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  • The Backstreet Boys Set To Hit Four New York Venues This Summer

    The Backstreet Boys, one of the most famous boy bands of all time, have announced that they will be touring through the United States and Europe this year.

    The band is set to hit three New York locations. They will be visiting Darien Lake on July 3rd, the Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh on July 16th, Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs on July 23rd, and Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel on July 24th. They will also tour through two New Jersey destinations. The full schedule is available down below.

    The Backstreet Boys
    Photo Credits: Dennis Leupold

    The Backstreet Boys will be touring their 10th studio album, DNA, which was released in 2019 via RCA Records. The album debuted at #1 and features the Top 10 hit “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart.”

    Tickets for the Backstreet Boys go on sale Friday, April 8th at 10 am local time on Ticketmaster.

    DNA World Tour

    4/8 – Las Vegas, NV – The Colosseum at Caesars Palace

    4/9 – Las Vegas, NV – The Colosseum at Caesars Palace

    4/15 – Las Vegas, NV – The Colosseum at Caesars Palace

    4/16 – Las Vegas, NV – The Colosseum at Caesars Palace

    6/4 – Chula Vista, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

    6/5 – Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheater

    6/7 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl

    6/9 – Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion

    6/11 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater

    6/13 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater

    6/14 – The Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman

    6/15 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory

    6/17 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP

    6/20 – Jacksonville, FL – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena

    6/21 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre at the FL State Fairgrounds

    6/22 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre

    6/24 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion

    6/25 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

    6/28 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre

    7/1 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage

    7/2 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage

    7/3 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater

    7/5 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake

    7/6 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center

    7/8 – Milwaukee, WI – SummerFest (American Family Insurance Amp)

    7/10 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center

    7/12 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live

    7/13 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach

    7/14 – Camden, NJ – Waterfront Music Pavilion

    7/16 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater

    7/17 – Hartford, CT – XFINITY Theatre

    7/19 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center

    7/20 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center

    7/21 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheater

    7/23 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center

    7/24 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

    7/26 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center

    7/28 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre

    7/29 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

    7/30 – Maryland Heights, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

    8/2 – Englewood, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre

    8/4 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre

    8/6 – Wheatland, CA – Toyota Amphitheatre

    8/7 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre

    8/9 – Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion

    8/12 – Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre

    8/19 – Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Center Arena

    8/21 – Spokane, WA – Spokane Arena

    8/22 – Portland, OR – Moda Center

    8/24 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena

    8/26 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place

    8/27 – Saskatoon, SK – SaskTel Centre

    8/29 – Winnipeg, MB – Canada Life Centre

    9/1 – Ottawa, ON – Canadian Tire Centre

    9/2 – Quebec City, QC – Centre Videotron

    9/3 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre

    9/6 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena

    9/8 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena

    9/9 – Memphis, TN – FedExForum

    9/11 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford PREMIER Center

    9/13 – Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank Arena

    9/14 – Oklahoma City, OK – Paycom Center

    10/3 – Lisbon, Portugal – Altice Arena

    10/4 – Madrid, Spain – WiZink Center

    10/6 – Barcelona, Spain – Palau Sant Jordi

    10/9 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome

    10/12 – Berlin, Germany – Mercedes-Benz Arena

    10/15 – Hannover, Germany – Zag Arena

    10/18 – Mannheim, Germany – SAP Arena

    10/20 – Munich, Germany – Olympiahalle

    10/22 – Bologna, Italy – Unipol Arena

    10/25 – Hamburg, Germany – Barclaycard Arena

    10/27 – Zurich, Switzerland – Hallenstadion

    10/29 – Krakow, Poland – Tauron Arena

    10/30 – Leipzig, Germany – QUARTERBACK Immobilien ARENA

    10/31 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena

    11/2 – Budapest, Hungary – Sports Arena

    11/4 – Dortmund, Germany – Westfalenhallen

    11/6 – London, UK – The 02

  • Bob Weir and Wolf Bros Mark 50 Years of ‘Ace’ at Radio City

    Another Saturday night brought Bob Weir back to Radio City Music Hall along with the Wolf Bros and special guests to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of his first solo studio album, Ace.

    Special guests for the show included Brittany Spencer who complimented Weir’s vocals with soulful harmonies. And Tyler Childers whose guitar and vocals added an extra touch of Americana. Longtime Weir collaborator Ron Carter stepped on bass for ”Dark Star.”

