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Guns N’ Roses, Tool and Rival Sons have joined the mammoth bill for Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s farewell show.
Tickets for heavy metal celebration Back to the Beginning, which will be hosted and compered by American actor Jason Momoa, sold out in less than 10 minutes of going on general sale on Friday (14 February).
More than 150,000 fans reportedly joined the online queue at 10am, with the cheapest tickets available at £197.50 (€237.40), while general admission standing started at £262.50 (€315.50).
The all-day charity event will take place at Villa Park, Birmingham, on Saturday 5 July. Black Sabbath’s original lineup – Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward – will top the star-laden bill, marking Osbourne’s final performance and the first time the quartet have played together in 20 years. Osbourne will play his own short set before joining with Black Sabbath for his final live bow.
The concert will also feature sets from Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Gojira, Halestorm, Alice In Chains, Lamb Of God, Anthrax and Mastodon.
Post Malone has announced the European leg of his biggest international headline tour to date
In addition, it will include a supergroup of musicians, as Andrew Watt, Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Dave Ellefson, Vernon Reid (Living Colour) and Whitfield Crane (Ugly Kid Joe) will join Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins), David Draiman (Disturbed), Frank Bello (Anthrax), Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit), Jake E Lee, Jonathan Davis (Korn), KK Downing, Lzzy Hale (Halestorm), Mike Bordin (Faith No More), Rudy Sarzo, Sammy Hagar, Scott Ian (Anthrax), Sleep Token ii (Sleep Token), Papa V Perpetua (Ghost), Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine) and Wolfgang Van Halen.
Morello, who is also serving as music director for the concert, previously declared: “This will be the greatest heavy metal show ever.”
In other new tour news, Post Malone has announced the European leg of his biggest international headline tour to date. Post Malone Presents: The BIG ASS World Tour will arrive at 11 venues across the continent this August and September.
Beginning 12 August in Prague, Czech Republic at Airport Letnany, the Live Nation-produced trek – which includes support from special guest Jelly Roll on select dates – will stop at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, UK and GelreDome in Arnhem, the Netherlands, among others, before concluding at Estadio do Restelo in Lisbon, Portugal, on 14 September.
Malone’s full list of European tour and festival dates is as follows:
8 August: Untold Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
10 August: Sziget, Budapest, Hungary
12 August: Airport Letnany, Prague, Czech Republic
13 August: Frequency Festival, St. Pӧlten, Austria
15 August: Bittersweet Festival, Poznań, Poland
16 August: Lovestream Festival, Bratislava, Slovakia
18 August: Parkbühne Wuhlheide, Berlin, Germany
21 August: Darius and Girenas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania
23 August: Horsens & Friends at Nordstern Arena, Horsens, Denmark
27 August: IDays Milano, Milan, Italy
29 August: Zürich Openair, Zürich, Switzerland |
30 August: Superbloom, Munich, Germany
3 September: Paris La Défense Arena, Paris, France
5 September: Heinz von Heiden Arena, Hanover, Germany
7 September: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London UK
9 September: GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands
12 September: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona, Spain
14 September: Estadio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal
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Coachella Valley Arts & Music Festival organisers have announced the full line-up for the 2025 edition, headlined by Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone and Travis Scott.
The Goldenvoice-promoted festival (cap 125,000) will return for a 24th instalment between 11–13 and 18–20 April at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California.
The lineup announcement comes two months earlier than usual, following reports that Post Malone would headline the Californian festival.
Malone has now been confirmed to close out both Sundays, following his headline performance at Coachella’s sister event Stagecoach this year. It will be his first time as a Coachella headliner, though he performed at the festival in 2018 and has made several guest appearances over the years (most recently with Bad Bunny in 2022).
It is Gaga’s second time as a Coachella headliner, following her appearance in 2017 when she filled in for a pregnant Beyoncé.
Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone and Travis Scott top the bill for next year’s edition
Green Day will play Coachella as a band for the first time, although frontman Billie Joe Armstrong performed as part of the Replacements in 2014.
