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JUNO Award Winner Kellylee Evans Conveys Reflection and Healing on New EP ‘Show Love’

Within her newest musical effort, JUNO award-winning singer, songwriter and motivational speaker Kellylee Evans expresses a newfound level of self-reflection. Through addicting jazz compositions and her powerful expression of soul, Evans’ new six-track EP Show Love exemplifies her signature sound while taking her artistry to new heights.

Over the course of 18 months, Evans worked with producer and collaborator Michael Shand. According to Evans, Show Love displays a lesson in patience and taking life as it comes. Regarding the EP’s recording process with Shand, Evans says, “Different things would arise for each of us, requiring us to put aside the project and tend to what was most important in our lives. But we would each keep coming back to the project with a renewed sense of passion and wonder for what we were working on.”

This dedication and wonder is evident within the project. Show Love is a reflection of the journey that Evans has taken thus far as she looks back on her identity as a mother as well as her own childhood. Having lost her mother to cancer in 1999, Show Love is heavily influenced by Evans’s deeper understanding of her mother and their relationship.

“It’s a love letter to my mom to say that I finally get it,” Evans says.

Through her iconic sound – a captivating infusion of jazz, soul, funk, R&B and hip-hop – Evans not only expresses her contemplation of her youth and family relationships, but she conveys every aspect of her identity in a way that is raw, unapologetic and deeply relatable.

“This is an album of reflecting back on those times both musically but also conceptually, coming to terms with my feelings about growing up wanting to succeed and make my parents proud and my journey to find true love at any cost. This album is me, in all my shame and glory. And if the early feedback is any indication, listeners are finding themselves in these stories as well. The message is universal.”

The EP as a whole is a diverse and well-rounded body of work as it utilizes both fast tempos and slow beats equally and effectively. The title track contains a sensual and addicting musicality as Evans finally admits that she is now ready to show love in her life. With Shand arranging and playing instruments on every song on the record, Evans says Show Love wouldn’t have been complete without his influence.

“He’s the secret sauce of this album, and such a vital contributor,” Evans says. “This album, to me, also reflects the music of my childhood, of growing up in the ’80s and ’90s: house, soul, and a Caribbean vibe that goes through all of it. Michael is so amazing, he captured it perfectly.”

Whether it’s romance, motherhood or catharsis, Kellylee Evans offers a range of emotions and reflection on the six songs that comprise Show Love. Her impeccable and versatile vocals meticulously deliver the emotions of each song with vivid imagery and insightful lyricism, and listeners are able to find a deeper understanding and healing for themselves just as Evans expresses for herself within her artistry.

Show Love Track Listing:
Friends
Show Love
Shelter in the Storm
Now
Holy
Higher

Kellylee Upcoming Tour Dates:

July 26, 2024 – Stratford Summer Music – Friday Night Live – Stratford, ON
July 29, 2024 – Carleton University Jazz Camp Ottawa, ON
August 24, 2024 – Port Hope Jazz Festival – Port Hope, ON
September 27, 2024 – Old Mill – Toronto, ON
November 29, 2024 – Women’s Blues Revue – Toronto, ON
December 7, 2024 – National Arts Centre – Ottawa, ON
December 12, 2024 – Salle Bourgie, PQ
December 13, 2024 – Hugh’s Room Live – Toronto, ON
December 14, 2024 – Hugh’s Room Live – Toronto, ON
February 22, 2025 – Aurora Cultural Centre – Aurora, ON

London’s Acoustic Heavy Rockers Treading Zero Celebrates The Battle Well Fought On “Brittle”

There’s determination, and then there’s outright naïveté. Nobody could ever accuse London, ON’s acoustic heavy rock outfit Treading Zero of the latter; on their new single, “Brittle,” they put a tight bear hug on the former. And when they finally let go, what they’re left holding is a powerful affirmation of resilience and growth.

Making a sound as muscular as you can get on instruments that are acoustic with no distortion, the band forcefully advances the gospel that every setback is an opportunity for personal development, strength and reflection. Toughness of spirit gets top marks in a number that takes us listeners on an emotional journey from feeling trapped and overwhelmed by life’s challenges to finding emancipation through self-discovery and perseverance. It’s a stirring paean to the universal human experience of overcoming adversity and emerging a hardier soul on the other side.

