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HARVARD ATHLETIC COMPLEX | Boston, MA

Boston calling music festival.

Napa Valley Expo | Napa, CA

Bottlerock napa valley.

August Hall | San Francisco, CA

Flushing Meadows Park | Queens, NY

Governors ball music festival, roxian theatre | pittsburgh, pa.

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Knitting Factory - Boise | Boise, ID

Grant Park | Chicago, IL

Lollapalooza.

Zilker Park | Austin, TX

Austin city limits music festival - weekend one, austin city limits music festival - weekend two.

Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre | Victoria, BC

Mother mother with special guests cavetown and cannons, prospera place | kelowna, bc, scotiabank saddledome | calgary, ab, rogers place | edmonton, ab, brandt centre | regina, sk, canada life centre | winnipeg, mb, budweiser gardens | london, on, meridian centre | st catharines, on, place bell | laval, qc, scotiabank centre | halifax, ns, molson canadian centre at casino new/nouveau brunswick | moncton, nb, mother mother.

CANNONS Announce North American Headline Tour

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Cannons announce us headlining tour.

Cannons have announced a U.S. headlining tour.

The outing, dubbed the Heartbeat Highway tour, begins August 24 in Portland, Oregon, and wraps up September 30 in Oakland, California.

Tickets go on sale Friday, May 5. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit CannonstheBand.com .

Cannons released a new song called “Loving You” last month. It follows the “Fire for You” outfit’s 2022 album,  Fever Dream , which features the single “Bad Dream.”

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For Cannons, It Was All A Fever Dream

The Los Angeles trio on their new album, headlining tour and their "super surreal" past few years

Cannons have been having dreams.

Bad dreams, good dreams, dreams of the fever variety — all dreams are welcome, when it comes to the Los Angeles trio’s dedication to making it in an industry that loves to reward sameness .

Alternative rock radio is in a bit of a weird place right now. Throughout the last year and a half, the artists that have topped Billboard ‘s Alternative Airplay chart and garnered significant radio play are either Imagine Dragons, Twenty One Pilots, a band with a 20+ year history, or a band desperate to reclaim the popularity they had ten years ago. Needless to say, there’s a big lack of originality swimming throughout commercially-accepted Alt Rock Lane.

But every so often, a band breaks through offering something different, fresh, authentic, and cleverly positioned against the grating chug or frustrating generality of the most frequent charters. Lately, that breakthrough rightfully belongs to Cannons, who burst onto the scene in 2020 with the undeniable “Fire For You.” And Cannons are continuing to rise on Billboard ‘s Alternative charts with “Bad Dream,” the driving, hazy lead single from their upcoming third studio album Fever Dream (out March 25th).

Cannons create blissed-out dream pop that’s indebted both ’80s era synthwave, and Drive ‘s cinematic, neon-soaked soundtrack, equally riveting as it is relaxing. Their recent success definitely comes as a surprise to the band, which is comprised of singer Michelle Joy and multi-instrumentalists Paul Davis and Ryan Clapham, but they’re mostly feeling blessed that they were allowed to quit their day jobs after signing with Columbia Records in 2020.

“To be able to make this our full-time job is absolutely our dream,” Joy tells Consequence over Zoom. “It was super, super surreal to have such success over the time period that we have had.”

The cinematic flair of Cannons’ sound comes from a couple inspirations points — of course, all three members share a love of film and the stylized sonic environments that come with it. But Joy and Davis find that the best compliment they can get is how their music can perfectly soundtrack a night drive through city lights. Songs like “Hurricane,” and the gorgeous “Tunnel of You” are active, widescreen trips, evoking both the desert, the beach, and every California vibe in between.

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Don't miss our special Sound Space interview and performance with Cannons

C heck out a special interview and performance with Los Angeles' own Cannons , recorded live in the Helpful Honda Sound Space at KROQ in Los Angeles.

LISTEN NOW: Cannons in the Helpful Honda Sound Space

Joining host Kevan Kenney at KROQ in Los Angeles -- what could be considered their second home at this point -- Ryan Clapham , Michelle Joy , and Paul Davis of Cannons took over the Helpful Honda Sound Space for an intimate performance and interview just as their 2019 single “Fire For Fou” reached Platinum status.

“It's really exciting,” Michelle says of the news. “It was kind of a funny story, right?” adds Ryan, “because we didn't really know at first.” Michelle explains, “We didn't know for a little while, but it was really exciting. I mean, ‘Fire For You’ changed our lives and just makes us really happy to know that the fire keeps on burning.”

