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The Hollywood Bowl’s Packed 2024 Summer Season Features Mitski, Beck, Roots Picnic, And Much More

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Today (February 6), the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association announced the 2024 summer season for the Hollywood Bowl. The legendary venue will host performances from artists like Mitski (in her Hollywood Bowl debut) and Beck, as well as the first West Coast edition of Roots Picnic, featuring The Roots, Queen Latifah, Common, Digable Planets, Arrested Development, The Pharcyde, Black Sheep, and more.

Other highlights from the season include the world premiere of Marvel Studios’ “Infinity Saga Concert Experience,” a Juneteenth celebration with T-Pain and special guests, the two-day Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival featuring artists like Kamasi Washington and Robert Glasper, and other performances by artists including Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit, Chaka Khan, Gary Clark Jr., and Herbie Hancock.

Check out the full list of upcoming Hollywood Bowl performances from summer onward below, and find more information at the Hollywood Bowl website.

Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival

Saturday, June 15, 3:30 p.m.
Arsenio Hall, host
Jodeci
Christian McBride
Charles Lloyd with Jason Moran, Larry Grenadier, and Brian Blade
Mulatu Astatke
Alex Isley
Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA

Sunday, June 16, 3:30 p.m.
Arsenio Hall, host
Kamasi Washington
Robert Glasper with special guest Yebba
Cory Henry
Soul Rebels with special guest Seun Kuti
Baby Rose
Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band
Aneesa Strings

Juneteenth Celebration

T-Pain Plus Special Guests — Wednesday, June 19, 8 p.m.
T-Pain
Color of Noise Orchestra
Derrick Hodge, conductor

Opening Night at the Bowl

Henry Mancini 100th Celebration — Sunday, June 23, 7:30 p.m.
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Special guests to include Michael Bublé, Dave Koz, and Monica Mancini

Roots Picnic: Hip-Hop is the Love of My Life

Saturday, June 29, 8 p.m.
The Roots
Queen Latifah
Common
Digable Planets
Arrested Development
The Pharcyde
Black Sheep
And more…

July Fourth Fireworks Spectacular with Harry Connick Jr.

Tuesday, July 2, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 3, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 4, 7:30 p.m.
Harry Connick Jr.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Thomas Wilkins, conductor

Beck with the LA Phil

Saturday, July 6. 8 p.m.
Beck
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Steven Reineke, conductor

Patti LaBelle

Sunday, July 7, 7:30 p.m.

Scheherazade

Tuesday, July 9, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Elim Chan, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Unsuk CHIN subito con forza
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade

All-Gershwin

Thursday, July 11, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Lionel Bringuier, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Isabel Leonard, vocalist
GERSHWIN Cuban Overture
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
GERSHWIN Song Selections
GERSHWIN Variations on “I Got Rhythm”
GERSHWIN An American in Paris

Maestro of the Movies: John Williams with the LA Phil

Friday, July 12, 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 13, 8 p.m.
Sunday, July 14, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
John Williams, conductor
David Newman, conductor

Ray Chen Plays Tchaikovsky

Tuesday, July 16, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
David Afkham, conductor
Ray Chen, violin
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”

Big Band Night

Maria Schneider Orchestra • Count Basie Orchestra
Wednesday, July 17, 8 p.m.

Ballet Folklórico de Mexico with the LA Phil

Thursday, July 18, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández
Salvador López López, general director
Viviana Basanta, artistic director
CHÁVEZ Symphony No. 2, “Sinfonía India”
Juan Pablo CONTRERAS Mariachitlán
Gabriela ORTIZ Antrópolis
REVUELTAS Sensemayá
Arturo MÁRQUEZ Danzón No. 2
LARA (arr. Ferrer) Danzones de Lara
MONCAYO Huapango

Disney ’80s-’90s Celebration in Concert

Friday, July 19, 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 20, 8 p.m.
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Sarah Hicks, conductor

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit • Sylvan Esso

Uwade
Sunday, July 21, 7 p.m.
KCRW Festival

Mozart Under the Stars

Tuesday, July 23, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
MOZART Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3
MOZART Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”

All-Beethoven

Thursday, July 25, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
David Robertson, conductor
Sunwook Kim, piano
Clara-Jumi Kang, violin
Hayoung Choi, cello
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

Chaka Khan

Friday, July 26, 8 p.m.

The Music of Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, and More: Boublil and Schönberg’s Do You Hear the People Sing?

Sunday, July 28, 7:30 p.m.