Yes, but what’s it about, specifically? Now that’s a little harder to pin down. Ask the band once, and they’ll tell you “Brittle” is “a personal testament to our own journey,” with words that synthesize the players’ shared experiences. Ask again, and they’ll say they drew direct inspiration from a close friend’s remarkable return from the brink of death. But that deliberate haziness is perfectly in keeping with the song’s craftily ambiguous lyrics, which forgo concrete scenarios and character I.D.s for imagery anyone who’s ever had to struggle can take to heart:

I’m sifting through this cold embrace
Coping with the pain inside
I’m breaking through the core, encased
Knowing there’s no place to hide
You rise from the fall

The starkly poetic sentiment benefits from band’s stripped-down approach to arrangement, with singer Tony Nouragas’ hyper-dramatic vocals ricocheting over a repeated guitar figure that gradually imparts a state of true hypnosis. It’s perfect music for those who harbor fond memories of the acoustic Alice in Chains EPs (or just haven’t gotten over the absence of Days of the New).

The recording process amounted to its own study in “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.” The band tracked the various parts to “Brittle” in three different studios in Goderich, London, and St. Thomas before sending the entire package to Toronto for mixing and mastering. Jesse Vallee’s drums and Rob Butterwick’s guitars were recorded at Beach Road Studios in Goderich by longtime band friend and collaborator Siegfried Meier, in a large tracking room overlooking the stunning Lake Huron sunsets. Brandon Sennema’s bass lines were captured in London by another old friend, producer/engineer Aaron Murray (who also helped assemble secondary guitar takes from the Goderich session). Finally, Nouragas laid down his vocals for recordist Chris Costa at Conjure Recording Studio in St. Thomas (where some more secondary guitar parts were also added).

The track was mixed in Toronto by Ian Bodzasi (Katy Perry, Sam Roberts, The Tea Party) and mastered by João Carvalho (Alexis on Fire, Protest the Hero, Sloan), the latter of whom has done the mastering on every one of Treading Zero’s recordings.

It fell to guitarist Butterwick to oversee the various stages of production, relying on the organizational skills he’s honed in his full-time job as an advertising producer/multimedia specialist to corral and coordinate the various studios and engineers.

Fortunately, the members of Treading Zero will have no trouble being in one place at one time when they play a quartet of upcoming shows, each of them absolutely free to attend:

July 27: London, ON – FitzRay’s (with Jupiter Hollow)
Aug. 16: St. Thomas, ON – Railway City Music Festival, Pinafore Park

The group has been positively awash in such honors recently: On May 26, they performed at Collective Arts Brewing in Hamilton, ON, as a finalist in the It’s Your Festival New Music Expo Challenge. And they were also a finalist in the recent Forest City London Music Awards, in the fan category of Favourite Artist. Seems this “overcoming hardship” business is awfully popular with the public and the powers-that-be alike. Stay strong, fellas. It looks good on you.

Saltwater Hank’s Siip’nsk: Preserving Tradition and Rocking Out To Preserve The Sm’algya̱x Language

When we were young and naïve, we used to think rock and roll could save the world. The jury’s still out on that one, but in the meantime, there’s every reason to believe it can win battles that are smaller but no less urgent.

That’s become the musical mission of Saltwater Hank, the Indigenous roots artist whose new album, Siip’nsk, continues his quest to preserve the Sm’algya̱x language in song. The mother tongue of the Ts’msyen people of Hank’s native La̱x Kxeen a.k.a Prince Rupert, BC. Now here comes Siip’nsk. With every syllable sung in Sm’algya̱x and the music seamlessly interweaving traditional Ts’msyen words and melodies with the instrumental moves of classic rock and blues, the album will find its home by slipping it into the ears of listeners far and wide.

“I care a lot about our language, with there being around 60 fluent speakers remaining, and none of those speakers are under the age of 70,” Hank says. “It’s such a tremendous part of who we are as Ts’msyen people, how we see the world, how we interact with our environment. So that has become a part of me. Through reclaiming the language, I reclaim identity, and by having it be a huge part of my creative process, I get to express that.”

Single “Xgap’isgu” doesn’t rely just on the Sm’algya̱x language, but on one of its specific idiomatic expressions to get the point across. Hank’s rockin’ trio sink their teeth into an old-school rave-up that makes the most of a somewhat eyebrow-raising bit of inherited phraseology.

“‘Xgap’isgu’ means ‘I eat the berries right off the bush,’” Hank explains. “I get a lot of enjoyment from using words that take an entire sentence in English to describe what they mean.”