    The core of Weir’s Wolf Bros band consisted of Don Was (bass), Jay Lane (drums), Jeff Chimenti (keys), and Barry Sless (pedal steel guitar). The Wolf Pack of Alex Kelly, Mads Tolling, Adam Theis, Brian Switzer, Sheldon Brown on strings and horns brought some rather fun improv breaks throughout both sets.

    Weir’s Ace celebration continued Sunday evening at Radio City Music Hall. This time with another added guest, Dead & Company bandmate John Mayer.

    Bob Weir and Wolf Bros Radio City Music Hall – New York, NY 4/2/22

    Set 1: When I Paint My Masterpiece, Me and My Uncle, Loser, Ace: Greatest Story Ever Told (w/ Tyler Childers), Black-Throated Wind, Walk in the Sunshine (w/ Brittney Spencer), -> Playing in the Band -> Looks Like Rain (w/ Brittney Spencer), Mexicali Blues, One More Saturday Night, Cassidy

    Set 2: You Win Again (w/Tyler Childers), Weather Report Suite -> Shakedown Street (w/ Brittney Spencer), Dark Star (w/ Ron Carter), Eyes of the World -> What’s Going On -> Eyes of the World, Days Between -> Playing in the Band

    Encore: Ripple

  • Live Nation Announces Partnership With American Dream

    Live Nation has announced a multi-year partnership with American Dream, a preeminent entertainment and retail center located in East Rutherford, NJ, including exclusive live events and concerts.

    The main stage at American Dream will feature a series of concerts, as well as other unique experiences like fan-to-artist activations, pop-up shops, launch parties for new music releases and upcoming tours, and more. These will come to life throughout the venue, which has a theme park, the largest indoor one in the Western Hemisphere, Big SNOW, North America’s only indoor ski slope, The Rink, an NHL-regulation ice rink, and more.

    American Dream first event

    The first acts to perform in the concert series have been announced. Hip hop star Ludacris will perform on May 7, followed by rapper J.I. on June 17; DJs/producers Two Friends on June 18; rapper Lil Tjay on July 22; rapper Sheck Wes on August 13; and Japanese rock band Band-Maid on October 30.

    CEO of the venue Don Ghermezian spoke about the partnership.

    American Dream provides guests with experiences that can’t be found anywhere else, like the incredibly popular amusement park takeover concert series we’ve created. A partnership with Live Nation takes our property to a new level. The impact and value Live Nation brings as our content provider gives artists another unique platform to inspire their fans.

    The venue will feature upcoming Live Nation shows in the New Jersey-New York metropolitan area, and create opportunities around events at the neighboring MetLife Stadium featuring live performances and other fan engagement.

  • The Maine Celebrate 15th Anniversary at Webster Hall

    Pop-punk mainstays The Maine celebrated their 15th anniversary as a band this past Monday, April 4th at Webster Hall. The band last played in NYC back in August 2021 as part of the Sad Summer Festival, but the show at Webster Hall was The Maine’s first NYC headline in over four years. Overjoyed to be playing a club in the city again, singer John O’Callaghan thanked the fans for their longstanding support and treated them to a career spanning setlist.

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    The Maine at Webster Hall, 4/4/22. Photo by Buscar Photo

    As the house lights went down, archetypal party song “Sweet Caroline” played over the PA as The Maine filed onto the Webster Hall stage. The song provides a perfect segway into the opening track from their 2021 LP XOXO: From Love & Anxiety In Real Time, “Sticky,” which references the Neil Diamond anthem. Staying true to their Southwest roots, light-up cowboy hats were on sale at the merch table, and have been a crucial part of the band’s merch package for many years. Looking around Webster Hall you found dozens of these hats as well as fan-made versions lighting up the room. Going along with the passion of The Maine’s fan community known as “8123,” the crowd exploded with energy as the band played the first notes of “We All Roll Along” from their debut Can’t Stop Won’t Stop.

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    The Maine at Webster Hall, 4/4/22. Photo by Buscar Photo

    The Maine’s latest record was released last summer, and the band spent the second half of 2021 on tour supporting All Time Low; a tour that stopped at NYC’s Pier 17 for the Sad Summer Fest back in August. The current headlining tour (which began in January) is the first time the band is able to fully flesh out the new songs and mix them into their classics. Mixing nostalgia and with the reality of today, John told an anecdote of losing his wallet at The Knitting Factory while asking the audience to pay tribute to his baby who was in attendance clad in earmuffs at the sound table.

