concerts

The party will go on, after all. Tomorrowland 2020 — the mega Belgian festival that unites revelers from all around the world — was canceled in April due to the coronavirus crisis. But on Thursday morning, the electronic dance music blowout got a new life and a new location — in cyberspace. Tomorrowland Around the …

FreakNik Fest will go on as planned despite the coronavirus pandemic. The second annual music festival is set to take place at Morris Brown College in Atlanta from Sept. 18-20 with a lineup that includes Jermaine Dupri, Too Short, Juvenile, 2 Live Crew, Paul Wall and Da Brat. FreakNik Fest will be Atlanta’s first major …

No mosh pits here. America’s first socially distanced concert took place Monday night in Arkansas with masked concertgoers sitting in chairs arranged 6 feet apart watching Bishop Gunn frontman Travis McCready’s performance. The show offered a window into post-pandemic life: Held at the Temple Live in Fort Smith, several measures were put in place to …

The Prince Estate, in partnership with YouTube, will host a three-day streaming event of “Prince and the Revolution: Live,” the legendary concert filmed toward the end of the “Purple Rain” tour in Syracuse, New York, on March 30, 1985. The show will be available on Prince’s official YouTube Channel for three days only, beginning on …

You may soon have to roll up to rock out. Music concerts are going the way of drive-in movie theaters amid the coronavirus crisis — with fans to watch performances from inside cars, according to a report. The electronic musician Marc Ribellet announced the first-ever drive-in concert tour in the US, and entertainment honchos say …

Stars flocked to pay tribute to Stephen Sondheim for his 90th birthday virtual concert Sunday night – but the curtain came down quickly amid a mess of technical hitches. The show, which signed up a slew of big names from Meryl Streep to Patti LuPone and Hamilton composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, was already running 35 minutes …

“Tan Mom” Patricia Krentcil’s attempt at philanthropy yielded unfortunate results. Krentcil hosted her “QuaranTANned” benefit concert Friday from her Tampa, Fla., home to raise money for both a brand-new tanning bed and coronavirus, but flopped on both fronts. Krentcil, 51, claimed the tanning bed company didn’t get back to her when she tried to purchase. …

Taylor Swift has canceled her 2020 tour dates — including her Lover Fests — due to the coronavirus pandemic. Her planned U.S. shows will instead take place in 2021. “I’m so sad I won’t be able to see you guys in concert this year, but I know this is the right decision,” Swift tweeted Friday. …

Andrea Bocelli’s concert at an empty Duomo of Milan has had over 26 million views since it streamed live on Easter Sunday, Fox News confirmed on Monday. The concert, titled “Music for Hope,” premiered at the opera singer’s YouTube channel, and is the No. 1 trending video on the online platform. Bocelli’s participation was done pro bono, …

Quarantine won’t stop “Tan Mom” Patricia Krentcil from seeing the (artificial) sun. Krentcil, 51, announced she’ll be hosting a “QuaranTANned” benefit concert from her new home in Tampa, Florida, with proceeds going to her children, charity — and a new tanning bed for her at-home salon, which will be for her sole use. “I’m planning …