Month: April 2022

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Lil Nas X announces ‘Long Live Montero’ tour to launch this fall

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Lil Nas X has announced that he will embark on his first-ever tour, dubbed the “Long Live Montero Tour” in support of his smash debut album, Montero. The 14-date North American leg kicks-off in Detroit on September 6th, making stops in Chicago, Toronto, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Nashville, Miami, and Los Angeles, before wrapping up in San Francisco on October 23rd. A run of UK/European shows follows in November.

Tickets to the North American leg of Lil Nas X’s “Long Live Montero Tour” go on sale Friday, April 29th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Pre-sale for Cash App users is available now, with a Live-Nation pre-sale to be held on Thursday, April 28th (using code ROADIE).

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Rock Daypop

Staind announces North American tour dates this fall

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Aaron Lewis will reunite with his Staind bandmates in September for a U.S. tour. The group officially ended their hiatus in 2019, playing their first show in five years at the 2019 Louder Than Life Festival in Louisville, Kentucky. There had been talk of Staind working on new music with Lewis, but while there’s been no word on an album yet, there are now fall tour dates for the month of September.

The tour kicks off Sept. 8 in Niagara Falls, New York and includes four dates on the East Coast before heading to the Southwest for the remainder of the run, concluding on Sept. 24 in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

Tickets for the tour will go on sale this Friday, April 29, but there is currently a special artist pre-sale running through Thursday, April 28. (password: STAIND22). You can purchase your tickets for the tour:  here.

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Nine Inch Nails share supporting acts for their North American tour

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Nine Inch Nails have revealed the supporting acts that will be joining them on their U.S. tour — their first since 2018.

The band will kick-off a three-show run on April 28 in Raleigh, North Carolina, April 30 in Atlanta and May 1 in Franklin, Tennessee.  The second leg begins with two shows at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado Sept. 2 and 3, wrapping up on Sept. 24 with a special hometown gig at the the Blossom Music Center in Cleveland that will also feature sets from Ministry and Nitzer Ebb.  NIN frontman Trent Reznor personally curated the tour lineup that will include Boy Harsher and 100 Gecs supporting on the first leg. Yves Tumor will play the September dates, which include a two-night-stand at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado (September 2nd and 3rd).

Tickets for Nine Inch Nails’ tour are on sale here or at Ticketmaster.

Full information is available on Nine Inch Nails’ website.

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2022 MTV VMAs scheduled to take place in New Jersey this August

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The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards will take place on Sunday, August 28, at Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center. It’ll be the first VMAs at Prudential Center since 2019.

A press release shared the following:  “Health and safety remains the number one priority for MTV and Prudential Center. We are working hand-in-hand with state and local officials to implement stringent protocols in order to maintain the safety and wellbeing of artists, fans, staff, and partners. Prudential Center’s current health and safety protocols can be found here. Additional protocols will be announced closer to the event.”

The 2021 Video Music Awards took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York in front of a live audience. The previous year, the event was broadcast from various New York locations, with no audience in attendance due to the pandemic.

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News Daypop

Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for COVID-19

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The White House announced on Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harris has tested positive for COVID-19. CNN reported that the vice president’s positive test results rerouted her plans to attend an intelligence briefing Tuesday at the White House, where she was initially tested.

According to the vice president’s press secretary Kirsten Allen, Harris is fully vaccinated with Moderna and has also received two booster shots — her first booster was administered in October, and her second booster in early April.  Harris is not symptomatic after receiving results from rapid and PCR tests, said Allen, adding: “She has not been a close contact to the president or first lady due to their respective recent travel schedules.”   Harris’s last in-person contact with President Joe Biden was during April 18’s Easter Egg Roll, according to an official, after which she left for California.

Harris will continue to work from home at the Naval Observatory, and plans to return to the White House upon testing negative.

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Dow falls over 800 points, Nasdaq plunges 4% as tech and consumer stocks sell off

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On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.4% – over 800 points — while the S&P 500 lost 2.8%, and the Nasdaq Composite 4%. The market’s losses adds to what has already been a big sell-off so far in April: The Dow is down over 4%, the S&P 500 roughly 8% and the Nasdaq nearly 13%.  Following Tuesday’s losses, the Dow is down 4.2% for the month of April, while the S&P 500 has dropped 7.8% and the Nasdaq has plummeted 12.2% for the period.

Microsoft and Google parent, Alphabet, were both down during regular trading, declining 3.74% and 3.59% respectively as both reported earnings after the bell.  However Alphabet reported near misses on revenue, which grew 23% to $68.01 billion in the first quarter, down from 34% in 2021. The company’s stock fell nearly 6% after the bell.

