Month: January 2025

Hootie & the Blowfish have dropped their new box set, The Atlantic Years 1994-2003, available in multiple configurations, including a 5 CD set and a 6 LP set (the latter exclusively at rhino.com). The five-CD set will be available at the website, as well as in stores nationwide.

The new box set that collects Hootie & the Blowfish‘s first five albums for Atlantic Records, including their mega-selling 1994 release, Cracked Rear View.

In addition to Cracked Rear View, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, the set includes 1996’s Fairweather Johnson, 1998’s Musical Chairs, the 2000 covers album Scattered, Smothered and Covered and the 2003 self-titled release Hootie & the Blowfish. The latter two have never been available on vinyl before.

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Paramore’s Hayley Williams, FINNEAS, and St. Vincent lead the star-studded lineup for G*VE A F*CK LA, a special benefit concert taking place on a Feb. 5 at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Palladium to support wildfire relief efforts.

Hosted by actor John C. Reilly, the rest of lineup includes: Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis, Christopher Owens, Courtney Barnett, Fred Armisen, Juliette Lewis, Kevin Morby, Lucy Dacus, MUNA, Perfume Genius, Phantom Planet, Reggie Watts, Rostam and Sasami, Scout Willis, Symone and the Linda Lindas, plus DJs Fat Tony and Harmony Tividad.

Proceeds will go towards local organizations working to provide aid to those impacted by the wildfires, including: Altadena Girls, Friends in Deed, One Voice and Pasadena Humane Society. All venue and ticketing service fees have been waived for the event, while the show will utilize Ticketmaster’s Face Value Exchange for resale to protect the original ticket prices. The event will also be live-streamed via VEEPS for a minimum $5 donation.

Tickets are on sale NOW, with VIP packages including entrance to an afterparty with Rico Nasty and Dylan Brady.

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Lenny Kravitz is set to return to Dolby Live at Park MGM this spring for a new five-show residency, after a sold-out series of five shows at this past October.

Kravitz’s exclusive five-show Vegas engagement Blue Electric Light Las Vegas will take place on August 1, 2, 6, 8, and 9, 2025. The shows are in support of Kravitz’s latest 12th studio album, Blue Electric Light, which was released in May 2024.

Ahead of the Vegas residency, Kravitz will support the album will dates across Western Europe from February through April, playing arenas including London’s OVO Arena Wembley, Prague’s O2, and more.

Tickets are on sale for the Blue Electric Light Las Vegas engagement via Ticketmaster.

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Blink-182 has announced a one-night-only benefit show at the Hollywood Palladium to benefit the LA Fire Relief Efforts, set to take place on February 13th.

100% of the ticket proceeds from the Live Nation-produced event will be donated to the Pasadena Humane Society, California Fire Department, LAFD Foundation, and ARC Firefighter Fund. Punk band Alkaline Trio – Matt Skiba, Dan Andriano, and Atom Willard – will serve as opening support for the show.

Tickets for the one-off event are on sale now; head here to purchase tickets.

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Lenny Kravitz, Alanis Morissette and Sublime will headline the 2025 BeachLife Festival, taking place May 2-4 in Redondo Beach, CA.

BeachLife will feature nearly 40 acts on multiple stages, including Train, O.A.R., Pretenders, CAKE, Mt. Joy, Jackson Browne, The Beach Boys, Marcus King, Aloe Blacc, Sugar Ray and more. The six-year-old festival celebrates Los Angeles’ oceanside South Bay neighborhood, and will include not only a packed lineup of bands and solo performers but also art, gourmet food and more during its three-day run.

This year’s festival will also include the opening of the California Surf Club, a 21,000 square-foot restaurant and membership-driven music club located on the beachfront festival grounds. Slated to open in February, the California Surf Club is a bar, grill and music venue that overlooks the main during BeachLife.

Festival founder and owner Allen Sanford in a statement: “We are especially excited this year to announce what we believe is a truly unique lineup and experience in music festivals — curated not by genre, but by culture, vibe, and that feeling of enjoying the beachlife with friends. We have something for everyone, from world-recognized superstars to local celebrity, and every artist on this lineup has a reason and a story on how they connected with BeachLife Festival.”

For more information, visit beachlifefestival.com.

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Nine Inch Nails have announced the Peel It Back Tour 2025, marking the band’s first live outing since 2022.

The headline run will kick off on Sunday, June 15th, in Dublin, Ireland, at 3Arena, and take the band across Europe, including stops in the UK, Germany, Switzerland, and more. The European leg will also feature major festival appearances at Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, Belgium, Open’er in Gdynia, Poland, and Mad Cool in Madrid, Spain, among others.

The North American leg will launch on Wednesday, August 6th in Oakland, CA at Oakland Arena. The industrial rock icons will also headline arenas in Portland, OR; Vancouver, BC; Chicago, IL; Toronto, ON; Boston, MA; Brooklyn, NY; Nashville, TN; Houston, TX, and more. The tour will wrap up on Thursday, September 18, in Los Angeles, CA, at the Kia Forum.

Tickets will be available starting Wednesday, January 29th at noon local time.  Head to the band’s website for more information.

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