Stravinsky & Khachaturian

Tuesday, July 30, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Kevin John Edusei, conductor
Martin Chalifour, violin
KHACHATURIAN Violin Concerto
KHACHATURIAN Spartacus Suite No. 2
STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite (1919 version)

Schumann & Bruch

Thursday, August 1, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Xian Zhang, conductor
Karen Gomyo, violin
WAGNER Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1
R. SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1, “Spring”

Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks

Friday, August 2, 8 p.m.
Saturday, August 3, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Otto Tausk, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, piano
USC Trojan Marching Band
TCHAIKOVSKY Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY Suite from Sleeping Beauty
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture

Reggae Night XXII

Jamrock Reggae Night at the Bowl
Sunday, August 4, 7 p.m.
KCRW Festival

Prokofiev & Shostakovich

Tuesday, August 6, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Ryan Bancroft, conductor
Denis Kozhukhin, piano
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10

Laufey with the LA Phil

Wednesday, August 7, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Conductor to be announced

Symphonic Tango & Flamenco

Thursday, August 8, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
François López-Ferrer, conductor
Blake Pouliot, violin
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
Emilio Ochando, choreographer
FALLA The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
PIAZZOLLA Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
DEBUSSY Ibéria
RAVEL Boléro

Artist to be announced

Saturday, August 10, 8 p.m.
Sunday, August 11, 7:30 p.m.

India.Arie

Friday, August 9, 8 p.m.

All-Rachmaninoff

Tuesday, August 13, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Alexander Malofeev, piano
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2

Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters 50th

Wednesday, August 14, 8 p.m.
Herbie Hancock
Harvey Mason
Bennie Maupin
Bill Summers
Marcus Miller

The Elements with Joshua Bell

Thursday, August 15, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Rodolfo Barráez, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
COPLAND El Salón México
Kevin PUTS/Edgar MEYER/Jake HEGGIE/Jennifer HIGDON/Jessie MONTGOMERY The
Elements
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

The Gipsy Kings

Featuring Nicolas Reyes
Friday, August 16, 8 p.m.
Saturday, August 17, 8 p.m.

Smooth Summer Jazz

George Benson
Sunday, August 18, 6:30 p.m.

All-Dvořák with Midori

Tuesday, August 20, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Christian Reif, conductor
Midori, violin
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7

Gary Clark Jr. and The War and Treaty

Wednesday, August 21, 8 p.m.

The Rite of Spring

Thursday, August 22, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Teddy Abrams, conductor
Program to include:
Michael Tilson THOMAS Agnegram
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

Pink Martini Featuring China Forbes

Friday, August 23, 8 p.m.
Saturday, August 24, 8 p.m.

Mt. Joy

Sunday, August 25, 7 p.m.
KCRW Festival

Singin’ in the Rain in Concert

Tuesday, August 27, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
David Newman, conductor

Gustavo Dudamel & Yunchan Lim

Thursday, August 29, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Yunchan Lim, piano
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

Marvel Studios Infinity Saga Concert Experience

Friday, August 30, 8 p.m.
Saturday, August 31, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

Toto and Christopher Cross

Sunday, September 1, 7:30 p.m.

Carmen and Carnival with Dudamel

Tuesday, September 3, 8 p.m.
Thursday, September 5, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Sergio Tiempo, piano
Karin Lechner, piano
Rihab Chaieb, mezzo-soprano
Roberto SIERRA Fandangos
BIZET Scenes from Carmen
Roberto SIERRA Alegría
SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

Wednesday, September 4, 8 p.m.
Trombone Shorty
Big Boi

Natalia Lafourcade with the LA Phil

Friday, September 6, 8 p.m.
Saturday, September 7, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

Vance Joy

‘dream your life away’ 10-Year Anniversary Tour
Sunday, September 8, 7 p.m.
KCRW Festival

Dudamel Leads Beethoven 9

Tuesday, September 10, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Key’mon Murrah, countertenor
Hera Hyesang Park, soprano
Samantha Hankey, mezzo-soprano
Anthony León, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon, Artistic Director
Jenny Wong, Associate Artistic Director
BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

Sammy Davis, Jr. at 100

Wednesday, September 11, 8 p.m.

Dudamel and the Stars of Opera

Thursday, September 12, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Diana Damrau, soprano
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
VERDI Overture to I Vespri siciliani
MASCAGNI Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
VARIOUS Selected arias and duets
RESPIGHI Pines of Rome

Boyz II Men

Friday, September 13, 8 p.m.
Saturday, September 14, 8 p.m.
Sunday, September 15, 8 p.m.
Fireworks Finale

Rodrigo y Gabriela

Wednesday, September 18, 8 p.m.

The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA

Friday, September 20, 8 p.m.

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music Sing-along

Saturday, September 21, 6 p.m. Pre-show; 7:30 p.m. film
Melissa Peterman, host

Cumbia at the Bowl!

Sunday, September 22, 7 p.m.
KCRW Festival
Grupo Cañaveral de Humberto Pabón
La Sonora Dinamita
Los Hermanos Flores

Camilo

Thursday, September 26, 8 p.m.

Mitski

Sharon Van Etten
Saturday, September 28, 8 p.m.

