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• Last updated: 19 Jul 2021, 16:23:06
• Published: 19 Jul 2021, 16:22:59
• Written by: Erica Lauren
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The Killers have revealed expansive 2022 touring plans. The news followed their reveal that they will release their new seventh studio album, Pressure Machine , next month (8/13/21). The group had previously released their album Imploding the Mirage just last year. Ahead of their 2022 trek, The Killers have plans to perform at music festivals this year like Firefly and Sandjam Festival.

The North American dates will kick off next August at Vancouver, British Columbia's Rogers Arena and wrap up in October at Detroit, Michigan's Little Caesars Arena. See below for a full list of The Killers' 2022 tour dates. Tickets for the shows are set to go on sale this Friday July 23 at 10 AM. For more details visit the band's official website .

The Killers 2022 Tour Dates

Aug. 19 - Vancouver, British Columbia @Rogers Arena

Aug. 20 - Seattle, Wash. @ Climate Pledge Arena

Aug. 21 - Portland, Ore. @ Moda Center

Aug. 23 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Chase Center

Aug. 24 - San Diego, Calif. 2 Pechanga Arena

Aug. 26 - Las Vegas, Nev. @ T-Mobile Arena

Aug. 27 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Banc of California Stadium

Aug. 30 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ Vivint Arena

Aug. 31 - Denver, Colo. @ Ball Arena

Sept. 8 - Houston, Texas @ Toyota Center

Sept. 9 - Austin, Texas @ Moody Center

Sept. 10 - Fort Worth, Texas @ Dickies Arena

Sept. 13 - Miami, Fla. @ FTX Arena

Sept. 14 - Orlando, Fla. @ Amway Center

Sept. 16 - Atlanta, Ga. @ State Farm Arena

Sept. 17 - Nashville, Tenn. @ Bridgestone Arena

Sept. 18 - St. Louis, Mo. @ Chaifetz Arena

Sept. 20 - St. Paul, Minn. @ Xcel Energy Center

Sept. 21 - Chicago, Ill. @ United Center

Sept. 23 - Toronto, Ontario @ Scotiabank Arena

Sept. 24 - Montreal, Quebec @ Bell Centre

Sept. 25 - Verona, N.Y. @ Turning Stone Event Center

Sept. 29 - Washington, D.C. @ Capital One Arena

Sept. 30 - New York, N.Y. @ Madison Square Garden

Oct. 1 - New York, N.Y. @ Madison Square Garden

Oct. 3 - Boston, Mass. @ TD Garden

Oct. 4 - University Park, Pa. @ Bryce Jordan Center

Oct. 6 - Pittsburgh, Pa. @Petersen Events Center

Oct. 7 - Cleveland, Ohio @ Wolstein Center

Oct. 8 - Detroit, Mich. @ Little Caesars Arena

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It was amazing!!! From the moment they went on stage to the very last second it was just so much positive energy coming from the band. The crowd was bad, but that isn’t The Killers’ fault! They did the absolute most and it paid off. Brandon hit those high notes despite his flu, Ronnie was legendary on the drums, Ted was amazing, the choir was amazing, et cetera et cetera. It’s a shame (especially for the people that DID know all their songs) that the crowd bothered them so much that they didn’t play Mr. Brightside, but again, the band isn’t to blame.

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This was, so far, the best concert for The Killers that I've ever seen (& I've seen them 3 times already). The acoustics for the Staples Center wasn't the absolute best, but it didn't matter when the whole stadium was singing at the top of their lungs along with the band. First of all, since this was the Wonderful Wonderful Tour, I thought the band would play mostly songs from the new album, but to my surprise, they performed a great mix of songs from their entire discography. What surprised me the most was that The Killers played a ton more songs from their Hot Fuss album than they ever had before. They even dug deep to perform such notable songs like "Andy, You're A Star" & "Smile Like You Mean It". A beautifully sweet touch was when the band performed a new, sort of spur-of-the-moment, song about Los Angeles...a song they had written on the road just before their L.A. leg of the tour. One of the major highlights of the entire concert was when the band had invited a young teenage fan up onto the stage to play the drums on the song "For Reasons Unknown". Apparently this has become an ongoing tradition of the band, to invite fans up on the stage to perform with them. This was such a touching, yet totally bad-ass moment, & I hope The Killers keep on doing this at every concert tour from now on. By the end of the concert, my friends & I had lost our voices from singing & screaming so loudly, but it was one thousand percent worth it. The Killers proved with their electrifying & humorous stage presence, along with their amazing voices & talent, that they will forever hold the spot of being my all-time favorite band.

