Month: January 2025

The 2025 RiverBeat Music Festival returns to Tom Lee Park on the banks of the Mississippi River from May 2-4, 2025.

Hip-hop icon Missy Elliott, rock legends The Killers, and Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals headline the second edition of the fest, celebrating the music and culture of Memphis – the largest music festival in the mid-South.

Other notable acts include Benson Boone, Cage the Elephant, Khruangbin, Ludacris, Public Enemy, Steve Aoki and Busta Rhymes. The event will also highlight local musicians, including Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell, La Chat, Crunchy Black, Al Kapone, Skinny Pimp, DJ Zirk, Gangsta Pat and DJ Spanish Fly. Meanwhile, RiverBeat’s Sunday Gospel Celebration will feature local legends The Wilkins Sisters, The Jubilee Hummingbirds and Elizabeth King.

Jeff Bransford, Festival Producer at Mempho Presents, said in a statement: “RiverBeat is more than just a music festival – it’s a celebration of Memphis’s rich musical heritage and its vibrant future. From blues and soul to rock and hip-hop, we’re looking forward to our second year as we continue to elevate Memphis’s position as a premier destination for live music and cultural experiences.”

General admission tickets for all three days are on sale now. Visit RiverBeat.com for more information.

Editorial credit: Nikola Spasenoski / Shutterstock.com

SpiritWorld have shared the music video for the song “Abilene Grime”, which was written and directed by Todd Hailstone.

Frontman/founder Stu Folsom shares of the track: “When I wrote the demo for ‘Abilene Grime,’ it felt like the album really found its identity and materialized out of the ethe. It twangs, it bangs and it has a sick video, directed by our dear friend Todd Hailstone, which we filmed in Las Vegas a few weeks ago. Enjoy, everybody!”

In addition, SpiritWorld’s third studio, titled “Helldorado”, drops March 21st release through Century Media. Folsom said of the upcoming album: “This record, more so than the last two, I think you hear way more fearlessness and confidence in the choices. Things that were showing up as interludes have manifested into fully fleshed out pieces. At its heart, Helldorado is a punishing, unrelenting masterclass in crossover and hardcore thrash. But in a scene where every riff has been played before and every great band has thirty contemporary acolytes mining their catalog and doing worship albums, there is something in the strangeness of Helldorado that makes it endearing ‘Godlessness‘ leaves off in a cliffhanger where all the surviving characters have managed to arrive at a villa in Mexico near where a rumored gateway to hell is said to exist. ‘Helldorado‘ is the first glimpse that fans will get into some of what is unfolding in the next novel that I am working on, that tells the story of what happens with these characters and the gates of hell.”

See the video for Abilene Grime: HERE.
Pre-order Helldorado – HERE.

Editorial credit: Lazy_Bear / Shutterstock.com

The White Stripes will release a deluxe, 20th anniversary edition of their 2005 album Get Behind Me Satan, available only via their subscription vinyl service the Vault.

Titled Get Behind Me Satan XX, the release is comprised of various songwriting demos, alternate studio takes, and live versions of the songs found on the album. Get Behind Me Satan XX comes packaged as part of a special two-record set with an additional 7-inch, as well as with a Blu-Ray containing footage of The White Stripes’ 2005 tour of Central and South America shot by David James Swanson. Rounding out the package are an archival booklet containing photos, concert posters, a list of tour dates, and more.

A statement from Third Man Records reads: “Often mistaken as a break-up album, a treatise on fame, or a ‘piano’ album, the record is most accurately described in Jack White’s own words as focused on the truth. The fact that it was in no way Elephant, Part 2 only further confused, infuriated, and/or beguiled many. Twenty years later and the album still stands out for how fresh and how timeless it sounds. In the face of newfound worldwide commercial success, no other contemporary rock band had the stones to introduce mandolin, tympani, hand bells and marimba into their arsenal, let alone embark on deep tours of both Central America and Eastern Europe. But as has long been established, the White Stripes were singular. They were never like anybody else. What enchants now, upon further reflection, is the disparate threads that all came together to make Satan so refreshing.”

Sign up is open now exclusively via Third Man Records’ vinyl subscription service The Vault. Fans looking to pick up their copy of the Get Behind Me Satan XX set can sign up on Third Man Record’s official Vault website and order before January 31st at 12:00 a.m. CST.

Editorial credit: MPH Photos / Shutterstock.com

Måneskin’s Damiano David will embark on a solo 2025 global tour with dates across Europe, Australia, North America, South America and Asia. David will tour across five continents, including venues in Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, and Toronto, as well as newly-added shows in London and New York City.

Damiano said of the tour: “I’m beyond excited to announce my first ever world tour as a solo artist. I can’t wait to connect with all of you in person and share my new music. Every city is going to be a celebration of the music, the fans, and the journey we’re all about to go on together. See you out there!”

The tour kicks-off Thursday, September 11 in Warsaw, Poland, with other stops across Europe including; Berlin, Amsterdam, Cologne, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, London, Brussels, Zurich and Milan before concluding in Rome on Saturday, October 11 at Palazzo dello Sport. The trek then continues in Australia with shows in Sydney on Wednesday, October 22 at Enmore and Melbourne on Friday, October 24 at The Forum. Damiano will then be heading to Japan with shows in Tokyo on Monday, October 27 at Tokyo Garden Theaterand Osaka on Wednesday, October 29 at Zepp Osaka Bayside.

In addition, the South American leg of the tour begins Thursday, November 7 in Sao Paulo, Brazil at Tokio Marine Hall, other stops include; Buenos Aires and Santiago before concluding in Bogotà, on Thursday, November 13 at Teatro Royal Center.

Fiinally,the tour concludes with a string of North American dates, starting on Monday, November 17 in Mexico at Mexico City, Mexico at Auditorio BlackBerry, before continuing to Seattle (Paramount Theatre), San Francisco (The Masonic), Los Angeles (The Wiltern), Chicago (The Riviera Theatre), Detroit (The Fillmore Detroit), Toronto (HISTORY), Montreal (MTELUS), Philadelphia (The Fillmore Philadelphia) and New York (Brooklyn Paramount) before concluding in Washington DC on Tuesday, December 16 at The Fillmore Silver Spring.

For ticket information, head to Damiano David’s website.

Editorial credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com