To wit:
G̱a̱ni wila xga̱p’isgu
(I’m continuously eating berries from off the bush)
Txa̱l ga̱bu na iimg̱u
(I’m almost eating my whiskers)
Dzida hoyag̱ida sg̱a̱n smmaay ‘nüün
(If you were like a blueberry bush)
Ksa duulayu dm hoyu ada wayi hagwil dm güültu
(My tongue is all I’d use, and well, I’m going to pick slowly)

Well, alrighty then! Talk about knowing your way around a native tongue.

Saltwater was born in La̱x Kxeen, with bloodlines stemming from Txałgiiw, Maxłaxaała & Gitwangak. From early on, he was drawn to the stories and traditions of Ts’msyen life. With the legacy of his great-great-grandmother—a revered songwriter of traditional songs—to guide him, he set out on his own journey to preserve the purity of the Ts’msyen musical heritage.

The more recent stages of that odyssey have seen him studying the language in earnest, getting ever more comfortable with its rich vocabulary and evocative idioms. His last album, 2023’s G̱al’üünx Wil Lu Holtga Liimi, was also sung entirely in Sm’algya̱x, but it was a more country-oriented affair that was often tagged as “Americana” as it racked up strong notices from the likes of The Guardian, No Depression and (natch) Americana Highways. Hank has become even more fluent in the language since then, helping solidify the “precontact” authenticity of his presentation; at the same time, his music has gotten even more accessible. “Xgap’isgu” shakes the walls in a punked-out fashion that’s bound to captivate listeners who don’t speak a word, which, as we’ve established, means just about everybody. The amped-up garage energy of the track is taken to the next level by the fluidity of some skittering, frenetic lead guitar.

Like the rest of the album, the song was recorded live “off the floor” of the studio, with all of the instrumentation and even the vocals going down in real time. That strategy has made for a vibrant document of the airtight interplay between guitarist-vocalist Hank, drummer Danny Bell (a Minnesota-born resident of the Lheidli T’enneh territory who’s played with him since 2012) and bassist Melissa Walker of Prince George, making her swan-song appearance as a member of the trio.

A fearlessly straightforward approach lends itself to the stage, which is where the Saltwater Hank trio are headed this summer to show off their new material in earnest—and to provide some fresh storytelling opportunities for their frontman, who’s quite the raconteur no matter what language he’s speaking in.

One thing’s for sure: You’ll never have a better time helping somebody keep his lineage alive. “I feel like I have a responsibility to pass it on,” Hank says. “That’s what all the elders say, that’s how it’s been since time immemorial. I feel lucky to be able to be a vessel for song. I feel like it’s not really me that’s behind all the songs that have come out of me; there’s something bigger that I am fortunate to be a part of.”

2024 Tour Dates:
July 12-14 – Arts on The Fly Festival, Horsefly, BC
July 17 – Omineca, Prince George, BC
July 18 – Performances in the Park, Williams Lake, BC
July 19-21 – Bella Coola Music Festival, Bella Coola, BC
July 26-28 – Kispiox Valley Music Festival, Hazelton, BC
July 31 – Souris Hall, Souris, PEI
Aug. 2-4 – Sappy Fest, Sackville, NB
Aug. 9 – The Union Café, Berwick, NS
Aug. 10 – The Buffalo Club, Dartmouth, NS
Aug. 11 – Gus’ Pub, Halifax, NS
Aug. 16-18 – Robson Valley Music Festival, Dunster, BC
Aug. 30 – Quadrapalooza, Quadra Island, BC
Sept. 1 – Sunshine Fest, Powell River, BC

Alternative Powerhouse Tina Hyde Drops Emotionally Charged Single ‘Happy Never After’

Tina Hyde, the multi-faceted alternative rock musician from Eastern Europe, has released “Happy Never After” – available now.

In this emotionally charged melodic classic, the rising singer-songwriter-composer, celebrated for her powerful voice and impactful lyrics, showcases her rock-star persona and commanding vocals. The track features her dynamic melodies and live guitar playing by Rahill Mirza.

“Happy Never After is about overcoming hardships and evolving despite any difficulties and negativity both as a person and spiritually,” Tina shares. “It evokes feelings of loneliness, finding inner strength, and the concept of revenge. It concludes with the idea that the best revenge is finding inner peace and liberation.”

In “Happy Never After,” Tina’s preference for loud, belting vocals shines through, highlighting her powerful voice. The track features beautiful transitions, catchy hooks, live guitar, and dynamic melodies, blending to create a unique and expressive listening experience.

“I wrote the song within minutes and finessed it in about half an hour,” Hyde explains. “The melody came along with the lyrics; it was all at once as part of the creation process.”