Keeping true to the sonic and aesthetic universe the band has created, they recently dropped their moody music video for their new single, “Sweeter.” Check it out below.

“We like to make mood boards for everything,” Michelle says, “and I feel like, for every music video we'll discuss what kind of visuals we're into at the moment, what movies we're watching, what kind of colors, what kind of things we feel represent Cannons and tie those into the music, the visuals and just try and create a world that does feel cohesive and that makes us feel like it's a nice escape that's beautiful and fun to enter.”

Quickly getting into a bit of the group’s life on the road, Cannons recently got a chance to perform for their second time at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado after first performing there just as COVID restrictions ended. “That was the biggest show I think we played at the time,” Michelle remembers, “so I was terrified, I didn't enjoy the first time. I was just nervous, and this time could look around and appreciate the crowd, the red rocks, everything. It was gorgeous.”

Check out Cannons' current tour itinerary below and grab your tickets HERE .

Don't miss the full interview and performance above, and say tuned for even more action from the  Sound Space  right here on Audacy.

Cannons 2024 U.S. Tour Dates:

MAY 22 | Buena Vista Lake | Bakersfield, CA

MAY 24 | Boston Calling Festival 2024 | Allston, MA

MAY 26 | BottleRock Napa Valley 2024 | Napa, CA

MAY 27 | August Hall | San Francisco, CA

JUN 6 | Agora Theater & Ballroom | Cleveland, OH

JUN 7 | Roxian Theatre | Mckees Rocks, PA

JUN 9 | The Governors Ball Music Festival 2024 | Queens, NY

JUN 22 | Ogden Amphitheater | Ogden, UT

JUL 19 | Capitol Hill Block Party 2024 | Seattle, WA

JUL 19 | Knitting Factory Concert House | Boise, ID

Aug. 1 - 4 | Lollapalooza Chicago 2024 | Chicago, IL

OCT 4 | Zilker Metropolitan Park | Austin, TX

OCT 11 | Zilker Metropolitan Park | Austin, TX

OCT 16 | Tower Theatre | Oklahoma City, OK

2025 Canadian Dates: FEB 18 | Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre | Victoria, CANFEB 20 | Prospera Place | Kelowna, CANFEB 21 | Scotiabank Saddledome | Calgary, CANFEB 22 | Rogers Place | Edmonton, CANFEB 24 | Brandt Centre | Regina, CANFEB 25 | CAN Life Centre | Winnipeg, CANFEB 27 | Budweiser Gardens | London, CANFEB 28 | Meridian Centre | St. Catharines, CANMAR 2 | Place Bell | Laval, CANMAR 4 | Scotiabank Centre | Halifax, CANMAR 5 | Molson Canadian Centre | Moncton, CAN

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• May 24 2024 Boston Calling 2024 Boston, MA, USA Doors 1:00 PM  –  Scheduled: 6:00 PM 1:00 PM 6:00 PM
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• Jul 21 2024 Capitol Hill Block Party 2024 Seattle, WA, USA Add time Add time Add times

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Best summer concerts at Cain Park, House of Blues, Grog Shop and other smaller Northeast Ohio venues: How to get tickets

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CLEVELAND, Ohio - The big venue announcements for places like Blossom Music Center, Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse and the like always get the attention when the “summer concert season” is announced.

But the sunshine is warming up your favorite clubs and smaller halls and theaters across the region as well. The FOMO is strong with this bundle of gigs, with something for everyone!

Dig out your calendar (or app) and let the planning and plotting begin.

Cannons – June 6

“Glitter-drenched” dancefloor vibes meet Michelle Joy’s breathy vocals in erotic electropop. Tickets available at axs.com .

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Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew: Remain in Light – July 28

Talking Heads alums (Belew toured w/ ‘em!) backed by Cool Cool Cool (nee Turkuaz). Tickets available at axs.com .

Dweezil Zappa: Rox(postroph)y – August 17

Renowned guitarist celebrates two of his father Frank’s landmark LPs on their 50th Anniversary. Tickets available at axs.com .

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Iron & Wine – August 20

Folk-rock songwriter Sam Beam weaves burnished vocals, melancholia on “Light Verse” tour. Tickets available at axs.com .