I actually saw the show at Barclays on Tuesday the 8th. Let me start by saying I see a lot of concerts every year and was only familiar with the better known of The Killers songs. Having said that - they were EXCELLENT! Flowers is a magnificent front man with a set of pipes to carry stadiums. The band is flawless and so rock and roll. I will judge a band by how much they can hook me with a song I’ve never heard before . From the opening with Wonderful Wonderful and The Man thru The Calling start to the encore I was dazzled. I downloaded everything and I’m now a confirmed fan. I will see them again ASAP. One of the best live I have seen -ever. And I’m no spring chicken.

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Imploding the mirage tour with special guest johnny marr.

• Date Sep 16 , 2022
• Event Starts 7:30 PM
• Doors Open 6:30 PM
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The killers will be heading back to the road to celebrate both pressure machine and imploding the mirage , along with their much-loved catalog of global hits, in 2022. .

Tickets go on sale on Friday, July 23rd, at 10 am local time via the band’s website or on Ticketmaster.com .

The Killers will release their seventh studio album, entitled Pressure Machine , on Island Records on August 13, 2021 .  The album was co-produced by the band, Shawn Everett , and Jonathan Rado (of Foxygen), all of whom worked together on The Killers’ critically-acclaimed album Imploding The Mirage , released last year. 

When the Covid-19 pandemic shut down the promotional run and worldwide tour for The Killers’ majestic, critically-acclaimed 2020 album Imploding the Mirage , “everything came to this grinding halt,” says frontman Brandon Flowers . “And it was the first time in a long time for me that I was faced with silence.  And out of that silence this record began to bloom, full of songs that would have otherwise been too quiet and drowned out by the noise of typical Killers records.”  Indeed, for the first time since 2004, the relentless momentum and pressures of being in a globally-renowned, stadium-shaking band stopped.  Enter Pressure Machine : a view into the everyday realities of a small American town with a stark, tough beauty, and The Killers’ most restrained and resonant album yet.

A video from Brandon about Pressure Machine can be seen now via Apple Music.  Click HERE to watch it. 

A quieter, character-study-driven album, Pressure Machine lives squarely in Flowers’ hometown of Nephi, Utah, a close-knit community of 5300 people with no traffic lights, a rubber plant, wheat fields, and the West Hills.  Nephi is the place Flowers spent his formative years (10-16), saying “ had it not been for advancements in the automotive industry, Nephi in the 90s could have been the 1950s .”  The album’s songs are based on the memories and stories of people that impacted him growing up, interspersed with commentary from current Nephi locals about their town.  “ We were discussing [Brandon] moving to Nephi as a kid and being stuck in the middle of nowhere,” says the band’s drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr . “And during Covid-19, it started to feel like we were all in the middle of nowhere.”  Concurs Flowers, “I discovered this grief that I hadn’t dealt with,” he says, “many memories of my time in Nephi are tender.  But the ones tied to fear or great sadness were emotionally charged.  I’ve got more understanding now than when we started the band, and hopefully I was able to do justice to these stories and these lives in this little town that I grew up in.”

The resulting record is an aural document of growing up - and living - in the American Southwest, told from a myriad of perspectives.  For the first time in his life, Flowers had complete lyrics before a note of music was put to tape.  No stranger to inhabiting different characters in songs, on Pressure Machine he steps into the shoes of some of the people whose lives he watched unfold as a teen.  The album weaves the threads of Flowers’ signature lyricism throughout his career into a perfect whole culminating in the most elegant album The Killers have ever made.

Through its characters and also its title, the album squares up to the unbending pressure of the American dream compounded by religious disenchantment.  A born optimist, moments of beauty inevitably shine out of the grief of Flowers's songs:  the healing arrival of summer, the first crop of hay, sweeter skies.  Pressure Machine’s stories detail the real life personal battles, overwhelming regrets, local tragedies, and the opioid epidemic that hit Flowers’ hometown, as well as every hometown in America.  Flowers sings about the choices people make, for better and for worse, and the consequences of those choices; the ones who were left behind, and the ones that can’t be forgotten. 

Pressure Machine’s album cover image was shot on the highway just outside Nephi, taken as photographer Wes Johnson passed a roadside inspirational display set up by a local Baptist church.  Johnson took dozens of incredible images of Flowers’ hometown throughout the early part of 2021, many of which are featured in the album’s packaging for the physical edition. 