Scott is billed as the fourth headliner, occupying the same spot on the poster that No Doubt did in 2024 with the tagline “Travis Scott designs the desert”.
In a press release, Scott’s representatives state he is slated to headline the main stage on Saturday night “where he will debut an entirely new era of music to the world”.
Scott was scheduled to headline in 2020 before the festival was cancelled due to the pandemic. He was booked again in 2022, but was taken off the lineup following the fatal crowd crush at his own Astroworld Festival in 2021.
Other major acts lined up for Coachella 2025 include Missy Elliott, Charli XCX, Megan Thee Stallion, solo performances from BLACKPINK‘s Lisa and Jennie, Benson Boone, the original Misfits, Zedd, The Prodigy, FKA Twigs, Beabadoobee, Clairo, Enhypen and more.
This year’s festival was headlined by Lana Del Rey, Doja Cat, No Doubt and Tyler, the Creator.
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Post Malone has set tongues wagging by appearing to tease a Coachella headline appearance when unveiling his biggest tour yet.
Produced by Live Nation, Post Malone Presents: The BIG ASS Stadium Tour will kick off in Utah next April, with dates confirmed at 25 stadiums across North America. Special guests include Jelly Roll and Sierra Ferrell.
The tour poster also mentions two dates at an unspecified venue in Indio, California on 13 & 20 April – the two Sundays of Coachella 2025 at the city’s Empire Polo Club. The Coachella lineup is traditionally announced in January.
Katy Perry announced this week that £1 from every ticket sold on the AEG-promoted UK leg of The Lifetimes Tour, comprising OVO Hydro, Glasgow (7 October), Manchester AO Arena (8 October), Utilita Arena, Sheffield (10 October), Utilita Arena, Birmingham (11 October) and The O2 in London (13 October), will be donated to the Music Venue Trust.
The global outing will commence in Mexico on 23 April, switching to Australia in June and South America in September, before heading to the UK.
Elsewhere, Jamiroquai have revealed a 14-date European arena tour for late 2025, visiting Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Germany the Netherlands, France, Belgium and their native UK.
After six years away from touring, the Jay Kay-fronted jazz-funk band will play Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi (6 November), Lyon LDLC Arena (8 November), Zurich Hallenstadion (11 November), Milan Unipol Forum (13 November), Vienna Wiener Stadthalle (15 November), Berlin Uber Arena (19 November), Cologne Lanxess Arena (22 November), Amsterdam Ziggo Dome (25 November), Paris Accor Arena (27 November) and Brussels ING Arena (29 November).
They will then head to the UK, stopping at Glasgow OVO Hydro (3 December), Manchester Co-op Live (6 December), London The O2 (9 December) and Birmingham Utilita Arena (12 December).
Stray Kids will follow their 2024/25 shows in Asia and Australia with 20 new performances
K-pop phenomenons Stray Kids will follow their 2024/25 shows in Asia and Australia with 20 new performances across Latin America, North America and Europe, marking their first full run of stadium dates.
Produced by JYP Entertainment and promoted by Live Nation, the Asia leg will wrap up with two nights at Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Arena on 18-19 January.
The tour will then head to the Americas, starting at Estadio Bicentenario La Florida in Chile on 18 March and making stops in Brazil, Peru, Mexico, the US and Canada. The concluding European run will take in Amsterdam’s Johan Cruijff Arena in the Netherlands (11 July), Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt, Germany (15 July), London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the UK (18 July), Riyadh Air Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain (22 July) and Paris’ Stade de France (26 July).
Meanwhile, Kehlani has announced the Crash World Tour featuring special guests KWN and Keyrah. The seven-city tour kicks off on 21 January at AFAS Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands making stops in Brussels, Belgium at Ancienne Belgique (22 January), Vienna, Austria at Gasometer (24 January), Berlin, Germany at Astra Kulturhaus (25 Janaury), Zenith in Paris, France (27 January) and The O2 in London (29 January), finishing up at the Victoria Warehouse in Manchester, UK (31 January),
In addition, The Pogues have confirmed their first tour since the death of frontman Shane MacGowan in 2023. The group’s first UK headline tour in 13 years, it will celebrate 40 years of their Rum Sodomy & the Lash album, with shows at Leeds O2 Academy (1 May), Birmingham O2 Academy (2 May), London O2 Academy Brixton (3 May), Glasgow Barrowland (6 May), Manchester O2 Apollo (7 May) and Newcastle O2 City Hall (8 May).
