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UPDATE: The Grammys have announced new artists set to hit the stage at the Crypto.com Arena. During the NFL game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills, it was confirmed Burna Boy, Luke Combs, and Travis Scott would join the list of performers that include Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, and Olivia Rodrigo.

New Orleans Jazz Festival, set to take place at the New Orleans Fairgrounds on April 25-28 and May 2-5, is bringing some of the biggest names in classic rock, R&B, country and more to the Big Easy this spring.Just a few of the headliners we’re most excited about include Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Rolling Stones, Neil Young with Crazy Horse, Earth Wind and Fire, Heart and The Beach Boys.They’ll be joined by Foo Fighters (also in the Rock Hall!), Chris Stapleton, Vampire Weekend, The Killers and Hozier.Plus, New Orleans’ hometown hero Jon Batiste will be there as well.In total, over 80 acts have been announced for the multi-weekend extravaganza.At the time of publication, single-day passes start at $106 before fees on Vivid Seats.$366 before fees is the lowest price we found on multi-day general admission passes.Need a bit more information before heading to NOLA?We’ve got you covered, music lovers.All the information you need and more about the 2024 New Orleans Jazz Festival can be found below.Prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the best prices on single and multi-day passes is right here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

The Rolling Stones, Foo Fighters and Neil Young and Crazy Horse are among a litany of huge names announced for this year’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.Also at the top of the bill are The Killers, Vampire Weekend, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Chris Stapleton, Hozier and Jon Batiste.The festival, which takes place over two weekends between April 25 and May 5 at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, goes out of its way to celebrate the rich musical heritage of the city.Jazz Fest 2024 Music Lineup!GA Weekend Passes and VIP Packages on sale now!Full Music Lineup and Purchase tickets at https://t.co/dApNCrvPYZ. pic.twitter.com/Ba5Q8QDwNG— New Orleans JazzFest (@jazzfest) January 18, 2024Representing the city’s cultural legacy are names such as Irma Thomas, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Dixie Cups, Big Freedia, Trombone Shorty and Cyril Neville.Also set to feature at the festival are The Beach Boys, Earth, Wind & Fire, Bonnie Raitt, Queen Latifah, Greta Van Fleet and Heart.Tickets for both weekends of the festival and all VIP packages can be found here.In November, the Stones confirmed details of a huge US tour for 2024, opening with a show in Houston on April 28, and continuing for 15 more dates going into the summer, wrapping up in Santa Clara, California on July 17.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Coachella has officially announced their 2024 lineup, which means it’s time to buy tickets to the famed festival. Lana del Rey, Doja Cat, Tyler, the Creator and No Doubt will headline this year’s three-day music festival, which will return to its home at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, Calif.

The lineup for Coachella 2024 is set and includes a No Doubt reunion, with the band performing together for the first time in almost a decade.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Lana Del Rey, Doja Cat, Tyler, the Creator and No Doubt will headline the 2024 Coachella festival, promoters Goldenvoice announced on Tuesday. The lineup poster appears below. Also on the list are Peso Pluma, Blur, J Balvin, Ice Spice, Sublime, Lil Uzi Vert, Grimes, Victoria Monet, Jon Batiste, Bleachers, Justice, Deftones and Lil Yachty, with big looks for rising artists like Bizarrap, Khruangbin and others.

Bonnaroo’s wide-ranging lineup has got you covered.Set to take place June 13-16 at Manchester, TN’s Bonnaroo Manchester Farm, the four-day festival is bringing in some of the biggest names in rock, Hip-Hop, EDM, pop, country jazz, blues, punk, folk and more.High-profile headliners include Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hip-Hop icon Post Malone, rising EDM star Fred Again, Reneé Rapp aka the new Regina George and “Call Me Maybe” singer Carly Rae Jepsen.They’ll be joined by Megan Thee Stallion, Pretty Lights, Diplo, Jon Batiste and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.Plus, Melanie Martinez, Maggie Rogers, The Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard, Two Friends and Khruangbin will be there, too.Don’t forget T-Pain, Sean Paul, Gary Clark Jr., Dominic Fike and Joey Bada$$ either.Or Taking Back Sunday, The Mars Volta, Thundercat, Goth Babe and Interpol.As promised, there really is a little something for everyone.In total, over 100 acts are set to perform over the long four-day weekend.And if you want tickets, you can scoop them up as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Jan.

