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More than 50 years into his career, Billy Joel will air one of his concerts on a broadcast network for the first time.
The singer-songwriter’s The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden – The Greatest Arena Run of All Time concert special was announced in a promotional spot on CBS on Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 11).
The special is scheduled to be filmed on March 28, which will mark Joel’s 100th consecutive performance at the iconic New York City venue. His first gig at Madison Square Garden was on Dec. 14, 1978.
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It’s set to air on Sunday, April 14 from 9 to 11 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. The special will also be available to stream live or on demand in the United States for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers; Paramount+ Essential subscribers will have access to watch it on demand in the U.S. the day after its debut.
The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden – The Greatest Arena Run of All Time — directed by Paul Dugdale and executive produced by Steve Cohen, Barry Ehrmann and Paul Dugdale — is a co-production of Sony Music Entertainment and Enliven Entertainment, with Sony Music Vision as the distributor.
Joel recently released his first new single in 17 years, “Turn the Lights Back On,” and performed it live for the first time at the 2024 Grammys.
The song — penned by by Joel, Arthur Bacon, Wayne Hector and Freddy Wexler — blasted onto Billboard‘s Adult Contemporary chart, debuting at No. 11 after just one day of airplay.
“The melody, the chords, the chord progression, even the time signature was something that struck me immediately, and that’s how I relate to music,” Joel said earlier this month on Audacy Check In, recalling when he first heard the song co-writer Wexler had started working on. “This particular lyric in this song, I’ve had these thoughts, I could have written these lyrics verbatim. I’ve chewed on these words and I’ve thought of these words, and I’ve said these words before. It was all kind of falling into place — and who am I to fight that?”
The Piano Man is slated to perform at select stadiums around the U.S. with Stevie Nicks and Sting in between his ongoing residency at Madison Square Garden. See his 2024 tour dates here.
Bud Light will sponsor Zach Bryan’s North American Quittin’ Time arena and stadium tour that kicks off March 6 at Chicago’s United Center.
The move builds on Bud Light’s partnership with Bryan that launches tonight (Feb. 9) as the singer/songwriter kicks off the second year of the Bud Light Backyard Tour with a concert at the Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas as part of the beer brand’s Super Bowl LVIII activities.
“I’ve been drinking Bud Light since I was old enough to drink and partnering with them now after all the songs I’ve written while swigging them is full circle for me,” said Bryan in a statement in November when the Super Bowl concert was announced. “When Bud Light asked if I would be involved, I didn’t hesitate after I learned the immense amount of support going into Folds of Honor, fallen service members, first responders’ families and loved ones. It is a privilege and honor to provide help in any way to veterans and all the people who make this country as great as it can possibly be.”
Bud Light launched its Backyard Tour concert series last summer with shows by Midland, One Republic and Dashboard Confessional, among others. “We wanted to go bigger in 2024 and I don’t think you can get any bigger in country music than Zach Bryan right now,” says Todd Allen, Bud Light’s vp of marketing.
Bryan was named Billboard’s Top New Artist of 2023, landing No. 1s on both the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart and Hot 100 songs survey. Bryan, who charts on both the rock and country charts, is the first country act to be the year’s Top New Artist since Billboard began compiling the Top New Artists category, combining performance on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100, in 1977.
As the exclusive beer partner for the 78-show Quittin’ Time tour, Bud Light will execute a number of tie-ins at concert dates, including sampling, ticket giveaways and experiential activations.
One of the primary elements of the partnership involves Folds of Honor, a non-profit that provides scholarships to the families of fallen and disabled service members and first responders. Bud Light’s parent, Anheuser-Busch, has worked with Folds of Honor for more than 14 years, donating more than $22 million to the organization. “Throughout the duration of the tour, we will be donating a portion of the proceeds from Bud Light sold to Folds of Honor,” Allen says. He adds that Bud Light is working through the details with Bryan, who served in the Navy for eight years, on his participation with Folds of Honor. “He’s been an incredible partner to help bring this to life,” he says.