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    The Maine at Webster Hall, 4/4/22. Photo by Buscar Photo

    The band cruised through a 16-song setlist that touched on all of their albums and various singles. In the last leg of the show, The Maine introduced Taking Back Sunday frontman Adam Lazzara as well as opening artist Charlotte Sands onto stage to perform their latest collaborative single “Loved You A Little.” Released back in January the song is a classic emo/pop-punk anthem featuring vocals from the three singers. Adam, Charlotte, and John from The Maine are all individually powerful vocalists that command a room, but on “Loved You A Little” the three are mixed so well and create a unified sound as if they were all in the same band.

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    The Maine with Adam Lazzara and Charlotte Sands at Webster Hall, 4/4/22. Photo by Buscar Photo
    “Loved You A Little” by The Maine, Taking Back Sunday, and Charlotte Sands. Via YouTube

    The Maine maintain a busy tour schedule through the month of April and ending on a somewhat hometown show in Prescott, AZ on April 30th. The band also has two festival appearances at SO WHAT!? as well as the meme-famous When We Were Young Festival in Las Vegas. Head over to The Maine’s website for the full itinerary and check out NYS Music’s photo gallery from the Webster Hall show below.

  • LL Cool J’s Rock The Bells Festival In Queens Announced, Featuring Ice Cube, Lil Kim, and More

    A new day-long celebration of Hip-Hop culture founded by LL Cool J called Rock The Bells Festival will be happening at Forest Hills Stadium in LL’s hometown of Queens on August 6.

    The festival will feature live performances, art exhibits, food, fashion, interactive experiences, and more. Each performer was hand-picked for their culture-defining careers, undeniable talents, and contributions to Hip-Hop culture.

    Rock Bells Lineup Poster

    Featured on the lineup are LL Cool J, DJ Z-Trip, Ice Cube, Rick Ross, Lil’ Kim, The Diplomats ft. Cam’ron, Jim Jones & Juelz Santana, Fat Joe & Remy Ma, Jadakiss, Scarface, Trina, N.O.R.E, Digable Planets, and more to be announced.

    LL Cool J said in a statement that he is excited to bring all these artists together to celebrate Hip-Hop culture.

    This festival is my way of showing love to the community of Hip-Hop and celebrating the incredible journey this culture has taken, going from DJ Kool Herc’s Sedgwick Avenue rec room, to the global phenomenon we all cherish today. Getting to bring some of the most iconic and influential Hip-Hop artists to the same stage, in my hometown and the city that started it all, is an honor and I can’t wait for everyone to see what we have in store for them.

    For fans that cannot make it to the festival, they can tune into LL Cool J’s Rock The Bells Radio on SiriusXM (Ch. 43) for exclusive live coverage. Tickets go onsale April 4 for pre-sale, and April 8 for general sale, and tickets can be found here. For each ticket sale, Rock The Bells will be donating partial proceeds to the Universal Hip-Hop Museum in the Bronx.

  • Brooklyn-Based Band Forever Honey Drops Newest Single “Number One Fan”

    Forever Honey, a Brooklyn-based Indie Rock group is once again expanding their discography with the release of their newest single “Number One Fan.”

    Forever Honey

    Forever Honey is composed of Liv Price (lead vocals, guitar), Aida Mekonnen (lead guitar, vocals), Steve Vannelli (drums, keys), and Jack McLoughlin (bass, production). They are known to blend different sounds, stories and emotions to relate to their fans.

    Their newest song came to be from personal experiences and the title of it is meant to be literal. Forever Honey created a song that expresses the point of view of social media users scrolling through the various platform. The group focused on the everyday thoughts, anxieties, and pressures from using social media.

    “Number One Fan,” in particular, is our least abstract/most literal song, lyrically. The entire thing is about scrolling through instagram and seeing the highlights reel from everyone’s life. You know people, deeply, in the least meaningful ways; you fall in love with the least accurate version of someone.

    Forever Honey

    The group also discussed, during the beginning of the pandemic everyone was focused on TikTok and Instagram, which is where the lyrics from “Number One Fan” originated from.

    Despite enduring obstacles, as a result of the pandemic during the debut of their first EP Pre-Mortem High, Forever Honey still managed to grasp an audience and make a name for themselves within the music industry. Their first live show took place in the Summer of 2021, following the release of their single “Satellite” and ever since Forever Honey has continuously elevated their skill set.

    To learn more about the band and their upcoming work visit their official website.