Ethan Shanfeld Bonnaroo is back, as the Manchester, Tenn., music festival unveils is 2024 lineup featuring headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers, Post Malone and Fred Again. Taking place June 13-16 just 60 miles southeast of Nashville, Bonnaroo will also host Megan Thee Stallion, Cage The Elephant and Maggie Rogers at this year’s fest. Other acts include: Melanie Martinez, Khruangbin, Cigarettes After Sex, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Diplo, Carly Rae Jepsen, Fisher, Jon Batiste, Dominic Fike, Parcels, Idles, Joey Bada$$, Lizzy McAlpine, T-Pain, Interpol, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Two Friends, Taking Back Sunday, Gary Clark Jr, TV Girl, Thundercat, Ashnikko and Brittany Howard.

Billie Eilish has revealed that she struggles to comprehend that her music helps people.Eilish opened up about how she finds fans telling her that her music made a difference in their lives “hard to take in” during The Hollywood Reporter’s Songwriters Roundtable alongside Dua Lipa, Cynthia Erivo, Olivia Rodrigo, Jon Batiste and Julia Michaels.“I don’t really know how to like believe it, because I know what it’s like to be in that position and it’s so real, and to know that you’re helping somebody who’s in that is really hard to believe and astounding and special and almost you feel like undeserving,” Eilish explained [via MusicNews]. “Like I didn’t deserve to help you through that.“But it’s so special and powerful,” Eilish continued.

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Olivia Rodrigo has revealed that listening to Lorde‘s ‘Royals’ changed “the trajectory” of her life.Speaking to Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, Jon Batiste, Cynthia Erivo and Julia Michaels’ Songwriter Roundtable interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Rodrigo spoke of the first time she had heard the Lorde song on the radio and went on to explain how it had impacted her so deeply.“I remember hearing that song on the radio at the time… It was one of those ‘pinch me’ moments where you always remember, a snapshot memory, like, ‘Oh my God, what is this?!’ Changes the trajectory of your life,” Rodrigo called to her fellow musicians.“I remember listening to it as I first started writing songs and just being blown away by her lyrics that are just about being a teenager living in the suburbs,” Rodrigo went on to explain. “I just remember never hearing my life be put into a song like that where it just made being young and doing these seemingly unimportant things feel so sacred.”Most recently, the singer-songwriter discussed the inspiration behind some of the “emo” lyrics in her recent songs ‘Lacy’ and ‘All-American Bitch’.Speaking on the Kelly Clarkson Show, Rodrigo gave insight into how she conceived the lyrics for the outro of ‘Lacy’ – “And I despise my jealous eyes and how hard they fell for you / Yeah, I despise my rotten mind and how much it worships you.”“Very emo of me, writing that,” Rodrigo told Clarkson, laughing.

Barack Obama has published his annual favourite songs of the year list, with Beyoncé, Stormzy, Mitski and more making the cut in 2023.Beyoncé’s ‘America Has a Problem’ remix featuring Kendrick Lamar, Stormzy’s ‘Toxic Trait‘ featuring Fredo and Mitski’s ‘My Love Mine All Mine’ all feature on the list, which also includes songs by Dave and Central Cee, Megan Thee Stallion, Tyla, Burna Boy and 21 Savage, Blondshell and more.“Here are some of my favorite songs from this year,” Obama wrote on Twitter/X today (December 29). “Let me know if there are any artists or songs I should check out.”The former president included more releases by Big Thief, Tems, Asake, Victoria Monét, 6LACK, Jon Batiste, Karol G and Shakira.Here are some of my favorite songs from this year. Let me know if there are any artists or songs I should check out.

range of nonfiction film — the subjects, the styles, the voices — is extraordinary in its reach. Does that mean that we’re in a renaissance era? You might say that. But you could also say that when it comes to this form of filmmaking, the art of reality knows no season.

Jaden Thompson Barack Obama has revealed his favorite movies of the year, an annual tradition from the former President of the United States. The first three films on the list — “Rustin,” “Leave the World Behind” and “American Symphony” — were produced by his company Higher Ground, which he founded alongside his wife Michelle.

The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominees for the 2024 SCL Awards, including songwriters Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Lenny Kravitz, Diane Warren, and Jon Batiste, all who earned spots on the Academy Awards shortlist for Best Original Song.

American Symphony, the Obamas-executive produced documentary about Grammy-winning musician Jon Batiste, scored a remarkable hat trick today as the Oscar shortlists were revealed, but a couple of documentary icons were left on the bench.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlists in 10 categories for the upcoming 96th Oscars ceremony. Overall, Greta Gerwig’s meta-comedy “Barbie” had the most mentions with five including sound, original song for its three submissions from Billie Eilish (“What I Was Made For?”), Dua Lipa (“Dance the Night”) and Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (“I’m Just Ken”), and original score, from the latter duo. The big miss for “Barbie” was in makeup and hairstyling, which was the category that yielded the most surprises.

Michelle Obama made a surprise appearance at the New Orleans premiere of the documentary American Symphony to support the film she executive produced with husband Barack Obama!

