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Madonna Tour Kick-off Pushed Back Because Of 'Production Delays'

Posted 4/26/12 3:40 pm EST by in Madonna, Tour Dates

Madonna's "MDNA Tour" just encountered its first setback.

The hotly anticipated tour will now open at Tel Aviv, Israel's Ramat Gan Stadium two days later than previously scheduled due to production delays. Concert promoter Live Nation assured that all tickets for the planned May 29 show will be honored at the rescheduled May 31 event.

Madonna's last several tours have been major technical achievements, featuring elaborate sets and massive LED screens. Similarly, this show, according to a press release from Live Nation, is set to feature "state of the art technical components including the largest video screens ever created."

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Looks like those fancy screens need a little more set-up time before the show can go on.

Hopefully, M and Co. get whatever production problems the show is facing under control quickly. Her Madgesty has already confirmed 76 concert dates in arenas, stadiums and large outdoor venues, including Quebec City’s historic Plains of Abraham, throughout Europe and North America with ticket sales exceeding 1.4 million to date. That's a lot of unhappy customers should the show be plagued by ongoing tech concerns. (Which we're sure it won't be, but, you know, just sayin.')

Despite some (unfounded!) talk that sales were not as brisk as concert promoters would like, the "MDNA Tour" has already sold out multiple shows in Berlin, Amsterdam, Barcelona and Istanbul as well as Philadelphia, Boston, Montreal, Quebec City (70,000 tickets), New York City’s Yankee Stadium (73,000 tickets over 2 shows), Washington DC and Los Angeles' Staples Center.

New concert dates in Mexico and South America were recently announced and will be followed by a swing through Australia, where Madonna has not performed since her "Girlie Show" tour 20 years ago.

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Will you be seeing Madonna's "MDNA Tour"? Let us know in the comments below!

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System Of A Down Recruit Deftones For Nostalgic Summer Tour

Posted 4/24/12 1:45 pm EST by in System of a Down, Tour Dates

By Zachary Swickey

It’s clear by looking at festival lineups that nostalgia is in like never before in the music scene. (Why else could Cash Money sign Limp Bizkit?) And now fans of '90s alt-metal have plenty to celebrate with System of a Down announcing a two-week summer jaunt with their old chums, the Deftones.

The two outfits first teased the new tour through the trading of tweets (above) by holding up each other’s backstage passes in photos, but now the cat is officially out of the bag with the two groups hitting the road for the first half of August.

System of a Down notably went on hiatus in 2006, but made their live return for a round of some West Coast dates last year, but this upcoming Deftones tour will mark their first stops in the states since those few shows. SOAD hasn’t released any new music since 2005’s Mezmerize and Hypnotize and have yet to announce any plans of recording a new album (unfortunately).

On the other hand, Deftones have already begun work in the studio on their upcoming seventh disc. Grammy-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Marilyn Manson) will helm the boards like he did with their last effort, ‘10’s Diamond Eyes. Friend of the band Sergio Vega will once again be filling in for original bassist Chi Cheng, who remains in a comatose state following an auto accident four years ago.

Check out the tour dates below (and anyone can feel free to fly me out to the East Coast, so I too may see my dream trek come true). Read More...

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Kaskade Reveals Additions To 'Freaks of Nature' Tour In New Video

Posted 4/23/12 2:59 pm EST by in dance, Tour Dates

By Akshay Bhansali

Is it too easy to begin this post with a reference to Dirty South’s version of the Diddy-Dirty Money hit "I’m Coming Home"?

Maybe. But frankly that couldn't be more fitting for the occasion. On Monday (April 23), Kaskade revealed exclusively to MTV in a new tour video that he’s added epic home-state dates in Los Angeles, and San Francisco to his already mammoth, 50-plus date "Freaks of Nature" tour. His July 27 gig in L.A. will make him the first solo electronic dance musician ever to headline the Staples Center. The show will be followed by a hearty showing the next day in San Francisco, where his career in music began.

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Buddies Alvin Risk, Fareoah, Treasure Fingers and Le Castle Vania will be joining EDM icon Kaskade on his "Freaks of Nature" tour. Pre-sales for L.A. and San Francisco will be available tomorrow (April 24) at 10 a.m. PST, with general on-sale tickets becoming available Friday, April 27 at 10 a.m. PST. For updates, more info and to purchase tickets head to www.freaksofnaturetour.com.

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Lady Gaga Tweets Stadium Pics As Tour Opener Nears

Posted 4/23/12 10:01 am EST by in Lady Gaga, Tour Dates, Tweet Beat

Lady Gaga is in the homestretch. Her much awaited "Born the Way Ball" opens at Olympic Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, and she is already in the country doing final rehearsals for the massive show.

