Taylor Swift ruled out of Glasto by new Eras shows
Taylor Swift has announced 14 extra European dates for her Eras tour, ruling out the possibility of a heavily-rumoured headline slot at Glastonbury.
It was revealed yesterday (5 July) that the pop star will now be playing Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on all three days of the festival next year. Previously, there had been a gap in her schedule on Sunday 30 June, Glastonbury’s closing night.
The pop star will play also extra nights in Paris, Stockholm, Sweden, Lisbon, Lyon, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, Dublin, Amsterdam, Milan, Gelsenkirchen, Warsaw and Vienna.
The outing, produced by Taylor Swift Touring, will commence on 9 May 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena (cap. 40,000) in France and conclude on 17 August at Wembley Stadium (90,000) in London.
The pop star will play also extra nights in Paris, Stockholm, Sweden, Lisbon, Lyon, Edinburgh, London and more
Swift also revealed yesterday that US rock band Paramore will be the support act for her European dates. Paramore opened the first two nights of Swift’s US leg in Glendale, Arizona, before embarking their own headline tour.
The announcement of the European leg came soon after the star announced her first round of international dates, in Mexico, Argentina and Brazil.
Swift currently has 14 dates remaining of her North American stadium tour, which sparked “historically unprecedented demand”.
In the US, Eras is tipped to eclipse Swift’s 2018 Reputation Stadium Tour, which became the country’s highest-grossing tour in history, selling over two million tickets for 38 shows for a total of $266.1 million.
Promoted by AEG’s Messina Touring Group and AEG Presents, the 53-date trek was the second highest-grossing worldwide tour of 2018 behind Ed Sheeran’s record-breaking Divide run, grossing $345.1m from 2,888.892 ticket sales, as per Pollstar‘s year-end rankings.
OVO Hydro teams on climate change initiative
Glasgow’s OVO Hydro has teamed up with climate change charity Music Declares Emergency to help launch its new Fan Club for Climate Change initiative ahead of Earth Day this weekend.
Launched last night at Paramore’s sold-out show, the scheme is appealing for music fans to sign-up and join a call for action for governments and business leaders. The club will allow members to create their own spaces and communities across music venues, towns, and universities and in online spaces internationally.
A team of local Fan Club for Climate Change volunteers were on-hand at the 14,300-cap Scottish venue to encourage gig goers to sign-up to the initiative, which will give them access to weekly prizes and offers including free festival tickets and early bird access, messages from their favourite musicians, opportunities to get involved with community events and tips on ways they can be part of the climate movement to create systemic change.
“With the fight against climate change top of our agenda, we are always looking for ways we can support initiatives and organisations who share the same goal”
“With the fight against climate change top of our agenda, we are always looking for ways we can support initiatives and organisations who share the same goal,” says Debbie McWilliams, director of live entertainment at OVO Hydro. “As an industry, we have the power and influence to make real change and we are proud to be a venue pushing the agenda forward in the global entertainment space.”
Founded by Savages drummer Fay Milton, folk artist Sam Lee and a group of music industry professionals including Ninja Tune’s Peter Quicke, Fan Club for Climate Change is the latest initiative from Music Declares Emergency, which was launched in 2019.
The charity is calling on people within the industry to declare a climate emergency and work towards making the cultural and operations changes necessary towards a carbon neutral future.
The launch of the initiative lands as OVO Hydro gears up to celebrate a year since being awarded the world’s first A Greener Arena (AGA) certification. Awarded by A Greener Festival, AGA takes a holistic approach to sustainability, not only looking at emissions and environmental impacts but also people, inclusion and wellbeing.
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Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest reveals ’23 lineup
Paramore, Dave Matthews Band and Imagine Dragons will headline the fourth Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest.
The three-day festival, which serves as a precursor to the Super Bowl and its coveted Halftime Show, will take place at Phoenix’s 18,000-cap Footprint Center from 9-11 February 2023.
The event kicks off on Thursday 9 February with Paramore and a special guest to be announced, and is followed by Friday night with Dave Matthews Band plus a DJ set by DJ Pee .Wee (Anderson .Paak). The festival then wraps Saturday night with Imagine Dragons and Kane Brown.
“This music festival continues to be at the heart of the Super Bowl Fan Experience and will continue to offer everyone an unforgettable lifetime of memories,” says Paul Caine, president of On Location and IMG Events. “We couldn’t be more excited for those in Phoenix to experience an amazing lineup of headliners who normally wouldn’t perform together for fans.”
The Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest has previously featured never-before-paired line-ups with artists including Bruno Mars and Cardi B, Post Malone and Aerosmith, Maroon 5 and Dan + Shay with a surprise performance from Demi Lovato, and a night with Guns N’ Roses and special guest Snoop Dogg. Last year’s festival was topped by Halsey, Miley Cyrus and Green Day.
“Beyond the Super Bowl itself, our three-day festival has become the marquee event of Super Bowl week”
“Music and football are core to Bud Light’s DNA, and we’re thrilled to bring our annual Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest to Phoenix,” says Lane Joyce, director of experiential marketing for Bud Light. “Beyond the Super Bowl itself, our three-day festival has become the marquee event of Super Bowl week. This year, we have an all-star line-up of musicians from various genres, ensuring we have something for all fans whether they’re traveling early for the game or live right here In Arizona.”