“Music has been in Bud Light’s DNA for decades and we’ve always been at the center of delivered epic experiences. We’ve had amazing partnerships over the years across music, across sports, across culture. And then this just makes sense,” Allen says of the Bryan tie-in. “Zach has been a longtime Bud Light fan and drinker. Having him be part of our Bud Light Backyard Tour with the Super Bowl show on Friday night is incredible and we look forward to continuing to bring great experiences to our fans in partnership with the Quittin Time tour.”
The alliances with Bryan, one of country music’s biggest rising stars, comes at a time when Bud Light continues to recover from the backlash and sales hit the brand took starting last April after aligning with transgender TikTok influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Kid Rock, John Rich and Travis Tritt condemned the brand (though Kid Rock was seen drinking a Bud Light in August). Other country acts, like Bryan, stood up for the transgender community, while superstar Garth Brooks declared in June that his Friends in Low Places bar in Nashville would sell Bud Light.
When asked how linking with Bryan could help Bud Light regain country fans it may have lost, Allen said, “We’re here for all 21+ Americans and we care deeply about all of our fans. Music, and country music in particular, allows us to connect with millions of people out there who enjoy Bud Light in stadiums, bars and venues across the country. Partnering with Zach Bryan, one of the hottest names in country music, is just a great opportunity for us to continue to connect with our fans across country music.”
Bud Light’s music activities for 2024 include tie ins with Stagecoach and Lollapalooza, as well as a country music program with Live Nation.
Cali roots reggae outfit Stick Figure don’t want their fans to stress about buying tickets for their upcoming summer tour and are offering refunds to any fans that can’t make it to one of their 15 headline shows.
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The band — led by singer and songwriter Scott Woodruff — is experimenting with the refund concept for their upcoming Sacred Sands tour, which is on sale now. The California-based touring outfit has built a huge audience for its high energy live shows thanks to constant touring, their Billboard-charting 2022 album Wisdom and collaborations with artists including Slightly Stoopid, Pepper, Barrington Levy and Collie Buddz.
The concert business has traditionally not issued refunds to fans, stamping tickets with warnings like “Rain or Shine” and “All Sales Final.” For early rock promoter pioneers, refunds represented an unacceptable level of uncertainty — a promoter would go bankrupt if spent millions to book an artist, only to have the fans want their money back at the last minute.
But as the touring market grew, so did the time it took for a modern tour to sell out of tickets, which extended the length of time between when tickets went on sale and when the show took place. In some cases, fans were asked to buy tickets a year in advance of the concert date.
That creates unneeded stress for fans and inspired Stick Figure frontman Scott Woodruff to announce his unusual refund plan via an email to fans Tuesday (Feb. 6), writing “Traditionally, ticketing companies don’t offer refunds, and that’s not fair. We believe in looking out for our fans and understand that life can be unpredictable,” he wrote, noting the refund offer will apply “to anyone that bought tickets but can’t go to the show for any reason.”
The refunds are only available to fans that purchased their tickets on primary ticketing sites and requests for refunds have to be made at least ten days in advance of the concert. Fans looking for a refund should email family@stickfigure.com for help. All refunds will be handled by the band and will not apply to tickets purchased on resale sites.
“We will be offering absolutely NO REFUNDS to scalpers,” Woodruff wrote. “We do not support the concept of buying tickets with the sole purpose of taking advantage of fans by reselling those tickets at higher prices.”
Fully refundable artist presale tickets are available now at stickfigure.com using the code “SACREDSANDS” and general on sale is Friday at 10am PST. Dates for the Sacred Sands tour are below:
7/11/24 – Albuquerque, NM – Sandia Amphitheatre7/13/24 – California – City & Venue TBA7/14/24 – California – City & Venue TBA7/16/24 – California – City & Venue TBA7/18/24 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater7/20/24 – Tacoma, WA – Lemay ACM Haub Field7/24/24 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre7/25/24 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre7/27/24 – Colorado – City & Venue TBA7/30/24 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed8/1/24 – Thornville, OH – Everwild Music Festival8/3/24 – The Xfinity Center – Mansfield, MA8/6/24 – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater – Virginia Beach, VA8/8/24 – Credit One Stadium – Charleston, SC8/10/24 – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre – West Palm Beach, FL8/12/24 – Key West Amphitheater – Key West, FL
The eighth annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert for God’s Love We Deliver will take place at the Beacon Theatre on March 7 and feature sets from the Black Keys, Hozier, Nile Rodgers, Rage Against the Machine guitarist and solo star Tom Morello and former Eagles guitarist Don Felder, among many others.
