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New UB40 Album Featuring Ali Campbell & Astro “Unprecedented” To Be Released July 1

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UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell & Astro will release their new album Unprecedented, July 1 via UMe. The album will be released as a black 2LP, a limited-edition white-color 2LP, 1CD, limited-edition cassette as well as digitally. All formats include their new single “Sufferer”, which Ali has dedicated to his beloved friend and bandmate of over four decades, Astro, who tragically passed away last November.

‘“Sufferer,’ is a song that Astro and I have always loved, from the brilliant Kingstonians,” comments Ali. “Astro was so proud of our version of this song, as am I. It’s the first track off our new studio album Unprecedented which will be out in the summer. This song is more poignant and special than I ever realized after Astro heartbreakingly passed away after recording this album. We want to keep his memory alive through his music and this song and album.”

Listen to “Sufferer” HERE .

UB40 Featuring Ali, Astro & Mickey’s most recent album, 2018’s A Real Labour Of Love, debuted at No.2 on the UK album chart, only dropping one place a week later to No.3, and the album spent a month in the Top 10. UB40 topped the UK singles chart on three occasions and sold 70 million records as they took their smooth yet rootsy musical blend to all corners of the globe. Between 1983 and 1998 the group produced three Labour Of Love albums, bringing hits such as Eric Donaldson’s “Cherry Oh Baby”, Lord Creator’s “Kingston Town” and Johnny Osbourne’s “Come Back Darling” to a new, global audience. They also topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic with their reggae covers of “Red Red Wine” and “(I Can’t Help) Falling In Love With You” and had a further UK No.1 with their cover of “I Got You Babe” with Chrissie Hynde.

Unprecedented Tracklist (2LP,1CD, Cassette, Digital)

Caught You In A Lie
Do Yourself A Favour
Emperors Wore No Clothes
Happy Includes Everyone
Heaven In Her Eyes
Lean On Me / In Aid Of NHS Charities Together
Lean On Me
Mellow
Stay Another Day
Sufferer
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Unprecedented
We’ll Never Find Another Love
What Have I Done

That Time Chris Cornell Covered Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” in 2012

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This is going viral yet again, as it should, as it’s Chris Cornell’s haunting version of Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean at the 2012 Montreux Jazz Festival.

Bob Dylan Releases New Video For “Subterranean Homesick Blues”

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Watch the 2022 remake of the Subterranean Homesick Blues video and celebrate 60 years of Bob Dylan on Columbia Records.

2022 Prism Prize Special Award Honourees Announced

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The Prism Prize, an annual awards event that recognizes outstanding artistry in music video production, announced today the four multi-talented artists selected as the 2022 Special Awards recipients. These Special Awards honour Canadian creatives for their achievements and contributions to the music video industry in Canada and internationally, and will be presented at a live screening and awards presentation at the TIFF Bell Lightbox on Thursday, July 7, 2022 in Toronto.

“The level of musical and artistic talent that exists in our country is second-to-none,” said Louis Calabro, Interim CEO at the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television and the Founder of Prism Prize. “In our tenth year of the Prism Prize, we continue to discover talent at a higher rate than ever before. Not only are these artists making some of the best music in the world, but they are serving to elevate our country’s incredible arts scene through music videos. It is very rewarding to recognize these creatives who are giving back to our industry in a major way, and we look forward to celebrating them on July 7.”

The 2022 Prism Prize Special Awards honourees are:

The Hi-Fidelity Award (supported by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters) recognizes recording artists who utilize music video in innovative ways; with previous recipients including Crack Cloud in 2021, Daniela Andrade in 2020, Clairmont The Second in 2019, and Grimes in 2018. The 2022 award is presented to Chiiild.

  • From Montreal, Canada, Chiiild has spent years honing a unique blend of pop, R&B, soul and jazz behind closed doors and just released their debut project, “Synthetic Soul.” Chiiild uses music to tell stories about diversity, ask questions about humanity, and unify people over shared personal experiences. Taking influence from music as diverse as D’Angelo, Tame Impala, Pink Floyd and Marvin Gaye, they’ve created an expansive timeless sound that is uniquely genre-bending yet still somehow reminiscent of something you’ve heard, or felt, before.

