The self-proclaimed prettiest rapper on the planet has announced a 2019 North American tour.
ASAP Rocky’s “Injured Generation Tour” is scheduled to kick off on January 6, 2019 at Minneapolis’ Armory. You better believe the Harlem native will be performing records off of his third studio LP, TESTING, which was released in May of this year. The 21-city circuit is set to wrap up on February 6 in Kent, Washington, but we get the feeling the tour may be extended.
Check out Flacko’s tour announcement visual he posted via Twitter
11-11 Los Angeles, CA – Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival
12-08 New York, NY – Home for the Holidays
01-08 Minneapolis, MN – The Armory
01-09 Chicago, IL – UIC Pavilion
01-11 Toronto, Ontario – Coca-Cola Coliseum
01-13 Montreal, Ontario – Place Bell
01-15 Philadelphia, PA – The Liacouras Center
01-18 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
01-20 Washington, DC – The Anthem
01-22 Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum Complex
01-23 Duluth, GA – Infinite Energy Center
01-25 San Antonio, TX – Freeman Coliseum
01-26 Houston, TX – NRG Arena
01-27 Grand Prairie, TX – The Theatre at Grand Prairie
01-30 San Diego, CA – Valley View Casino Center
01-31 Inglewood, CA – The Forum
02-01 Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center
02-02 San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
02-05 Portland, OR – Veterans Memorial Coliseum
02-06 Kent, WA – accesso ShoWare Center
02-17 Miami, FL – IIIPoints
There’s a new sheriff in town! Oh, and by the way, her name is Dianna Lopez. And did we mention she can sing her as* off! In a world saturated with hip-hop and r&b, the New York native is in an alternative lane of her own. If Sade had a baby, Lopez would hands down fit the bill. Her sultry sound is nostalgic, yet contemporary –– not mention hypnotizing. NDLYSS spoke with with her recently in a one-on-one interview to find out the scoop on the new face of indie rock.
Dive in below.
Much of your music video collection utilizes strong storytelling technique, where do you draw your creative inspiration from and how hands-on are you with directing?
It all depends on the video, but most of the time I’m doing my visuals with friends or people who I know, it’s a collaboration. I usually come up with a concept or vision board of what I see… I’m pretty hands on. I like to keep things super simple. Honestly, some of the visuals were actually shot in my house.
What artists were you listening to in your younger years?
I definitely listen to Sade, my parents were always playing her growing up. Honestly, when you think about it Beyonce and Rihanna were like the only black girls that were pretty big when I was growing up. They were the people who I was listening to in middle school and high school. They were the only ones being represented in the media. I also listened to a lot of Donna Summers and a lot of old school music. I was only exposed to r&b and hip-hop when I was younger but as I get older I’ve found more interest in alternative music.
Do you have a theatrical background? I’ve noticed a recurring theme in your dance moves.
I grew up doing ballet and some interpretive dance at the Dance Theatre of Harlem. I’ve always loved to sing, act, and dance but I wasn’t sure which one I would pick growing up so I just picked all three. The one I really stuck to was singing.
Black Musicians are often boxed in by r&b and rap expectations, how difficult was it to find support on an alternative road less traveled?
It was really difficult when I first started. If you listen to my earlier music on Soundcloud you’ll hear the difference of people influencing me to do certain beats that is geared towards more of an r&b sound but it’s never really what I wanted to do. Once I started speaking out about what I was more interested in doing people would tell me it’s boring or that no one is going to want to listen to it. I just had to block out those negative people because if you love something you just have to do it regardless of people’s opinions.
Referencing your track “Tell me why – Brown Skin Song,” which you wrote as an open letter to women of color, have you ever faced colorism or shadeism in the music industry?
I’m going to steer away from the music industry because I wrote that song in the beginning stages of my career. My friend Dave Langston co-wrote the song. I decided to go with that song because I grew up in a town called Rockland County. Most of the schools that I attended were predominately white so a lot of my friends were white. I was always the one black girl… I dealt with a lot of racism although they didn’t realize they were doing it. I didn’t want to go out in the sun because I didn’t want to get too dark. I grew out of it and began to love myself. I want people to know black is beautiful.
“Predictable” is your first release of 2019 as a follow up to your 2018 EP, Foreign Space. What the overall concept?
It just so happened that some guy I used to talk to who comes in and out of my life as he pleases hit me up out of the blue. I’m at the point in my life where I’m not mad about him coming in and out, I’m just like you’re predictable. You can come but I’m not going to pay you much mind. He comes around every few months. It’s a pattern! I just wrote a song about it.
What in-store for your upcoming indie rock EP?
My fans can expect me to be more into my sound than I’ve ever been. There will be five songs on there with no features, it’s just me.
