23-year-old musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier explains the concept of harmony to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a professional, and jazz legend Herbie Hancock.
Bon Jovi Announces “This House Is Not For Sale” Tour 2018 Dates
Global rock icons and newly announced Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2018 inductees Bon Jovi have announced the spring leg of their This House Is Not for Sale Tour, presented by Live Nation. The run will kick off in Denver, CO on March 14 and conclude May 14 at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC. The Grammy-winning band will also celebrate their return to the road with the re-release of This House Is Not For Sale as a new version, containing two brand new songs, “When We Were US” and “Walls,” available via all download and streaming partners on February 23.
“Backstage with Jon Bon Jovi” Fan Club tickets and VIP Experience Packages go on presale beginning January 16 at 10 a.m. local time. American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning January 16 at 10 a.m. local time (12pm in Canada) through January 18 at 10 p.m. local time (except St. Paul, which will be February 13 to 15, and from January 12 to 14, ticket holders to Bon Jovi’s cancelled spring 2017 Denver concert will have access to an exclusive “Previous Purchasers” presale to buy tickets to the March 14 Pepsi Center concert for 50% off [while supplies last]). Live Nation presales will begin January 18 at 10 a.m. local time and end at 10 p.m. (except St. Paul, which will be February 15). General public tickets will be available for purchase starting January 19 at 10 a.m. local time (except St. Paul, which will be February 16) at Ticketmaster.com and through participating venue Box Offices. Each online ticket purchased will include a CD of the original This House Is Not For Sale.
This House Is Not for Sale Tour Spring 2018 Concert Dates:
Wed., Mar. 14, 2018 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
Fri., Mar. 16, 2018 Salt Lake City, UT Vivint Smart Home Arena
Sat., Mar. 17, 2018 Las Vegas, NV T-Mobile Arena
Tue., Mar. 20, 2018 Little Rock, AR Verizon Arena
Thu., Mar. 22, 2018 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
Fri., Mar. 23, 2018 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Sun., Mar. 25, 2018 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center
Mon., Mar. 26, 2018 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Mon., Apr. 2, 2018 Boston, MA TD Garden
Wed., Apr. 4, 2018 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
Sat., Apr. 7, 2018 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
Sun., Apr. 8, 2018 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
Wed., Apr. 18, 2018 Orlando, FL Amway Center
Fri., Apr. 20, 2018 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
Sat., Apr. 21, 2018 Charlotte, NC Spectrum Center
Tue., Apr. 24, 2018 Raleigh, NC PNC Arena
Thu., Apr. 26, 2018 Chicago, IL United Center
Sat., Apr. 28, 2018 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
Sun., Apr. 29, 2018 Milwaukee, WI BMO Harris Bradley Center
Wed., May 2, 2018 Allentown, PA PPL Center
Thu., May 3, 2018 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
Sat., May 5, 2018 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
Mon., May 7, 2018 Ottawa, ON Canadian Tire Centre
Wed., May 9, 2018 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Thu., May 10, 2018 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Sat., May 12, 2018 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Mon., May 14, 2018 Washington, DC Capital One Arena
The This House Is Not For Sale Tour has already received fan and critical acclaim, with its first North American leg grossing an estimated $47 million and its South American leg grossing nearly $40 million. Atlanta Journal-Constitution raved, “(The tour) solidifies their standing as one of rock’s most resilient acts.” Creative Loafing Tampa said, “Bon Jovi leaves 18,000 screaming, standing fans shot through the heart…” while the Los Angeles Daily News reported that “JBJ shook the stage from the start to end with energy and enthusiasm, and he kept that energy rolling with a voice in tip top shape…” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch said “Bon Jovi doesn’t miss a beat…” and the Toronto Sun enthused, “It was anthemic Bon Jovi at its best…”
The This House Is Not for Sale Tour was Bon Jovi’s first outing since the band’s 2013 Because We Can World Tour. 2013’s tour was their fourth in six years to be ranked the No. 1 top-grossing tour in the world (a feat accomplished by only The Rolling Stones previously) with a total of $259.5 million. Bon Jovi also earned the No. 1 grossing worldwide tour in 2010 for The Circle Tour, with $201 million total, and 2008’s Lost Highway tour, which earned $210.6 million. Bon Jovi’s touring legacy was recognized with the “Legend of Live” award at the Billboard Touring Conference & Awards prior to the kick-off of The This House Is Not for Sale Tour.
