Governors Ball 2016 Announces Daily Lineup

It’s been a little over a month since New York-based music festival, the Governors Ball, unveiled their 2016 lineup. Now, fans who have been waiting patiently for the daily lineup to be unveiled have gotten their long-awaited wish granted. On Thursday (Feb. 11), festival organizers unveiled the daily lineup for the weekend long festival.

The Strokes, Beck, Robyn, Of Monster and Men, Matt and Kim, the newly revamped Bloc Party, and more will kick off the weekend-long festivities on Friday, June 3. The Killers, Against Me!, Miguel, HAIM, M83, and others will headline on Saturday, June 4. On Sunday, June 5, Kanye West, Death Cab for Cutie, CHVRCHES, Two Door Cinema Club, Cold War Kids, Eagles of Death Metal, and more will hit the stage closing out the 2016 edition of the yearly event.

In addition to the daily lineup, single-day passes are now available for purchase for the general public. For more information about the Governors Ball, head on over to the festival’s website. the complete list of daily lineup can be seen below. As a warning, just because the artists are listed in a specific order doesn’t necessarily mean that it how they will perform on said days.

The Governors Ball will once again return to its home turf of Randall’s Island for its sixth year during the weekend of June 3-5.

Governors Ball 2016 Lineup Unveiled

The Governors Ball just revealed the complete lineup for the 2016 incarnation of the annual event. On Friday morning (Jan. 8),the New York-based music festival unveiled the complete lineup for the three-day festival. Upon looking at the lineup, it would appear that two Governors Ball veteran performers will be returning to Randall’s Island in June.

The first veteran performer confirmed was Kanye West. The rapper’s last appearance at the festival was three years ago. West’s top-line billing comes hot on the heels of him releasing two new songs, “Real Friends” and “No More Parties” on Friday. The two new tracks will apparently be part of his G.O.O.D Fridays campaign which he recently relaunched.

Much like the rapper, New York’s own The Strokes will also return to the Governors Ball stage this year. The band have reportedly been working on a new album, the follow-up to 2013’s lukewarm-received album, Comedown Machine. The Strokes last played Gov Ball two years.

In a crazy, or maybe a major PR stunt, Beck will also headline the event. As most of us remember from last year’s Grammy’s, West’s encounter with Beck was not exactly a love affair, even if the rapper did apologize for his stunt. We assume all the backlash he received help that apology come materialize. Hopefully, the stunt will remain in 2015, like many other things.

Also slated to make the journey to New York that weekend will be The Killers, who are in the early stages of writing new material; M83, who will return after a two-year performance hiatus; Death Cab for Cutie; CHVRCHES; Big Grams (Big Boi and Phantogram); De La Soul; Against Me!; and many more. The official poster with all the artists can be seen below.

Governors Ball will celebrate its sixth year during the weekend of June 3-5. The three-day festival will once again return to its home of Randall’s Island Park. Three-day general admission and VIP passes are currently available on the festival’s website.

Garbage Frontwoman Calls Out Kanye West’s Grammy “Disrespect”

Kanye West’s attempt to re-do his “Imma let you finish” from the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards was at first believed to be a joke, but the rapper soon made people realize that he doesn’t have a single funny bone in his body and did it just to spite the true winner of “Album of the Year.” Because, you know, if Kanye doesn’t like it, everyone else doesn’t like it either.

Do we need anymore proof that he’s “America’s Biggest Douchebag”?

For the most part, the vast majority of people have taken a stance against West and his immature antics, but artists and musicians a like have been rather mum about the attack on artistry and the fact that a man who plays a lot of instruments, sings, and writes his own music is not an artist (as opposed to a guy who just press play and auto-tunes everything).

One musician who definitely went on the defensive, not allowing people to just claim “it’s Kanye just being Kanye,” is Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson.

Manson, who with her group have earned seven Grammy nominations, took to Facebook to publish and open letter directed at West and his lack of a conscience and ego the size of the planet.

“Dear Kanye West,

It is YOU who is so busy disrespecting artistry. You disrespect your own remarkable talents and most importantly you disrespect the talent, hard work and tenacity of all artists when you go so rudely and savagely after such an accomplished and humble artist like BECK.

You make yourself look small and petty and spoilt.

In attempting to reduce the importance of one great talent over another, you make a mockery of all musicians and music from every genre, including your own.

Grow up and stop throwing your toys around. You are making yourself look like a complete twat.

PS I’m pretty certain Beyoncé doesn’t need you fighting any battles on her account. Seems like she’s got everything covered perfectly well on her own.”

And we agree.

Jay-Z’s Made in America Reveal Philly Line-up

Jay-Z announced last month that his 3rd annual Budweiser Made in America Festival would be making its third year big by holding not one, but two events back-to-back. The show will once again be returning to its home of Philadelphia, but 2014 will mark the first time that the festival will call Los Angeles their second home.