Stephen Colbert is still recovering.

The Late Show won’t air this week on CBS after Stephen Colbert had another medical emergency.

Jaden Thompson Every year, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade promises larger-than-life floats of widely beloved characters, an appearance by Santa Claus himself and, of course, an abundance of musical performances. This year’s iteration of the longstanding holiday tradition features an extensive lineup of artists, including Cher, Brandy, Jon Batiste, Bell Biv DeVoe and Pentatonix. Find a full list of the 18 artists below: Alex Smith: Smith is a rising country singer hailing from Louisiana, known for songs like “A Few Beers Ago” and “Rhythm of the Rain.” Amanda Shaw: Also from Louisiana, Shaw is a fiddler, singer and songwriter fusing country and pop.

Jamie Dornan is helping support his friend Matthew Heineman!

Jon Batiste is taking his music to the people.The former “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” bandleader just announced his 24-concert ‘Uneasy Tour: Purifying the Airwaves for the People’ that will send him to venues all over North America in support of his recently released album “World Music Radio” from February through April 2024.That includes a headlining gig at New York City’s Beacon Theatre on Tuesday, March 19.“For my first solo run I wanted to play in smaller venues and curate experiences that let me really feel the people while I play,” the 37-year-old Louisiana native shared with The Associated Press. “Think of these 24 shows less as a tour and more as a series of 24 not to be missed experiences, each being one-of-a-kind.”And if you want to make sure you don’t miss these “not to be missed experiences,” you can scoop up tickets for the winter/spring tour as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Nov.

RAYE has responded to being snubbed in the 2024 Grammy nominations that were announced last week.The London singer-songwriter failed to receive any nominations for her acclaimed 2023 album ‘My 21st Century Blues‘ – her long-awaited debut after leaving her label following a high profile dispute.The eight nominees (instead of the usual 10) for Album Of The Year include boygenius, SZA, Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Miley Cyrus, Jon Batiste, Lana Del Rey and Janelle Monae.RAYE has since responded on X/Twitter, insisting that she is “not upset at all” about not receiving any nods.“Just a message to say thank you for all the lovely messages but just to let you know I am not upset at all, I am hungry and grateful,” she shared on Saturday (November 11).“The Grammys are awarded for the best music has to offer andI have barely scratched the surface of what I know musically I can give.”just a message to say thank you for all the lovely messages but just to let you know I am not upset at all, I am hungry and grateful the Grammys are awarded for the best music has to offer and I have barely scratched the surface of what I know musically I can give

The Hollywood News Run by film fans for film fans! The Hollywood News A new trailer has landed for American Symphony, a new documentary heading to Netflix very soon. The score focusses on musician Jon Batiste who attempts to compose a symphony as his wife, writer Suleika Jaouad, undergoes cancer treatment.Official synopsis is as follows:It’s 2022 and musician Jon Batiste is at the peak of his music career while also embarking on his most ambitious challenge – composing an original symphony. In the midst of this meteoric rise, Batiste’s wife – best-selling author Suleika Jaouad – learns that her long-dormant cancer has returned. AMERICAN SYMPHONY is an intimate portrait of two artists and the healing power of love and creativity.This one comes to Netflix from November 29th and you can watch the trailer below.The Hollywood News – For Film Fans By Film Fans (c) 2023

SZA leads all artists with the most nominations at the 2024 Grammy Awards, with nine. The R&B favorite is followed by Victoria Monét, Phoebe Bridgers (including her work with the band Boygenius), and Serban Ghenea — who works behind the scenes — with seven apiece. Superstars like Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, and the aforementioned SZA all end up in three of the four biggest categories, including Album, Record, and Song of the Year.

Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. is revealing what he thinks SZA‘s chances are of winning Album of the Year for SOS.

the nominees for the 66th annual Grammy Awards were announced on Friday morning, women ruled — make that, owned — the Big 4 categories: Album, Record and Song of the Year, plus Best New Artist.The diva domination was most drastically disproportionate in what are really the Big 2 categories: Album and Record of the Year. There is only one single, solitary man — former “Late Show” bandleader Jon Batiste, the 2022 Album of the Year winner for “We Are,” who is nominated again for “World Music Radio” — among the 16 nominees.

for the 2024 Grammy Awards, which were announced Friday, only one man, Jon Batiste, will compete for the night's top prize, Album of the Year.The rest of the nominees are the same artists who have been dominating both the charts and the zeitgeist for the past several months, so much so that you can probably guess without me even saying their names: Taylor, Olivia, SZA, Miley, Lana. The indie-darling super-group boygenius and the perennially relevant Janelle Monáe round out the group.It's a similar list for the Record of the Year Grammy nominations, with Batiste again the sole male in the group.