoriums across the US and Canada during the stadium shows. Ben Kweller will provide support for the majority of the small-scale shows.A Ticketmaster Verified Fan pre-sale is set for this Tuesday (May 2) at 10am local time via Ticketmaster.

Michael Appler It’s quiet on the roof of the St. James Theater. Up here, less than 10 stories above 44th Street, the clamor of an opening night on Broadway drifts away. Below, titans of the American theater — actors like Chita Rivera and Joel Grey — are gathering to attend the opening night of a new musical by John Kander and Fred Ebb, a duo who gave Broadway shows like “Cabaret” and “Chicago.” But on the roof — on top of “New York, New York” — the air is still.  Up here, in the few moments of serenity before red carpet interviews, an opening night performance and a long evening of parties, the musical’s two stars, Colton Ryan and Anna Uzele — newcomers to all the fuss below — stop to catch their breath. 

Gigi Perez has released a new EP, ‘How To Catch A Falling Knife’, following a string of singles.The rising musician was born in New Jersey and raised in Florida and had her breakthrough moment with 2021’s ‘Celene’ – a vulnerable song dedicated to her late older sister.‘How To Catch A Falling Knife’ was released today (April 28) and includes the previous singles ‘Figurines’, ‘Sally’ and more. “‘How To Catch A Falling Knife’ is not a guide but a question,” Perez said of the new EP in a press release.

Imagine a New York where construction workers tap dance on steel girders high above the city, sorta like that famous photograph you’ve seen a million times, and where kindly landladies who once played Carnegie Hall might tutor a young Holocaust refugee to a Julliard scholarship, and breezy jam sessions do away with generations of friction between races, genders and sexual identities. You’d go there, right?

Last August, LL Cool J pulled off his first Rock The Bells in the aftermath of a lawsuit in which he won the trademark rights to the popular New York hip-hop festival, named for a 1985 cut from his debut album, Radio. Today, he’s announced that he’ll be taking Rock The Bells on the road this summer, joining powers with Live Nation to present a “once-in-a-lifetime touring experience and a celebration of Hip-Hop culture” called “The F.O.R.C.E.

Summer 2023 will close out with the beginnings of a North American tour from British six-piece Black Country, New Road. The experimental rock band will play the United States and Canada starting August 25 in Vancouver and running for 17 additional dates, with the tour’s end at the Knockdown Center in Queens, New York.

in. Sam Fell, director of Laika’s incredible “ParaNorman” and a longtime Aardman vet, directs this time around.

Do Nothing have shared details of their debut album, as well as unveiling new single ‘Amoeba’ – check it out below.‘Snake Sideways’ will be released on June 30 via The Orchard. To coincide with the announcement, the Nottingham band have released the horror film-inspired video for ‘Amoeba’, which was directed by Clump Collective.“As far as I remember ‘Amoeba’ is about my girlfriend leaving the house to go to work and be useful, and me laying on the sofa feeling dumb and watching annoying news on TV,” said lead vocalist Chris Bailey. “It muses about how the media decides what we all care about on a two week rotation.”He continued: “Sometimes it feels like we all get angry about something for a few weeks until the TV decides it’s time for us to think about something else.

Afrobeats star Davido is coming to North America for a brief tour behind his fourth album Timeless, released in March. The arena shows begin in Washington, DC on July 1 and conclude in Toronto, Canada on the city's Budweiser Stage.

Remembering a legend. Queen Elizabeth II was celebrated by her loved ones on what would have been her 97th birthday following her death.

Britsh electronic music duo Ivy Lab have just released their first single of the year, “Profit.” The track is out on their own label, Twenty Twenty London. Known for their penchant to dabble in every genre — their catalog ranges from hip-hop beats to drum & bass — the venerated experimenters have also solidified themselves as revered tastemakers both through their imprint and live sets.

Boy George and Culture Club have announced details of their upcoming ‘The Letting It Go Show’ North American tour starting this summer. Check out the dates and ticket information below.The 25-city run comes fresh on the heels of Boy George and Culture Club wrapping up their sold-out Vegas shows and will kick off on July 13 in West Palm Beach, Florida with support from Howard Jones and Berlin.

The Japanese House has shared their new single ‘Sad To Breathe’ and announced her forthcoming second album ‘In The End It Always Does’.The track, a bright yet heartbreaking ballad, is co-produced by The Japanese House (real name born Amber Bain) along with The 1975‘s George Daniel and Chloe Kraemer (Rex Orange County, Lava La Rue, Glass Animals).“I wrote ‘Sad To Breathe’ some time ago, it’s one of the oldest songs on the record,” said Bain. “It was very different back then. It’s gone from being solely electronic to what it is now, mostly live/acoustic instrumentation.“It’s about that desperate feeling when someone leaves you and the disbelief that they could.

Erykah Badu has announced details her upcoming ‘Unfollow Me’ North American, tour beginning this summer. Check out the dates and ticket information below.The 25-city-run tour will feature support from Yasiin Bey, also known as Mos Def, and according to Badu’s Instagram caption of the tour poster, “other extraordinary guests.”Shows are set to commence on June 11 in San Antonio, Texas.

Sufjan Stevens has announced his new album ‘Reflections’ along with new single ‘Ekstasis’.The album is a studio recording of his score for the ballet by choreographer Justin Peck, and was performed by pianists Timo Andres and Conor Hanick. The record is set for release on May 19 via Asthmatic Kitty Records.Speaking about how ‘Ekstasis’ captures the mood of ‘Reflections’, Stevens said: “It is about energy, light and duality.