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Dua Lipa, J. Cole, And Metallica Headline Lollapalooza’s Stuffed Chicago 2022 Lineup

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Chicago’s Lollapalooza fest has long been known as one of the biggest, most musically diverse festivals around, and this year, apparently, will be no exception. The 2022 lineup has been announced, with headliners including hard rock mainstays Metallica, disco-pop revivalist Dua Lipa, gymnastic rap enthusiast J. Cole, and pop-punk pioneers Green Day. The big print on the flyer for the four-day festival runs a bit rap-heavy, though, as Doja Cat, Machine Gun Kelly, and Lil Baby fill out the top third (yeah, I know, MGK’s technically an emo rocker now), along with EDM icon Kygo.

Further down the list is a truly breathtaking range of both up-and-coming and veteran artists including Glass Animals, Big Sean, Jazmine Sullivan, Don Toliver, Charli XCX, Denzel Curry, Blxst, Willow, Cordae, Caroline Polachek, PinkPanthress, Audrey Nuna, Wet Leg, Larry June, Coi Leray, King Princess, Dashboard Confessional, Baby Tate, Petey, Blackstarkids, and more. There’s even a special guest: Jane’s Addiction, who last performed together two years ago in 2020.

Lollapalooza is set for the weekend of July 28-31 in Chicago’s Grant Park. Tickets go on sale today at 12 pm CT, with General Admission starting at $350 and a four-day Platinum pass going for up to $4200. You can find more information at lollapalooza.com.

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Snot The Band Is Upset With Limp Bizkit For Bringing $not The Rapper On Tour

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Uproxx has been covering the rise of South Florida rapper $not for some time and really enjoying watching the 24-year-old spread his wings and come into his own. Recently, he received a big career bump from veteran nu-metal band Limp Bizkit, who invited him to join them on their upcoming Still Sucks Tour. However, the move apparently disappointed and upset one of the rap-rock band’s contemporary groups — also called Snot.

According to Consequence, Mikey Doling, Snot’s guitarist, posted a video in which he took Limp Bizkit’s frontman Fred Durst to task over the booking. “I wanted to say to Fred Durst, if you see this video, how dare you, man?” he said. “You were friends with Snot. Snot loved you, man. You came onstage with us and performed. [Late Snot singer] Lynn [Strait] went on stage with you in Boston. … We were friends. We shared drinks, stage, music [and] all that, and all these years later you take an artist named $not on tour with you? What the f**k is that, man? Bullshit. … And to that fake $not kid — [Doling gives the camera the middle finger] right there, brother. There’s only one f**king Snot. Get some.”

For his part, $not seemed more bemused than anything else, posting a tweet reacting to the headline as posted by XXL. “This actually ridiculous,” he wrote. “Old man mad about my name.”

For what it’s worth, the band named Snot hasn’t released a new album in 20 years. The group actually disbanded in the wake of Strait’s death in 1998, and Strait Up, the album that they released in 2000, had all its vocals recorded by the lead vocalists of associated bands like Incubus, Korn, Soulfly (incidentally, the subject of another confusing hip-hop crossover thanks to Rod Wave), and even, yes, Limp Bizkit. $not, however, is fresh off the release of his second studio album, Ethereal, and has a remarkably compatible vibe to both the original Snot and Limp Bizkit, so it isn’t like his addition to the tour doesn’t make sense.

Machine Gun Kelly Is Going On A Massive 2022 Tour With Travis Barker, Avril Lavigne, Willow, And Others

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Machine Gun Kelly has a major album on his hands with the upcoming Mainstream Sellout, and now he has major plans to tour behind it: The rapper-turning-pop-punk-er announced dates for his 2022 tours of North America and Europe, which run from June to October.

Some folks from Kelly’s recent professional life are going to be on hand, too, as supporting on various dates are Avril Lavigne, Travis Barker, Willow, Blackbear, Trippie Redd, Iann Dior, Pvris, and 44phantom.

Check out the full list of shows below.