Since June 2023, Tina has launched her first EP, “Borderline Greys,” alongside several well-received singles. Her song “Live, Love, Die” skillfully captures the range of human and spiritual emotions in a beautiful composition. “Into the Night” provides a composed, heartfelt journey with its clear vocals, evocative production, and classical undertones. Her earlier release, “Echo of the Unborn/Earthangel,” blends jazz and goth rock influences with emotive lyrics and soulful melodies showcasing her unique artistic style.

Tina’s music has been featured on radio, music shows, and blogs. Currently, she’s immersed in new singles and a full-length album, exploring fresh collaborations and musical genres. Known for her ability to evolve and find inspiration, her deep passion for music shines through in her singing, writing, composing, and dancing.

Ha*ash Announce Their New Haashville Tour In The USA And Canada, Announcing 28 Shows

Following the wrap of their successful Mi Salida Contigo Tour in Spain, Ha*Ash is embarking on a new chapter with their newest trek – HAASHVILLE USA + Canada Tour 2024-2025. This tour features 28 shows across major cities, including New York, Boston, Houston, Dallas, Miami, Chicago, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles, scheduled for November and December 2024 and April and May 2025.

Embracing a country theme, this tour takes Ha*Ash back to their roots as natives of the Southern USA, hailing from Lake Charles, Louisiana. With the “Haashville” concept, they are reimagining their sound, blending their love for American country music with the Mexican influences of their culture. Fans can also expect Hanna and Ashley to come out with new music, with the unreleased songs that will become classics.

Their previous album Ha*Ashtag features the acclaimed singles “Lo que un hombre debería saber”, which reached #1 on the Pop Radio Chart, “Mejor que te acostumbres”, “Serías tú”, “Tenían razón”, which has over 20 million views on YouTube, and “Te acuerdas”, a duet with Reik that garnered over 9.6 million views on YouTube within a month of its release. Their most recent single, “1, 2, 3 segundos”, a duet with Adrian Favela and which is an emotional ode to their Mexican heritage, was reached the Top 5 on iTunes just a few hours after its release and has more than 2 million streams on Spotify, while the video has more than 1.8 million views on YouTube.

Their “Mi Salida Contigo” Tour featured over 130 shows, with more than 80 sold-out performances across Latin America, the United States, Spain, and Mexico. In Mexico alone, they played 56 packed concerts, including 9 sold-out dates at the Auditorio Nacional.

Unstoppable during this recent run of success, Hanna and Ashley will return to the stage with greater production, excited to share new live music with their audience and ready to continue their journey around the world with their songs.

HAASHVILLE TOUR DATES:
2024
Nov 7 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
Nov 8 – New York, NY – United Palace Theatre
Nov 10 – Wallingford, CT – Toyota Oakdale Theatre
Nov 13 – Toronto, ON – Meridian Hall
Nov 16 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met
Nov 17 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre
Nov 27 – Sugar Land, TX – Smart Financial Centre @ Sugar Land
Nov 29 – Hidalgo, TX – Payne Arena
Nov 30 – Laredo, TX – Sames Auto Arena
Dec 1 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion @ TMF
Dec 4 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
Dec 6 – Miami Beach, FL – Fillmore Miami Beach @JGT
Dec 8 – Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues
2025
Apr 17 – Rosemont, IL – Rosemont Theatre
Apr 19 – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre
Apr 20 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
Apr 22 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum
Apr 25 – Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre
Apr 26 – Portland, OR – Alaska Airlines Theater of The Clouds
Apr 30 – San Jose, CA – San Jose Civic
May 3 – Wheatland, CA – Hard Rock Live
May 4 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
May 9 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
May 10 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre
May 11 – Inglewood, CA – YouTube Theater
May 16 – El Paso, TX – El Paso County Coliseum
May 17 – Austin, TX – ACL Live Moody Theater
May 18 – San Antonio, TX – Majestic Theatre

Quinn XCII Announces ‘All You Can Eat Tour’

On the heels of the release of his new EP, Breakfast, and leading into the brand new single, “Melt”, Platinum singer and songwriter Quinn XCII announces his 2024 ‘All You Can Eat Tour’. Produced by Live Nation, the 25-city tour kicks off on September 20 at ​​Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre in San Diego making stops across North America in Nashville, Toronto, Orlando and more before wrapping up in St. Petersburg at Jannus Live on October 29.