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The fundraiser for the organization that cooks and home-delivers nutritious, medically tailored meals to people who are too sick to cook for themselves will be hosted by comedians Conan O’Brien, Tracy Morgan and Jim Gaffigan and also feature performances from Bettye Lavette, Joss Stone, Allison Russell, Emily King, Marcus King, Lucius, Larkin Poe, Trombone Shorty and Struts singer Luke Spiller.
The show, executive produced by fashion icon John Varvatos, concert producer Greg Williamson and concert/events producer Nicole Rechter, will announce additional acts in the lead-up to this year’s event; the gig’s music director/band leader will be CBS Orchestra leader Will Lee. The house band will feature a killer lineup of all-stars, including Steve Gadd (James Taylor, Paul Simon), Shawn Pelton (Saturday Night Live), Larry Campbell (Levon Helm, Bob Dylan), Eric Krasno (Soulive, Phil Lesh & Friends), Pedrito Martinez (Bruce Springsteen, Camila Cabello), Jeff Babko (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), Michael Bearden (Lady Gaga) and a six-piece horn section.
Since its 2017 launch, Love Rocks NYC has raised more than $30 million and helped fund the delivery of three million meals to New Yorkers living with illness, according to a release announcing this year’s gig. Presale tickets for the show will be available on Thursday (Feb. 8) beginning at 10 a.m. ET, with the public onsale kicking off at 10 a.m. ET on Friday (Feb. 9); click here for more information on tickets.
Andrew Dice Clay didn’t expect to find his next Big Shot eating his lunch on the sidewalk.
And yet there he was, sipping a Coke and softly radiating in the imperturbable tranquility of a clear skied January day when Dice approached, filming the man and sheepishly asking in a nasally voice, “You heard I got the new phone?”
Dice’s Instagram gag is to walk up to strangers and insist they must recognize “this famous face of mine.” Most instead softly protest — “I dont know you,” one lady recently said – while most simply scurry away. Sidewalk lunch guy, on other hand, couldn’t be bothered to do either — and simply looked up at Dice and earnestly replied, ‘Congratulations.’”
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“I couldn’t get home fast enough to show my girlfriend,” Dice tells Billboard. The sidewalk lunch man was now a Big Shot, a title Dice bestows on the people he features on his Instagram channel, which has 400,000 followers. “If there was an actual casting session for a TV show on Big Shot, he would have got the part.”
Dice is in the midst of prepping for his own showcase moment, with a big return comedy comeback show to be held at Manhattan’s Carnegie Hall on Feb. 15. “35 years ago they would not have allowed me on the same block,” says Dice of the famously classy venue.
After all, Dice made his name in the late ’80s and early ’90s with a foul-mouthed routine that exploded across television like a hand grenade, shocking TV audiences and galvanizing millions of fans who bought up his comedy records and paid to see his concerts. Dice, whose real name was Andrew Silverstein, became an overnight star and arena headliner, becoming the first (and to date only) comedian to sell out two nights at Madison Square Garden.
His agent Dennis Arfa, now at AGI, would field calls “from every promoter in the country, from Ron Delsener to Stu Green to Bill Graham,” Dice tells Billboard. “And honestly, they didn’t know if I was a singer, a magician or a juggler. They just knew I was the guy who went on sale and in 48 minutes sold out.”
Dice’s material would make him and those he worked with millions, but the crass nature of his jokes about sex and women — as well as his targeting of gays and immigrants — became a growing problem for those around him. His refusal to soften his material (he recently told Joe Rogan, “Dice doesn’t get f–ked, Dice does the f–king”) would eventually be his undoing, although his flame would burn out much slower than history portrays.
While Dice’s gigs were being protested by gay rights groups like Queer Nation, it was powerful gay men in Hollywood – record producer David Geffen, 20th Century Fox’s Barry Diller and manager Sandy Gallin who developed Dice’s act and protected him for years.