Established to celebrate a unique approach to music video art, The Lipsett Award is presented to Iris Kim. Previous recipients include Gennelle Cruz in 2021, Tranquilo in 2020, Soleil Denault in 2019, and Karena Evans in 2018.

  • Iris Kim is a Toronto-based director who appreciates the dramatics of a swooping dolly-in, a tight edit and juicy visuals. Her attraction to storytelling is driven by honest conversations, quiet and loud personalities and vivid moments, which is ultimately, the formula she exclaims, makes for one interesting film.

Recognizing an exceptional contribution to music video art on the world stage, the Special Achievement Award (supported by The Slaight Family Foundation) is presented to Sammy Rawal. Previous recipients include Jordan Oram in 2021, Bardia Zeinali in 2020, Lacey Duke in 2019, and Cherie Sinclair in 2018.

  • Director/Digital Artist Sammy Rawal has earned international attention for his original, hyper-stylized approach to image-making featuring bold colour, choreography, and innovative VFX. Sammy’s work is informed by a mashup of culturally diverse influences, fashion and hip-hop. He has brought his signature quick-fire style to commercial campaigns, music videos, 3D inspired video portraits, and digital installations for clients such as Cardi B, Lizzo, Kelis, Elton John, Reebok, Twitter, Axe, and Chanel. His work has been shown at the BFI Southbank, Art Gallery of Ontario, the Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, and nominated at the UK Music Video Awards, the Berlin Music Video Awards, and the Juno Awards. Sammy’s passion for LGBTQ+ rights flourish through his work and commercial projects; most recently, Sammy directed the social campaign for Dan Levy’s “See with Love ” eyewear which assists small businesses, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and entrepreneurs located in historically disadvantaged communities.

Presented to a Canadian trailblazer who has demonstrated excellence within the music, music video and/or film production communities, in the lead-up to the presentation, the Willie Dunn Award (supported by Telefilm Canada) is presented to Mustafa. As the recipient of this award, Mustafa will receive a $2,500 honorarium and will be asked to select an emerging Canadian creative to spotlight during the live screening and awards presentation and to be the beneficiary of $2,500. Previous recipients include Leanne Betasamosake Simpson in 2021 and Laurieann Gibson in 2020.

  • Twenty-five year old singer/songwriter Mustafa Ahmed grew up fighting. He would do so firstly as a child growing up in Toronto’s Regent Park community, matching up with other children his age at the behest of the older kids from around the way. Somehow, it did not harden him. He would continue fighting, though now against stereotypes, as an adolescent poet dispelling notions of who Black Muslims from Regent Park were with every stanza of his continuously celebrated poetry. He would attempt to fight again, this time on behalf of his immediate community, as a member of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Youth Advisory Council, an effort that helped him realize his mission would be better served by amplifying the stories he’d collected over the years through song. And that is how we got Mustafa, child of Sudanese Muslim immigrants, one time Pan American Games Poet Laureate, cherished collaborator of acts like Majid Jordan, The Weeknd, and Khalid, and the artist whose debut project When Smoke Rises aims to exalt the Regent Park MC whose legacy Mustafa fights for now, Jahvante “Smoke Dawg” Smart.

Assets for all 2022 Special Award recipients are available here.

To learn more about the previously announced Top 10 Finalists for the $20,000 Grand Prize and the eligible videos for the Audience Award, supported by Stingray, please visit PrismPrize.com.

LEGO Has Released A Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night Set

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You could spend a lifetime gazing into The Starry Night, but each and every time you’ll find something you missed last time: that’s the beauty of one of the most famous landscape paintings of all time. You simply get lost in it.

Like many pioneers, van Gogh’s work was not fully appreciated during his lifetime, yet his significant and enduring legacy means he is still inspiring artists many generations later.

In fact, The Starry Night inspired LEGO fan designer Truman Cheng for his winning LEGO Ideas submission that reimagines the famous painting in 3D. After receiving over 10,000 votes from the LEGO Ideas community, they turned it into a real-life LEGO set and it’s available here.

Canadian Music Week Reveals Festival Schedule

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Canadian Music Week returns this week for their 40th Anniversary festival with over 100 acts at 20 venues June 6-11, 2022 in downtown Toronto. The full schedule is now online at https://cmw.net/festival/schedule/

Over the course of 40 years at CMW, we’ve been in a privileged position to witness the evolution of Canadian talent,” says Canadian Music Week President Neill Dixon. “We are so happy for the chance to finally celebrate all of these accomplishments together and look forward to the next wave of Canadian talent.”