This year Quinn enters a new era with three new EP’s titled Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. The collection of projects live in a unique world centered around his alter-ego Mustard Mike, a fictional character who is a restaurant owner and chef known for his humor and sarcastic manner.

Quinn XCII has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 per ticket goes to supporting Conscious Alliance’s mission to end hunger nationwide and feed families in need. We will also be encouraging fans to bring canned food (or other food donations) to select shows, to further support local food banks and communities facing food insecurity.

Quinn XCII (pronounced Ninety-Two) emerged with a disarmingly catchy and dynamic personal style of his own punctuated by alternative nuances and unexpected (yet undeniable) pop prowess. The Detroit native has accumulated over 3.5 billion global streams across his catalog and earned successive Platinum singles, including “Straitjacket,” “Kings of Summer”, and “Love Me Less”. In additional Gold singles, including “Stay Next To Me” and “Flare Guns”, “Another Day In Paradise,” “Stacy,” and “Always Been You.” Simultaneously, he ignited anthems alongside Noah Kahan, Big Sean, AJR, Logic, blackbear, Chelsea Cutler, Jeremy Zucker, and more. Not to mention, he has sold out headline tours coast-to-coast, selling over 500,000 tickets as a headliner, and graced the stages of festivals such as Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Firefly, Governors Ball, and Electric Forest. This year Quinn enters a new era with 3 new EP’s titled Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. You can expect a lot of music and tour dates to come in 2024.

QUINN XCII 2024 NORTH AMERICA TOUR DATES:
Fri Sep 20 — San Diego, CA — Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
Sat Sep 21 — Oakland, CA — Fox Theater
Tue Sep 24 — Missoula, MT — The Wilma
Wed Sep 25 — Boise, ID — Revolution Concert House and Event Center
Fri Sep 27 — Salt Lake City, UT — Love Letters Music Festival
Sat Sep 28 — Denver, CO — Fillmore Auditorium
Mon Sep 30 — Omaha, NE — Steelhouse Omaha
Tues Oct 01 — Fayetteville, AK — JJ’s Live
Thu Oct 03 — West Des Moines, IA — Val Air Ballroom
Fri Oct 04 — La Crosse, WI — La Crosse Center Arena#
Sat Oct 05 — Milwaukee, WI — The Eagles Ballroom
Tue Oct 08 — Nashville, TN — Ryman Auditorium
Thu Oct 10 — Louisville, KY — The Louisville Palace
Fri Oct 11 — St. Louis, MO — The Factory
Sat Oct 12 — Cincinnati, OH — The Andrew J Brady Music Center
Tue Oct 15 — Toronto, ON — The Danforth Music Hall
Wed Oct 16 — Syracuse, NY — Landmark Theatre
Fri Oct 18 — Huntington, NY — The Paramount
Sat Oct 19 — Wallingford, CT — Toyota Oakdale Theatre
Tue Oct 22 — Port Chester, NY — The Capitol Theatre
Wed Oct 23 — Washington, DC — Echostage
Fri Oct 25 — Raleigh, NC — Red Hat Amphitheater
Sun Oct 27 — Birmingham, AL — Avondale Brewing Co.
Mon Oct 28 — Orlando, FL — House of Blues Orlando
Tue Oct 29 — St. Petersburg, FL — Jannus Live

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Multi-Platinum Indie Pop Singer & Songwriter Dayglow Reveals Fall 2024 Headline Run ‘Dayglow: The Tour’

Multi-Platinum Certified indie pop artist Dayglow announces his highly anticipated debut album, titled DAYGLOW, will be released this fall via Mercury Records. The album, which was fully written, performed, recorded, produced, and mixed by Sloan Struble himself in his Malibu home studio, will be accompanied by a headline tour across North America this fall, dubbed Dayglow: The Tour.

Produced by Live Nation and kicking off in September, Dayglow: The Tour will see Struble perform in major venues across the US, Canada, and Mexico, including Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on September 22nd, New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom on October 11th, Toronto’s HISTORY on October 13th, Los Angeles’ Hollywood Palladium on November 17th, and more. Not to mention, the Austin, TX native will wrap the tour with three very special back-to-back hometown shows in various venues across the city. Fans can see Struble perform at Parish—the first Austin venue he ever played in—on November 21st, followed by shows at Scoot Inn on November 22nd and finally Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater on November 23rd. See the full list of tour dates below.

On the upcoming tour, Struble says, “I think Dayglow has to be seen live to get the full picture. The vibe during the shows is so inviting and fun. People are either smiling or dancing, but it’s also common to do both. I think this tour is going to be the best yet by far. I feel healthy, happy, and ready to rock.”

