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Courtney Barnett and Animal Collective are among the leading names in the first wave of acts to be announced for Pitchfork Music Festival London 2022.The event will return for its second London edition from November 9-13 and will take places in a number of London venues, including The Roundhouse and EartH.Over 50 artists will perform during the five days of Pitchfork Music Festival London 2022, including the aforementioned Barnett and Animal Collective.Faye Webster, Jenny Hval, Cate Le Bon, Desire, William Basinski, Injury Reserve, KOKOKO!, Dehd, Anjimile, Big Joanie, Club Intl, Billy Woods, Girlpool, Lyra Pramuk, Sister Ray, Léa Sen, They Hate Change, Jordana, Marina Herlop, Lido Pimienta, Fake Fruit, Guerilla Toss and Johanna Warren will also perform during this year’s event series.More acts will be announced for Pitchfork Music Festival London 2022 in the coming weeks and months.Tickets for each Pitchfork Music Festival London event will be sold separately, with general sale beginning tomorrow (July 1) at 10am from here.“We’re thrilled to be today announcing our first incredible artists for the second Pitchfork Festival London – and to be part of a growing family of events now in Paris and Berlin in the same period,” Dan Monsell, Co-Managing Director at the festival’s promoters FORM Concerts, said in a statement.“We were blown away by the reception to the launch of Pitchfork Festival in the UK last year, and we can’t wait to develop the event into its second year.

Haim, The Roots, The Flaming Lips and Sheryl Crow are scheduled to headline The Big Climate Thing Festival, a three-day climate-themed festival in New York City.Seeking to address and raise awareness of the climate crisis, the event will blend musical programming with climate-related dialogue, including videos, talks, and calls to action. The event, which takes place at the start of Climate Week NYC in September, will also be carbon-mapped in an effort to reduce its environmental footprint.The festival’s proceeds will support EarthPercent, a Brian Eno-launched nonprofit which seeks to raise $100million of music industry funds for climate initiatives by 2030.

K.J. Yossman Dance music festival Tomorrowland – dubbed the “Disneyland of music festivals” by the EDM world – is developing a fantasy novel series with the potential to become a film or TV franchise, Variety can exclusively reveal.Brothers Manu and Michiel Beers created the festival, which features otherworldly visuals, artists and lighting, in Belgium in 2005.

Blake Shelton got a very special birthday surprise from his wife Gwen Stefani over the weekend.

Midsummer Music will make an emotional return to Gatehouse venues this weekend after a gap of three years.

Lollapalooza is the top music festival for random sex and drugs, a new study found. Researchers interviewed 1,006 festival-goers, from Baby Boomer aged to Gen Z, to learn how they let loose at the country’s most popular music festivals.

Two people have died after falling ill at a rock music festival over the weekend. Leicestershire Police are urging a witness who spoke to medical staff at the Download Festival, in Castle Donington, to come forward after a man in his 30s died on Saturday (June 11).

Award-winning music and arts festival Sing on the Bing made a welcome return to celebrate its fifth birthday.

Thania Garcia The official lineup for this year’s iHeartRadio Music Festival has arrived, with the two-day event booking such major music stars as Megan Thee Stallion, Halsey, Avril Lavigne, Nicki Minaj, Luke Combs and Morgan Wallen for top slots at the Sept. 23-24 event, to be held at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena.Joining those artists on the main stage will be Lionel Richie, the Black Eyed Peas, LL Cool J feat. DJ Z-Trip, Maren Morris, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Sam Smith and the Black Keys.

Nicki Minaj, Avril Lavigne, Halsey, and Lionel Richie are among the talent set to take the stage during the two-day event in September.Lavigne, Black Eyed Peas, Halsey, Richie, LL Cool J feat. DJ Z-Trip, Luke Combs, Maren Morris, Megan Thee Stallion, Morgan Wallen, Minaj, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Sam Smith, and The Black Keys will perform on the main stage at The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sept.

Nina Kraviz will no longer be performing at their events this summer.Dortmund’s PollerWiesen, The Crave in The Hague, and Movement Detroit have all posted statements on social media confirming that the Russian DJ has been taken off the billing.The decisions arrive a day after Kraviz published a statement online explaining her social media silence regarding Russia’s military action in Ukraine after she was criticised for not speaking up on the issue.“I am a musician and was never involved in supporting the politicians or political parties, I am not planning to do it in the future,” Kraviz said in part of the statement. “I don’t understand politics or the social processes it creates.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. It’s not too late to score tickets to Stagecoach, which returns to the famed Empire Polo Grounds this weekend after being cancelled for the past two years.