Canadian Music Week will celebrate with a 40th Anniversary concert featuring Crown Lands, BRKN Love, and Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs on Tuesday, June 7 at The Phoenix Concert Theatre.

Canadian Music Week will also host award shows with exciting live performances at the El Mocambo. The Canadian Sync Awards on June 9 will feature Monowhales, Emanuel and Mauvey: the Live Music Industry Awards on June 10 will feature Sam Drysdale, Preston Pablo, Rêve, and NOBRO; and The INDIES on June 11 will Bran Van 3000, Coeur de Pirate, Dear Rouge, Grae, Haviah Mighty, SATE, and Snotty Nose Rez Kids.

The 2022 Canadian Music Week Line Up includes: 

Alan Charlebois, Alessandro Montelli, Almost Monday, Andrew Allen, Andrew Cassara, Animal Boy, Ann@lise, Autopilot, B.Knox, Bad Skin, Bailey Jordan-Neil, Beyond The Sun, Bif Naked, Birds of Bellwoods, Blindur, Braden Lam, Brandy Alexanders, Bran Van 3000, Brendan Scott Freil, BRKN Love, Brothers Landreth, Cameron Phillip, Carly Thomas, Cassie Dasilva, CMAGIC5, Coming Up Roses, Coeur de Pirate, Cristina Russo, Crown Lands, Dallas, David Lefleche, Dear Rouge, Dominique Grant, Drop Top Alibi, Electric Religious, Ellie Fier, Eternal Closure, Evan Farrell, EverythingOshauN, Evil Ebenezer, Excuses Excuses, Fin McDowell, FKB, Flara K, Free the Cynics, The Free Label, Geneviève Racette, Gianni Bodo, Glass Mansions, The Glorious Sons, Grae, Graham Scott Fleming, Harm & Ease, Haviah Mighty, Jamie-Lee Dimes, Jared Anthony, Jasmine Whyte, Jason Benoit, Jeff Beadle, Jessica Sevier, Jhyve, JJ Wilde, Joey Jaey, Jonny Starkes, Josh Alexander, Justin Maki, Kaiya Gamble, Karli June, Kassandra Clack, Katy Hurt, Kelly Bado, Kid Francescolli, King of Foxes, KNZA, Lambsbreath, Laureli, Léa Jarry, Lia Kloud, Lowery Mils, Magna Vita, Maky Lavender, Marlaena Moore, Matthew Burkhart, Mattmac, Mauve, Max Parker, Maxyme, Meagan De Lima, Mia Sanchez, Mindflip, MMF, Modo Live, Mountain Head, Neon Bloom, Nessa Roque, NOA, Nöyze, Odreii, Orson Wilds, Patrick James Clark, Pink Leather Jackets, Protest The Hero, Rebecca Sichon, Revive The Rose, Richard Tichelman, Royal Castles, The Royal Foundry, Royal Oak, Ryan Kennedy, Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs, Sam Jr. (featuring members of Broken Social Scene and the Sam Roberts Band), SATE, Shah Frank, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Spitty, The Static Shift, Taming Sari, Teon Gibbs, Texas King, Tye Dempsey, The Vaniers, velours, Victory, The Watchmen, Weigh The Anchor, What If Elephants and more!

Canadian Music Week is Canada’s leading annual entertainment event dedicated to the expression and growth of the country’s music, media and entertainment industries. Combining multifaceted information-intensive conferences; a trade exposition; awards shows and the nation’s largest new music festival. All conference functions take place at the InterContinental Toronto Centre at 225 Front Street West in Toronto.

Panic! At The Disco Announces Viva Las Vengeance

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Grammy-nominated and multi-platinum band, Panic! At The Disco announce their seventh studio album, VIVA LAS VENGEANCE, due August 19th on Fueled by Ramen/DCD2 Records. The upbeat, driving, anthemic title track, out now, kicks off the new era of Panic! At The Disco. The video, directed by frequent Panic collaborator Brendan Walter (“High Hopes”), is out now.