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The Killers Tour 2024: Presale, tickets, venues, dates, where to buy, and more

T he Killers' 2024 tour is scheduled to be held from June 14, 2024, to July 7, 2024, in venues across mainland UK as well as Ireland and Scotland. The tour is in support of the band's upcoming album, Rebel Diamonds , which is set to be released on December 8, 2023.

The band announced the new tour, which will feature performances in Dublin, Manchester, Glasgow, and more cities, via a post on their official Instagram page on December 1, 2023.

The presale for the tour will start on December 6, 2023, at 9:30 am GMT. Presale can be accessed by pre-ordering the new album from the band's official website. General tickets for the tour will be available from December 8, 2023, at 9:30 am GMT.

Tickets can be purchased via the brand's official website and prices for the same have not been announced as of this writing.

The Killers Tour 2024 dates and venues

The Killers are set to release their fourth compilation album, Rebel Diamonds , on December 8, 2023. Speaking about the album in the trailer of the same, the band elaborated, stating:

"See it's been said that what's remembered lives… and we've racked up stadiums full of memories the past twenty years, enough to fill lifetimes. Twenty songs for twenty years."

The full list of dates and venues for The Killers' 2024 tour is given below:

• June 14, 2024 – Dublin, Ireland at 3arena
• June 15, 2024 – Dublin, Ireland at 3arena
• June 18, 2024 – Manchester, UK at Co-Op Live
• June 19, 2024 – Manchester, UK at Co-Op Live
• June 21, 2024 – Manchester, UK at Co-Op Live
• June 25, 2024 – Glasgow, Scotland at Ovo Hydro
• June 26, 2024 – Glasgow, Scotland at Ovo Hydro
• July 4, 2024 – London, UK at The O2
• July 5, 2024 – London, UK at The O2
• July 7, 2024 – London, UK at The O2

An overview of The Killers' music career

The Killers released their debut studio album, Hot Fuss , on June 15, 2004. The multi-platinum certified album peaked as a chart-topper on the Australian and UK album chart. It remains the band's most successful album to date.

The band released their second studio album, Sam's Town , on October 3, 2006, and it peaked as a chart-topper on the Irish, Kiwi, and UK album charts. Day & Age , the band's third studio album, was released on November 18, 2008. It ranked on the Irish and UK album charts and also peaked at number 2 on the Kiwi album chart.

In 2009, the band released their live album, Live from the Royal Albert Hall , on November 6, 2009. The Killers' last major success came with their fourth studio album, Battle Born , which was released on September 18, 2012.

Aside from their studio albums, the band also found success with their second compilation album , Direct Hits , which was released on November 11, 2013.

Fans are now excited to see the group in action on their upcoming tour in 2024.

The Killers add four new dates to 2024 ‘ Rebel Diamonds ’ tour

The celebratory shows will mark 20 years of the band’s big-hitting las vegas rock..

7th December 2023 Words: Daisy Carter

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Just before the arrival of their forthcoming compilation album ‘Rebel Diamonds’ (out on 8th December), Las Vegas’ The Killers have announced that they’ll be marking the record’s release with a 2024 arena tour of the UK and Ireland - to which they’ve just added four new dates!

Alongside the album - which is set to feature hits like ‘Mr Brightside’, ‘When You Were Young’, ‘Human’ and more - the run of shows will celebrate 20 years of the band’s beloved indie anthems; a career which has seen them headline Glastonbury and taken them on tour around the world. Tickets for the ‘Rebel Diamonds’ tour will go on general sale at 9:30am tomorrow (Friday 8th December) with The Killers and special guests Travis playing the following dates:

JUNE 2024 12 Dublin, 3Arena (just added) 14 Dublin, 3Arena 15 Dublin, 3Arena 18 Manchester, Co-Op Live 19 Manchester, Co-Op Live 21 Manchester, Co-Op Live 22 Manchester, Co-Op Live (just added) 25 Glasgow, Ovo Hydro 26 Glasgow, Ovo Hydro 27 Glasgow, Ovo Hydro (just added)

JULY 2024 04 London, The O2 05 London, The O2 07 London, The O2 08 London, ,The O2 (just added)

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“If you came looking for rock 'n’ roll, you came to the right place.”

That’s what The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers announced to the nearly sold out Schottenstein Center Tuesday night.