Down in the desert! Lili Reinhart, Jared Leto and more celebrities braved the heat during Coachella 2022.

LIVE – Updated at 17:32After a two-year absence, Coachella has made its highly anticipated return. Located in Indio, California, the desert festival has gained popularity over the years for its glitzy Instagram-worthy dress code and major celebrity guest sightings. The festival leads the pack when it comes to innovative lineups.

LIVE – Updated at 22:55Following a three-year interruption, Coachella finally makes its highly-anticipated return today (15 April). Located in Indio, California, the desert festival has gained popularity over the years for its glitzy Instagram-worthy dress code and major celebrity guest sightings.

Better late than never!

Lorde, Bleachers, Mitski and more have been announced for this year’s All Things Go music festival.The event will take place at Merriweather Post Pavillion on October 1, and is set to host 16 artists on multiple stages. King Princess, Bartees Strange, and Lucy Dacus are will also play the independent fest.

Following iHeartRadio’s announcement of Wango Tango’s 2022 festival lineup, featuring both Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, the “Wonder” singer commented on the possibility of a musical reunion between the two exes.

TikTok, claimed that security guards were so impressed with his idea that they gave him a free pass – and an upgraded ticket.Davidson managed to get close to the event, which took place last Friday (March 25) to last Sunday (March 27), before getting spotted by coast guards.He was snorkelling in waters surrounding Ultra Music’s home of Bayfront Park on the south eastern Florida coastline when patrolling guards spotted him. “They caught me and put me in the police boat,” Davidson captioned a video that showed the moment.#trending #foryou #fyp #springbreak #ftlauderdale #ultramusicfestival #ultramusicfestivalmiami #onlyindade #onlyindadecounty #edm #musicfestival #musicfestivals #barstoolsports #miami #freediving #scuba #scubadiving #saltlife #ocean ♬ original sound – Jackdvdson The snorkeller then showed clips of him with members of security whom he claims let him into the festival with a VIP pass.

Kanye West has pulled out of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival where he was to have headlined both of the fest’s two weekends, according to multiple media reports.

Manic Street Preachers covered Madonna‘s ‘Borderline’ during their set at BBC 6 Music Festival last night (March 31) – watch below.As announced last week, the band kicked off this year’s festival by playing an exclusive, intimate show at Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff. It marked their first-ever appearance at the famous Welsh venue, despite having been set to perform there back in 1990.Towards the end of their career-spanning 16-track set, the Manics debuted a rendition of Madonna’s 1984 single ‘Borderline’, which appeared on her self-titled debut studio album (1983).James Dean Bradfield and co.

Manchester based music label Animal Crossing has unveiled the full line-up for the second edition of The Summer of Love Festival. The two-day event, set to take place over the August Bank Holiday weekend (August 27-28), will see more than 80 acclaimed dance acts take to the stage.

Joe Leydon Film CriticLet’s not mince words: “Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story” is a high-stepping, hand-waving, spirit-lifting gas. Co-directors Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern, with the invaluable assistance of editor Martin Singer, have fashioned an infectiously exuberant overview of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the Big Easy’s unique and enormous celebration of its music, cuisine and multiculturalism, by combining their own footage of performances and interviews at the 50th iteration of the star-studded annual event — the last before COVID-19 forced cancelation of the 2000 and 2001 editions — and archival footage dating back to the festival’s earliest days.Those days might have begun earlier, fest co-founder George Wein reveals during an interview conducted before his 2021 passing, if he had accepted a 1962 invitation by locals to establish the New Orleans equivalent of his Newport Jazz Festival.

On your mark, get set, rock out! The Preakness Stakes isn’t just for watching horses as some top music acts will be part of the race day celebrations.

