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2024 March Madness will close out with three days of music as Jonas Brothers, Zedd, and Mumford & Sons headline this year’s NCAA March Madness Music Festival. The three-day event is scheduled for April 5 through 7 at Hance Park in Phoenix and will be free of charge to NCAA Division I tournament attendees. The weekend will open with Zedd headlining the AT&T Block Party on Friday, April 5. Additional performances that day include Remi Wolf and Reneé Rapp. Jonas Brothers will lead the Coke Studio Live…

SZA, Vince Staples, Omar Apollo, James Blake, Pinkpantheress and many more tapped for Kentucky fest this May Jack Harlow has announced his Gazebo Festival, a music fest headlined by the rapper in his native Louisville, Kentucky. Taking place May 25 and 26 at the city’s Waterfront Park, Gazebo will also feature headliner SZA along with sets from Vince Staples, Omar Apollo, Pinkpantheress, Majid Jordan, a DJ set from James Blake, and many more. Trending…

Four years after Slayer wrapped up their farewell tour — and two weeks after guitarist Kerry King said a reunion was unlikely — the thrash metal legends will return this fall for a couple of headlining festival gigs. The quartet — bassist/singer Tom Araya, guitarists Kerry King and Gary Holt, and drummer Paul Bostaph — have so far booked Chicago’s Riot Fest on Sept. 22 and Louisville’s Louder Than Life on Sept. 27, the band’s first gigs since their goodbye tour concluded in November 2019. “Nothing compares to…

Reneé Rapp, Smashing Pumpkins, Brittany Howard, Justice, Hozier, and many more booked for Montreal fest this August Green Day, SZA, and Noah Kahan will serve as headliners at the 2024 Osheaga Festival, returning to Montreal this August. The diverse lineup for the three-day fest also boasts Justice, Reneé Rapp, Skepta, Melanie Martinez, Labrinth, Brittany Howard, Hozier, Chappell Roan, and the Smashing Pumpkins, who are making their first Osheaga appearance since 2007. Bladee, Rancid, Martin…

While Gwen Stefani is excited about reuniting with her No Doubt bandmates for Coachella, she admitted that she has some homework to do before they hit the stage in Indio, California, this April. During a Wednesday night appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the singer opened up about the No Doubt reunion with Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal and Adrian Young after nearly a decade apart. “I know it’s going to be amazing,” she said. “I’m so excited, and I think what is going to be hilarious is I know what’s…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. A new dance music event is headed to the beaches of Mexico next month, with the inaugural Ahabaja Music Festival. Curated by Austin Gavlak (DJ and founder of electronic music festival, Powabunga), Ahabaja launches with Black Coffee, Bedouin, LP Giobbi, Stavroz and others, playing what organizers have dubbed a “24-hour experience” from sunset to sunrise. The festival runs…

No Doubt will also reunite Lana Del Rey, Tyler, the Creator, and Doja Cat will headline Coachella this year, the festival announced on Tuesday, with the shows set to take place in Indio on the weekends of April 12 through 14 and April 19 to 21. No Doubt is also listed on the festival lineup. Prior to her upcoming headlining slot, Del Rey last played Coachella a decade ago in 2014 and was slated to play the 2020 edition before the pandemic canceled the festival. She appeared to tease a return…

Erykah Badu Image Credit: Elyse Jankowski/Billboard Erykah Badu plays her Saturday night headlining set at the Orpheum Theatre on November 11th. Fresh off her Unfollow Me arena Tour this summer, the 2,000-cap downtown venue is among the most intimate venues she’s played this year. For nearly two hours, Badu crooned and belted her way through songs including “20 Feet Tall,” “To Each Their Own,” and “Window Seat.” She played “Green Eyes” in her brief encore before finishing with a frenetic,…

Attending the annual Jodhpur RIFF (26-30 October) for the first time is a bit of an overwhelming experience – there’s so much to do, so many excellent performances to attend and so many conversations with musicians from across the country and the world to absorb. It becomes even more overwhelming when you’ve ridden 622kms on your trusty Bullet, also lovingly known as Rasputin, because you are given to periodic fits of road-longing and can’t be bothered with other forms of transport. Aching limbs and a sore posterior are…

Remember the Denver Bears? The Rockies sure do. Friday. The current state of the Colorado Rockies leaves much to be desired — and it makes us harken back to a simpler time, when the minor league Denver Bears were the only game in town. Maybe the Rockies are feeling the same way, because they are hosting Bears Night at Coors Field on Friday, Aug. 19, when the Rockies take on the San Francisco Giants. Packages for Bears night range from $25 to $70 and include a ticket and a limited-edition Denver Bears T-shirt. Game-time is…