06/08 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center***^
06/10 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center***^
06/11 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center***^
06/14 — Jacksonville, FL @ VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena***^
06/15 — Miami, FL @ FTX Arena***^
06/17 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena*^
06/18 — Birmingham, AL @ The Legacy Arena At BJCC*^
06/19 — Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
06/21 — Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center*^
06/22 — Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena*^
06/24 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena*^
06/25 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden+$
06/26 — Philadelphia, PA @ Waterfront Music Pavilion+$
06/28 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden*^
07/01 — Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest*
07/02 — Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center*^
07/03 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena*^
07/05 — Syracuse, NY @ St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater*^
07/06 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena*^
07/08 — Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center*^
07/09 — Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center*#
07/11 — Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center*#
07/13 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum*#
07/15 — Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena*#
07/16 — Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center*#
07/19 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena*#
07/21 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center*#
07/22 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena*#
07/23 — Vancouver, BC @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena*#
07/25 — Spokane, WA @ Spokane Arena*#
07/27 — Fargo, ND @ FargoDome*#
07/28 — St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center*#
07/31 — Montreal, QC @ Osheaga
08/02 — Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena”#
08/04 — Omaha, NE @ CHI Health Center”#
08/06 — Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre”#
08/07 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena”#
08/09 — Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena”#
08/10 — St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center”#
08/11 — Indianapolis, IN @ Ruoff Music Center”#
08/13 — Cleveland, OH @ FirstEnergy Stadium*”$#’
09/17 — Cologne, DE @ Lanxess Arena’^
09/19 — Prague, CZ @ Sportovní Hala V Holešovicích’^
09/21 — Brussels, BE @ Palais 12’^
09/23 — Frankfurt, DE @ Festhalle’^
09/25 — Munich, DE @ Olympiahalle’^
09/27 — Milan, IT @ Mediolanum Forum’^
09/28 — Zurich, CH @ Hallenstadion’^
09/29 — Paris, FR @ Zenith’^
10/01 — London, UK @ OVO Arena Wembley’^
10/04 — Birmingham, UK @ Utilita Arena’^
10/06 — Leeds, UK @ First Direct Arena’^
10/07 — Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro’^
10/09 — Dublin, IE @ 3Arena’^
10/12 — Amsterdam, NL @ AFAS Live’^

* with Avril Lavigne
*** with Blackbear
^ with Iann Dior
+ with Pvris
” with Travis Barker
$ with Trippie Redd
# with Willow
’ with 44phantom

Nancy Pelosi Read A Bono Poem About Ukraine And St. Patrick’s Day, Which Prompted Many Jokes On Twitter

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Earlier today, Speaker Of The House Nancy Pelosi declared that at today’s Annual Friends Of Ireland Luncheon, she would be reading “reading a poem written by Bono about Ukraine.”

Initially, Dan Evon of Snopes speculated Pelosi meant she would be reading a poem by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko, which U2 shared on Twitter earlier this month. That proved not to be the case, though, as the publication confirmed with Pelosi’s spokesperson that the Speaker did actually plan to read a new poem penned by the U2 singer. Now, that reading has taken place and Twitter users have plenty of hilarious thoughts about it.

Pelosi noted the Irish musician and philanthropist sent her the poem this morning and it references St. Patrick’s Day and the ongoing situation in Ukraine. The poem concludes, “Ireland’s sorrow and pain / is now the Ukraine / and St. Patrick’s name now Zelenskyy.”

After the reading, Bono became a trending topic on Twitter as users came in hot with jokes. One wrote, “Just to let the Russians know, if the Bono poem doesn’t work, we’ve got a celebrity rendition of Imagine over Zoom that we can roll out.” Another quipped, “Between Bono’s poem and the TikTok dancers, Putin is toast.”

Some users even speculated what they thought the poem would be:

Check out some more reactions below.

Sudan Archives Is A Ruthless Siren In The Video For ‘Home Maker,’ Her First New Song In Three Years

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While Sudan Archives hasn’t released an original solo track in a few years, she did just come off of a slew of tour dates opening for Tame Impala in arenas across the country. She also took her violin-meets-ethereal vocals signature to a cover of Yoko Ono’s “Dogtown” for the excellent Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono album earlier this year. Now she has released “HomeMaker,” her first new track in three years.

“Home Maker” is an R&B pop song at its core, with a disco diva aesthetic. She’s a ruthless siren in the video, drawing men towards her irresistible ways. But now as a longtime LA resident, the Cincinnati native says the song is about becoming both independent and building a home with her partner.

“It took nesting — building a home, investing in partners that were worth my investment — to shake my anxiety and depression,” the Stone Throw records stalwart said in a statement. “For me, homemaking is a service to mental health and coping with fear and isolation. This song is about the effort put into making a relationship work and giving love a place to live.”

She’s heading out for a slew of festival performances in the US, Europe, and Canada. Check out her full list of 2022 summer festival stops below.

03/17 TX Austin Empire Garage (Stones Throw SXSW Showcase – headline)
03/27 TN Knoxville Big Ears Festival
03/28 MA Boston Boston Calling
06/04 OR Portland Beloved Festival
06/25 CA Alberta Sled Island
07/08 CA Montreal Le Festival International De Jazz De Montreal
07/09 CA Winnipeg Winnipeg Folk Festival
07/10 CA Winnipeg Winnipeg Folk Festival
07/24 WA Seattle Capitol Hill Block Party
07/29 NE Omaha Maha Festival
07/30 NE Omaha Maha Festival

08/25 UK London All Points East
08/27 SE Stockholm Popaganda Festival
08/28 UK Edinburgh Connect Festival
09/01 UK Salisbury End of the Road Festival
09/03 UK Bristol FORWARDS Festival

Prince’s Mythic 1986 Album ‘Camille’ Will Be Released By Jack White’s Third Man Records

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Prince’s 1986 album Camille was so rare that Jack White once bid close to $49,375 for one of the 25 known copies. White apparently tried to purchase another one at a 2017 auction but was outbid by Questlove. Now, Jack White and his label Third Man Records have gotten the rights to the mythical album that Prince recorded as his feminine alter ego, and will be releasing Camille out into the world.