Earlier today, festival organizers revealed its Philadelphia line-up the only way that 21st century citizens would; through Twitter. In intervals, the social media account was updating their account with videos, announcing the newest additions to the 2014 Philly line-up.

This year’s line up will include Kanye West, The National, Girl Talk, Pharrell Williams, Kings of Leon, Steve Aoki, Tiesto, Chromeo, City and Colour, Grimes, AWOLNATION, J. Cole, De La Soul, Spoon, Kongos, and many more. Check out the line-up flyer below and the full list, in case you can’t read the fine print.

Kanye West
Pharrell Williams
Kings of Leon
Steve Aoki
The National
Tiesto
R3hab
J. Cole
Girl Talk
AWOLNATION
Spoon
Chromeo
Gareth Amery
De La Soul
City & Colour
Grimes
Baauer
Mayer Hawthorne
Tommy Trash
Kongos
3 LAU
The Neighbourhood
Danny Brown
YG
Holy Ghost
Penguin Prison (DJ set with vocals)
Destructo
Bleachers
DJ Cassidy
Cherub
Will Sparks
Young & Sick
Vacationer
Cut Snake
Kaneholler

Made in America is set to take place during Labor Day weekend, August 30 and 31. Tickets are currently on sale on their site and keep an eye out because the Los Angeles line-up was also just revealed.

Bonnaroo Reveal 2014 Schedule

It’s that time again; more schedule unveilings from upcoming Summer festivals.

Today, the people behind Bonnaroo have unveiled the full schedule for the festival that is slated to take place this June in Manchester, TN. Kanye West, Elton John, Skrillex, Jack White, and Frank Ocean have been revealed as headliners for this year’s edition of the yearly festival as well as Vampire Weekend, Mastodon, Phoenix and many more.

For those of you who are wondering whatever happened to that feud between West and the people behind the festival, it turns out that his popularity might have led to their decision to put the “squid brain” comment to rest.

Organizers also revealed that Flaming Lips frontman, Wayne Coyne got to choose two unknown bands to not only perform at the large music event, but they will also get paid to do so. Can you say fairy godfather?

Sadly, like with many music festivals, there are some overlapping acts which means you will need to plan your schedule according to get the best out of all the acts taking the stage. Or, you can be like those people who stay glued to one stage the entire day waiting for just one artist; we don’t judge here.

Check out the full schedule here and don’t forget, Bonnaroo takes place at the Great Stage Park in Manchester during the weekend of June 12 to June 15.

San Fran’s Outside Lands Festival Announces Acts

The Outside Lands Festival isn’t slated to happen until August, but the organizers have already unveiled who will be performing at this year’s event and like many of the festivals happening this Summer, it’s one that you do not want to miss. 

Headlining the event will be Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers who will make history by being the only performer to headline the show twice. Kanye West, the Killers, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, the Arctic Monkeys and Tiësto will round out the headlining spots when the three-day event returns to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. 

But if you though that the headlining line-up were impressive then you are in for a surprise because the supporting acts are just as good as those taking the main stage. Supporting acts will include:  Death Cab for Cutie, the Flaming Lips, Disclosure, Ray LaMontagne, Kacey Musgraves, Spoon, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Tegan & Sara, Haim, Chromeo, Duck Sauce, Cut Copy, Atmosphere, Lykke Li, Capital Cities, Ben Howard, SBTRKT, Jenny Lewis, Local Natives, Phosphorescent, Chvrches, Paolo Nutini, John Butler Trio, Boys Noize, Christopher Owens, Run the Jewels (El-P and Killer Mike), Warpaint, Deer Tick, Holy Ghost!, Big Freedia, Dum Dum Girls, Bleachers, The Kooks and Mikal Cronin.

The Outside Lands festival is scheduled to take place during the weekend of August 8-10 while pre-sales will go up on April 10th at 10 a.m. PDT on the Outside Lands website. Aside from all the cool musical acts, the festival will also host 200 gourmet food and drink options including their Wine and Beer Lands, Choco Lands, and Cheese Lands.

Bonnaroo Announce 2014 Line-Up

After teasing prospective attendees yesterday that the full line-up for Bonnaroo would not be unveiled until late at night, it has finally arrives.

Festival organizers behind the yearly event that takes place in Manchester, TN, decided to make the unveil a celebration by hosting a simulcast super party called B.L.A.M. (Bonnaroo Lineup Announcement Megathon) hosted by comedians Hannibal Buress and Taran Killam. 

Artist for this year’s weekend-long event will feature: Kanye West, Sir Elton John, Jack White, Lionel Richie,Vampire Weekend, The Avett Brothers, Phoenix,Skrillex, Arctic Monkeys, Frank Ocean, The Flaming Lips, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Kaskade, Damon Albarn, Neutral Milk Hotel, Wiz Khalifa, Disclosure, Cut Copy, The Head and the Heart, Zedd, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Chromeo, Broken Bells, Tedeschi Trucks Band, James Blake, Bobby Womack, Umphrey’s McGee, Ice Cube, Ben Howard and many more.

