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Hundred Reasons announce 25th anniversary show at Royal Albert Hall with Rival Schools

Hundred Reasons will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their first gig with a show at the Royal Albert Hall next year, with Rival Schools in support.The band will play at the iconic London venue in exactly a year’s time, on May 7, 2025.“It’s a dream for us to get to play The Albert Hall 25 years since we played our first show,” the band said in a press release. “As our only headline show in the books we want this to be a proper celebration of all things Hundred Reasons.
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Blink-182 announce new 2024 US tour dates “with new production elements”
Blink-182 have unveiled new 2024 US tour dates, teasing “new production elements” for their upcoming leg – see all details below.The pop-punk band announced the news on an Instagram story, where they revealed their new US leg would begin in June this year with 30 extra dates.The new show will also come with increased seat capacity and a full 360-degree view of the stage for fans.Blink-182 also announced a slew of support acts, including the likes of Pierce The Veil, Alexisonfire, Astronoid, Drain, Ekkstacy, Hot Milk, Jxdn, Landon Barker and Live Without.Tickets for the new leg can be purchased here, whilst VIP package options for the tour can be viewed and purchased here. See all dates below:JUNE20 – Orlando, FL – Kia Center *21 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center *24 – San Antonio, TX – Frost Bank Center ^25 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena ^27 — Denver, CO — Ball Arena %30 – San Diego, CA – Petco Park +JULY02 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena +03 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena + 06 — Los Angeles, CA — SoFi Stadium +08– Fresno, CA – Save Mart Center +09 – San Francisco, CA – Chase Center +11 – Salt Lake City, UT – Delta Center <13 – Portland, OR – Moda Center <14 – Quincy, WA – Gorge Amphitheatre <21 – Flushing, NY – Citi Field #23 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park #24 — Hartford, CT — The XFINITY Theatre #26 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center >27 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena >29 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena >30 – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena >AUGUST: 01 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena >02 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse >06 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center >07 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum >09 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center >10 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center +12 – Detroit, MI –
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Richard Hawley, Lambrini Girls, Altın Gün, and more join End Of The Road 2024 line-up
End Of The Road have confirmed a slew of new additions to its 2024 line-up, including Richard Hawley, Lambrini Girls, Altın Gün, and more.This year’s edition will take place at its usual spot on the Larmer Tree Gardens site on the border of Dorset and Wiltshire, and run between August 29 and September 1.IDLES, Slowdive, Fever Ray have all been confirmed so far, while others include Sleater-Kinney, Yo La Tengo, Lankum, Jockstrap, CMAT, Nation Of Language and The Lemon Twigs.Joining them as part of the new announcement are Billy Woods, Lætitia Sadier, Still House Plants, Gustaf, Sextile, MSPAINT, Debmaster, SENYAWA, Chanel Beads, H31R, Plantoid, Anastacia Coope, The None, NiCKY, SOMOH, OTG and Me Lost Me.MORE BANDS JUST ANNOUNCED FOR END OF THE ROAD 2024!Joining IDLES, Slowdive, Fever Ray, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Yo La Tengo, Sleater-Kinney and Lankum in the gardens will be legendary Sheffield singer-songwriter @RichardHawley and psych-folk-rock supergroup @altingunband (1/3) pic.twitter.com/LkVqNAxVOs— EndOfTheRoadFestival (@EOTR) April 25, 2024“This year’s line-up is very special to me. It includes a lot of artists who released personal favourite albums of 2023: Lankum, Nation of Language, Slowdive, Casisdead, Yo la Tengo, The Lemon Twigs, Joanna Sternberg, Mark Lewis Hamilton, Fever Ray and many more,” said End Of The Road co-founder Simon Taffe of the 2024 edition.“I’m also super excited that Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy is performing a very rare festival appearance – Will Oldham is one of the all-time greats.
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Music Venue Trust say Manchester Co-Op Live Arena comments were “disrespectful and disingenuous”, and call on £1 ticket levy to save UK talent pipeline
NME that comments made by Manchester’s Co-Op Live Arena about grassroots venues are “disrespectful and disingenuous”.Earlier this week, the executive director of the major new 23,500 capacity venue said that some smaller venues in the UK are “poorly run” and dismissed calls for a £1 ticket levy on all gigs arena-sized and above.Gary Roden told the BBC he believes the levy is “too simplistic”, and says it should fall on the government rather than major arenas to support the live music ecosystem.“If the conversation stops being ‘Give me a quid’ and quite aggressive – if it changed to be, ‘What can we do together to help?’, that’s where I think we start to get into that apprenticeship conversation and all those different things that we want to work through,” he said.In response, Mark Davyd, CEO of the Music Venue Trust, has told NME that he believes Roden’s comments are “disrespectful and disingenuous”, while also highlighting the irony of making such “ill-judged, unnecessary and misleading” remarks on the week that their own venue was forced to postpone their own launch, due to a number of logistical problems.“It is regrettable that the owners of Co-Op Live have consistently declined invitations to engage properly in the discussion about the future of the UK’s live music ecosystem so that the team there could have a full understanding of the challenges and issues facing the grassroots music sector, venues, artists and promoters,” Davyd said.“This lack of willingness to play a role in that ecosystem unfortunately leads them to make ill-judged and poorly considered comments about the sector’s approach to the discussions, the professionalism of the people running the venues, the possibility for [Co-Op Live commercial partner]
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