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The pop star arrived in S. Korea Friday and has been tweeting images from the stadium as it is readied for her show, complete with that massive stage we took a look at last week. And in a fitting twist, it's been rainy in Korea, just as it's been in Gaga's native NYC. Feels like home.

>> Is This Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way Ball' Stage? (Pic)

Check out more pics of the pop star taking in the venue that on Friday will be filled with tens of thousands of Little Monsters, after the jump. Read More...

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Madonna's Tour On Track 'To End Up In The Top 10 Tours Of All Time'

Posted 4/20/12 12:05 pm EST by in Madonna, Tour Dates, Video

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There's been a bit of shizz slinging of late regarding Madonna's new album, her world tour and whether we should be calling either a success.

After earning positive reviews and debuting strongly at #1, MDNA, experienced a sharp sales decline in its second week and a majority of her US tour dates have yet to sell out. Those two facts taken together sent a few music writers down the rabbit hole, with some going so far as to say Live Nation, which signed Madonna to a $120 million 360 deal with in 2007, was concerned over both her album and concert ticket sales given the size and length (10 years) of their commitment to the Queen of Pop.

>> Madonna's Manager Confirms That 'Turn Up The Radio' Will Be Next MDNA Single

Yesterday, Madonna's manager Guy Oseary hit Twitter to address the rumors and now Arthur Fogel, Chairman of Live Nation Global Touring, talked to Billboard, saying that not only is business brisk for Madonna's tour but it is actually "on track to end up in the top 10 tours of all time."

First, what many of the reports fail to mention is that Madonna's last tour, 2008-09's "Sticky & Sweet" jaunt, was actually her first venture under her Live Nation deal, and it's enormous success ($408 million in grosses, making it the third highest grossing tour ever and the most successful by a solo artist) most certainly offset a great deal of M's sign-on cost. Merchandising is also a major factor in Live Nation's revenue stream and it controls all of that for Madonna's tours, creating another significant source of revenue for the concert promotion giant.

Perhaps most importantly with regard to MDNA's sales, Madonna's 360 deal is, at its core, touring and merchandise-driven, so talk that the company will take a loss on the album if it doesn't sell 15 million copies (as has been reported) is a bit of a reach. (Quick, name the last album by any artist to sell 15 million copies…)

Talking to Billboard, Fogel said, "To say this tour is not performing is so off base I don't even know what to say. When this tour is said and done, combined with 'Sticky and Sweet,' you're talking $750 million in gross ticket sales. That sounds pretty impressive to me."

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Is This Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way Ball' Stage? (Pic)

Posted 4/18/12 9:27 am EST by in Lady Gaga, Tour Dates

In February, Lady Gaga tweeted a sketch of the design for her "Born this Way Ball" stage, and now a pic of the what is reported to be the still-under-construction stage has made its way online.

The Gothic castle certainly looks like the design Gaga tweeted. The "Bad Romance" singer's massive, 110-plus tour kicks off in just a few days at Seoul, South Korea's Olympic Stadium with a controversial concert that the country's Media Rating Board banned minors under the age of 18 from attending.

>> Lady Gaga Unfazed By South Korean Concert Age Restrictions

Gaga is deep in final rehearsals for the show and last night sent out a few fun tweets about having to call a tour meeting over the show's special effects. "You know there's something wrong with you when you call a tour meeting only about 'fog.' It's serious people," she tweeted. "Worse comes to worse ill just fog myself in the corner during Bad Romance."

We wish the pop diva lots of luck hauling that massive stage all around the world. Her tour is set to hit five continents (Asia, Australia, Europe, South America and North America) and given the size of that castle, we imagine it will be quite an undertaking. But as always with Mother Monster, putting on the best and biggest show she can for her fans far outweighs the logistical difficulties of traveling around the world with a 15th Century castle in the back of your van.

Good luck, Lady G! See you when you return to NYC!

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Afrojack To Embark On 'Jacked' Summer Tour Across North America

Posted 4/17/12 5:04 pm EST by in dance, Tour Dates

By Akshay Bhansali

America, a whole lot more "bleeps" and "chainsaws" are coming your way!

After a monumental showing at Ultra Music Festival, Dutch electronic dance music star Afrojack, who headlines Coachella (again!) this weekend, will soon embark on one of the most ambitious undertakings of his career. He’ll be presenting his widely successful "Jacked" party at over 30 dates on a headlining tour of North America beginning in May.