“We’re finally going to put it out,” Third Man Records co-founder Ben Blackwell was quoted as saying in a Mojo print profile of White. “Prince’s people agreed – almost too easy.” In recording the album, Prince had pitch-shifted his vocals to sound like the album’s titular alter ego, but decided to scrap it shortly before its release. The album’s eight tracks have all been released in some way shape or form in the past, and you can hear the pitch-shifting effect by punching in the album titles into a streaming service. “Rebirth of the Flesh,” which appears on the Sign O’ The Times deluxe edition, is a good place to start.

The exact release date for the album has yet to be set, but Camille is due out via Third Man Records. Check out the complete tracklist below.

1. “Rebirth of the Flesh”
2. “Housequake”
3. “Strange Relationship”
4. “Feel U Up”
5. “Shockadelica”
6. “Good Love”
7. “If I Was Your Girlfriend”
8. “Rockhard in a Funky Place”

Cardi B Surprises Some By Showing Love To My Chemical Romance: ‘They Don’t Make Music Like This Anymore’

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Cardi B has never been afraid to show love to another artist. Whether it be through a social media post or does so through an official collaboration, we’ve seen Cardi B do it time and time again. Examples include Lizzo, Lil Kim, Taylor Swift, BTS, Robert Pattinson, Penn Badgley from Netflix’s You, and many more. There’s now a new name to that list and who they are may come as a surprise to some people.

In a recent tweet, Cardi B showed love to My Chemical Romance by resharing one of their old videos. “They don’t make music like this anymore,” she wrote with a clip from the band’s 2004 video “I’m Not Okay (I Promise).” The video portrays the bands as outcasts at a fictional high school, and eventually, they face off against the popular kids who are strapped with croquet mallets. The song was the lead single from the band’s 2004 album Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, which was certified Platinum less than a year after its release.

While My Chemical Romance has yet to respond to her post, Cardi’s fans did give some light-hearted responses to her tweet. “Cardi are you about to be in your emo era?” one fan asked while another wrote, “Remember when you used to release music? We miss that.”

You can view Cardi B’s tweet about My Chemical Romance above.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Lorde, Jack Harlow, And Migos Will Headline The 2022 Life Is Beautiful Festival

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The Life Is Beautiful festival is set to return to downtown Las Vegas this September. Headlining the positivity-focused fest, which goes down from September 16 to 18, are Lorde, Jack Harlow, Migos, Arctic Monkeys, Gorillaz, and more. Also set to appear are Rico Nasty, Sylvan Esso, Charli XCX, and Big Boi. Elsewhere in the EDM-heavy line-up of hitmakers are Calvin Harris and Kygo. More acts are expected to be added, and an official schedule of performances will be revealed soon.

“Every year we learn a little bit more from our audiences,” said Craig Asher Nyman, head of Music & Live Performances at Life Is Beautiful, in a statement. “What are they inspired by? What do they crave? And every year we have an opportunity to create something better and impact our community in a truly positive way.”

In addition to an eclectic musical line-up, Life Is Beautiful promises comedy performances and “world-renowned culinary offerings.” The
festival’s IDEAS Series will feature lectures by prominent speakers, previous line-ups having included RuPaul Charles, Deepak Chopra, and Bill Nye.

General on-sale begins Friday, March 18.

Check out the full line-up below.

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Some of the artists mentioned are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Performing At The 2022 Grammys Are Billie Eilish, BTS, Lil Nas X, And Others

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Slowly but surely, this year’s Grammy Awards ceremony is starting to come together. At the top of the year, the event was postponed, and not long after that, organizers revealed the show would be taking place on April 3 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, not its original venue, Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena. Now, we’re getting an idea of who’s going to be there: The Recording Academy and CBS revealed some of this year’s performers, a list that so far includes BTS, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow, Brandi Carlile, and Brothers Osbourne.

Those artists have a storied history with the Grammys. Eilish, for instance, won all four major awards at the 2020 show and had a major presence the next year, winning Record Of The Year for “Everything I Wanted,” which she also performed. As for BTS, this is their second year both being nominated for a Grammy and performing at the ceremony. Rodrigo had a huge Grammy year in 2021 as she was nominated for a whopping seven awards, which she called “probably the most meaningful” of her dreams that came true that year.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.