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Pollstar conference winners
The 23rd annual Pollstar Concert Industry Awards happened last week at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, CA and Front Gate Tickets is proud to report that some of our clients and cohorts were at the winning end of this grand event! Please join us in congratulating…
Major Music Festival of the Year (non-touring) – Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (Indio, CA)
Music Festival of the Year (non-touring) – The Hangout Music and Beach Festival (Gulf Shores, AL)
It feels good to have such rad people represented in such a big way! Here’s to another great year of awesome shows, successful ticketing and super fun music times.
Coachella 2012 Lineup Announced
The long awaited, and much estimated, Coachella 2012 lineup has finally been announced. Refused and At The Drive In’s return to musical splendor is causing quite ruckus on the interwebz. Some people are touting this year as spectacular, while others are a bit disappointed (per the usual). Tickets go on sale this Friday the 13th at 12pm central –> Weekend One and Weekend Two.
Some that we’re excited about (in no particular order) are:
Black Keys
Yuck
Neon Indian
WU LYF
Jeff Mangum (!!!)
St. Vincent
Flying Lotus
A$AP Rocky
Big Pink
Gary Clark Jr.
La Roux
Wild Flag
Modeselektor
Company Flow
Gardens & Villa
Who’s setting your ears abuzz this year at Coachella?!?!
2012 Coachella Tickets are ON SALE NOW
Tickets to both weekends of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival are on sale now! This batch of tickets is only on sale for ONE WEEK, so do not wait to get them! Coachella has expanded to two identical weekends for the first time, and tickets for both weekends are now on sale.
Head HERE to get yours for Weekend ONE and HERE for Weekend TWO! Seriously, do it now.
2011 Coachella Lineup Announced! Layaway Ticket Info!
In case you live under a rock or some have some other fancy method of avoiding information, I am here to inform you that the lineup for Coachella 2011 is out.
If you have never headed out to Coachella, this might be the year to do so. A ton of great artists including big names such as Kanye West, Kings of Leon, The Strokes, The Black Keys, Duran Duran, Arcade Fire, The Chemical Brothers and a bunch of other bands will be there to blow your mind, so go grab layaway tickets here (Jan. 21st they are back on sale). UPDATE – Tickets for the 2011 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival are now SOLD OUT.
Now my personal recommendation (especially for those of you who can’t or don’t want to cough up the full ticket price now) is to get layaway tickets. This means that you don’t have to pay the full ticket price up front. You can pay in equal 50% payments or put 10% down and then have equal payment for the rest of the cost. Sounds good to me too! Layaway tickets will be back on sale in two days (the 21st) so snatch them up. You do not want to miss this. UPDATE: Tickets are now sold out! Jump on it next year, and stay tuned for more great festival news!
M.I.A. Album Release Date (Via Blimp?!) and Tour Announcements + New Video + New Album Tracklist
M.I.A. used an unconventional method over the weekend to announce her forthcoming third album. During Jay-Z’s Coachella set, she had a BLIMP fly over the crowd advertising a cryptic message of “New Album 6.29.10″. This is welcome news for all of us M.I.A. fans, especially those lucky individuals who will get the opportunity to see her live this summer performing the new material.
She currently has two live dates on her schedule, both appearances at HARD Fest that will take place in July, one in New York and the other in L.A. I speculate (and granted this is speculation) that she will not be done there. With a new album on the horizon and a couple of in-demand dates on the books, I imagine that she will be showcasing her verbal skills at least a few more times this year for eager crowds to enjoy. Also, if you remember, she did cut her last tour short for various personal reasons and to continue work on this forthcoming album.
The new record will see the aforementioned June 29 release in the US, but will be released one week earlier in Japan via Sony Japan. Artists such as Switch, Rye Rye, Blaqstarr, Diplo and Sleighbells are all speculated as contributors to the new album. This should make for an intriguing comeback for M.I.A. who has largely been out of the public eye following her Grammy performance back in 2009. I know that I am eager for her return in 2010!
Cheers.
UPDATE:
Check out the new MIA video for ‘Born Free’ right here – not for the faint of heart.
M.I.A, Born Free from ROMAIN-GAVRAS on Vimeo.
Also, just released – here is the tracklisting for MIAs new album:
1. The Message
2. Born Free
3. Meds and Feds
4. Lovealot
5. Tequila
6. It Is What It Is
7. XXXO
8. Tell Me Why
9. Story Told
10. Space