The Killers have seemed to exist in a time-exempt capsule. They equally feel like a nostalgia grab for the 2000s, but they also feel like a Brit rock/New Wave band from the ‘80s.

They’re your present-day rock star’s favorite band. They have two of the biggest crowd-pleasers in “Mr. Brightside” and “Somebody Told Me” yet somehow feel criminally underrated.

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All of the above was evident by the fanbase that showed up at their concert Tuesday night at the Schottenstein Center. Fans ranged from kids going to their first concert to twentysomethings to veteran rock 'n’ rollers.

While they have never managed to dull the noise mainstream-wise of their debut album “Hot Fuss” — which turns 20 next year — their 2011 album, “Wonderful, Wonderful,” was their first No 1. album on the U.S. Billboard 200. Their latest album, “Pressure Machine,” was released in 2021.

While The Killers have undergone multiple iterations of its lineup, the band has finally reformed with three of its original members for their upcoming eighth album. Although they always have different touring lineups. The Killers, in recent years, have been largely a training ground for the basement rockers who were inspired by them back during their mainstream debut in 2003.

While their "Imploding the Mirage" tour is named after their 2020 album of the same name, the show was a full retrospective of everything from their beginning to now.

Flowers even honored the rock 'n’ roll legends that came before him like Elvis Presley, donning a black blazer, white tank top, black slacks & black leather shoes.

In one moment, you could see that he feels the music in his body. In other moments, you could hear it from his soul when he belted Freddie Mercury-like notes.

Flowers’ voice can go lower than the bass player yet reach soaring heights like belting into the Grand Canyon in songs like “Shot at the Night” and “Be Still,” the latter being the highlight of Flowers’ live vocal performance.

There were times in songs where it was clear that Flowers’ energy had been spent and he was tired. During their performance of “Somebody Told Me,” while a crowd pleaser, Flowers let the audience do most of the singing. It is understandable though; he sings many lyrics in close succession.

Flowers even remarked on his voice about halfway into the hour-and-a-half set. “When we came out here tonight, I was a little worried about my voice,” Flowers said. “It’s a frightening thing, I just wanna do good for you.”

However, the crowd’s energy fueled Flowers.

“When we got on stage,” he said. “It just came right back to me.”

The entire concert Flowers smiled at the crowd like being reunited with old friends.

He even remarked that they were now “big time” by playing the Schottenstein Center. It seems that even The Killers forget how much of an icon they are.

While Flowers is the face and voice of The Killers, the band’s original drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr.’s talents must be commended. His drum solos during songs like “Spaceman” and “A Dustland Fairytale” are enamoring to witness and the crowd couldn’t get enough.

Electric guitarist Ted Sablay, who also served as one of the openers, absolutely killed (pun intended) his guitar solos in songs like “Caution.”

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There was plenty of call-and-response with the audience throughout the entire concert, but near the end of the show during “All These Things That I’ve Done,” the entire crowd sang one of the most iconic lines in modern rock 'n’ roll for several minutes before Flowers even sang it.

“I’ve got soul, but I’m not a soldier.”

What does it mean? No one knows, but Flowers definitely has soul in the way he projects his voice. Flowers even remarked that nobody projects his voice like he does. But he commends his band, particularly Vannucci, for giving him the drive to belt.

The show began and ended with explosions of confetti, pyrotechnics, laser light shows and rock 'n’ roll. The Killers didn’t leave it all on the stage, they left it all in the crowd. Flowers stepped over the barrier between the crowd and the stage many times. Vannucci even threw his drumsticks into the crowd at the end of the show.

It’s safe to say that The Killers will remain in their rock 'n’ roll status, but will they be a band we wished we paid closer attention to once they are no longer here?

Luckily for now, we get to look on the bright side and be thankful that we don’t have to.

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The Killers arrive for four nights at Co-op Live as part of their Rebel Diamonds tour, The tour marks the band's first time in UK arenas since 2017.

The upcoming dates are the first time The Killers have played arena shows in the UK since 2017’s Wonderful Wonderful tour, and follow the band’s most recent stadium tour, which saw them play to 400,000 fans at sold out shows including two euphoric nights at London’s Emirates Stadium in June 2022, and last year’s standout headline shows at Reading & Leeds Festivals. 

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Sudden Little Thrills: The Killers, SZA, Wiz Khalifa, more set to play new Pittsburgh festival

A new two-day music festival based in Pittsburgh is bringing together The Killers , SZA , St. Vincent , Crowded House and other music stars this fall.