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Ticketmaster has announced a series of new integrations with Apple, alongside a partnership with American rapper and singer Post Malone.
Fans can now discover Ticketmaster tickets through song-identification app Shazam with additional touchpoints across Apple Music, Apple Maps, and iOS Spotlight Search.
Bonus content such as the tour setlist playlist, Apple Watch faces, phone wallpapers and photos will also be available for featured artists.
On Shazam, fans can “save” their favourite artists to be notified of future content, tickets and more.
Fans will also be able to follow along with Malone’s tour on a new Apple Music Guide on Apple Maps and see his favorite stops
Malone is the first artist to be featured in the ‘360 programme’ for his F-1 Trillion tour, which kicked off this weekend and will span 21 dates in the US. In advance of the tour, he shared a preview of his tour setlist exclusively on Apple Music.
Fans will also be able to follow along with Malone’s tour on a new Apple Music Guide on Apple Maps and see his stops on the road – while discovering new ways to find Post Malone tickets at the venues near them.
Ticketmaster first announced the partnership with Shazam in July, following on from similar partnerships with TikTok and Snapchat.
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Post Malone, Doja Cat, Jelly Roll and Rauw Alejandro will headline this year’s Global Citizen Festival.
The 2024 edition is set to take place in New York on Central Park’s Great Lawn on 28 September. Additional performers will be announced in the coming weeks.
Global Citizen ambassador Hugh Jackman will host the event, which will also feature an appearance by Global Citizen Festival curator, Chris Martin of Coldplay.
The international advocacy organisation is calling for urgent action to defeat poverty, defend the planet and demand equitable access to nutritious food, stronger health systems and quality education.
“There’s undoubtedly a divide between what the world needs to end extreme poverty and what currently feels possible. Our mission has never been more critical,” says Hugh Evans, Global Citizen co-founder & CEO. “Together, we must hold our governments to account, and demand that businesses and foundations use their power for good. We must call for ambitious action to defeat poverty and defend the planet — there are 700 million people depending on it.”
Last year’s festival, which featured acts including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ms. Lauryn Hill and Jung Kook of BTS, was a livestream hit, generating 875,000 hours watched, with 388,000 peak viewers and 143,000 average viewers over an airtime of six hours, five minutes, according to Stream Charts.
“We all have a part we can play to help end extreme poverty and stand up for equity”
Global Citizen Festival is presented by Citi and Cisco, with major partners including Bridgewater Associates, Delta Air Lines, Motsepe Foundation, P&G, Verizon and World Wide Technology. Live Nation will serve as production partner, while iHeartMedia is exclusive US Audio Partner. The festival is produced by Diversified Production Services.
First held in 2012, the festival is the world’s longest-running global campaign calling for an end to extreme poverty. Tickets are free and can be earned by taking action on the Global Citizen app or at globalcitizenfestival.com to demand change from governments and private sector leaders.
“It’s been a few years since I was last on the Global Citizen Festival stage in Paris, and I’m excited to join forces with Global Citizen once again in Central Park this September to drive as much action as we can to make the world a better place,” says Doja Cat. “We all have a part we can play to help end extreme poverty and stand up for equity. I’m looking forward to being part of this major evening of positive change.”
In Australia in March, Melbourne’s Palais Theatre hosted Global Citizen Nights, an evening of advocacy, art and music headlined by Crowded House, which served as the finale to the Global Citizen NOW: Melbourne summit.
Last year, Global Citizen teamed with rapper Kendrick Lamar on “pioneering” new concert series Move Afrika in a bid to establish a “first-of-its-kind” touring circuit throughout Africa.
