Tones & I has set all kinds of chart records in her home country of Australia with her breakout single, "Dance Monkey," but she's just reached a unique chart milestone in the U.S.
Tones & I has set all kinds of chart records in her home country of Australia with her breakout single, "Dance Monkey," but she's just reached a unique chart milestone in the U.S.
Last year, The Flaming Lips released their first live album: a recording of a 2016 Red Rocks show that featured them performing their beloved 1999 album, The Soft Bulletin, alongside the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. Now, you've got a couple more chances to see a similar performance.
The band has added two shows to their spring tour during which they'll perform The Soft Bulletin in full, backed by orchestras and vocal choirs. The shows will take place April 13 in Portland, OR, and on April 19 in Dallas, TX as part of the Dallas Symphony's SOLUNA Festival. Tickets for both shows go on sale January 30 at 10 a.m. local time via FlamingLips.com.
The Portland show will serve as a kickoff for the band's spring tour of North America, which wraps up June 22 in Vancouver. The band is also performing May 22 in Walton-On-Trent, England, and July 18 in Galway, Ireland.
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It's safe to say that everyone has some kind of complaint about the Grammys, and Hayley Williams took to Twitter Sunday night to air her grievances.
First, Hayley praised Billie Eilish, who won five Grammys and made her Grammy performance debut with a hushed rendition of "when the party's over," accompanied by her brother Finneas on piano.
"Not able to watch tonight but i had to search the internet for this performance cause i knew this bish was gonna serve talent and delicious, buttery vox," Williams said of Billie's performance. "Congrats @billieeilish & @finneas."
The Paramore frontwoman then mentioned the Best Rock Album winners. That category was one of the dozens presented during a pre-telecast ceremony, which is only available to watch online.
"also - heard Cage won Best Rock Album? CONGRATS @CageTheElephant!!" Hayley said, of the Social Cues rockers bringing home the gold.
But Hayley continued, "Can we get even just one Rock category televised next year, @RecordingAcad? Rock and Alternative music are vital(!) and relevant(!!!) and the youths need to see it on the TV. ok I'll shut up now."
None of the rock categories -- Best Rock Album, Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, Best Metal Performance or Best Alternative Album -- were televised this year.
A number of fans agreed with Hayley's point, with one writing, "So TOOL won...Best Metal Performance, but of course it was in the rock genre, so it wasn’t in the prime time broadcast. I’m growing incredibly disappointed in the lack of equality when it comes to the music industry."
Yet another fan stated succinctly, "Grammy’s can go f**k themselves for not including Rock and Metal in the actual show."
Gary Clark Jr., winner of Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance, did perform on the show, however.
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As usual, the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards crammed a whole lot of extravagant, emotional and occasionally mind-blowing performances -- and very few actual awards -- into a three-and-a-half hour telecast. There was a lot of profanity onstage -- both in the acceptance speeches and in the lyrics of the songs -- causing the telecast to be perhaps the most highly-bleeped Grammys ever. Here's a rundown of who performed what:
After releasing a string of new songs, singer/songwriter Two Feet, aka Bill Dess, has released details of his full-length debut album, Pink.
The album will be out March 13, and is currently available for pre-order. A new track, "Grey," is also available.
In a statement, Dess says, "For a lot of these lyrics, I’m using real memories and trying to figure out the best way to formulate and pull emotions from listeners. That’s how my past experiences affected this record."
"A lot of the songs deal with the passage of time and how you interpret it," he adds. "Musically, I wanted it to be a full album with bangers, heavy songs, and acoustic tracks.”
From the project, Two Feet has released the songs "Intro," "Pink," "You?" and "BBY."
In addition, the "I Feel Like I'm Drowning" artist has announced his Two Feet Pink tour, kicking off April 28 in L.A. and wrapping up May 26 in Chicago. A pre-sale starts January 29 at 10 a.m. local time.
Two Feet will donate a dollar for every ticket purchased to SRNA, an organization that advocates and brings awareness to rare neuroimmune diseases. It's a cause that's close to his heart, since his sister has been diagnosed with transverse myelitis, an inflammation of the spinal cord.
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Following the unexpected 2018 death of frontwoman Dolores O'Riordan, The Cranberries released their final album, In the End, last year. Featuring vocals Dolores recorded before her death, the well-received album unexpectedly earned the Irish band their very first Grammy nod: It's up for Best Rock Album at Sunday's ceremony. Cranberries drummer Fergal Lawler tells ABC Audio that the nod is simultaneously exciting and bittersweet.
"Obviously, when we heard the news, it was very exciting cause it's our first Grammy nomination," says Lawler. "But then you obviously think, 'Oh, wouldn't it be great if Dolores was here to come up and be at this event with us?' Y'know, she loved getting dressed up and picking out a costume or whatever. So she'd have been really excited about that."
As for why it's their final album that got the Grammy love, and not, say, their 17-million-sellling smash No Need to Argue, guitarist Noel Hogan says, "I think there's the strength of the songs firstly, and...there's a lot of nostalgia as well that it brings back. And we felt from the very beginning it was one of...the strongest albums that we've done in a long time."
Lawler says he's sure Dolores would've been "very honored" because, he says, "Everyone knows in this industry that the Grammys is the biggest nomination you can get."
Dolores' brother and his wife will join The Cranberries Sunday at the Grammys, but the band still hasn't decided how they'll celebrate if they win.
"Haven't really thought about it, to be honest," says Lawlor.
"We're trying to stay calm either way," adds Hogan.
As for the future of The Cranberries, a documentary is in the works, as is a 25th anniversary reissue of No Need to Argue.
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