In 1990 Diller would part ways with Dice, spiking a multi-movie agreement with him on the eve of the launch of his first film the Adventures of Ford Fairlane — a move that a 2023 episode of Vice’s The Dark Side of Comedy about the comedian equated to a death knell for his career. But the truth is that Dice was far from done with television, remaining active in TV and touring for another decade. He inked deals with ABC, CBS and HBO, and launched the 1995 sitcom Bless This House on CBS without any real opposition from within the entertainment business.
Dice performed his final show at Madison Square Garden in 2000, inked a deal with SiriusXM in 2005 and stayed busy for the next 20 years doing occasional TV work, radio appearance and standup gigs. His recent comeback began seven months ago, when comedian and longtime friend Bill Burr convinced Dice to warm up the crowd at one of Burr’s headliner gigs.
“When we walked in his dressing room for the show, Bill stood up with a big smile and went, ‘Dice, you’re gonna do some time, right?’” Dice recalls. “The minute I got introduced, the New Jersey crowd went absolutely nuts.”
It’s not just Burr either – podcaster Joe Rogan, comedians Sebastian Maniscalco and Jim Norton, radio megastar Howard Stern and dozens of other high-profile comedians have long supported Dice and cited him as an inspiration. And while he has never apologized for his past remarks toward gays, women and immigrants, he has softened his personality, and even slightly dialed back his famously filthy routine for one of his comebacks shows at the Wiltern in LA last year.
“I’m less ego and more self-deprecating,” he explains, noting that he enjoys mentoring younger talent and is more eager to share the spotlight with others — like the deadpan man eating his lunch on the sidewalk.
“One word, that’s all he need to get the part.” Dice notes. “One word to let the world know that this man is a genius.”
Justin Timberlake has expanded his upcoming 2024 Forget Tomorrow World tour once again. After announcing the initial dates for the North American run and then adding second nights in a number of cities, on Tuesday (Feb. 6), JT rolled out the first eight show on the second leg of the tour.
The new fall shows will kick off with an Oct. 7 gig at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, followed by an Oct. 8 show at the Prudential Center in Newark (NJ), a trip to Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. and gigs in Toronto, Buffalo, Columbus and Chicago before hitting State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Nov. 16.
According to a statement, the previously announced 30 shows sold more than 350,000 tickets, with 21 sold out shows on the roster so far and second shows added in Los Angeles, Seattle, Austin, Chicago, New York, Boston, San Jose and Las Vegas.
After several years off the musical radar, Timberlake has stormed back over the past two weeks with underplay shows in his hometown of Memphis and another in New York last week, as well as a musical guest spot on Saturday Night Live and a visit to The Tonight Show. So far, Timberlake has released the yearning single “Selfish” from his upcoming sixth studio album, Everything I Thought It Was (out May 15), as well as previewing the new gospel-tinged song “Sanctified” with Tobe Nwigwe on SNL.
Tickets for the newly announced North American dates will be available via Verizon and Citi presales beginning today through Thursday (Feb. 8), with a general onsale kicking off Friday (Feb. 9) at 10 a.m. local time here.
Check out the full list of Timberlake’s 2024 North American Forget Tomorrow World Tour dates below (new dates in bold).
April 29 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
May 2 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
May 3 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
May 6 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center at San Jose
May 7 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center at San Jose
May 10 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena*
May 11 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena*
May 14 – San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena San Diego
May 17 – Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum
May 18 – Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum
May 21 – Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center
May 29 – San Antonio, TX @ Frost Bank Center
May 31 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center
June 1 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center
June 4 – Fort Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena
June 6 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
June 10 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
June 12 – Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena
June 14 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
June 15 – Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center
June 21 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
June 22 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
June 25 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
June 26 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
June 29 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
June 30 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
July 3 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
July 4 – Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
July 7 – Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
July 9 – Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena
Oct. 7 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
Oct. 8 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
Oct. 13 – Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
Oct. 17 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
Oct. 21 – Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center
Oct. 23 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
Oct. 27 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
Nov. 16 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
*Verizon Up Presale Not Applicable
Head in the Clouds festival is headed back to New York. For its second year, the music and arts festival will see headlining performances from Joji, (G)I-DLE, BIBI and ILLENIUM B2B DABIN.
