Blink-182 Added To Coachella 2023

Coachella’s getting a touch of pop-punk.

The California based festival announced Thursday morning that the legendary pop-punk trio would be performing this year. News broke out when Coachella posted the set times for weekend one, starting April 14. Blink-182 will be playing Friday, April 14, at 6:45 PM PST on the Sahara Stage alongside Metro Boomin, Two Friends, and Vintage Culture. No word yet if Blink-182 are attending weekend two. Other acts performing weekend one include YUNGBLUD, Snail Mail, boygenius, Knocked Loose, The Chemical Brothers, and many more.

Coachella 2023 was announced back in early January, with Bad Bunny, BLACKPINK, and Frank Ocean headlining with Gorillaz, TV Girl, Soul Glo, The Comet Is Coming, $uicideboy$, Yung Lean, The Linda Lindas, Hot Since 82, Björk, GloRilla, Latto, Rae Sremmurd, and many more attending.

Tickets for weekend one are sold out, but a waitlist for it is available.

Blink-182 reunited with Tom DeLonge last October — who quit the band back in 2015 and was replaced by Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba — and announced a new album coming later this year, as well as a massive world tour lasting until 2024. Rise Against, Turnstile, The Story So Far, and Wallows will be appearing on selected dates of the tour. The tour will also take them to When We Were Young in Las Vegas this October with Green Day, 5 Seconds Of Summer, All Time Low, Tigers Jaw, and EKKSTACY.

Yellowcard, The Academy Is…, Misfits, More To Play Riot Fest 2022

Whoa.

Earlier this morning, Chicago’s beloved music festival Riot Fest announced its 2022 lineup. The festival will run from Friday, September 16, to Sunday, September 18. Headlining the late summer festival are reunited emo gods My Chemical Romance (Friday), punk legends the Misfits performing Walk Among Us in full (Saturday), and 90s industrial rock duo Nine Inch Nails (Sunday). Friday’s lineup will feature acts like Alkaline Trio, Portugal. The Man, Bleachers, The Wonder Years, and Bob Vylan, playing their first show in the United States. Saturday will feature bands such as Yellowcard (playing their first show since breaking up in 2017), Sunny Day Real Estate, Bad Religion, The Menzingers, and War On Women. Sunday will include other groups like The Academy Is… (their first show since 2017), Ice Cube, Jimmy Eat World, Midtown, and The Bombpops. Check out the lineup below.

All tickets are available now to purchase, but get them fast. These will sell out.

Riot Fest first took place in 2005 and has been running on strong until COVID-19 cancelled 2020’s festivities. Artists who’ve played in the past include The Suicide Machines, Flatfoot 56, The Casualties, TSOL, Butthole Surfers, High On Fire, Smoking Popes, A Day To Remember, Fall Out Boy, Tegan And Sara, System Of A Down, Rob Zombie, Paramore, Beck, The Raconteurs, and Sublime With Rome.

Dead Girls Academy Rock The Hard Rock In New Music Video

Sin City hard rockers Dead Girls Academy light up their hometown with the latest music video from their new album Doves In Glass Houses, “Agonize”.

The third single from their sophomore album, directed by Michael Imperioli (Carnifex, Motionless In White, Upon A Burning Body), features the band performing at the Hard Rock Café on the Las Vegas Strip. “We literally shut down the Hard Rock Café on the Las Vegas Strip,” frontman Michael Orlando said about the video. “Scott had the vision of using a movie projector on my face and body, projecting occultist type images throughout. I’m known for publicly airing my dirty laundry through my lyrics, but with this song I really wanted to take those bottled up feelings from a toxic relationship and get them off my chest, once and for all.”

Watch the video below.

On the visual imagery behind the video, Orlando adds, “I wanted to venture back into my goth roots and create something close to my heart. I used to be bullied nonstop about the way I dressed and the makeup I wore. It was a constant battle! There were so many industry people and fellow artists that gave me a hard time about my stage name, ‘Michael Vampire,’ and the fact I tried to keep a mystique about myself. Nowadays, things have drastically changed for the better. You have artists like Yungblud, Palaye Royale, Ghostemane and even Machine Gun Kelly wearing makeup proudly! I felt it was time to bring back the old me with a 2020 twist and I am very thankful I did. I finally feel like myself again!”

Doves In Glass Houses is available now on Mission Two Entertainment (Brave The Cold, Don’t Sleep, Insight).

Paul McCartney, The Front Bottoms, Metallica, More To Play Lollapalooza 2020

Not even COVID-19 can kill Lolla.

On Tuesday, the Chicago based music festival stunned everyone when they revealed that Lollapalooza was still going down, but things are different this time around. Due to the coronavirus running rampant across the country, Lolla 2020 is going to be virtual, taking place Thursday, July 30, to Sunday, August 2, on YouTube. And yes, it’s gonna be free.

The lineup features a wide range of acts, such as The Cure, Porno For Pyros, Jane’s Addiction, Paul McCartney, LL Cool J, IDLES, The Front Bottoms, A$AP Rocky, Tenacious D, and Metallica. “Original live performances” will take place over the four-day event and will include artists like H.E.R., The Neighbourhood, Vic Mensa, Alison Wonderland, and Louis The Child. Check out the full lineup below.

Lolla 2020 will have special appearances from guests like former First Lady Michelle Obama, b-boy dancer Crazy Legs, Chuck D of Public Enemy, rapper PineappleCITI, and Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.

Created back in 1991, Lollapalloza originally was Jane’s Addiction’s farewell tour. The festival ran until 1997 and came back in 2003. 2004’s festival was cancelled but it came back annually in 2005. Artists who’ve played the festival in the past include Siouxsie And The Banshees, Pearl Jam, Archers Of Loaf, Beastie Boys, Hum, Devo, The Prodigy, Queens Of The Stone Age, Dashboard Confessional, The Reverend Horton Heat, Jack’s Mannequin, Kanye West, The Gaslight Anthem, Lady Gaga, The Pretty Reckless, At The Drive-In, Kendrick Lamar, Skrillex, Catfish And The Bottlemen, Third Eye Blind, Highly Suspect, CKY, and Ariana Grande.