VIVA LAS VENGEANCE shows a change in process for frontman/songwriter Brendon Urie, having cut everything live to tape in Los Angeles alongside his friends and production partners, Jake Sinclair and Mike Viola. The cinematic musical journey is about the fine line between taking advantage of your youth, seizing the day and burning out. The songs take an introspective look into his relationship with his decade plus career including growing up in Las Vegas, love, and fame.

“Viva Las Vengeance is a look back at who I was 17 years ago and who I am now with the fondness I didn’t have before. I didn’t realize I was making an album and there was something about the tape machine that kept me honest.” – Brendon Urie

Panic! At The Disco has also announced THE VIVA LAS VENGEANCE TOUR, their global headlining arena run kicking off September 8th in Austin, TX. The world tour will mark the band’s return to iconic venues like NYC’s Madison Square Garden, LA’s Kia Forum, London’s The O2 and more. Special guests include MARINA and Jake Wesley Rogers with Beach Bunny joining on select dates in North America. Tickets for the North American dates will be available to the general public starting Wed., June 8th at 10am local time and tickets for the European shows go on sale to the general public on Fri., June 10th at 10am local. For tour dates and tickets, visit panicatthedisco.com.

$1 from each ticket sold in North America, and $1 Euro/$1 GBP in Europe and the UK will go to the band’s Highest Hopes Foundation, a fund which supports organizations that advocate support for human rights for all people and communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity.

Verizon will offer an exclusive presale for THE VIVA LAS VENGEANCE TOUR in the U.S through the customer loyalty program Verizon Up. Members will have first access to purchase presale tickets for select shows beginning Thur, June 2nd at 10am local time until Tues, June 7th at 10pm local time. For more details and to sign up, visit Verizon Up.

Citi is the official card of THE VIVA LAS VENGEANCE TOUR in the U.S. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets for select shows beginning Fri, June 3rd at 10am local time until Tues., June 7th at 10pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.

VIVA LAS VENGEANCE marks the first new music from Panic! At The Disco since the 2018 release of their #1 album, RIAA certified platinum-selling Pray For The Wicked, highlighted by the 5x-platinum smash hit “High Hopes” which simultaneously hit #1 across three different radio formats and broke the Billboard record for most weeks atop the Hot Rock Songs Chart! The hit song was nominated for Top Rock Song at the Billboard Music Awards as well as Favorite Pop Rock Song at the AMAs. The album also featured platinum smashes “Hey Look Ma, I Made It,” and “Say Amen (Saturday Night)”. The band’s 2019 sold-out Pray for the Wicked arena world tour sold over 1 million tickets and received critical praise including, “[Urie’s] got the charisma, musical talent and stamina to be one of music’s longest-lasting leading men,” (Variety), “Brendon Urie embodies on-stage theatrics like few other frontmen,” (SF Weekly), and “From dancing fire to a flying piano, Panic! At The Disco puts on a wild show” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel).

Formed in Las Vegas, NV in 2004 Panic! At The Disco are a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated rock band. They released their #1 album “Pray For The Wicked” in 2019 off the heels of their critically acclaimed fifth album, “Death Of A Bachelor.” “DOAB” debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart and was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2017 GRAMMY® Awards. The RIAA platinum selling release was the highest selling rock album and fourth-highest selling album released in 2016, according to Nielsen Soundscan. “DOAB” has also spawned RIAA certified gold singles “Hallelujah,” “LA Devotee,” Don’t Threaten Me With A Good Time,” and platinum singles “Death Of A Bachelor,” “Emperor’s New Clothes,” and “Victorious.” The band’s song “House of Memories” off of DOAB is currently having a TikTok moment with over 2.1 billion views. Panic! At The Disco have been nominated for multiple awards, including the GRAMMYS, Teen Choice Awards, Billboard Music Awards, Alternative Press Music Awards, Kerrang! Awards, VMAs and more. In 2017 Urie made his Broadway debut, first starring as Charlie Price in the critically acclaimed, TONY Award-winning, Broadway hit Kinky Boots. In 2018, he received a TONY Award nomination for “Best Original Score Written For Theatre” for the song he wrote called “Simple Sponge” for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical. Outside of music, Urie founded the Highest Hopes Foundation – an umbrella fund which supports the efforts of non-profit organizations that lead, develop, and advocate support for human rights for all people and communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity.