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Post Malone, Stevie Nicks and Noah Kahan are slated to headline the inaugural edition of Lovin’ Life music festival in the US next year.
The three-day event will take place in Charlotte, North Carolina, between 3–5 May, with 40 artists performing across three stages.
Mt. Joy, Dominic Fike, Young the Giant and Jessie Murph are also on the bill for the 30,000-capacity event at N Brevard St.
Lovin’ Life is promoted by Southern Entertainment (est. 1994) – the Charlotte-based company behind music festivals such as Carolina Country Music Fest in South Carolina and the Barefoot Country Music Fest in New Jersey.
Mt. Joy, Dominic Fike, Young the Giant and Jessie Murph are also on the bill for the 30,000-capacity event
“After producing events all over the East Coast, we’ve dreamt of bringing a major music festival to Charlotte, and the Lovin’ Life Music Fest is our passion project,” says Bob Durkin, co-founder and partner of Southern Entertainment. “We’re thrilled to support the ongoing effort to make our hometown of Charlotte a Music City in such a big way.”
Rob Pedlow, co-founder and partner at Southern Entertainment, adds: “Charlotte’s ready for its own signature event. Lovin’ Life will be our very own Charlotte-flavored Lollapalooza, a new economic engine for the Queen City creating jobs, supporting area nonprofits and drawing music enthusiasts from across the Carolinas and beyond.”
Tickets for Lovin’ Life range from US$269 for three-day general admission to $1,199 for three-day Super VIP.
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Just weeks after the launch of MSG’s groundbreaking Sphere at The Venetian in Las Vegas, Post Malone has been confirmed as the opening act at another new venue in the US city later this year.
The rapper, who recently headlined the inaugural edition of The Town festival in São Paulo, Brazil, will play two shows at the BleauLive Theater over New Year’s Eve weekend, from 30-31 December.
The 3,800-cap hub will be located on the second floor of the long-delayed $3.7 billion luxury resort Fontainebleau Las Vegas, which opens its doors on 13 December.
“We’re incredibly proud to have Post Malone – one of the most sought-after and show-stopping entertainers of his generation – make history as the first artist to perform for our guests following our December 13 grand opening,” says Fontainebleau Development chairman and CEO Jeffrey Soffer.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow (20 October), priced from $150 (€142). Fountainbleau Las Vegas is also offering a New Year’s Eve package that includes a two-night stay in one of the resort’s rooms and suites. Starting at $3,700, the package also includes a pair of row-A tickets to the concert on either night, in addition to a $250 resort food and drink credit.
Speaking to Billboard, Fontainebleau Development president Brett Mufson says the BleauLive Theater is close to finalising agreements with more than half a dozen acts, but indicates the venue will stick to limited engagements rather than the multi-year residencies favoured by its neighbours.
“Las Vegas is probably the most competitive market in the world for talent”
“We will do two to six shows or two to eight shows,” reveals Mufson. “That’s the right thing to dip our toe in.”
Mufson says Live Nation assisted with the design of the venue, which can also run events with a lower tier configuration of 1,500-cap.
Fontainebleau SVP of entertainment and special events Fedor Banuchi adds that Las Vegas is “probably the most competitive market in the world for talent”.
“This theatre will represent the newest, best place for an artist who wants to be associated with a luxury brand,” suggests Banuchi. “Post is an arena — borderline stadium act — and in this size venue he will bring exactly the energy we want.”
U2 opened the $2.3bn Sphere at The Venetian last month, ushering in “a new era in live entertainment” by kicking off their 25-date residency at the 20,000-cap venue on 29 September.
Elsewhere, Kylie Minogue will be the first headliner of The Venetian Resort Las Vegas’ intimate 1,000-seat venue, Voltaire, which opens on 3 November. Other ongoing Vegas residencies include Lady Gaga at Dolby Theatre, Park MGM, Usher at the same venue and Adele at the Colosseum, Caesar’s Palace.