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Head in the Clouds New York, put on by music and media company 88rising and concert promoter The Bowery Presents, will return to Forest Hills Stadium in Queens from May 11-12. The two-day festival will see additional sets from Balming Tiger, SPENCE LEE, Deb Never, Juliet Ivy, Young Posse, Wave to Earth, Wang OK, Awich, eyedress, dhruv, ATARASHII GAKKO!, thuy, Warren Hue, Lyn Lapid and Masiwei.
Producers promise to once again transform the stadium “into a beacon of Asian-centric music, art, and cuisine.” The event has renewed its partnership with non-profit organization Heart of Dinner, an organization directly addressing food insecurity, social isolation, and loneliness among Asian American older adults living in under-resourced communities. The festival will be donating a portion of ticket sales to Heart of Dinner and work with them on activating on-site.
The New York edition of the festival is the second iteration in North America after the event’s Los Angeles festival in partnership with Coachella promoter Goldenvoice. Head in the Clouds has also hosted festivals in Jakarta, Manila and China in recent years.
In 2023, the inaugural Head in the Clouds New York Music & Arts Festival marked a homecoming of sorts for 88rising, which was founded in New York City back in 2015. The New York debut welcomed NIKI, Rich Brian, Beabadoobee and more.
Presale registration kicks off today (Feb. 5) and will go through Feb. 12 at 10 a.m. ET. Ticket presale begins on Friday (Feb. 9) at 10 a.m. ET. General on-sale starts Feb. 12 at 10 a.m. ET and tickets can be purchased at the festival website.
After announcing on Wednesday (Jan. 31) that the next resident artist at Las Vegas‘ Sphere would be Dead & Company, the Grateful Dead spin-off band revealed the dates for their six-week summer run on Thursday (Feb. 1). The shows dubbed Dead Forever will consist of 18 shows overs six consecutive weeks from May 16 through […]
iHeartRadio’s annual ALTerEGO took over the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., this month with its biggest, most diverse lineup yet.
Kicking off the show was The Black Keys, fresh off the release of their latest single “Beautiful People (Stay High),” which the blues-rock duo performed for the first time at the event.
It was also an evening of throwback hits, with Yellowcard performing their beloved 2003 classic, “Ocean Avenue,” among other hits like “Way Away,” “Lights and Sounds,” “Childhood Eyes” and “Only One.” Sum 41 also got the crowd feeling nostalgic with alt-rock hits like “The Hell Song,” “In Too Deep,” “Landmines,” “Fat Lip” and “Still Waiting.”
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With star-studded presenters like Luke Hemmings of 5 Seconds of Summer, Damiano David of Måneskin, Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, Brent Smith of Shinedown and more, the night continued with a high-energy performance from The 1975, who treated fans to renditions of “If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know),” “It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You),” “Robbers,” “I’m In Love With You,” “Somebody Else” and “About You.”
Meanwhile, The Last Dinner Party proved their star status with mesmerizing performances of their indie-rock hits “The Feminine Urge,” “Sinner,” “My Lady of Mercy” and “Nothing Matters.”
To wrap up the night, Fall Out Boy delivered a long awaited, iconic performance which kept fans on their feet all night. The group performed a mix of hits including “Sugar, We’re Going Down,” “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up),” “Dance, Dance,” “Thnks fr th Mmrs” and “Centuries” with special guest, Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park.
See below for more images from the event, shared exclusively with Billboard.
The 1975 at iHeartRadio ALTer EGO Presented by Capital One at the Honda Center on January 13, 2024 in Anaheim, California.
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Luke Hemmings at iHeartRadio ALTer EGO Presented by Capital One at the Honda Center on January 13, 2024 in Anaheim, California.
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The Last Dinner Party iHeartRadio ALTer EGO Presented by Capital One at the Honda Center on January 13, 2024 in Anaheim, California.
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Richard Marx wanted a word with the parents of a rude audience member who interrupted his concert last weekend. The veteran singer-songwriter, who’s been on a January co-headlining tour with Rick Springfield, was playing at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, on Jan. 21 when someone in the audience started loudly interrupting his […]