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New Found Glory: Catalyst 20 Years Later – August 29

Floridian pop-punk/easycore band is on anniversary tour kick, too. Dig out your Warped tees! Tickets available at axs.com .

Front 242/Nitzer Ebb – September 8

Pioneering Belgian unit bids farewell; Brit EBM act “joins the chant” after NIN support in 2022. axs.com .

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Descendents / Circle Jerks – September 13

Power-pop and surf-punkers join hardcore legends for dynamic double bill. Hetson Leap awaits! Tickets available at axs.com .

The Beaches – September 25

Scrappy Canadian indie rock quartet liable for “Blame My Ex” promises rollicking good time. Tickets available at axs.com .

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Bonnie raitt – june 22.

“Nick of Time” Grammy triumph and blues-rock legend is back, “just like that.” Tickets available at ticketmaster.com .

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Ringo deathstarr w/ niights – may 15.

Psychedelic indie shoegazers’ amp knobs go to eleven, support from CLE dreampop act. Tickets available at ticketweb.com .

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Maggie Rose – May 30

Country-soul chanteuse with hit “No One Gets Out Alive” drops by Collinwood club. Tickets available at ticketweb.com .

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Mdou Mocdar – June 20

Nigerian singer-songwriter Mahamadou Souleymane’s modrock inspired by Tuareg guitar Tickets available at ticketweb.com .

Mates of State – July 14

Indie-pop husband-and-wife team areone of the most grounded, relatable acts on tour. Tickets available at ticketweb.com .

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Redd Kross & Dale Crover – July 17

Melvins drummer supports the legendary band. Don’t sleep on tickets for this one. Tickets available at ticketweb.com .

The Aristocrats – August 10

Virtuoso power trio of Govan, Minneman and Beller give new meaning to the word. Tickets available at ticketweb.com .

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Built to Spill: There’s Nothing Wrong with Love 30th Anniversary – August 28

Idaho rock act straddles postmodern, Pavement-like pop, roaring Neil Young-like jams. Tickets available at ticketweb.com .

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue are set to perform this summer at Cain Park. (Photo by Jeff Hahne/Getty Images)

Michael Franti & Spearhead / Stephen Marley – June 16

Dynamic reggae-funk hip-hop ensemble brings sunshine with one of the sons of “Tuff Gong.” Tickets available at etix.com .

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Big Boi – June 20

High-energy brass band bumps funk, rock and Big Easy influences, tacks on an Outkast. Tickets available at etix.com

Los Lonely Boys – June 23

Brotherly love propels sibling trio’s sizzling blend of blues-rock, soul, country and Tejano music. Tickets available at etix.com

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20 Years of Tears Tour feat. Hawthorne Heights – June 30

“Ohio is for Lovers” post-hardcore band tests their emo-rock staying power with special guests. Tickets available at etix.com

Moe. – July 18

Jam-band journeymen with 35 years of tunes, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country supporting. Tickets available at etix.com

Gin Blossoms / Toad the Wet Sprocket – August 7

No need to yell “Hey Jealousy” or “Walk on the Ocean” for a 90s redux. Vertical Horizon opens. Tickets available at etix.com

Big Head Todd and the Monsters – August 15

Colorado blues-rock trio featuring Todd Park Mohr as sturdy as their new single “Thunderbird.” Tickets available at etix.com

Samara Joy – August 23

Grammy-winning 23-year-old jazz singer conjures Ella, Nina, Sarah and Billie with modern flair. Tickets available at etix.com

Multi Music Fest – August 31

Chatman Center jazz benefit with Kenny Lattimore, Kirk Whalum, Jeff Lorber, Stacey Richardson. Tickets available at etix.com

Bruce Hornsby performs July 9 at Cain Park in Cleveland Heights. Provided photo by Jim Chapin

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Ben folds’ “paper airplane request tour” – june 25.

Savvy piano rocker offers truth in advertising: write request, float it onstage, he plays . Tickets available at ticketmaster.com .

Bruce Hornsby: Spirit Trail 25th Anniversary – July 9

Jazz-rock pianist/Dead alum looks back at Noisemakers band. That’s just the way it is. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com .

An Evening with Pretenders – July 23-24

Hynde & Co. break from “Relentless” tour with Foo Fighters for two turf barnburners. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com .

Lyle Lovett and his Large Band – July 27

Eclectic Americana fans rejoice! Lovett’s band sounds (and setlists look) amazing lately. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com .