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UTA has appointed Geoff Sawyer as an agent in the video games division to foster collaborations between the agency’s music clients and the gaming industry.
He joins UTA from Red Bull where he was director of global music services and oversaw the team responsible for music solutions for the entire company.
Prior to that, Sawyer was director of licensing and creative partnerships at Beyond Marketing Group, where he negotiated and managed brand partnerships between Toyota and artists such as Slayer, Steve Aoki and Joey Bada$$.
With his new position, Sawyer will be based in LA and will report to UTA partner and head of video games, Ophir Lupu.
“The line separating gaming and the entertainment industry is disappearing completely”
“Geoff has an unparalleled reputation for facilitating successful connections between recording artists, brands and media networks,” says Lupu.
“As gaming continues to cement itself as a critical component of pop culture, we believe that the number of meaningful collaborations for musicians will continue to increase and Geoff’s expertise will be invaluable in finding these new opportunities for our clients. We are thrilled to welcome him to UTA.”
Sawyer says: “The line separating gaming and the entertainment industry is disappearing completely. And the symbiotic relationship between games and music stands to deepen greatly as technology advances and audiences converge. I am elated to join the legendary team at UTA and to serve our incredible music clients with opportunities previously unconceived.”
Within the music-gaming sphere, UTA has helped negotiate Marshmello’s performance in Fortnite; Dominic Fike’s appearance in the first edition of Fortnite‘s ‘Spotlight’ Party Royale in-game concert series and Post Malone’s headline slot for Pokémon’s 25th anniversary virtual concert celebration.
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Post Malone will headline a virtual concert celebrating 25 years of Pokémon on ‘Pokémon Day’, 27 February.
The show will be free to view on the Pokémon YouTube and Twitch channels, as well as Pokemon.com, from 19.00 EST on 27 February (midnight 28 February GMT). The first Pokémon video game was published by Nintendo in February 1996.
The Post Malone show is part of P25 Music, a joint venture with Universal Music Group (UMG) that will see UMG artists, including Katy Perry, participating in a ‘global music experience’ celebrating the brand’s anniversary.
“The opportunity to headline the Pokémon Day concert celebrating 25 years is awesome”
“I’ve been a Pokémon fan for a long time, so the opportunity to headline the Pokémon Day concert celebrating 25 years is awesome,” says Post Malone.
In the lead-up to the concert, the Pokémon Company will spread the word through a series of events on Pokémon Go, Pokémon Sword and Shield (where players can collect a special Pikachu) and Pokémon TV.
Post Malone’s Beerbongs & Bentleys was one of the hottest tours of 2019. A follow-up trek, 2019–21’s Runaway tour was interrupted by the coronavirus outbreak.
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UTA has named agent Cheryl Paglierani as a partner, along with 18 other agents across 14 divisions, marking the company’s largest class to date.
Paglierani, who has been at the company for over four years, working from its Beverly Hills base, is the only music agent in this partner class.
At UTA, she specialises in hip-hop contemporary clients, working with the likes of wunderkind R&B singer Kaash Paige and Post Malone, whom she built up from the release of White Iverson in 2016 to a global superstar.
“These are leaders across our business making substantial contributions to the growth, evolution and resilience of our company,” said UTA co-president David Kramer.
“These individuals are influential leaders not just at UTA but in their fields”
“In their talent and leadership, we see the expanding reach of UTA’s work on behalf of world-class creators and cultural voices. These individuals are influential leaders not just at UTA but in their fields, and our company as a whole will benefit from having their unique and diverse expertise, innovation, and perspectives at the partner table.”
Previously, Paglierani worked at The Agency Group, which was acquired by UTA in 2015. Prior to that, she was an agent at CAA where she booked and signed artists including Chance the Rapper, Iggy Azalea, Hoodie Allen, Travis Scott, K. Michelle, Waka Flocka & B.o.B.
UTA has named a total of 22 new partners in 2020 including Samantha Kirby Yoh, who was recently appointed as co-head of UTA Music. The company’s last partner class was announced in January 2019.
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