• Musicians perform for ants after COVID-19 cancels festivals

    Musicians perform for ants after COVID-19 cancels festivals

    This concert is fit for a queen  . . . ant. The show will go on for 11 obscure music festivals this summer despite the dangers of COVID-19. Just how? The only attendees will be teeny tiny ants. Aptly dubbed Antyfest, the musical performances — played by musicians from their own homes — are streamed via iPad to …
  • Jason Derulo reacts to Trump’s proposal to ban TikTok

    Jason Derulo reacts to Trump’s proposal to ban TikTok

    Jason Derulo, who boasts over 30 million followers on TikTok, does not think President Trump’s proposal to ban the app will pass. “I don’t believe that will be the case, honestly, but that would be a sad day for a lot of people, including myself,” he exclusively told Page Six in a new interview. “I …
  • Lollapalooza livestream nabs Paul McCartney, Outkast, more

    Lollapalooza livestream nabs Paul McCartney, Outkast, more

    Lollapalooza 2020 may be canceled due to the pandemic, but a four-night broadcast event will take place from July 30 through Aug. 2 instead. Lolla2020 will feature past headlining sets from Paul McCartney, Outkast, Chance the Rapper and Arcade Fire — who will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their album The Suburbs. The event will …
  • Do drive-in concerts offer a safe return to live music before 2022?

    Do drive-in concerts offer a safe return to live music before 2022?

    Imagine this: You’re all fired up to go see your favorite band at Madison Square Garden, but when you get there, you have to proceed directly to your seat, order food from your phone and make a reservation to go to the restroom. And, oh yeah, the arena will be 20 percent full max. These …
  • Coachella, Governors Ball and the summer music festival that never was

    Coachella, Governors Ball and the summer music festival that never was

    For anyone with big music-festival plans this summer, the countdown to 2021 has already begun in hopes that the coronavirus — the grinch that stole this concert season — will be gone. Here are some of the major fests — and artists — we missed out on in 2020: Coachella CoachellaChristopher Polk/REX The big daddy …
  • Live music won’t return until at least 2022, festival bigwig says

    Live music won’t return until at least 2022, festival bigwig says

    You may have spent your quarantine dreaming of attending that concert the ongoing pandemic ultimately canceled. And you may have hoped, really hoped, that the venue would reschedule the event for sometime this year. Well, according to a Lollapalooza co-founder, don’t hold your breath. Making an appearance on Bob Lefsetz’s podcast this week, Marc Geiger …
  • Bonnaroo 2020 festival canceled due to, you guessed it, coronavirus

    Bonnaroo 2020 festival canceled due to, you guessed it, coronavirus

    The Bonnaroo 2020 festival has been officially canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the festival announced on Thursday. In March, the long-running festival, which is held in Manchester, Tenn., moved from its regular June dates to September in the hopes that the pandemic would have eased enough to allow for mass gatherings, but it has long …
  • Star-studded Roots Picnic goes virtual to feed your soul and spirit

    Star-studded Roots Picnic goes virtual to feed your soul and spirit

    Like most festivals, the Roots Picnic — Philadelphia’s annual party in the park thrown by “The Tonight Show” band — has been spoiled by the coronavirus concert kibosh. But while the annual event won’t take over Fairmount Park in the City of Brotherly Love — the hometown of the Roots — the music and the …
  • Governors Ball to replay sets from past festivals on YouTube

    Governors Ball to replay sets from past festivals on YouTube

    Normally the summer music-festival season would be in full swing now, but this year it’s been put on pause due to the coronavirus pandemic. So instead, the Governors Ball Music Festival is pressing rewind and replaying some memorable sets from over the years on Thursday and Friday on YouTube. On Thursday’s bill is Travis Scott …
  • Coachella 2020 reportedly canceled after massive staff cuts to parent company

    Coachella 2020 reportedly canceled after massive staff cuts to parent company

    Coachella 2020 has reportedly been canceled. After rescheduling its April dates to October due to the coronavirus lockdown, the end has finally come for this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Billboard reports. This week, the parent company for Goldenvoice, AEG, laid off 15% of its staffers, furloughed more than 100 people and issued …