VIVA LAS VENGEANCE TRACK LISTING
Viva Las Vengeance
Middle of a Breakup
Don’t Let The Light Go Out
Local God
Star Spangled Banger
God Killed Rock And Roll
Say It Louder
Sugar Soaker
Something About Maggie
Sad Clown
All By Yourself
Do It To Death

VIVA LAS VENGEANCE TOUR DATES
9/8/22 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center*
9/10/22 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center*
9/11/22 – Fort Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena*
9/13/22 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center*
9/14/22 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center*
9/16/22 – Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum^
9/17/22 – Chicago, IL @ United Center^
9/20/22 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena^
9/21/22 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena^
9/23/22 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden^
9/25/22 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena^
9/27/22 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre^
9/28/22 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden^
9/30/22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center^
10/1/22 – Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena^
10/2/22 – Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena^
10/4/22 – Sunrise, FL @ FLA Live Arena^
10/5/22 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena^
10/7/22 – Duluth, GA @ Gas South Arena^
10/8/22 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena^
10/9/22 – Saint Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center†
10/11/22 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena^
10/13/22 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena^
10/15/22 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center^
10/16/22 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena†
10/19/22 – Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum^
10/21/22 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena^
10/23/22 – Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center^
10/25/22 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center^
2/20/23 – Vienna, AT @ Wiener Stadthalle
2/21/23 – Munich, DE @ Olympiahalle
2/23/23 – Hamburg, DE @ Barclays Arena
2/24/23 – Cologne, DE @ Lanxess Arena
2/25/23 – Rotterdam, NL @ Rotterdam Ahoy
2/28/23 – Antwerp, BE @ Sportpaleis
3/1/23 – Paris, FR @ AccorHotels Arena
3/3/23 – Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro
3/4/23 – Birmingham, UK @ Utilita Arena
3/6/23 – London, UK @ The O2
3/10/23 – Manchester, UK @ AO Arena

^ w/ MARINA & Jake Wesley Rogers
* w/ Beach Bunny & Jake Wesley Rogers
† w/ MARINA & Little Image

Harry Styles Announces Ten Additional Shows For Love On Tour 2022 And Sells Out All 42 Dates

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international superstar Harry Styles has announced that he has sold out all 42 dates of his massive Love On Tour 2022 in support of his new album Harry’s House. This includes the additional 5 New York and 5 Los Angeles dates that were just announced this week. Coming off two special One Night Only shows in New York and London, the highly anticipated 2022 tour will allow fans to have access to multiple nights in each major city turning iconic venues into Harry’s House for the run of shows.

In the wake of recent mass shootings across the US, including the horrific events that took place in Uvalde, Texas this week, Styles will be donating proceeds from the tour, with Live Nation matching, eualing over $1 Million to Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund – the education, research, and litigation arm of Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country.

“Along withall of you, I have been absolutely devastated by the recent string of mass shootings in America, culminating at Robb Elementary School in Texas,” said Harry Styles. “On our North American tour, we will be partnering with Everytown who work to end gun violence, donating to support their efforts, and sharing their suggested action items.”

Produced byLive Nation, the tour now includes 42 nights at many of North America’s most notable venues, kicking off on Monday, August 15th and Tuesday, August 16th at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, ON Styles will continue his residencies in New York City for fifteen nights at Madison Square Garden, Austin for five nights at Moody Center, and Chicago for five nights at United Center, before wrapping up at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum for fifteen-night run concluding on Tuesday, November 15th.