Last month, the artist, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and all-around creative kicked off a new chapter with his latest single and summertime anthem “Every Little Thing I Say I Do.” The nostalgically catchy song recalls the best of the early 2010’s indie and alternative music scene yet remains uniquely Dayglow. It was released alongside a homemade music video, starring Struble and directed and edited by the innovator himself—watch it HERE. On the track, UPROXX proclaimed, “Dayglow described the song as ‘pretty damn catchy,’ which is probably what I should have written and left it at that,” while Ones To Watch said, “Its punchy guitar riffs and head-nodding hook set the perfect backdrop for the summer days ahead.” “Every Little Thing I Say I Do” continues to climb up the Alternative Radio Chart and is currently nearing the Top 30. Struble’s brand new single “Cocoon” will officially be released on July 21st—check out a recent teaser HERE and pre-save the song now HERE.

Over the last few years, Dayglow has emerged as a Multi-Platinum Certified artist, generating billions of streams across his mixtapes Fuzzybrain [2019], Harmony House [2021], and People In Motion [2022], while serving up viral hits including the Double Platinum “Can I Call You Tonight,” Platinum “Hot Rod,” and Gold “Close To You,” with the former becoming 2020’s biggest independent alternative hit and peaking at #2 at Alternative and AAA Radio.

Since bursting onto the scene, he’s sold out headline tours around the globe and graced festival stages including Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, Firefly Music Festival, Outside Lands, Reading & Leeds, Corona Capital, and more. His live performances have shined everywhere from The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to Austin City Limits TV. Along the way, he picked up critical acclaim from Billboard, NPR, UPROXX, American Songwriter, NME, Euphoria Magazine, and Ones To Watch to name a few.

Over the last few years, Dayglow has cemented himself as an indie pop innovator with his vibrant, vivid, and memorable music. The Texas-native singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer (a.k.a. Sloan Struble) floods every song with uncontainable and undeniable energy. As such, he’s emerged as a Multi-Platinum Certified phenomenon, generating billions of streams across his mixtapes Fuzzybrain [2019], Harmony House [2021], and People In Motion [2022], while serving up viral hits including the Double Platinum “Can I Call You Tonight,” Platinum “Hot Rod,” and Gold “Close To You,” with the former being 2020’s biggest independent alternative hit and peaking at #2 at Alternative and AAA Radio. Since bursting onto the scene, he’s sold out headline tours across the globe and graced festival stages including Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, Firefly Music Festival, Outside Lands, Reading & Leeds, Corona Capital, and more. His live performances have shined everywhere from The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to Austin City Limits TV. Along the way, he picked up critical acclaim from Billboard, NPR, UPROXX, American Songwriter, NME, Euphoria Magazine, and Ones To Watch to name a few. Signing to Mercury Records in 2024, Dayglow continues to shape every level of his bright and bold vision on his latest single “Every Little Thing I Say I Do” and long awaited debut album DAYGLOW, set for release this fall.

DAYGLOW: THE TOUR DATES:
September 12 // Mexico City, MX // Blackberry*
September 14 // Monterrey, MX // Showcenter*
September 19 // Atlanta, GA // Tabernacle*
September 21 // Birmingham, AL // Avondale Brewing Company*
September 22 // Nashville, TN // Ryman Auditorium*
September 25 // Raleigh, NC // The Ritz*
September 27 // Charlotte, NC // The Fillmore Charlotte*
September 28 // Cincinnati, OH // The Andrew J Brady Music Center*
September 29 // Louisville, KY // Mercury Ballroom*
October 01 // Grand Rapids, MI // Intersection*
October 03 // Columbus, OH // KEMBA! Live*
October 04 // Washington, DC // The Anthem*
October 05 // Pittsburgh, PA // Stage AE*
October 06 // Philadelphia, PA // The Fillmore Philadelphia*
October 08 // Boston, MA // MGM Music Hall at Fenway*
October 10 // Montreal, QC // MTELUS*
October 11 // New York, NY // Hammerstein Ballroom*
October 13 // Toronto, ON // HISTORY*
October 15 // Cleveland, OH // House of Blues*
October 16 // Detroit, MI // The Fillmore Detroit*
October 18 // St. Louis, MO // The Pageant*
October 19 // Indianapolis, IN // Egyptian Room @ Old National Centre*
October 22 // Madison, WI // The Sylvee*
October 24 // Chicago, IL // Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom*
October 25 // Minneapolis, MN // The Fillmore Minneapolis presented by Affinity Plus*
October 26 // Kansas City, MO // The Midland Theatre*
October 28 // Denver, CO // Mission Ballroom*
October 31 // Tulsa, OK // Cain’s Ballroom^
November 01 // Houston, TX // Bayou Music Center^
November 02 // Dallas, TX // South Side Ballroom^
November 06 // Salt Lake City, UT // The Great Saltair^
November 08 // Seattle, WA // Moore Theatre^
November 11 // Vancouver, BC // Orpheum^
November 13 // Oakland, CA // Fox Theatre^
November 15 // Phoenix, AZ // Arizona Financial Theatre^
November 16 // San Diego, CA // SOMA^
November 17 // Los Angeles, CA // Hollywood Palladium^
November 19 // Albuquerque, NM // El Rey Theatre^
November 21 // Austin, TX // Parish^
November 22 // Austin, TX // Scoot Inn^
November 23 // Austin, TX // Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater^
*Sun Room Opening
^Teenage Dads Opening