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

Jason Isbell Is Super Confused By Backlash Over Janelle Monáe’s NSFW Video: ‘I Don’t Know WTF You People Want If It Isn’t That

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It’s Janelle Monáe’s world, and we all live in it. Jason Isbell is just glad to be along for the ride. After several clips of Monáe flashing their bare breast to the crowd went viral (as did her “Lipstick Lover” visual), social media was flooded with varying opinions. While some begged for more, others weren’t pleased with the musician. However, Isbell is confused by the backlash over Monáe’s NSFW video.

He tweeted, “Wait, there are people who don’t like Janelle’s video? Seriously I don’t know wtf you people want if it isn’t that,” adding, “There are some things we all just agree it’s awesome so we can go about our business. Like gold, diamonds, Outkast, and this video.”

Isbell isn’t the only musician impressed by the video. Cardi B uploaded (and quickly deleted) a sexual meme to give her stamp of approval.

Over the last few weeks, the musician has let it all hang out as they count down the days to the release of their forthcoming album, The Age Of Pleasure. But, eventually, the musician decided to lean into their freedom of expression nixing their designer duds at the 2023 Met Gala for a string bikini which she then wore as she danced atop a New York bar.

Monáe doesn’t care about the backlash, writing on Twitter, “Titties out for the next 15 years.” The entertainer has had quite the about-face since the “Float” singer threatened to withhold future releases after a fan joked about the Monáe former conservative black-and-white wardrobe.

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

Musicians React To The Supreme Court Officially Overturning Roe V. Wade

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It’s official: The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade today, following the leak of a draft of a majority opinion back in early May. People all over the country, and world, are deeply upset about the decision, including some prominent figures in the music community, who are taking to social media today to share their thoughts on the situation.

Taylor Swift shared Michelle Obama’s letter about the decision and added, “I’m absolutely terrified that this is where we are – that after so many decades of people fighting for women’s rights to their own bodies, today’s decision has stripped us of that.”

In a statement shared on social media, Pearl Jam wrote, “No one, not the government, not politicians, not the Supreme Court should prevent access to abortion, birth control, and contraceptives. People should have the FREEDOM to choose. Today’s decision impacts everyone and it will particularly affect poor women who can’t afford to travel to access health care. We will stay active, we will not back down and we will never give up.”

Jason Isbell tweeted, “If you’re gonna talk about how divided we are as a nation, you’ll want to mention SCOTUS decisions like this one, handing power to state reps in crazy-ass gerrymandered districts and completely ignoring the will of the majority of US citizens. This is not what the people want.” He later added, “Eggs ain’t chicken. Something has to be born before it can be murdered. That’s about as simple as it gets.”

Others offered more concise messages, like Maggie Rogers, who wrote, “abortion is healthcare. bodily autonomy is a human right.” Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon also said, “No. Not gonna last. This country is not the country we are supposedly promised. This is not for all, it’s for some.” Finneas added, “I don’t even know what to say other than absolutely f*ck this.”

Check out some more reactions below, from Cat Power, Tyler The Creator, Tegan And Sara, and others.

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

Jason Isbell Criticized Morgan Wallen’s Surprise Appearance On The Grand Ole Opry

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Morgan Wallen had a strange 2021. He was very commercially successful as his second album Dangerous: The Double Album was the most popular album of the year. However, he was also caught on camera using the N word, a moment that evoked tons of backlash from mainstream critics. In one of his first interviews since the incident, Wallen called his use of the slur “playful,” but has also said a number of times that it was wrong for him to say it and apologized. Since Dangerous is the first album to stay at No. 1 on the Billboard charts for eight weeks in over a decade, it’s clear that Wallen still has plenty of listeners despite the misstep.

But others aren’t so quick to forgive him. When Wallen made a surprise appearance on the Grand Ole Opry this weekend, when an artist he’s collaborated and written with, Ernest, was performing. Ernest is a co-writer on Wallen’s “More Than My Hometown” hit, and the pair recently released the collaboration “Flower Shops,” so naturally, Ernest invited Wallen to perform that tune with him on the Opry stage. While the Opry itself seemed to welcome the surprise, others artists criticized the institution for tacitly co-signing Wallen. Jason Isbell, in particular, has spoken out about the situation. Early on, Wallen covered Isbell’s incredible song, “Cover Me Up,” so naturally Jason feels the need to speak out, and he even donated all the proceeds from Wallen’s version to the NAACP.

“Last night @opry you had a choice- either upset one guy and his ‘team,’ or break the hearts of a legion of aspiring Black country artists,” Isbell wrote. “You chose wrong and I’m real sad for a lot of my friends today. Not surprised though. Just sad. The thing that really upsets me is bigger than one person’s words. It’s the idea of a young Black artist walking into that venue and wondering if ANYBODY is on their side. What a lot of us consider to be a grand ole honor can be terrifying for some. Doesn’t have to be that way.”

Other artists like Joy Oladokun and Alison Russell, who performs as Outside Child, also shared their frustration and sadness over Wallen’s appearance:

A group called the Black Opry, founded by Holly G and described as “a home for Black artists and Black fans of country, blues, folk, and Americana music” also issued an open letter to the Opry about the incident. You can check that out in full below.