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Troye Sivan has announced his headlining North American tour dubbed “The Bloom Tour” which will kick off on September 21 in Irvin, Texas and will run until November 8th in Vancouver. He is also set to have stops in cities such as Detroit, Chicago, Miami, New York City, Los Angeles, Toronto, among others.

The tour is in support of his sophomore album, which is due on August 31st, called “Bloom,” which is said to be “darker” and “more danceable” than Sivan’s previous work. “It’s from a really personal place, and I’m super proud of it,” Sivan said who made an appearance on the Today Show Monday morning.

The 22-year old made the announcement on Twitter himself, along with the complete list of vanue and pre-sale tickets info availability from June 5 via his app. “Every ticket also comes with a physical Bloom album,” the artist posted.

The general public ticket sale begins Friday, June 8, starting at 9:00 AM PT. Go to LiveNation.com and TroyeSivan.com.

The South African-born Australian singer, songwriter, actor has already released single from the album, including “My My My!” in January followed by “The Good Side” shortly after. The title track “Bloom” was released earlier this month. Sivan last toured in 2016 with the “Suburbia Tour” featuring Dua Lipa as opening act.

🌺THE BLOOM TOUR 🌺 PRE-SALE TICKETS TO MY US TOUR GO ON SALE ON JUNE 5TH IN MY APP. AAAND EVERY TICKET ALSO COMES WITH A PHYSICAL BLOOM ALBUM. GO OFF! pic.twitter.com/Nqg6CLEjAN

— troye sivan (@troyesivan) May 30, 2018

By Creative Media Times

English indie rock band Florence & The Machine is set to go on a 23 city North American tour commencing on August 5 in Montreal, Canada, with stops in Denver, CO at Grandoozy Festival and New York’s Barclays Center and concludes on October 20 in Minneapolis, Minn. The tour is the band’s first in North America in three years.

Opening acts varies on different dates and includes Grizzly Bear, Lizzo, Perfume Genius, St. Vincent, Billie Eilish, Kamasi Washington, or Beth Ditto.

The trek is in support of their fourth studio album “High as Hope” which is set to be released on Jun 29 by Republic Records and Virgin EMI Records.

The album is their follow up to the three-track EP “Songs from Final Fantasy XV” (2016) and “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015) which debuted on top of the Billboard 200 Album chart. Recently, the band has released the singles “Sky Full of Song” and “Hunger” from the album.

High As Hope Tour North America.
Fall 2018
Support in select cities from @KamasiW, @st_vincent, @lizzo, @billieeilish, @bethditto, @wet, @grizzlybear, @perfumegenius. Check local listings for more information.https://t.co/c9Depz4nUK pic.twitter.com/1ApPkRVSss

— florence welch (@flo_tweet) May 29, 2018

Tickets will go on sale this Friday. Here is the tour’s full list of dates:
Aug. 5 — Montreal, QC at Osheaga
Aug. 9 — Lake Tahoe, NV at Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys
Aug. 11 — San Francisco, CA at Outside Lands
Sept. 8 — Vancouver, BC at Skookum Festival
Sept. 10 — Seattle, WA at KeyArena
Sept. 11 — Portland, OR at Moda Center
Sept. 14 — Salt Lake City, UT at Maverik Center
Sept. 15 — Denver, CO at Grandoozy Festival
Sept. 22 — Las Vegas, NV at Life Is Beautiful
Sept. 23 — San Diego, CA at Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl San Diego State University
Sept. 25 — Los Angeles, CA at Hollywood Bowl
Sept. 29 — Dallas, TX at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Sept. 30 — Houston, TX at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Oct. 2 — Nashville, TN at Bridgestone Arena
Oct. 3 — Charlotte, NC at Spectrum Center
Oct. 5 — Washington, D.C. at The Anthem
Oct. 9 — New York, NY at Barclays Center
Oct. 12 — Boston, MA at TD Garden
Oct. 13 — Uncasville, CT at Mohegan Sun Arena
Oct. 14 — Philadelphia, PA at Wells Fargo Center
Oct. 16 — Toronto, ON at Air Canada Centre
Oct. 19 — Chicago, IL at United Center
Oct. 20 — Minneapolis, MN at Target Center

By Creative Media Times

Gorillaz‘s Jamie Hewlett last year stated that a new album will be released this year, and that looks exactly what’s about to happen, based on a series of clues teased by the band recently.