Kurtis Conner Announces His Biggest Project Yet With ‘The Goodfellow World Tour’

Today, Kurtis Conner announced his biggest project yet – The Goodfellow World Tour with shows across North America this year. A sell-out performer, podcaster, and global YouTube sensation, Conner is bringing his freshest, funniest material yet to the stage. Produced by Live Nation, the 14-date tour kicks off on Thursday, August 29 in Tampa, FL at Tampa Theater, with additional stops in Orlando, Jacksonville, Boston, New York, Atlanta, Chicago and more before wrapping up on Sunday, September 22 at Fisher Theater in Detroit, MI.

After studying comedy writing and performance in Toronto, Conner quickly found an audience on Vine, later migrating to YouTube and growing that audience to over 5 million subscribers worldwide. 2023 was a banner year for Conner; he was named one of Variety’s Top 10 Comics to Watch, partnered with Just For Laughs as a featured artist, and sold out theaters across Australia and New Zealand. Conner isn’t missing a beat in 2024, embarking on his largest tour yet in theaters across the globe. Outside of touring stand up, Conner’s videos regularly hit the top ten trending page on YouTube, and he hosts the Very Really Good Podcast.

KURTIS CONNER: THE GOODFELLOW WORLD TOUR 2024 DATES
Thu Aug 29 – Tampa, FL – Tampa Theater
Fri Aug 30 – Orlando, FL – Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Sat Aug 31 – Jacksonville, FL – Moran Theater
Sun Sep 01 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Broward Center For The Performing Arts
Thu Sep 05 – Boston, MA – Boch Center Wang Theatre
Fri Sep 06 – Washington, DC – Warner Theater
Sat Sep 07 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
Fri Sep 13 – Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center
Sat Sep 14 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
Sun Sep 15 – Charlotte, NC – Ovens Auditorium
Thu Sep 19 – Pittsburgh, PA – Byham Theater
Fri Sep 20 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
Sat Sep 21 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre
Sun Sep 22 – Detroit, MI – Fisher Theater
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Maynard Keenan Shows His Incredible Vineyard to Sammy Hagar and Guy Fieri

In a captivating video, Maynard James Keenan, renowned musician and winemaker, offers a behind-the-scenes tour of his extraordinary vineyard to fellow rock icon Sammy Hagar and celebrity chef Guy Fieri. Set against the picturesque backdrop of Arizona’s Verde Valley, Keenan’s vineyard unfolds as a testament to his passion for winemaking. The trio explores the lush vineyards and state-of-the-art winemaking facilities, where Keenan shares insights into his meticulous approach to crafting exceptional wines.

Ski Mask The Slump God Announces 11th Dimension Tour

Today, multiplatinum Florida spitter Ski Mask The Slump God announced his 2024 11th Dimension Tour. Produced by Live Nation, the 20-city North America leg kicks off on Wednesday July 10 at Akvarium in Budapest making stops in Brooklyn, Toronto, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Houston, and more before wrapping up in Perth on November 14. This will be his first headline run in 5 years. Close friends and collaborators DJ Scheme and Danny Towers will support him across all tour dates. While in North America, he will also be joined by emerging stars Hardrock and Molly Santana for support.

It also marks his first tour in support of his first full-length album in six years and one of 2024’s most anticipated hip-hop records, 11th Dimension, out now via Victor Victor Worldwide/Republic Records.