Along for the ride will be much of his Afro-fam: buddies Quintino, Bobby Burns, R3hab and Shermonology (at select dates).

With smash radio hits in "Give Me Everything," "Look at Me Now" and his solo effort "Take Over Control," Afrojack (born Nick van de Wall) is easily one of dance music's most sought after performers, and he'll soon be bringing the ruckus to major US cities, including Las Vegas, Chicago, Atlantic City, Boston and Miami, and making major festivals appearances at the Electric Daisy Carnival stops in New York and Las Vegas and Seattle’s Paradiso Festival, among others, through early July.

Tickets will be available for purchase on Friday, April 20 at 10 a.m. local time in all U.S. markets at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets for select headlining dates starting on April 18 at 10 a.m. through Citi’s Private Pass Program.

For more information on Afrojack, visit www.afrojack.com. A complete list of tour dates (confirmed thus far) are below. Read More...

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Let's Talk About This Rumored Madonna Tour Setlist

Posted 4/10/12 10:27 am EST by in Madonna, tour, Tour Dates

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Because it's pretty great.

An early rumored setlist for Madonna's upcoming MDNA tour, which kicks off May 29 at Tel Aviv, Israel's Ramat Gan Stadium, has been kicking around the Interweb. It hasn't been confirmed, but the source is pretty darn dependable when it comes to Madonna matters, so we thought we'd bring it to you so we could talk it out.

Lending a bit more credibility to the rumored setlist, during her Facebook chat with Jimmy Fallon to promote MDNA, Madonna said that the theme of the show's first act would be "transgression." "I like to have a theme for my show and create a dramatic arc," she told Fallon. "Then I try to make the songs fit within that arc."

If we're talking transgressions, opening with a video intro of "Erotica"/"Justicy My Love" and segueing into "Girl Gone Wild," as you'll see below, seems right in line with the leaked set list.

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Lady Gaga Unfazed By South Korean Concert Age Restrictions

Posted 4/2/12 3:43 pm EST by in Lady Gaga, Tour Dates, Tweet Beat

Pop diva Lady Gaga is set to kick off her massive "Born This Way Ball" at Seoul, South Korea's Olympic Stadium later this month, but when she does, she'll be performing for an audience made up exclusively of adults.

The Korea Media Rating Board decided late last week to elevate the age rating for the concert from 12 to 18, prohibiting minors from seeing the show. The Board notified Gaga's tour promotion company and a sponsor of the change in age restrictions on Thursday but did not offer a reason why the show – which is still in rehearsals and has not been reviewed publicly – was considered unsuitable for children under 18.

While she seems hopeful that the South Korean government agency will reconsider before the April 27 concert, Gaga took to Twitter to thank for fans, particularly her adult supporters in South Korea, for speaking out on her behalf.

She also assured fans that the ban wasn't really impacting her ticket sales – the Wall Street Journal reports that just 1 percent of the 38,000 tickets sold prior to the rating change had been bought by teens – and offered words of support to parents who work hard to make sure the entertainment viewed by their children is appropriate.

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Avicii Plots First-Ever North American Arena Tour Headlined By An Electronic Artist

Posted 3/23/12 11:54 am EST by in dance, tour, Tour Dates

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By Zachary Swickey

Swedish electronic dance DJ/producer Avicii has just revealed plans for a monumental North American tour that will be going down in May and June. Being dubbed the “Le7els Tour,” the outing is being touted by promoters as the very first all-arena North American tour by an electronic artist. (Has Daft Punk seriously never?)

The jaunt includes over a dozen dates, kicking off May 17 in Houston at the Reliant Arena, and includes big stops in cities like Tampa, Buffalo, and Boston.

“Goldenvoice is excited to be working with Avicii on his North American tour," Paul Tollett, of tour sponsor Goldenvoice, said about the hookup. "We can’t wait for his Coachella performance, from what we’ve seen and heard it’s going to be a highlight.”

In addition to his performances at Coachella (April 15 and 22), Avicci is scheduled to appear at New York’s iteration of the Electric Daisy Carnival festival at Met Life Stadium on May 19.

Avicii seems to be taking the DJ world by storm at the mere age of 22. His ridiculously catchy David Guetta collab “Sunshine” was nominated for a Best Dance Recording Grammy and this Saturday he’ll be headlining the biggest digital music festival in the United States: Miami’s Ultra Music Festival.

Tickets for the "Le7els" tour will go on sale Monday, March 26, at 12pm CDT on Ticketmaster. Ticket will cost you anywhere from $27 to $47.

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