At this weekend’s All Points East festival in London, posters were seen on site which says “No more unicorns anymore.” The cryptic quote appeared on Hewlett’s Instagram post in April.

The posters also had the web address “thenownow.tv” and if you visit the website and play the clip, you’ll see, for a split second, a cartoon silhouette of a band member sitting with a guitar and it sends with the title “The Now Now,” and ends with the date June 29.

Last year, comic book artist Jamie Hewlett said that the band is set to release a new album in 2018. “We’re working on another Gorilllaz album that we’re going to be releasing next year,” he said in a interview last year.

The band returned last year with their fifth studio album “Humanz”, released April of last year after a long five-year hiatus. Then at their recent concert in Chile, they debuted a new song titled “Hollywood,” featuring Jamie Principle and Snoop Dogg, which frontman Damon Albarn referred to as a track from the new record.

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Floating the river in Central Texas during weekend in the heat of summer and listening to live music is certainly very inviting.

Organizers have just announced that Lil Wayne, Snoop Dog, Run The Jewels, Pres Hall, Glass Animals and many others are set to join the fun in this July’s two day “Float Fest”.

Now running for five years, the San Marcos music festival is set to take place on July 21 and 22 and starts at 2pm.

In addition to the music and all the fun, the festival also organized a postive effort called Keep the River Clean, which is a river cleanup project.

For more information, go to floatfest.net.

Do you float the river while listening to music? No. Those two activities happen separately. You float the river in the morning or afternoon, then when you’re done tubing on the San Marcos River, you head over to the concert to enjoy the music! We recommend you float early!

Your 2018 schedule has arrived and its beautiful 😍 Don't miss out on our best lineup yet!!!

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Ed Sheera, Kendrick Lamar lead winner’s list at Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards which took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Also winning big were Taylor Swift, Khalid and Bruno Mars.

Heading into the night, Kendrick Lamar and Ed Sheeran led the nominations in 15 categories each. The two competed for Top Male Artist which the “Shape of You” went on to win.

Before the show started, Kelly Clarkson addressed the recent tragedy at Santa Fe High School in Texas. Clarkson, who is from Texas, was clearly moved by the tragedy and urged for action. “We need to do better,” Clarkson said during her heart-felt intro.

The ceremonies aired live on NBC and features performances by Shawn Mendes, Janet Jackson, Dua Lipa, Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande, Christina Aguilera, Demi Lovato and more.

Janet Jackson received the 2018 Billboard Music Icon Award and also gave a career-spanning performance, marking her first television performance in nine years.

Check out a partial list of winners below. To see the full list, head over to Billboard.com:

Top Artist:
WINNER: Ed Sheeran

Top New Artist:
Khalid

Billboard Chart Achievement Award:
Camila Cabello

Top Male Artist:
Ed Sheeran

Top Female Artist:
Taylor Swift

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Wiz Khalifa and hip hop duo Rae Sremmurd (Slim Jxmmi and Swae Lee) today announced their co-headlined summer tour dubbed “Dazed & Blazed Summer 2018 Amphitheater Tour” which is produced by Live Nation. Tickets for the 27-date tour are available at LiveNation.com, Friday, May 18th.

The tour will commence on July 21 at DTE Energy Music Theater in Detroit, Michigan, and closes out on Aug. 30 in Phoenix, Arizona, with dates that will bring them to Chicago, IL, West Palm Beach, FL, and Austin, TX among others.

Khalifa previously co-headlined tours with Snoop Dogg in 2016 as well as Fall Out Boy in 2015. He is set to drop his brand new album “Rolling Papers 2” this summer, July 13th. He recently joined forces with Ty Dolla $ign for the song “Something New.”

Rae Sremmurd is best known for the chart topping hit “Black Beatles” from their second studio album SremmLife 2. They are also responsible for hit singles “No Type”, “No Flex Zone’ and “Swang.” They are also set to join Childish Gambino this fall on tour.

Visit LiveNation to see the full list of dates.

Tickets on sale this Friday. See y’all there @raesremmurd @lilskies @otgenasis #dazedandblazedtour

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