The inaugural Sudden Little Thrills Music Festival, taking place Sept. 7-8, will spotlight acts such as Melanie Martinez, Omar Apollo , Fletcher, Lupe Fiasco and Yung Gravy, along with local culinary offerings. The diverse lineup also includes Wiz Khalifa , Girl Talk and emerging indie band Feeble Little Horse.

More bands slated to perform are Corook, Fedd the God and Krunk and the Center of Life Band.

"Inspired by Pittsburgh’s arts and culture legacy, the name Sudden Little Thrills embodies the ethos of the festival – to be present and open to sudden moments of fun, joy and inspiration," a festival press release said.

Sudden Little Thrills is produced by the team behind world-class festivals including Lollapalooza , Austin City Limits Music Festival , Oceans Calling Festival, Railbird and more. 

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Pre-sale tickets are available at 10 a.m. Thursday.  Fans can sign up to receive an exclusive presale passcode at  SuddenLittleThrillsFestival.com . The public on-sale begins 11 a.m. Thursday on the festival's official website.

General Admission+Lounge tickets will provide relaxed seating, air-conditioned restrooms, a private bar with drinks for purchase and complimentary water plus a concierge to assist with festival needs.

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It’s not confidential: The Killers’ smash hit is turning 20

In honor of the 20th anniversary of one of the band’s signature tunes, let’s look back on the song that helped make The Killers a household name.

It’s not confidential, the song always had potential.

Two decades later, that potential has been fulfilled — and then some.

On March 15, 2004, The Killers’ smash hit “Somebody Told Me” was released.

Girl troubles

It’s kind of hard to believe in hindsight that a future heartthrob like Killers frontman Brandon Flowers once had his struggles with the ladies.

And yet, that’s exactly what “Somebody Told Me” is all about — “A breakin’ my back just to know your name,” Flowers sings during the song’s opening refrain, alluding to the challenges of making a connection at the club.

“We were going out to clubs a lot at the time,” Flowers explained of the song’s origins in a 2013 interview with “Entertainment Weekly.” “It speaks to a young man’s frustration, the difficulty of picking up girls.”

Oh, those frustrations would end soon enough.

A breakout hit

Though “Somebody” was technically the second single released from The Killers’ debut “Hot Fuss,” it was really the song that broke the band. “Mr. Brightside” came out first in September 2003 but didn’t become a massive hit until it was re-released the following year. “Somebody” was the song that got the band its first serious airplay.

Another nod to New Order

The Killers took their name from the fictitious band in the video for “Crystal” by British post-punk greats New Order. They keep the New Order references going in the clip for “Somebody”: the wall of LED screens surrounding The Killers as they perform in the video a seemingly direct nod to the same imagery in the aforementioned New Order vid.

Second time was the charm

Like “Brightside,” “Somebody” was released twice as a single. First, with a now-rare pink cover — the 7-inch version fetches well over $50 on music sites Discogs.com today. It was reissued with a blue background, the far more commonplace version as the song rocketed up the charts. Speaking of which …

A certified smash

“Somebody” remains The Killers’ second biggest hit, having been certified triple platinum, trailing only “Brightside,” which has sold over 10 million copies. The song climbed to No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was a Top Five hit in the U.K.

A critical as well as commercial hit

“Somebody” was a critical success as well. Renowned British music mag N.M.E. named it the 41st best song of the aughts, while Paste ranked it the sixth-best Killers song in 2020. A year later, “American Songwriter” put “Somebody” at No. 3 in their list of the 10 greatest Killers tunes.

In a prescient, glowing review of “Hot Fuss” in July 2004, Rolling Stone writer Jenny Eliscu dubbed the album “all Killers, no filler,” citing “Somebody” as a standout track, making a bold prediction.

“The Killers threaten to pry dance rock from the steely grip of hipsterdom and thrust it unrepentantly into the mainstream.”

Among three B-sides included on the “Somebody” single is “The Ballad of Michael Valentine.” Valentine, the alter ego of professional poker player and singer-songwriter Rod Pardey Jr., was the frontman for Vegas rockers Romance Fantasy, whose lineup once included future Killers drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr.

Going for Grammy gold

“Somebody” was nominated for a pair of 2005 Grammy Awards: Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. It lost both to the same song: U2’s “Vertigo.” Ever heard of that one?