Renowned for his unmatched stage presence and high-energy shows, this promises to be an unforgettable jaunt as he ignites classics from the stage as well as new material from 11th Dimension. Ski Mask The Slump God always delivers undeniable, unique, and unforgettable shows, and he’s leveling up again on the 11th Dimension Tour.

Flipping the script with a middle finger to all expectations, Ski Mask The Slump God has consistently pushed himself to progress, taking hip-hop along with him. He blazed a trail of his own out of Broward County to his platinum-certified full-length debut, Stokeley, bowing in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 in 2018. His elite lyricism, offbeat references, and distinct emotionality bled through the double-platinum “Faucet Failure” and platinum hits “Catch Me Outside,” “Take A Step Back,” “Nuketown,” “Babywipe,” and “Foot Fungus.” A sense of vicious versatility has enabled him to seamlessly collaborate with everyone from close cohort and gone-too-soon brothers XXXTentacion and Juice WRLD and J. Cole’s DreamVille to Lyrical Lemonade, Trippie Redd, Sxmpra, and Danny Towers. Beyond sharing the stage with $uicide Boy$ and the late Juice WRLD and XXXTentacion, he has emerged as a powerhouse headliner in his own right. Moreover, he incited the applause of Pitchfork, The FADER, UPROXX, and Complex, to name a few. After stacking up billions of streams, earning multi platinum plaques, and fueling the explosion of South Florida as a 21st century hip-hop mecca, Ski Mask The Slump God didn’t merely aim to make another album for his long-awaited sophomore offering. Instead, he chose to architect a living and breathing world with his second full-length LP, 11th Dimension [Victor Victor Worldwide/Republic Records]. Over the course of 21 tracks, that world finds the Florida spitter entrenched in layers of not only the mind-blowing rap he’s known for, but also alternative, heavy metal, and even Jamaican and island stylings. As such, it unfolds as not only a worthy successor to his legacy, but also as a harbinger of the future.

11TH DIMENSION TOUR DATES:
Sat Jun 15 – Chicago, IL – Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash^
Fri Jul 05 – Ebreichsdorf, Austria – Rolling Loud Austria^
Tue Jul 09 – Prague, Czech Republic – Lucerna Music Bar
Wed Jul 10 – Budapest, Hungary – Akvarium
Fri Jul 12 – Munich, Germany – Tonhalle*
Mon Jul 15 – Krakow, Poland – Studio*
Wed Jul 17 – Vilnius, Lithuania – Lukiskes 2.0
Fri Jul 19 – Riga, Latvia – Positivus Festival
Thu Jul 25 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
Fri Jul 26 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
Sun Jul 28 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS
Mon Jul 29 – Toronto, ON – HISTORY
Wed Jul 31 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
Thu Aug 01 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
Sun Aug 04 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore
Tue Aug 06 – Denver, CO – Summit
Fri Aug 09 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
Sun Aug 11 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
Mon Aug 12 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
Wed Aug 14 – San Francisco, CA – The Midway
Thu Aug 15 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
Fri Aug 16 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
Mon Aug 19 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
Tue Aug 20 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
Wed Aug 21 – Austin, TX – Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater
Fri Aug 23 – New Orleans, LA – The Fillmore
Sun Aug 25 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
Wed Aug 28 – Miami, FL – The Fillmore
Thu Sep 05 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – SWG3 Galvanizers
Fri Sep 06 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Olympia Theatre
Sat Sep 07 – Birmingham, United Kingdom – O2 Institute
Mon Sep 09 – Manchester, United Kingdom – O2 Ritz
Wed Sep 11 – London, United Kingdom – O2 Forum Kentish Town
Fri Sep 13 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg Max
Sat Sep 14 – Cologne, Germany – Hype Festival
Sun Sep 15 – Paris, France – Le Bataclan
Tue Sep 17 – Antwerp, Belgium – Trix
Thu Sep 19 – Milan, Italy – Fabrique*
Sat Sep 21 – Zurich, Switzerland – Komplex 457
Sun Sep 22 – Berlin, Germany – Astra
Mon Sep 23 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
Tue Sep 24 – Hamburg, Germany – Grosse Freiheit 36
Thu Nov 07 – Auckland, New Zealand – Spark Arena
Sat Nov 09 – Melbourne, Australia – Festival Hall
Sun Nov 10 – Brisbane, Australia – Fortitude Music Hall
Tue Nov 12 – Sydney, Australia – Enmore Theatre
Thu Nov 14 – Perth, Australia – Metro City
^ Festival Date

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