  • VOIVOD Announces North American Dates for “Synchro Anarchy Tour”

    Juno Award-winning band VOIVOD announces their tour dates for this coming June, “Synchro Anarchy” Tour for North American shows. The tour will stop in NY on June 14th in Buffalo at the Rec Room, June 17th in Brooklyn at the Market Hotel, and June 18th in Liverpool at Sharkey’s.

    VOIVOD

    The tour is in support of the band’s new album, “Synchro Anarchy” that hit the charts in multiple countries like #2 on Billboard Canada’s Hard Music Albums chart, #6 Current Hard Albums in the USA, #7 on the UK’s Rock & Metal chart and #7 in Germany along with others.

    At last! After more than two years without touring, we are finally hitting the road in June 2022 in North America. We are thrilled to play the Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest, It will also be exciting for us to play songs from Synchro Anarchy for the first time live! We can’t wait to see our old Voïvodian friends again and meet some new ones. See you then!

    -Michel “Away” Langevin (drums)

    VOIVOD now has 15 studio album’s and continue with their creative freedom for nearly 40 years. During the early 80’s even as the thrash metal scene was on the rise, VOIVOD kept their distinct character as a band throughout.

    Not many bands are able to survive for four decades after achieving legendary status, but VOIVOD continues the uphill climb as one of the most creative and passionate bands on the planet. VOIVOD consist of Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain (guitar), Denis “Snake” Belanger (vocals), Michel “Away” Langevin (drums), and Dominic “Rocky” Laroche (bass).

    All ticket info and links can be found HERE.

    VOIVOD TOUR DATES:

    June 1 Trois Rivieres QC L’Entité 

    June 2 Ottawa ON Bronson Centre Music Theatre 

    June 3 Toronto ON Phoenix Concert Theatre

    June 4 London ON The Music Hall

    June 5 Detroit MI Small’s

    June 6 Chicago IL Reggie’s

    June 8 Huntington WV The Loud

    June 9 Columbus OH Ace of Cups

    June 10 Philadelphia PA The Fillmore Decibel Magazine Metal and Beer Festival (There will be a Voivod beer)

    June 11 Baltimore MD Ottobar

    June 13 Pittsburgh PA Crafthouse

    June 14 Buffalo NY Rec Room

    June 15 Cleveland OH Grog Shop

    June 17 Brooklyn NY Market Hotel

    June 18 Liverpool NY Sharkey’s 

    June 19 Boston MA Brighton Music Hall

    August 12 Belgium Alcatraz Festival 

  • Disco Biscuits Unleash An Array Of Inverted Jams In Return To Capitol Theatre

    This past weekend, the Disco Biscuits joined the Double Digit Club at the legendary Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, performing three nights at the hallowed venue, bringing their total to eleven shows in all here. The whirlwind three nights of music featured some of the band’s most beloved songs meshed with some bustouts and first timers that all led to an incredible weekend of music at The Cap.

    disco biscuits capitol theatre
    photo by Em Walis

    The Biscuits came shooting out of the gate on Thursday night, thanks to a dusted off “Chemical Warfare Brigade,” the first one in more than six years. Another opening set highlight was a “House Dog Party Favor” that went delightfully dark and deep at times, surpassing the 20-minute mark. The set came to an end in vintage Disco Biscuits fashion with a “Story Of The World” > “Munchkin Invasion” > “Story Of The World” sequence, although “Munchkin” went unfinished and would surprisingly remain that way the entire run.

    The band kept the old school hits coming with a “Hot Air Balloon” second set opener that also went unfinished, and instead morphed right into a thunderous “Shem-Rah Boo.” Emerging from “Shem,” drummer Allen Aucoin put on a drumming masterclass with the rare inverted approach to “Portal To An Empty Head.” It would be the first of many memorable song inversions this run, where a song’s ending is played immediately before its beginning.

    Friday night brought with it a calendar page turn into April and all the potential for mayhem that comes along with April Fool’s Day. To that degree, a “Nughuffer” opener came as somewhat of a surprise, even admitted so by bassist Marc Brownstein in his traditional mid-song banter. But after a quick trip to Zex Sea, the Biscuits were off and running with another monster trance-fueled jam to start the show. An unfinished “Spaga” then later bled right into one of the band’s newer efforts, “Running Into The Night.”