The full bill can be seen below on the official festival’s flyer.

Bonnaroo will take place during the weekend of June 12-15 at Manchester’s Great Stage Park. Tickets will be available on the Bonnaroo website beginning this Saturday, Feb. 22 at Noon EST.

James Franco and Seth Rogen Recreate Kanye West Video

We don’t like speaking about those K-people here, but something funny involving the one who launched them into fame and their counterpart, Kanye West happened today.

A few weeks ago, Kanye released a video for “Bound 2” which feature him riding a motorcycle and his baby-mama/fiancée, Kim Kardashian riding, naked, on the front of it. Fast forward a few weeks later and two clowns decided to remake the music video for the enjoyment of their fans and pretty much everyone else.

Now who are those two clowns that spoofed on Yeezus‘ video you might ask? Well, leave it our favorite Renaissance man, James Franco and Seth Rogen.

This morning, the video hit the web after Franco posted the video along with the following message attached, “While on the set of their movie, The Interview, James Franco & Seth Rogen felt inspired to recreate their favorite new video. Shot. For. Shot.”

And that they did. Franco took on the role of West while a very hairy Rogen took on the role of Kardashian in the parody. Believe us they definitely did stick to their “shot for shot” goal.

Instead of reading about how funny the video is, watch the Pineapple Express co-star cover Kanye better than Kanye.

Kanye West to Head on Tour

Kanye West might have been dropping hints about him heading out on tour soon in support of his latest album, Yeezus, and today all the hinting led to an official confirmation. West announced that he will, in fact be heading out on a North American tour starting in mid-October in support of his recently released album. This will be the rapper’s first solo tour in five-year, at least that’s what the tour poster says.

The tour will hit up 23 North American cities and sales for the tickets are scheduled to go on sale next Friday, September 13. Also going along for the ride with the exception of a few dates will be Kendrick Lamar.

Full tour dates and the tour poster can be seen below.

10-19 Seattle, WA – KeyArena #
10-20 Vancouver, British Columbia – Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena #
10-22 San Jose, CA – SAP Center #
10-23 Oakland, CA – Oracle Arena #
10-25 Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
10-26 Los Angeles, CA – STAPLES Center #
11-01 Salt Lake City, UT – EnergySolutions Arena #
11-03  Denver, CO –  Pepsi Center #
11-05  Minneapolis, MN – Target Center #
11-07  Chicago, IL – United Center #
11-10  Detroit, MI – Palace of Auburn Hills #
11-12  Toronto, Ontario – Air Canada Centre #
11-14  Montreal, Quebec – Bell Centre #
11-16  Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
11-17  Boston, MA – TD Garden #
11-19  Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
11-21  Washington, DC – Verizon Center #
11-23  New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
11-29  Miami, FL – AmericanAirlines Arena  #
11-30  Tampa, FL – Tampa Bay Times Forum
12-01 Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena #
12-06 Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center #
12-07 Houston, TX – Toyota Center #

# with Kendrick Lamar

Justin Timberlake and Kanye West Make Up

Remember back in February when Kanye West took a shot at Justin Timberlake during a show in  London’s Hammersmith Apollo?

Yeah, well we almost forgot about it too until we remember what West had said to his crowd of followers. To this day, the assumption might be that ‘Yeezus’ was jealous that his best friend, Jay-Z was trading him in for Timberlake which led to him saying, “”I got love for Hov, but I ain’t fucking with that ‘Suit & Tie’.”

Cue the one person feud that was forgotten until today when Timberlake brought it back into the public’s knowledge.

In an interview with MTV reporter, Sway on In the Morning, Timberlake commented on what the rapper had said, and that it really didn’t bother him much. “At the end of the day it’s just music,” he said. “I love the record, I love ‘Suit & Tie’. It reminds me of the music I grew up listening to. I respect his opinion because I think he’s a genius, but I don’t share that opinion.”

While the “feud” did got into a black hole of oblivion to the world, Timberlake said that the two of them  settled their difference at the MTV Video Music Awards last week where West performed “Blood on the Leaves” and Timberlake performed a medley of his songs as well as accepted a couple of awards including the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Awards.

“I told [Kanye], ‘I fuck with you, in a way that you probably don’t even understand. I get what you do.’ We’ve never worked together, so I don’t think that he fully understands what it is that I can do. I love ‘Yeezus’, I love that album. I think he’s ahead of a lot, especially in his genre. I think people are going to appreciate it a lot more in the future.”

As if simply making up wasn’t enough, Timberlake did make a comment that there might be some collaborating in the future. Well, the best way I know how to do that is for us to just sit down and play music.”

So can anyone see a collaboration going on between these two? I don’t know.