Bon Jovi released This House Is Not for Sale (Island Records) on Nov. 4, 2016 which debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart, giving the rock band its sixth U.S. No. 1. Worldwide, the album hit No. 1 in Australia and Austria; No. 2 in Spain and Switzerland; No. 3 in Canada and Germany; and hit the top 10 in Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Scotland and the United Kingdom. This House Is Not for Sale was Bon Jovi’s first major release since What About Now (2013), the band’s third consecutive multi-platinum album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 (Lost Highway in 2007, and The Circle in 2009).
Historic Music Discovery – The Lost Songs of WWII Uncovered in Yiddish Glory Featuring Sophie Milman out Feb. 23
Six Degrees Records is set to release Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of WWII on Feb 23. This discovery of Yiddish music from WWII & the Holocaust brings together musical legends to perform never-before-heard songs that call for the defeat of fascism with messages that are incredibly relevant today.
This release features 18 new recordings of music that haven’t been performed in more than seven decades, a 40+ page booklet featuring archival images, text bt Yiddish professor and project director Anna Shternshis, singers Psoy Korolenko and Sophie Milman plus Loyko & classical soloists.
Professor Anna Shternshis has confirmed speaking engagements (on the topic of Yiddish Glory) for 2018 and will be discussing the project with contributing muscian, Psoy Korolenko who will perform songs from the album. Confirmed dates are:
February 20 2018 – University of Irvine, Irvine CA.
February 21 2018 – Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
February 22 2018 – Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.
April 8- 9 2018 – Centre for Jewish History New York, NY (keynote presentation on this project)
April 22-23 2018 University of Purdue, West Laffayette, IN.
May 7, 2018 – Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Prince and a President: An Untold Story
Low Cut Connie frontman Adam Wiener tells a little-known story that describes former President Barack Obama’s fandom of Prince.
Guy Visits Long-Distance Girlfriend In Toronto And Sketches Their Best Moments Together
Sometimes, feelings between people are stronger than the distance that separates them. It all started when Italy-based digital artist Simone “Simz” Ferriero had fallen for a girl even though he hadn’t met her. “She saw me [streaming] on Twitch,” he told Bored Panda. “We then started to chat regularly.” After some time, however, he decided it wasn’t enough and booked an intercontinental flight to meet Krisi in real life. Ferriero has documented his unforgettable experience in a comic-diary, and it looks better than a Hollywood romance movie.
Scroll down to check out what happened from 16 Dec to 1 Jan while Ferriero was in Toronto.
Naples (Italy) Airport
Flying
Airplane Wing
Mountains (Alps)
Frankfurt Airport
First Look
First Kiss
Escape the Airport Parking
Arrived
First night together
Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada
Spilling Coffee
Coffee Shop
Cold weather
Insomnia episodes
Mall
Lazy boys
Lazy boysRoyal Ontario Museum
Art Gallery of Ontario
Sick
Christmas Trip to Oshawa
Tickling
Me Sick
Promise
CN Tower
Elevator ear poppin
CN Tower Restaurant + Final Bill Surprise
Gift shop
Some local food
Extra portrait
A Day Before Her Death, A 27-Year-Old Wrote A Letter, And It Will Change Your Life
Holly Butcher, a 27-year-old from Grafton in NSW, Australia, recently lost her battle with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that tend to affect young people. 27 years old.