A well-traveled tune

According to the concert archival site Setlist.fm, “Somebody” is the Killers’ second-most-played song live. At 949 performances, it trails only “Mr. Brightside” and its 997 airings. Setlist.fm lists a Sept. 16, 2003, gig at London’s The Dublin Castle as the song’s first live performance — though the band surely played it at local shows before that. Its first archived Vegas performance was on Nov. 16, 2003, at the long-shuttered Tramp’s.

Popular among other acts as well

It’s not just The Killers who’ve played “Somebody” once or twice — a number of acts have covered the song. Among them: Italian rockers Maneskin, metallers Motionless in White, tongue-in-cheek lounge act Richard Cheese, singer-songwriter Alice Lamb, Jamaican Reggae Cuts and, yes, of course, “Weird Al” Yankovic — forget album sales, Grammy nods and everything else, that is truly the greatest sign of a song’s relevance.

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Music | nfl draft: 49ers make two trades en route to defensive back green, offensive lineman puni, music | outside lands announces massive lineup for 2024 music festival, the killers, sturgill simpson, tyler, the creator, post malone and more.

Hip-hop star Tyler, The Creator, alt-rock act The Killers, country singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson and pop star Post Malone sit atop the bill for the 2024 Outside Lands festival.

Malone, who headlined Outside Lands in 2022, will be performing a country music set at this year’s event.

Other big-name acts in the lineup — which was announced today by co-producers Another Planet Entertainment and Superfly — include Slowdive, the Postal Service, Grace Jones, KAYTRANADA, Jungle, Snoh Aalegra, Gryffin, K.Flay, Young the Giant, ScHoolboy Q, Chappell Roan, Reneé Rapp, Victoria Monét and the Last Dinner Party.

Tickets for the three-day festival, which runs Aug. 9-11 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, go on sale at 10 a.m. April 24, sfoutsidelands.com .

Three-day passes start at $465. No information was available as to when (or if) single-day tickets would go on sale.

“Every year we start with a blank canvas and because of the diverse and sophisticated palette of Bay Area music fans, we get to program a festival that is not only multigenerational but shows an incredible range of genres and musical subcultures” says Allen Scott, co-founder of Outside Lands and head of concerts and festivals at Another Planet Entertainment.

Here’s the full lineup:

Tyler, The Creator

The Killers

Sturgill Simpson

Post Malone (Performing a Special Country Set)

The Postal Service

Grace Jones

Snoh Aalegra

Young the Giant

ScHoolboy Q

Teddy Swims

Victoria Monét

Killer Mike

Chappell Roan

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Ohana Festival curator and Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder has announced the lineup for the eighth Ohana Festival, which is scheduled to return to Doheny State Beach in Dana Point for a three-day weekend Sept. 27-29.

Headlining the first and third night in celebration of its newest album, “Dark Matter,” Pearl Jam is set to play on Friday, Sept. 27, and Sunday, Sept. 29, and Neil Young & Crazy Horse on Saturday, Sept. 28.

This year, the Ohana Festival will feature more than 35 artists, including Alanis Morissette, Turnpike Troubadours, Garbage, Maren Morris, Black Pumas, Idles, Jenny Lewis, The Breeders, Crowded House, Pillow Queens, Dogstar, Bad Nerves and more.

Last year’s Ohana Festival was headlined by The Killers, Eddie Vedder and The Foo Fighters. The artists perform across three stages with additional programming inside The Cove where the Storyteller’s Stage is located. The Cove is where concert fans can attend panel discussions by environmentalists, pro surfers, conservationists and researchers to learn about protecting and preserving the ocean and the beaches, as well as a variety of other charitable causes and volunteer efforts.

Ten Club Presale tickets went on sale today, with general presale beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday. Three-day, single-day and VIP options will be available at ohanafest.com.

Alvarado writes for the Southern California News Group.

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Animated metal band Dethklok brings tour with Babymetal to the Masonic for two nights

By Dave Pehling

Updated on: April 24, 2024 / 5:39 PM PDT / CBS San Francisco

The popular death metal band led by Brendan Small, the creative force behind popular Adult Swim animated show "Metalocalypse," Dethklok comes to the Masonic in San Francisco for two shows with co-headliners Babymetal.