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Melt-Banana – June 2

Adept Japanese noise-rock unit formed at Tokyo University swirls in avant-electronics. Tickets available at ticketweb.com .

Horsegirl – June 16

Noisy Chicago rock trio opened The Breeders’ 2023 gig at Rock Hall. We love an encore. Tickets available at ticketweb.com .

Guided by Voices – July 20

Dayton legend Bob Pollard brings an indie-rock “Shocker in Gloomtown.” Gonna be fire. Tickets available at ticketweb.com .

HOUSE OF BLUES

City + colour – may 19.

Canadian angel Dallas Green haunts soaring folk-noir fables with his powerful falsetto. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com .

X-Ambassadors – May 26

Last of the “ho-hey, hey-ho” acts become a real renegade pop trio on “Orion” tour. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com .

The Hives – September 17

Brash, witty Swedish garage rockers in matching outfits underline they’re “Kenough.” Tickets available at ticketmaster.com .

Social Distortion – September 28-29

Inimitable Mike Ness & Co. power through punk anthems “Bad Luck,” “Ball and Chain.” ticketmaster.com .

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Cloud nothings – june 8.

“Hey Cool Kid,” Cleveland indie rockers’ hometown show showcases new album “Final Summer.” Tickets available at dice.fm .

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John Hiatt will be performing May 14 at the Kent Stage. (Photo by Warren Linhart) Warren Linhart

An Evening with John Hiatt – May 14

One of rock’s “most astute singer-songwriters” is also a master-class lyricist and legend . Tickets available at etix.com .

The Dictators – June 1

Influential protopunk band of blood brothers aren’t young anymore, but still loud and snotty! Tickets available at etix.com .

Donnie Iris & the Cruisers – June 29

Here we go again, Leah! Classic rockers from that ‘burgh due east of us are perennial favorites. Tickets available at etix.com .

Richard Thompson – July 24

Legendary voice/guitar of Fairport Convention is still not in the Rock Hall!?! Shame. Blasphemy . Tickets available at etix.com .

An Evening with Cowboy Junkies – September 22

Margo Timmins and family are wisps of smoke among bellows feeding this folk-noir bonfire. Tickets available at etix.com .

Kenny Wayne Shepherd performs May 16 at MGM Northfield Park (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP) Amy Harris/Invision/AP

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Kenny wayne shepherd – may 16.

Guitar slinger came up with Derek Trucks. Both teen titans are still truckin’. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com .

Keb’ Mo’ – June 20

He’s “wayback machine” blues vibe. “Soon As I Get Paid” = America’s theme song. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com .

Mammoth WVH – July 24

Wolfgang’s emergence from shadow of dad Eddie Van Halen continues. Fun live band. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com .

Bachman-Turner Overdrive – August 23

Classic rockers “Taking Care of Business” on tour with Bachman’s son Tal on board. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com .

Burton Cummings – September 28

Order of Canada honoree, Guess Who leader through its heyday offers career spanner. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com .

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Lake street dive – july 9.

Boston band’s pop intersects The Commitments, Steely Dan and Manhattan Transfer. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com .

Rodrigo y Gabriela – May 14

Mexican acoustic guitar virtuosos melt faces with nuevo flamenco-metal miasma. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com .

Howard Jones / ABC / Haircut 100 – August 31

“totally tubular” at blossom left you wanting more 80s “things can only get better.” tickets available at ticketmaster.com ., the lox 30th anniversary tour – september 28.

Fabled hip-hop pioneers Jadakiss, Styles P, Sheek Louch bump 90s East Coast rap grit. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com .

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Olivia Rodrigo review – shiny pop-punk with real guts

Ovo Hydro, Glasgow There’s no doubt the former Disney actor is a pro, but she’s also a deft, sincere songwriter who captures the viewpoint of a teen outsider to perfection

P op music made by child actors doesn’t often feature axe duels and headbanging. But tonight, during a song called Obsessed, gen-Z phenomenon Olivia Rodrigo , wielding an electric guitar, faces off against one of her guitarists, Emily Rosenfield, as the rest of the band build a grungy din around them.

Pop vocalists often perform facsimiles of rock-in-inverted-commas quite egregiously, foregrounding obnoxious guitar solos. Rodrigo’s band is made up entirely of women and non-binary musicians – a rarity at any level, let alone in arenas. And unlike most bands tacked on to the back of a singer, these musicians don’t wave devil’s horns while gurning. They just play loud and fast, their showboating gleeful rather than clichéd. All the young kids here will hopefully take all this for granted.