The 2019, 2020 and 2022 festivals were held at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida and the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, respectively.
“Super Bowl Music Fest is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and Footprint Center is honoured to be this year’s host,” adds Ralph Marchetta, general manager of Footprint Center. “We look forward to welcoming fans for three nights of incredible music and showcasing downtown Phoenix as an entertainment destination.”
Rihanna will headline the 2023 Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show on Sunday February 12 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
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Blink-182, Paramore to headline new US festival
Live Nation has detailed a brand-new alternative music festival based in the US, called Adjacent.
Blink-182 and Paramore are set to headline the two-day event, slated for 27 & 28 May 2023 (Memorial Day Weekend).
The all-ages festival will be held on the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey, adjacent to the boardwalk.
Turnstile, Japanese Breakfast, Coheed & Cambria, Bleachers, Jimmy Eat World, The Front Bottoms, IDLES and Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness are among the 40 bands that will perform across three stages.
Turnstile, Japanese Breakfast, Coheed & Cambria are among the 40 bands that will perform across three stages
Beach Bunny, PUP, Knocked Loose, Midtown, Jeff Rosenstock, Thursday, Motion City Soundtrack, The Starting Line, Phantom Planet, The Movielife, Mannequin Pussy and Wheatus are also featured on the Adjacent poster.
The announcement comes after Blink-182 announced a global tour, which will see all three founding members reunite for the first time in 10 years.
The outing includes a 2023 headline slot at Live Nation’s other new alternative music festival, When We Were Young.
The 85,000-cap “emo nostalgia” festival launched last weekend at Las Vegas Festival Grounds last weekend with headliners Paramore and My Chemical Romance.
Paramore recently announced a six-date arena tour for UK and Ireland, scheduled for April 2023.
See the full poster for Adjacent festival below.
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When We Were Young fest opening day cancelled
The first day of Live Nation’s When We Were Young festival in Las Vegas was cancelled following a high wind warning.
The 85,000-cap “emo nostalgia” festival, staged at Las Vegas Festival Grounds, was an instant sensation when it was announced in January, with extra dates added due to demand.
Scheduled to feature the same line-up over three days on 22-23 and 29 October, headlined by Paramore and My Chemical Romance, organisers took the decision to cancel last weekend’s opening night as a result of adverse weather.
“When We Were Young Festival organisers have spent the last several days proactively preparing the festival grounds for a windy Saturday,” says a statement to ticket-holders. “The National Weather Service has now upgraded their Saturday forecast to a High Wind Warning, including dangerous 30-40mph sustained winds with potential 60mph gusts. Under advisement of the National Weather Service and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, we have no other choice than to cancel today’s When We Were Young Festival.
“The safety of our fans, artists and staff will always be our top priority”
“The safety of our fans, artists and staff will always be our top priority. This was not a decision that came lightly. We know many of you travelled to the area to have a spectacular day with your favourite bands and have been looking forward to this day for months. We were equally as excited and are devastated to have to share this news.”
The second day of the event proceeded as planned yesterday (Sunday 23 October), with more than 60 bands playing across three stages in 12 hours. Other artists included Bring Me the Horizon, Avril Lavigne, A Day to Remember, AFI, Bright Eyes, Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday and Pvris.
The 2023 edition of When We Were Young will feature a pop-punk twist and sold out earlier this month before the inaugural festival had even started. Headliners Blink-182 and Green Day will be joined by the likes of 30 Seconds To Mars, The Offspring, Good Charlotte, 5 Seconds of Summer and All Time Low, Yellowcard, Rise Against, Sum 41, Pierce the Veil, Gym Class Heroes, Michelle Branch, Thrice, Rise Against, Simple Plan and New Found Glory. General admission tickets started at US$249.99.
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Live Nation unveils new ’emo nostalgia’ festival
Live Nation is taking fans back to the ‘golden age of emo’ with a new festival, When We Were Young.
Paramore and My Chemical Romance (MCR) are set to headline the festival, billed for Saturday 22 October in Las Vegas.
The date comes amid MCR’s hotly-anticipated reunion tour, which sold out upon its announcement in early 2020.
Meanwhile, When We Were Young is currently Paramore’s only announced date and comes shortly after the band announced their long-anticipated return to the studio.
The festival is slated to take place at Las Vegas Festival Grounds – a 37-acre open-air concert venue that reportedly can accommodate up to 80,000 fans.
More than 60 bands are set to play across three stages in 12 hours
Located on the Vegas Strip, the grounds has previously hosted ACM Party for a Cause Festival, iHeartRadio Music Festival and the 2015 Rock in Rio USA as well as a number of major festivals and conventions.
Jimmy Eat World, Avril Lavigne, Car Seat Headrest, The All American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday and Alkaline Trio are also set to perform at When We Were Young.
More than 60 bands are set to play across three stages in 12 hours and general admission tickets start at US$224.99.
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