Arguably the second most popular virtual band behind Gorillaz (the animated group helmed by Blur singer Damon Albarn), Dethklok made their as the stars of "Metalocalypse" when the show created by Small and partner/voice actor Tommy Blancha debuted in 2006. The world biggest death metal band in the program's absurd and surreal alternate universe, Dethklok stands as the planet's seventh largest economy despite the fact that the group's members are idiotic incompetents incapable of doing anything besides writing and performing brutal metal songs.

The quintet of singer Nathan Explosion (who was inspired by Cannibal Corpse vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher), guitarists Skwisgaar Skwigelf and Toki Wartooth, bassist William Murderface and drummer Pickles live and work in their massive fortress-like home and studio Mordhaus, venturing into the world to secure lucrative sponsorship deals and play huge concerts for their legions of fanatical followers with outlandish stage theatrics like over-the-top pyrotechnics, lasers and a giant swinging pendulum blade, inevitably resulting in widespread death and destruction.

Over the course of four seasons and a special broadcast on Adult Swim, "Metalocalypse" became one of the network's more popular shows and a favorite among musicians, with such notable figures as King Diamond, Alice Cooper, Jon Hamm, Werner Herzog, Jack Black and members of Metallica, Exodus, Emperor and Mastodon appearing on the show. Dethklok further built on its fanbase with a series of studio albums featuring the satirical songs featured the show like "Murmaider," "Bloodrocuted" and "Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle." The band also delivered entertaining live performances with widescreen clips of the animated band projected behind Small and his talented band including monster drummer Gene Hogland (Dark Angel, Death, Strapping Young Lad, Testament, Devin Townsend) and former Frank Zappa collaborator Mike Kenneally on guitar.

Dethklok would make regular festival appearances and tour with the likes of Mastodon, High On Fire, Machine Head and the Black Dahlia Murder. After the broadcast of the hour-long rock opera special, "Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem" in 2013, the band continued to perform, but the project went on hiatus after the show was cancelled two years later.

The band returned to action in 2019, playing the Adult Swim Festival to ecstatic crowds. Dethklok also returned to the festival post-pandemic in 2022. The following year, Smalls was at last able to release the final chapter in the Dethklok story with the film Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar , which was accompanied by both a soundtrack and the band issuing its acclaimed fourth studio recording,  Dethalbum IV .

With the show having run its course, the band's current tour could be Dethklok's last hurrah as it takes to the road with previous touring partners and co-headliners Babymetal which stops at the Masonic for two nights starting Wednesday . A sensation in their native Japan since first forming in 2010, the group mixes elements of heavy metal with elements of J-Pop and "kawaii" -- the Japanese "culture of cuteness" as exemplified by Hello Kitty and Pokemon. Singer Suzuka Nakamoto had impressed producer Kobametal (aka Key Kobayashi) in her earlier girl groups Karen Girl's and Sakura Gakuin when he wanted to start a new band performing a heavier style of music.

Initially a successful offshoot of Sakura Gakuin, Babymetal became independent in 2013 and enjoyed growing popularity with the release of their self-titled debut the following year. Featuring Nakamoto along with fellow singers Moa Kikuchi (also a member of Sakura Gakuin) and Yui Mizuno executing synchronized dance moves and melodic vocals backed by a group of shredding metal session players known as the Kami Band, the album delivered a dizzying juxtaposition of sunshine pop and metallic crunch. The band rocketed to success in Japan and were playing sold-out shows to thousands when the girls were still in their teens.

The notoriety in their native land soon led to international touring in Europe and North America, with Babymetal appearing at major metal festivals and opening for Lady Gaga. By the time the band was set to release their sophomore album Metal Resistance in 2016, they were headlining Wembley Arena in London and the huge Tokyo Dome to 55,000 screaming fans. More high-profile support gigs with the Red Hot Chili Peppers followed.

While the band suffered some hardship with the accidental death of guitarist Mikio Fujioka late in 2017 after he fell from an observation deck and the departure of Mizuno due to health reasons the next year, Babymetal continued to tour and in 2023 announced the addition of Momoko Okazaki as Fujioka's permanent replacement. The band plays fan favorites and songs from its fourth album The Other One  at the Masonic. Opening acts on the two nights will be different, with hyper-technical British power metal band DrangonForce playing Wednesday and theatrical LA-based melodic death metallers Nekrogoblikon kicking off the show Thursday. 

Dethklok and Babymetal Wednesday-Thursday, April 24-25, 6 p.m. $75.75 The Masonic

Dave Pehling started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and producer for KTVU.com in 2003. He moved to CBS to work as the station website's managing editor in 2015.

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