These are just a few of the unexpected takeaways from Rodrigo’s tour, which has resumed after a couple of unscheduled nights off. The star’s keenly anticipated jaunt fell foul of problems at the Co-op Live arena – less a new Manchester super-venue, than a giant stuck zip that won’t open.

All is well at the high-functioning Hydro: tonight’s welcoming image features the title of Rodrigo’s celebrated 2023 album, G uts , rendered as intestinal purple candles. The candles slowly melt, counting down to the arrival of the teen-angst queen, now 21. When the “T” falls over, to shrieks, it’s as though the very air shivers, prefiguring the audience decibels to come.

Rodrigo’s production offers, on the one hand, typical arena-pop fare – dancers, costume changes, screaming. Rodrigo flies overhead on a hydraulic crescent moon for Logical, and confetti cannon belch at the end. But this is shiny mass-market entertainment with some convincing twists of the innards.

Before releasing Drivers License , her runaway hit of 2021, the precocious Rodrigo was a Disney actor. On paper, then, she seems like a typical child TV-star turned singer, one whose three Grammys, two multiplatinum albums and various streaming records offer echoes of Disney alumni passim: Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato and, aeons ago, Britney Spears.

Then, having made the short leap from small screen to recording booth at the end of the pandemic, Rodrigo did something frank and spirited. She channelled sadness, indignation and frustration, rather than the slinky maturity peddled by former Disney princesses signalling their transition to adulthood.

And she discovered guitars: Rodrigo’s debut album, S our (2021) detailed Rodrigo’s misery after a breakup but also offered up pop-punk zingers – the enduring Brutal , the Paramore-ish Good 4 U – as spiky relief. G uts made good on that promise, with a pogo in its step and indignation to burn.

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Happily, Rodrigo has managed to leapfrog the cringing that often accompanies a pop performer trying rock tropes on for size. Pop-punk may be having a resurgence thanks to the ongoing 90s/00s revival, but you get the feeling that Rodrigo turned to the genre quite sincerely, having been raised by gen-X music fan parents .

It turns out that Rodrigo has a lot to get off her chest. There are no pronouncements from the stage tonight – Rodrigo, memorably, dedicated a 2022 Glastonbury duet with Lily Allen, on Fuck You , to the judges who had overturned Roe v Wade.

But 90-odd minutes in her company speed by in a rush of joyously exasperated fellow feeling. Much of her two albums is offered up for singalongs so loud they frequently drown the star out. Rodrigo jumps straight in with Bad Idea Right? , her tale of falling into bed with an ex, laced with self-knowledge and humour. (Later, Rodrigo will read out fan art and homemade T-shirts; one says “Going to Guts tour in exam season: bad idea, right?”)

Soon it’s on to Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl , which bears a fleeting, but non-litigable resemblance to the Breeders’ Cannonball. (Rodrigo’s too-candid enthusiasm for her idol, Taylor Swift, led to a couple of tracks off Sour sharing songwriting credits with the megastar and her producers . The Breeders, meanwhile, recently opened for Rodrigo in the US.)

G uts ’s epic calling card, Vampire, follows – a red-lit howl at the moon over a “fame-fucker” ex-partner who only came out at night. Having dispatched a salvo of her angriest tracks early on, Rodrigo still sustains attention.

Traitor is a spine-tingling call-and-response indictment of an ex who moved on suspiciously soon. (“You didn’t cheat,” howls Rodrigo. “But you’re still a traitor!” bellows Glasgow.) Even Rodrigo’s pensive turns at the piano aren’t boring. When Rodrigo and her other guitarist, Daisy Spencer, do a couple of acoustic numbers cross-legged on the floor, it really does shrink the venue to the size of a beach campfire.

As with the most enduring performers, there is a compelling internal struggle going on in Rodrigo’s works. She is a songwriter who expresses an ongoing teenage crisis of confidence alternately as self-flagellation, or as righteous explosions of self-esteem. It’s a see-saw that keeps you coming back. Many of her songs find Rodrigo bemoaning how naive she was, how she didn’t read the runes.

But the reason Rodrigo is such a lightning rod for anyone who has felt spurned, or jealous, or less-than, is that she dusts herself off and stands up for herself. And she is patently having excellent fun doing it.

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