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Pitchfork has announced the lineup for the 2022 edition of the Pitchfork Music Festival. Mitski, The Roots, and The National will headline the three-day concert taking place July 15-17 in Chicago's Union Park.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMitski, the National and the Roots will headline the Pitchfork Music Festival when it returns to Chicago’s Union Park, running from Friday, July 15 through Sunday, July 17.The Festival kicks off on Friday with The National, who played Pitchfork Music Festival’s first year in 2006, Spiritualized, Parquet Courts, Tierra Whack, Amber Mark, Dawn Richard, Tkay Maidza, Indigo De Souza, Spirit of the Beehive, Spellling, Camp Cope, Wiki, Ethel Cain, and CupcakKe.The festivities continue on Saturday with Mitski, Japanese Breakfast, Lucy Dacus, Low, Magdalena Bay, Dry Cleaning, Karate, Iceage, yeule, Arooj Aftab, The Armed, Chubby & the Gang, Hyd, and Jeff Parker & the New Breed. Closing day features The Roots, Toro y Moi, Earl Sweatshirt, Noname, BadBadNotGood, Cate Le Bon, Tirzah, Xenia Rubinos, Erika de Casier, Injury Reserve, Kaina, L’Rain, Sofia Kourtesis, and Pink Siifu.“This year’s lineup is a celebration of the rising indie class, and those who continue to pave the way for innovation,” said Puja Patel, editor in chief of Pitchfork.

The Killers are the latest musical act to pull out of their performance in Russia.

Massive Attack, The National and The Chemical Brothers will headline its 2022 event.The latest addition to the Scottish festival calendar will take place at Edinburgh’s Royal Highland Centre from August 26–28.Other names on the bill for the rebooted event, which was announced yesterday (February 22), include Mogwai, Little Simz, Self Esteem, Black Country, New Road, Jon Hopkins, Black Coffee, Bonobo, Bombay Bicycle Club, John Grant, LOW, Idlewild and more.Massive Attack will take to the Grand Parade Stage on the Friday; The Chemical Brothers will top the bill on the Saturday; and The National will close out proceedings on the Sunday.“We are delighted to be announcing our line-up for Connect today,” said DF Concerts & Events CEO, Geoff Ellis. “For some time now we have been working tirelessly and carefully to curate a captivating line-up for the first edition of our new iteration of Connect and we have been really excited to share it.“While Connect is a brand new festival proposition, it will still retain many qualities from – and the ethos of – its namesake from 2007 and 2008, especially regarding the music, entertainment, food and drink programmes.Ellis added: “We are thrilled to be welcoming the very best in left field talent from grassroots through to award-winning headliners to perform this year and we cannot wait to welcome fans to the Royal Highland Showgrounds this August.”This is Connect 2022.Sign-up for access to pre-sale:https://t.co/ZVj8UkwnJGFor your chance to win 4 weekend tickets to Connect 2022, head over to our Instagram account.

The BBC Radio 6 Music Festival will make its fully-fledged post-COVID return this year, taking place across multiple venues in Cardiff. Among the line-up are Little Simz, Father John Misty, Idles, Pixies, Beebadoobee, Mykki Blanco, Self Esteem and more.“After two years, it feels very special to say that the 6 Music Festival is back with a bang in Cardiff”, says Head Of BBC Radio 6 Music, Samantha Moy.

BBC Radio 6's annual Music Festival will take place this year in Cardiff. 

BBC Radio 6's annual Musical Festival will take place this year in Cardiff. 

IDLES, Little Simz and Father John Misty are among the leading names on the line-up for BBC Radio 6 Music Festival 2022.The annual live music event is set to take place in multiple venues in Cardiff from April 1-3, marking the first in-person festival to be held by 6 Music since 2020.

Ellise Shafer Variety parent company Penske Media and sister brand Rolling Stone have acquired a majority interest in the Life Is Beautiful music festival.Founded in 2013 by the late Tony Hsieh, former CEO of Zappos, Life Is Beautiful is an annual music and arts festival in Las Vegas, Nev. Its most recent installment in 2021 boasted Billie Eilish, Green Day and Tame Impala as headliners and drew over 170,000 attendees.

Model Cristina "Vita" Aranda has died after reportedly being shot during a music festival over the weekend. Aranda, a fitness trainer and social media influencer, was married to Paraguayan soccer player Ivan Torres, who mourned her passing on his Instagram account on Monday. "Dear followers, we appreciate the accompaniment and love that we receive in this delicate and difficult moment that we are experiencing," one of the statements shared to the Club Olimpia player's account reads.  "Out of respect in this delicate moment, the entrance to the wake room will be exclusively for family and friends," the statement continues.

Cristina “Vita” Aranda, a model and the estranged wife of soccer star Ivan Torres, has sadly passed away at just 29 years old.