    The second set began with a mesmerizing drawn out jam that served as the runway for the intro to “Run Like Hell,” one of the band’s singature cover selections. This gave way to a parade of song inversions, starting with a very common one in “Confrontation.” A couple of inverted animals then followed suit in standout takes of “Crickets” and “Aquatic Ape” before “Basis For A Day” closed out the set in grand fashion. As an encore, the Disco Biscuits trotted out “Friend Like Steve” one more, a recently-penned birthday song for a friend of the band. Doubling down on the “FLS” songs, the band then unleashed a surprising first time ever cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Feel Like A Stranger.”

    disco biscuits capitol theatre
    photo by Em Walis

    After two nights of barn-burners, Saturday took the Biscuits legacy at the Cap to a new level. With a fan written setlist once again guiding the band, tonight’s show was a true hallmark of the weekend and raised an already elevated bar even higher.

    The band came out swinging in Set 1 with “Denmark Massive,” a song not played since 2008, and originally written by The Join (Marc Brownstein, Aron Magner, and The New Deal’s Jamie Shields and Darren Shearer), as noted by Zachary Franck. The Biscuits first studio single in a decade, “Lake Shore Drive” segued cleanly from “Denmark Massive” and into an inverted “Morph Dusseldorf.” The moment the audience heard the shift into the “Morph” ending, the room lit up with energy and peaked as the band and crowd sang in unison “Morph, morph from Dusseldorf, changing all the time, and if you stay the same one day, that night will be sublime.” The moment built on that peak by segueing into the beginning of “Morph,” a none-too often occurance.

    A combination of “And the Ladies Were the Rest of the Night” with a potent “Cyclone” sandwiched inside would follow, a dream setlist and nothing short of creative and challenging for the Disco Biscuits.

    disco biscuits capitol theatre
    photo by Em Walis

    “Vassillios” kicked off the second set, with neither the band nor crowd losing steam during setbreak. The eventual shift into the foreboding and evil vibe of “Orch Theme” took no prisoners and laid the groundwork for a Club Bisco vibe that reigned through the rest of the night. With the doors swung open, an inverted “Sweating Bullets,” the first ever such version, burst through for 25 minutes of peaks upon peaks that built with each successive ascent. Barber and Brownstein were found hopping around and getting down on stage, pairing well with the audience, creating a pure rock and roll moment, in the Original Rock Palace, naturally.

    An equally dominant “Tempest” arrived out of “Sweating Bullets” and back into the second half of “Vassillios,” bringing the set nearly full circle. Shifting into the ending of “I Remember When,” the audience was elated in unison, singing along, a reflection on the 3 years (with two cancellations) that it has taken the Disco Biscuits to return to the Capitol Theatre stage.

    Prior to the encore, Peter Shapiro, owner of the Cap, came out to reflect on hearing the Disco Biscuits for the first time in 1997 at The Wetlands, and led the crowd in singing Happy Birthday to Jon “The Barber” Gutwillig. Marc Brownstein then gave recognition to faithful longtime Tour Manager, Ryan Noel, who was spending his last run with the band this weekend, bidding him a farewell with the crowd pouring out love.

    Perhaps reflecting on those sentiments, the band returned to the beginning of “I Remember When” to start the encore before shifting into Walter Murphy’s “A Fifth of Beethoven,” a final dose of disco for the night, one etched into Disco Biscuits and Capitol Theatre lore.

    Disco Biscuits Capitol Theatre 2022 Setlists

    Thursday, March 31

    Set 1: Chemical Warfare Brigade* > Once the Fiddler Paid, House Dog Party Favor, Story of the World > Munchkin Invasion* > Story of the World
    Set 2: Hot Air Balloon* > Shem-Rah Boo > Portal to an Empty Head^ > The Great Abyss > Shem-Rah Boo
    Encore: Home Again
    * unfinished
    ^ inverted

    Friday, April 1

    Set 1: Nughuffer > Spaga* > Running Into the Night > Aceetobee* > Rock Candy
    Set 2: Run Like Hell* > Confrontation^ > Crickets^ > Aquatic Ape^ > Basis for a Day
    Encore: Friend Like Steve, Feel Like a Stranger&
    * unfinished
    ^ inverted
    & debut

    Saturday, April 2

    Set 1: Denmark Massive* > Lake Shore Drive > Morph Dusseldorf^ > And the Ladies Were the Rest of the Night > Cyclone > And the Ladies Were the Rest of the Night

    Set 2: Vassillios > Orch Theme > Sweating Bullets% > Tempest > Vassillios > I Remember When&

    Encore: I Remember When&, A Fifth of Beethoven$

    * last played 6/9/08 (548 shows)
    ^ inverted
    % last played 1/31/19 (103 shows); first ever inverted version
    & dyslexic
    $ last played 11/3/18 (119 shows)

    Photos by Em Walis

  • ODESZA Announce Summer Tour, Forest Hills Show in August

    Electronic duo ODESZA announced that they will tour through the United States this summer. This news comes following the release of three singles this year alone. Their new album, The Last Goodbye, is scheduled to drop on July 22nd.