HARRY STYLES LOVE ON TOUR 2022 DATES:
Mon Aug 15 –Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena is Harry’s House^
Tue Aug 16 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena is Harry’s House^
Sat Aug 20 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*!
Sun Aug 21 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*!
Mon Aug 22 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*!
Fri Aug 26 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*!
Sat Aug 27 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*!
Sun Aug 28 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*
Thu Sep 01 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*
Fri Sep 02 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*
Sat Sep 03 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*
Wed Sep 07 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*
Thu Sep 08 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*
Sat Sep 10 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*
Wed Sep 14 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*
Thu Sep 15 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*
Wed Sep 21 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden is Harry’s House*
Sun Sep 25 – Austin, TX – Moody Center is Harry’s House~
Mon Sep 26 – Austin, TX – Moody Center is Harry’s House~
Wed Sep 28 – Austin, TX – Moody Center is Harry’s House~
Thu Sep 29 – Austin, TX – Moody Center is Harry’s House~
Sun Oct 02 – Austin, TX – Moody Center is Harry’s House~
Thu Oct 06 – Chicago, IL – United Center is Harry’s House#
Sat Oct 08 – Chicago, IL – United Center is Harry’s House#
Sun Oct 09 – Chicago, IL – United Center is Harry’s House#
Thu Oct 13 – Chicago, IL – United Center is Harry’s House#
Fri Oct 14 – Chicago, IL – United Center is Harry’s House#
Sun Oct 23 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+!
Mon Oct 24 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+!
Wed Oct 26 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+!
Fri Oct 28 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+!
Sat Oct 29 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+!
Mon Oct 31 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+
Wed Nov 02 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+
Fri Nov 04 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+
Sat Nov 05 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+
Mon Nov 07 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+
Wed Nov 09 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+
Fri Nov 11 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+
Sat Nov 12 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+
Mon Nov 14 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+
Tue Nov 15 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum is Harry’s House+
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NEW SHOW
^Madi Diaz
*Blood Orange
~Gabriels
#Jessie Ware
+Ben Harper

You’re Going To Want This USA Song Map From Dorothy

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New from the fantastic Dorothy prints, products and artwork company: USA Song Map, made up entirely from the titles of over 1,000 songs.

This vintage styled map will take you on a musical journey around the U.S. via the titles of songs that reference states, cities, rivers, mountains and landmarks.

Featuring classics like Autumn in New York (Billie Holiday), Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Georgia On My Mind (Ray Charles), California Girls (The Beach Boys), New York, New York (Frank Sinatra), LA Woman (The Doors), Bloodbuzz Ohio (The National), Birmingham Sunday (Joan Baez), Streets of Philadelphia (Bruce Springsteen), Fake Tales of San Francisco (Arctic Monkeys), Union City Blue (Blondie), Straight Outta Compton (N.W.A), Paisley Park (Prince), Graceland (Paul Simon), Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash), River Deep Mountain High (Ike and Tina Turner), Under the Bridge (Red Hot Chilli Peppers), Empire State of Mind (Jay-Z and Alicia Keys), Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell) and Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan).

Some of our favourite song choices are the ones which require you to think a little harder about connections, such as Space Oddity (David Bowie) which signposts Cape Canaveral, After the Gold Rush (Neil Young) which references Sutter’s Mill, and Homecoming (Kanye West) which is placed near the rapper’s home town of Chicago.

Follow their USA Song Map playlist on Spotify – at over 900 tracks long, it offers a mere 61 hours worth of entertainment for your ears.

My Next Read: “The Islander: My Life in Music and Beyond” By Chris Blackwell and Paul Morley

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In the vein of Sound Man and The Soundtrack of My Life, a lyrical, warmhearted, and inspirational memoir from the founder of Island Records about his astonishing life and career helping to bring reggae music to the world stage and working with Bob Marley, U2, Grace Jones, Cat Stevens, and many other icons.

Chris Blackwell, like the paradigm-shifting artists he came to support over his sixty-plus years in the music business, never took the conventional route. He grew up between Jamaica and London, crossing paths with Ian Fleming, Noel Coward, and Errol Flynn. After being expelled from an elite British school for rebellious behavior in 1954 at age seventeen, he moved back to Jamaica, and within five years, founded Island Records—the company that would make an indelible mark on music, shifting with the times, but always keeping its core identity intact.

The Islander is the story of Blackwell and his cohorts at Island Records, who time and again, identified, nurtured, and broke out musicians who had been overlooked by bigger record labels, including Steve Winwood, Nick Drake, John Martyn, and Cat Stevens. After an impromptu meeting with Bob Marley and his bandmates in 1972, Blackwell decided to fund and produce their groundbreaking album Catch a Fire. He’d go on to work with Marley over the rest of his career, remain his close friend, and continually champion Jamaican culture and reggae music.

In the ensuing years, Blackwell worked with U2, Grace Jones, the B-52s, Tom Waits, Robert Palmer, Tom Tom Club, and many other groundbreaking artists. He also opened the first Jamaican boutique hotel, on the property of Ian Fleming’s former home, Goldeneye, where all the James Bond books were written.

Blackwell is a legendary as well as deeply humble raconteur, and reading The Islander is like spending a day with the most interesting man in the world.