Grammy Award-winning artist/producer duo The Chainsmokers have announced their massive “WORLD WAR JOY” North American headline arena tour for fall. Multi-platinum band 5 Seconds of Summer, who is featured on The Chainsmokers’ latest single “Who Do You Love,” will be joining all dates along with rising pop star Lennon Stella, who is opening the show. The 41-city tour, produced by Live Nation, will kick off on September 25 in Cincinnati, OH and make stops in major cities across the U.S. and Canada before wrapping in Vancouver, BC on December 6. See full tour routing below.
Tickets for the tour will go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, February 15 at 10 am local time at LiveNation.com. Additionally, The Chainsmokers will offer VIP packages for each show with options that include premium seating, an invitation to The Chainsmokers’ soundcheck, a Q&A session with Alex and Drew immediately following soundcheck, specially designed merchandise and more. Fans can visit www.VIPNation.com for more information.
The tour announcement comes on the heels of The Chainsmokers’ latest single “Who Do You Love” featuring 5 Seconds of Summer. Released last week via Disruptor Records / Columbia Records, the track immediately shot to No. 1 on iTunes and has already accumulated nearly 14 million combined global streams to date. Additionally, the track was added to Spotify’s New Music Friday playlist in 37 countries, added to their largest playlist Today’s Top Hits and added to Today’s Hits on Apple Music.
The Chainsmokers Tour Dates:
September 25 — Cincinnati, OH @ U.S. Bank Arena
September 27 — Boston, MA@ TD Garden
September 28 — Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
September 29 — University Park, PA @ Bryce Jordan Center
October 3 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
October 4 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
October 5 — St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
October 8 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
October 9 — Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
October 11 — Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
October 12 — Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center
October 13 — Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
October 15 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
October 17 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
October 20 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
October 22 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
October 24 — Miami, FL @ AmericanAirlines Arena
October 25 — Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
October 26 — Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
October 29 — New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center
October 31 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
November 1 — Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center
November 2 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
November 6 — Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center
November 7 — Indianapolis, IN @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse
November 8 — St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center
November 9 — Madison, WI @ Coliseum at Alliant Energy Center
November 12 — Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum
November 14 — Oklahoma City, OK @ Chesapeake Energy Arena
November 15 — Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
November 16 — Wichita, KS @ INTRUST Bank Arena
November 19 — Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
November 21 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena
November 23 — Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Arena
November 24 — San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena
November 26 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
November 29 — San Francisco, CA @ TBA
December 1 — Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
December 3 — Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
December 5 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center
December 6 — Vancouver, BC @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
Coinciding with the first date of her debut headlining tour, today “music sensation” (People) Hailey Knox has dropped the all-too-relatable music video for her song “Hardwired”. Co-starring Cameron Boyce (from Disney’s “Descendants”) and shot at the YouTube Space in NYC, the video for “Hardwired” captures the lyrical content of the song, highlighting the isolated, disconnected growing pains of a young woman trying to find her voice: a somber Hailey sits at a diner with friends and imagines herself breaking out her introversion, finally feeling free to express herself.
Conceptualized in her bedroom and written on a hotel floor, “Hardwired” is one of Hailey’s most personal songs in her already impressive catalog of work. “I feel like I’m singing the notes jotted down in my journal” Hailey shared with Ladygunn who premiered the video today, while Sirius XM’s “The Coffee House” also recently added the song to their rotation. The track will also be a part of an upcoming Acoustic Cafe session.
The “bittersweet, poetic confessional” (Atwood) is the title track off of her recently released ‘Hardwired Mixtape’, a “soulfully infectious” (Brightest Young Things) collection of professionally recorded tracks, short voice memos, and demo-like looping snippets that showcase an artist with songwriting chops wise-beyond-years, and an unforgettable live performance where Hailey has the “ability to create a symphony of sounds with just her voice, a guitar and a looping pedal” (Earmilk).
Her headlining tour, which starts today in Philadelphia, will stop in 14 cities including New York City, Washington, D.C., Boston, Chicago, and Nashville. The tour follows a recent performance at SUNDANCE as part of the BMI “Snowball” showcase. Hailey promoted that appearance by performing on local morning shows Good Day Utah (KSTU) and Salt Lake City Fresh Living (KUTV).
THE HARDWIRED TOUR DATES
2/12 – Philadelphia, PA – Boot & Saddle
2/14 – Baltimore, MD – Metro
2/16 – Pittsburgh, PA – Smiling Moose
2/17 – Detroit, MI – Lager House
2/19 – Chicago, IL – Shubas
2/22 – Nashville, TN – High Watt
2/23 – Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn
2/24 – Richmond, VA – The Camel
2/25 – Washington D.C. – Songbyrd
2/27 – Asbury Park, NJ – Wonder Bar
2/28 – New York, NY – The Loft @ City Winery
3/1 – Hamden, CT – The Space
3/2 – Amityville, NY – Amityville Music Hall
3/3 – Boston, MA – Middle East
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