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    ODESZA

    The duo will perform at Forest Hills Stadium on Friday, August 26th. Located in Queens, the stadium can hold 13,000 people. ODESZA will join the likes of legendary acts Frank Sinatra and The Beatles, both of whom have played in this venue has hosted bands like The Who and Frank Sinatra.

    ODESZA TOUR DATES

    Fri, July 29 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena * >  SOLD OUT

    Sat, July 30 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena * > SOLD OUT

    Sun, July 31 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena * >  SOLD OUT

    Wed, August 17 – Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion * ^ ~

    Fri, August 19 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater * ^ ~

    Sat, August 20 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion * ^ ~

    Tue, August 23 – Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheater * + ~

    Thu, August 25 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion * + ~

    Fri, August 26 – New York, NY – Forest Hills Stadium * ^ ~

    Tue, August 30 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at the Mann * ^ ~

    Thu, September 1 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage * # ~

    Fri, September 2 – Montreal, QC – Parc Jean-Drapeau * # ~

    Sat, September 3 – Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion * # ~

    Sun, September 4 – Boston, MA – Xfinity Center * # ~

    Wed, September 7 – Cincinnati, OH – The ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park * # =

    Thu, September 8 – Detroit, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre * # =

    Fri, September 9 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion * # =

    Mon, September 12 – Minneapolis, MN – Armory # =

    Wed, September 14 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre * # =

    Fri, September 16 – Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre * # =

    Tue, September 20 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre * # =

    Thu, September 22 – Ridgefield, WA – RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater * # =

    Fri, September 23 – Vancouver, BC – PNE Amp * # =

    Mon, September 26 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater * # =

    Tue, September 27 – Boise, ID – Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater * # =

    Thu, September 29 – Sacramento, CA – Heart Health Park * # =

    Fri, September 30 – San Francisco, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre * # =

    * Sylvan Esso
    ^ San Holo
    # Elderbrook
    + Ben Böhmer (Live)
    > ford.
    ~ Gilligan Moss
    = NASAYA 

    Artist pre-sale begins Thursday, March 31st at 10 AM and general tickets will be available the following day. For tickets, go to odesza.com/#tour.

  • Parquet Courts Walk A Downtown Pace at Brooklyn Steel

    Parquet Courts, the New York City based post-punk band, finished up a two-night stand at Bushwick’s Brooklyn Steel on Saturday, April 2nd. The band is on tour supporting their seventh LP Sympathy for Life; released last October via Rough Trade Records. The album features the infectiously groovy lead single “Walking at a Downtown Pace” and the psychedelic jam “Plant Life.”

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    Parquet Courts at Brooklyn Steel, 4/2/22. Photo by Buscar Photo

    NYS Music was at night two, which featured a rather unique intro to the show. After the stage crew finished the change over between sets, a woman lit a sage bundle and immersed the stage in the smoke. She stepped to the mic and announced onto the stage, “Clown.” After expecting Parquet Courts to walk onto the Brooklyn Steel stage, the crowd was indeed perplexed, but intrigued as to what was happening. Two people walked on stage, one apparently the Clown in full face paint and a clown suit accompanied by a saxophone player. The two then played a gorgeous cover of Parquet Courts song and Sympathy for Life closer “Pulcinella.” The ambient balled swelled into a mix of sax and guitar loops, coming to a climax as Clown then introduced Parquet Courts to the stage.

    Once Parquet Courts took the stage, the crowd burst into joyous energy and never let up until the end of the show. The band played a career spanning set, and embellished much of the songs into lengthy live versions with extended jams and improvised movements. The band transforms their energetic post-punk style into a multifaceted live show that keeps even the most devout listener on their toes. Highlights of the show included the aforementioned Sympathy of Life singles as well as “Freebird II” and “Mardi Gras Beads” off the excellent 2018 LP Wide Awake!.

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    Parquet Courts at Brooklyn Steel, 4/2/22. Photo by Buscar Photo

    Parquet Courts continue on tour through April, ending the month on the west coast before heading to Europe for a run of dates in May and June. The band sprinkles in a couple of shows in Australia later in the summer. Check out the full tour schedule HERE and see our photo gallery from the show at Brooklyn Steel on April 2nd below.