As she came to terms with her mortality, Holly decided to write an emotionally heart-wrenching letter on Facebook about the lessons she learned, telling readers her experience made her come to value every second of her time on earth. “I’m 27 now. I don’t want to go,” she wrote. “I love my life. I am happy…I owe that to my loved ones. But the control is out of my hands.”
Give your loved ones a big hug tonight.
Charlotte Gainsbourg Confirms European And Japanese Tour Dates
Charlotte Gainsbourg, who recently released her new album ‘Rest’ to widespread critical acclaim, has announced a string of European and Japanese shows in early 2018. Her Coachella appearance in 2010 was lauded by LA Times’s Todd Martens as “the most captivating 45 minutes I’ve experienced at Coachella”. Tickets will go on sale on Friday, January 12.
“Thanks to a first step into directing, I was able to take possession of my own imagery,” says Gainsbourg of the videos she’s made—for an album on which she likewise takes possession of her own feelings of grief and loss, bliss and memory in lyrics that, for the first time, are fully hers.
Rest received a flood of praise on its release, with Pitchfork noting that “every word craves attention” and NPR calling it, “gorgeous and assured.” As 2017 came to a close, Rest emerged on numerous year-end best albums lists, including The Guardian, The Independent, Noisey, Flood Magazine, and Pitchfork, who further wrote, “As Gainsbourg longs to commune with her lost spirits, Rest suggests that grief’s best possible outcome can be a kind of beautiful purgatory.”
Produced by SebastiAn (Frank Ocean, Kavinsky) and mixed by Tom Elmhirst (Adele, Lorde, David Bowie), Rest is Gainsbourg’s first studio album in seven years. It features collaborations with Paul McCartney, Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Connan Mockasin and Owen Pallett (Arcade Fire, Caribou). The eleven songs on Rest are nothing if not sure-footed, proffering a compelling fusion of gleaming, string-emblazoned modern electro-pop and cinematically textured avant-chanson—their magical music box melodies kissed by bruised, introspective, occasionally disquieting lyrics.
“I’m a Lie,” and the singles preceding it, are excerpts from the film “Charlotte By Charlotte.”
Tour Dates
February
Sat. 17th Geneva Festival Antigel
March
Weds. 21st Hamburg Mojo Club
Thurs. 22nd Berlin Columbia Theatre
Sat. 24th Amsterdam Paradiso
Sun. 25th Luxembourg Le Rockhal
Mon. 26th Zurich Kaufleuten
Weds. 28th Paris La Cigale
Thurs. 29th London Village Underground
Apri
Mon 9th Tokyo EX Theatre
Tues 10th Osaka IMP Hall
Weds 25th Brussels Les Nuits Botaniques
Jack White Announces “Boarding House Reach” Album
Jack White has released “Connected by Love,” the first single from his forthcoming third solo album, BOARDING HOUSE REACH. Both songs are available digitally worldwide and as a physical 7” pressed at Third Man Pressing in Detroit.
The limited edition tri-color 7″ will be on sale for one day only, Saturday, January 13th, exclusively at Third Man Records storefronts in Nashville and Detroit, available, first come, first served only for as long as the line for them lasts and never to be made accessible online. A “line” qualifies as 3+ people. This does not mean that you necessarily have to be in line when the store opens at 10am, but it does mean that if you arrive after the line has been serviced, the tri-colors will no longer be available. No exceptions. Plan your morning and assess your risk accordingly. Tri-colors will be one-per-person.
Accompanying the release of “Connected by Love” is a thought-provoking music video directed by Pasqual Gutierrez and filmed in Los Angeles and Nashville. Watch the video below.
Hunter S. Thompson On “To Tell The Truth” In 1967
TV games show To Tell The Truth and the panel of Tom Poston, Peggy Cass, Barry Nelson, and Kitty Carlisle try and figure out who is the real Hunter S. Thompson. Easy – he’s the one with the cigarette and gun?
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