U.S. markets followed major indexes in Europe and Asia amid concerns that COVID-19 outbreaks and corresponding lockdowns in China could harm the global supply chain. And shares of Tesla fell 12.18% as the company has a factory in Shanghai and faced continued pressure from CEO Elon Musk’s decision to purchase Twitter for $44 billion.

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Sports Daypop

Miami Heat moving on to the Easter Conference semifinals after defeating the Atlanta Hawks 97-94 in Game 5

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The Miami Heat defeated the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night with a score of 97-94 in Game 5 to win the best-of-seven playoff series, advancing them to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Miami, the No. 1 seed in the East, clinched the series with help from Victor Oladipo, who led Miami with 23 points, and Bam Adebayo, who added 20 points and 11 rebounds.  The Heat also took the series without Jimmy Butler in Game 5, who was forced to sit out with right knee inflammation, as well as losing Kyle Lowry to a hamstring injury.

The Heat will face the winner of the series between the Philadelphia 76ers and Toronto Raptors in the semifinals. Game 1 will be held on Monday in Miami.

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JMU softball catcher Lauren Bernett, member of 2021 College World Series, passes away at age 20

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James Madison University announced on Tuesday that women’s softball catcher Lauren Bernett has died at age 20. No cause of death was given.  JMU President Jonathan Alger and director of athletics Jeff Bourne said in a joint statement:  “Our hearts are aching, hearing the news of the loss of one of our student-athletes. Lauren Bernett was a high-achieving member of our softball team and a great ambassador of JMU and our athletics program. She was a key member of our 2021 Women’s College World Series team as a freshman catcher last year. College athletics is great because of the people with whom we get to interact every day. We are a tight family. We are grateful that Lauren has been part of our JMU Athletics community and will always consider her to be a Duke. We will miss her dearly.”

Bernett contributed to the Dukes’ softball team that reached the College World Series last season before losing to top-seeded Oklahoma. James Madison was the first unseeded program in tournament history to reach the national semifinals.  Bernett hit .336 with 36 hits and nine home runs in 2022, and had just been named Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Week on Monday.  She tied the single-game record with seven RBIs in James Madison’s recent 8-2 win over the College of Charleston.

Bernett is survived by her mother and father, two sisters, and two brothers. The sophomore biology major made the dean’s list last fall.

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Country Daypop

Cole Swindell earns his 11th career No. 1 with his duet with Lainey Wilson, “Never Say Never”

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Cole Swindell earned his 11th career No. 1 single with his duet with Lainey Wilson, “Never Say Never.” The duet is No. 1 on both Mediabase and Billboard country singles charts this week, and the follow-up to his No. 1 “Single Saturday Night.” The two back-to-back No. 1 singles are from Swindell’s fourth album, Stereotype.

“Never Say Never” was the most added song at country radio the week of release, giving both Swindell and Wilson their biggest radio add day of their careers.

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Country Daypop

Chris Stapleton’s “A Concert for Kentucky” stadium show raises over $1 million dollars for his home state

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Chris Stapleton raised over $1 million to help residents in his home state with ‘A Concert For Kentucky’, held on Saturday night (April 23). The sold-out ‘A Concert For Kentucky” was the first concert ever held at the University of Kentucky’s Kroger Field, and featured performances by Stapleton alongside with Willie Nelson and Family, Sheryl Crow and Madeline Edwards.

The funds raised at the concert will to go towards the ‘Outlaw State of Kind Hometown Fund’ created by Stapleton and his wife, fellow singer-songwriter Morgane Stapleton and administered by the Blue Grass Community Foundation. The fund supports a variety of causes including The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation and pledges to the American Red Cross, UK Healthcare Kentucky Children’s Hospital, the Community Foundation of Western Kentucky’s Disaster Relief Fund and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Additional Hometown Fund grants will continue to be made throughout the year, according to a press release.

Chris Stapleton said in a press release: “Every night we walk on a stage, we do our best to help people forget their troubles or celebrate or remember or hope or heal. Every night we play, a portion of those profits always goes to charity. As a musician I can’t think of a greater honor than reaching a point where we can play a show for 40,000 people and give all of the profits back to a community that has been so unfailingly loyal and supportive. It is a tremendously pure and rewarding moment to get to provide the medicine that is music in that space. I’m grateful to everyone who came to the show and to all of the musicians, managers, agents and crew members that made this moment possible.”  Morgane Stapleton also posted on Instagram: “It took 3 years to get back to you all & I’m so thankful this night finally got to happen. It was magic!”

Stapleton is currently in the midst of his extensive All-American Road Show Tour featurin support from Elle King, Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Margo Price, Dwight Yoakam, Marty Stuart, Nathaniel Ratcliff & The Night Sweats, Morgan Wade, Madeline Edwards and more on select dates. You can purchase tickets at the link – here.

Chris Stapleton Raises Over $1 Million For The Home State With His “A Concert For Kentucky” Show

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